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• John Wayne - Triple - The Alamo / Red River / Horse Soldiers | DVD | (08/06/2009) from £15.25   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Titles Comprise: The Alamo:John Wayne produces directs and stars in this larger than life chronicle of one of the most remarkable events in American history. At the Alamo - a crumbling adobe mission - 185 exceptional men joined together in a sacred pact: they would stand firm against an army of 7 000 and willingly give their lives for freedom. Filmed entirely in Texas only a few miles from the site of the actual battle The Alamo is a visually stunning and historically accurate celebration of courage and honour. Co-starring Richard Widmark Laurence Harvey and Chill Wills and garnering seven Oscar nominations it is a truly memorable movie spectacle. Horse Soldiers: John Wayne teams with William Holden and eminent western director John Ford for this frontier actioner. Written by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin this faithful representation of one of the most daring cavalry exploits in history is both a moving tribute to the men who fought and died in that bloody war and a powerful action-packed drama. Based on an actual Civil War incident The Horse Soldiers tells the rousing tale of a troop of Union Soldiers who force their way deep into Southern territory to destroy a rebel stronghold at Newton Station. In command is hardbitten Colonel Marlowe (Wayne) a man who is strikingly contrasted by the company's gentle surgeon (Holden) and the beautiful but crafty Southern belle (Constance Towers) who's forced to accompany the Union raiders on perhaps the most harrowing mission in the war. Two great stars strike sparks from each other as Wayne's character is strikingly contrasted with Doc William Holden's pacifistic company surgeon. With its rousing musical score The Horse Soldiers is a moving tribute to those who fought in the brutal cavalry exploits of the US Civil War. Red River: John Wayne is Tom Dunson a cattle baron who built his ranch with hard work and a determination to kill any man who would dare try to take his land. But when plummeting livestock values endanger his beloved ranch Tom and his adopted son set out to get a fair price for their cattle by driving them through the treacherous Chisholm Trail from Texas to Kansas. Battling Indians stampedes and dissention among the ranch hands Tom proves that he'll stop at nothing to reach his destination. He'll risk danger hardship betrayal and perhaps even his own sanity...

• The Goodies ... At Last! (Repackaged) | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £13.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (48.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Goodies At Last: Volume 1 (2 Discs)

• The Goodies ...At Last - Back For More, Again | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.90

  The Goodies At Last: Back For More Again (Volume 3)

• All in Good Faith - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (21/04/2014) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In his first comedy series for ITV Richard Briers stars as a beleaguered vicar who abandons the comforts of his affluent Oxfordshire parish for the more challenging climes of a run-down Midlands town. Co-starring Barbara Ferris Irene Handl Robert Dorning and Jan Ravens among others this hugely engaging sitcom was penned by noted screenwriter (and Me and My Girl creator) John Kane and directed by multi-award winner John Howard Davies. Hoping for a fresh start and a renewed sense of purpose the Rev. Philip Lambe has convinced his family to join him in the inaptly named town of Edendale where he has taken up a new position. But ministering to his new urban flock brings many unforeseen problems: this second series sees the well-meaning but naïve clergyman coming into conflict with a local martial-arts club finding a homeless couple on his doorstep and coming face to face with a delusional gun-toting stranger...

• The Good Life - Series 3 | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £14.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (66.71%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The third series of the self-reliance sitcom. Episodes comprise: 1. The Early Birds 2. The Happy Event 3. A Tug Of The Forelock 4. I Talk To The Trees 5. Whos Fleas Are These? 6. The Last Posh Frock

• The John Wayne Ultimate Collection | DVD | (21/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The John Wayne Ultimate Collection

• The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin - The Complete Collection | DVD | (06/10/2003) from £32.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (21.37%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Follow the trials and tribulations of one of TV comedy's greatest creations in this complete collection of all three series. All the episodes over 10 hours of classic comedy. From his days at Sunshine Desserts with boss C.J. through the rise and fall of his Grot empire where everything sold was guaranteed completely useless to the creation of a commune that saw him reunited with all his old workmates (including C.J.) this is the complete 22 episode story of Reginald Iolanthe Per

• Mr Bean: Series 1, Volume 4 (20th Anniversary Edition) | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £8.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Best Bits of Mr. Bean brings you all the funniest and best-loved moments in the extraordinary life of Mr. Bean. Follow Mr. Bean and Teddy as they search in their attic for an umbrella but end up reminiscing and re-living their hilarious escapades of the past. Also contains The Story of Mr. Bean - a film chronicling the birth and development of the most internationally famous comic creation - Mr. Bean. Featuring interviews with Rowan Atkinson and footage of his early stage appearances.

