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All thirteen episodes from the first and second season of the BBC mockumentary comedy following the trials and tribulations of the team responsible for staging the 2012 London Olympic Games. Narrator David Tennant guides the audience through events as Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher and his support team, including PR operative Siobhan Sharpe, Head of Sustainability Kay Hope and straight-talking Yorkshire man Nick Jowett, take charge of a Ł9 billion budget. In the first season, the team must somehow keep the event on track as they face confronting challenges from getting a busload of non-English speaking Brazilians from A to B, who to appoint to run the Cultural Olympiad and what to do when the much-vaunted wind turbines won’t turn because there’s no wind, it’s all in a day’s work for the men and women whose job it is to stage the greatest sporting event in the world. The challenges they face in season 2 include finding a way of presenting the future of the Olympic Stadium post Games as something other than a complete shambles, how to get the Olympic Torch Relay Route to go through Shropshire, exactly how best to market “Jubilympics” as a joint branding venture between the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics, and the series kicks off with the team facing their biggest challenge yet when the Algerian team threaten to boycott the games after discovering that the Shared Belief Centre does not face Mecca.
In the peaceful village of Devil’s End something very strange is happening. A professor is preparing to open a nearby burial mound and a local has foresees death and disaster. Meanwhile, the new vicar looks suspiciously like the Master and he is using black magic to conjure up an ancient Dćmon. Can the Doctor, Jo and UNIT stop their old enemy before he succeeds?
All five episodes from the BBC documentary science series presented by Professor Brian Cox. Whether it's Saturn's rings, the solar flares of the Sun or the deserts of Mars, Professor Cox demonstrates how the forces that shaped our world are also responsible for creating some of the most breathtaking sights in our solar system. Episodes comprise: 'Empire of the Sun', 'Order Out of Chaos', 'The Thin Blue Line', 'Dead Or Alive' and 'Aliens'.
It is now 1962, and the Nonnatus House team are as committed to caring for the people of Poplar as always. However, the social revolution in the outside world is mirrored by change and challenge much closer to home. As they strive to help mothers and families cope with the demands of childbearing, disability, disease and social prejudice, our beloved medics must make choices - and fight battles - of their own. Season 6 will see them laugh together, cry together, and pull together, supporting each other as never before. The Christmas Special will see the series transported to the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Nonnatus House receives an SOS from a tiny mission hospital. Understaffed, underfunded, and with a poor water supply, struggling Hope Clinic is faced with closure. Can our much-loved medics and midwives make a difference to the people whose lives depend upon its work? Far from home and everything familiar, the team are both shaken and exhilarated by the challenges they face - and by the time the mission trip is over, some lives are permanently changed.
Four-part BBC adaptation of Hanif Kureishi's semi-autobiographical novel about a young mixed-race 17-year-old growing up in South London in the 1970s. Young Karim Amir (Naveen Andrews)'s teenage existence is radically altered when his Pakistani father gives up his civil service job and suburban lifestyle to become a spiritual guru. Karim soon discovers sex, drugs, acting and punk music as he enters a phase of experimentation to discover his true identity.
All nine feature-length episodes from the first to third series of the BBC crime drama starring Kenneth Branagh as the Swedish detective. Inspector Kurt Wallander (Branagh) and his team at Ystad police station investigate a number of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of Skane County, Southern Sweden. The episodes are: 'Sidetracked', 'Firewall', 'One Step Behind', 'Faceless Killers', 'The Man Who Smiled', 'The Fifth Woman', 'An Event in Autumn', 'The Dogs of Riga' and 'Before the Frost'.
One of the most loved television series of all time is brought back to life with a stellar cast and a story full of scandal, romance and intrigue set against a sweeping historical backdrop.
