"Director: Al Campbell"

• Spooks: Season 2 | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £13.24   |  Saving you £26.75 (202.04%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Revelling in its reputation for pulling no punches, the second series of the BBC's slick spy drama Spooks maintains the quality of its award-winning first year, serving up enough nail-biting moments of genuine tension to outweigh any concern that occasionally it courts controversy for no better reason than to cock a snook at the notoriously timid Auntie Beeb. The Islamic terrorist episode unsurprisingly received a great deal of negative publicity, but a show that prides itself on its contemporary edge could hardly ignore such an issue. Other episodes tackle computer hackers, Eastern European terrorists, Columbian drug cartels, inter-service territorial disputes with the CIA and even a mutiny in the army. One of the strongest episodes, set entirely within the sealed-off MI5 Section B department, tracks the team's individual reactions to what might be a drill, or a real and devastating VX gas attack. Throughout, this year focuses a great deal on the team's personal problems, notably Tom Quinn's chaotic love life, which ultimately brings his loyalty to the service into question. Cast changes introduce some new faces, while some old ones pop up in unwelcome places (Jenny Agutter relishing her new role as a villain). Pacy direction and snappy editing, generous use of slo-mo, split-screen and dramatic music all add to the tension inherent in scripts that bring a modern, youthful edge to the creaky old spy genre. Only the final episode resorts to some hackneyed plot contrivances in a rather strained bid to produce the now-obligatory cliffhanger. --Mark Walker

• Homicide - Series 1 | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £16.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  One of the most critically acclaimed shows in TV history Homicide: Life On The Street re-invigorated a tired genre by focusing on the grueling work of solving murders instead of an endless succession of bloody crimes and car chases. Inspired by David Simon's Edgar Award-winning account of Baltimore homicide detectives and brought to television by director Barry Levinson (Rain Man Oz) and writer Paul Attanasio (Gideon's Crossing) Homicide boasted a powerhouse cast featuring Ned Beatty (Deliverance) Yaphet Kotto (Alien) Richard Belzer (Law & Order: SVU) and breakout star Andre Braugher (Frequency). The critical response was overwhelming: Homicide won multiple Emmy and Writer's Guild of America Awards and is one of just two shows in history to claim three Peabody Awards. Now Homicide debuts on DVD with this collector's set featuring all 13 episodes from the first two seasons. Episodes Comprise: 1. Gone For Goode 2. A Ghost Of a Chance 3. Son Of A Gun 4. A Shot In The Dark 5. Three Men And Adena 6. Dog And Pony Show 7. And The Rockets' Dead Glare 8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 9. The NIght Of The Living Dead

• Saucy 70S! - A British Sex Comedy Threesome - Deluxe Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (19/12/2022) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Zeta One, Au Pair Girls, The Sex Thief From the era that also bought us the seedier Carry On films and the Confessions movies there also came a run of other 'delightfully of their time' British sex comedies. This beautifully presented set brings together three of those typically silly and salacious soft porn romps in Zeta One (1970), Au Pair Girls (1972) and The Sex Thief (1973). Combining elements of science fiction, crime and plenty of smut these movies could only have sprung from that strangely odd time which fell somewhere between the dying sixties and the Deep Throat generation. Featuring an eclectic mix of talent including James Robertson Justice (Doctor in the House), Me Me Lai (The Man from Deep River), Charles Hawtrey, (Carry on up the Jungle) and Diane Keen (Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush) these films are at least guaranteed to raise a smile if nothing else Daring, daft and unspeakably naughty, here is a threesome you'll never forget.

• Homicide - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £22.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (73.95%)   |  RRP £39.99

  One of the most critically acclaimed shows in TV history Homicide: Life On The Street re-invigorated a tired genre by focusing on the grueling work of solving murders instead of an endless succession of bloody crimes and car chases.

• Bad Education - Series 1-3 | DVD | (31/08/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £32.99

