Nearest And Dearest - De Complete Serie Collectie

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurBelangrijke opmerking! Wij kunnen dit product alleen verzenden naar adressen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Wij verontschuldigen ons voor het ongemak. Alle prijzen zijn inclusief BTW en verzendkostenComedy grootheden Jimmy Jewel en Hilda Baker spelen de hoofdrol als Eli Pledge en zijn zus Nellie, in de klassieke, bekroonde komedie, Nearest and Dearest. Eli - een ouder wordende lothario - en Nellie - deugdzaam tot het laatst, maar in het bezit van een wonderbaarlijk soepele greep op de Engelse taal - erven het aftandse specerijenbedrijf Pledge's Purer Pickles van hun vader. De broers en zussen doen hun best om ondanks elkaar toch een winstgevend bedrijf te runnen en dat leidt tot veel hilariteit tussen de malafide prietpraatjes, het brutale personeel en de niet al te subtiele dubbele bodems.Deze boxset bevat de complete serie.

Buccaneers

De beroemde filmster Robert Shaw speelt de hoofdrol in de geliefde zwaardvechterserie The Buccaneers uit de jaren vijftig. Kapitein Dan Tempest, die zich afspeelt in de vroege jaren 1600 op het exotische Caribische eiland New Providence, is een hervormde piraat die zich bij de vlag voegt om zijn koning te dienen en het eiland te verdedigen tegen de vijand in de oorlog met Spanje. Hier is de hele serie van 39 afleveringen vol actie van deze top gewaardeerde show.

Carrington V.C.

Compelled to use his own money for his expense account, Major Carrington becomes convinced that he will never see his money again and decides to take back the money from his department's funds without permission. For this error in military rules, Carrington is court-martialed.During the trial, Carrington's selfish wife (Margaret Leighton) gets even for a wartime affair conducted by her husband by supplying false testimony. Though Carrington is declared guilty, the implication is that he is well rid of both his wife and his hollow government post....Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards.

How To Be

What do you do when you're hit by a quarter-life crisis ? At first fancying himself an enigmatic poet , twentysomething Art gradually realises that he must take action if he's going to escape his life as a struggling musician. The answer comes within the pages of a self-help book entitled It's Not Your Fault . Not content to just draw inspiration from its pages, Art invites the elderly author of the book to live with him and his parents, sparking off a painfully funny journey into dysfunction but towards fulfilment. Starring Robert Pattinson (Twilight, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) as neurotic musician Art, How To Be is a timely take on extended adolescence, frustrated creativity and the self-help phenomenon. This wry relationship comedy is directed by Oliver Irving from his own screenplay with contributions from Johnny White and Joe Hastings.Special Features:Audio CommentaryExtended Scenes (26 Minutes)How To Make How To Be

Campbell's Kingdom

Campbell’s Kingdom is the story of a young Englishman, Bruce Campbell, who has been given six months to live, and who travels to the Canadian Rockies to take over an inheritance of land from his grandfather. The old man had been alone in his conviction that there is oil in his ‘Kingdom’, and Bruce determines to devote his last remaining months to proving his grandfather right. He meets with determined and unscrupulous opposition from almost everyone in the area, and the leader of a construction gang, Owen Morgan, is prepared to attempt anything to stop the oil-drilling venture… including murder.

Larkins - Series 1

Meet the Larkins - the put-upon but crafty Alf (BAFTA winner David Kossoff – The Mouse that Roared), his domineering wife, Ada (Peggy Mount - You’re Only Young Twice), aimless son Eddie (Shaun O’Riordan), daughter Joyce (Ruth Trouncer) and her American ex-GI husband Jeff (Ronan O’Casey), an unemployable writer of stories for cowboy comic ‘The Bullet’. They all live in a state that falls somewhat short of domestic bliss at 66 Sycamore Street, in a suburb of London, next to inquisitive neighbour Hetty (Barbara Mitchell) and her family.

Man In The Moon

William Blood is Mr. Normal, yet he is also a rather strange man. He has an inability to worry, and an inability to become ill, enabling him to make his living as a human guinea pig. One assignment, from the Common Cold Research Station, finds him sleeping in a field. On waking, he sees a beautiful woman running to the railway station. But William is also immune to women… or so he believes.

