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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : File 6 - Master Plan [VHS] [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Mitch Pileggi
  • Gillian Anderson
  • David Duchovny
  • R.W. Goodwin
Release date: 1996-11-04
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Gillian Anderson
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.01

Review The X Files : File 6 - Master Plan [VHS] [1996] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Clear Vision Ltd / Taggart - Vol. 20 - Death Benefits [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Blythe Duff
  • Mark McManus
  • Iain Anders
  • James MacPherson
  • Alan Bell
Release date: 1998-01-19
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: James MacPherson
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.45

Review Taggart - Vol. 20 - Death Benefits [VHS] / Clear Vision Ltd:


Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £16.99

Review Fred Astaire, The Best Of [VHS] / Castlevision:


Review Granada Video GVE 845 024 2 / Coronation Street: The Jubilee Years [1985]
Run time: 117 min.

Review Coronation Street: The Jubilee Years [1985] / Granada Video GVE 845 024 2:

Britain's best-loved TV serial started life on December 9, 1960. Granada Video now invites you to celebrate Coronation Street's Silver Jubilee with Ena Sharples, Elsie Tanner, Annie Walker, and many other known and loved residents of the street. Alice Hughes, born in Coronation Street in 1952, left for a new life in Australia. Now she returns for a fleeting visit with her daughter and joins Betty Turpin, Hilda Ogden, and Ken and Deirdre Barlow, in their reminiscences of The Jubilee Years. 1) The Blackpool Illuminations - October 1961; 2) Elsie's Anonymous Letter - November 1961; 3) The Viaduct Train Crash - May 1967; 4) The Fancy Dress Party - December 1966; 5) The Ogden's Second Honeymoon - November 1977; 6) The Marriages of Ken Barlow - August 1962, October 1973, July 1981; 7) The Barlow/Baldwin Love Triangle - February 1983.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3 - Jealous [VHS] [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Jennifer Saunders
  • Julia Sawalha
  • June Whitfield
  • Jane Horrocks
  • Joanna Lumley
Release date: 1995-10-02
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: Andy Hollis
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.85

Review Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3 - Jealous [VHS] [1992] / 2 Entertain Video:

Absolutely Fabulous was first broadcast in 1992 and became an instant hit. Originally a sketch on the French and Saunders Show, Jennifer Saunders saw its potential and created one of the most ground-breaking and debauched comedies on British TV. Centred around the hip London fashion scene the series follows Edina (Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), two women who refuse to grow up and are constantly on a mission to lose weight, gorging themselves with cocaine and/or champagne, endlessly throwing parties (or throwing up at parties), and sporting outrageous outfits which were the height of fashion at the time-honestly sweetie! The superb comic performances offered star status to Julia Sawalha as Edina's straight-laced daughter and Jane Horrocks as the sublimely dippy Bubble, and re-invented the careers of Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield. Saunders meanwhile secured her status as one of the top female comedians Britain has ever produced. Although its consciously chic clothing looks a little dated now, its mad characterisations endure and the jokes remain as hilariously slick and apt as ever. Ab Fab remains a landmark in TV since it was the first time that female comedians and writers had had the freedom and exposure to satirise problems close to their own heart, from their own perspective. With Feminist writers claiming that the ideals of feminism were dead in the 1990s and that female concerns were moving in the wrong direction-towards the "Laddette Culture"-and reports claiming that careers were taking a central role, forcing motherhood onto the back-burner, the series sought to embody and satirise these new supposedly "female" characteristics. As the show continued to grow in popularity both in Britain and the States, plans were made to transfer the formula to America. However, as with many other great British series, the content was considered too risky for American audiences due to the amount of sex and drug references. Thus domestic audiences breathed a sigh of release that their beloved Ab Fab would forever stay British to the core. [+]
-Nikki Disney.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Little Robots Hooray! - Let's Build And Play! [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Little Robots
Release date: 2003-10-06
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Little Robots
Price: £9.99

Review Little Robots Hooray! - Let's Build And Play! [VHS] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Playback / Bread - Series 1 And 2 [VHS] [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Jonathon Morris
  • Kenneth Waller
  • Jean Boht
  • Victor McGuire
  • Nick Conway
Release date: 2003-03-17
Run time: 352 min.
Creator: Carla Lane
Price: £19.99

Review Bread - Series 1 And 2 [VHS] [1986] / Playback:


Review Castle Hendring / Four Hours in My Lai [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Kevin Sim
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £7.99

Review Four Hours in My Lai [VHS] / Castle Hendring:

The Anatomy of a Massacre.

