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A Night To Remember: On April 10th, 1912, RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage. On her fourth night at sea she struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,500 passengers and crew. The film faithfully depicts the drama, heroism and horror of the night the unsinkable sank. Red Shoes: The Powell and Pressburger classic is widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. Vicky Page, a young ballerina, becom..
If you decide to look for romance, don’t expect to find any joy at the Wedded Bliss Agency. If you’re looking for laughs, on the other hand, this should be your first port of call. Sid James and Hattie Jacques star as Sid and Sophie Bliss, the agency proprietors who are living a lie: they’re not married! With Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims and Terry Scott as clients, the computer certainly matches strange bedfellows and builds to one of th..
The life and times of London's finest author. Dickens of London is the compelling story of the life, loves and works of Charles Dickens. A moving account filled with great happiness and triumph as well as extreme hardship and tragedy, it explores his early penniless childhood in Chatham and London, and the unprecedented success he later enjoyed on both sides of the Atlantic. Contains 13 episodes...
When Basil Beauchamp, alias Dr Dare (Simon Dee), TV's heartthrob doctor is admitted to St. Swithin's Hospital, it leads to an unusual course of therapy. Cantankerous Head Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice), prescribes a cruise aboard a ship, skippered by his brother George (Robert Morley). Meanwhile, Dr Burke (Leslie Phillips) must arrange a rushed marriage of convenience in order to land a top medical job in America...
Star-studded adaptation of Dickens' classic novel. As a boy, Pip helps escaped convict Magwitch (James Mason) when he encounters him on the moors. Later in life Pip is taken to the home of the wealthy, eccentric Miss Havisham (Margaret Leighton), where he meets the beautiful but cold Estella (Sarah Miles). When Pip is subsequently informed by lawyer Jaggers (Anthony Quayle) that a mystery benefactor wishes him to be brought up a gentlem..
Own Iron Man - Armoured Adventures Complete Volumes 1 to 2 DVD from Deff, DVD, Blu-Ray & 4K Video Specialists..
David Jason stars as Mr. Micawber in this gentle comedy set in Victorian England and inspired by a character from Charles Dickens' novel 'David Copperfield'. The extravagant but genteel Mr Micawber is fond of large words amd long letters and never uses one word when several will do. Appearing to be a man of wealth and success, in reality he hasn't a penny to his name but firmly believes in keeping up appearances at all costs - convinced..
Norman Wisdom's immense popularity stems from his hilarious portrayal of the little guy who always seems to win out in the end. The cloth-capped bumbler is one of the great creations of British Comedy. Norman Shields is the result of a union between a compassionate sewerman and Emily, a young suffragette chained to the railings of the House of Commons. The suffragette mother turns out to be the Prime Minister’s daughter. When the Prime ..
Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor (Morgan Freeman), this film is an extraordinary tale of hope, friendship and survival inside a maximum security prison. Special Features Commentray By Frank Darabont, Audio Description Track For The Visually Impaired, New Theatrical Trailer, Biographies, Memorable Quotes, Hope Springs Eternal - A Look Back At Shawshank Redemption, Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature ..
Norman Wisdom's immense popularity stems from his hilarious portrayal of the little guy who always seemed to win out in the end. The cloth-capped bumbler is one of the great creations of British comedy. Norman Puckle (Norman Wisdom) is in despair: his love for a haughty cinema attendant has been spurned. After trying to commit suicide, he is rescued and persuaded to join the Navy. There he continuously causes havoc, until he is hand-pic..
The Ipcress File is a tense thriller of espionage and counter-espionage, taken from the original and exciting best-selling novel by Len Deighton. When agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) is assigned the job of investigating worries over British security, his investigations spark off a trail of intrigue, double-dealing and murder. He is hurled into a tangled web of treachery as fantastic and exciting as can only be found in the complicate..
Buckingham Palace. Today. King James III and Queen Charlotte reign with dignity, duty and decorum, until a heart attack at the opera throws the country into chaos. The King is dead, and so the crown must pass to his hard drinking and womanising 24-year-old son Richard. The Playboy Prince is thrown into a role he thought he'd have twenty years to perfect, while the nation waits with bated breath for him to mend his ways and fill his fath..
