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• Threads | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hideously plausible when first broadcast in 1984, this BBC TV docu-drama now seems like a terrifying might-have-been, although a great deal of what it says about the probable aftermath of a nuclear attack remains horribly pertinent. Scripted by Barry Hines (author of the novel on which Ken Loach's Kes was based) and directed by Mick Jackson (who later went to Hollywood with The Bodyguard and Volcano), at the time Threads seemed like a response to the American TV movie The Day After although it stands nobly on its own. Showing the after-effects of World War III on the United Kingdom by concentrating on two Sheffield families linked by an unplanned pregnancy, it illustrates the scientific, political, medical and social consequences of the severing of the many vital connective "threads" that support a Western society. Grim in a particularly 1980s way, this is a compulsive if uncomfortable watch and accomplishes a great deal without the distraction of spectacle, picking through all the melted milk bottles and firing squad traffic wardens to find the human horror at the heart of it all. --Kim Newman

• Lisztomania | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This flamboyant extravaganza tells the scandalous tale of superstar composer Franz Liszt''s (Roger Daltry) hedonistic life of groupies sex and music as well as his rivalry with the scheming Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas). After enjoying the fruits of his celebrity Liszt tries to find true love with one of his mistresses Princess Caroline. The Pope (Ringo Starr) forbids their marriage and Liszt attempts to adopt a monastic lifestyle. The vampiric Wagner marries Liszt''s daughter Cosima and then battles for world domination by unleashing the Viking God Thor (Rick Wakeman) and his troupe of robot Nazis. The only way to save the world is through Liszt and all of his mistresses in a rocket ship to destroy the resurrected Wagner who has now become the Nazi Antichrist. A freewheeling outrageous and over-the-top look at the life of the world''s first pop superstar.

• Coast Series 1-5 Boxset | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £52.63   |  Saving you £-2.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Discover the secrets and hidden stories of our beautiful British coastline and beyond with five series of the BAFTA award-winning BBC documentary. Presented by a team of history and geography experts Coast mixes expert comment compelling storytelling and stunning aerial photography to uncover the unique relationship between the British and the seas.

• Butterflies - Series 2 - The Complete Series | DVD | (07/04/2003) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This classic poignant BBC comedy starring Wendy Craig as the bored suburban housewife Ria looking for more from life. Ria is seemingly happy with two teenage sons but after 19 years of marriage she feels that everyone is taking her for granted and that life is passing her by.

• The Promise | Blu Ray | (27/04/2009) from £13.69   |  Saving you £6.30 (46.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An orphaned girl driven by poverty at such a young age makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princess she regrets her promise for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy. In love again with a man behind a red armor and a golden mask who rescues her from death she is tormented by their inevitable parting. Meanwhile Kunlun the slave of a great general is searching for the lost memories of a family he once had. Soon the fate of these two intertwine when the princess believes the general to be her hero thus pulling him into this web of fate. What end will befallen our three characters? Are their fates already sealed by a higher power or can they still choose a life they want?

• Death Match | DVD | (19/06/2000) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A reporter and kick boxer search for a missing friend and turn up a series of underground kick boxing matches organised by an illegal arms dealer.

• Wim Wenders Documentaries Collection | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Five of iconic film director Wim Wenders' key documentaries collected together in Wenders Classics box set packaging with new bonus features and an exclusive limited edition collector's booklet. A must-have for Wenders fans. Nick's Film: Lightning Over Water: In 1979 award-winning German filmmaker Wim Wenders travelled to New York City to make a movie with legendary American auteur Nicholas Ray as he lay dying of terminal cancer. Surrounded by family and friends the director of such Hollywood classics as Rebel Without a Cause Johnny Guitar and They Live By Night reflects on a career of triumphs and compromises as he faces his final days with hope humour and the fierce independent spirit that defined his greatest works. Together Ray and Wenders create a film that is more than a documentary telling an extraordinarily moving story about collaboration that goes beyond friendship and ultimately a life in cinema that transcends death itself. Room 666: The year is 1982. Filmmakers across the globe converge on the south of France for the Cannes Film Festival the industry's most prestigious annual event. One by one they are led in to the cramped confines of Room 666 at the Hotel Martinez and forced to answer a difficult and engaging question: What is the future of cinema? The directors become the subject when some of the film's greatest visionaries bare their souls and wax romantic about the fate of moviemaking. Steven Spielberg Michelangelo Antonioni Werner Herzog and Jean-Luc Godard headline an all-star cast of auteurs in this eclectic documentary by acclaimed director Wim Wenders. Tokyo-Ga: Oscar-nominated director Wim Wenders turns his camera toward the Far East in this captivating love letter to the world's most bustling metropolis. Using the films of director Yasujiro Ozu as a window into the Tokyo landscape Wenders examines the sociology of Tokyo in both the past and present in an effort to understand the evolution of Japan's national identity. Highlighted by an interview with fellow filmmaker Werner Herzog Tokyo-Ga is a fascinating amalgam of personal experience and global introspection that aims to question the meaning of nostalgia in a city that thrives on change. Notebook On Cities And Clothes: In 1989 the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris asked director Wim Wenders to create a film about the world of fashion. Initially resistant to the idea Wenders soon became fascinated by the craft and philosophy of Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto as he prepared his new season's collection. From the streets and studios of Tokyo to the boulevards and catwalks of Paris Wenders uncovers the essence of Yamamoto's work while exploring the enigma of style the language of images and the very nature of human identity. The result is an extraordinary examination of both fashion and cinema as a way of life carried along only by unique vision and vivid curiosity. A Trick Of The Light: Long fascinated with the ever-changing culture of world cinema exploratory director Wim Wenders pays a visit to his alma mater in an effort to recreate the magic and wonder of film in its most infantile state.

