Comedian and presenter Sue Perkins traces the course of the Ganges, from source to sea, to tell the story of modern India at a crucial point in its history. Beginning her journey high in the Himalayas at the river's holy source, Sue travels through the agricultural and industrial heartlands of the Gangetic Plain, visits the holy city of Varanasi and travels on to the river's vast delta on the Bay of Bengal. From the keepers of the sacred fires at the famous funeral ghats to the holy men of the mountains, the climate change refugees of the delta to the devout pilgrims at the source, Sue meets the characters that make up modern India and asks what the future holds for this great river.
This collection presents the entire first season of 'Little House On The Prairie' the beloved television series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's novels about the trials and tribulations of a young family that settles on the wild Minnesota frontier. With no cowboys indians or feisty town saloons this isn't your typical western; instead it is a story of a loving family in search of a future in a young and growing community. Episodes comprise: 1. Harvest Of Friends 2. Country
Created by written by and starring the one and only Victoria Wood 'Dinnerladies' chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a manky old canteen up in the north of England... Episodes comprise: 1. Catering 2. Trouble 3. Holidays 4. Fog 5. Gamble 6. Christmas 7. Minnellium 8. Christine 9. Gravy 10. Toast
We Love The Royle Family (7 Discs)
Stanley Kubrick's 1961 version of Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's notorious 1953 novel, prompted a scandal in its day: even to address the issue of paedophilia on screen was deemed to be as perverted as the hapless protagonist Humbert Humbert. James Mason plays Humbert, the suave English Professor whose gentlemanly exterior peels away as quickly as his scruples once exposed to Sue Lyons' well-developed teenage beauty. In order to be close to her, he marries her mother, the lonely and pathetically pretentious Charlotte (Shelley Winters) only for her to expire conveniently, leaving Humbert free to embark on a motel-to-motel trek across America with Lolita in tow, evading suspicions that theirs is more than a father-daughter relationship. Peter Sellers, meanwhile, gives a Dr Strangelove-type tour de force performance as Clare Quilty, a TV writer also in pursuit of Lolita, who harasses Humbert under several guises, including a psychiatrist. As a movie, Lolita is flawed, albeit interestingly so. The sexual innuendo (a summer camp called Camp Climax, for example) seems jarring and pointless, while Sellers' comic turn detracts from any sense of guilt, tension or tragedy. It's as if the real purpose of the film is to offer a sort of silent, mocking laughter at the wretched Humbert and systematically divest him of his dignity. By the end, he is a babbling wretch while Sue Lyons' Lolita is pragmatic and self-possessed. It's Mason and Lyons' performances, which lift the film from its mess of structural difficulties. Decades on, their central relationship still makes for pitifully compulsive viewing. On the DVD: Few extras, sadly, though the brief original trailer is excellent, built around the question, "How could they make a film out of Lolita?". The original black and white picture and mono sound are excellent. --David Stubbs
In the 1960s, director Robert Hartford-Davis (The Black Torment, The Fiend) teamed up with producer/cameraman Peter Newbrook (The Asphyx) to make a series of low-budget films capitalising on the cinematic crazes of the day. In 1968, the duo stridently ventured into the surgical horror subgenre with Corruption, a grim update of Eyes Without a Face, transposed into the scenic south-coast seaside town of Seaford, via Swinging Sixties London. In a surprising performance, Peter Cushing (Captain Clegg, The Revenge of Frankenstein) stars as a high-class plastic surgeon who is driven to murder as part of a demented quest to rebuild the decaying visage of his fashion model wife (Sue Lloyd, The Ipcress File), who has been severely scarred at a party. Product Features 2K restoration from the original negative Three feature presentations: the censored UK theatrical cut (92 mins), the US theatrical cut (92 mins), and the graphic continental version (91 mins) Original mono audio Audio commentary with Peter Cushing biographer David Miller and English Gothic author Jonathan Rigby for the US cut and continental version (2013) The BEHP Interview with Peter Newbrook (1995, 92 mins): archival audio recording of the producer and cameraman in a career-spanning conversation with Alan Lawson and Roy Fowler, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project The Guardian Interview with Peter Cushing (1986, 72 mins): archival audio recording of the legendary actor in conversation with David Castell at the National Film Theatre, London The Reluctant Beatnik (2021, 15 mins): actor Phillip Manikum revisits his time on the film What Ever Happened to Wendy Varnals? (2013, 16 mins): the actor and TV host remembers playing Terry Archival interview with actor Billy Murray (2012, 14 mins) Archival interview with actor Jan Waters (2012, 9 mins) Stephen Laws Introduces ˜Corruption' (2021, 7 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author Alternative Laser Killer opening titles (3 mins) Isolated music & effects track Original UK theatrical trailer Original US theatrical trailer Edgar Wright trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): short critical appreciation TV spots Radio spots Image galleries: production stills and promotional material Director's shooting script gallery