Norman Wisdom's immense popularity stems from his hilarious portrayal of the little guy who always seems to win out in the end. The cloth-capped bumbler is one of the great creations of British Comedy. Normans (Norman Wisdom) aim in life is to become a window dresser for a department store. But between all his hirings and firings he is more often than not outside looking in. One day he helps an old lady leave the shop with a large suitc..
Steven Weber (Leaving Las Vegas), Molly Shannon (The Grinch) and Patricia Velasquez (The Mummy) star in the story of successful business executive and workaholic Calvin Carter. Success has come at a price for Calvin, when the rest of the world has gone home, Calvin is trying to lose a billion dollar deal that will mean international success for his company. For Calvin this is the best Christmas Eve ever, but it soons turns into a nightm..
Cold War thriller adapted by Frederick Forsyth from his own bestseller. When Soviet spy Valeri Petrofsky (Pierce Brosnan) is charged with bringing about the demise of NATO, he decides his best bet is to detonate an American nuclear bomb at a British air base. The only man who can stand in his way is veteran counter-espionage expert John Preston (Michael Caine), but he must fight the opposition of his bosses before they agree to take the..
Classic fantasy from Powell and Pressburger in which an RAF pilot must argue for his life in a celestial trial after a mix-up sees him survive a fall from his plane. When Peter Carter (David Niven)'s plane is struck on his way back to England from a bombing mission and his parachute destroyed, he prepares himself for death. Incredibly, however, he awakes safely on the ground the next day. It turns out that the emissary sent from Heaven ..
Classic fantasy from Powell and Pressburger in which an RAF pilot must argue for his life in a celestial trial after a mix-up sees him survive a fall from his plane. When Peter Carter (David Niven)'s plane is struck on his way back to England from a bombing mission and his parachute destroyed, he prepares himself for death. Incredibly, however, he awakes safely on the ground the next day. It turns out that the emissary sent from Heaven ..
On April 10th, 1912, RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage. On her fourth night at sea she struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,500 passengers and crew. The film faithfully depicts the drama, heroism and horror of the night the unsinkable sank. Includes behind-the-scenes footage of the movie including interviews with A Night To Remember Producer William MacQuitty (who saw the original ship launched) and the a..
Classic documentary drama based on Walter Lord's book about the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Told from the perspective of Second Officer Charles Lightoller (Kenneth More), the story follows the supposedly 'unsinkable' ship as she embarks on her maiden voyage and ultimately founders in the North Atlantic Ocean. The ship leaves port and soon Captain Smith (Laurence Naismith) is given several ice warnings but decides not to decrease the..
On April 10th, 1912, RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage. On her fourth night at sea she struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,500 passengers and crew. The film faithfully depicts the drama, heroism and horror of the night the unsinkable sank. Include behind-the-scenes footage of teh movie including interviews with A Night To Remember Producer William MacQuitty (who saw the original ship launched) and the au..
Sydney Carton is a frivolous London barrister, hopelessly in love with Lucie, even after she marries Charles Darnay, who is descended from an unpleasant French aristocrat. Darnay is lured back to France as the Revolution gets into swing where he is arrested and awaits execution. Sydney, seeing Lucie's despair, goes to France, frees Charles and takes his place in the queue for the guillotine. Also included is the documentary 'A Profile o..
Every episode from the BAFTA award-winning ITV police drama series starring David Jason as Detective Inspector Jack Frost. Episodes comprise: 'Care and Protection', 'Not With Kindness', 'Conclusions', 'A Minority of One', 'Widows and Orphans', 'Nothing to Hide', 'Stranger in the House', 'Appropriate Adults', 'Quarry', 'Dead Male One', 'No Refuge', 'Paying the Price', 'Unknown Soldiers', 'The Things We Do for Love', 'Fun Times for Swinge..
Sir John Mills and Sir Donald Sinden head a British cast in this World War II drama. The Battle of the Atlantic is raging and British ships are desperately needed. Most, however, are surrounding the deadly German battleship, Tirpitz. A plan is formulated to destroy it, but the only way is to use midget submarines. Will they succeed, and if so, at what cost? A gripping, action-packed battle from beginning to end...
Rod Steiger plays Carl Schaffner, a crooked American businessman who flees to Mexico after stealing company funds. While travelling by train, Schaffner decides to evade authorities by murdering a fellow passenger and assuming his identity. The plan seems fool proof until he is forced to care for the dead man's dog. An ironic twist and his love for the dog seal his final destiny. Based on a novel by Graham Greene. Special Features "Prof..
