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• Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series 2 | Blu Ray | (25/03/2019) from £15.92   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All 10 parts of the second series of Shakespeare & Hathaway. Includes subtitles for the Hard Of Hearing

• NYPD Blue - Season 2 | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Originally broadcast in 1994, the second series of NYPD Blue was disrupted by the departure of star David Caruso (Detective John Kelly) after just four episodes--apparently under less than amicable circumstances. He was ably replaced as Detective Sipowicz's partner by Jimmy Smits as the smoother Detective Bobby Simone, and the series managed not to miss a beat. More streamlined and downbeat than its predecessor Hill Street Blues (also created by Steven Bochco), NYPD Blue continued second time around to mix near-the-knuckle detective work in pursuit of New York's scummiest with more character and relationship-based drama. Although it's regrettable that its ethnic-minority characters such as Lieutenant Fancy are increasingly marginalised here, the series is more comfortable, and even has fun with, regular characters such as the nervy Detective Medavoy and his on-off paramour Donna Abandando. Andy Sipowicz's simmering, tough-nosed recovering alcoholic is increasingly and amusingly put to the test in a number of situations, including a murder investigation in a gay bar; being sung to at his own wedding by Nic Turturro's Detective Martinez; and a love scene in the shower in which we experience the dubious pleasure of seeing his bare bum. New female introductions, such as the strong but sympathetic Detective Lesniak, also helped to shake up the series with a much-needed oestrogen boost. There's also fun to be had in spotting a number of guest appearances by up-and-coming actors destined to make it in their own right such as Richard Schiff and Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) and Debra Messing (Will and Grace). On the DVD: NYPD Blue, Series 2 DVD box set contains a number of extras, primarily a one-hour documentary in which the cast and programme-makers discuss the series episode by episode, the self-congratulatory mood only broken by some subtle digs at departing star David Caruso (apparently, he walked straight off the set following his final take into a waiting limo without any farewells). There's also a small piece paying tribute to the music of theme-writer Mike Post and an item covering the relationship between Sipowicz and Assistant DA Sylvia Costas, in whose marriage this series culminates. --David Stubbs

• Sex Lives Of The Potato Men | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Out Of Towners | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This remake of Neil Simon's l970 comedy finds Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin as Ohio yokels cast adrift in Mayor Rudy Giuliani's sanitised New York City. With their son recently departed for Britain, the empty-nesters travel to the Big Apple for a job interview and are beset with all kinds of bad luck, starting with their flight being rerouted to Boston. Things only go downhill from there, of course, as they're mugged by an Andrew Lloyd Webber imposter, the high-tech multilingual navigation system on their rented Cadillac goes haywire, and their hotel reservations fall through. Although marred by some out-of-place slapstick and mawkish romance scenes, this film's not without its funny moments. The couple stumbles into a sexual-addiction encounter group and has to try to back out gracefully (not succeeding very well, of course). John Cleese is howlingly funny as he reprises his Fawlty Towers role of a cross-dressing hotelier, and Martin has a great drug-delirium scene, in which he's slipped a hit of LSD in jail (thinking it's aspirin). Just try not to think in terms of comparisons to Neil Simon's original and this remake works fairly well. --Jerry Renshaw, Amazon.com

• Dungeons And Dragons - Wrath Of The Dragon God | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £5.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (196.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Epic fantasy adventure based on the phenomenally successful role-playing game.

• The Big Lebowski (4K UHD Blu-Ray) | 4K UHD | (03/12/2018) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the Academy Award®-winning° Coen brothers, The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling, a severed toe, White Russians and a guy named The Dude. Jeff The Dude Lebowski doesn't want any drama in his life heck, he can't even be bothered with a job. But, he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro, experience the cultural phenomenon of The Dude in the #1 cult film of all time! (The Boston Globe)

• Minder - Series 4 - Part 3 Of 4 - Episodes 7 To 9 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Series 4 of Minder built on the programme's previous success reaching number 2 in the ITV rartings with a viewing audience of over 15 million. This release features more hilariously dodgy exploits from Arthur Daley (George Cole) and Terry McCann (Dennis Waterman). There's also excellent support from such priceless chacters as Dave The Barman Sgt. Rycott Inspector Chisholm and his inescapable sidekick DC ""Taffy"" Jones. Episode titles: A Star Is Gorn Willesden Suite Windows.