• Footballers' Wives - Extra Time | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £5.97   |  Saving you £14.02 (234.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A spin-off from the hugely popular ITV1 series Footballers' Wives Extra Time promises to up the ante to deliver high octane action coupled with even more of the lusty late night shenanigans of the Earl's Park team their partners... not to mention their lovers! This first series introduces a host of exciting new characters all possessing the crucial traits that will ensure their survival in the fickle bubble of fame and football; ambitious egotistical scheming cha

• Provoked | DVD | (10/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Every Day's A holiday | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A group of high-spirited youngsters find friendship love and music together in this Pop musical. Gerry (John Leyton) is a bartender who fantasizes about being a famous pop star. Christina (Grazina Frame) is an upper-class bird who sneaks off to be a waitress but her Aunt (Hazel Hughes) would rather she keep up her operatic lessons with the great Bastinado (Ron Moody). Susan and Jennifer (The Baker Twins) are boy-crazy twins who work in the nursery and Timothy Gilpin (Mike Sarne) is the arrogant nightclub singer.... British Invasion pop stars Freddie and the Dreamers appear as five musical madcap chefs while Liverpool beat group The Mojos supply some hard teenage blues .... Offers a rare chance to watch some nearly forgotten British Invasion groups.

• Buffy Season 4 | DVD | (18/09/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In its fourth season, Buffy the Vampire Slayer had to change its formula radically. Two major characters--the vampire-with-a-soul Angel and Cordelia, the queen bitch of Sunnydale High--had gone off to be in their own show, Angel, and soon after the start of the season Willow's werewolf boyfriend Oz left when Seth Green needed to concentrate on his film career. Buffy and Willow started college, where they met new characters like Riley, the All-American Boy with a double life, and Tara, the sweet stuttering witch; but Xander and Giles found themselves at something of a loose end. Several characters were subjected to the radical re-envisioning possible in a show that deals with the supernatural: the blond vampire Spike came back and soon found himself with an inhibitor chip in his head, forced into reluctant alliance with Buffy; the former vengeance demon Anya became passionately smitten with Xander. Not all fans were happy with the central story arc about the sinister Dr Walsh (Lindsay Crouse) and her Frankensteinian creation Adam, though Crouse's performance was memorable. The strength of Season Four was perhaps most in impressive stand-alone episodes like the silent "Hush", the multiple dream sequence "Restless" and the passionate, moving "New Moon Rising", in which Oz returns, apparently cured, only to find that Willow is no longer waiting for him. This was one of the high points of the show as a vehicle for intense acting, perhaps only equalled by "Who Are You?", in which the evil slayer Faith takes over Buffy's body and Sarah Michelle Gellar gets to play bad girl for once. --Roz KaveneyOn the DVD: Buffy Season 4 was a hit and so is this sublime box set. The commentaries for "The Initiative", "This Year'sGirl", "Superstar" and "Primaveral" are all well above average, but are nothing compared to "Hush" and "Restless" where Joss Whedon gives out all the information and insights any fan would dream of. The four featurettes included are a pleasure to watch, especially the evolution of the sets for the show. The scripts, trailers and cast biographies complete the set and make for a decent addition to your Buffy archive. The soundtrack is in 2.0 Dolby surround, but the image is as grainy and dark as the previous seasons on DVD. --Celine Martig

• Dancing In The Dark | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £8.33   |  Saving you £-2.34 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Anna suffers an attack and an abuse by her father-in-law. But when she overcomes her fear and tells the story her husband he does not believe her but sets her under psychatric treatment.

