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• Roswell: Complete Season 1 | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Opening with a Dido theme tune and featuring character-driven, sweet-natured melodrama, Roswell was a show with a surprisingly dedicated fan base, who twice won it reprieve from cancellation. One of its main strengths was, of course, the extent to which its premise--alien teenagers trying to sort out their identities while involved emotionally with their human contemporaries--was a free-floating metaphor for race and sexuality issues. Another was the strong ensemble that its cast developed; you believed in the strangeness of the alien trio and the well-intentioned normality of their three human friends. Jason Behr gave the alien Max a quiet authority and Majendra Delfino took the sidekick role of Maria and gave it both intensity and fine comic timing. It was also a show in which you were never sure what adults you could trust--William Sadleir trod a fine line of ambiguity as the local sheriff and Julie Benz was silkily sinister as an FBI agent. Anyone who ever loved this show will want these DVDs--and many others may want to find out what the fuss was about. On the DVD: Roswell is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen. The special features include commentaries on six episodes by writer Jason Kanims, the directors and various of the cast as well as a featurette on the making of the show and another on its adaptation from the original Roswell High series of young adult novels. The commentaries are unusually insightful on the casting process and the discs also include the auditions for the part of Tess as well as a deleted scene and a music video. --Roz Kaveney

• Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Blu Ray | (30/01/2012) from £8.22   |  Saving you £16.77 (204.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  At fortysomething, straight-laced Cal Weaver is living the dream, good job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his 'perfect' life quickly unravels.

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel/We Bought A Zoo/The Descendants | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £4.96   |  Saving you £13.03 (262.70%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: A group of British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you begin let go of the past. We Bought A Zoo: The funny, inspiring and true story about the magical power of family to persevere in the face of extraordinary challenges. ...

• Easy Come, Easy Go | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Navy diver Ted Jackson (Presley) with the help of the skipper's daughter hunts for sunken treasure...

• High Plains Drifter / Joe Kidd / The Beguiled | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £8.93   |  Saving you £14.05 (236.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  High Plains Drifter (1973): Eastwood portrays a mysterious stranger who emerges out of the heat waves of the desert and rides into the guilt-ridden town of Lago. After committing three murders and one rape in the first 20 minutes The Stranger is hired by the town to protect it from three gunmen just out of jail. The Stranger then paints the entire town bright red renames it Hell and supplies Divine retribution in a fiery climax. Joe Kidd (1972): Concerning a land war in New Mexico at the turn of the century marks Clint Eastwood at the top of his form as a western hero. Filmed in 1971 Kidd brings together a veteran western Director John Sturges the classic backdrop of the High Sierras the top notch acting skills of Robert Duvall and the rugged Eastwood as a hired gun who takes action based on his own particular sense of justice. And like a very classic western it has gunfights conflicts and a slam-bang finale which has a locomotive being driven through a saloon where the bad guys are hiding. The Beguiled (1971): Set in the Deep South during the Civil War The Beguiled stars Eastwood as John McBurney a severely wounded soldier who is near death when discovered by a teenage girl. She takes him to the mansion that serves as her boarding school where he slowly begins to regain his health under the care of headmistress Martha Farnsworth (Geraldine Page) and the dozen or so girls who live there. As McBurney gets better he begins to charm the girls all of whom are starved for affection because of the war's claim on their men. At length powerful undercurrents of jealousy saturate the atmosphere as the girls and even the headmistress begin to vie for McBurney's attention. He first becomes involved with one of the oldest of the girls Edwina Dabney (Elizabeth Hartman) but ultimately finds it difficult to resist the charms of some of her schoolmates. His promiscuity becomes his undoing.

