Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play It&s 1986 & Industry Year which is great news for manufacturing in Rummidge an unlovely sprawling city in the heart of the Midlands raked by motorways Thatcherism is working & the recession is levelling out Suffering from the last round of cuts in funding the University is desperate to cast off its ivory-tower image Its first effort towards achieving this is entering the Industry Year Shadow Scheme Robyn Penrose Haydn Gwynne is chosen as the University s representative She s a young idealistic lecturer in English Literature & an expert on the Victorian industrial novel Straight from school into academia she s never set foot in a factory Now she finds herself shadow to Vic Wilcox Warren Clarke the middle-aged self-made managing director of a Rummidge engineering firm The thought of following his every move for one day a week for the next six months is totally unappealing to Robyn & Vic for his part is equally hostile But over time they both find themselves drawn to each other ...

Alas & alack! The Royal Money Box is almost empty The king has to get a job
- but what kind of job would be fit for a king? It
...

In this just-surreal enough take on the "school genre" of manga a group of friends grapple with all sorts of unexpected situations in their daily lives as high schoolers The gags jokes puns & haiku keep this series off-kilter even as the cast grow & change Check it out & meet the new ordinary Meet the Author Keiichi Arawi (1977-) is a professional comic artist & illustrator Originally from Gunma Japan he was raised in the city of Maebashi By the time he was 19 he entered the world of comics drawing short stories for Media Factory&s Comic Flapper (My Neighbor Seki 7 Billion Needles) While his first series Kaze Machi was short-lived it caught the attention of one of the bigger publishers in Japan Kadokawa Publishing His short " Nichijou" won Kadokawa&s 22nd ACE Award for New Artists & by November 2006 Nichijou was regularly serialized in Kadokawa&s flagship magazine Shonen Ace Nichijou has since then sold more than a million copies & has seen cartoon & video game adaptations It was also selected by Guillermo del Toro as one of the top comics out of Japan today for Asahi News& SUGOI Japan project ...

It's a dark winter's night & a scruffy black cat arrives on an old lady's doorstep Named Nicolas because he arrived at Christmas time he soon makes an impression in the neighbourhood his bedraggled looks belying his mighty skills as a mouser Soon his many exploits are greeted with grateful thanks & much amusement until one moonlit night down on the farm his life takes a very dramatic turn The setting is fifties Yorkshire & Nicholas has a story to tell & lessons to impart Inspired by a true story Nicholas teaches us about fear & loss courage & hope & the love that community spirit can bring Enhanced by beautiful black & white illustrations this story will be suitable for young & old alike ...

Kotobukiya presents their next ARTFXJ Statue based on TRIGUN BADLANDS RUMBLE Nicholas D Wolfwood Standing 20 cm (nearly 8 inches) tall in 18 scale Nicholas makes for a great display piece for any Trigun fan Features include removable sunglasses & a specially designed Trigun logo base Beautifully sculpted & painted with Kotobukiya&s highly detailed sculpting from Nicholas&s hair down to the fold in his clothes Display alone or along with the Vash the Stampede ARTFXJ statue also from Kotobukiya! ...

Superman Answerphone When the Stars Go Blue In the Arms Of an Angel A Thousand Years Smile Someone Like You Flying Without Wings Just the Way You Are If You&re Not the One Solid Gold ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Nigel Havers stars as the young Nicholas Nickleby cruelly thrown out into the world to seek his fortune in the BBC&s triumphant adaptation of one of Charles Dickens& most celebrated novels Darkly satirical angry funny hugely entertaining
- & filled with the richest assortment of oddball characters
- Nicholas Nickleby features Nigel Havers in his first leading role

Includes:: Freddie Jones Liz Smith & Patricia Routledge Actors Nigel Havers Freddie Jones Liz Smith Patricia Routledge Format PAL Colour Full Screen Mono Language English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 43
- 1331 Number of discs 2




...

Introduction & Notes by Dr TCB Cook Illustrations by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Following the success of Pickwick Papers & Oliver Twist Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph & firmly established Dickens as a 'literary gentleman' It has a full supporting cast of delectable characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers & his family to the delightful Mrs Nickleby taking in the eccentric Crummles & his travelling players the Mantalinis the Kenwigs & many more Combining these with typically Dickensian elements of burlesque & farce the novel is eminently suited to dramatic adaptation So great was the impact as it left Dickens' pen that many pirated versions appeared in print before the original was even finished Often neglected by critics Nicholas Nickleby has never ceased to delight readers & is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic masterpieces of nineteenth-centure literature ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play When Nicholas Nickleby&s father dies & leaves his family destitute his uncle the greedy moneylender Ralph Nickleby finds Nicholas a job teaching in a repulsive school in Yorkshire Nicholas flees the school taking with him one of the persecuted boys Smike & they join a troop of actors Nicholas then has to protect Smike while trying to stop his Uncle Ralph taking advantage of his sister Kate & later his sweetheart Madeline Bray whose father is in debtor&s prison A glorious Ealing Studios adaptation of Charles Dickens& celebrated novel! Actors Cedric Hardwicke Stanley Holloway Alfred Drayton Cyril Fletcher Bernard Miles Derek Bond Sally Ann Howes Sybil Thorndike & Cathleen Nesbitt Director Alberto Cavalcanti Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1947 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 1 hour & 45 minutes (approx)
...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play When his father dies young Nicholas Nickleby&s family is left penniless & he his sister & his mother venture to London to seek help from their wealthy Uncle Ralph (Plummer) Unfortunately Ralph&s intentions are less than good & the family is split apart Nicholas is sent to teach at Dotheboys Hall a squalid school for orphan boys run by the cruel & abusive Wackford Squeers (Broadbent) Within the dark grim walls of Dotheboys Nicholas befriends a kind-hearted & mistreated boy named Smike (Bell) & together they run away setting off on an adventure to reunite the Nickleby family & build a new home of their own Actors Charlie Hunnam Stella Gonet Tom Courtenay Christopher Plummer Anne Hathaway Jim Broadbent Jamie Bell Juliet Stevenson Kevin Mc Kidd Nathan Lane Barry Humphries Alan Cumming & Timothy Spall Director Douglas Mc Grath Certificate PG Year 2002 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English ; Czech
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles Croatian ; English ; English for the hearing impaired ; Greek ; Polish ; Portuguese ; Romanian ; Turkish Duration 2 hours & 6 minutes (approx)
...