Heartbeat - De Complete Tweede Serie

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurAlle tien afleveringen uit de tweede serie van de politiedramaserie van Yorkshire Television die zich afspeelt in het fictieve dorpje Aidensfield in Noord-Yorkshire in de jaren zestig. PC Nick Rowan (Nick Berry) en zijn doktersvrouw Kate (Niamh Cusack) vinden nog steeds dat er genoeg is om hun gedachten bezig te houden nadat ze de drukte van Londen achter zich hebben gelaten. In deze serie overvallen gewapende overvallers de Aidensfield Arms, breekt mond- en klauwzeer uit en wordt een vijfjarig jongetje vermist.Afleveringen omvatten:GeheimenEinde van de lijnManhuntBittere OogstOver the HillRecht voor z'n raapEen talent voor bedrogBaby BluesMuur van StilteVermist

Saigon: Year of the Cat

Can love survive the fall of a nation?Judi Dench takes the role of an English woman working in Saigon who falls in love with a CIA analyst in the final chaotic days of the war in Vietnam.Written by acclaimed British playwright David Hare, whose adaptations include Oscar-nominated films The Reader and The Hours, directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen) and produced by Verity Lambert, this powerful production won BAFTA nominations in five categories in 1984, including Best Actress for Judi Dench and Best Single Drama for Stephen Frears.The conflict is officially over. Temporarily insulated in the city's diplomatic quarter, Barbara Dean continues working as assistant manager in a foreign bank. On meeting American Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest - Apocalypse Now), she quickly senses that he works for the CIA; in his reluctant role as an interrogator, he is only too aware of Vietnam's military reality. With time running out, they begin an intense affair.As Vietcong forces advance from the North, many of Saigon's remaining Westerners continue their daily lives in a state that approaches denial. But soon the frenzied evacuation of the city will begin, and their Vietnamese colleagues and allies will be left to face their fate alone..

Theo Van Gogh Box Set

These three films by Dutch auteur Theo Van Gogh were all recently remade with Hollywood actors following his shocking murder, and this box set presents the original works. Blind Date chronicles several encounters in a bar between a bereaved couple, Interview sees a middle-aged journalist being given a piece to write on real-life Dutch star Katja Schuurman, a task which he openly resents when he comes to interview her in her loft, and 1-900 tells the story of two lonely professionals who meet through a sex-line and begin a weekly rendezvous via the telephone.

Blind Date (Original and Remake)

This set includes the original Dutch film by the late Theo Van Gogh, and the American remake directed by Stanley Tucci. A couple goes on a series of blind dates, each placing personal ads in the paper and pretending to be strangers when they meet. Again and again they play different roles, as it becomes apparent that they are really a married couple trying to overcome their buried grief at the loss of their young daughter.

Secrets of War

This award-winning series explores lesser-known aspects of the twentieth century’s major conflicts, offering remarkable new insights into the hidden world of covert operations. Based on information that had been only recently de-classified at the time of its transmission, Secrets of War features interviews with authors and eyewitnesses, rare archive footage and authentic re-enactments.

The Arthur Haynes Show - Volume 1

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.

Youre Only Young Twice - Series 2 Box Set

Welcome to Paradise Lodge - a 'superior residence for retired gentlefolk'. Within these walls you'll find four of the strangest and funniest OAPs you're ever likely to meet!Flora Petty (Peggy Mount) is a domineering battleaxe waging her own one-woman war against the system - and everything else in her way! Her sidekick is Cissie (Pat Coombs), a mousy little woman with a nervous disposition and not a lot going on in the brain department. Mad motorbike fanatic Mildred (Diana King) and faded actress Dolly (Lally Bowers) complete the gang.Together, they're determined to make life as difficult as possible for the proprietress of Paradise Lodge, Miss Milton (Charmian May) and to beat the system every time!This DVD collection includes all eight episodes from the second series of You're Only Young Twice, first screened on ITV in1978.

Barbara: Complete Series 2

Developed from a pilot screening in ITV’s 1995 Comedy Firsts season, this acclaimed sitcom cast Gwen Taylor as Barbara Liversidge, a blunt-talking, heftily opinionated, advice-giving, occasionally ranting Yorkshirewoman. Sam Kelly (Porridge) stars as Ted, Barbara’s cab-driver husband of 35 years and a man who learned long ago to play second fiddle, while Sherrie Hewson (Coronation Street) is her nouveau-riche sister, Jean – the victim of many a withering look and practised put-down. Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen), Joanna Van Gyseghem (Duty Free), Helen Atkinson-Wood (Blackadder), Jean Alexander and Roy Barraclough (Coronation Street), and singer and actress Julie Driscoll also appear in this second series, originally screened in 2000 and 2001.

