Thats My Boy - Complete Series 4

Sitcom legend Mollie Sugden (Are You Being Served?) stars as Ida Willis, a fear-inspiring housekeeper who finds herself in a rather unusual situation when she goes to work for doctor Robert Price and his model wife, Angie: having moved into the couple’s London flat, she gradually realises that Robert is, in fact, the son she gave up for adoption as a baby. Once she’s got over the shock, Ida starts to make her maternal presence felt, and Robert’s adoptive mother finds that she suddenly has some very unwelcome competition... Written by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton (You’re Only Young Twice), That’s My Boy was a long-running success for Yorkshire Television. This release contains the complete fourth series, along with the 1984 Christmas Special.

Second Thoughts - Seizoen 2 - Compleet

Starring sitcom favourites James Bolam, Lynda Bellingham, Julia Sawalha and Belinda Lang, this hit comedy series was inspired by the real-life relationship of the writers, husband-and-wife team Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. With bittersweet storylines and memorable performances from a star cast, Second Thoughts were one of the most popular sitcoms of the 90s. Faith and Bill are two middle-aged divorcees who are attempting to maintain a relationship despite the forces that threaten to pull it apart. These include constant interference from Bill’s scheming ex-wife and work colleague, Liza and the activities of Faith’s teenage children - the football-obsessed Joe, and demanding daughter Hannah. Nobody said it would be easy...

Codename Kyril - De Complete Serie

Onder een illustere cast met Joss Ackland, Peter Vaughan, Richard E. Grant en Denholm Elliott, schittert Edward Woodward (Callan) tegenover Ian Charleson (Chariots of Fire) in een strakke en vakkundig uitgezette Koude Oorlog thriller.

The Georgian House

Eerie, unsettling and one of the key children’s TV productions of the 1970s, The Georgian House was written by acclaimed author Jill Laurimore with noted producer/writer Harry Moore (The Clifton House Mystery, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) and produced by the renowned Leonard White (The Avengers, Armchair Theatre). Cult children’s television actor Spencer Banks (Timeslip, Tightrope) stars alongside Jack Watson (Sky, Arthur of the Britons) in a series that The Stage lauded as “visually rich, sumptuously produced [and] a quality production”.

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

In New York’s Hudson Valley during the 1750s, woodsman, trapper and US cavalry scout Nat ‘Hawkeye’ Cutler (John Hart) and his Mohican friend, Chingachgook (Lon Chaney Jr.), are more than simply friends; they are blood brothers, whose bond of loyalty endures amid hard times, adventure and the cycles of hatred and violence that characterise the tough life of the northern frontier settlements. Wherever they can, Hawkeye and Chingachgook bravely endeavour to bring wrongdoers to justice and encourage harmony and understanding.

The Jensen Code - The Complete Series

Sixteen-year-old Terry Connor is sent, along with a few of his friends, to an Outward Bound centre. On his first day at the centre Terry is taken pot-holing by the senior instructor, Alex. All goes well until, at 100 feet underground, Alex goes to search for the torch that Terry has dropped.

Heartbeat - Seizoen 5 - Compleet

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield and initially starring former EastEnder Nick Berry as PC Nick Rowan, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines, with a host of colourful characters that viewers took to their hearts and a wonderfully nostalgic soundtrack. Running for two successful decades and becoming staple Sunday-night viewing, Heartbeat won several prestigious TV awards including Best Performing Peak-Time Drama in 1999 (beating Coronation Street), and a number of ITV Programme of the Year awards. The series attracted a peak audience of 14 million, spawned a highly successful spin-off, The Royal, and a Top Ten hit single, and has garnered a devoted following, remaining prime-time viewing world-wide. In this complete fifth series the love story between Nick and Kate ends in tragedy and a dark cloud of shock and grief gathers over Nick as he is forced to move into a new and traumatising chapter in his life.

