Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Billy Fury stars as himself in this crazy tale of a pop star & his love of animals Billy who already has quite an entourage of animals decides to get himself a sheepdog But much to the chagrin of his long-suffering manager Billy returns with a thoroughbred racehorse which he smuggles into the backstage area before a show An argument ensues but when the animal develops pneumonia Billy must choose between his love of the horse & his performing commitments ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play BAFTA-award winning I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG is the outstanding critically acclaimed breakthrough film of the year Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings & a Funeral The English Patient) offers a truly sensational performance in this utterly engrossing & deeply moving tale of two sisters who rebuild their relationship after fifteen years apart The estranged women gradually rediscover common ground & learn how to relate to one another through the memories of their childhood All the while the spectre of their time apart looming overhead… This intelligent & compassionate film is a testament to the power of family love & forgiveness Age Rating 12 ...

Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration & given the awful news that his niece Caroline has been found brutally murdered Cross vows to hunt down the killer & soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes & she was not this killer's only victim The hunt for her murderer leads Alex & his girlfriend Detective Brianna Stone to a place where every fantasy is possible if you have the credentials to get in Alex & Bree are soon facing down some very important very protected very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain
- they will do anything to keep their secrets safe As Cross closes in on the killer he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable
- a revelation that could rock the entire world

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Bringing to life the subterfuge & double-dealing of Roman nobility Robert Graves's I Claudius brings the ancient world to life with startling clarity & meticulous realism This Penguin Modern Classics edition is a

Includes:: an introduction by Barry Unsworth Despised for his weakness & regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues bloody purges & mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties In I Claudius he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors from the wise Augustus & his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius & the insane excesses of Caligula Written in the form of Claudius' autobiography this is the first part of Robert Graves's brilliant account of the madness & debauchery of ancient Rome & stands as one of the most celebrated gripping historical novels ever written If you enjoyed I Claudius you might like Graves's sequel Claudius the God also available in Penguin Modern Classics' An imaginative & hugely readable account of the early decades of the Roman Empire racy inventive often comic' Daily Telegraph' Still an acknowledged masterpiece & a model for historical fiction sympathetic & intensely involving a great feat of imagination' Hilary Mantel author of Wolf Hall

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Luxury anniversary edition of this glorious novel set in seventeenth-century London & the fairy world from a CARNEGIE & COSTA-winning author 320 pages Gardner Sally ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Ken Loach directs this drama that follows a 59-year-old joiner as he tries to navigate the British benefits system In the North-East of England widower Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is forced to stop working when he is taken ill with heart disease & so applies for Employment & Support Allowance from the Government But his life is further thrown into disarray when his benefits are suddenly taken away from him & he is forced to jump through the many hoops of the bureaucratic system to get them back During this time he meets the similarly-troubled single mother Katie (Hayley Squires) whose financial problems mean she is being forced out of her home in London along with her two kids Dylan & Daisy (Dylan Mc Kiernan & Briana Shann) The film was nominated for five BAFTAs including Best Film Best Director (Loach) Best Original Screenplay & Best Supporting Actress (Squires) & won the award for Outstanding British Film of the Year Directors Ken Loach Language English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Humans are mammals Most of us appreciate that at some level But what does it mean for us to have more in common with a horse & an elephant than we do with a parrot snake or frog? After a misdirected football left new father Liam Drew clutching a uniquely mammalian part of his anatomy he decided to find out more Considering himself as a mammal first & a human second Liam delves into ancient biological history to understand what it means to be mammalian In his humorous & engaging style Liam explores the different characteristics that distinguish mammals from other types of animals He charts the evolution of milk warm blood & burgeoning brains & examines the emergence of sophisticated teeth exquisite ears & elaborate reproductive biology plus a host of other mammalian innovations Entwined are tales of zoological peculiarities & reflections on how being a mammal has shaped the author's life I Mammal is a history of mammals & their ancestors & of how science came to grasp mammalian evolution & in celebrating our mammalian-ness Liam Drew binds us a little more tightly to the five & a half thousand other species of mammal on this planet & reveals the deep roots of many traits humans hold dear ...

& The Maybot is rebooted as strong & humble Stumble for short& & Kim Jong-May awkward & incredulous as journalist asks question& & Supreme leader produces pure TV Valium on The One Show& Throughout 2017 John Crace the Guardian&s parliamentary sketch writer has watched Theresa May&s efforts to remain strong & stable
- & indeed Prime Minister He coined the term & Maybot& for her malfunctioning public appearances & now in this edited collection of his unremittingly witty sketches he tells the full story of Theresa May&s turbulent first year in No 10 As waspishly hilarious as Craig Brown&s diaries in Private Eye I Maybot is essential & hysterically funny reading for anyone trying to make sense of a political annus horribilis
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Doctor Charles Marlow (Christopher Lee) has manufactured a new drug which relieves inhibitions After successful trials on his patients the doctor tries the medication on himself
- but instead of chilling him out it turns him into a sadistic brute
- the evil Edward Blake

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Journalist presenter broadcaster husband father vigorous all-rounder Alan Partridge Star of action blockbuster Alpha Papa; a man with a fascinating past & an amazing future Gregarious & popular yet Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom south-built house with three acres of land & access to a private stream But who is this mysterious enigma? Alan Gordon Partridge is the best
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- radio presenter in the region Born into a changing world of rationing Teddy Boys apes in space & the launch of ITV Alan's broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile at St Luke's Hospital in Norwich After replacing Peter Flint as the presenter of Scout About he entered the top 8 of BBC sports presenters But Alan's big break came with his primetime BBC chat show Knowing Me Knowing You Sadly the show battled against poor scheduling having been put up against News at Ten then in its heyday Due to declining ratings a single catastrophic hitch (the killing of a guest on air) & the dumbing down of network TV Alan's show was cancelled Not to be dissuaded he embraced this opportunity to wind up his production company leave London & fulfil a lifelong ambition to return to his roots in local radio Now single Alan is an intensely private man but he opens up for the second time in this candid entertaining often deeply emotional
- & of course compelling
- memoir written entirely in his own words (Alan quickly dispelled the idea of using a ghost writer With a grade B English Language O-Level he knew he was up to the task) He speaks touchingly about his tragic Toblerone addiction & the painful moment when unsold copies of his first autobiography Bouncing Back were pulped like word porridge' He reveals all about his relationship with his ex-Ukrainian girlfriend Sonja with whom he had sex at least twice a day & the truth about the thick people who make key decisions at the BBC A literary tour de force I Partridge We Need to Talk About Alan charts the incredible journey of one of our greatest broadcasters



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