  Bad Education – written by and starring Jack Whitehall – follows Alfie Wickers the worst teacher ever to (dis)grace the British Education system. SERIES ONE Abbey Grove School is populated by some of the weirdest teachers ever: Fraser (Mathew Horne) the hair-brained Headmaster Miss Gulliver (Sarah Solemani) the biology teacher with a heart of gold and Deputy Headmistress Miss Pickwell (Michelle Gomez) who displays all the charm and sensitivity of a Third Reich dominatrix. Alfie’s class have been written off by the rest of the school - but Alfie’s determined to take them under his wing. From disastrous parents’ evenings to cringe-worthy sex-education lessons from life-threatening self-defence classes to school elections full of dirty tricks... Bad Education is school life as you’ve never seen it before. SERIES TWO Alfie Wickers (Jack Whitehall) returns as the self-styled maverick of Abbey Grove attempting to teach his class something - anything - that requires zero effort. The staff room politics are tricky: Miss Gulliver (Sarah Solemani) is now seeing one of their female ex-students Miss Pickwell (Michelle Gomez) is giving President Putin a run for his money and Fraser (Mathew Horne) mistakenly gives all of the school’s funds to ‘The Nigerian Minister of Finance’. This term sees a furiously fought swimming gala a drugs awareness day that ends in Alfie’s utter humiliation and Fraser staging Abbey Grove’s own Take Me Out. SERIES THREE Exams are looming so it’s time for Alfie to actually start teaching his class but the path to A*s never did run smooth. Adding to Alfie’s stress levels is the appointment of his dad Martin Wickers (Harry Enfield) as the new deputy head and his increasingly disastrous love with his girlfriend Miss Gulliver (Sarah Solemani). Fraser (Mathew Horne) starts the summer term with a strike on his hands after badly investing the school’s money. Thrown into the mix is an evening of after school clubs a competitive sports day Alfie and his class sitting a Biology exam and the end of term Prom.

• Bad Education - Series 3 | DVD | (31/08/2015) from £17.53   |  Saving you £2.46 (14.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It’s summer term at Abbey Grove and Alfie Wickers (Jack Whitehall) is back however this term is going to be a challenge. Exams are looming and it’s time for Alfie to finally knuckle down and start teaching his class but the path to A*s never did run smooth. The staff room isn’t going to be any easier than the class room. Alfie’s dad Martin Wickers (Harry Enfield) has been appointed as the new deputy head and despite his protestations that their relationship won’t affect the work place his stories of Alfie wetting himself on his 18th Birthday mean it is all beyond cringe for Alfie. Meanwhile things are looking rosy between Alfie and Miss Gulliver (Sarah Solemani) until their relationship is put to the test by a teachers’ strike brought on by Fraser (Mathew Horne) badly investing the school’s money in his own clothing range Dolce and Gabanter. Thrown into the mix is an evening of after school clubs which see Alfie LARPing for the first time a furiously competitive sports day a joyride in an ambulance with school bully Grayson Alfie and his class trying to cheat their way through a Biology exam and the end of term Prom with a shock result for the Prom King and Queen.

• Shameless - Series 2 And Christmas Special | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £5.39   |  Saving you £19.60 (363.64%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Gallaghers, the UK's most dysfunctional family, return along with assorted colourful characters on the Chatsworth Estate. Frank, Manchester's favourite son and world's worst father, embarks on a series of adventures with his remarkably well-balanced children Fiona, Lip, Ian, Carl, Debbie and Liam - and not forgetting the seventh kid on the way with Frank's valium-fuelled lover Sheila.With more hilarious tales of how one extraordinary family goes about its normal everyday life, Shameless series two is packed with sex, love and scams: but the most important thing is - Family.Includes Feature Length Christmas SpecialForget a traditional Christmas, and prepare for the outrageous Gallagher clan to bring their own chaotic brand of festive cheer to the entire Chatsworth Estate.It's a Merry Christmas, Shameless style.

• Beatles - the Long and Winding Road: the Life & Times of... | DVD | (31/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This DVD features the story of The Beatles: from the birth of the band to their break up and the deaths of John and George. Containing footage from the UK and abroad it details their leap to success and the bitter disagreements that led to their winding up in the courts by Paul McCartney. 'The Beatles - A Long And Winding Road' features various conversations and filmed events that follow the group's relentless sweep through the musical boundaries of the world.

• Tchaikovsky - the Sleeping Beauty (Nureyev) | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £21.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (6.48%)   |  RRP £22.99

  TchaikovskyThe Sleeping BeautyBallet in Three ActsPrincess Aurora - Veronica TennantPrince Florimund - Rudolf NureyevKing Florestan - Charles KirbyThe Queen - Susan MenckCatalabutte - Simon SemonoffCarabosse - Celia FrancaThe Lilac Fairy - Kristine SoleriThe Bluebird - Frank AugustynPrincess Florine - Karen KainSoloists Artists and Orchestra of the National Ballet of CanadaGeorge Crum conductor

• Cool McCool | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Only Bob Kane the creator of 'Batman' could dream up the weird array of villains that try to befuddle the most debonair detective ever to slip on a trench coat- Cool McCool. Together with his sidekick Breezy his dada Harry and the Komedy Kops Cool McCool foils the dastardly deeds of such wacky criminals as The Rattler and Hurricane Harry in an outrageous assortment of cartoon adventures bursting with cloak and dagger lunacy. Adventures for Cool McCool in 'Bagging The Windbag' 'Big Top Cops' 'In The Dough' 'Will The Real Cool Mobile Please Stand Up' 'Owl On The Prowl' 'Three Men On A House' 'Caps And Robbers' and 'College Of Crooks'.