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• Jemima Shore Investigates - The Complete Series | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £34.92   |  Saving you £-4.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Patricia Hodge stars as the investigative journalist TV presenter writer and amateur sleuth first encountered in the famously chilling Armchair Thriller strand Quiet as a Nun. This enormously popular series - based on the novels by Antonia Fraser - also features appearances by Tom Baker Don Henderson Bill Nighy Brian Cox and Lysette Anthony. Poised determined and possessed of a sharp intellect and a keen eye Jemima presents Megalith Television's Jemima Shore Investigates. But in her spare time she uses her connections to pursue her own investigations - and her relentlessly inquiring mind uncovers crime and intrigue of every sort particularly within the rarefied world of the wealthy and the privileged...

• Billy Liar - Series 1 | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £10.98   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted by the original source novel Keith Waterhouse this is the television series from 1973 shown on ITV. Starring Jeff Rawle as the overimaginative Billy Liar who dreams of a big-city life as a comedy writer. Featuring all the episodes from series 1

• Nuts In May | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An early masterpiece from Mike Leigh, Nuts in May is a filmed-for-TV adaptation of an earlier stage play. The cast is small (only five characters who matter), but the acting is impeccable, and the mix of wicked humour and social observation make this one of Leigh's best works. Keith Pratt, a man who fully earns his surname due to his nit-picking obsessions with order and detail, takes his partner Candice-Marie, a well-meaning but irritating hippie, on a camping trip. There they meet Trevor, a shy teacher who finds their enforced friendship intrusive but is too polite to extricate himself, and a brash young couple of bikers, Honky and Finger, whose loud and chaotic personalities lead them into conflict with the repressed and dogmatic Keith. Plot isn't the issue here, since Leigh is far more interested in teasing out the subtleties of human behaviour, which he does with forensic skill in several unforgettable scenes. Funny and painful at the same time, like all Leigh's successes, Nuts in May is brilliantly acted by all concerned, though special mention must go to Roger Sloman, for bringing to life the appalling but ultimately pitiable Keith, and Alison Steadman, whose portrayal of fey, goofy and tragi-comic Candice-Marie is every bit as memorable and nuanced as her more famous turn as Beverley in Leigh's Abigail's Party. --Andy Medhurst

• Billy Liar - Series 2 | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £16.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the original source novel by its very own author Keith Waterhouse this is the television series from 1973 shown on ITV. Starring Jeff Rawle as the overimaginative Billy Liar who dreams of a big-city life as a comedy writer. Featuring all the episodes from series 2. Episodes Comprise: 1. Billy And The Matrimonial Stakes 2. Billy And The Muse Of Fire 3. Billy And The Birthday Treat 4. Billy And The Bed-Sit 5. Billy And The Little Learning 6. Billy And The New Life 7. Billy And The Food Of Love 8. Billy And The Oriental Philosophy 9. Billy And The Scales Of Justice 10. Billy And The Bedside Manner 11. Billy And The Temporary Position 12. Billy And Some Orange Blossom 13. Billy And The Missing Item