Marking the final adventure of Peter Davison's Doctor, The Caves of Androzani saw the BBC pull out all stops to give him an unforgettable farewell. Deep within the titular caves the disfigured, masked antihero Sharez Jek (Christopher Gable) and his regiment of androids are locked in conflict with an army unit and a group of smugglers. At stake is control of the life-extending Spectrox, with plenty of subplots involving espionage, betrayal and revenge as well as big-business corruption, political assassination and silly looking reptilian monsters. When the Doctor and Peri (Nicola Bryant) enter this labyrinth they immediately become victims of deadly Spectrox poisoning. The first episode has one of the best cliffhangers ever: our heroes are executed by a firing squad armed with submachine guns. Freely borrowing from The Phantom of the Opera and Dune (David Lynch's film adaptation was made the same year) Robert Holmes' script shares concerns with his more satirical Doctor Who story, "The Sun Makers". This time everything is concentrated on delivering a breathlessly paced action thriller, the relentless death and destruction unfolding more like a PG-rated Sam Peckinpah film than BBC family drama, making Davison's heroic pacifism all the more effective. On the DVD: The disc is packed with features, from an eight-minute look at the creation of Sharez Jek narrated by Christopher Gable, to seven minutes of raw camera footage from Peter Davison's Doctor's transformation into Colin Baker's timelord. There are three BBC TV news reports on Davison's decision to leave the programme, and a BBC trailer for the first episode. In addition to a photo gallery, the entire first episode is included twice, as originally transmitted, and in a version with improved special effects. There are subtitles offering behind-the-scenes information and two additional audio options. The isolated musical score by Roger Limb may only interest the most hardcore fans, but the three-way commentary track with Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant and director Graeme Harper provides plenty of nostalgic reminiscences. Limited by the fact that the programme was shot on (professional) video, the DVD has picture quality no better than a good VHS tape, while the audio is clear, undistorted mono.--Gary S Dalkin
An enthralling documentary about director Terry Gilliam's aborted attempt to shoot a new Don Quixote movie in Spain.
Invasion of the Earthmen: Steed has a close escape and Tara has a close encounter. Investigating the disappearance of a fellow agent Steed and Tara find the Alpha Academy brought to their attention: what's the secret behind this sinister school where spacemen walk and boa-constrictors provide security? Our heroes must see themselves clear to keeping an eye on the pupils... The Curious Case of the Countless Clues: Steed helps a friend and Tara has a break. Has a friend of Steed's really committed murder? The evidence against him is strong and only the flimsiest of alibis stands between the man and prison. A gang of extortionists have been using a cunning scheme to get valuable works of art: if Steed's not careful he'll find it's not just the paintings which are being framed... Split! Steed studies handwriting and Tara is nearly in two minds. People are being assassinated by foreign agent Kartovski who is somehow able to reach his victims without them suspecting anything. But this isn't the only neat trick the killer is managing - for John Steed shot him in 1963! Tara and Steed begin the search for a dead man... Get-a-Way! Steed drinks a spy's health and Tara looks at lizards. An assassination campaign by three Russian agents is thought to have been nipped in the bud when they're captured and imprisoned in an inescapable facility. From which they promptly escape. Having learned he's on the hitlist Steed sets out to find the merciless killers who can seemingly vanish at will... Have Guns - Will Haggle: Steed hunts for a special gun and Tara hunts with one. Trampolining raiders steal a consignment of secret rifle the FF70 and an investigating Steed discovers an upcoming auction and a very interested party. Meanwhile Tara has been captured by murderous people who want her to help them with their sight tests... Wildest Dream
From the producers of Lost and Friday Night Lights comes a modern day prequel to the iconic horror film Psycho. After finding his father dead teenager Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) purchase a motel and move to White Pine Bay in search of a new life but they soon discover this idyllic seaside town hides some deadly secrets. Unable to trust anyone but each other the two indulge in a deeply twisted relationship that raises the question: does mother really know best? Special Features: Deleted Scenes Paley Center Panel Discussion with Cast and Crew
To the outside Gail and Ben have it all - two successful careers a beautiful house lots of vacations and an amazing nanny for their teenage daughter Mali (Finn's Girl star Maya Ritter). However behind the facade bad investments have the family disconnected resentful and just about broke. At the centre of this drama is Mali's young lesbian Mexican nanny Margarita. Unknown to her employers Margarita has been working for the family illegally for the past six years but despite all this she is passionate resourceful and devoted to them. She is the nanny the housekeeper the cook the maid and even the repair woman. Margarita is well aware of their financial issues and has been stretching resources in creative ways. But life is not all work for Margarita the shy law student Jane is clearly in love with her but is hesitant to bring their relationship out from the closet. When Gail and Ben decide that the best way for them to save money is by firing Margarita they set off a chain of events that lead to her deportation. Heart broken Mali withdraws from her parents forcing them to take an honest look at themselves. The well-meaning couple now desperate to keep Margarita in the country come up with a scheme to keep her around. But on the eve of her departure Jane arrives with one proposition that could change everything. The closing film of the 2013 BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and from the directors of Finn's Girl comes this warm funny and loving family drama looking at issues around race class and immigration.
