Items Matching Tag 'Network DVD'

Sadie, It's Cold Outside: The Complete Series (DVD Details)
Written by multi-award-winning playwright Jack Rosenthal – one of Britain's best-loved and most consistently successful screenwriters - Sadie, It's Cold Outside is a wry and sympathetic comedy starring Rosemary Leach and Bernard Hepton as Sadie and Norman Potter, a world-weary middle-aged couple lamenting their lost dreams in an exhausting, increasingly hostile world. When Sadie was a little...

Romany Jones: The Complete Series 2 (DVD Details)
On the Buses creators Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe chart the hilarious misadventures of two couples living side by side under strained circumstances. Dad’s Army star James Beck, Jo Rowbottom, Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard take the lead roles in this comedy of bad manners and one-upmanship amidst the mud, poverty and outrageous fashion sense of a run-down 1970s caravan site. The characters of...

My Old Man: The Complete Series 2 (DVD Details)
Clive Dunn (Dad's Army) is Sam Cobbett, the geriatric hero of this hilarious sitcom which takes a look at the generation gap – and in particular, what happens when a wily, outspoken old curmudgeon ends up living under the same roof as his daughter and son-in-law. This second series also stars Priscilla Morgan, Edward Hardwicke and Jon Laurimore. Having been prised from his terraced house in...

Miss Jones and Son: The Complete Series 2 (DVD Details)
Paula Wilcox (Man About the House) stars in this comedy series depicting the complicated life of Elizabeth Jones, a young woman bringing up her baby alone at a time when single mothers faced widespread disapproval and prejudice. Written by Richard Waring (And Mother Makes Three) and produced and directed by Peter Frazer-Jones (Man About the House, Robin’s Nest), Miss Jones and Son was the first...

City/Secret Beneath the Sea - The Complete Series (DVD Details)
A highly popular sequel to ABC's smash-hit Pathfinders trilogy, the two Beneath the Sea series once again star Gerald Flood - this time as intrepid reporter Mark Bannerman. Created by cult favourite writer John Lucarotti (Doctor Who, The Avengers, Into the Labyrinth, Star Maidens) both series see scientific journalist Mark Bannerman and his assistant Peter Blake get into (and out of!) all...

Morecambe and Wise: Two of a Kind - The Complete Series 1 (DVD Details)
Eric's the one with the glasses... Morecambe and Wise, described as 'the most illustrious, and the best-loved, double act that Britain has ever produced', first achieved their phenomenal television success in the early 1960s with this long-running hit series for ATV. Showcasing their mildly anarchic humour, impeccable sense of timing and keen eye for the absurd in a feast of uproarious sketches...

The Glums: The Complete Series (DVD Details)
First introduced in sketches for the BBC s legendary radio comedy show Take It From Here, The Glums were reanimated for television by original writers Frank Muir and Denis Norden in this hilarious classic comedy. Jimmy Edwards reprised his classic role as the bad-tempered, beer-swilling Pa Glum, with Ian Lavender as his brainless son Ron and Patricia Brake as Ron s long-term, and long-suffering,...

Dramarama: Spooky - The Complete Series (DVD Details)
Providing a showcase for some of Britain’s most accomplished screenwriters, Dramarama was an acclaimed 1980s anthology series which became a staple part of children’s television viewing and is still widely remembered today. Spooky aired shortly before the main series was broadcast, exploring the supernatural vein that would appear throughout Dramarama’s run. These outstanding screenplays...

The Arthur Haynes Show: Volume 1 (2 Discs) (DVD Details)
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. Featuring wickedly...

The Bass Player and the Blonde (DVD Details)
Edward Woodward and Jane Wymark star in a light-hearted drama tracing the unlikely romance between two seemingly mismatched runaways. The bass player is George Mangham, a world-weary, out-of-work jazz musician. The blonde is Terry, a beautiful, wealthy and decidedly determined young woman who fancies herself as a singer. He is twice her age and penniless – but she is in love with him. Having...

retro-ACTION! Volume 2 (Blu-ray Details)
You are about to view something very special... The programmes contained on this disc have rarely, if ever, been seen at their full technical potential and certainly not on the medium they were originally designed for. It is the legacy of both producers and contributors who aspired to high production values but only now can their work be fully appreciated. These new high definition transfers...

Scorpion Tales: The Complete Series (DVD Details)
A series of six individual plays, each linked by the scorpion-like twist in its denouement, Scorpion Tales features some of Britain’s most talented and renowned actors – including Trevor Howard, Geoffrey Palmer, Jack Shepherd, Don Henderson and Patrick Barr. The impressive diversity of the plays refl ects the free hand given to a team of distinguished writers that includes Ian Kennedy-Martin (Th...

Look-Back on 70s Telly - Issue 3 (DVD Details)
School’s done, the fishfingers and chips have been scoffed and now it’s time to sit down with a Texan bar and a packet of Spangles to enjoy the best kids’ television that ITV has to offer... Back in the day when childrens’ programmes were, by turns, fun, challenging, dramatic, spooky, hilarious and fantastic, tea-time programming was a staple part of the lives of millions of kids. Diverse and...

Four Feathers, The (1939) (UK) (DVD Details)
A British army officer who resigns his commission on the eve of his unit`s embarkation to a mission against Egyptian rebels seeks to redeem himself after being accused of cowardice.