Television

• Girls - Complete HBO Season 1 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £3.85   |  Saving you £21.14 (549.09%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A devoted focus on an enigmatic, dynamic, yet seriously damaged female lead is the absorbing narrative focus of Enlightened. Laura Dern plays Amy Jellicoe, a high-powered executive at a soulless high-tech consumer products corporation who has a high-end freak-out at work after the dissolution of a disastrous affair with her married boss. The title and premise reveal themselves in nifty short order after this jarring prologue as Amy retreats to a specialized rehab facility in Hawaii, where she finds peace, tranquility, and a spiritual center that she brings back to her corporate world and the many stressors that are the result of Amy being Amy. The premiere episode packs a lot into 30 minutes, as does each subsequent installment by doling out backstory details about Amy's life pre- and post-meltdown. One of the triumphs of the absorbing mix of comedy and seriousness in Enlightened is the fact that its satirical core remains separate from its genuinely affecting character details and too-close-for-comfort observations about modern life. Though she appears to have made an honest change in her spiritual world, Amy is still deeply screwed up. The interactions that unfold with her family and coworkers continually try her newfound sense of well-being, illustrating that everyone's grasp of reality is always tenuous and subjective regardless of any sense of personal enlightenment. Amy's snippets of narration play like a self-help regimen aimed directly at the viewers; her affirmations are not just for her own benefit, they're also meant to bring us into the fold on her ongoing quest for illumination. "You can change," she says to herself, "and you can be an agent of change." Are you listening? Enlightened was developed (along with Dern) and written by Mike White, who also plays one of Amy's coworkers, Tyler, a marginally creepy, socially challenged misfit she gets stuck with in the bowels of a corporate IT hellhole. White has created a number of intriguing pieces of work as a writer, director, and actor (The Good Girl, Chuck and Buck, School of Rock, and episodes of Freaks and Geeks among them). His off-kilter sensibility is at its peak in Enlightened, which is restricted and enhanced by the concision of its format and the pithy fine points of plot that are simultaneously amusing, disturbing, and spot-on in their observational tone. The cast also includes Diane Ladd as Helen, Amy's mother (Dern's too), who's bewildered and more than a little exasperated when Amy moves in with her ready to heal something that Helen wants to stay broken. Luke Wilson plays Amy's ex-husband Levi, a man-child in love with drugs who Amy also wants to help by providing healing that he doesn't really want. All of these people and the many other characters in Amy's life that the show deftly introduces and weaves into its dramatic structure mostly keep their own counsel---just like people in the real world do. But when they talk it's important to listen closely. The 10 brisk episodes continue to reveal more about them all as the web of Amy's connections and the roots of her psychic vision quest unravels. Enlightened is the kind of show that requires active viewing and demands that attention be paid in order to get up to speed with its conceptual centre. But once hooked, nirvana in the form of a half-hour TV show is not far behind. --Ted Fry

• The Originals - Season 1 | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.64   |  Saving you £22.35 (292.54%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Simmering with supernatural elements and inspired by the immensely popular drama The Vampire Diaries it's The Originals from executive producer/writer Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries The Tomorrow People Kyle XY and Scream 2 3). This sexy new series centers on the Original vampire family and the dangerous vampire-werewolf hybrid Klaus Mikaelson who returns to the magical melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans - a town he helped build centuries ago. Acting on a mysterious tip that a plot is brewing against him Klaus' questions lead him to a reunion with his diabolical former protégé Marcel a charismatic vampire who has total control over the human and supernatural inhabitants of the city. Klaus' brother Elijah follows to New Orleans and soon learns that Hayley a former flame of Klaus' who is in the city investigating her family history has fallen into the hands of a powerful witch named Sophie. While they wait for their sister Rebekah to join them in New Orleans Klaus and Elijah form an uneasy alliance with Sophie and her community of witches. Sophie has been turned into a revolutionary by the loss her own sister at Marcel's hands and by the mysterious disappearance of a young witch named Davina and she is willing to do anything - including making a deal with Original family - to break Marcel's power over the witches of the French Quarter. Even the human population of the Quarter is unwittingly drawn into this supernatural battleground including Cami a whip-smart psychology grad student with secrets of her own. Now in the midst of a thriving New Orleans a city known to be steeped in magic and history the long-smoldering war is about to reach a fever pitch and the Originals stand as the catalyst. As lines are drawn and strategies are laid out one truth will echo through the French Quarter: Power begins and ends with family.

