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• At Last The 1948 Show (DVD) | DVD | (16/09/2019) from £23.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This ground-breaking, splendidly silly and surreal comedy sketch series, written and performed by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman, also starring the lovely Aimi MacDonald, was a major milestone on the road to Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Goodies and everything that came after. This lovingly curated new deluxe three-disc set restores all the existing episodes from both series of the programme in the correct order, and is as complete as is currently possible. It includes all ten surviving episodes, two almost completely reconstructed episodes, and the complete audio of a further episode with fragments of film restored; all drawn from the vaults of the BFI National Archive, and proudly presented alongside an array of newly-filmed and archive extras. Special features: Includes all the complete surviving episodes from series one and two, plus two reconstructed episodes, for the very first time Newly recorded interviews with Humphrey Barclay and Tim Brooke-Taylor (2019) Archive interviews with John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Aimi MacDonald ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the show by series expert Steve Bryant, not quite 400 words by Tim Brooke-Taylor and full credits Other extras TBC

• The Cedar Tree: Series 1 - Volume 2 | DVD | (03/06/2013) from £15.25   |  Saving you £14.74 (96.66%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Created by Upstairs Downstairs' Alfred Shaughnessy The Cedar Tree is a study of one fictional aristocratic family the Bournes of Larkfield Manor focusing particularly on daughters Elizabeth (21) Anne (18) and Victoria (16). Dependent on their parents for income and bound by the remnants of the previous century's code of social behaviour they represent a small backwater of Thirties life. The girls' great hope is to fi nd a suitable husband and their expectations are high; but who is to know that what awaits all women at the end of the 'devil's decade' is war? A huge success for ITV in the 1970s The Cedar Tree picked up the reigns for classy period drama from Upstairs Downstairs and is the precursor to today's highly popular costume dramas such as Cranford and Downton Abbey.

• At Last The 1948 Show | DVD | (17/01/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £1.61 (29.93%)   |  RRP £6.99

  John Cleese Graham Chapman and many more headline this historic comedy series which directly preceded and inspired Monty Python. With every episode a string of wildly silly and hilarious sketches it deserves to achieve immortal status.

• The Cedar Tree - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £11.59   |  Saving you £18.40 (158.76%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Created by Upstairs, Downstairs' Alfred Shaughnessy, this major series charts the fortunes of a fictional aristocratic family, the Bournes of Larkfield Manor, through the turbulent years leading up to the Second World War - an upheaval that would change their world forever. A huge success for ITV, The Cedar Tree picked up the reigns for classy period drama from Upstairs Downstairs and is the precursor to today's highly popular costume dramas such as Cranford and Downton Abbey. As storm clou...

• How To Irritate People | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £16.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Anyone can make themselves unpopular - but it takes a past master like John Cleese to be really irritating. The secret he says is to let the other person believe it's all totally unintentional - and that's the first of many tricks of the trade he gives away in How To Irritate People. With the help of fellow Python cohorts Michael Palin and Graham Chapman Connie Booth from Fawlty Towers and Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor Cleese demonstrates the uncanny ability to keep his victims just the right temperature under the collar...one degree below boiling point! Recorded live in front of a thoroughly irritated audience and including the famed 'Airline Pilot' sketch How To Irritate People is a lesser known classic of British comedy.

• Sergeant Cork - The Complete Series 5 | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £9.87   |  Saving you £3.12 (31.61%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In the melting pot of 1890s London Sergeant Cork works for Scotland Yard’s newly formed Criminal Investigation Department enthusiastically employing the pioneering techniques of the new science of forensics to tackle crimes born of poverty and deprivation passion vengeance and greed. Ably assisted by youthful detective Bob Marriott Cork is astute years ahead of his time and knows that even the most convincing evidence can all too often deceive.

• The Cedar Tree: The Complete Series 1 - Volume 1 | DVD | (06/05/2013) from £16.98   |  Saving you £15.00 (100.07%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Airing at the tail-end of the hottest summer in living memory The Cedar Tree was one of those budget-friendly programmes (like Emmerdale Farm) which livened up the early afternoon on ITV for housewives perennial students the steadfastly unemployable and kids bunking off school. Also like Emmerdale Farm its reach very definitely exceeded its grasp with the series becoming immensely successful - 108 half hour episodes over two series before it was reformatted to fit an hour-long primetime Sunday evening slot during its final run in 1978.

