Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A collection of classic Ronnie Barker shows Contains the following Open All Hours (Series 1-4) Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) a stammering tight-fisted corner shop owner from Yorkshire has a special way of running his business with nephew Granville (David Jason) When he buys a large batch of damaged tinned goods with no labels he thinks nothing of passing them off as good stock to his customers Always on the look out for a bargain he spots a broken down ice cream van Before you know it he&s got himself a mobile store But will Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron) be impressed? Featuring all the episodes from series 1-4 Porridge
- Series 1-3 & Christmas Specials Including all the episodes from series 1-3 & the Christmas specials; Porridge is set within the walls of HMP Slade as Fletcher & Godber take on the prison system Going Straight Winner of two BAFTAs
- this sequel to Porridge sees Norman Stanley Fletcher released from jail having served 3 years 8 months & 4 days Following his release from Slade after numerous spells in prison & at the age of 45 Fletcher tries to stick to the straight & narrow but it isn&t easy! Life in the outside world is just not the same as it used to be Clarence This comedy series written by Ronny Barker & set in 1937 is something of a lost classic Barker plays Clarence Sale short-sighted removals man & suitor of Jane a ladies maid Ostensibly a comedy of manners with moments of slapstick mayhem (he&s as blind as a bat!) Clarence resurrects the title character from an episode of the 1971 ITV series Six Date With Barker Featuring all 6 episodes Seven Of One Written by & starring Ronnie Barker this comedy series was a marvellously successful venture leading to two long-lasting shows; Open All Hours & Porridge Featuring all 7 episodes The Magnificent Evans Set in rural Wales The Magnificent Evans centers around
- the bizarrely named
- Platagenet Evans a man who could best be described as a egotistical bully with an intolerant attitude towards the slow He is a man of hidden means who also deals in anything saleable under the guise of "antiques" Larger than life & flamboyantly dressed Evans is driven by sordid motives & lust Featuring all 6 episodes



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' The body you are wearing used to be mine' So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves With no recollection of who she is Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity & track down the agents who want to destroy her She soon learns that she is a Rook a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Checquy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain She also discovers that she possesses a rare & deadly supernatural ability of her own ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play After his career in professional baseball is abruptly terminated by a severe shoulder injury pitcher Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) takes a job as a high school baseball coach & begins a family with his wife Lorri (Rachel Griffiths) But when surgery restores his powers allowing him to pitch faster than ever before he makes a deal with with his high school team if they do well in the local championships then he will try out once again for the major leagues Based on a true story ...

Chess was invented more than 1500 years ago & is played in every country in the world Stephen Moss sets out to master its mysteries & unlock the secret of its enduring appeal What he asks is the essence of chess? & what will it reveal about his own character along the way? In a witty accessible style that will delight newcomers & irritate purists Moss imagines the world as a board & marches across it offering a mordant report on the world of chess in 64 chapters
- 64 of course being the number of squares on the chessboard He alternates between black chapters
- where he plays largely uncomprehendingly in tournaments
- & white chapters where he seeks advice from the current crop of grandmasters & delves into the lives of great players of the past It is both a history of the game & a kind of Zen & the Art of Chess; a practical guide & a self-help book Moss's quest to understand chess & become a better player is really an attempt to escape a lifetime of dilettantism He wants to become an expert at one thing What will be the consequences when he realises he is doomed to fail? Moss travels to Russia & the US
- hotbeds of chess throughout the 20th century; meets people who knew Bobby Fischer when he was growing up & tries to unravel the enigma of that tortured genius who died in 2008 at the inevitable age of 64; meets Garry Kasparov & Magnus Carlsen world champions past & present; & keeps bumping into Armenian superstar Levon Aronian in the gents at tournaments He becomes champion of Surrey wins tournaments in Chester & Bury St Edmunds & holds his own at the famous event in the Dutch seaside resort of Wijk aan Zee (until a last-round meltdown) but too often he is beaten by precocious 10-year-olds & finds it hard to resist the urge to punch them He looks for spiritual fulfilment in the game but mostly finds mental torture



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' It is quite an experience to be locked up all by yourself in any size room' says the anonymous narrator of Hubert Selby Jr's second novel What follows is a startling series of recollections & fantasies that illuminate the workings of a prisoner's unhinged mind He yearns for his violent childhood rages against obscure authorities & imagines enacting horrible revenge on those who imprisoned him The prisoner's remand cell becomes the scene of a surreal mental torture Disorienting nightmarish & structurally inventive The Room is a shocking examination of the suffering humans can inflict on each other ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play She&s cute She&s loyal She&s psychotic & unfortunately for college freshman Sara (Minka Kelly) she&s The Roommate When Sara arrives at school she finds new romance with Stephen (Cam Gigandet) & forms a fast friendship with her roommate Rebecca (Leighton Meester) What begins as camaraderie soon turns creepy & Sara comes face-to-face with the terrifying realization that her new best friend is obsessive unbalanced & maybe even a killer! ...

' The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken Follett John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist Law students Mark Todd & Zola wanted to change the world
- to make it a better place But these days these three disillusioned friends spend a lot of time hanging out in The Rooster Bar the place where Todd serves drinks As third-year students they realise they have been duped They all borrowed heavily to attend a law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam let alone get good jobs & when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specialising in student loans the three realise they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam So they begin plotting a way out Maybe there's a way to escape their crushing debt expose the bank & the scam & make a few bucks in the process But to do so they have to leave law school pretend they are qualified & go into battle with a billionaire & the FBI Ingenious immersive & page-turning The Rooster Bar is a John Grisham legal thriller bar none
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' The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken Follett John Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist They were three young law students They dreamed of changing the world But they were duped They took out massive student loans & have no hope of graduating with a good job Now the three friends have given up studying & spend a lot of time plotting in a bar There is only way out of their crushing debt pretend to be real lawyers & expose the crooked hedge fund operator who owns both the school & the bank that arranged their student loans They are taking a desperate risk After all they are going to war with a billionaire & the might of the FBIPraise for The Rooster Bar' Scintillating storytelling'
- The Sunday Times'A buoyant mischievous thriller This reliable best-selling author is feeling real pleasure & not just obligation in delivering his work'
- New York Times'A wild hard-to-put-down romp'
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


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The thrilling new paperback from 'the best thriller writer alive' Ken Follett 384 pages Grisham John ...

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