Sean Penn, Ed Harris and Gary Oldman star in this neo-noir crime drama directed by Phil Joanou. Irish-American Terry (Penn) returns to his old neighbourhood after a mysterious absence. He is reunited with his childhood friend Jackie (Oldman) who is now working in arson and extortion rackets, but a possible alliance with an Italian mob brings trouble for Terry's friends. The film is based on real-life New York gang, The Westies, who ruled 'Hell's Kitchen' during the 1970s.

Three two-part episodes from the ITV crime drama series based on the crime novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson stars as the tenacious and stubborn Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, who unravels a string of disturbing murder mysteries aided by his feisty and ambitious young assistant, DS Annie Cabbot (Andrea Lowe). In 'Playing With Fire' Banks and Cabbot investigate two deaths following a houseboat fire. It becomes clear the arsonist intended to murder when they discover the victims had been drugged before the fire started. In 'Friend of the Devil' the duo look into two murders that appear to be connected despite one having taken place in the city while the second body was found in the countryside. As the detectives make headway in the case, Annie reveals a dark secret about her past. In 'Cold Is the Grave' the daughter of Chief Superintendant Gerry Rydell (Colin Tierney) goes missing and the pressure is on Banks to find her.

George C. Scott plays the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in this version of the Dickens Christmas classic. Scrooge is a misanthrope unimpressed by the fuss everyone makes during the festive season. That is, until his sleep is disturbed one Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, each of which takes him on a journey which helps him to open his heart to his fellow man and to thereby learn the joy of Christmas. Filmed entirely on location in the historic town of Shrewsbury.

Winner of the Academy Award'" for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, Midnight Cowboy also boasts Oscar* nominated performances by Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight and Sylvia Miles. Dustin Hoffman gives an unforgettable performance as Ratso Rizzo, a scrounging, sleazy small-time con man with big dreams. Jon Voight is magnificent as Joe Buck, the good-looking, naively charming Texan 'cowboy' who is convinced that he is the salvation of many lonely, love starved New York women. These two characters are drawn together in this powerful and compassionate film.

Peter Greenaway directs this black comedy which revolves around three generations of women called Cissie Colpitts (Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson and Joely Richardson). When each of the women decides to drown their husband, they enlist the assistance of Coroner Madgett (Bernard Hill), who finds his job seriously compromised as a result. Meanwhile, Madgett's adolescent son Smut plays obscure folk games and becomes obsessed with collecting animal corpses.

Max Beesley, Jason Manford and Mackenzie Crook star in this BBC drama depicting the lives of those working at a car showroom. The series follows the seemingly ordinary employees of the JS car dealership who, beneath their superficial antics at work, are struggling to cope with the shady dealings of their personal lives. Salesman Marty (Manford) goes to extreme lengths to retain his job, receptionists Viv (Charrelle Skeete) and Tracy (Michelle Keegan) become involved in drug trafficking during a free holiday, mother of two and office gossip Kathy (Sally Lindsay) has an affair with a man she met online and owner Mike (Beesley) embarks on an affair with company secretary Beth (Jo Joyner) whose husband has been missing for over a year.

All six episodes from the second series of the BBC crime drama starring Gillian Anderson as a Metropolitan Police detective drafted to Belfast to help on a puzzling murder case. Though her superiors aren't convinced, Stella Gibson (Anderson) continues her investigations into an alleged serial killer who has so far been successful at covering his tracks and evading capture. Meanwhile, the killer, Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan), remains true to his cause and seeks out his next victim.

Thomas Imbach directs this drama starring Camille Rutherford as the infamous Mary Queen of Scots. The film, also starring Sean Biggerstaff, Aneurin Barnard and Edward Hogg, follows Mary's story as she returns to her native Scotland from France where she had grown up and married her first husband. Returning as a widow, Mary marries her first cousin who is, not long after, found murdered. Mary then marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (Biggerstaff), but by doing so condemns herself to a lifetime of criticism and reproval, even from her cousin Elizabeth I with whom she later seeks solace.