All nine episodes from the first series of the chat show presented by 'The Pub Landlord', Al Murray. The show features stand-up, interviews and live music. Guests in this series include: Jason Donovan, Torvill and Dean, Amanda Holden, Duncan Bannatyne, Emma Bunton, Buzz Aldrin, Martin Kemp, Jermaine Jackson, Jerry Springer, David Coulthard, Donny Osmond, Louis Walsh, and many more. Musical performers include: Katie Melua, The Feeling, M..
Set in 1930s London, Ballet Shoes tells the inspiring tale of Pauline (Emma Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige) and Posy Fossil (Lucy Boynton), who are adopted by an eccentric explorer, "Gum" (Richard Griffiths), and raised as sisters by his selfless niece (Emilia Fox) and her nurse (Victoria Wood). Each of the girls has a dream to fulfil; Pauline longs to be an actress, Petrova yearns to be an aviator, and Posy seems born to be a ballerina..
Bertie and Elizabeth provides an affectionate portrayal of the marriage of George VI, known to his family and friends as Bertie, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, who became his consort, Queen Elizabeth. From their first meeting in 1920, Lady Elizabeth, the future Queen supported George VI not only as he laboured with affairs of state, but also as he tried to conquer his stammering and crippling shyness. Their romance and subsequ..
In this Noel Coward comedy, cynical writer Rex Harrison asks a medium (Margaret Rutherford) to hold a seance in his house so he can collect material for his latest book. No one is more surprised than the medium when she inadvertently conjures up the ghost of Harrison's first wife (Kay Hammond). The ghost refuses to go away, preferring to taunt her less sophisticated replacement (Constance Cummings)...
David Lean's classic screen version of Noel Coward's much-loved supernatural comedy. Rex Harrison plays novelist Charles Condomine who is plagued by the ghost of his sexy first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond). Second wife Ruth (Constance Cummings) doesn't believe him and brings in eccentric medium madam Arcati (A hilarious performance by Margaret Rutherford) to get proof. Lean and Coward's third screen collaboration (after In Which We Serve A..
Based on Evelyn Waugh's classic novel. Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Ryder, a disillusioned army captain who is moved to reflect on his languid days in the enchanted castle that was Brideshead, home of the aristocratic Marchmain family whose acquaintance Charles made in the company of Oxford classmate, the charming wild-child Sebastian. Anthony Andrews co-stars as the doomed Sebastian. Sebastian takes Charles under his wing but vows ear..
Noel Coward's sensitive portrayal of what happens when two happily married strangers, played by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, meet and their acquaintance deepens into affection and love. It is the story of two people, thrown together by a chance meeting, helpless in the face of their emotions but redeemed by their moral courage. Over the years few films have equalled the compassion and realism of Brief Encounter. Special Features A ..
Classic drama starring Celia Johnson as a married woman whose life is thrown into turmoil when she unexpectedly falls in love with a stranger. Laura Jesson (Johnson) appears to be the very embodiment of a respectable, happily-married British housewife and mother. Equally, the man who comes to her assistance when a passing train blows grit into her eye, Dr Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard), enjoys a settled and comfortable life. Neither of the..
3 to 4 Days NEW YORK 1929. A war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new deadly weapon, the dreaded ‘splurge gun’. As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone (Happy Days' Scott Baio), an all round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam’s Speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Talullah (double Academy Award winner Jodie Foster), who wants Bugsy for herself..
Alan Parker's musical spoof of gangster films features an all-child cast with guns that fire cream. When gang warfare erupts between Fat Sam and Dandy Dan, hustler Bugsy Malone (Scott Baio), singer Tallulah (Jodie Foster) and newly arrived showgirl Blousey Brown (Florrie Dugger) find themselves caught up in the middle of it...
Vivien Leigh is a young and determined Cleopatra and Claude Rains is Emperor Julius Caesar. Beauty and power collide in this witty, memorably cast and brilliantly designed adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play. As Rome invades Egypt, Julius Caesar stumbles across the young princess Cleopatra, sheltering in the Sphinx. Impressed by her spirit and intelligence and seduced by her charm he determines to make her Queen. Part Egyptian adve..