New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Adapted by David Nobbs from his novel The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin brilliantly captured the mid-1970s zeitgeist. It opened each week with a naked Reggie walking out into the sea to end it all before rapidly rethinking the whole idea and told the story of a man desperate to escape his loving but dull marriage disappointing offspring and the daily grind of his job. The first series - while hilariously funny - was incredibly dark focusing on a man in nervous breakdown. Each week Reggie's behaviour becomes more erratic his excuses to his secretary for lateness weirder and weirder (22 minutes late Joan: a badger ate a junction box at New Malden) and his fantasies of seducing her more vivid. The mere mention of his mother-in-law is enough to send an image of a hippo lumbering through his head and each episode ends with Reggie screaming in frustration. Ultimately he fakes his own death but is reunited with wife Elizabeth when he attends his funeral in disguise and can't resist wooing her all over again. Reggie returned a year later bent on setting up a new business Grot selling useless goods. It was of course a massive success leaving Reggie trapped back in the rat race. For the third less successful series he abandoned wage-slavery again this time setting up a commune for his former co-workers. A brilliant satire the programme will also be remembered for its catchphrases including Reggie's boss CJ's I didn't get where I am today by... and Reggie's brother-in-law Jimmy constantly cadging food on the basis of a bit of a cock-up on the catering front. Above all there was Leonard Rossiter's brilliant performance as Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. RIP to both.
Federico Fellini followed up his iconic breakthrough La strada with this brilliant drama - an unsparing look at the dog-eat-dog values of post war Italian society that nonetheless manages to navigate expertly between the lightly comic and the emotionally stark to become one of his richest most moving works. Il bidone [The Swindle] follows three small-time conmen - the ageing Augusto (Broderick Crawford) Picasso (Richard Basehart) and Roberto (Franco Fabrizi) - as they prey upon the poor and gullible for modest gains. However once Augusto is unexpectedly reunited with his daughter now struggling with her studies the moral and emotional demands of his lifestyle begin to take their toll sooner than he had anticipated. With its masterful set pieces and host of superb performances (including the director's wife and muse Giuletta Masina) this forms the centrepiece of what has been termed Fellini's Trilogy of Loneliness (with bookending films La strada and Le notti di Cabiria) and may be the darkest examination of human nature he ever attempted. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this long-undervalued classic in a new high-definition restoration. Special Features: Beautiful new high-definition master with the film appearing in 1080p Optional English subtitles Original theatrical trailer 36-Page Booklet featuring the words of Federico Fellini rare imagery and more! More to be announced!
The Cold Case team return to DVD for more unsolved crimes that need their outstanding expertise. Episode Listing: 1.Multistory 2.Walking On Water 3.Breaking Glass 4.Final Cut
Featuring a quintessential performance from double-Oscar winner Sir Michael Caine and an iconic score from the legendary John Barry this stylised and compelling Cold War spy movie won multiple awards on its theatrical release - including three BAFTAs. The Ipcress File is featured here in a High Definition transfer made from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Harry Palmer a stubbornly insolent sergeant working for the Ministry of Defence is less than thrilled to be transferred under threat of blackmail to an elite counter-intelligence unit. Palmer and the rest of his unit follow the trail of a missing scientist but when he finds a piece of tape marked 'IPCRESS' in an abandoned warehouse he suddenly becomes a marked man... Special Features: (Standard Definition unless otherwise stated) Michael Caine is Harry Palmer - exclusive interview with Sir Michael Caine The Design File - exclusive interview with production designer Sir Ken Adam Commentary with director Sidney Furie and film editor Peter Hunt Michael Caine Goes Stella comedy short 1969 documentary: Candid Caine Original theatrical trailer (HD) text less material (HD) and US radio commercials Extensive image galleries (HD) Commemorative booklet
Set in the glamour of 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. With his latest film, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running. Phantom Thread is Paul Thomas Anderson's eighth movie, and his second collaboration with Daniel Day-Lewis. Bonus Features Camera Tests: with Commentary by Writer/Director/Producer Paul Thomas Anderson For the Hungry Boy House of Woodcock Fashion Show
With a superb ensemble cast this is a hilarious and heart-warming comedy from Jennifer Saunders the writer and star of Absolutely Fabulous. The Women's Guild: its ideals are to promote truth justice tolerance and fellowship - or is it just an excuse for a good old gossip? Clatterford is a small town but big enough to have a good cross section of people local shops and a late night convenience store - a place which also has a thriving Women's Guild. When Sal's husband dies suddenly of a heart attack she is forced to give up her role as practice nurse at the local surgery. Without a job and feeling very much alone Sal slowly realises that she needs the support of the Women's Guild as much as they need her so she decides to join them and give the Guild a try...