• Father Brown Complete Series 2 - BBC | DVD | (09/06/2014) from £5.99   |  Saving you £24.00 (400.67%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Father Brown (Mark Williams) cycles back on screen to solve more mysteries in the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford in this charming series based on the short stories by G K Chesterton. Once again he is aided by his no- nonsense parish secretary Mrs. McCarthy glamorous socialite Lady Felicia Montague and her chauffeur Sid Carter.

• Lego Hero Factory: Rise Rookies | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £3.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (150.38%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Welcome to the Hero Factory, where the most powerful Heroes are built to serve one function - to save the universe from evil! Under the command of Alpha Team Leader Stormer and pros Bulk and Stringer, the rookies Furno, Breez and Surge battle vicious creatures like the acid-shooting Corroder, the dangerous blade-spinning Rotor and the raging marksman Xplode.But these criminals aren't working alone. A corrupt rogue Hero from Stormer's past is calling the shots, threatening to take down the Hero Factory and unleash destruction across the galaxy. By far their greatest challenge ever, the Heroes will need all their skills, wits and courage to take him down. Connect with this new brand of Hero - engineered for action - in this original movie from the creators of Bionicle!

• The Happening | Blu Ray | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  A couple (Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel) go on the run from a mysterious environmental phenomenon that threatens their way of life.

• A Late Quartet | DVD | (29/07/2013) from £7.69   |  Saving you £8.30 (107.93%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet receives a life changing diagnosis the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance: suppressed emotions competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert quite possibly their last only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy. Inspired by and structured around Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor A Late Quartet pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York.

• Assault on Station 33 | DVD | (15/03/2021) from £7.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• My Life | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £12.96   |  Saving you £-6.97 (-116.40%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A successful businessman who has everything discovers that he has cancer and may not live to see his new baby...

• Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators: Series 1 | Blu Ray | (04/03/2019) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All 10 parts of the BBC's latest detective series. Private inspector Frank Hathaway has always worked alone. Only Frank isn't doing so well. He might have a brilliant instinct when it comes to solving crime, but he's also out of shape and low on cash. Frank needs a partner. Frank needs ex-hairdresser and people-person Lu. He just doesn't know it yet. Frank and Lu eventually join forces and form a highly unlikely and hugely entertaining detecting duo. They quickly discover all is not as peaceful as it seems in this pretty theatre town. Vengeful lovers stalk the streets, the mayor is murdered and a magician's trick fatally misfires. Frank and Lu must learn to trust each other, especially since their actor-receptionist is far too busy learning his lines. Welcome to the birthplace of the Bard where fact is stranger than fiction and low life criminals get caught up in deliciously high drama. Includes subtitles for the Hard Of Hearing

• Coast BBC Series Eight | DVD | (20/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Coast continues to explore the edge of our lives the coastline that marries us to the sea. Through a history of assault from Nazi Germany freshwater voles and the infamous Guernsey Privateers; the workers' coast of shipbuilders fishermen and seaside entertainers; the joys of sunbathing and the history of Thomas Cook; the magnificent estuaries of the Firth of Forth the Severn and the Thames; this is the history of Britain as told from cliff to sea. Nick Crane is joined by a team of expert presenters including Neil Oliver Miranda Krestovnikoff Mark Horton Tessa Dunlop Andy Torbet Ian McMillan Ruth Goodman Nick Hewitt and newcomers Sarah Beynon and Cassie Newland as they explore the riches to be found along our Coast. Episodes Comprise: Invaders of the Isles The Workers' Coast Joy of the Coast Rivers and Seas Collide The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs All at Sea

• Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed | DVD | (11/01/2016) from £5.49   |  Saving you £4.50 (81.97%)   |  RRP £9.99

