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• The Simpsons: Complete Season 1 | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £11.99   |  Saving you £30.00 (300.30%)   |  RRP £39.99

  From practically the first episode, broadcast in 1989, The Simpsons impacted on planet TV like a giant multi-coloured meteor. With a claim to being the defining pop cultural phenomenon of the 1990s--hip, fast, sharp and primary--there was nothing even in rock & roll to match this. The Simpsons is possibly the greatest sitcom ever made. Although the animation was initially primitive, never before had cartoon characters been so well drawn. There had been loveable middle-aged layabouts on TV before, but Homer Simpson successfully stole their crown and out-slobbed them all in every department ("The guys at the plant are gonna have a field day with this," he grumbles in "Call of The Simpsons" as he watches scientists on a TV news item who can't decide whether he is incredibly dense or a brilliant beast). However, in this first series he isn't quite yet the bloated man-child he would become in later series; instead he's a growling patriarch with a Walter Matthau-type voice. His sensible half Marge's croak, meanwhile, has yet to settle down, while the vast cast of minor Springfield characters have yet to find their place. Bart, however, was a smash from the start: dumb as Homer but spiky-haired and resourceful, he sets out his manifesto in "Bart the Genius"; while "Moaning Lisa" spotlights his over-achieving sister and is a good early example of the series' clever handling of melancholy bass notes. Throughout its life there's always been confusion as to whether The Simpsons is a show for kids or adults, but with allusions in these first 13 episodes to Kubrick, Diane Arbus, Citizen Kane and (in a very satisfyingly anti-French episode) Manon des Sources, it should already have been clear that this was a programme for all ages and all IQs from 0 to 200. Dysfunctional they may have been, but the Simpsons stuck together, and audiences stuck with them into the 21st century. --David Stubbs On the DVD: The packaging is good but the 13 episodes are spread very thinly here, with just five each on discs one and two . The commentary track is intermittently interesting though a tad repetitive, as creator David Groening is joined by various other members of the team. The third disc has some neat extra stuff, including outtakes, the original Tracey Ullman Show shorts and a five-minute BBC documentary, but is again fairly brief. The menu interfaces are pretty clunky, annoyingly forcing you to watch endless copyright warnings after each episode and with no facility to "play all". The content is wonderful, of course, but three discs looks like overkill. --Mark Walker

• The Simpsons - Season 9 | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £28.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (38.13%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Get down to Springfield for the ninth series of The Simpsons; Homer's acting as diligently as ever as he purchases a gun to help protect the family takes on the City of New York in a legal battle and decides that he's the right man to run for Sanitation Commisioner! Packed with more extra's than you could fit in a Krusty Burger all hail Season 9! Episodes Comprise: 1. The City Of New York vs. Homer Simpson 2. The Principal And The Pauper 3. Lisa's Sax 4. Treehouse Of Horror VIII 5. The Cartridge Family 6. Bart Star 7. The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons 8. Lisa The Skeptic 9. Reality Bites 10. Miracle On Evergreen Terrace 11. All Singing All Dancing 12. Bart Carny 13. The Joy Of Sect 14. Das Bus 15. The Last Temptation Of Krusty 16. Dumbbell Indemnity 17. Lisa The Simpson 18. This Little Wiggy 19. Simpson Tide 20. The Trouble With Trillions 21. Girly Edition 22. Trash Of The Titans 23. King Of The Hill 24. Lost Our Lisa 25. Natural Born Kissers

• Simpsons - Series 11 - Complete | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £32.48   |  Saving you £7.51 (23.12%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Simpsons are back... Join the residents of Springfield for the eleventh season of the classic animated series.