Season 1From the producers of Lost and Friday Night Lights comes a modern day prequel to the iconic horror film Psycho. After finding his father dead teenager Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) purchase a motel and move to White Pine Bay in search of a new life but they soon discover this idyllic seaside town hides some deadly secrets. Unable to trust anyone but each other the two indulge in a deeply twisted relationship that raises the question: does mother really know best? Season 2 Season 2 of Bates Motel. Special Features: Deleted Scenes Paley Centre Discussion Origins of a Psycho: Inside Bates Motel
Series one of Tracy Beaker.
Irena is a beautiful young Eastern European woman who arrives in the Northern Italian city of Trieste looking for work. But there is a mysterious side to her visit as she rents out an apartment she cannot afford and begins to spy on the affluent couple opposite and their four year old daughter. Stopping at nothing to become the couple's trusted maid and beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter Irena risks everything in her quest to uncover the truth about the family. In doing so we too find out the truth behind Irena's secret mission and the shocking reality of her previous life as Giorgia an innocent immigrant forced into brutal prostitution by the Mafia.
Sara (Sue Perkins) is about to turn 40. For all of those 40 years she has led a double life - to her friends she is a lesbian, out and proud....to her family, she is a single lady who hasn't met the right man yet. On her 40th birthday, her friends Justine and Justin trick her into taking a road trip, where she will tell her parents her secret, finally able to be free of guilt and live a happy life. Also starring Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley, French and Saunders), Joanna Scanlan (The Thick of It, Getting On, Stella), Nicola Walker (Spooks, Inside Men, Last Tango in Halifax), Dominic Coleman (Miranda, Trollied, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret), June Brown (Eastenders), Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentleman, Psychoville), Jeff Rawle (Doc Martin).
ALL 4 ACTION-PACKED MOVIES FROM THE TRANSFORMERS SAGA TRANSFORMERS From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a thrilling battle between the AUTOBOTS⢠and the DECEPTICONSâ¢. When their epic struggle comes to Earth, all that stands between the evil DECEPTICONS⢠and ultimate power is a clue held by Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf). Join the fight for mankind in the extraordinary adventure that is this summer's coolest film FHM. TRANSFORMERS 2- REVENGE OF THE FALLEN The battle for Earth continues in this action-packed blockbuster from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg. When college-bound Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers, he must accept his destiny and join Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in their epic battle against the Decepticons, who have returned stronger than ever with a plan to destroy our world. TRANSFORMERS 3- DARK OF THE MOON A mysterious event from Earth's past threatens to ignite a war so big that the TRANSFORMERS alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the AUTOBOTS⢠must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the DECEPTICONS'⢠all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg. TRANSFORMERS 4- AGE OF EXTINCTION From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes the hugely entertaining* Transformers: Age of Extinction. With humanity facing extinction from a terrifying new threat, it's up to Optimus Prime and the Autobots to save the world. But now that the government has turned against them, they'll need a new team of allies, including inventor Cade Yeager ( Mark Wahlberg ) and the fearsome Dinobots!