• Untouchables - Series 2 | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The gangs of Chicago didn't know what hit them. Considered one of the best crime series of its time the hit show starred Emmy'' winner Robert Stack (Unsolved Mysteries) as real-life Chicago gangbuster and prohibition agent Eliot Ness famous for bringing down the notorious Al Capone. Executive Produced by Quinn Martin (TV's The Fugitive) and narrated by Walter Winchell whose distinctive voice lent credibility to the show the resulting series depicting 1930s Chicago was dramatic fiction with documentary authenticity... and became an instant classic! Each week Ness and his men wrestled with such flavorful villains as Dutch Schultz Lucky Luciano... even Ma Barker! But these agents could never be bought off. They were The Untouchables!

• The Tomorrow People - Series 3 | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £14.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (133.42%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The Tomorrow People Series 3 collector's Set; 4 Serials - All 13 Episodes. Secret Weapon; The breakout of young Tyso Boswell a new homo superior sets the Tomorrow People off on a mission to investigate Colonel Masters and his Experimental Weapons Establishment. A unit intent on harnessing an using the Tomorrow People's unique powers...for evil. World's Away; Answering the plea of Ambassador Timus Irnok Mosta of the Galactic Federation (a close clone brother of TIM

• Vengeance Day | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The debut feature from the director of this year's action sensation The Raid, when a young man encounters a dark and dangerous stranger who enjoys videoing beatings and murders in a dingy underpass his life is thrown on to a trajectory of violence and retribution. A white knuckle revenge thriller featuring stunning action sequences.

• The Boys Are Back | DVD | (17/05/2010) from £4.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (199.75%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Inspired by a true story, "The Boys Are Back" is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood, that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life.

• The Arthur Haynes Show - Volume Two | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £10.44   |  Saving you £9.55 (91.48%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Reigning supreme for almost a decade as ITV s biggest comedian, Arthur Haynes was one of the most influential and popular comics that television has ever seen. His shows remained firmly in the top ten until his untimely death in 1966 robbed the world of a comedy genius. Lack of repeats ensured that subsequent generations were denied Haynes comedic brilliance - until now. Featuring wickedly funny scripts from Alf Garnett creator Johnny Speight, this set contains a lively mix of sketches and musical entertainment while Speight s scripts invariably drew on the familiar class antagonism which he would hone to perfection on Till Death Us Do Part. Haynes robust working-class delivery was inspired - never more so than in the character of Hobo Haynes, a belligerent, heavily decorated tramp fond of recounting tales of patriotic bravery whilst being up to me neck in muck and bullets. This release of The Arthur Haynes Show returns him to his rightful place among the comedy greats.

• No Heroics | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £27.49   |  Saving you £-7.50 (-37.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  No Heroics is a six-part comedy series about four old friends who just happen to be off-duty superheroes. Based in a capes-only pub the show focuses on their day-to-day lives - which for supposed saviours of the world is actually pretty much the same as everyone else''s. In fact superheroics seem far from their mind behind relationships sex lives and a constant desperation for success and fame. Instead this group of B-listers would rather get drunk and commiserate their lack of superiority in their local superheroes-only pub The Fortress... No Heroics is an ground-breaking comedy featuring stellar Britcom talent. The show has garnered much critical praise and a nomination for Best New Comedy at the British Comedy Awards.

• Bad Land: Road To Fury | DVD | (04/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Jake Paltrow writes and directs this sci-fi action feature starring Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult. Set in a futuristic, drought-ridden America, Ernest Holm (Shannon) survives in the deserted wasteland whilst maintaining a farm and trying to rediscover a sustainable water supply. Following the hospitalisation of his wife Katherine (Aimee Mullins), Ernest lives with his two children Mary (Elle Fanning) and Jerome (Kodi Smit-McPhee) as they try to get enough money together to enable their mother to return home. But their lives are tragically disturbed by the ruthless intervention of Mary's boyfriend Flem (Hoult) who wants sole possession of the family land.

• Skins - Complete Series 1-5 | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £94.48   |  Saving you £-24.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Channel 4's critically-acclaimed drama follows the angst-ridden lives of its teenage characters as they grapple with issues of race religion sexuality drugs and eating disorders. Skins' portrayal of these characters as poster children of the hedonistic lifestyle is unflinching in its candour. The first two series established the characters of Tony Maxxie Sid Michelle Cassie Anwar Jal and Chris. As well as introducing us to Bristol's Roundview College; their home away from home. The third series saw a new cast enrol at Roundview; JJ Naomi Emily Katie James Effy Freddie Pandora and Thomas. Then in 2011 Franky Mini Liv Grace Alo Rich Nick and Matty became the third generation of Skins sixth formers. So expect plenty of bitching backstabbing and general angst-ridden behaviour in this the complete first to fifth series.