• Mr Bean - Vol. 2 | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £13.47   |  Saving you £6.52 (48.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  More hilarious adventures with Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean the hapless half-wit who seems to find trouble in the strangest of fashions! Includes the classic episodes: 1. The Curse Of Mr Bean 2. Mr Bean Goes To Town 3. The Trouble With Mr Bean

• Mr Bean: Series 1, Volume 1 (20th Anniversary Edition) | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £2.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (234.11%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The first five episodes of the Live TV Series of Mr Bean including: Mr. Bean The Return of Mr. Bean The Curse of Mr. Bean Mr. Bean Goes To Town The Trouble With Mr. Bean

• Mr Bean: Holiday Havoc (Sketches) | DVD | (08/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Welcome to all of mr bean's funniest holiday moments in one hilarious compilation.Passport? Check. Ticket? Check. Teddy...? Live action episodes taken from the tv seriesEpisodes comprise:On The Beach The Swimming Pool Packing For Holiday On The Train Flying OffCrazy Golf The Sentry Train StationVillage Fete

• Mr Bean - Live Action | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The legend is back and on DVD for the very first time! Rowan Atkinson returns as the hilarious legendary character Mr. Bean; delighting all ages with his madcap antics fans can relive classic Bean episodes whilst younger family members can be introduced to the crazy world of Mr. Bean! This DVD contains 3 of the original classic episodes: 'Mr. Bean' 'The Return Of Mr. Bean' and 'Hair By Mr. Bean Of London' (previously unseen on TV). Whether he's on the beach trying to change into

• The Good Life - The Complete Series 4 | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £17.96   |  Saving you £10.02 (66.93%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Good Life has proved an enduring jewel in the BBC's mainstream comedy archive. More than 25 years after it first appeared in our living rooms, nostalgia must be a major reason for its appeal. A whole generation of young men--and their fathers--found the weekly sight of Felicity Kendal as Barbara Good, pert in denim dungarees, irresistible. But it's the quality of the playing that has really stood the test of time and triumphs over a premise--self-sufficiency in Surbiton--that now seems naïve. Even in 1975, a Tom Good (a masterpiece of comic eccentricity from Richard Briers) quitting the rat race would probably have sold up his semi and chanced his luck as a small holder somewhere more remote than suburban Surrey. Comic tensions arise not just from the Goods' daily struggle to beat the system on their own terms, but also from the relationship with their incredulous, often horrified, but usually supportive neighbours. Penelope Keith's Margo Leadbetter remains one of the great comic creations in British sitcom history--a simmering volcano of conservatism waging her own battle against creeping mediocrity in all aspects of life, whose human frailty somehow keeps her loveable. Paul Eddington as Jerry, her long-suffering husband, spars splendidly. These are happy memories indeed. --Piers Ford

