Review, buy Drama: Our Mutual Friend (1976) [2008], Kavanagh Q.C. - The Complete Series 1 [1995], Doc Martin - Series 1 - Complete [2004], Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde [1981], Blackpool, The Street - Series 1 And 2 - Complete [2006], Krakatoa The Last Days [2006], Robin Hood - Series 1 Volume 1 [2006], War and Remembrance: Complete Series (REGION 1) (NTSC), Starsky And Hutch - Series 2 - Complete [1976], The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 Vol.2 [1976], Law And Order - Criminal Intent - Series 1 - Complete [2001], The Children [2008], She's Gone [2004], The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Diamond Geezer - Series 1 (inlcuding pilot episode) [2007], Moonstone, How Green Was My Valley, Lovejoy - Complete Series 2 [2004], Jacqueline Wilson - Girls In Love / Girls In Tears / Best Friends

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Review Acorn Media / Our Mutual Friend (1976) [2008]

Our Mutual Friend (1976) [2008] (Acorn Media)

Actors & Directors

Lesley Dunlop
Peter Hammond
Warren Clarke
Leo McKern
Jane Seymour

Release date: 2008-04-14
Run time: 350 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £10.94

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Review ITV DVD / Kavanagh Q.C. - The Complete Series 1 [1995]

Kavanagh Q.C. - The Complete Series 1 [1995] (ITV DVD)

Actors & Directors

Paul Greengrass
Renny Rye
John Thaw
Colin Gregg
Tristram Powell

Release date: 2004-03-15
Run time: 328 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £15.00

Review Kavanagh Q.C. - The Complete Series 1 [1995] / ITV DVD:

The fact that John Thaw was able to make his eponymous character in Kavanagh QC stand out as a unique personality distinct from the superficially similar Inspector Morse says much about his understated skills as an actor. Thaw brought his trademark mixture of curmudgeonly belligerence and gruff sensitivity to Kavanagh, but the barrister-who first appeared on our screens in 1995 while the Oxford detective was still alive and kicking-is no polished-up Morse. He is far worldlier, is married and has a family. And although he is often troubled by his cases, he is never afraid to play the system. He knows that there are devious, even superficial lawyers, some of them in his own chambers, who he must face across the courtroom, but he acknowledges them as an unavoidable aspect of the world in which he works. The plots are often convoluted, but Kavanagh's wielding of the trusty sword of truth is always irresistible, particularly when the case involves some kind of high-level government aberration. "The End of Law" is a case in point; a particularly nasty tale about an unexceptional businessman framed for a murder which covers up an unpleasant security scandal. It's dark and dirty and full of troubling compromises. In the end, as with most of his cases, Kavanagh's craggy features convey a subtle hint of the sourness which comes with his chosen territory. -Piers Ford.

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Review Momentum Pictures / Doc Martin - Series 1 - Complete [2004]

Doc Martin - Series 1 - Complete [2004] (Momentum Pictures)

Actors & Directors

Ian McNeice
Stephanie Cole
Lucy Punch
Caroline Catz
Martin Clunes

Release date: 2005-10-31
Run time: 292 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £4.08

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Review Second Sight Films Ltd. / Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde [1981]

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde [1981] (Second Sight Films Ltd.)

Actors & Directors

David Hemmings; Ian Bannen; Diana Dors; Toyah Wilcox

Release date: 2007-06-18
Run time: 114 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £4.50

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Blackpool (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Coky Giedroyc
David Tennant
John Thomson
David Morrissey
Georgina Taylor
Julie Ann Robinson
Sarah Parish

Release date: 2005-08-01
Run time: 360 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £29.95

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Review ITV DVD / The Street - Series 1 And 2 - Complete [2006]

The Street - Series 1 And 2 - Complete [2006] (ITV DVD)

Actors & Directors

Timothy Spall
Jane Horrocks
Mark Benton
David Blair
Will Mellor
Sue Johnston

Release date: 2008-09-29
Run time: 706 min.
RRP: ~~£34.99~~
Price: £17.90

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Review Krakatoa / Krakatoa The Last Days [2006]

Krakatoa The Last Days [2006] (Krakatoa)

Actors & Directors

Rupert Penry-Jones

Release date: 2006-08-14
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: ~~£15.99~~
Price: £5.49

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Robin Hood - Series 1 Volume 1 [2006]

Robin Hood - Series 1 Volume 1 [2006] (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Gordon Kennedy
Richard Armitage
Keith Allen
Sam Troughton
Jonas Armstrong