• Teachers: Series 3 | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £5.92   |  Saving you £24.07 (406.59%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Kurt Brian Penny Matt and Lindsay are the teachers no parent would want teaching their kids and they're back for a new 13 part series that sees them making friends falling out trying to figure out the opposite sex smoking in the playground and dealing with lippy pupils. It's business as usual for the young teachers specialising in immaturity rather than the traditional subjects. Brian and Kurt are still dreaming of getting laid and they've met their match with new biology teacher Lindsay - she can drink a pint in 1.3 seconds she likes curry and she can out-blunt any of the boys! Back in the photocopier room Matt (married with kids) and Penny have managed to find the perfect work/play balance and are enjoying some extra curricular activity of their own. And what of everyone's favourite teacher who quit teaching to go travelling in the last series? Andrew Lincoln returns as Simon and he doesn't receive the welcome he had hoped for when he surprises his old mates.

• Sex And The City - Series 2 | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £17.98   |  Saving you £19.00 (118.82%)   |  RRP £34.99

  A hilarious outspoken and outrageous look at dating mating and relating in New York. Sex And The City goes places network television can't with this release of its entire second season. Sarah Jessica Parker stars as a New York writer who draws on her personal experiences -- and those of her friends -- for her newspaper column on the ""relationship"" habits of New Yorkers.

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Complete DVD Collection | DVD | (30/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £179.99

  A specially created box set containing all 7 seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer: over 100 hours of vampire ass-kicking action!

• Sherlock Holmes: The Basil Rathbone Collection | DVD | (19/04/2021) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A writen and film tribute to Sherlock Holmes which includes four classic films from The Basil Rathbone Collection.

• The Quiet Man | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-10.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Blarney and bliss, mixed in equal proportions. John Wayne plays an American boxer who returns to the Emerald Isle, his native land. What he finds there is a fiery prospective spouse (Maureen O'Hara) and a country greener than any Ireland seen before or since--it's no surprise The Quiet Man won an Oscar for cinematography. It also won an Oscar for John Ford's direction, his fourth such award. The film was a deeply personal project for Ford (whose birth name was Sean Aloysius O'Fearna), and he lavished all of his affection for the Irish landscape and Irish people on this film. He also stages perhaps the greatest donnybrook in the history of movies, an epic fistfight between Wayne and the truculent Victor McLaglen--that's Ford's brother, Francis, as the elderly man on his deathbed who miraculously revives when he hears word of the dustup. Barry Fitzgerald, the original Irish elf, gets the movie's biggest laugh when he walks into the newlyweds' bedroom the morning after their wedding, and spots a broken bed. The look on his face says everything. The Quiet Man isn't the real Ireland, but as a delicious never-never land of Ford's imagination, it will do very nicely. --Robert Horton

• Within These Walls - The Complete Series 5 - | DVD | (07/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Intense and emotional, this landmark '70s drama series pulled no punches in its portrayal of life inside a women's prison. Created by Oscar and Golden Globe nominee David Butler and produced by BAFTA Award nominee Jack Williams, the series remains a high point of British television drama. The series offered an authentic portrayal of day-to-day life for the inmates and staff, reflecting the shift from a Victorian ethos of punishment to one of rehabilitation and focussing on the challenges facing successive female governors - not least the conflict between adherence to rules and sensitivity to individual needs. Setting the template for numerous later series, this groundbreaking drama is still fondly remembered more than 30 years after its original screening. This fifth and final series (only ever seen in a few ITV regions) sees a new governor at Stone Park Prison; Helen Forrester has left to study women's prisons in Europe and Susan Marshall has been appointed to act as governor during her absence. At first the staff are startled by Mrs. Marshall's coolness and disciplinarian approach, but she is not insensitive to the atmosphere and menace on North Wing...

• General Hospital: Series One | DVD | (20/08/2012) from £16.90   |  Saving you £23.09 (136.63%)   |  RRP £39.99

  A huge success for ITV throughout the 1970s, General Hospital carried on in the tradition of Emergency - Ward 10 and other medical shows of the 1960s. This highly popular series offers a dramatic insight into life at a busy hospital, featuring both compelling medical storylines and those highlighting the often strained personal lives of the doctors, nurses and consultants. General Hospital initially ran for 270 half-hour episodes as a twice-weekly soap-style afternoon serial before being reformatted into a series of hour-long, self-contained dramas in 1975. Out of this first series, only a comparative handful remain in the archive and this set contains all episodes known to exist.