• Frost on Coward | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (116.86%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Premier playwright of his generation actor composer and singer by 1968 Noel Coward had reached an unassailable position for many people as the epitome of wit style and flamboyance. In this relaxed and candid chat with David Frost recorded in colour at the Mayfair Theatre in September 1968 Coward discusses his successes and failures favourite speeches that he has written Churchill and Roosevelt's disagreement over 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' and his definition of success. One of the triumvirate of Frost programmes that dominated ITV weekends in the late 1960s and early '70s Frost on Friday concentrated on current affairs - often creating the headlines as well as reporting on them. Made at a time when David Frost was hosting a chat show in the US and then jetting back to the UK to do three shows over the weekend Frost on Friday concentrates this energy into forty minutes worth of incisive and insightful commentary on current affairs as well as a number of remarkable interviews with often controversial high-profile public figures.

• Mr Rose | DVD | (14/05/2018) from £20.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The sequel to Granada Television's cult '60s crime series The Odd Man and It's Dark Outside, Mr. Rose sees Scotland Yard's acerbic Chief Inspector Rose emerging from a restless retirement to take on a further series of cases. With a memorable central performance from William Mervyn as Rose, this complete series set includes guest appearances from Terence Alexander, Nicola Pagett, John Le Mesurier, Judy Geeson, Barrie Ingham, Barbara Shelley, Tenniel Evans, Robert Urquhart, Geraldine Newman and Derek Newark. Mr. Rose has retired from the force to cultivate his cottage garden and concentrate on writing his memoirs. A number of people have good reason to fear Rose's vast personal collection of case files, however, which contain a wealth of incriminating detail that villains and former colleagues alike would rather remain unpublished... SPECIAL FEATURES: Image galleries (discs 1, 6 and 8) Promotional and Script PDFs (disc 8)

• Mr Rose - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (11/03/2013) from £6.79   |  Saving you £13.20 (194.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  All five episodes from the third series of the late 1960s crime drama starring William Mervyn as Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Rose. Although formally retired, a man as immersed in the law as Rose will never truly be free of its demands. When his intentions to write his memoirs become known, all manner of criminals and former associates of Rose become concerned by the revelations that might emerge and it isn't long before the retired Chief Inspector finds himself involved in fresh investiga...

• The Cedar Tree: Series 3 | DVD | (02/06/2014) from £19.99   |  Saving you £20.00 (100.05%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Devised by Upstairs Downstairs script editor Alfred Shaughnessy The Cedar Tree chronicles the shifting fortunes of a fictional aristocratic family the Bournes of Larkfield Manor through the turbulent years leading up to the Second World War. This third series begins in January 1938 as England stands on the cusp of a metamorphosis. Even for a traditional landowning family change has taken place: Arthur Bourne's elder daughter Elizabeth is now a qualified doctor with a sharpening awareness of social inequalities; her sister Victoria studying music at the Royal Academy is romantically involved with a young German Klaus von Heynig - offering a stark insight into developments in Central Europe; and the widowed Arthur is facing increasing financial pressure - and even the unthinkable prospect of losing Larkfield...

• Mr Rose - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £12.19   |  Saving you £7.80 (63.99%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Scotland Yard’s Chief Inspector Rose (played by William Mervyn) was first introduced in The Odd Man and It’s Dark Outside Granada’s cult crime series of the early ’60s and this sequel sees the acerbic detective taking on a further selection of intriguing cases alongside Donald Webster as his enigmatic manservant John Halifax; this series also features guest turns from Barbara Shelley Tenniel Evans and Robert Urquhart.

• Frost on Sunday | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £12.98   |  Saving you £14.00 (127.39%)   |  RRP £24.99

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• Soap Box - Volume One | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Loved by millions, soap operas have become a regular part of people's lives. A staple part of British television culture over the last fifty years, our devoted interest in the dramatic, funny and sometimes tragic situations of characters we've come to know and love always keeps us coming back for more.So meet some old friends and rediscover some classic moments in a three disc set that contains episodes of Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm, The Cedar Tree, For Maddie With Love, General Hospital, Parkin's Patch and more!

• Father Brown - The Mirror Of The Magistrate And Other Stories | DVD | (08/09/2003) from £19.80   |  Saving you £5.19 (26.21%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A selection of who-dunnits from the TV series featuring the ecclesiastical detective based on the books of G K Chesterton. When Father Brown's calling as a priest brings him into contact with crime he uses his powers of deduction keen observation and a knowledge of the darker side of human nature to uncover the truth. The Mirror Of The Magistrate: A distinguished Judge who holds controversial views in murdered and a man is arrested and charged. Father Brown just doesn'