In Sicily is a loving take on an extraordinary island based on Norman Lewis's sixty-yearlong fascination with all things Sicilian! Few places on earth have escaped the singular eye of Norman Lewis but always in the course of his long career he has come back to Sicily From his first wartime visit
- to a land untouched since the Middle Ages
- through his frequent returns he has watched the island & its people as they have changed over the years! Dedicated to a Sicilian journalist killed by a Mafia bomb he rarely lets us forget the presence of organized crime We benefit from his friendships with policemen journalists & common people Moreover he writes beautifully of landscape & language of his memories of his first father-in-law (professional gambler descendant of princes & member of the Unione Siciliana) of Sicily's changing sexual mores of the effects of African immigration of Palermo & its ruined palaces
- & of strange superstitions of witches & bandits & murder


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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 ‘ Tis the season to be jolly? Not for Alf Garnett His daughter prefers the company of her Scouse husband his mates all abandon the pub for their families & he’s left with Marigold & a cheese sandwich Happy Christmas! There’s not much that gets Alf’s goat more than Christmas – that is if you ignore immigrants the unions the Labour Party Scousers or the price of beer – & every festive season finds him delivering some of his greatest rants For a lonely OAP whose pension won’t stretch much further than a pint of mild & some pipe tobacco it’s time to put on the waterworks wring what he can out of friends relations & do-gooders – & spend it down the pub These Christmas specials broadcast between 1985 & 1990 find Alf in great miserable form & include his last Christmas with Else; his short lived career as a store Santa; his Christmas in hospital for a hip replacement & a disastrous wedding day that leaves Mrs Hollingbery in a less than festive mood… ...

Alfred Garnett favourite small-minded bigot returns for the second series that marked a spin-off from the hugely popular TILL DEATH US DO PART Contains all the episodes from the show's third series ...

Alfred Garnetteveryone's favourite small-minded bigot returns for the second series that marked a spin-off from the hugely popular TILL DEATH US DO PART Contains all the episodes from the show's fourth series ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Alf Garnet returns as the grumpiest pensioner in Thatcherite Britain As insulting & absurdly prejudiced as ever Warren Mitchell stars as the pig-headed bigot we all love to hate The fifth series of the Til Death Us Do Part sequel finds Alf Garnett in full flow Pensions poll tax power costs & the price of a pint are all on his list as life in the 1990s begins to bite With Mrs Hollingbery taking a part time job down the road Alf&s even missing out on his hot dinners So he&s been forced to get a job
- filling in for a window cleaner & walking people&s dogs & after having to deal with jury service the possibility of revenge from the criminal fraternity & the ever present animosity of Fred Johnson it&s little surprise that Alf turns revolutionary when confronted with a jobsworth bus driver Finally Alf & Mrs Hollingbery are planning to tie the knot The promise of regular meals & a clean house are enough to get Alf up the aisle but will Mrs Hollingbery be quite so keen when she realises just how tight-fisted the old git can be? Actors Warren Mitchell Carmel Mc Sharry Eamonn Walker Arthur English Una Stubbs Ken Campbell & Eileen Kennally Certificate 12 years & over Year 1990 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 5 hours (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Hugely successful sitcom that ran for eight years from 1985 to 1992 the sequel to Till Death Do Us Part Written by Johnny Speight it follows the fortunes (or mis-fortunes) of bigoted pensioner Alf Garnet played brilliantly by Warren Mitchell We see Alf uprooted from his Wapping home & re-located to a West Ham council flat & follow all the drama & problems he brings upon himself by his very opinionated & controversial views on well everything Series 1 In Sickness & in Health is the 1985 sequel to Till Death Us Do Part which found Alf & Else relocated to a flat in the East End but the curmudgeonly old git still had plenty to moan about His pension the unions having to push his wheelchair-bound wife around & horror upon horror their black gay council home help Winston
- the list is endless Series 2 The second series of the Til Death Us Do Part sequel might have missed the late Dandy Nichols but the loud-mouthed Alf Garnett is joined by a host of other great character actors including Carmel Mc Sharry Patricia Hayes Irene Handl Arthur English & Ken Campbell Else has died & Alf is left to cope with life as a widower Now he has to get by on a smaller pension cook his own Sunday dinner & put up with Mrs Hollingbery his landlady who lives in the upstairs flat Alf&s not exactly alone he&s still got his drinking friend Arthur; exasperated neighbours the Johnsons; Winston the black (and gay!)social worker; his daughter Rita; batty ex-neighbour Min & her senile sister Gwenneth & Mrs Hollingbery who might even cook for him
- if he can prove himself "handy around the house"! Series 3 The third series of the Til Death Us Do Part sequel found Alf Garnett in splendid form; giving out to anyone who’ll listen (and some who won’t) on the injustices suffered by this particular senior citizen This series finds Warren Mitchell once again surrounded by great character actors including Carmel Mc Sharry Arthur English & Ken Campbell as well as Patricia Hayes & Irene Handl – & also features a special appearance by Spike Milligan as the volatile van driver Fancy Fred Series 4 The fourth series of the Til Death Us Do Part sequel finds Alf warming to the idea of marriage to Mrs Hollingsbury First he’ll need the approval of her brother who lives in Australia so get ready for the views of one angry Englishman Down Under… Series 5 The fifth series of the Til Death Us Do Part sequel finds Alf Garnett in full flow Pensions poll tax power costs & the price of a pint are all on his list as life in the 1990s begins to bite Series 6 After two years off the air this sixth & final series of the classic Alf Garnett comedy series was broadcast in 1992 It finds the miserly old whinger having endured a lifetime of poverty finally becoming rich So is he is happy with his new-found wealth? Of course not it’s Alf! Christmas Specials These Christmas specials broadcast between 1985 & 1990 find Alf in great miserable form & include his last Christmas with Else; his short lived career as a store Santa; his Christmas in hospital for a hip replacement & a disastrous wedding day that leaves Mrs Hollingbery in a less than festive mood…