Musician Eric Draven (Mark Dacascos), separated by death from his lover, Shelly (Sabine Karsenti), wanders the Earth as the Crow, a vengeful lost soul. While he seeks to be reunited with his lost love, the Crow helps defend those who cannot fight for themselves, hoping to attain salvation through his righting of wrongs.

Catherine Steadman and Jacqueline Bisset star in this drama directed by Don McBrearty. Aspiring writer Tilly (Steadman) has been travelling around Europe with her grandmother Isabella (Bisset) being shown what it is like to live in modern 1870's society. As they arrive in Dublin Isabella plans to teach Tilly the value of letters and the written word and she sets up a meeting with Ireland's poet laureate the Earl of Shannon (Robert O'Mahoney). What Isabella fails to tell Tilly, however, is that the Earl of Shannon is a past love and she hopes that he will pull some strings to get Tilly's work published.

Starring Neil Dudgeon as Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby, this DVD collection contains all five episodes from the sixteenth season of Midsomer Murders, including the 100th episode "The Killings of Copenhagen", as well as a special behind the scenes bonus feature.

Set in the idyllic, picturesque county of Midsomer, all is not as it seems and beneath the tranquil surface of village life exists a disturbing and cunning propensity for murder.

All 30 episodes from six series of the British crime drama starring Robson Green and Hermione Norris. Dr Tony Hill (Green) is a clinical psychologist specialising in serial killers who is called into ongoing cases by ambitious DI Carol Jordan (Norris). Episodes comprise: 'The Mermaids Singing', 'Shadows Rising: Part 1', 'Shadows Rising: Part 2', 'Justice Painted Blind: Part 1', 'Justice Rising: Part 2', 'Still She Cries', 'The Darkness of Light', 'Right to Silence', 'Sharp Compassion', 'Redemption', 'Bad Seed', 'Nothing But the Night', 'Synchronicity', 'Time to Murder and Create', 'Torment', 'Hole in the Heart', 'Wounded Surgeon', 'The Colour of Amber', 'Nocebo', 'The Names of Angels', 'Anything You Can Do', 'Unnatural Vices: Part 1', 'Unnatural Vices: Part 2', 'Falls the Shadow: Part 1', 'Falls the Shadow: Part 2', 'From the Defeated: Part 1', 'From the Defeated: Part 2', 'The Dead Land: Part 1' and 'The Dead Land: Part 2'.

Coming-of-age British war drama based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo. Tommo (George McKay) and Charlie (Jack O'Connell) are two teenaged brothers from a poor Devonshire family. The outbreak of World War One shatters the family's rural idyll as both boys join up, leaving behind the beautiful Molly (Alexandra Roach), with whom they are both passionately in love. As the young men face the horrors of war, their brotherly bond is subjected to the ultimate test.

Jeff Chandler and Orson Welles star in this 1950s Western from director Jack Arnold. Wealthy tyrant Virgil Renchler (Welles) rules over cow town Spurline from his Golden Empire ranch. When his henchmen kill a young worker, Sheriff Ben Sadler (Chandler) investigates but meets resistance not only from those responsible but also from the local people who are afraid their town will suffer without Renchler's business.

Billy Wilder directs this Oscar-winning classic exposé of the Hollywood studio system. Struggling Hollywood writer Joe Gillis (William Holden) is attempting to avoid his creditors when he pulls his car into the garage of an apparently deserted mansion. He soon discovers that it is in fact the home of Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), an ageing actress who was once a star of silent films. Desperate for money, Gillis agrees to work on a screenplay adaptation of 'Salome' which Norma has written for her intended comeback. Gillis then gradually becomes trapped in Norma's bizarre fantasy world, and when he tries to leave her, she makes an attempt at suicide. The film also features silent screen legends Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton and Erich von Stroheim in supporting roles.

Law abiding airplane mechanic, Jimmie Rainwood has his life turned upside down one fateful night. Two bent cops accidentally bust into Jimmie's house rather than the one up the street, and assuming him to be the drug dealer they're after they shoot him. To cover their tracks they frame him as a drug dealer and Jimmie gets a major prison sentence. Struggling to survive in prison Jimmie sets about applying his resourcefulness to the situation whilst his devoted wife Kate attempts to get him freed. Fellow inmate Virgil Cane (F. Murray Abraham) tries to keep Jimmie sane, but can he get justice?