• Ronja, The Robber's Daughter | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the legendary Studio Ghibli and based on the beloved novel by acclaimed writer Astrid Lindgren (Pippy Longstocking), comes the epic 26-part story of a ten-year-old girl born on a stormy night in a mountain fort, surrounded by her parents and a loving band of robbers. Ronja grows to be a strong and active girl, and discovers that the forest is both a beautiful and frightening place inhabited by strange creatures. She befriends the son of her father's rival and so begins the drama of her friendship and family loyalties. We watch as she explores and understands these key factors in her life, and discovers that seemingly irresolvable choices can finally be made with the help of love and understanding

• Top Gear - The Great Adventures 3 | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  South America Special: The Director's Cut: What happens when you take a tall man in jeans a small man dressed as Ray Mears and a shaggy haired man with the most ridiculous tool belt you've ever seen and you drop them deep in the Amazon rain forest? Well either you don't see them again until some proper explorers find their still-screaming skeletons. Or as actually happened you let them take along a trio of temperamental 4x4s and set them off on a 1000 mile journey through forest over mountains and across deserts in what turns out to be Top Gear's most exciting dramatic and visually stunning adventure to date. Romania & Bonneville: The Director's Cut Romania: When the Top Gear team received whisper that deep within Romania lurked one of the world's best driving roads they had no option but to seek it out. And to do so they got hold of three superb convertible supercars in what became an incredible Eastern European adventure. From a noise test underneath the world's heaviest building and James's romantic encounter with the Dacia Sandero to a small accident with the locals and Jeremy in a silly hat this trip has everything. And best of all it culminates with three wonderful cars enjoying absolute petrolhead nirvana. Bonneville USA: Jeremy Richard and James head to the United States to see if the Americans still make any good cars. Unfortunately there's a small error with their visas and the US immigration authorities will only let them in if they promise not to do anything entertaining. So with serious faces on they set off on a proper old fashioned muscle car road trip to the amazing Bonneville salt flats. Along the way Richard becomes an amateur aerodynamicist Jeremy discovers a strange security problem with one of their cars and Captain Slow discovers a hitherto hidden love of fast driving in what turns out to be a dusty dirty slice of pure car lover's heaven.

• Trust Me | DVD | (18/09/2017) from £7.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Driven to desperate measures, nurse Cath Hardacre (Jodie Whittaker, Doctor Who, Broadchurch) steals the identity of her best friend, an A&E doctor and finds work in a struggling emergency department. It's not long before she starts to enjoy the trappings that come with her new job and Cath soon finds herself falling for fellow doctor. With her dream job and the perfect man, she buries herself in her imposter persona, until her old life threatens to shatter her new existence and she's forced to go to increasingly desperate methods to cover up her lies. Will her lack of skills have deadly consequences? How can she be in a relationship when she can't be herself? How can she keep hold of the perfect life when she is living a lie?

• Hell On Wheels - Series 1 | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £9.49   |  Saving you £30.50 (321.39%)   |  RRP £39.99

  From the creators of Mad Men, The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad comes this must-see TV show, with an amazing cast that includes Colm Meaney (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Common (Wanted), Tom Noonan (Manhunter) and Wes Studi (Last Of The Mohicans). Hell On Wheels is the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate Soldier, who sets out to exact revenge on the men who have murdered his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous and lawless town that services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. Hell on Wheels is completely gripping and will leave you wanting more.

• Full Steam Ahead: Victorian Railways | DVD | (05/09/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Age of Steam was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life from trade and transportation to health and recreation. This series will reveal how the world we live in today was entirely shaped by the railways, charting the glorious evolution of the rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of our life, landscape and culture. Each episode, we hop aboard an old-fashioned locomotive and set off down the line to a new part of the country with our team of experts (the established stars of the BBC Two Farm series, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands and Ruth Goodman) who will immerse themselves in the story of how the railways made us what we are today. They also get their hands dirty, driving the train across the country, working in the station, manning the signal box and learning how to run every aspect of a 19th and early 20th century railway. This is a trip not to be missed.

• Lee Mack Live | DVD | (24/11/2014) from £1.87   |  Saving you £18.12 (968.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The multi-award winning star of NOT GOING OUT and WOULD I LIE TO YOU? is back on the road with his biggest and best show to date. Filmed across 7 nights at London's legendary Hammersmith Apollo HIT THE ROAD MACK showcases LEE MACK at the very top of his game leaving the audience rolling with laughter and begging for more.