• The Simpsons: Complete Season 4 | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £19.47   |  Saving you £20.52 (105.39%)   |  RRP £39.99

  By its fourth series, The Simpsons had come far enough for Lisa to make a self-referential joke about Dustin Hoffman's and Michael Jackson's pseudonymous guest voice appearances in series 2 and 3, respectively. In this series, no less than Elizabeth Taylor (in two episodes), Bette Midler and even the reclusive Johnny Carson blessed The Simpsons with their iconic presences. Awhile back, US magazine Entertainment Weekly ranked the top 25 Simpsons episodes. Five gems from series 4 cracked the top 12, including the (debatable) choice for No. 1, "Last Exit to Springfield". Other episodes that loom large in the Simpsons legend are "Mr Plow" (you know the jingle: "Call Mr Plow / That's my name / That name again is Mr Plow"), "Marge vs. the Monorail", featuring a Music-Man-style extravaganza, and "A Streetcar Named Marge", the episode that outraged New Orleans residents, who heard their fair metropolis referred to as "a city that the damned call home". The Simpsons smartly subverts traditional family sitcom convention, but anyone who thinks the show doesn't have a heart is advised to watch "I Love Lisa" and "New Kid on the Block", two fourth-series gems that absolutely nail the agony and ecstasy of unrequited crushes ("You won't be needing this", a heartbroken Bart fantasises his babysitter saying while dropkicking his heart into a wastebasket in "New Kid"). While the Simpsons' celebrated ensemble gets all the glory, we must pause now to praise the peerless writing staff, among them George Meyer, Al Jean, Jon Vitti, John Swartzwelder, David Silverman and Conan O'Brien. One can only marvel in astonishment at the alchemy that went into creating, week after week, such essential episodes as "Kamp Krusty", "Streetcar", the profane and profound "Homer the Heretic" and "Lisa the Beauty Queen" (and that's just disc 1!). The animators, too, rose to the occasion, particularly in "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie", with its dead-on, ultra-violent sinking of the seminal Disney cartoon "Steamboat Willie". Another benchmark in The Simpsons' rise to the TV pantheon is its very first clip show. What Homer says about donuts in "Monorail" holds true as well for The Simpsons itself: is there anything this show can't do? --Donald Liebenson

• The Simpsons Movie | DVD | (10/12/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Springfield's first family finally come to the big screen in a feature length animated adventure.

• The Simpsons - Season 10 | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £11.99   |  Saving you £30.00 (300.30%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Join the residents of Springfield for the tenth season of the classic animated series.

• The Simpsons: Complete Season 3 | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  First broadcast in 1991 the third series of The Simpsons contains a clutch of candidates for "Best Simpsons Episode Ever". Homer is on such appallingly good form throughout this series that a reasonable case can be made for asserting that he has superseded the importance of his Greek namesake in the annals of culture and civilisation. The opening "Stark Raving Dad", for instance, features a guest appearance by an un-credited Michael Jackson, who plays an obese white inmate whom Homer meets while confined to a mental institution. Other standout episodes include "Like Father, Like Clown", in which Krusty reveals he is estranged from his Rabbi father; this is The Simpsons at the height of its powers, mature, ironic, erudite and touching while bristling with slapstick and Bart-inspired cheek. "Flaming Moe's" features Aerosmith and sees Homer invent a cocktail which desperate, sleazy bartender Moe steals from him. "Radio Bart" is another demonstration of the series' knack for cultural references, parodying the Billy Wilder movie Ace in the Hole. Finally, there's "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes", in which Danny DeVito reprises his role as Homer's brother, regaining the fortune Homer lost him by inventing a Baby Translator. Immensely enjoyable at anything from a primary to a doctoral thesis level, this third year of the show demonstrates conclusively that The Simpsons is quite simply, and by a large margin, the greatest television programme ever made. --David Stubbs

• The Simpsons: Complete Season 5 | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £28.98   |  Saving you £11.01 (37.99%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Sixteen seasons (and counting) of pop culture-rocking brilliance, the first four of which have already been gloriously archived on DVD. But in the words of Krusty the Clown: "What has The Simpsons done for me lately?" Well, how about all 22 episodes of season 5, each accompanied by commentary, deleted scenes, and other encyclopedic extras that hopelessly devoted Simpsons fans crave, no, demand? Season 5 is perhaps not as classics-packed as the third or fourth seasons, but no self-respecting Simpsons fan should be without the episodes "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", featuring George Harrison, "Cape Feare", one of Sideshow Bob's (and guest voice Kelsey Grammer's) finest half-hours, "Rosebud", "Springfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" and "Bart Gets Famous", with the Springfield-sweeping catchphrase "I didn't do it". Plus, the star power this season is impressive: Michelle Pfeiffer as Homer's comely, donut-loving co-worker in "The Last Temptation of Homer", Albert Brooks as a self-help guru who unleashes "Bart's Inner Child", Kathleen Turner as the creator of Malibu Stacy in "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", and, as themselves, the Ramones ("Rosebud"), James Woods ("Homer and Apu"), Buzz Aldren ("Deep Space Homer"), and even Robert Goulet ("Springfield"). But it is the writers and the core ensemble cast who exhibit, to quote "Deep Space Homer", "the right... What's that stuff?" Series milestones include the first appearance of yokel Cletus in "Bart Gets an Elephant" and Maggie's infant nemesis, The Baby with One Eyebrow in "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badasssss Song" which also happens to be The Simpsons' 100th episode. Add in a very good "Treehouse of Horror" episode, (which outs Ned Flanders as the Devil and Marge as the head vampire), and one Emmy-nominated musical extravaganza ("Who Needs the Quick-E-Mart" from "Homer and Apu"), and you have a Simpsons season that's not just great, it's DVD-box-set great. --Donald Liebenson

