"Actor: Peter Davis"

• Doctor Who : Earthshock | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £7.69   |  Saving you £2.30 (29.91%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The TARDIS arrives in the 26th Century in a cave system containing numerous dinosaur fossils. The ""So we meet again Doctor..."" Doctor's Party comes under suspicion from a military force led by Lieutenant Scott who are investigating the disappearance of a group of palaeontologists and geologists. They are all then attacked by androids - the true culprits - under the control of the Cybermen. The Doctor manages to deactivate a bomb intended by the Cybermen to destroy an imminent

• Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito -- Glyndebourne | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £11.74   |  Saving you £14.51 (138.45%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mozart's Clemenza di Tito ("The Clemency of Titus") makes for riveting viewing in this Glyndebourne performance directed by Nicholas Hytner and conducted by Andrew Davis staged in the composer's bicentenary in 1991. Mozart's last opera, Clemenza was for some time considered below par by his own exalted standards. He composed it in a rush, the recitatives are by a pupil and it had to be on an appropriate theme to please the new Hapsburg monarch, for whose enthronement it was designed. There's little character development and the musical style harks back to operatic conventions Mozart had done so much to overthrow. Watching this production one would scarcely credit that such reservations once held sway. Hytner and his team have put a contemporary angle on a story set in Rome AD 78 in which sets, props and the stage itself are constructed to different dimensions offering alternate perspectives on a static tale. A slanting pillar and a sloping corridor allude to the unhinged mind of the scheming Vitellia, the central character, who puts her confidant Sesto on an emotional roller coaster ride as she ensnares him to plot the downfall of Titus. The principals use their eyes to communicate to one another as well as the audience and in the imaginatively staged entrances and exits of the ensembles one senses Hytner's choreographic instincts coming to the fore. The superb cast sing magnificently and look stunning. Philip Langridge is an eloquent Titus, Diana Monatgue a sincere Sesto and Ashley Putnam brings a touch of Alexis Colby to her portrayal of Vitellia. The London Philharmonic are all fired up under conductor Andrew Davis' fervent direction. The performance (the "Overture" accompanied by a visual montage of artefacts of Ancient Rome) is played on modern instruments yet articulated and reproduced with the clarity and definition associated with period ones. On the DVD: La Clemenza di Tito has no special features save for the obligatory subtitles. The picture quality is outstanding with the imaginative and colourful production design caught, like the music, with exceptional fidelity. The high drama at the conclusion of Act 1 justifies running on without a break into Act 2. This is a must for all lovers of opera. --Adrian Edwards

• Alfred Hitchcock | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Secret Agent (1936): Alfred Hitchcock filmed Somerset Maugham's WWI spy story 'Ashenden' with his typical mix of ironic humour and suspenseful set pieces. Novelist Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) has his death faked by British Intelligence. Giving him a new identity as Richard Ashenden they persuade him to undertake an espionage commission in Switzerland. Accompanied by beautiful Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll) posing as his wife and the General (Peter Lorre) an insane professional killer Brodie/Ashenden becomes embroiled in murder intrigue and a pursuit through the Swiss Alps... The Farmer's Wife (1928): Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) is a condescending farmer who finds himself all alone. His wife has died and his daughter has just gotten married. To find a new spouse Sweetland and his housekeeper Minta (Lillian Hall-Davis) make a list of the women who live nearby assuming that any one of them would kill to be his bride. But farmer Sweetland is in for a big surprise--and his ego is in for a major bruising--until the lovelorn Sweetland can acknowledge that he is secretly admired by his housekeeper. Gordon Harker gives an amusing performance as the old farmhand in this faithful adaptation of a play by Eden Phillpotts. Rich And Strange (1931): Mixing silent film techniques with the new element of sound - only one-fifth of the film offers dialogue - Rich And Strange tells the charming story of Fred Hill (Henry Kendall) and his wife Emily (Joan Barry) a small-town British couple who inherit some money from a rich uncle and suddenly decide to take a world cruise. Both however find themselves out of their element and their attempts at extramarital adventures fail miserably. Their newfound sophistication having backfired the couple will have to try to return to good old England but their journey will be full of mishaps and unexpected disaster. Released under the title East Of Shanghai in the United States the film was based on the novel by Dale Collins and was a departure for Hitchcock in both style and tone. Juno And The Paycock (1930): Juno And The Paycock is set in Ireland chronicling the financial and emotional ups and downs of the Boyle clan. When the father learns that he is about to inherit a fortune he and his family go shopping with a vengeance and rack up some serious debts. Furthermore the promise of wealth also makes the Boyles very haughty and they even dump their working-class friends. However the Boyles find themselves in big trouble - financially and otherwise - when it is revealed that there is no inheritance after all. Juno And The Paycock was the first solo screenwriting credit for Alma Reville Hitchcock's wife and lifelong collaborator. The film was based on Sean O'Casey's hit play; it was released in the United States under the title The Shame Of Mary Boyle. The Lady Vanishes (1938): Intrigue and espionage and the effects on the lives and futures of passengers aboard a Trans-Continental Express emerge when a girl traveller (Margaret Lockwood) returning from a holiday strikes up an acquaintance with a middle-aged English governess who during the journey mysteriously disappears from her compartment. The girl seeking an explanation for the disappearance is accused of hallucinating and is nearly convinced that her new friend does not exist. However further enquiries made among the passengers reveal the curious behaviour of a group of foreign government agents who are also travelling as passengers... Classic Hitchcock!