The Likes of Sykes

By the early 1970s, Oldham-born Eric Sykes had become one of TV’s best-loved comedy performers. Following the phenomenal success of the Sykes series he spread his wings in a number of one-off shows and films. This set comprises three shows made for Thames between 1971 and 1982. Filled with Eric’s warm observational humour and exploiting his keen eye for the absurd, the shows reunite him with several comedy collaborators, including fellow Plank star Tommy Cooper and long-term working partner, friend and Sykes co-star Hattie Jacques; Diana Coupland (Bless This House), Glaswegian actor/comedian Chic Murray, and Dandy Nichols (‘Till Death Us So Part) are among the other guest stars, with musical interludes from classical guitarist John Williams. Sykes – With The Lid Off Eric dares to take the lid off the many and varied forms of theatrical entertainment, with the help of Hattie Jacques, Dilys Watling, Leslie Noyes, Philip Gilbert and dancers The Ladybirds.The Likes Of Sykes Eric has a Walter Mitty-style dream that he will produce a star-studded spectacular on Broadway – but will his dreams die before his starry eyes? Diana Coupland and John Williams are Eric’s special guests. The Eric Sykes 1990 Show Eric makes a prediction: by 1990, celebrities will have to pay for their own TV shows. Starring in his vision of the future are Tommy Cooper, Chic Murray, Dandy Nichols, Leslie Mitchell and classical guitarist John Williams

Birds of a Feather: Seizoen 3 - Compleet

Everyone’s favourite Essex girls return with this third series of Birds of a Feather -one of the 1990s’ most successful, long-running and memorable sitcoms. This release comprises all twelve episodes plus the 1991 Christmas Special.Created by the legendary comedy partnership of Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran (The New Statesman), the series chronicles the misadventures of Sharon and Tracy (Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson) - North London-born sisters left to fend for themselves, financially and emotionally, when their husbands are jailed for armed robbery. The girls have lived very different lives, Tracey enjoying the neo-Georgian splendour of ‘Dalentrace’ - the luxury home paid for by husband Darryl’s criminal activities -while her sister had remained in an Edmonton tower block. Now, Sharon lives with Tracey, enjoying a few home comforts and offering much-needed moral support - even if some of her habits prove a tad annoying. And if life in Chigwell sometimes seems a little dull, there are always the extra-marital antics of their man-eating Jewish neighbour, Dorien (Lesley Joseph), to keep them entertained…

Shelley - Seizoen 5 - Compleet

James Shelley is trying to show willing. Exasperated by his constant procrastination, wife Fran has now given him his marching orders, and there are even the rumblings of divorce proceedings. So Shelley becomes something of a regular at the ‘Easy Job’ agency in an effort to find tolerable work and win back Fran’s respect – his travails taking him from a hard day’s slog in the City to the joys of the ‘Dust-Bowl’ Burger Bar...

Shadows: Complete Series 2

Atmospheric, superbly scripted and filled with the unexpected, this remarkable anthology series offers spine-tingling psychological and supernatural tales for younger viewers. Capitalising on the success of its fi rst series, producer Ruth Boswell (a major force in children’s television and involved in such memorable productions as Timeslip, The Tomorrow People and Escape into Night) raised the bar with contributions from award-winning authors Penelope Lively, Rosemary Harris, Joan Aiken and Susan Cooper. Strongly remembered to this day, Shadows is one of the quintessential children’s drama series of the 1970s.

Keep It In The Family: Seizoen 2 - Compleet

A resounding success, this Thames comedy is set in the delightfully chaotic home of Dudley and Muriel Rush, whose daughters, Jacqui and Susan, satisfy a hankering for freedom by moving into the family’s vacant basement fl at. Dudley is a gifted cartoonist but an inveterate procrastinator with a fondness for practical jokes, who finds it hard to concentrate amid an ever-increasing number of distractions – to the despair of his long-suffering agent, Duncan. But at least he can still keep an eye on his wayward daughters, and their visitors...

Look at Life: Volume 2

Look at Life was a regular series of short documentary films produced in the 1960s by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation and screened in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas - replacing the circuit’s newsreel, Universal News, which had become largely irrelevant with the advent of television news broadcasts. Marvellously concise and beautifully shot, these ‘slice of life’ colour featurettes – numbering over 500 episodes in total – presented cinemagoers with varied aspects of contemporary British life.

Michael Bentines Potty Time - Complete Series 2

Not every widowed seventy-year-old is lucky enough to have a daughter willing to provide him with a home in his declining years. And not every daughter is unlucky enough to have a father as awkward, cantankerous and mischievous as Tommy Butler. Comedy veteran Jimmy Jewel stars as Tommy, a retired railway worker who goes to live with his long-suffering daughter Vera in her high-rise flat when his home is demolished. While his son-in-law Brian hardly welcomes the new domestic arrangement, Tommy, having left all his old friends behind, feels particularly lost - until he strikes up an unlikely friendship with twelve-year-old tearaway Charlie Harris. This warm, touching sitcom was written by the hugely successful team of Vince Powell and Harry Driver (Nearest and Dearest, Bless This House), and originally ran from 1973 to 1977. This set includes the pilot play from 1972 alongside all six episodes from series one.