At Nasa's Mission Control the first manned space flight to Mars is about to blast off. But as its three astronauts (James Brolin, O.J. Simpson And Sam Waterston) await their historic journey a mysterious man enters the craft and insists they leave. He explains that the spacecraft is dangerously flawed. The mission, however, must be seen to go ahead, otherwise the Government will stop funding the space programme. In a television studio t..
All 32 episodes from the Supermarionation series which follows Captain Scarlet (voice of Francis Matthews)'s battle to save Earth from an invasion of Martians known as the Mysterons. The intrepid Captain Scarlet and the world security agency Spectrum continually attempt to save Earth from a barrage of hostile attacks. The episodes are: 'The Mysterons', 'Winged Assassin', 'Big Ben Strikes Again', 'Manhunt', 'Avalanche', 'White As Snow', ..
Collection of 30 films from the British comedy series. The titles are: 'Carry On Sergeant' (1958), 'Carry On Nurse' (1959), 'Carry On Teacher' (1959), 'Carry On Constable' (1960), 'Carry On Regardless' (1961), 'Carry On Cruising' (1962), 'Carry On Cabby' (1963), 'Carry On Jack' (1963), 'Carry On Spying' (1964), 'Carry On Cleo' (1964), 'Carry On Cowboy' (1965), 'Carry On Screaming!' (1966), 'Carry On Don't Lose Your Head' (1966), 'Carry ..
Paris, 1789 and the Great Revolution is underway. The noblest heads in the land are being lost to the fearful embrace of Madame Guillotine. Sir Rodney Ffing (Sid James), an Englishman of the finest breeding, decides to lift a little finger (or even two). Daring rescues are staged and a calling card is always left bearing the contemptuous sign of that damned elusive Black Fingernail. Searching for Ffing and his faithful partner, Lord Dar..
British India, 1895. The Burpas are revolting but then again 'The Devils in Skirts' who guard the Kyber Pass are none too charming either! Can Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James) prevent the scheming Khasi of Kalabar (Kenneth Williams) from starting a full-scale rebellion, ending British Rule and making his cushy job obsolete? Can he rely on the help of the wayward Brother Belcher (Peter Butterworth), and prevent the secret concerning t..
Six-part television adaptation of the novel by the late Catherine Cookson. In nineteenth century Northumberland, Roddy Greenbank's father meets a violent end shortly after he arrives to live with him. Roddy is taken in by his father's close friend Kate Makepeace, and forges strong bonds with locals Hal and Mary Ellen. However, as they get older, the friendship between the trio comes under increasing pressure, as Roddy's artistic ambitio..
In the industrial north of England at the end of the nineteenth century, a young woman inherits a factory which develops into a thriving business. She wins the respect of the workforce, but there is trouble ahead...
Set in 1830s Northumberland, the film centres around the mother and daughter's strong personalities and their fight against the prejudices of the time they live in...
After an unhappy childhood on his father's farm, Charlie MacFell marries the beautiful Victoria Chapman. Happiness still eludes him, however, as his wife indulges in a series of adulterous affairs. Fighting at the front in the First World War, Charlie discovers a new strength within himself, winning the respect of his men. But when he returns home Charlie finds himself falling in love with his wife's younger sister...
A collection of 23 dramas based on the novels of Catherine Cookson: 'The Mallen Secret', 'The Mallen Curse', 'The Mallen Girls', 'The Mallen Streak', 'The Fifteen Streets', 'The Wingless Bird', 'The Round Tower', 'The Black Velvet Gown', 'The Black Candle', 'The Rag Nymph', 'The Moth', 'The Girl', 'The Tide of Life', 'The Glass Virgin', 'The Gambling Man', 'The Man Who Cried', 'The Cinder Path', 'The Dwelling Place', 'The Colour Blind',..
ITV adaptation of Catherine Cookson's love-across-the-divide novel. In turn-of-the-century Newcastle, dockworker John O'Brien falls for Mary Llewellyn, a shipbuilder's daughter. Their differences in class threaten to break up their relationship, but true love eventually conquers all...
A tough and gripping drama based on the story by top author Catherine Cookson. When transmitted on ITV in February 1996, it received viewing figures in excess of 13 million. Hannah Boyle, much loved by her father Matthew Thornton is hated by his wife Anne. When tragedy befalls the Thornton household, Anne exacts her revenge on Hannah who has grown into a beautiful woman by making her marry the local butcher...