When a team of unlikely heroes hijacks a steam-powered battle wagon, a daring young wizard (Marek) steals the final piece of the all-powerful Darkspore and embarks on a desperate quest to deliver the cursed artifact to the gods for safe keeping; but when they are caught in a death race between a ruthless team of elite mercenaries and a trinity of demons, Marek must learn to believe in herself before her friends are killed and the Darkspore is lost, to stop the evil necromancer (Szorlok) from uniting the Darkspore and flooding the living world with his legions of undead.
Adapted from the long-running London West End comedy There's A Girl In My Soup stars Peter Sellers as a handsome 40-year-old TV personality and confirmed bachelor. However he didn't bargain for a lovely nineteen-year-old American girl named Marion (Goldie Hawn). The plot thickens with liberal helpings of exotic locations in France. Sellers and Hawn create an electric partnership in this romantic comedy from The Boulting Brothers.
The Outrageous, Uproarious Smash ArtHouse Comedy of The 1970S! Renato (La grande bouffe's Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Diabolique's Michel Seerrault) a middleaged gay couple who are the manager and star performer at a glitzy drag club in St. Tropezagree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities and home decor, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato's son's fiancée come for a visit. This elegant comic scenario kicks off a wild and warmhearted farce about the importance of nonconformity and the beauty of being true to oneself. A modest French comedy that became a breakout arthouse smash in America, Edouard MolInaro's La Cage aux Folles inspired a major Broadway musical and the blockbuster remake The Birdcage. But with its hilarious performances and aheadofitstime social message, there's nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. Features: New 2K digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with director Edouard Molinaro Archival footage featuring actor Michel Serrault and Jean Poiret, writer and star of the original stage production of La Cage aux Folles New interview with Laurence Senelick, author of The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre French and U.S. trailers New English subtitle translation Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by critic David Ehrenstein
Set in Brixton, SW9, land of yuppies, clubbers, anarchists, guns and riots, this new Britsh drama follows five very different characters through a single extraordinary day.
Hansel & Gretal Blu-ray: A captivating film for the whole family: staged with elaborate backdrops, great attention to detail and beautiful music. Produced by the legendary Cannon Group, the classic 1987 film stars David Warner ( Titanic, Planet of the Apes ) and Oscar winner Cloris Leachman ( The Last Show ) as the evil witch. Based on the world famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm! The enchanting adaptation of the opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck - in a digitally restored version.
James Nesbitt plays Detective Sergeant Tommy Murphy a maverick cop with a dark past. After failing a psychiatric assessment he is given one last chance by his boss and given a dangerous undercover assignment. Murphy is a loner with little to lose and deals with everything on his own terms... Episodes Comprise: 1. The Goodbye Look 2. Disorganised Crime 3. Strongbox 4. Extra Mile 5. Boys Night Out 6. Hard Boiled Eggs And Nuts
Available for the first time on DVD! Timmy and Sid are entertainment officers at a holiday camp. They must organise a beauty contest successfully or find themselves out of work!
For the first time on DVD the lavish space drama that launched the careers of a galaxy of stars and whose demise is still mourned by fans nearly fourteen years later: episodes 1- 11 of the classic sci-fi series Jupiter Moon. It's New Year's Eve 2049. The University of Space spaceship Ilea is orbiting one of the moons of Jupiter. While the students prepare to party first-officer Finbow Lewis sees something very strange on the ship's deep-space scanners: something outside the Sol
Season 1From the producers of Lost and Friday Night Lights comes a modern day prequel to the iconic horror film Psycho. After finding his father dead teenager Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) purchase a motel and move to White Pine Bay in search of a new life but they soon discover this idyllic seaside town hides some deadly secrets. Unable to trust anyone but each other the two indulge in a deeply twisted relationship that raises the question: does mother really know best? Season 2 Season 2 of Bates Motel. Special Features: Deleted Scenes Paley Centre Discussion Origins of a Psycho: Inside Bates Motel
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