French Fields - Complete Series 2

After four highly successful series, in 1989 the international Emmy Award-winning Fresh Fields became French Fields, as William and Hester Fields (Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers) followed their children's example and set up home across the Channel. They soon discover there is more than 22 miles of water dividing the English from the French. Hester's brave attempt to cross the language barrier, using Franglais and mime to rival Marcel Marceau, merely causes bewilderment. And French customs and culture are no less tricky; even the car steering wheel is in the wrong place, while asking a surly housekeeper to leave could be seen as despotic and spark a minor revolution. However, despite such difficulties, the Fields persevere in their inimitable style providing comic entertainment for their French friends and viewers alike. This complete second series also includes the hilarious 1990 Christmas Special.

Michael Bentines Potty Time - Complete Series 3

The pages of the great Potty Encyclopaedia are opened once again with thirteen classic episodes of this marvellously madcap puppet series a favourite of children and adults alike. Created, written and presented by the multi-talented ex-Goon Michael Bentine, Potty Time ran for seven years and was voted into 71st place in Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows poll. Watch re-enactments of some of the world’s greatest historical events with a unique Potty slant, and learn little-known facts from the venerable Professor Potsworthy the source of all Potty knowledge. Discover how the Potties of Ancient Britain defended themselves against Viking raiders... revisit the Age of Chivalry, when Knights were bold and battled for a good Potty cause... hear stirring tales from the Potty Pilgrim Fathers, who sailed to a new life on the April-Flower... find out why the Great Wall of China was really built... and a great deal more besides!

Coronation Street: 1990-1999

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurCoronation Street, dat voor het eerst werd uitgezonden in december 1960, is de langstlopende, meest bekeken soap in Groot-Brittannië. Deze box met de beste afleveringen uit de jaren negentig is uitgebracht om de vijftigste verjaardag van ieders favoriete show te vieren. De show kreeg talrijke onderscheidingen en werd door de Royal Television Society het meest succesvolle televisieprogramma in de Britse geschiedenis genoemd, en bedenker Tony Warren werd in 1976 tot MBE benoemd. De drama's van de bewoners van Weatherfield hebben de kijkers in de loop van de geschiedenis van de soap geboeid, en dit volume van klassieke afleveringen uit de jaren 1990 biedt fans de mogelijkheid om belangrijke momenten en verhaallijnen van dat decennium opnieuw te beleven. Nieuwkomers zijn de ongelukkig getrouwde Des en Steph Barnes, de eenzaat Roy Cropper, de rolstoelgebonden strijdbijl Maud Grimes, slager Fred Elliott, het sluwe barmeisje Tanya Poole, aspirant-model Raquel Wolstenhulme en de lastige familie Battersby. Bekende schrijvers zijn Shameless-bedenker Paul Abbott en acteur en toneelschrijver Stephen Mallatratt.

Look at Life - Volume 3

45 digitaal gerestaureerde films uit de documentaire reeks Look at Life was een regelmatige reeks korte documentaire films die in de jaren 1960 werden geproduceerd door de Special Features Division van de Rank Organisation en werden vertoond in hun Odeon en Gaumont bioscopen - ter vervanging van het journaal van het circuit, Universal News, dat grotendeels irrelevant was geworden met de komst van televisie nieuwsuitzendingen. Met hun beknopte en prachtig gedraaide kleurenfilmpjes, die in totaal meer dan 500 afleveringen tellen, laten ze de bioscoopbezoekers kennis maken met uiteenlopende aspecten van het hedendaagse Britse leven. Dit deel, dat digitaal is gerestaureerd van de originele filmelementen, presenteert 45 memorabele films die een fascinerend inzicht bieden in de verschillende aspecten van wetenschappelijke vooruitgang en innovatie die de Britse manier van leven ten goede zijn gekomen, en waarvan vele niet meer te zien zijn sinds ze voor het eerst werden vertoond.

Mr. Axelfords Angel

Boris J. Axelford is more machine than man in the way he runs his successful electronics business. That is, until the arrival of Angel Roper as his temporary secretary. Creating chaos and mayhem with her every move, Angel turns Mr. Axelford's ordered life upside down in a matter of minutes!