Wolfgang Petersen's screen adaptation of Sebastian Junger's semi-fictional book about the loss of a fishing vessel and its crew during one of the biggest storms for decades seen off the coast of the US. In the autumn of 1991 the Andrea Gail leaves the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, never to be seen again. Heading out to the fishing waters of the Flemish Cap in search of swordfish, Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney) and his crew soon find themselves overtaken by a massive storm, one which taxes their courage to the very limit. Focusing mainly on the adventures of the Andrea Gail, but also taking in the attempts of a rescue helicopter to rescue the crew of an ailing sailboat, Wolfgang Petersen's film uses impressive state-of-the-art effects to present a vivid account of the storm's awesome, destructive power.

Both episodes from the fourth series of the 1960s-set detective drama starring Martin Shaw. In this series, Gently (Shaw) and his co-detective, John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby), tackle the case of a missing schoolgirl and a more personal assignment involving the death of one of Gently's friends. The episodes are: 'Gently Upside Down' and 'Goodbye China'.

Sarah has always been different. So as the new girl at St. Benedict's Academy, she immediately falls in with the high school outsiders. But these girls won't settle for being powerless misfits. They have discovered The Craft, and they are going to use it.

Luc Besson directs this biopic about Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, played in the film by Michelle Yeoh. Suu Kyi spent almost 15 years under house arrest for leading a non-violent uprising against Burma's long-standing military dictatorship. With the unwavering support of her husband, Oxford academic Michael Aris (David Thewlis), Suu Kyi sacrifices the peace and security of family life in England to lead the struggle to bring democracy to her native country, and put an end to the violence, corruption and human rights abuses that have come to characterise Burmese politics.

In 1978, after three series, two Christmas specials and a full-length feature film of Porridge, writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais finally released Fletcher from prison. Going Straight went on to win a BAFTA and attract an audience of over 15 million.

Fletch is out. After spending three years, eight months and four days at Her Majesty's pleasure, the old lag is out of Slade Prison on parole. However, life on the outside is not going to be easy - he even finds Mr McKay in the buffet car of his train home.

Will his carefully buried nest egg still be there? Will he be able to manipulate his family (including a 17-year-old son - played be Nicholas Lyndhurst) as easily as the gullible Slade Prison lags? Will he welcome old cell-mate, Lenny Godber, now a long-distance lorry driver dating his daughter Ingrid? Or will the delights of freedom make him yearn for the company of thieves, fraudsters and even screws?

A local biker-gang leader (Mickey Rourke), despite reforming his ways, is still the hero of local adolescents. His younger brother (Matt Dillon) idolises him, even though his mentor strives to persuade him that he has done nothing to be proud of. Shot in black and white (with occasional touches of colour), this is an atmospheric rites-of-passage tale with a musical score by Stewart Copeland and featuring many members of the so-called eighties 'Brat Pack'.

All eight episodes from the tenth season of the ITV detective drama starring John Nettles as Detective Inspector Tom Barnaby, who uncovers the crimes hidden beneath the facade of local village life with the help of trusty Sergeant Ben Jones.

Featured episodes:

• Dance with the Dead
• The Animal Within
• King's Crystal
• The Axeman Cometh
• Death and Dust
• Picture of Innocence
• They Seek Him Here
• Death in a Chocolate Box