Tom Grattan's War - The Complete Series

With his father fighting at the front and his mother working in a London munitions factory, 16-year old Tom Grattan is sent to stay with relatives in rural Yorkshire for the duration of the First World War. Once at the Kirkbys’ farm he is set to work in the fields, making his own quiet contribution to the war effort. But Tom is introduced to much more than unfamiliar country ways. Along with the Kirkbys’ daughter, Julia, he encounters espionage, kidnapping, robbery and sabotage, and also faces more complex dilemmas – not least when German prisoners of war working at the nearby quarry become the target for angry attacks by local people who have lost loved ones at the front. Whilst the war is fought on the remote battlefields of Europe, its consequences are all too real for Tom and his new friends.

Hot Enough For June

A struggling young writer, Nicholas Whistler, is sent on a seemingly innocent commercial assignment behind the Iron Curtain. On his arrival in Prague, everyone - including his beautiful chauffeuse, Vlasta - believes the Czech-speaking Nicholas to be a spy. It takes much time and adventure for him to realise it, but when he eventually discovers that he has been plunged into the world of international espionage, he is numb with horror. With his contacts gone, he is on his own, and must escape arrest and flee to England. But the secret police are close behind him…

Jennie - Lady Randolph Churchill - The Complete Series

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, better known as Lady Randolph Churchill through her marriage to the son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough, and mother of the most celebrated British politician of all time, Winston Churchill. Famed for her beauty and intelligence, the vivacious, American-born Jennie was a driving force in the lives of both of these great men; it was at her dining table and in her salon that the young Winston met and conversed with the most brilliant political figures of the age. Jennie recognised her son's genius for politics and was able to nurture and foster it, and Sir Winston would repeatedly pay homage to her energy, courage and dedication.

Comedians - Series 5

The fifth series of The Comedians displays some of the comedy talent of the time (1970). The first recorded stand up, we see the comedians doing what they do best.

Cuckoo Waltz - Series 2 - Complete

Local news reporter Chris Hawthorne (David Roper) and his wife, Fliss (Diane Keen), live a simple but contented life with their twin babies and few material possessions, punctuated by occasional visit from Fliss’s mum, Connie, and their eccentric neighbour, Austen Tweedale. All that changes, however, when they take in lodger Gavin Rumsey (Lewis Collins): newly single Gavin has soon filled the house with expensive furniture, fl ashy gadgets and a succession of decorative young ‘temps’ - and Chris and Fliss are left feeling distinctly squeezed out...

Super Gran - Serie 1

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurGranny Smith is een lieve oude dame die een rustig leventje leidt in het Schotse kustplaatsje Chisleton. Op een dag wordt ze per ongeluk getroffen door een straal van de magische straalmachine van Uitvinder Zwart en verandert ze in 'Supergran' - de bezitter van verbazingwekkende krachten, bovenmenselijke kracht, en zelfs een magische 'vliegfiets'! Die kan ze goed gebruiken in de strijd tegen de plaatselijke schurk van Chisleton, de Scunner Campbell, en zijn gemene handlangers Dustin en Muscles; maar met Supergrans wonderbaarlijke gaven is het verslaan van de slechteriken meestal niet zo'n grote uitdaging!Gudrun Ure schittert als de onverschrokken tachtigjarige superheldin in deze geliefde kinderserie. Naast de vaste castleden Iain Cuthbertson en Bill Shine, bevat Supergran ook een reeks gaststerren, waaronder George Best, Lulu, Spike Milligan, Patrick Troughton, Charles Hawtrey en kampioen strongman Geoff Capes; het aanstekelijke themalied van de show, uitgevoerd door Billy Connolly, zorgde ervoor dat het programma nog lang na de eerste uitzending in het geheugen van de kijkers gegrift bleef. Deze complete eerste serie van Supergran werd oorspronkelijk vertoond in 1985.

Kind of Loving - Complete Serie

This TV drama is set in 1957, where miner’s son Vic Brown (Clive Wood) meets Ingrid Rothwell (Joanne Whalley), an attractive young typist, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. They begin an relationship, then marry when Ingrid discovers she is pregnant, and move in with Ingrid’s mother. As the banality of marital life starts to take hold, Vic becomes frustrated - stuck in a marriage and 'a kind of loving' for the rest of his days.