Scorpion Tales - The Complete Series

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.

Tales from Fat Tulips Garden / Fat Tulip Too

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Hale en Pace - Complete Serie 2

Na een eenmalige kerstspecial in 1986 werden Hale en Pace bekende namen met deze fenomenaal succesvolle serie voor LWT. De serie won de Zilveren Roos in Montreux en maakte de twee voormalige gymnastiekleraren tot een van de meest nagebootste komedieacts in de televisiegeschiedenis.

The Ebony Tower

Featuring a formidable central performance by Laurence Oliver, one of Britain’s most revered actors, this BAFTA-nominated television play was adapted by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey) from the novel by John Fowles; a distinguished supporting cast includes Greta Scacchi and Roger Rees. Henry Breasley (Olivier) is an elderly painter whose secluded retirement is invaded by David Williams (Rees), a brash young artist commissioned to produce a biographical study of the great man. Breasley shares his home in the South of France with two young English girls, both former art students, Diana and Anne. In this strange ménage, David is left in no doubt about his host's views on modern abstract art. However, he is puzzled by the old man's relationship with the girls, especially when he also finds himself strongly attracted to Diana...

The Merchant of Venice

In this lavish stage production, Oscar winner Laurence Olivier takes on one of literary history’s most enigmatic and challenging characters: the vengeful moneylender of Venice, Shylock. Adapted from Jonathan Miller’s brilliant London stage production, this updated interpretation of Shakespeare's masterpiece shifts the setting from Elizabethan times to the late 19th Century - allowing for a new relevance for contemporary audiences, and a deeper understanding of the central character. Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Michael Jayston, Anthony Nicholls and Denis Lawson also feature among the cast of the production, which is adapted and directed by acclaimed screenwriter, director and theatre trainer John Sichel.

Male of the Species: Three Plays by Alun Owen

Featuring rare television performances from Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Paul Scofield, and with Anna Calder-Marshall as the increasingly savvy Mary MacNeil, this trilogy of plays, narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, forms a dramatic and controversial study in male behaviour. Part of ITV s celebrated anthology series Saturday Night Theatre, Male of the Species was written by Oscar-nominated playwright Alun Owen and originally screened in 1969 to great acclaim, earning Primetime Emmy Awards for both Paul Scofield and Anna Calder-Marshall. Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendacious womaniser; a smooth-talking office flirt, Cornelius; and an elderly barrister, Emlyn, who is enchanted by Mary s youthful vitality and charm. Only one of these men will win her heart in the end...

The Arthur Haynes Show: Volume 2

Reigning supreme for almost a decade as ITV s biggest comedian, Arthur Haynes was one of the most influential and popular comics that television has ever seen. His shows remained firmly in the top ten until his untimely death in 1966 robbed the world of a comedy genius. Lack of repeats ensured that subsequent generations were denied Haynes comedic brilliance - until now. Featuring wickedly funny scripts from Alf Garnett creator Johnny Speight, this set contains a lively mix of sketches and musical entertainment while Speight s scripts invariably drew on the familiar class antagonism which he would hone to perfection on Till Death Us Do Part. Haynes robust working-class delivery was inspired - never more so than in the character of Hobo Haynes, a belligerent, heavily decorated tramp fond of recounting tales of patriotic bravery whilst being up to me neck in muck and bullets. This release of The Arthur Haynes Show returns him to his rightful place among the comedy greats.

I Killed My Mother

Hubert Minel doesn’t love his mother. The seventeen-year-old regards her with haughty contempt, and sees only her dated sweaters, kitsch decorations and the breadcrumbs that get stuck on the corner of her lips when she munches. Confused by a love/hate relationship, and desperate to escape the suffocating atmosphere of his mother’s working-class, suburban home, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of an adolescence both marginal and typical. The directing debut of 19-year-old French-Canadian actor Xavier Dolan. Visually stunning, with exquisite performances. The film won 22 international film awards in 2009, including three categories at Cannes.