The complete series 1-8 of the medical drama starring Hugh Laurie as the stony-faced MD, Dr Gregory House - who, although very well qualified, is completely devoid of any bedside manner. Despite being difficult to get along with, Dr House is often the only one who can solve medical cases that have other doctors baffled. The episodes are: 'Pilot', 'Paternity', 'Occam's Razor', 'Maternity', 'Damned If You Do', 'The Socratic Method', 'Fidelity', 'Poison', 'DNR', 'Histories', 'Detox', 'Sports Medicine', 'Cursed', 'Control', 'Mob Rules', 'Heavy', 'Role Model', 'Babies and Bathwater', 'Kids', 'Love Hurts', 'Three Stories', 'The Honeymoon', 'Acceptance', 'Autopsy', 'Humpty Dumpty', 'TB Or Not TB', 'Daddy's Boy', 'Spin', 'Hunting', 'The Mistake', 'Deception', 'Failure to Communicate', 'Need to Know', 'Distractions', 'Skin Deep', 'Sex Kills', 'Clueless', 'Safe', 'All in', 'Sleeping Dogs Lie', 'House Vs God', 'Euphoria: Part One', 'Euphoria: Part Two', 'Forever', 'Who's Your Daddy?', 'No Reason', 'Meaning', 'Cane and Able', 'Informed Consent', 'Lines in the Sand', 'Fools for Love', 'Que Sera Sera', 'Son of Coma Guy', 'Whac-A-Mole', 'Finding Judas', 'Merry Little Christmas', 'Words and Deeds', 'One Day, One Room', 'Needle in a Haystack', 'Insensitive', 'Half-Wit', 'Top Secret', 'Fetal Position', 'Airborne', 'Act Your Age', 'House Training', 'Family', 'Resignation', 'The Jerk', 'Human Error', 'Alone', 'The Right Stuff', '97 Seconds', 'Guardian Angels', 'Mirror Mirror', 'Whatever It Takes', 'Ugly', 'You Don't Want to Know', 'Games', 'It's a Wonderful Lie', 'Frozen', 'Don't Ever Change', 'No More Mr Nice Guy', 'Living the Dream', 'House's Head', 'Wilson's Heart', 'Dying Changes Everything', 'Not Cancer', 'Adverse Events', 'Birthmarks', 'Lucky Thirteen', 'Joy', 'The Itch', 'Emancipation', 'Last Resort', 'Let Them Eat Cake', 'Joy to the World', 'Painless', 'Big Baby', 'The Greater Good', 'Unfaithful', 'The Softer Side', 'The Social Contract', 'Here Kitty', 'Locked in', 'Simple Explanation', 'Saviors', 'House Divided', 'Under My Skin', 'Both Sides Now', 'Broken', 'Epic Fail', 'The Tyrant', 'Instant Karma', 'Brave Heart', 'Known Unknowns', 'Teamwork', 'Ignorance Is Bliss', 'Wilson', 'The Down Low', 'Remorse', 'Moving the Chains', '5 to 9', 'Private Lives', 'Black Hole', 'Lockdown', 'Knight Fall', 'Open and Shut', 'The Choice', 'Baggage', 'Help Me', 'Now What?', 'Selfish', 'Unwritten', 'Massage Therapy', 'Unplanned Parenthood', 'Office Politics', 'A Pox On Our House', 'Small Sacrifices', 'Larger Than Life', 'Carrot Or Stick', 'Family Practice', 'You Must Remember This', 'Two Stories', 'Recession Proof', 'Bombshells', 'Out of the Chute', 'Fall from Grace', 'The Dig', 'Last Temptation', 'Changes', 'The Fix', 'After Hours', 'Moving On', 'Twenty Vicodin', 'Transplant', 'Charity Case', 'Risky Business', 'The Confession', 'Parents', 'Dead and Buried', 'Perils of Paranoia', 'Better Half', 'Runaways', 'Nobody's Fault', 'Chase', 'Man of the House', 'Love Is Blind', 'Blowing the Whistle', 'Gut Check', 'We Need the Eggs', 'Body and Soul', 'The C Word', 'Post Mortem', 'Holding On' and 'Everybody Dies'.

All eight episodes from the ninth season of the British detective drama starring John Nettles as Detective Inspector Tom Barnaby, who uncovers the crimes hidden beneath the facade of local village life with the help of trusty Sergeant Ben Jones.

Featured Episodes:

• The House in the Woods
• Dead Letters
• Vixen's Run
• Down Among the Dead Men
• Four Funerals and a Wedding
• Country Matters
• Death in Chorus
• Last Year's Model