• The Simpsons - Season 15 | DVD | (03/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Simpsons reside in the town of Springfield. Homer works as a safety inspector at the local nuclear power plant; Marge tries to keep the peace in her family; Bart is the mischievous ten-year-old hellion; eight-year-old Lisa is the intelligent, saxophone-playing vegetarian member of the family; and baby Maggie conveys emotions via pacifier sucks. Viewers also have come to know and love the rich, and sometimes quirky, universe of characters who inhabit Springfield. Guest stars paying Springfield a visit this season include British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Glenn Close, famed author J.K. Rowling, Jennifer Garner, comedian Jerry Lewis, Evan Marriott, Sir Ian McKellan, documentarian Michael Moore and Simon Cowell. Special Features: Deleted Scenes Featurettes

• The Simpsons - Season 13 - Complete | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £32.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (23.50%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Treehouse of Horror XII 2. The Parent Rap 3. Homer the Moe 4. A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love 5. The Blunder Years 6. She of Little Faith 7. Brawl in the Family 8. Sweets and Sour Marge 9. Jaws Wired Shut 10. Half-Decent Proposal 11. The Bart Wants What It Wants 12. The Lastest Gun in the West 13. The Old Man and the Key 14. Tales from the Public Domain 15. Blame It on Lisa 16. Weekend at Burnsie's 17. Gump Roast 18. I Am Furious Yellow 19. The Sweetest Apu 20. Little Girl in the Big Ten 21. The Frying Game 22. Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge

• The Simpsons - Season 9 (Ltd Edition 'Lisa' head) | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Get down to Springfield for the ninth series of The Simpsons; Homer's acting as diligently as ever as he purchases a gun to help protect the family takes on the City of New York in a legal battle and decides that he's the right man to run for Sanitation Commisioner! Packed with more extra's than you could fit in a Krusty Burger all hail Season 9! Episodes Comprise: 1. The City Of New York vs. Homer Simpson 2. The Principal And The Pauper 3. Lisa's Sax 4. Treehouse Of Horror VIII 5. The Cartridge Family 6. Bart Star 7. The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons 8. Lisa The Skeptic 9. Reality Bites 10. Miracle On Evergreen Terrace 11. All Singing All Dancing 12. Bart Carny 13. The Joy Of Sect 14. Das Bus 15. The Last Temptation Of Krust 16. Dumbbell Indemnity 17. Lisa The Simpson 18. This Little Wiggy 19. Simpson Tide 20. The Trouble With Trillions 21. Girly Edition 22. Trash Of The Titans 23. King Of The Hill 24. Lost Our Lisa 25. Natural Born Kissers

• The Simpsons Movie | Blu Ray | (10/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Springfield's first family finally come to the big screen in a feature length animated adventure.