Actors & Directors
  • Christopher Barry
  • Elizabeth Sladen
  • Tom Baker
Run time: 99 min.
Creator: Elizabeth Sladen
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.97

Review Doctor Who - The Brain Of Morbius [VHS] [1976] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / David Attenborough's World Of Wildlife 11 - Dragons And Chameleons [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • David Attenborough
Release date: 1996-06-03
Run time: 61 min.
Creator: David Attenborough
Price: £10.99

Review David Attenborough's World Of Wildlife 11 - Dragons And Chameleons [VHS] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Cinema Club / On The Buses - The Complete Series 1 And 2 [VHS] [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Reg Varney
  • Stephen Lewis
  • Anna Karen
  • Bob Grant
  • Doris Hare
Release date: 2002-08-19
Run time: 320 min.
Creator: Ronald Wolfe
Price: £19.99

Review On The Buses - The Complete Series 1 And 2 [VHS] [1969] / Cinema Club:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.4 - What Are Little Girls Made Of / Dagger Of The Mind / Miri [VHS] [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • William Shatner
  • DeForest Kelley
  • Nichelle Nichols
  • James Doohan
  • Leonard Nimoy
Release date: 1996-08-05
Run time: 144 min.
Creator: Gene Roddenberry
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.48

Review Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.4 - What Are Little Girls Made Of / Dagger Of The Mind / Miri [VHS] [1969] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

One of the most popular and influential shows in the history of television, for many viewers the original Star Trek (1966-9) defines good science fiction: however much it tries to be about the future, it cannot help but reflect the values of its own time, and Star Trek's vision was very much a product of creator Gene Roddenberry's 1960s' liberal-humanist idealism. Conceived at the height of the Cold War and during the escalation of the Vietnam conflict, his was a radical vision of a world where national and racial differences have been put aside and all people work together. With a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other civilisations, and violence only as a last resort, Star Trek embodied a lost dream, a fantasy of what America could have been had John F. Kennedy not been assassinated in 1963. Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner) had the middle name of a Roman emperor, but otherwise shared his initials with the late president, and both were young, good looking, womanising, charismatic popular heroes. If Kirk didn't uphold truth, justice and the American way from the White House, a big white starship was the next best thing. There was even a Russian, Mr Chekov (Walter Koenig), on the bridge, and the show delivered network TV's first inter-racial kiss between Kirk and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols). Even though there was a white American male in control, it was still all a bit much for 1960s' mainstream TV, hence the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, boldly going on its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, only lasted three seasons and 72 episodes before being cancelled in 1969, the year Man first walked on the moon. While the once-ground-breaking special effects now look routine, and the then-radical politics have now become part of the politically correct global mainstream, Star Trek retains an enduring popularity due to its strong storytelling-the show employed such top science fiction writers as Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, Norman Spinrad and Theodore Sturgeon-and admirable characters. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Kirk, Chekov and Uhura remain icons for a world short of real heroes: loyal to the end, honest and utterly dedicated, these were the friends and colleagues who week after week trusted each other with their lives. [+]
Devoid of cynicism and self-interest the crew of the USS Enterprise never, ever let anyone down, and ultimately that is a very big reason for Star Trek's enduring popularity. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Troma Inc / The Toxic Avenger Part 2 [VHS] [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Herz
  • Phoebe Legere
  • Lloyd Kaufman
  • Ron Fazio
  • John Altamura
Release date: 1996-09-30
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Phoebe Legere
RRP: £10.99
Price: £3.95

Review The Toxic Avenger Part 2 [VHS] [1989] / Troma Inc:


Actors & Directors
  • Tony Curtis
  • Roger Moore
Release date: 2000-08-14
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Tony Curtis
RRP: £9.99
Price: £15.46

Review The Persuaders - Vol. 3 - Episodes 5 And 6 - Take Seven / Greensleeves [VHS] / ITV DVD:

Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in this derivative but fun series about a couple of millionaire dilettante adventurers who swan around the world competing for the attention of beautiful women and getting involved in perplexing mysteries. Moore is Lord Brett Sinclair, an upper crust Brit of impeccable breeding, while Curtis is Danny Wilde, an up-from-the-streets self-made man whose trademark is a pair of brown gloves. The allegedly tasteful Brett and the crasser Danny both model a succession of garish early 70s fashions while their pursuits of duplicitous crumpet usually wind up with the women getting away and the heroes stuck with each other. Given that, this may well be the most blatantly homoerotic of all the buddy television pairings (see the eponymous stars of Starsky and Hutch, Regan and Carter in The Sweeney, Bodie and DoyleThe Professionals) that ran over the screen in the 70s, sublimating their feelings for each other by pulling out their guns and shooting at baddies. Volume Three includes: "Take Seven" in which a missing heir returns but acts suspiciously, with guest stars Sinead Cusack and Sue Lloyd; and "Greensleeves" wherein Danny poses as Brett's butler, with Rosemary (Department S) Nichols and Andrew (Quatermass and the Pit) Kier. -Kim Newman.