• Rawhide Season 6 | DVD | (24/09/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  There s trouble on the trail... Adventure is a long, hard drive in RawhideTM Series Six containing 30 powerful episodes of the classic series. Trail boss Gil Favor (Eric Fleming) leads the way through harsh terrain that harbours unexpected dangers. At his right hand rides foreman Rowdy Yates, portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the career-making role that positioned him to become a Western icon and an Academy Award®-winning filmmaker. Together with their eccentric cook (Paul Brinegar) and a seasoned team of drovers, the lead 3,000 head of cattle through dangers including arid deserts, savage outlaws, vicious storms and wild predators. The Golden Globe® nominated series forges onward with gripping tales cementing its reputation as one of television s longest-running, best-loved Westerns. Episodes: 1. Incident Of The Red Wind 2. Incident Of Iron Bull 3. Incident At El Crucero 4. Incident Of The Travellin Man 5. Incident At Paradise 6. Incident At Farragut Pass 7. Incident At Two Graves 8. Incident Of The Rawhiders 9. Incident Of The Prophecy 10. Incident At Confidence Creek 11. Incident Of The Death Dancer 12. Incident Of The Wild Deuces 13. Incident Of The Geisha 14. Incident At Ten Trees 15. Incident Of The Rusty Shotgun 16. Incident Of Midnight Cave 17. Incident Of The Dowery Dundee 18. Incident At Gila Flats 19. Incident Of The Pied Piper 20. Incident Of The Swindler 21. Incident Of The Wanderer 22. Incident At Zebulon 23. Incident At Hourglass 24. Incident Of The Odyssey 25. Incident Of The Banker 26. Incident At Deadhorse (Part 1) 27. Incident At Deadhorse (Part 2) 28. Incident Of The Gilded Goddess 29. Incident At Seven Fingers 30. Incident Of The Peyote Cup

• Incredible Hulk - The Incredible Hulk Returns/The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £18.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (21.13%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Incredible Hulk Returns: It's been two years since his last transformation and Dr. David Banner (Bill Bixby) has developed a new Gamma Transponder that he hopes will cure him of his inner monster forever. But when a former colleague unearths the frozen tomb of an ancient Norse warrior king The Mighty Thor (Eric Allan Kramer) is unleashed upon 20th Century society. Can The Hulk (Lou Ferrigno) end the rampage of this mead-crazed barbarian or will the two raging beasts become allies to save both the Transponder and the woman Banner loves. The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk: While trying to stop a subway mugging David Banner (Bill Bixby) is arrested for assault and is defended by blind attorney Matt Murdock (Rex Smith). But when Hulk (Lou Ferrigno) goes berserk and breaks out of jail Murdock reveals his own secret to David Banner: Blinded by toxic radiation he stalks the night as the super-sensory acrobatic crime fighter called Daredevil. Can two men with uncommon powers now join forces to defeat an international crime syndicate or will their raging inner demons destroy whatever stands in their way?

• Dustbin Baby | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Based on the best selling book by Jacqueline Wilson. Dustbin Baby is the story of young a teen April who was found as a baby in a dustbin behind a pizza parlour. On her fourteenth birthday following an argument with her foster mother April sets off to find out where she comes from. The journey is a difficult one but on the way she encounters friendship love and laughter.

• The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: Season 1 | DVD | (03/08/2015) from £29.39   |  Saving you £0.60 (2.04%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Robert Vaughn and David McCallum star as a team of secret agents battling the global crime organization THRUSH. Under the aegis of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement-- U.N.C.L.E.--the dapper suave Napoleon Solo (Vaughn) and the equally dashing Illya Kuryakin (McCallum) jet to exotic locations defending the world from evil chaos and bad taste in this hit spoof on the espionage genre. Episode List: Mr. Solo (pilot) The Iowa Scuba Affair The Quadripartite Affair The Shark Affair The Deadly Games Affair The Green Opal Affair The Giuoco Piano Affair The Double Affair The Finny Foot Affair The Neptune Affair The Dove Affair The King Of Knaves Affair The Terbuf Affair The Deadly Decoy Affair The Fiddlesticks Affair The Yellow Scarf Affair The Mad Mad Tea Party Affair The Secret Sceptre Affair The Bow Wow Affair The Four Steps Affair The See-Paris-and-Die Affair The Brain Killer Affair The Hong Kong Shilling Affair The Never-Never Affair The Love Affair The Gazebo In The Maze Affair The Girls From Nazarone Affair The Odd Man Affair The Vulcan Affair

• Griff's Great Britain | DVD | (21/03/2016) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In his brand new series for ITV1 Griff sets out to explore eight different kinds of quintessentially British terrain from Highlands to Downs, Coasts to Borders, Lakes to Estuaries and Wolds to Moors.