• The Simpsons: Complete Season 2 | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £30.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (29.04%)   |  RRP £39.99

  First aired in 1990-91, the second series of The Simpsons proved that, far from being a one-joke sitcom about the all-American dysfunctional family, it had the potential to become a whole hilarious universe. The animation had settled down (in the first series, the characters look eerily distorted when viewed years later), while Dan Castellaneta, who voiced Homer, decided to switch from a grumpy Walter Matthau impression to a more full-on, bulbous wail. The series' population of minor characters began to grow with the inclusion of Dr Hibbert, McBain and attorney Lionel Hutz, while the writers became more seamless in their ability to weave pastiche of classic movies into the plot lines. While relatively "straight" by later standards (the surreal forays of future seasons are kept in check here), Season Two contains some of the most memorable episodes ever made, indeed some of the finest American comedy ever made. These include "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", in which Homer is reunited with, and ruins the business of, his long-lost brother ("He was an unbridled success--until he discovered he was a Simpson"), "Dead Putting Society", in which Homer lives out his rivalry with neighbour Ned Flanders through a crazy-golf competition between the sons ("If you lose, you're out of the family!") and one of the greatest ever episodes, "Lisa's Substitute", which not only features poor little Lisa's crush on a supply teacher voiced by Dustin Hoffman but also Bart's campaign to become class president. "A vote for Bart is a vote for anarchy!", warns Martin, the rival candidate. By way of a retort, Bart promises faithfully, "A vote for Bart is a vote for anarchy!". --David Stubbs On the DVD: The Simpsons, Season 2, like its DVD predecessor, has neat animated menus on all four discs as well as apparently endless copyright warnings, but nothing as useful as a "play all" facility. The discs are more generously filled than Season 1, however, and each episode has an optional group commentary from Matt Groening and various members of his team. The fourth disc has sundry snippets including the Springfield family at the Emmy Awards ceremony, Julie Kavner dressed up as Bart at the American Music Awards and videos for both "Do the Bartman" and "Deep, Deep Trouble" (all with optional commentary). There are two short features dating from 1991: director David Silverman on the creation of an episode and an interview with Matt Groening. TV commercials for butterfinger bars, foreign language clips and picture galleries round out the selection. Picture is standard 4:3 and the sound is good Dolby 5.1. --Mark Walker

• The Simpsons - Season 14 | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £11.99   |  Saving you £30.00 (300.30%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The longest-running primetime animated series in history and the longest-running sitcom currently on primetime television The Simpsons is also a cultural institution. Now in its 14th season The Simpsons has an extremely loyal and dedicated fan base worldwide. Intelligently written subversively humorous and delightfully witty the show pokes fun at itself and everything in its wake. This season's stellar guest voices include rock 'n' roll legends Mick Jagger Keith Richards Lenny Kravitz Tom Petty Elvis Costello and Brian Setzer. Also paying Springfield a visit are Elliott Gould Marisa Tomei Little Richard and the dynamic duo of Adam West and Burt Ward. Pro skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and alternative rock band Blink 182 will lend their voices to the historic 300th episode.

• The Simpsons - Season 16 | DVD | (02/12/2013) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Simpsons reside in the town of Springfield. Homer works as a safety inspector at the local nuclear power plant; Marge tries to keep the peace in her family; Bart is the mischievous 10-year-old hellion; 8-year-old Lisa is the intelligent saxophone-playing vegetarian member of the family; and baby Maggie conveys emotions via pacifier sucks. Viewers also have come to know and love the rich and sometimes quirky universe of characters that inhabit Springfield. In the milestone 350th episode Homer befriends beer-loving barfly and roofer Ray Magini guest-voiced by Ray Romano. After discovering a shared passion for sandwiches and the Three Stooges Homer and Ray become inseparable friends. However Marge believes Ray is a figment of Homer's imagination and enlists the help of Dr. Hibbert to literally shock Ray Magini out of Homer's system. Famed author and scientist Stephen Hawking also makes a return guest voice appearance as himself. Episodes Comprise: Treehouse of Horror XV All's Fair in Oven War Sleeping With the Enemy She Used to Be My Girl Fat Man and Little Boy Midnight Rx Mommie Beerest Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass Pranksta Rap There's Something about Marrying On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister Goo Goo Gai Pan Mobile Homer The Seven-Beer Snitch Future-Drama Don't Fear the Roofer The Heartbroke Kid A Star Is Torn Thank God It's Doomsday Home Away from Homer The Father the Son and the Holy Guest Star

• Cheers - Series 4 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £14.83   |  Saving you £20.16 (135.94%)   |  RRP £34.99