• Cruise of the Gods | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £7.12   |  Saving you £8.87 (124.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Both warmly funny and surprisingly touching, the one-off 90-minute BBC comedy Cruise of the Gods (2002) unites the twin comic talents of Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan for the first time. Brydon, whose Marion & Geoff brought him instant cult status and critical acclaim, plays Andy Van Allen, a washed-up actor who once enjoyed celebrity as the star of a TV science-fiction series but who is now down on his luck as a hotel porter. Desperate to rescue his self-esteem, but equally desperate to conceal his failure, he reluctantly embarks on a Mediterranean cruise for die-hard fans of the old show organised by uber-nerd Jeff Monks (David Walliams). To compound his humiliation, Van Allan's one-time costar, Nick Lee (Coogan), now a Hollywood big shot thanks to his starring role in Sherlock Holmes in Miami, gatecrashes the trip. Elements of both Marion & Geoff's agonising pathos and the squirm-inducing embarrassment of I'm Alan Partridge feature prominently here as the merciless portrayal of geeky fandom slowly gives way to a more gentle, affectionate portrait of people whose lives were inexplicably touched by the fantastically awful Children of Castor (imagine a camp cross between Blake's 7 and The Tomorrow People). Unlike the sympathetically pathetic ex-husband of Marion, here Brydon plays a cruelly cynical and embittered character, whose self-loathing contrasts painfully with the annoying ebullience of Coogan's superstar. The supporting cast are all a delight, too: witness lugubrious Philip Jackson, as alcoholic writer Hugh Bispham, clashing hilariously with Walliams' deadly earnest super-fan over the interpretation of names in the show, which turn out to be nothing more cryptic than anagrams of Bispham's favourite curries. James Corden and Helen Coker are emotionally fragile followers whose lives intertwine unexpectedly with their heroes, while Brian Conley and Jack Jones gamely provide cameos. --Mark Walker

• Nighty Night - Series 2 | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £5.14   |  Saving you £14.85 (288.91%)   |  RRP £19.99

  ""We'll settle up later. Otherwise it just gets nasty."" Julia Davis returns as the psychotic bunny-boiler Jill Tyrell hell-bent on getting her man no matter how much depravity she needs to wade through! This truly is subversive comedy at its very best. Following on from the events of last series Glen now resides at Bettle Lodge Home for the Criminally Insane. As always Jill has a plan; sniffing the money she'll receive for bumping him off why not get married? Elsewhere

• Out To Kill | DVD | (27/07/2015) from £7.90   |  Saving you £9.35 (140.81%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When the alpha male at an all-gay loft complex winds up dead, only one friend, believing it's murder, hires a P.I. to look into it.

• Schindler's List | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Both an artistic and a commercial triumph, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List manages to find some small glimmer of hope for the human spirit amid the abomination that was the Holocaust. The true story of flamboyant entrepreneur Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) and his attempts to save Jewish lives under the very noses of his Nazi associates gives Spielberg a focal point of conscience and humanity in an otherwise unrelentingly grim depiction of mankind's worst traits, here memorably embodied by Ralph Fiennes as the sadistic Nazi commandant Amon Goeth. Spielberg's determined and unflinching vision is supported by a dignified score from regular collaborator John Williams, and evocative black-and-white cinematography by Janusz Kaminski, which alternates a semi-documentary feel for the harrowing ghetto and concentration camp sequences with an altogether more decadent sensibility for the Nazis. The single use of colour tells of horror more shocking than any words could convey. It's true that towards the end Spielberg lets his sentimental streak off the leash when he chooses to focus on Schindler's grief, but otherwise this is filmmaking of the highest kind: compellingly dramatic, profoundly educational, and unfailingly emotive in the very best sense. On the DVD: Schindler's List is thinly spread across two discs, with a break at just over two hours into this three-hour movie. It's a little surprising that the feature could not have fitted onto one disc, especially given the absence of commentary or other additional tracks. The 1.85:1 anamorphic picture is fine, though displaying the graininess of the original film stock. Sound is available in highly detailed DTS. Extras on the second disc are limited to Voices from the List, a 77-minute documentary featuring the personal testimony of Schindler survivors, and an 11-minute feature on Spielberg's Shoah Foundation. There's nothing at all about the making of the movie. --Mark Walker