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The charming series set in a small hamlet and its neighbouring town sees the return of favourite characters including Dorcas, Laura, Daniel, the Pratt sisters, Alf, Minnie – and a fond welcome home for Alf’s mother, Caroline. Candleford has a new arrival in Gabriel Cochrane, the handsome and once wealthy owner of a large iron foundry – now bitter, penniless and homeless. Moved by his plight, Dorca offers him a job as a blacksmith and a room above the forge. Meanwhile, a distraught Ruby returns home to Pearl Pratt to find Daniel settled in all too comfortably; Emma finds herself in dire financial straits and in a complete predicament; a poetry competition sends everyone into a frenzy of excitement and Twister gets in trouble again when Queenie wins a pig at the local fair. Just as Dorcas resolves to stop meddling in others affairs, she realises Gabriel’s plans will ruin him and his reputation. Her help might just keep him in town – something that seems increasingly important to her…
The new Doctor has landed... Introducing Peter Capaldi as the twelfth Doctor, this fantastic new series sees the Doctor and Clara (Jenna Coleman) encounter unimaginable wonders and horrors... The time travellers meet a fleet of Daleks as they attempt to rescue a stranded ship of human survivors, face ranks of Cybermen stalking the Earth, go back in time and join Robin Hood in a fight with killer robots in Sherwood Forest, become bank robbers when they break into the deadliest bank in the cosmos, face a Mummy on the Orient Express, discover a deadly horror dwelling on the Moon; and come to know the last man standing at the end of the universe. This complete box set contains every explosive episode from Peter Capaldi's debut series in the role and is also packed full of extras including:
Feature-length episode to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the long-running sci-fi series. All five Doctors (Peter Davison, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Richard Hurndall and Tom Baker) and many of their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There they must battle not only the Master, but Daleks, Cybermen and Yeti in order to reach the Dark Tower and discover the Tomb of Rassilon. This special edition includes new special effects and extra footage not included in the original broadcast.
The Doctor and Martha follow a trail of clues across wild and wonderful alien worlds, to find the location of the legendary lost spaceship, The Infinite. They soon discover that they are not alone in their quest - the evil Baltazar is also searching for the ancient starship, and wants to use its powers in order to destroy Earth and rule the galaxy. Will the Doctor and Martha succeed in The Infinite Quest? This is the full-length version of the animated series, first broadcast as part of Totally Doctor Who.
BBC adaptation of Gerald Durrell's bestselling autobiography, telling the story of the naturalist's childhood years spent on the island of Corfu. Escaping the dreary weather of 1930s England, the eccentric Durrell family uproots and ships itself off to the sun drenched Greek island of Corfu. With the help of larger-than-life local taxi-driver Spiro (Omid Djalili), the family, headed by Mother (Imelda Staunton), move to a succession of different, fantastically-coloured villas dotted across the landscape. While his sister Margo (Tamzin Merchant) fights off the advances of would-be suitors, his gun crazy brother Leslie (Russell Tovey blasts the island's bird life to smithereens and the overbearingly intellectual Larry (Matthew Goode) invites a stream of artistic types to stay, young Gerald explores the glorious scenery and the wildlife it has to offer. Watching one sort of the animal kingdom in their natural habitat allows Gerald to learn more incisively about the habits of an altogether different group: his own family.
An acclaimed comedy performer on stage, radio and television, these television shows, broadcast in 1964 and 1972, bear witness to her unique talent with a selection of hilarious songs, monologues and sketches from her one woman shows. Joined as ever by her friend William Blezard on piano, Joyce performs all her well-loved and memorable favourites including the inimitable Lumpy Latimer in the Old Girls' School Reunion, Mrs Fanshawe who glides stately as a galleon across the dance floor, three lady choristers making a joyful noise in the Royal Albert Hall and of course, Young George, whose unspeakable and mysterious activities in The Nursery School produced the now famous catch phrase "George - don't do that".
All 19 episodes of the British comedy series starring Lenny Henry as Gareth Blackstock, the volatile chef of the Chateau Anglais restaurant. Episodes comprise: 'Personnel', 'Beyond The Pass', 'Subject to Contract', 'The Big Cheese', 'Fame is the Spur', 'Rice and Peas', 'A River Runs Thru It', 'Time Flies', 'Do the Right Thing', 'A Diploma of Miseries', 'Masterchef', 'Private Lives', 'England Expects', 'When Janice Left Gareth', 'The Owner's Daughter', 'Divorce?', 'Gareth's Father', 'Rochelle' and 'Paris or Jamaica?'.
All nine episodes from the second series of the BBC sitcom, starring Stephanie Cole as Diana Trent and Graham Crowden as Tom Ballard, two prickly residents of the Bayview Retirement Village who aren't quite ready to give up on life yet. In this series, Tom decides to start a counselling service for the residents, a new resident begins to get on Diana's nerves, and when Diana breaks her hip, it seems that she might not be able to attend her niece's wedding. Episodes are: 'Counselling For the Dying'; 'The Partition'; 'Daisy Takes Charge'; 'The Thief'; 'Tell the Truth'; 'The Hip Operation'; 'Glamorous Grannies'; 'Foreign Workers'; and 'Young People'.
