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• Scorpion Tales - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A series of six individual plays, each linked by the scorpion-like twist in its denouement, Scorpion Tales features some of Britain's most talented and renowned actors - including Trevor Howard, Geoffrey Palmer, Jack Shepherd, Don Henderson and Patrick Barr.The impressive diversity of the plays reflects the free hand given to a team of distinguished writers that includes Ian Kennedy-Martin (The Sweeney), Jeremy Burnham (The Avengers), Bob Baker and Dave Martin (Doctor Who); the screenplays range from an engagingly devious account of a man's attempt to outwit a computer, to a tough drama about a jaded policeman who becomes the object of a homosexual vendetta, a chilling tale about a secret training course, and a supernatural story of a boy's attempt to gain his father's attention by invoking evil powers. The series is produced by David Reid (The Power Game), and directors include Shaun O'Riordan (Sapphire and Steel) and BAFTA winner Don Leaver (Prime Suspect, A Touch of Frost).First screened in 1978, the complete series is released here for the first time on DVD.

• Mrs Thursday - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (01/04/2013) from £20.69   |  Saving you £19.30 (93.28%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Kathleen Harrison, one of Britain's best-loved character actresses, stars in this ratings-topping comedy-drama devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis. Featuring scripts by the celebrated dramatist Jack Rosenthal, this set contains the complete first series. Cheerful charlady Alice Thursday worked tirelessly for tycoon George Dunrich until the day he died. Now, she learns that she's inherited control of her late employer's multi-million pound corporation - along with his Mayfair m...

• The Last Tattoo | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In wartime New Zealand in 1943 100,000 U.S. Marines were shipped in to defend the country against Japanese invasion and prepare for the long and bitter Pacific campaign. Marine Captain Mike Starwood (Tony Goldwyn) is assigned to investigate the murder of Sergeant O'Rourke. The dead marine's girlfriend, Rose Mitchell, has vanished and as a vital witness to the murder Starwood must find her. Discovering a system run by public health nurse Kelly Towne (Kerry Fox), Starwood uses her local knowledge in his search for Rose. As events unfurl, they realise they are facing a conspiracy at the highest level of the U.S. Command involving Commander Dart (Robert Loggia) and the New Zealand Government. When Starwood is framed, Kelly's only means of saving him is a dangerous confrontation with the conspirators and with Starwood's commanding officer, General Frank Zane (Rod Steiger). His only hope is that she survives to prove his innocence...