• Toy Story Combi Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (08/03/2010) from £9.69   |  Saving you £14.30 (147.57%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 2" picks up as Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin, owner of Al's Toy Barn, kidnaps Woody.

• Drums Along The Mohawk | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  One of John Ford's less-seen but equally memorable features shot in gorgeous Technicolour detailing the struggle of a newlywed couple to build their homestead before the Revolutionary War in America...

• Friday The 13th: Part 7 - The New Blood | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £15.33   |  Saving you £-2.34 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Ever since homicidal maniac Jason Voorhees got trapped in chains at the bottom of Crystal Lake the nearby summer camp has operated without a hitch; without a murder. But one of this season's happy campers has brought along a deadly secret... Tina Shepherd can see the future and levitate objects. Her doctor knows just how dangerous telekinesis can be but he's out to exploit her not help her. And now it's too late for Tina has accidentally unchained Jason from his watery grave and

• Brandy For The Parson | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Long Lost Comedy Classics is a collection of films from a golden age of British Cinema remembered for timeless stars and some unique movies that have stood the test of time. So why not take a trip down memory lane and see how cinema used to be? Bill Harper (James Donald) and Petronilla Brand (Jean Lodge) a young couple on a yachting holiday together become involved with Tony Rackham (Kenneth More) who is smuggling brandy from France to a respectable London wine merchants. Through various mishaps Bill and Petronilla find themselves personally responsible for transporting the brandy kegs to London whilst being pursued by Customs officials...

• A Bridge Too Far/The Great Escape/Battle Of Britain | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Bridge Too Far: In September 1944 flush with success after the Normandy Invasion the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the fighting by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. But a combination of battlefield politics faulty intelligence bad luck and even worse weather led to the disaster beyond the Allies' darkest fear. The Great Escape: One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell ('Shogun') and W.R. Burnett and composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story. The Battle Of Britain: This is a spectacular retelling of a true story that shows courage at its inspiring best. Few defining moments can change the outcome of war . But when the outnumbered Royal Air Force defied unsurmountable odds in engaging the German Luftwaffe they may well have altered the course of history!

• Mee-Shee - The Water Giant | DVD | (06/04/2010) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (62.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The World's Most Lovable Monster is About to Surface! Mac a fun loving nine-year old will have the adventure of a lifetime when he uncovers the world's biggest secret: Mee-Shee a loveable water giant. Together Mac and his enormous new friend will have to outsmart a team of evil hunters who threaten to take Mee-Shee away forever. With incredible monsters and amazing special effects from Academy Award winning Jim Henson's Creature Shop Mee-Shee the Water Giant will swim into the hearts of your whole family!

• Crime Scene Investigation - New York - Season 2 - Part 1 | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  The latest spin-off series from C.S.I. in which New York forensic detectives employ the very latest hi-tech methods to catch criminals in the Big Apple... The head of the lab is no-nonsense First Grade Detective Mac Taylor (Sinise) taking a scientist's eye to crime Mac believes that everything is connected no matter how big or small. Originally from Chicago his military background fast-tracked him through the force leading him ultimately to the crime lab. Mac's trusted se

• The Stanley Baxter Collection Vol 2 | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Stanley Baxter is fondly remembered for his risque humour and his wickedly funny impressions. This release features both The Stanley Baxter Picture Show and The Stanley Baxter series.# The Stanley Baxter Picture Show: This four-show series had the audiences roaring with laughter at wicked impersonations such as 'Malcolm Gibberidge talking to Ethel Herman' 'John Bitumen's Britain' and 'Ken Rissole's The Musex Lovers'. The Stanley Baxter Series: Taking a break from his successful run of 'specials' Stanley once again delved into the half-hour format. This six-show series gave us such gems as 'The Antique People Show' 'the DAFTA Awards' a spoof on holiday programmes and 'Babes in Balham'.