This BBC drama portrays the events leading up to and surrounding the disappearance at Gallipoli in 1915 of the Sandringham Company, made up of the King's household staff. Led by estate manager Captain Frank Beck (David Jason), the company left their rural existence to fight in the Great War, and the news of their deaths in battle brought home the reality of the conflict to the royals for the first time. After the war, the Royal Family sent a special envoy to the region to try and discover what had happened to the company, but the truth was never fully revealed.
Spike Milligan, remembered for his turn in 'The Goons' and his 'Q' series' from the 1960s to the 1980s, looks back at his career with his tongue buried firmly in his cheek. Playing along with the camera crew's 'surprise' visit to his home, he quickly turns the situation to his surreal advantage and revels in his own lunatic humour whilst reviewing years of influential and crazy humour.
Another adventure for everyone's favourite Time Lord. Landing on Earth in the 22nd century, the Doctor (Peter Davison), Adric, Nyssa and Tegan help to defuse a subterranean bomb being operated from space. The bomb's operators are tracked to a star freighter where they are revealed to be none other than the Cybermen. The Doctor has to prevent the Cybermen from destroying the Earth, and is caught in a race against time to save Adric's life.
Compilation of a six-part story from the popular sci-fi series. The Doctor (William Hartnell), Ian, Barbara and Susan return to Earth in the year 2167 only to find that the Daleks have occupied the planet. They join the human resistance movement in an attempt to overthrow the Daleks, who are mining the core of the planet for a sinister purpose of their own. This story was remade into a film, 'Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD', starring Peter Cushing as the Doctor.
Compilation featuring the best sketches from the French and Saunders TV show. Includes The Bros Star Test, Popular Classics - I Should Be So Lucky, A Day in the Life of a Ballerina and The School Trip.
Shakespeare's comedy of errors is adapted for the screen by Trevor Nunn and stars a host of famous British actors (including Ben Kingsley, Nigel Hawthorne and Mel Smith). Twins Viola and Sebastian are shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria and separated, each believing the other dead. Viola disguises herself as a man, and soon Sebastian is being mistaken for her and vice versa. Matters are complicated when the beautiful Olivia falls in love with Viola, whom she believes to be male.
In The Return of Doctor Mysterio, the Doctor joins forces with a masked Superhero for an epic New York adventure. With brain-swapping aliens poised to attack, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious figure known only as The Ghost. Can the Doctor save Manhattan? And what will be revealed when we see behind the mask?
Narrated by David Attenborough, Life Story takes us on the greatest of all adventures--the journey through life. For animals there is just one goal in life--to continue their bloodline in the form of offspring. They are an animal's legacy for the future. The story of their journey is about hope, facing danger, actions of breath-taking boldness, extraordinary behaviours and, ultimately, success against the odds. This spectacular series follows that journey through its six crucial stages: taking their first steps in the world, growing up, finding a home, gaining power, winning a mate and succeeding as a parent. Life Story brings a new level of story-telling to the landmark genre, creating an experience that is both intimate and intense. We follow the struggles and triumphs of individual animals, drawing the viewer into their worlds, to sense the danger, the challenges and the decisions they must face.
As a Russian émigré, businessman Samuel Petrukhin is determined to integrate his young family into the British establishment. So when Samuel meets the captivating Kathleen Shaw and her husband Richard – a war hero and Member of Parliament – he’s dazzled by their upper class glamour. But then MI5 agents blackmail Samuel into spying on the Shaws, and he’s drawn into a dark web of deception. These shadowy government operatives could be tempting him into a deadly trap. Are the Shaws really involved in a plot to betray their nation? With the country’s future is shrouded in doubt, who can Samuel trust? Anyone?
Submerge yourself in classic BBC Dickens dramatisations that, like the great novelist's work, have stood the test of time. The majesty of Charles Dickens' storytelling is captured in this DVD boxset that brings together BBC dramatisations of eight of the acclaimed author's classic novels. From the touching 1985 dramatisation of the semi-autobiographical Oliver Twist to the moving A Christmas Carol that sidesteps mawkish sentimentality and instead, offers viewers an affecting and sincere drama, each TV adaptation will delight fans of the author – and win over a generation of new ones. Starring a wealth of celebrated actors including Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, John Mills and many more, the Charles Dickens Collection celebrates the author's work with authentic and beautifully-played mini TV-series from a broadcaster that is world-renowned for its adaptations. In chronological order, the adaptations featured in this set are:
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