This collection celebrates the great talkers & demonstrates what the Parkinson show was all about. By concentrating in greater depth on individuals who remain fresh in the memory & high in my esteem you'll be entertained informed & reminded that the show gave time & space for the guest to talk on whatever subject took their fancy. So sit back & enjoy the likes of Oprah Winfrey on her extraordinary childhood Michael Caine on learning to drive Hollywood Style Dr Jacob Bronowski’s thoughts on the morality of science Jonathan Miller's chicken impressions Peter Ustinov's ordeal at the hands of Japan's answer to Michael Parkinson Dame Judi Dench on Shakespeare in the nude Don Mc Cullin on war photography & Bette Midler on performing in Turkish Baths. Who needs Britain's Got Talent when you've got Parky's Picks. Special

Features: Behind the Scenes Featurette

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Finally released in 1946 ten years after it was shot Jean Renoirs Partie de campagne was hailed as an unfinished masterpiece. Since then his masterly adaptation on a Maupassant story has grown in reputation to the point where it has become Renoirs best-loved film. On an idyllic country picnic a young girl leaves her family & fiance for a while & succumbs to an all-too-brief romance. Shot on location on the banks of two small tributaries of the Seine Renoirs sensuous tribute to the countryside
- & to the river
- has seldom been surpassed. In its bitter-sweet lyricism its tenderness & poetic feel for nature its tolerant satire of bourgeois conventions & its poignant sense of the transience of innocence & love Partie de campagne seems to distil the essence of all that is most personal of Renoirs art.

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When smalltown boy Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin) moves to New York he meets James St. James (Seth Green). In awe of this larger-than-life character & his decadent lifestyle Alig determines to learn all he can from St. James & aspires to be even more fabulous. Soon his dream becomes a glittering reality. With his increasingly outrageous behaviour & the wild antics of his infamous Club Kids the charismatic Alig becomes the number one promoter in clubland & a media celebrity. Before long however the hedonistic parties & drug-fuelled existence take their toll. In a last ditch attempt to recapture the spirit of excess Alig makes one final outrageous gesture. But can he get away with murder? This unbelievable but true story of the man who reinvented New York nightlife in the early 90s is a fascinating & outrageous expose of good times-turned-sour featuring brilliant performances from Macaulay Culkin & Seth Green as youve never seen them before. ...

Funshine has everything your kids will need to keep them entertained in the summer holidays. Join Bob as he builds some super duper new beach huts enjoy some yummy ice-cream with Thomas & splish splash around with Barney as he experiences a heat wave! Hours of exciting adventures featuring Fireman Sam Angelina Ballerina Wobbly Land & many more. Sun & Funshine there’s enough for everyone! It’s Party Time! Enjoy the celebrations with all your HIT favourites including Bob the Builder Fireman Sam & Thomas & Friends. Watch as the circus comes to Sodor Angelina attends a Royal Banquet & join in with a very special birthday in Pontypandy. There’s everything you need for a fun & exciting party; fancy dress games singing & much more! ...

It's new year's eve. Larry's parents are at the vicarage dance leaving Larry in charge of the house. Big mistake. Because Larry's a party animal & tonight he's going to go wild
- with a little help from his friends! Featuring the music of: Altered Images Bananarama Bad Manners Pauline Black Chas & Dave Elvis Costello & The Attractions Dave Edmunds Madness Modern Romance Sting Midge Ure.
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A shell shocked veteran returns home to Canada where he is assigned to help the on-going recruitment drive needed to feed the war machine. As he recovers from his experiences he falls for a war nurse whose younger brother cannot enlist due to a medical condition. Desperate to serve his country David uses a fraudulent medical certificate & joins the army. Michael feels he has no option but to follow him back to the Western Front & protect him from harm. Both men are dispatched to the front line of Passchendaele
- a battle that became synonymous with the misery of the First World War & claimed over 600 000 casualties.
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A shell shocked veteran returns home to Canada where he is assigned to help the on-going recruitment drive needed to feed the war machine. As he recovers from his experiences he falls for a war nurse whose younger brother cannot enlist due to a medical condition. Desperate to serve his country David uses a fraudulent medical certificate & joins the army. Michael feels he has no option but to follow him back to the Western Front & protect him from harm. Both men are dispatched to the front line of Passchendaele
- a battle that became synonymous with the misery of the First World War & claimed over 600 000 casualties.
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Bob Hoskins Maureen Stapleton & Tim Curry lead an all-star comedy cast in this uproarious look at the most outrageous family reunion ever. The laughs start when the quirky members of the Scanlan family return home to pay their final respects to their dearly departed dad. But the formal Irish wake they have planned soon becomes a funeral of errors as old sibling rivalries new love affairs & a runaway refugee turn the proceedings upside down. It isn't long before they realise that it will take a lot of luck
- & a little love
- for them to make it through this wild weekend.

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Air travel is safest the FAA says. But the FAA never figured the risk with Charles Rane on board. ' The Rane of Terror' has masterminded four terrorist attacks. Soon there will be a fifth
- & that's bad news for passengers on Flight 163. But there's good news too: the man in seat 57! Wesley Snipes (U.S. Marshals Demolition Man) earns his wings in this exciting airborne adventure. He plays John Cutter an undercover security operative who enters the lavatory & exits to find Rane (Bruce Payne) & his gang have taken over. Cutter's next move is clear. Do. Or be done to. If it's action you seek Passenger 57 is the only way to fly!
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Already tipped as one of America’s emerging filmmakers to watch with comparisons drawn to the work of Judd Apatow Matthew Bissonnette’s Passenger Side is a sharp insightful black comedy set on a road trip through the darker side of Los Angeles County. Featuring intelligent funny & affecting performances from Adam Scott (Knocked-up) Joel Bissonnette (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) & set to an exceptional indie rock soundtrack which

Includes:: Leonard Cohen D.O.A Evan Dando & Silver Jews Passenger Side examines the estranged relationship of two brothers & the unusual complex bonds that are created when opposites are bound together by unexpected circumstances.

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