Set in 1859, ten-year-old Annabella lives a life of luxury with her womanising father and the woman she assumes is her mother. When a maid is sacked for calling Annabella a 'little bastard', the secret starts to seep out; she is the daughter of a local prostitute. When Annabella is 17 the truth is finally revealed by her father and she flees the home in search of a new life with her father's young groom, Manuel, as her lover and compani..
The fourth and final instalment of the Mallen family saga. Barbara, rejected by Michael, enters into a loveless marriage with a son of the Benshams, who now own Squire Thomas' former home, High Banks. Meanwhile, Mr Bensham proposes to Anna Brigmore, Barbara's former governess, who has a burning ambition to become mistress of the house...
Second part of the Mallen family saga. Squire Mallen's bastard son, Donald Radlet, and his brother Mathew are frequent visitors to his cottage. Constance falls in love with Mathew, but is persuaded to marry Donald. One night Barbara is raped on her way back to the cottage...
Third part in the Mallen family saga. Thomas Mallen has now killed himself, and his illegitimate daughter Barbara is shielded from the truth by her governess, Miss Brigmore. When she falls in love with her cousin Michael, they discover the truth behind her birth. The knowledge of her mother's rape threatens to plunge Barbara into tragedy...
Abel Mason is a man wracked with guilt, who leaves his wife for a married woman after a series of adulterous betrayals. When tragedy strikes, Abel builds a new life and finds new love, but can his son Dick keep his father's secret?..
Young Millie Forester is sent to stay in a convent after her mother dies in a Newcastle brothel and the attentions of the brothel-owner are turned on the girl. However, the lively ten-year-old soon falls foul of the nuns' bigotry and she returns to the care of 'Raggie Aggie'. As a grown up and beautiful woman she is exposed to the corrupting influences of the Newcastle streets at the turn of the century and is abducted to the same broth..
Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Ratcliffe rebels against her wealthy middle-class parents by embarking on an affair with Angus Cotton, a worker at her father's Newcastle engineering works. When Vanessa becomes pregnant, the repercussions rock her family...
A tale of suspense and intrigue set amongst the atmospheric streets and riverside of 19th century Tyneside, 'The Secret' is based on Catherine Cookson's only thriller novel. Freddie Musgrave's life is in turmoil when a letter implicates him in murder. Further complications arise due to his feelings for his boss's foster daughter Belle, who is trapped within a loveless marriage to a madman. Starring Colin Buchanan (Dalziel and Pascoe), J..
A young girl blossoms quickly into womanhood through tough and tender relationships with three different men, in this adaptation of the romantic yarn from the pen of Catherine Cookson...
Industrial Tyneside in 1838 is the home of Tilly Trotter (Carli Norris), whose family has fallen into poverty. Tilly does her best to care for her bedridden grandfather, and is visited every month by local farmer Simon Brentwood. This arouses the jealousy and suspicion of the locals, who brand her a witch. Thinking that Brentwood is having an affair with Tilly, the villainous Hal McGrath decides to have her for himself. Whilst Tilly end..
Every episode from all five series of the British TV drama following the fortunes of three couples as they try to negotiate love and life. In series one, each couple experiences some form of difficulty over pregnancy and childbirth, while the temptation of adultery is never far away. In series two Rachel (Helen Baxendale) and Adam (James Nesbitt) have split up, putting their friends in an awkward position. Series three sees Karen (Hermi..
"My Mother In Law Fell Down A Wishing Well, I Was Amazed, I Never Kney They Worked." The Most hilarious TV moments from Les Dawson's fantastic comedy career. Found deep in the TV vaults, these clips are all brand new to DVD. Les Dawson is one of the most popular British Comedians of all time, known for his deadpan style and curmudgeonly persona, and famous for jokes about his mother-in-law and wife. Les Dawson debuted on TV when he gave..
All eleven episodes from the popular drama series starring Robbie Coltrane as the larger-than-life, hard-drinking criminal psychologist. In 'The Mad Woman in the Attic', after a student of Fitz's (Coltrane) is butchered on a train, the police believe it to be the work of a serial slasher. At the scene of the crime is an unconscious, blood-stained man (Adrian Dunbar) who is soon accused of the murders. Fitz is brought in to use his talen..