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Space is mans final frontier & has fascinated the public for centuries This series provides the viewer with a comphrensive look into the history of mans exploration into understanding the universe better & the developments now taking place to send us even deeper into the cosmos! Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Space is man&s final frontier & has fascinated people for centuries This series provides the viewer with a comprehensive look into the history of man&s attempt to understand the universe better & the developments now taking place to send us even deeper in the cosmos! A combination of stunning footage expert commentary & interesting facts make these documentaries a stimulating & timeless trilogy for the whole family This is a 6 DVD set with a running over of over 10 hours ...

The Universe may not be a nice neighborhood oldest & strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown the grand master of horror HP Lovecraft once wrote & the greatest unknown is the vast universe shrouded in eternal cosmic night What things might be on other planets
- or in the dark gulfs between the stars? Giving very unsettling answers to that question are such writers as Ray Bradbury Arthur C Clarke Robert Sheckley Philip K Dick James H Schmitz Clark Ashton Smith Cyril M Kornbluth Alastair Reynolds Neal Asher Sarah A Hoyt & more all equally masters of science fiction & of terror
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India is poised to become one of the world's three largest economies in the next generation & to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2032 Well before then India's incipient nuclear deterrent will have acquired intercontinental range & air sea & land capabilities India's volatile relationship with its nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan may prove to be the source of the world's next major conflict & if you call anyone- from your bank to rail enquiries- your query may well be dealt with by a graduate in Gujarat Any way one looks at it India's fate matters Edward Luce one of the most incisive & talented journalists of his generation assesses the forces that are forging the new nation Cutting through the miasma that still clouds thinking about India this extraordinarily accomplished book takes the measure of a society that is struggling to come to grips with modernity Drawing on historical research existing literature & his own unparalleled access as the New Delhi-based South Asia correspondent of the FT this is a book that will enthral as well as educate & will remain the definitive book on the country for many years ...