The Larkins: Seizoen 4 - Compleet

Meet the Larkins - the put-upon but crafty Alf, his domineering wife Ada, son Eddie, daughter Joyce and her American ex-GI husband Jeff, a barely employable 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 and her family. This classic early ATV sitcom was created by Clapham-born Fred Robinson and based upon his youthful scripts for plays about a fictional Cockney family. With skilful comic playing from a renowned cast and a script that ATV production controller Bill Ward described as the funniest he had ever read, The Larkins inspired great affection throughout its run between 1958 and 1964. This fourth series was first screened in 1960, and all episodes have been transferred from the original film telerecordings specifically for this release.

An Audience With Jasper Carrott

Komiek, acteur, folkzanger en tv-presentator Jasper Carrott kreeg voor het eerst nationale aandacht in 1975 met zijn Top 5-hit Funky Moped/Magic Roundabout. Vijfendertig jaar later is hij nog steeds een van Engelands meest geliefde komische performers. Zijn vele prijzen omvatten een BAFTA (voor Carrott s Lib) en een Lifetime Achievement Award op de 2008 British Comedy Awards; hij is twee keer verkozen tot TV Personality van het Jaar, en ontving een OBE in 2003 als erkenning voor zijn werk voor liefdadigheid. Na een aantal optredens op de regionale televisie in het midden van de jaren zeventig, begon Jasper in 1978 met zijn eerste serie. An Audience with Jasper Carrott was een groot succes en leverde hem een Pye Award op als Outstanding New Personality en maakte hem tot een begrip. In zes uitbarstingen van dertig minuten onophoudelijke stand-up, onderbroken door af en toe een liedje, scheldt Carrott over van alles en nog wat, van Spaghetti Junction tot de politie van Jersey, van medicijnen tot Monty Python... en introduceert hij op beruchte wijze het woord puist in het Engelse vocabulaire.

Upstairs Downstairs: De Complete Serie

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurUpstairs, Downstairs was een spectaculair succes bij de kritieken en kijkcijfers toen het voor het eerst werd uitgezonden op ITV en is nog steeds een van de grootste succesverhalen van de Britse televisie wereldwijd. De serie werd meervoudig bekroond (o.a. door de BAFTA, de Writers Guild, de Royal Television Society, Emmies en Golden Globes) met in de hoofdrollen Jean Marsh, Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley Pauline Collins en Lesley-Anne Down en werd geproduceerd door John Hawkesworth. Upstairs, Downstairs speelt zich af in 165 Eaton Place vanaf de eeuwwisseling, de Eerste Wereldoorlog tot in de Roaring Twenties en gaat over de familie Bellamy: politicus Richard Bellamy, zijn vrouwen Marjorie en Virginia, de verspillende zoon James, de eigenzinnige dochter Elizabeth en zijn onstuimige kleindochter Georgina Worsley. De huisbedienden worden geleid door Hudson de butler, een conservatieve Schot die het moet opnemen tegen het beneden-de-trap -gedrag van het huispersoneel, waaronder kokkin Mrs Bridges en dienstmeisjes Rose en Sarah.

Youre Only Young Twice: Seizoen 3 - Compleet

This highly popular Yorkshire Television sitcom stars much-loved TV battleaxe Peggy Mount on robust form as Flora Petty, the scourge of Paradise Lodge - a superior residence for retired gentlefolk. Pat Coombs co-stars as Flora's dim-witted sidekick, Cissie, while veteran stage actress Lally Bowers (A Fine Romance) and sitcom legend Diana King are fellow residents Dolly and Mildred, always ready to lend their weight to Flora's campaign of insubordination against proprietress Miss Milton and her staff. Woe betide anyone who tries to take on the fearless Flora: she's old enough to know better, but wise enough not to care! While Waiting for God would revisit the richly comic setting of the retirement home a decade later You're Only Young Twice ran for four series between 1977 and 1981; this release contains the complete second series, originally screened in 1978.

Heartbeat: De Complete Vierde Serie

Zavvi - Het huis van de popcultuurDeze populaire serie speelt zich af in de jaren zestig in het fictieve dorpje Aidensfield in North Yorkshire, met in de hoofdrol voormalig EastEnder Nick Berry als PC Nick Rowan. De serie verweeft misdaad en medische verhaallijnen, met een groot aantal kleurrijke personages die de kijkers in hun hart sluiten en een heerlijk nostalgische soundtrack.