Release date: 2006-11-13
Run time: 225 min.
Creator: Foz Allan
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £4.90

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Review MPI Home Video / War and Remembrance: Complete Series (REGION 1) (NTSC)

War and Remembrance: Complete Series (REGION 1) (NTSC) (MPI Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Polly Bergen
Jane Seymour
Robert Mitchum
Tommy Groszman
Hart Bochner
Victoria Tennant

Release date: 2008-10-28
Run time: 1560 min.
Creator: Peter Zinner
Price: £80.26

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Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Starsky And Hutch - Series 2 - Complete [1976]

Starsky And Hutch - Series 2 - Complete [1976] (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Marki Bey
David Soul
David Soul
Bernie Hamilton
Antonio Fargas
Arthur Marks
Don Weis
Bob Kelljan
Earl Bellamy
Paul Michael Glaser

Release date: 2004-07-19
Run time: 999 min.
RRP: ~~£34.99~~
Price: £2.99

Review Starsky And Hutch - Series 2 - Complete [1976] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Starsky & Hutch: The Complete Second Season proves the 1970s series, in its sophomore year, both codified its earliest strengths while continuing to evolve into a sharper, wittier and often darker show. Contributing to those improvements were the stars themselves: David Soul (who plays maverick police detective, intellectual and health nut Ken Hutchinson) and Paul Michael Glaser (as Hutch's more impulsive, junk-food-junkie partner Dave Starsky), each of whom directed exemplary episodes in the second series. The series' creators also struck a more entertaining balance between the comic and dramatic possibilities inherent in Starsky and Hutch's bluntly honest, fraternal relationship. A number of stories placed the guys in intentionally funny undercover situations: as garish gamblers in the two-part opener "The Las Vegas Strangler"; entertainment directors (named Hack and Zack) on a luxury cruise ship in "Murder at Sea"; gigolo-like dance aficionados in the playfully-titled "Tap Dancing Her Way Right Back into Your Hearts"; and, most amusingly, stunt men in "Murder on Stage 17". Those are all good shows, and the duo often bicker within them, to great comic effect, like an old married couple. But it's the relentlessly tougher episodes that prove each character's mettle and demonstrate the depth of Starsky and Hutch's mutual trust. Among these is the powerful "Gillian", in which Starsky discovers Hutch's classy new girlfriend is a prostitute and breaks the news to his shattered friend. Somewhat lighter but just as revealing is "Little Girl Lost", starring a young Kristy McNichol as an orphaned street urchin whom Hutch, lately in a misanthropic, anti-Christmas mood, takes into his home. Glaser's directorial debut, the harrowing "Bloodbath", gives Soul a lot of room for an intensely physical and psychological performance as Hutch scurries to find his kidnapped partner. Soul returns the favour with "Survival", in which Starsky desperately seeks his missing pal, trapped and slowly dying beneath a car wreck. [+]

All in all, a very good series, with (of course) Antonio Fargas still sharp as sidekick Huggy Bear. -Tom Keogh.

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Review Playback / The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 Vol.2 [1976]

The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 Vol.2 [1976] (Playback)

Actors & Directors

Victoria Plucknett
John Cater
John Welsh
Richard Vernon
Gemma Jones

Release date: 2003-10-06
Run time: 345 min.
Creator: John Hawkesworth
RRP: ~~£15.99~~
Price: £6.13

Review The Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 2 Vol.2 [1976] / Playback:

For devotees left hungry for more at the conclusion of The Duchess of Duke Street, Gemma Jones re-creates her signature role as the indomitable Louisa Trotter, the former scullery maid who left her mark on turn-of-the-century England as "the finest cook in London" and the reigning mistress of Hotel Bentinck, in the second set of this series. As her own mother remarks, Louisa "has done very well. She's moved up in the world. " The Bentinck is no Fawlty Towers. Louisa, based on the real-life Rosa Lewis, the proprietor of the fashionable Cavendish Hotel, presides over her domain with a stiff-backed iron rule. She is, as one of her staff remarks, "a tough customer. a woman with spirit. " Throughout these 16 episodes, packaged in six volumes, both she and her employees will be severely tested. [+]

Louisa's troublemaking brother inspires mutiny among the devoted staff, and Louisa is besieged by mysterious love letters. Darkening the horizon is the deepening shadow of World War I. This long-sought sequel to one of Masterpiece Theatre's finest hours boasts the same impeccable production values and peerless ensemble acting. Make your reservation. -Donald Liebenson.

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