• Steptoe And Son - The Very Best Of Steptoe And Son - Vol. 2 | DVD | (30/09/2002) from £7.52   |  Saving you £5.47 (72.74%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The second volume of The Very Best of Steptoe and Son contains five excellent episodes from the classic sitcom scripted by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, who created Steptoe when Tony Hancock dispensed with their services in the early 1960s. The story of the acerbic but hopelessly pretentious Harold, would-be man about town longing in vain to escape from his rag-and-bone yard existence and his "dirty old man" of a father, is one of Britain's greatest sitcoms. Its underlying sadness somehow makes it all the funnier. "The Bath" is in black and white and features a wonderfully disgusting sequence of old man Albert retrieving pickled onions from his bathwater and putting them back in the jar. The other four episodes are from the 1970s and in colour: "Séance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard" features a young Patricia Routledge as a bogus medium. "Porn Yesterday" has Harold outraged to discover that the young Albert once starred in a "What the Butler Saw" feature. "And So to Bed" has Harold buying a waterbed to impress a new "bird" and having his romantic hopes literally punctured by his old man. The wonderful "Upstairs Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs" has the put-upon Harold getting the better of his dad for once when he discovers that the "perpendicular ponce" is feigning a back injury to keep Harold at his beck and call and plans an excruciating revenge--a bed bath. There's only one shortcoming: completists would prefer these old episodes to be issued chronologically and in full rather than in selective "Best of" compilations. On the DVD: The Very Best of Steptoe and Son episodes are presented in the format in which they were originally shown and all hold up well without any great efforts at enhancement. There are no extras. --David Stubbs

• Executive Stress - Series 1 | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £6.18   |  Saving you £6.81 (110.19%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Executive Stress: Series 1

• Rudyard Kipling's Kim | DVD | (09/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  KIM is a classic unforgettable story of a young boy the secret service the British Ary spies espionage Russians and a Buddhist Lama. Kim is a happy go lucky urchin living on the streets of India in the 1890's. One of Kim's many adventures lead him to befriend a Buddhist Lama and together the pair decide to join the resources and follow a path that will lead them into adventures excitement danger conflict and finally fulfilment.

• The Good Life - Backs To The Wall | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £8.71   |  Saving you £8.28 (95.06%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The Good Life has proved an enduring jewel in the BBC's mainstream comedy archive. More than 25 years after it first appeared in our living rooms, nostalgia must be a major reason for its appeal. A whole generation of young men--and their fathers--found the weekly sight of Felicity Kendal as Barbara Good, pert in denim dungarees, irresistible. But it's the quality of the playing that has really stood the test of time and triumphs over a premise--self-sufficiency in Surbiton--that now seems naïve. Even in 1975, a Tom Good (a masterpiece of comic eccentricity from Richard Briers) quitting the rat race would probably have sold up his semi and chanced his luck as a small holder somewhere more remote than suburban Surrey. Comic tensions arise not just from the Goods' daily struggle to beat the system on their own terms, but also from the relationship with their incredulous, often horrified, but usually supportive neighbours. Penelope Keith's Margo Leadbetter remains one of the great comic creations in British sitcom history--a simmering volcano of conservatism waging her own battle against creeping mediocrity in all aspects of life, whose human frailty somehow keeps her loveable. Paul Eddington as Jerry, her long-suffering husband, spars splendidly. --Piers Ford

• Mr Bean: Series 1, Volume 3 (20th Anniversary Edition) | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-4.57 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Four episodes of the Live TV Series of Mr Bean including: Back To School Mr. Bean Tee Off Mr. Bean Goodnight Mr. Bean Hair By Mr. Bean of London

• The Edwardians | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The Edwardians (2 Disc)

• Executive Stress - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  With her five children now grown up Caroline Fairchild decides to resume her former career in the cut-throat world of publishing. Against the wishes of husband Donald also working in the industry she takes up the position of Editorial Director for her old company Oasis Publishing - little realising it is now part of an American conglomerate that is also poised to take over Donald's employer. Finding that megalomaniac director Edgar Frankland Jr. takes a harsh line on married couples working together within his empire Caroline and Donald devise an unorthodox yet practical solution - they become an undercover couple. The ploy seems to work - but there is one unpalatable aspect for Donald: he now finds himself taking orders from his wife... Partly inspired by the difficulties faced by the wife of writer (and sometime Minder star) George Layton on returning to professional life after having had two children Executive Stress reunites Penelope Keith - who brings what one reviewer described as 'wit finesse and a touching vulnerability' to the role of Caroline - and her To The Manor Born co-star Peter Bowles as well as Good Life producer John Howard Davies; this second series also features a guest appearance by legendary broadcaster Melvyn Bragg.