Actors & Directors
  • Don Leaver
  • Patrick Macnee
  • Michael Gough
  • Peter Bowles
  • Diana Rigg
  • Clifford Evans
  • Charles Crichton
Release date: 1994-09-05
Run time: 100 min.
Creator: Diana Rigg
RRP: £10.99
Price: £8.95

Review The Avengers - Vol. 15 - Dial A Deadly Number / The Correct Way To Kill [VHS] [1965] / Lumiere Pictures:


Review Firefly Entertainment / Louis Theroux - The Best Of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends - Vol. 2 [VHS]
Actors & Directors
  • Louis Theroux
Release date: 2002-11-18
Creator: Louis Theroux
RRP: £17.99
Price: £7.95

Review Louis Theroux - The Best Of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends - Vol. 2 [VHS] / Firefly Entertainment:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 5.3 - Once Upon A Time / Timeless [VHS] [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Ethan Phillips
  • Robert Beltran
  • Robert Duncan McNeill
  • Kate Mulgrew
  • Roxann Dawson
Release date: 1999-05-03
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Rick Berman
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.99

Review Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 5.3 - Once Upon A Time / Timeless [VHS] [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Creator: Andrew Sachs
Price: £12.99

Review Fawlty Towers: the Germans [VHS] / BBC Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : Series 9 Box Set [VHS] [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Patrick
  • Gillian Anderson
  • David Duchovny
  • Tom Braidwood
  • Mitch Pileggi
Release date: 2003-05-12
Run time: 860 min.
Creator: Chris Carter
RRP: £59.99
Price: £12.98

Review The X Files : Series 9 Box Set [VHS] [1994] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

With so many promises to fulfil and questions left unanswered, the ninth and final series of The X-Files was inevitably going to short-change some of its audience. Mulder is missing, Scully is in and out with various baby concerns, Reyes frequently seems like she's only along for the ride and Doggett seems so right in the role that some fans wondered if he should have appeared sooner. Other cult cameos flitted across the screen in an attempt to keep viewers transfixed. Lucy Lawless, Cary Elwes and Robert Patrick's real-life wife were interesting diversions, but when Burt Reynolds appeared to be none other than God himself, it was apparent that nothing at all was sacred in this last year. Standalone episodes (for example, on Satanic possession and a Brady Bunch psycho) proved to be amongst the least interesting of the show's efforts. No doubt because everyone was focussing on the all-important arc story episodes. Was there more than one alien faction? Were they all in collusion? Who had control of the black oil virus? Who had been in charge of the abductions? More importantly, would Mulder and Scully finally get in bed together? Scattered through the 19 episodes (the fewest of any season), were answers to some of these points. Then as much as possible that remained was packed into the two-hour finale. After 200 episodes, it's just possible that The X-Files overstayed its welcome; nonetheless it will always be remembered for being the most influential TV product of the 1990s. And since this is science-fiction, don't assume it's completely dead either. [+]
-Paul Tonks.

Review Special Interest / Hadrian's Wall - A Journey Back In Time [VHS] [1998]
Release date: 2000-07-24
Run time: 48 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Hadrian's Wall - A Journey Back In Time [VHS] [1998] / Special Interest:


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The X Files : File 6 - Master Plan [VHS] [1996], Taggart - Vol. 20 - Death Benefits [VHS], Fred Astaire, The Best Of [VHS], Coronation Street: The Jubilee Years [1985], Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3 - Jealous [VHS] [1992], Little Robots Hooray! - Let's Build And Play! [VHS], Bread - Series 1 And 2 [VHS] [1986], Four Hours in My Lai [VHS], Doctor Who - The Brain Of Morbius [VHS] [1976], David Attenborough's World Of Wildlife 11 - Dragons And Chameleons [VHS], On The Buses - The Complete Series 1 And 2 [VHS] [1969], Star Trek : The Original Series - Vol. 1.4 - What Are Little Girls Made Of / Dagger Of The Mind / Miri [VHS] [1969], The Toxic Avenger Part 2 [VHS] [1989], The Persuaders - Vol. 3 - Episodes 5 And 6 - Take Seven / Greensleeves [VHS], The Avengers - Vol. 15 - Dial A Deadly Number / The Correct Way To Kill [VHS] [1965], Louis Theroux - The Best Of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends - Vol. 2 [VHS], Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 5.3 - Once Upon A Time / Timeless [VHS] [1996], Fawlty Towers: the Germans [VHS], The X Files : Series 9 Box Set [VHS] [1994], Hadrian's Wall - A Journey Back In Time [VHS] [1998]

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