Review, buy General: Mission: Impossible - Season 4, Poldark - Series 2 - Part 1 [1975], The Impressionists, Shaun the Sheep - Shape Up With Shaun [2007], Ricky Gervais Live 2 - Politics [2004], Rainbow - 30th Anniversary Special Edition, Law And Order - Special Victims Unit - Season 7 - Complete [2005], Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited [2004], Taggart 6 Disc Set C, The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil - Complete Series [1986], Rich Man Poor Man - Book 1 [1976], On The Buses - Series 2, The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series, Henry VIII [2003], Rosamunde Pilcher - The Complete Collection, Bergerac - Series 1 - Complete [1981], Killer Net [1998], Doctor Who - The Sontaran Experiment [1975] [1963], Roseanne - Series 4 - Complete [1991], Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure: Complete BBC Series 1 & 2 Box Set [2006]

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Review Mission: Impossible / Mission: Impossible - Season 4

Mission: Impossible - Season 4 (Mission: Impossible)

Release date: 2008-05-05
Run time: 1261 min.
RRP: ~~£29.99~~
Price: £9.87

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Review Playback / Poldark - Series 2 - Part 1 [1975]

Poldark - Series 2 - Part 1 [1975] (Playback)

Actors & Directors

Robin Ellis
Judy Geeson
Roger Jenkins
Jill Townsend
Clive Francis
Angharad Rees
Philip Dudley

Release date: 2003-09-15
Creator: Martin Worth
RRP: ~~£17.99~~
Price: £8.49

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The Impressionists (Acorn Media)

Actors & Directors

Richard Armitage
Amanda Root
Julian Glover

Release date: 2006-09-04
Run time: 170 min.
RRP: ~~£16.99~~
Price: £5.49

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Shaun the Sheep - Shape Up With Shaun [2007]

Shaun the Sheep - Shape Up With Shaun [2007] (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

Nick Park

Release date: 2007-09-17
Run time: 55 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £4.38

Review Shaun the Sheep - Shape Up With Shaun [2007] / 2 Entertain Video:

One of the reigning genuine delights of children's television, eight of the adventures of Shaun The Sheep are brought together on this compelling and vital DVD. The creation and work of Nick Park and his team at Aardman Animations (whose other delightful creations include, of course, Wallace & Gromit and the more recent Flushed Away), Shaun The Sheep follows its title character, who it's fair to say isn't one to go with the flock. And, with a strong backing collection of characters, including the memorable sheepdog Bitzer, the result is a collection of charming and very funny escapades with real, honest family appeal. As you'd expect from Aardman, Shaun The Sheep is an exquisitely animated piece of work, painstakingly detailed and clearly a real labour of love. But it's the writing too that underpins these eight instalments, and while you can't help wondering if a few more of the episodes could be squeezed onto the disc, there's little arguing with the rewatch value on offer here. Not least because of Shaun's likely near-magnetic hold on the younger end of its broad audience. A firm and refreshing riposte to those who claim children's television is nowhere near as good as it used to be, Shaun The Sheep is simply terrific, wholesome entertainment. And it'll happily give the vast majority of supposed-kids' TV shows a run for their money… -Jon Foster.

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Ricky Gervais Live 2 - Politics [2004]

Ricky Gervais Live 2 - Politics [2004] (Universal Pictures UK)

Actors & Directors

Ash Atalla
Robin Ince
Dominic Brigstocke
Ricky Gervais
Karl Pilkington

Release date: 2004-11-15
Run time: 68 min.
Creator: Helen Parker
RRP: ~~£21.99~~
Price: £3.45

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Review Rainbow / Rainbow - 30th Anniversary Special Edition

Rainbow - 30th Anniversary Special Edition (Rainbow)

Release date: 2002-09-23
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: ~~£9.99~~
Price: £3.09

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Review Universal Pictures UK / Law And Order - Special Victims Unit - Season 7 - Complete [2005]

Law And Order - Special Victims Unit - Season 7 - Complete [2005] (Universal Pictures UK)

Actors & Directors

Richard Belzer
Ice-T
Christopher Meloni
Mariska Hargitay
Dann Florek

Release date: 2009-02-16
RRP: ~~£44.99~~
Price: £32.99

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Review Acorn Media / Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited [2004]

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited [2004] (Acorn Media)

Actors & Directors

Gordon Ramsay

Release date: 2006-02-06
Run time: 240 min.
RRP: ~~£24.99~~
Price: £4.69

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Taggart 6 Disc Set C (Taggart)

Release date: 2007-11-05
Run time: 478 min.
RRP: ~~£16.99~~
Price: £10.97

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Review Network / The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil - Complete Series [1986]

The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil - Complete Series [1986] (Network)

Actors & Directors

Julie T. Wallace
Patricia Hodge
Philip Saville
Dennis Waterman

Release date: 2004-08-30
Run time: 240 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £9.92

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Review Playback / Rich Man Poor Man - Book 1 [1976]

Rich Man Poor Man - Book 1 [1976] (Playback)

Actors & Directors

Boris Sagal
Steve Allen
Peter Strauss
Susan Blakely
Nick Nolte
Bill Bixby
Edward Asner
David Greene

Release date: 2002-07-15
Run time: 516 min.
Creator: Irwin Shaw
RRP: ~~£35.99~~
Price: £20.97

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Review Network / On The Buses - Series 2

On The Buses - Series 2 (Network)

Actors & Directors

Stephen Lewis
Bob Grant
Stuart Allen
Anna Karen
Michael Robbins
Reg Varney

Release date: 2006-02-20
Run time: 150 min.
RRP: ~~£14.99~~
Price: £7.92

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series

The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Zuleikha Robinson
Tom Braidwood
Bruce Harwood
Stephen Sneddon
Dean Haglund

Release date: 2006-01-30
RRP: ~~£39.99~~
Price: £14.98

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Henry VIII [2003] (ITV DVD)

Actors & Directors

Mark Strong
Charles Dance
Joss Ackland
Ray Winstone
Pete Travis
Sid Mitchell

Release date: 2005-03-14
Run time: 250 min.
Creator: Rebecca Eaton
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £17.99

Review Henry VIII [2003] / ITV DVD:

At the heart of Henry VIII stands a towering performance by Ray Winstone, who literally grows into the role, impressively doubling in size and ageing 40 years over the course of two feature-length episodes. Focusing on Henry's relationships with his six wives, this lavish mini-series also makes a good job of explaining the complex court intrigues of the period, detailing Henry's split with Rome and the political crisis following the creation of the Church of England. Winstone initially seems to play the King as little more than a London gangster, but he gradually unfolds a complex, brutal, manipulative, romantic, dedicated and driven man with great skill. In a role which harks back to Lady Jane (1986), Helena Bonham Carter makes an intelligent and sardonic Anne Boleyn, her bold performance contrasting strongly with Geneviève Bujold in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). Emily Blunt impresses as the sexpot Katherine Howard, and Emilia Fox is compelling as Henry's greatest love, Jane Seymour. There's fine support from an all-star cast, including Sean Bean, Charles Dance and David Suchet. The production is unflinching, with burnings, torture, marital violence and executions graphically portrayed. If there's a weakness it lies in too-modern dialogue and an uncertain visual style, with noticeable borrowings from John Boorman's Excalibur and Ridley Scott's Gladiator, as well as setting Shakespeare in Love-style elegance against the ugly colours and graininess of reality TV. Ultimately Henry VIII plays most like a prequel to Elizabeth (1999)-right down to using the same piece of Elgar to underscore the finale-and has most of the same faults and virtues as that Oscar-winning film. -Gary S Dalkin.

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