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Surreal comedy starring award-winning British comedian, author and
TV presenter Harry Hill. Featuring machine gun-toting chickens and
a terminally ill hamster, the film follows Harry and his Nan (Julie
Walters) as they travel to Blackpool while being pursued by a
mentally unstable veterinarian (Simon Bird). While on the journey,
the pair are met with a whole host of other weird and wonderful
characters including Harry's long-lost twin Otto (Matt Lucas) and
Michelle (Sheridan Smith), an underwater shell person.
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Mr Stink (DVD)
Nell Tiger Free, Hugh Bonneville, Johnny Vegas, David Walliams, Sheridan Smith, …
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Hugh Bonneville stars as the eponymous tramp who reunites a young
girl's family in this TV adaptation of David Walliams' comic
festive tale. After discovering Mr Stink and his dog Duchess in a
nearby park, friendless 12-year-old Chloe (Nell Tiger Free) invites
him to stay in her family's garden shed. Initially horrified by the
sight and smell of their new 'guest', Chloe's dysfunctional mum
(Sheridan Smith) and dad (Johnny Vegas) finally relent. As news of
his arrival does the rounds and his celebrity spreads, Mr Stink
finds himself embarking on a journey that takes him to 10 Downing
Street, before finally bringing Chloe's family together again in
time for Christmas.
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Hothouse (CD)
Jonathan Morris; Read by Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith
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The Resurrection of Mars (CD)
Jonathan Morris; Read by Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Niky Wardley
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Jacqueline Wilson's FUNNIEST, FIERCEST and most BELOVED new heroine
JESS BEAKER returns for another AMAZING ADVENTURE. Jess and Tracy
Beaker have found happiness in The Dumping Ground. Not that Dumping
Ground- the children's home that Tracy grew up in- but a seaside
antique shop full of treasures, along with Flo, the owner, and
Alfie, their dog. Jess is looking for a fantastic new boyfriend for
her mum (mostly because Tracy's awful ex Sean is back on the
scene). But Jess has bigger problems of her own. She's being picked
on by a local kid who's got it in for her. But when Jess uncovers
the truth about her new enemy, it means big changes for the Beaker
Girls... *The SEQUEL to the award-winning MY MUM TRACY BEAKER*
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Praise for Tracy Beaker: 'Wilson can still step effortlessly into
the mind of a nine year old, and her chatty prose will sweep you
along' - The Daily Telegraph 'This warm-hearted story about the
importance of family and friends is classic Jacqueline Wilson' -
First News '[A] cosy woolly jumper of a book about wish fulfilment
and its alternatives' - The Observer
National treasure Sheridan Smith returns to the role of Lucie
Miller in these four new adventures with the Eighth Doctor! 1. The
Dalek Trap by Nicholas Briggs. The thing about black holes is,
they’re big and they’re black and they’re deadly, and you’d
have to be mad to go anywhere near them. Because anything that
falls inside a black hole ends up crushed in the singularity.
Unfortunately, the Doctor just went mad, or so it seems, and flew
his TARDIS beyond a black hole’s event horizon, causing him and
his companion Lucie Miller to end up marooned on a planetoid just
inside the event horizon. Along with a Dalek saucer… and
something else. Because this is no ordinary black hole… This is
the Cradle of the Darkness. 2. The Revolution Game by Alice
Cavender. It’s Lucie’s birthday, and her birthday treat awaits.
But whatever she’s expecting, it’s not what she’s getting on
the colony world of Castus Sigma in the year 3025: ringside seats
for the interplanetary Retro Roller Derby – sponsored by
Heliacorp, “turning sunlight into gold”! It’s more than just
a game, though. For the competitors, it’s a matter of life or
death – a New Life with Heliacorp, or a living death on Castus
Sigma. Or, on this fateful day, a very actual death. Because there
are strange creatures living out on the plain, beyond the colony.
Creatures with every reason to want to sabotage the games.
Creatures with a grudge. 3. The House on the Edge of Chaos by Eddie
Robson. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Lucie to a vast house on
the planet known as Horton’s Orb. The only house on Horton’s
Orb, in fact. Outside its outsized windows there’s nothing. No
land. No sea. No sky. No life. Just an endless expanse of static.
Inside the house, there’s an upstairs and a downstairs –
servants below, gentlefolk from the finest of the house’s
families above. Alas, there are altogether too few eligible ladies
on the upper floors these days. Meaning there’s a vacancy for
Miss Lucie Miller, single and unattached…Outside the house, the
static howls on. Except now, the static wants to get in. 4. Island
of the Fendahl by Alan Barnes. The Fendahl is the death of
evolution, the horror that lies in wait at the far end of the food
chain. The Fendahl is death itself. And the Fendahl is dead. The
Doctor destroyed it many years ago, in another incarnation, when he
encountered it in a place called Fetchborough. But if the Fendahl
is dead… how can it live again, on the remote island of Fandor?
CAST: Paul McGann (The Doctor), Sheridan Smith (Lucie Miller), Matt
Lloyd Davies (Jik Gelliska), Amanda Hurwitz (Raz Kalisto), Jonathan
Keeble (Clegg), Madeline Duggan (Sash), Tom Alexander (George),
Alicia Ambrose-Bayly (Tallulah / Alana Kelly), Carla Mendonca
(Evangeline Horton), Rupert Vansittart (Darius Horton), Emily
Woodward (Frances Horton), Joe Jameson (Berrigan Horton), Carlyss
Peer (Diane Howard), Atilla Akinci (Dieter Fendelman), Paul Panting
(Freddie), Lauren Cornelius (Maxine Mitchell), Bethan Dixon Bate
(Landlady) and Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks). Other parts played by
members of the cast.
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The C-word (DVD)
Paul Nicholls, Rebekah Staton, Sheridan Smith, Tom Hutch, Stephanie Vogt, …
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Sheridan Smith and Paul Nicholls star in this adaptation of Lisa
Lynch's battle with cancer. After being diagnosed with aggressive
breast cancer at the age of 28 Lisa Lynch (Smith) was abruptly
forced to re-evaluate her life to face the disease. The journalist
turned to her computer and started a blog to share the
life-altering experiences and frustations she faced, following her
diagnosis, with the world. The story charts the ups and downs of
her personal battle while she receives support from her devoted
husband Pete (Nicholls) and her wider family and friends.
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Mrs Biggs (DVD)
Sheridan Smith, Daniel Mays, Jay Simpson, Claire Rushbrook, Jack Lowden, …
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Five-part drama series based on the life of Charmian Biggs, the
wife of criminal Ronnie Biggs who played a significant part in the
Great Train Robbery of 1963. Charmian (Sheridan Smith) first
encounters Ronnie (Daniel Mays) on a train and they soon fall in
love. When she becomes pregnant the two marry but Ronnie's
involvement in the robbery results in his imprisonment. He escapes
from jail less than two years later and, wanting to keep her family
together, Charmian goes to Paris with their children to meet up
with Ronnie. They flee to Australia but are unable to evade the
constant threat of capture...
All three series of the BBC sitcom written by and starring Ruth
Jones and James Corden, which chronicles the ongoing romance
between Essex boy Gavin (Mathew Horne) and Cardiff lass Stacey
(Joanna Page). The 2008 Christmas special is also included.
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Death in Blackpool (CD)
Alan Barnes; Read by Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith
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Alan Davies returns as the lateral thinking sleuth, this time
investigating the disappearance of a young woman after spending the
night in 'The Nightmare Room' of an old Gothic house. For 70 years,
'Metropolis' has guarded the secret of how a Harvard geneticist,
Eli Mencken (Patrick Poletti), vanished after spending the night in
an attic room where the malevolent spirit of a madman is said to
dwell. Now, when magician Lance Gessler (Nicholas Boulton)'s
beautiful young assistant Elodie (Jenna Harrison) goes missing
after sheltering there from a storm, Jonathan Creek, alongside the
ever sceptical Joey Ross (Sheridan Smith), sets out to solve the
mystery.
Complete sixth series of the BBC comedy about the five mismatched
friends and their drunken adventures in Runcorn. In this series,
Janet faces a dilemma about joining a cruise ship as a singer,
Donna's career gets worse and worse, while Gaz ends up stealing
Janet's baby. Episodes are: 'Speedycruise!'; 'Goblins'; 'Mummy
Cupboard'; 'Cauliflower'; 'Drunk'; 'Croppity Crop'; 'Finger
Sniffing'; 'War, Hurrgh'; 'Closing Time'; and 'When Janet Killed
Jonny'.
At the height of the Algerian war, Jean-Paul Sartre embarked on a
fundamental reappraisal of his philosophical and political thought.
The result was the Critique of Dialectical Reason, an intellectual
masterpiece of the twentieth century, now republished with a major
original introduction by Fredric Jameson. In it, Sartre set out the
basic categories for the renovated theory of history that he
believed was necessary for post-war Marxism. Sartre's formal aim
was to establish the dialectical intelligibility of history itself,
as what he called 'a totalisation without a totaliser'. But, at the
same time, his substantive concern was the structure of class
struggle and the fate of mass movements of popular revolt, from the
French Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century to the
Russian and Chinese revolutions in the twentieth: their ascent,
stabilisation, petrification and decline, in a world still
overwhelmingly dominated by scarcity.
In the tradition of Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two-Birds, Gilbert
Sorrentino's Mulligan Stew, and Raymond Queneau's The Flight of
Icarus, Robert Pinget's Mahu or The Material tells the story of
Mahu, a lazy man who may be a character in his friend Latirail's
failing novel, which is taken over by characters invented by
Sinture, yet another writer. The latter half of the novel consists
of Mahu's strange and hilarious musings on everything from belly
dancers to how he catches ideas from other people in the same way
he catches germs. Mahu is Pinget's funniest novel, featuring a mix
of dark humor and manic word-games, and is as inventive and
energetic now as when it was first published.
Brought to you by Ladybird. Ladybird presents Mindfulness for
Children. A practical and interactive audiobook for 5 to 7 year
olds. This collection of 20 interactive exercises will teach
children the basics of practicing mindfulness - while also making
it fun and accessible! Written by a leading child development
psychologist and mindfulness expert, and brought to life with fun
sound effects, we learn about calming, focus, bedtime, waking up
and kindness. Your child will be encouraged to play along as they
listen, using their imagination to focus on the here and now. We
know little minds can be busy and easily distracted, so you can
start by doing as little as one minute at a time. Once this is
established you can then build up to two, three and five minutes.
Whatever your child's personality, these breathing exercises,
visualisations, calming games and meditations will help them manage
worries, encourage focus and kindness and make bedtime and waking
up that bit more fun. (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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Inside No. 9: Series Two (DVD)
Reece Shearsmith, Mark Benton, Alison Steadman, Jack Whitehall, David Warner, …
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BBC comedy anthology series written by and starring 'League of
Gentlemen' creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. Each
episode is a stand-alone comedy set behind the doors of a different
house number nine on a British street. The various characters
explored include those trying to sleep on a French overnight
sleeper train, staff at a volunteer call centre and the holders of
a seance in a Victorian villa. Guest stars on the show include Jack
Whitehall, Mark Benton, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Sheridan Smith, Alison
Steadman, Claire Skinner, Paul Kaye and David Warner. The episodes
are: 'La Couchette', 'The 12 Days of Christine', 'The Trial of
Elizabeth Gadge', 'Cold Comfort', 'Nana's Party' and 'Seance Time'.
All nine episodes from the eighth series of the BBC sitcom about
five mismatched young friends who regularly meet at their local pub
in Runcorn to discuss their lives and loves. In this series, Gaz is
torn between the two women in his life: Donna and Janet. At the
time of screening, the audience was invited to decide the outcome
of Gaz's dilemma in episode 8 ('You Decide') via an internet vote
on the BBC website, the result of which decided the content of the
final episode. Episodes are: 'When Janet Met Michelle (Comic Relief
Special)', 'Candle', 'Gazman', 'Flan Van', 'Ello Ello',
'D.I.V.O.R.C.E', 'Val Doonican', 'You Decide' and 'Keep On
Running'.
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The Scapegoat (CD)
Pat Mills; Read by Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith
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The Skull of Sobek (CD)
Marc Platt; Performed by Paul McGann; Read by Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith
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Mr Stink/Gangsta Granny (DVD)
Johnny Vegas, Steve Pemberton, Hugh Bonneville, Sheridan Smith, Nell Tiger Free, …
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Double bill of films based on the children's books by David
Walliams. In 'Mr Stink' (2012), Hugh Bonneville stars as the
eponymous tramp who reunites a young girl's family in this TV
adaptation of David Walliams' comic festive tale. After discovering
Mr Stink and his dog Duchess in a nearby park, friendless
12-year-old Chloe (Nell Tiger Free) invites him to stay in her
family's garden shed. Initially horrified by the sight and smell of
their new 'guest', Chloe's dysfunctional mum (Sheridan Smith) and
dad (Johnny Vegas) finally relent. As news of his arrival does the
rounds and his celebrity spreads, Mr Stink finds himself embarking
on a journey that takes him to 10 Downing Street, before finally
bringing Chloe's family together again in time for Christmas. In
'Gangsta Granny' (2013), Ben (Reece Buttery) dreads staying at his
gran (Julia McKenzie)'s house when his mum and dad drop him off,
expecting the usual boring games of scrabble and knitting. But on
his latest visit, his gran reveals a fascinating secret - that she
was once a renowned jewel thief known as the 'Black Cat' - and
shatters Ben's image of his boring old relative. Together they set
out on a whirlwind adventure to pull off the one robbery that
always eluded her, breaking into the Tower of London and stealing
the crown jewels.
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The Harry Hill Movie (DVD)
Harry Hill, Julie Walters, Simon Bird, Guillaume Delaunay, Matt Lucas, …
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Surreal comedy starring award-winning British comedian, author and
TV presenter Harry Hill. Featuring machine gun-toting chickens and
a terminally ill hamster, the film follows Harry and his Nan (Julie
Walters) as they travel to Blackpool while being pursued by a
mentally unstable veterinarian (Simon Bird). While on the journey,
the pair are met with a whole host of other weird and wonderful
characters including Harry's long-lost twin Otto (Matt Lucas) and
Michelle (Sheridan Smith), an underwater shell person.
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