• Naked Lunch | Blu Ray | (17/08/2015) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-8.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  You are now entering Interzone, William S Burroughs' phantasmagorical land of junk, paranoia and crawly things. Best travel advice: "Exterminate all rational thought". In David Cronenberg's superbly shot, unnerving warp on the Burroughs novel, Naked Lunch, the novelist himself becomes a main character (played in an implacable monotone by Peter Weller), with elements from Burroughs' life--including the shooting of his wife during a "William Tell" game, and bohemian friends Kerouac and Ginsberg--added to frame the book's wild visions. This is, ironically, a somewhat rational approach to an unfilmable book (and it makes a hair-curling double bill with Barton Fink, another look at writerly madness, with both films sharing Judy Davis). Cronenberg is a natural for oozing mugwumps and typewriters that turn into giant bugs, of course. But in the end, this is really his own vision of the artistic process, rather than Burroughs' hallucinatory descent into hell. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• Tales Of The Unexpected - Vol. 3 | DVD | (01/01/2006) from £11.22   |  Saving you £8.77 (78.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Safecracker - In The Blood | DVD | (01/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The death of his safecracking Grandfather has left Johnny the only one alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters. Johnny however is a low-life junkie with nothing more on his mind than getting his next fix. Snatched in the middle of the night Johnny is taken by the gang to a dark farmhouse in order to finish the job his Grandfather started. As withdrawal sets in and tensions rise in this increasingly bloody crime gone awry Johnny’s time is most definitely running out. “In the Blood” is the hard hitting and redemptive story of a young man’s journey from the lowest of the low.

• Hardcore | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Life doesn't always go as planned... A powerful unflinching glimpse into the dark bizarre world of the pornography industry. George C. Scott gives a strong sensitive portrayal of a deeply religious Midwestern businessman whose daughter while on a church-sponsored outing runs away from home. He hires an oddball detective (Peter Boyle) who learns that the daughter has been making cheap sex films. When the father realizes that he can no longer trust the detective he decides to hun

• Long Good Friday / Mona Lisa | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Long Good Friday (Dir. John MacKenzie 1981): In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king the man at the top is ruler only for as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man the rewards can be infinite but so are the dangers. Harold Shand is enjoying the height of his powers and he is on the verge of something that would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble. Mona Lisa (Dir. Neil Jordan 1981): Love is a weakness to be exploited and betrayed. Starring Bob Hoskins Michael Caine and Cathy Tyson 'Mona Lisa' is a classic drama written and directed by Neil Jordan about a driver (Hoskins) who falls for his employer - high-class prostitute Simone (Tyson). The DVD includes interviews and a commentary with Bob Hoskins and Neil Jordan the original theatrical trailer subtitles for the hearing impaired and much more!

• Mona Lisa (The Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (14/09/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Mary Higgins Clark - The Cradle Will Fall | DVD | (17/01/2005) from £4.19   |  Saving you £5.80 (138.42%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When Westlake County Prosecutor Kate DeMaio is asked to investigate the apparent suicide of a pregnant woman all the evidence points to a tragic accident and the case is closed. But when more locals in the small mid-western city are found dead Kate fears a serial killer is on the loose...