Choice Of Coward

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurIn 1964 wijdde de populaire ITV-serie Play Of The Week vier afleveringen aan het werk van een van de meest gerespecteerde hedendaagse toneelschrijvers van Groot-Brittannië, Noel Coward. Deze collectie bundelt de toneelstukken 'Present Laughter', 'Blithe Spirit', 'The Vortex' en 'Design For Living'.

Sergeant Cork - Series 1

John Barrie is Sergeant Cork, one of the early members of London’s Metropolitan Police C.I.D. - plain-clothes detectives tasked with maintaining law and order in the seething metropolis of Victorian London. Assisted by Bob Marriott (William Gaunt) from his attic office at Old Scotland Yard, Cork has to contend with the heavy crimewave created by the massive population boom, industrial expansion and an ever-widening gap between the rich and poor.

In Character: Richard Bradford

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurRichard Bradford kreeg veel bijval voor zijn gevoelige en realistische portrettering van McGill, de in diskrediet geraakte ex-CIA-agent die nu alleen nog als privé-detective werkt. Als perfectionist en Method Actor kwam hij al snel in conflict met een deel van de crew en zijn collega-acteurs - en kreeg hij de reputatie lastig te zijn om mee te werken. In een interview in de zomer van 2004 vertelde hij openhartig over zijn werk aan Man in a Suitcase en de problemen die hij tegenkwam toen hij probeerde te maken wat voor sommigen de beste actie/avonturenserie van ITC is.

Emmerdale Farm - Vol. 2

England’s first rurally based soap opera, Emmerdale Farm quickly became one of the nation’s best-loved programmes. Moving from its original mid-week afternoon slot to the heart of peak-time scheduling and becoming one of the longest-running dramas on British television, the series continues to scoop multiple awards and nominations. Revisit Beckindale’s early days with this set of classic episodes originally screened in 1973 and 1974.Ten days have passed since Emmerdale Farm Limited was formed. The Jameson farm now belongs to the Sugden and Wilks partnership, and preparations are underway for the sheepdog trials. But amid the bustle and excitement, events are about to take a dramatic and ultimately tragic turn for one local family...

Chief - Seizoen 1 - Compleet

Tim Pigott-Smith (The Vice) stars as John Stafford, a newly promoted Chief Constable, in this police procedural drama series with a difference. The Chief shows a police force undergoing a culture change, as the outspoken and deeply committed Stafford attempts to reform crime-prevention policies and challenge the frequently unacceptable behaviour of his front-line officers. There are always difficult decisions to be made, and often at a professional and personal cost. The cast of this powerful drama series, originally transmitted in 1990, also includes Judy Loe (Ace of Wands) as Stafford’s doctor wife, Elizabeth, and Eastenders stars Tony Caunter and Ross Kemp.Having appointed Anne Stewart (Karen Archer - Chancer) as his deputy, Chief Constable John Stafford promotes his highly capable colleague to the rank of Head of Crime and Operations at Eastland, East Anglia. The promotion proves deeply unpopular, and, when Anne encounters rampant workplace misogyny, exposes some of the more unpleasant institutional attitudes among the ranks. While Anne faces a wall of prejudice as well as the personal difficulties arising from her son’s drug addiction, Stafford’s strategies for tackling the ever-mounting challenges of modern policing - be they the consequences of an increasingly violent drugs subculture, militant student actions or vigilante gangs - frequently bring him into conflict with his superiors. His high-level adversaries include the Home Office - whose staff watch his actions with interest, and more than a little concern…

Frost On Saturday

The lighter side of Frost! One of the trio of Frost programmes that dominated ITV weekends in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Frost on Saturday concentrated mainly on topical interviews with entertainers and public figures. Made at a time when David Frost was working in the US and then jetting back to the UK to do three shows over the weekend, Frost on Saturday concentrates his energy into a forty minute mix of humorous interviews, debates and musical interludes with the likes of John and Yoko, The Rolling Stones (playing ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ in a barnstorming performance), Edna Everage (back when she was a mere Mrs. and not a Dame!), George Best (who plays football with Frost in the studio), Frankie Howerd, Dusty Springfield, Sir John Betjeman and more. A number of editions of Frost on Saturday no longer exist - this set includes the seven surviving shows, including a special programme from November 1969 to celebrate the history of broadcasting on the first official night of colour transmissions on ITV.