Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Although Britain has changed almost beyond recognition since Some Mothers Do & Ave & Em was first broadcast in the early 1970s the show&s simple slapstick humour has an ageless quality that makes it enduringly hilarious Michael Crawford found fame as Frank Spencer still probably television&s most accident-prone man & still Britain&s most mimicked sitcom character having inspired thousands of wannabe entertainers to don black berets & Humphrey Bogart-style rain coats & feebly exclaim " Mmm Betty!" Crawford&s great insight was to portray Frank as both a figure of fun & an endearingly sympathetic character we laugh at him but never cease liking him & we always admire his plucky never-say-die spirit Most of the episodes share the common theme of Frank attempting to find a job (ranging from a holiday camp entertainer to an RAF cadet) but because of his clumsy demeanour & lack of common sense losing the positions within a matter of hours Pitted against a variety of middle-aged male professionals (his GP a psychiatrist & a public relations consultant for example) Spencer&s stupidity reduces these "experts" to nervous wrecks His long-suffering doting wife Betty (Michelle Dotrice) features throughout but despite his wild behaviour & idiocy she appears only mildly flustered by her husband&s actions On the DVD Some Mothers Do & Ave & Em was one of the first comedy series to be recorded by the BBC in colour but the sound & vision of the episodes transfer perfectly satisfactorily to DVD format At times the production values of some of the episodes are decidedly ropey (watch out for stray boom microphones & the skewed opening & closing credit) Apart from the episode & scene selection menus which incorporate sound extracts from the show no extras are included --John Galilee --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title This DVD boxset contains the three Christmas specials broadcast in 1974 1975 & 1978 Episodes are Jessica&s First Christmas Learning to Drive Learning to Fly ...

The International bestseller As the youngest student to be admitted to Bergen's prestigious Writing Academy Karl Ove arrives full of excitement & writerly aspirations Soon though he is stripped of his youthful illusions His writing is revealed to be puerile & cliched & his social efforts are a dismal failure He drowns his shame in drink & rock music Then little by little things begin to change He falls in love gives up writing & the beginnings of an adult life take shape That is until his self-destructive binges & the irresistible lure of the writer's struggle pull him back In this latest instalment of the My Struggle cycle Knausgaard writes with unflinching honesty to deliver the full drama of everyday life ...

A charming & funny tale of parish life by an author whose many fans include Philip Larkin Alexander Mc Call Smith & Jilly Cooper 272 pages Pym Barbara ...

This volume offers two complementary works unabridged in modernized annotated texts--the only available edition priced for classroom use Grant & Tarcov provide a concise introduction a note on the texts & a select bibliography ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From acclaimed & controversial director Neil La Bute (In the Company of Men) comes a smart wicked drama with incredible performances from Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) & Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) Fred (Tucci) arrives at Velvet’s (Eve) door after a four-year absence estranged from his wife looking to win Velvet back But when Velvet turns down Fred’s romantic entreaties dark secrets between them manifest & the truth that comes out leads to surprising consequences Actors Alice Eve Stanley Tucci Directors Neil La Bute Language English Subtitles German Hindi French Finnish Swedish Italian Dutch Norwegian Danish Turkish Spanish English Dubbed French German Italian Spanish Run Time 80 minutes ...

Writer & illustrator Doogie Horner knows just what it is about cats that so obsesses & delights us Their impenetrable personalities their self-contained quirkiness the aura of mystery that makes it seem as if they&re always up to something that they don&t want us to know about So he imagines their secret lives for us in a way that takes the most surprising & whimsical turns With cartoonish full-colour illustrations accompanied by absurdly funny stories & droll observations Some Very Interesting Cats is a gallery of 100 impossible cat characters Like the Alien cat Xort who reports back to his planet " Have trained my humans to feed & pet me They suspect nothing" Or Mountain Climber cat Snowball & his route up the North Curtain to Mt Bookcase & Mystico the Magician cat no one could figure out his big finale trick sawing a dog in half (The answer was simple He didn&t like dogs) Hjalmar the Viking cat whose motto is " Pillage Tuna Plunder Nap" Plus Cool Dad cat English Major cat Star-Crossed Lovers cat Weight Lifter cat Evil Twin cat & Undercover Cop cat who was embedded with the enemy so long he&d begun to like the taste of Milkbones ...

Everybody who is interested in the ethics of our relationship between humans & animals should read this book-Temple Grandin author of Animals Make Us Human Hal Herzog a maverick scientist & leader in the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial thought-provoking & unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent & often paradoxical ways we think feel & behave towards animals A cross between Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma & Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods Some We Love Some We Hate Some We Eat in the words of Irene M Pepperberg bestselling author of Alex & Me "deftly blends anecdote with scientific research to show how almost any moral or ethical position regarding our relationship with animals can lead to absurd consequences" ...

It was a scene that had many names some original members referred to themselves as punks others new romantics new wavers the bats or the morbids Goth did not gain lexical currency until the late 1980s But no matter what term was used postpunk encompasses all the incarnations of the 1980s alternative movement Some Wear Leather Some Wear Lace is a visual & oral history of the first decade of the scene Featuring interviews with both the performers & the audience to capture the community on & off stage the book places personal snapshots alongside professional photography to reveal a unique range of fashions bands & scenes A book about the music the individual & the creativity of a worldwide community rather than theoretical definitions of a subculture Some Wear Leather Some Wear Lace considers a subject not often covered by academic books Whether you were part of the scene or are just fascinated by different modes of expression this book will transport you to another time & place ...

' The death was an odd one it was true; but there was after all no very clear reason to assume it was anything but natural' In the winter of 1942 England lies cold & dark in the wartime blackout One bleak evening Councillor Grayling steps off the 612 from Euston carrying GBP120 in cash & oblivious to the fate that awaits him in the snow-covered suburbs Inspector Holly draws up a list of Grayling's fellow passengers his distrusted employee Charles Evetts the charming Hugh Rolandson & an unknown refugee from Nazi Germany among others Inspector Holly will soon discover that each passenger harbours their own dark secrets & that the councillor had more than one enemy among them First published in 1943 Raymond Postgate's wartime murder mystery combines thrilling detection with rich characters & a fascinating depiction of life on the home front ...