• Doctor Who - Davros Collection | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  The Davros Collection contains the following: Doctor Who: Genesis Of The Daleks: This classic Doctor Who story was voted number one in a poll by Doctor Who Magazine. Starring fans' favourite Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor Genesis of the Daleks introduces the merciless villain Davros (Michael Wisher) and tells the terrifying story of how the Daleks came to be. Doctor Who: Destiny of The Daleks: The Doctor and Romana find themselves on Skaro and are forced to be military advisers to the Daleks' enemy Movellans while the Daleks revive Davros. Destiny of the Daleks stars the much loved Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor alongside Lalla Ward as a newly regenerated Romana and David Gooderson the most notorious villain Davros. Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks: Captured in a Time Corridor the Doctor (Peter Davison) and his companions are forced to land on 20th Century Earth after being diverted by the Daleks. It is here that the true purpose of the Time Corridor becomes apparent: after 90 years of imprisonment Davros is to be liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. But not even the Daleks foresee the poisonous threat presented by their creator. Indeed who would suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why? Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks : Davros plans to create a whole new army of Daleks with which to take control of the Universe and it is up to the Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) to stop him... Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks Special Edition: The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) returns to London in 1963 to deal with some loose ends involving an ancient and powerful Time Lord device. Things however get messy very quickly when two competing factions of Daleks are also after the same thing. Davros Audio Stories: This special edition box set contains an exclusive compilation of all 7 Davros audio stories plus an exclusive brand new audio story - The Davros Mission written by Nicholas Briggs. In this new audio drama specially commissioned for this box set Davros is taken by the Daleks for trial and imminent execution. But even in his darkest hour he finds allies and an insatiable cunning to survive.

• Body Shot | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £11.10   |  Saving you £-5.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A photographer finds himself framed when his photographs develop into evidence against him.

• Campion | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Peter Davison stars as gentleman detective Albert Campion with Brian Glover as his trusty manservant Magersfontein Lugg in the 'Look to the Lady' and 'Police at the Funeral' stories adapted from the best selling Margery Allingham novels.

• Naked Lunch Steelbook | Blu Ray | (03/08/2015) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa... LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY STEELBOOK.

• Love For Lydia - Episodes 6 To 9 | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the late 1920's Lydia Aspen is a provincial heiress who develops from a bashful teenager to a wild flapper while toying with the affections of the men who are around her.

• Miss Marple - A Pocketful Of Rye | DVD | (10/07/2000) from £13.19   |  Saving you £6.80 (51.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After the hugely successful 'Murder In The Library' Joan Hickson returns in a brand new Miss Marple mystery on DVD 'A Pocketful Of Rye'. Miss Marple yet again has to solve a suspicious murder with her incredible powers of perception. In this sinister tale set in the 1940's Miss Marple sets about unravelling the mysterious murder of city financier Rex Fortescue. When the cause of death is identifed as poisoning suspicion falls on the occupants of the family home Yew Tree Lodge. But the police are baffled because the only clue to the heartless murder is a handful of rye in the dead man's pocket. However when another murder shortens the list of suspects the connection with the nursey rhyme Sing a song of sixpence becomes all too clear to Miss Marple! So the unlikely sleuth sets off for Yew Tree lodge...

• Campion - The Case Of The Late Pig / Death Of A Ghost | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £6.64   |  Saving you £18.35 (276.36%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Case Of The Late Pig: Campion receives an anonymous invitation to an old school friend's funeral. Then rather strangely the same friend is murdered at another friend's house three months later. Campion investigates... Death Of A Ghost: While Campion is enjoying a private view of an artist's work with his friends one of the guests is murdered. Campion sets out to unravel the mystery and discovers more intrigue along the way...

• The Girlfriend Experience | Blu Ray | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, "The Girlfriend Experience" is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey), an ultra high-end call girl who offers the full 'girlfriend package' to her clients.

• Berg: Lulu - Zurich/Welser-Most | DVD | (05/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A performance of the Alban Berg opera in two acts plus excerpts from the Lulu Symphony music for the third act which was never completed. Franz Welser-Most conducts.

• Cider With Rosie | DVD | (03/03/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Based on a memoir of English writer Laurie Lee and featuring narration by Lee himself, this made-for-television adaptation begins in wartime 1918 with Lee's family moving to the Gloucestershire countryside. Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply) shines as the matriarch of this large blended family, a compassionate and distracted woman who pines for the brood's missing father. The movie takes Lee from a young boy sleeping in his mother's bed through his girl-obsessed adolescence, fondly dealing with an assortment of relatives, schoolmates and villagers along the way. Lee doesn't actually have cider with girlfriend Rosie until a few minutes before the 82-minute movie ends, but in the meantime Charles Beeson, directing from an adaptation by John Mortimer, has offered up a gentle homage to long-passed era. --Kimberly Heinrichs, Amazon.com