The complete series of the BBC comedy.
The sexually frustrated women of Sodding Chipbury lead a humdrum existence until Bob the handsome new handyman arrives in their picturesque village. The local ladies love his handiwork and luckily for them randy Bob certainly has the right tool for the job! However when Bob takes over the running of the local pub his stamina for odd jobs and horny housewives is stretched to the absolute limit. This classic 1970s colour British sex comedy stars Barry Stokes (Norman J. Warren's Spaced Out) and Gay Soper (voice of The Flumps) supported by a roll-call of familiar faces including Bob Todd (The Benny Hill Show) Valerie Leon (Carry On Up the Jungle) and Sue Lloyd (Crossroads).
Sue Johnston is Eileen Lewis - a newly widowed mother and grandmother - who after discovering a little magic in Lapland is determined to live life to the full. Eileen tries to throw herself into new experiences and 'not sit in the corner in black like an old Nanna ' but is often hindered by her well meaning but chaotic children and loveable but testing grandchildren. A warm-hearted family comedy series Being Eileen boasts a stellar British cast including Sue Johnston (The Royle Family) Dean Andrews (Last Tango in Halifax) William Ash (Waterloo Road) Elizabeth Berrington (Stella) and Julie Graham (The Bletchley Circle).
A Question Of Sport has become an institution of British television. Now here's your chance to take part in the famous quiz with this cracking interactive DVD game. All the classic rounds are here from the picture round mystery person and the one minute round.
Boycie - the wheeler dealer from the nations favourite Only Fools And Horses - is in trouble. Local mobsters the Driscoll brothers believe that the tashed one has grassed them up to the Police. Demonstrating his usual steel back bone Boycie decides to quickly uproot from the suburb of Peckham and whisk his family away from danger to start a new life in the countryside. As ever Boycie has idea's above his station but that's not going to deter him from re-inventing himself as a 'gentlemen farmer'!
Sit down put your feet up light a fag and join Britain's first family in their sitting room for the complete three series of The Royle Family! The Royle Family is a real-life comedy set in a Manchester council house. Imagine a secret camera placed in the living room of an average working class family. The intense drama and emotions of everyday life such as whose turn it is to go to the off-licence is set against the continuous hum of the television. The rosy hue of their life is yellowed only by a nicotine haze. Series 1: 1. Bills Bills Bills 2. Making Ends Meet 3. Sunday Afternoon 4. Jim's Birthday 5. Another Woman? 6. The Wedding Day Series 2: 1. Pregnancy 2. Sunday Lunch 3. Nana's Coming To Stay 4. Nana's Staying! 5. Barbara's Finally Had Enough Series 3: 1. Hello Baby Dave 2. Babysitting Again 3. Decorating 4. Elise Funeral 5. Antony's Going To London 6. The Christening Also includes the 1999 and 2000 Christmas Special episodes!
The Cold Case team return to DVD for more unsolved crimes that need their outstanding expertise. Episodes Comprise: 1. Life Sentence (Part 1) 2. Life Sentence (Part 2) 3. Deathwatch (Part 1) 4. Deathwatch (Part 2) 5. Special Relationship (Part 1) 6. Special Relationship (Part 2) 7. Thin Air (Part 1) 8. Thin Air (Part 2)
Travelling Man: The Complete Series (4 Discs)
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