• Hill Street Blues - Season 1 | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £17.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (56.29%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From legendary creator/writer Steven Bochco the multi award-winning Hill Street Blues is the original pioneering ‘ TV cop show’ that blazed the trail for later ensemble hits such as NYPD Blue and L.A. Law. One of the most innovative and critically acclaimed series of its time this is the story of an overworked under-staffed police precinct in an anonymous inner city patterned after Chicago. ‘Let’s be careful out there.’ So ends each roll-call session at the Hill Street station house. As the cops and detectives head out onto the streets Captain Frank Furillo juggles the delicate balancing act of providing enough protection for the law-abiding citizens without inciting the neighbourhood gangs and local criminal elements who are openly hostile towards any police presence. Yet as dangerous as his inner city precinct can be Furillo's biggest battles often involve protecting his own cops from the Public Defender's office self-serving bureaucrats and even each other. Breathtakingly fast paced mature tough brutal and uncompromising Hill Street Blues is a triumph of intelligence and substance. It is quite simply the most ground-breaking show in recent memory and is essential viewing for all lovers of quality entertainment.

• That 70s Show - Series 8 - Complete | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The complete eighth season of the '70's-inspired cult comedy series That '70s Show.

• Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Volume 6 | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £27.09   |  Saving you £2.90 (10.71%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The thrillers of Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century’s most successful crime novelists have been widely adapted for film and television – the most memorable of which being the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series made at Merton Park Studios during the first half of the 1960s. A noir-esque series it updates some of the author’s stories to more contemporary settings blending classic B-movie elements with a distinctly British feel. Unseen for decades these dramas have been freshly transferred from the original film elements specifically for this release.

• March of the Dinosaurs | Blu Ray | (27/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Arctic: 70 million years ago. It is a world of extremes. Tropical summers of 24hr sunlight are replaced by freezing winters of continuous night. The remarkable dinosaurs that lived under the Northern Lights had to make a choice brave the winter or head south to find the sun. Join Scar a young Edmontosaurus embarking on his first thousand-mile migration. It is a journey for survival that is fraught with danger; blizzards volcanic eruptions and deadly predators lie ahead. Meanwhile Patch a juvenile Troodon left alone in the North must learn to survive in one of the harshest environments the Earth has ever known. This is survival of the fittest at its most extreme and this heart-thumping emotional tale packed with epic scenes of a polar odyssey will have the whole family enthralled.

• Z Nation Season 5 | Blu Ray | (28/01/2019) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An unlikely group of survivors become reluctant heroes in thE Zombie Apocalypse when they find themselves on a mission to save humanity. In Season Five of Z Nation, Warren has survived the drone crash but our heroes soon learn the Black Rain had a totally unexpected side effect. Instead of melting Zombies for a reset, post-Black Rain Zombies are conscious, some newly dead can even talk, giving rise to a new kind of Zombie, TALKERS. Depending on the condition of their body, a TALKER might pass for human--as long as they have plenty of bizkits (is the secret ingredient really brains?) to keep them from going rabid Z.

• Our Girl: Series 2 | DVD | (17/10/2016) from £14.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Five-part BBC drama starring Michelle Keegan as a young woman in the British Army. This series follows experienced medic Lance Corporal Georgie Lane (Keegan) as she undertakes a six-week humanitarian mission in Nairobi, Kenya with her company Two Section, headed by Captain James (Ben Aldridge). After an IED explodes near a refugee camp, Georgie is forced to put her skills into action right away before more dangers present themselves. On her tour, Georgie tries to come to terms with her recent failed engagement and ponders her promise to marry her new fiancé Dr. Jamie Cole (Royce Pierreson) when she returns from her tour.

• Common As Muck | DVD | (10/03/2014) from £18.66   |  Saving you £6.33 (33.92%)   |  RRP £24.99

  United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Edward Woodward leads his gang of bin men on to the highways and driveways of William Ivory's BAFTA-nominated comedy drama. The six-man crew proves troublesome, not just for some of their 'customers' but also for the suited bureaucrats at the council offices who are ready to wave the threat of privatisation over their rebellious heads. On their rounds, Nev and his crew know every trick in the book, but life is changing and the bin men are facing the stark realities of a corporate take-over and even redundancy. Staunchly fighting for their survival, they still manage to have fun. The popular series first screened on the BBC in 1994 also features Paul Kember, Stephen Lord, Richard Ridings, Kathy Burke, Douglas Henshall and Saeed Jaffrey. ...Common As Muck (Complete Series 1) - 2-DVD Set ( Common As Muck - Complete Series One )