  For its fourth season, Cheers served up a new bartender. Following the death of Nicholas Colasanto, who had played Coach, the season premiere introduced Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson), the Indiana hick who certainly didn't raise the bar's collective IQ but had his own brand of endearing goofiness. That episode, "Birth, Death, Love and Rice", also explained what happened at the end of season 3 when Sam (Ted Danson) chased Diane (Shelley Long) and Frasier (Kesley Grammer) to Italy in hopes of preventing their marriage. The end result is that Diane returns to work at the bar and resumes her sexually charged flirtation with Sam, and Frasier becomes a brooding presence always looking for a way to win her back. Jennifer Tilly guest-stars as one of Sam's ex-girlfriends who actually hits it off with the petulant psychiatrist, but stealing the show in the same episode ("Second Time Around") was Dr. Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth), in what was supposed to be a five-minute one-shot role. The impossibly buttoned-up Sternin was such a perfect match for Frasier that she later became a regular cast member and won two Emmys. In other memorable episodes, Andy Andy (Derek McGrath) returns to terrorize Diane ("Diane's Nightmare"), the gang tries to turn the tables on Gary's Old Town Tavern in a bowling match ("From Beer to Eternity"), and Frasier sets up a night at the opera ("Diane Chambers Day"). In the three-part season finale ("Strange Bedfellows"), Sam begins dating a politician (Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager) running for reelection. Diane decides to work for her opponent before taking a more drastic step, leading to Sam's memorable telephone call that served as a cliffhanger leading to season 5. Unlike previous seasons, the DVD set has no extras. --David Horiuchi

• The Simpsons - Season 12 - Complete | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Treehouse Of Horror XI 2. A Tale Of Two Springfields 3. Insane Clown Poppy 4. Lisa The Tree Hugger 5. Homer Vs. Dignity 6. The Computer Wore Menace Shoes 7. The Great Money Caper 8. Skinner's Sense Of Snow 9. HOMR 10. Pokey Mom 11. Worst Episode Ever 12. Tennis The Menace 13. Day Of The Jackanapes 14. New Kids On The Blecch 15. Hungry Hungry Homer 16. Bye Bye Nerdie 17. Simpson Safari 18. Trilogy Of Error 19. I'm Going To Praiseland 20. Children Of A Lesser Clod 21. Simpson Tall Tales

• The Simpsons - Season 6 | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £33.80   |  Saving you £6.19 (18.31%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The complete sixth season of The Simpsons. Episodes Comprise: 1. Bart Of Darkness 2. Lisa's Rival 3. Another Simpson Clip Show 4. Itchy & Scratchyland 5. Sideshow Bob Roberts 6. Treehouse Of Horror V 7. Bart's Girlfriend 8. Lisa On Ice 9. Homer Badman 10. Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy 11. Fear Of Flying 12. Homer The Great 13. And Maggie Makes Three 14. Bart's Comet 15. Homie The Clown 16. Bart vs. Australia 17. Homer vs. Patty And Selma 18. A Star Is Burns

• The Simpsons - Season 7 | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £20.99   |  Saving you £19.00 (90.52%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The complete seventh season of The Simpsons where you can finally unearth who was behind the shooting of the nefarious Mr Burns! Episodes Comprise: 1. Who Shot Mr Burns? (Part 2) 2. Radioactive Man 3. Home Sweet Home-Dum-Diddly-Doodly 4. Bart Sells His Soul 5. Lisa The Vegetarian 6. Treehouse Of Horror VI 7. King-Size Homer 8. Mother Simpson 9. Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming 10. The Simpsons' 138th Show Spectacular 11. Marge Be Not Proud 12. Team Homer 13. Two Bad Neighbours 14

• The Simpsons - Season 8 | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Treehouse Of Horror VII 2. You Only Move Twice 3. The Homer They Fall 4. Burns Baby Burns 5. Bart After Dark 6. A Milhouse Divided 7. Lisa's Date With Density 8. Hurricane Neddy 9. The Mysterious Voyage Of Our Homer (aka El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer) 10. The Springfield Files 11. The Twisted World Of Marge Simpson 12. Mountain Of Madness 13. Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious 14. The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show 15. Homer's Phobia 16. Brother From Another Series 17. My Sister My Sitter 18. Homer vs The 18th Amendment 19. Grade School Confidential 20. The Canine Mutiny 21. The Old Man And The Lisa 22. In Marge We Trust 23. Homer's Enemy 24. Simpsons Spin-off Showcase 25. The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson