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Wives And Daughters (2 disc set)
(1999) [PG]

Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866 and adapted for television by the BBC in 1999.

The story revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial...  More

Secret Bridesmaids' Business
(2002) [M]

Chronicles the events of the day before a wedding, as disastrous secrets come out from both sides of the couple and a bizarre set of coincidences threaten to call off the wedding forever.  More

Shackleton
(2002) [M]

The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his 28 man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.  More

Tipping The Velvet
(2002) [MA]

Set in England in the 1890's, Tipping The Velvet is a colourful and passionate and entertaining love story, which follows our heroine's growth into womanhood. Episode 1 The glamorous world of the 19th century music hall provides the backdrop for Nan's first love affair with Kitty butler, a...  More

The Office (Series 1)
(2002) [M]

A mockumentary about life in a mid-sized suboffice paper merchants in a bleak British industrial town, where manager David Brent thinks he's the coolest, funniest, and most popular boss ever. He isn't. That doesn't stop him from embarrassing himself in front of the cameras on a regular basis,...  More

The Vicar Of Dibley (Series 1)
(2007)

The perfectly peculiar village of Dibley is in need of a new vicar after Reverend Pottle, aged 102, dies quite unexpectedly. Instead of the standard replacement sporting a beard, bible and bad breath they get The Reverend Geraldine Grander, "a babe with a bob cut and a magnificent bosom"....  More

The Very Best of Hancock
(1961) [G]

Features: - THE BEDSITTER It's a dull day, with Hancock endlessly picking up and setting down "improving" books and failing to watch television. But then the phone rings, and Svengali swings into action... - THE BOWMANS When Old Joshua Merryweather is unceremoniously sacked from an...  More

The Samurai: Volume 1
(1962) [PG]

Secret Treasure New adventure series set in medieval Japan based on Shintaro the master swordsman and his relentless search for his enemies, the black robed society known as the Koga ninja. On a Tokyo street at midnight, a lonely traveller is passing when a dark figure springs out of the...  More

The Samurai: Volume 2
(1962) [PG]

Deathless One While he and his companions are resting in an inn, Shintaro sees a scared rat running from the closet and realises there is someone hiding inside. Unseen Enemy When the leader of the infamous Koga society harangues Kurobei for failing to rescue another ninja from Shintaro, Kurobei...  More

The Samurai: Volume 3
(1962) [PG]

The Spider Shintaro goes to the rescue when he sees a band of villainous sedan-chair carriers running off with a girl named Chikage. Then he decides to help her locate her father. Die Like a Ninja Shintaro and his companion have finally arrived in Kofu after many adventures but their arrival is...  More