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Review Hit Entertainment / Bob The Builder - Bob's Winning Team [1999] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Sarah Ball
  • Greg Proops
  • Brian Little
  • Liz Whitaker
  • Rupert Degas
  • Rob Rackstraw
  • Kate Harbour
Release date: 2004-03-22
Run time: 10 min.
Creator: Keith Chapman
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.49

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Review Warner Home Video / What's New Scooby Doo : Vol 5 - Homeward Hound [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Scooby Doo
Release date: 2005-10-24
Creator: Scooby Doo
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.44

Review What's New Scooby Doo : Vol 5 - Homeward Hound [DVD] / Warner Home Video:


Review Brambly Hedge / Brambly Hedge - Spring Story [DVD]
Release date: 2007-04-09
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.26

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Review Maisy / Maisy - Fun In The Sun/Maisy - Splash [DVD]
Release date: 2008-07-21
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.92

Review Maisy - Fun In The Sun/Maisy - Splash [DVD] / Maisy:


Review Hit Entertainment / Percy The Park Keeper - After The Storm [VHS]
Release date: 1998-09-28
Run time: 40 min.
Price: £8.99

Review Percy The Park Keeper - After The Storm [VHS] / Hit Entertainment:


Review 4 Front Video / Fun Song Factory [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Iain Lauchlan
  • Sarah Davison
  • Dave Benson Phillips
Release date: 2003-06-16
Run time: 66 min.
Creator: Sarah Davison
Price: £5.99

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Review ITV DVD / Stingray - Vol. 1 - Stingray / Plant Of Doom / Sea Of Oil / Hostages / Treasure / Big Gun / Golden Sea [DVD] [1964]
Actors & Directors
  • Lois Maxwell
  • Robert Easton
  • David Graham
  • Ray Barrett
  • Don Mason
Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Sylvia Anderson
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.49

Review Stingray - Vol. 1 - Stingray / Plant Of Doom / Sea Of Oil / Hostages / Treasure / Big Gun / Golden Sea [DVD] [1964] / ITV DVD:

Drums pound, the music bursts into life with a cry of "Stingray!. Stingray!" Who can resist? Stingray (1964) was the show Gerry Anderson made just before he really hit the big time with Thunderbirds (1965). He produced 39 episodes of the 21st century adventures of Troy Tempest, tall, dark and handsome (his voice based on James Garner's) captain of the titular submarine. Troy's mission: to protect the seas on behalf of WASP (World Aquanaut Security Patrol). With complex underwater model and puppet effects, this was ground-breaking television, especially as it was the first UK series to be made in colour, even though for years it was only seen in black and white. Special effects director Derek Meddings later graduated to the James Bond films, while Moneypenny herself (actress Lois Maxwell) voiced Atlanta Shore. Here, just as in the Bond films, she played second fiddle in our hero's affections, the mute Marina becoming Stingray's sex-goddess. The end credits even featured a song in her honour, "Aqua Maria", which became an international hit. [+]
As for the bad guys, half-man, half-fish Titan and his Terror Fish wage a dastardly war against humanity and the peaceful underwater citizens of Pacifica. Four decades on, the models and underwater sequences still impress and Stingray remains eccentric cult family entertainment. On the DVD: There are seven episodes on the first DVD volume, including the pilot episode, "Stingray", in which a Titan Terror Fish sinks a WASP submarine, leading to Troy and sidekick Phones falling into the hands of the evil Titan. This action-packed beginning introduces all the major characters and gadgets, setting the scene for the adventures to come. "Plant of Doom" sees Titan outraged that Troy has rescued his beautiful slave Marina. After consulting an undersea god he hatches a revenge plot using a deadly air-consuming flower. In "Sea of Oil" Atlanta is kidnapped by an underwater race who plant a bomb on Stingray, while in "Hostages of the Deep" Marina is threatened with death by swordfish blade. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Hit Entertainment / Bob The Builder - Bob's Big Plan Special [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Neil Morrissey
  • Bob The Builder
Release date: 2005-05-16
Run time: 64 min.
Creator: Neil Morrissey
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.59

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Review Walt Disney Home Video / The Muppet Christmas Carol [DVD] [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • David Alan Barclay
  • Dave Goelz
  • Robbie Barnett
  • Michael Caine
  • Brian Henson
  • Donald Austen
Release date: 2002-11-18
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Charles Dickens
RRP: £17.99
Price: £4.05

Review The Muppet Christmas Carol [DVD] [1992] / Walt Disney Home Video:

Brian Henson directs his late father's creations in the Charles Dickens classic, the best known (and most oft-filmed) Christmas story of all time. Michael Caine plays the old miser Scrooge with Kermit as his long-suffering but ever-hopeful employee Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy as Cratchit's wife, and a host of Muppets (including the Great Gonzo as an unlikely Charles Dickens) taking other primary roles in this bright, playful adaptation of the sombre tale. Or at least it starts brightly enough-the anarchic humour soon settles into mirthful memories and a sense of melancholy as the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future take Scrooge on a journey of his lonely, wasted life. Michael Caine makes a wonderful Scrooge, delightfully rediscovering the meaning of life as fantastic creations from Henson's Creature Shop (developed specially for this film) take the reins as the three ghosts. While the odd mix of offbeat humour and sombre drama undercuts the power of Dickens's drama, this kid-friendly retelling makes an excellent family drama that adults and children alike can enjoy. -Sean Axmaker.

Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / X-Men - The Legend Of Wolverine [DVD] [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Norm Spencer
  • George Buza
  • Cathal J. Dodd
  • Cedric Smith
  • Lenore Zann
Release date: 2003-04-28
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Stan Lee
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.82

Review X-Men - The Legend Of Wolverine [DVD] [2003] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Cinema Club / Rosie And Jim - Sticky Honey And Other Stories [DVD] [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Leather
  • Vivienne Cozens
  • Rosie And Jim
  • Penny Lane
  • Nigel P. Harris
Release date: 2002-07-22
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: Rosie And Jim
Price: £9.99

Review Rosie And Jim - Sticky Honey And Other Stories [DVD] [2002] / Cinema Club:


Review What's New Scooby Doo? / What's New Scooby Doo - Gentlemen Start Your Monsters [DVD]
Release date: 2006-11-20
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.75

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Review Network / The Secret Service - The Complete Series [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Gary Files
  • Stanley Unwin
Release date: 2005-06-20
Run time: 325 min.
Creator: Gary Files
RRP: £25.99
Price: £16.54

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Review Fireman Sam / Fireman Sam - Snow Business [DVD]
Release date: 2006-11-13
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £6.99
Price: £1.00

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Review Warner Home Video / The New Adventures of Batman [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Adam West
  • Burt Ward
  • Melendy Britt
  • Lou Scheimer
  • Lennie Weinrib
Release date: 2007-06-26
Run time: 363 min.
Creator: Bob Kane
Price: £13.19

Review The New Adventures of Batman [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Warner Home Video:


Review Warner Home Video / The Batman: The Complete Third Season [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actors & Directors
  • Danielle Judovits
  • Kevin Michael Richardson
  • Alastair Duncan
  • Rino Romano
  • Evan Sabara
  • Ginny McSwain
Release date: 2007-04-10
Run time: 30 min.
Creator: J.D. Murray
Price: £9.38

Review The Batman: The Complete Third Season [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Rugrats Go Wild [2003] [DVD]
Actors & Directors
  • Christine Cavanaugh
  • Michael Bell
  • Craig Bartlett
  • Chris Hermans
  • Melanie Chartoff
  • Elizabeth Daily
  • Celia Kendrick
  • Nancy Cartwright
  • Broni Likomanov
  • Barry Vodos
Release date: 2004-03-08
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Christine Cavanaugh
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.22

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Review 2 Entertain Video / The Animals Of Farthing Wood - Part 1 - The Journey Begins [VHS] [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Rupert Farley
  • Ron Moody
  • Stacy Jefferson
  • Sally Grace
  • Jeremy Barrett
Release date: 1993-09-06
Run time: 82 min.
Creator: Gert K. Müntefering
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99

Review The Animals Of Farthing Wood - Part 1 - The Journey Begins [VHS] [1993] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Prism Leisure / Sooty - The Original Sooty Show - Wet And Wild Water Fun! [DVD] [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Francis Wright
  • Matthew Corbett
Release date: 2002-04-08
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Francis Wright
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.89

Review Sooty - The Original Sooty Show - Wet And Wild Water Fun! [DVD] [2001] / Prism Leisure:


Review ITV DVD / Thunderbirds: Volume 3 [DVD] [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • Christine Finn
  • Peter Dyneley
  • Shane Rimmer
  • David Graham
  • Ray Barrett
Release date: 2004-07-19
Run time: 195 min.
Creator: Gerry Anderson
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.92

Review Thunderbirds: Volume 3 [DVD] [1965] / ITV DVD:

"Filmed in VIDECOLOR [explosions, drum roll, music builds to a climax] and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson's marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it's got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale, pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better, too), and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly, it transpires that the visual effects are by Derek Meddings, whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here. As to the characters, the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audiences' affections to their cool machines-the real stars of the show-while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls (number plate FAB1), driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker, whose "Yes, milady" catch phrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. (Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey, stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company. ) The puppet stunt-work is breathtakingly audacious, and every week's death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered, Thunderbirds is children's TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood. On this DVD: The four episodes are: "End of the Road", "The Uninvited", "Sun Probe" and "Operation Crash Dive".

Models & Brands:
Bob The Builder - Bob's Winning Team [1999] [DVD], What's New Scooby Doo : Vol 5 - Homeward Hound [DVD], Brambly Hedge - Spring Story [DVD], Maisy - Fun In The Sun/Maisy - Splash [DVD], Percy The Park Keeper - After The Storm [VHS], Fun Song Factory [VHS], Stingray - Vol. 1 - Stingray / Plant Of Doom / Sea Of Oil / Hostages / Treasure / Big Gun / Golden Sea [DVD] [1964], Bob The Builder - Bob's Big Plan Special [DVD], The Muppet Christmas Carol [DVD] [1992], X-Men - The Legend Of Wolverine [DVD] [2003], Rosie And Jim - Sticky Honey And Other Stories [DVD] [2002], What's New Scooby Doo - Gentlemen Start Your Monsters [DVD], The Secret Service - The Complete Series [DVD], Fireman Sam - Snow Business [DVD], The New Adventures of Batman [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], The Batman: The Complete Third Season [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC], Rugrats Go Wild [2003] [DVD], The Animals Of Farthing Wood - Part 1 - The Journey Begins [VHS] [1993], Sooty - The Original Sooty Show - Wet And Wild Water Fun! [DVD] [2001], Thunderbirds: Volume 3 [DVD] [1965]

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