DVDs For Parents

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World at War (digitally restored & remastered)

Originally broadcast in 1973 and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, ‘The World at War’ was produced by Thames Television over a 4 year period. The 26-part documentary series interviewed major members of the Allied and Axis campaigns, civilian eyewitnesses, enlisted men, officers and politicians and made use of the rare colour film footage to investigate the events surrounding World War II to create what is widely agreed to be the definitive history of World War II. The production costs were, at the time, record-breaking in the UK. In the years since its initial broadcast, this BAFTA and Emmy award-winning series has had many imitators but ‘The World at War’ remains one of the most revered documentaries ever made.

This ‘jewel in the nation’s crown’ has now spent months undergoing a
comprehensive restoration process whereby each frame has been restored
individually and the audio reconfigured and upgraded. Bearing in mind that
each episode has averaged over 140,000 fixes, more than 3.6million
improvements have been made across the series! And, on 20th September
2010 the newly restored series will be available to buy on Blu-Ray and DVD.
With 2010 seeing many anniversaries of World War II events, it seems only
fitting that this award-winning series is being re-launched to coincide with the
nation’s celebrations.

DVD & BLU RAY box sets will be coming out on the 20th September from FremantleMedia. 

There will also be a number of tie-ins with events around the UK including;
Imperial War Museum Duxford: Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary Airshow 4th & 5th September (screening the episode dedicated to The Battle of Britain called ALONE at the Imperial War Museum Cinema over both days plus a discussion at the end of each screening with war veterans)
http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conEvent.3152

Dark Skies The Complete Series

Available to own on DVD for the first time from 18th October 2010

Directed by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Invader from Mars)

Dark Skies was first broadcast on Channel 4

Dark Skies was one the most imaginative TV series of the 1990s, an unusual and often scary blend of fact informed speculations and high drama.

1997 Emmy Award Winner

Award winning series Dark Skies was a government UFO conspiracy theory based sci-fi drama from the US which originally aired in 1996 for 18 episodes plus a two hour pilot.  It was one of the most imaginative TV series of the 1990s, an unusual and often scary blend of fact informed speculations and high drama.

DVD CONTENTS

All 18 full length episodes on 6 discs

Two – Hour Pilot ‘The Awakening’

Behind the scenes interviews

Audio Commentary with Bryce Zabel & Eric Close

Stills Gallery

Concept Art Gallery

Dark Skies is distributed by Mediumrare Entertainment and is available from all good DVD retailers from 18th October 2010.

The Flying Doctors

THE COMPLETE COLLECTION - Available to own on DVD for the first time from 6TH SEPTEMBER 2010

This 46-disc set includes all 221 episodes of this internationally acclaimed series with host of DVD extras. Join your favourite doctors, nurses and pilots risking their lives and saving those who live, work and travel in the Australian outback.

THE FLYING DOCTORS COMPLETE COLLECTION is distributed by Mediumrare Entertainment / Fremantle Home Entertainment and is available from all good DVD retailers

Blue Thunder The Complete Series

Available to own on DVD for the first time from 27th September 2010

All 11 action packed episodes on 3 discs

Starring:  Dana Carvey (Saturday Night Live, Waynes World), James Farentino (Police Story), Bubba Smith (NFL great) & Dick Butkus (NFL great)

Based on the action-packed blockbuster film of the same name, BLUE THUNDER a high tech, turbo speed aircraft was created by the federal government as the ultimate weapon in the war on crime. It can see through walls and record a whisper or even level an entire city block…in seconds. When terror rains down, Blue Thunder will always follow.

Blue Thunder is a 1984 ABC TV series based on the movie of the same title featuring the Blue Thunder helicopter. The series used the converted Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopter and large portions of stock footage from the 1983 film. A ground unit named "Rolling Thunder" backed up the helicopter in the TV series. This was a large support van with a desert camouflage off-road vehicle stored inside.The television series cast included James Farentino, Dana Carvey, and former professional American football players Bubba Smith and Dick Butkus.

Blue Thunder is distributed by Mediumrare Entertainment and is available from all good DVD retailers from 27th September 2010.

Kane & Abel

The Complete Series

Available to own on DVD for the first time from 18th October 2010

Kane & Abel is the best selling novel by Jeffrey Archer and is brought to the screen by Columbia Pictures in this classic tale of two ambitious men whose lives by fate and dominated rivalry and greed.

Starring Sam Neil (Jurassic Park, Reilly: Ace of Spies) & Peter Strauss (Rich Man Poor Man, The Antagonists).

First Broadcast in the UK on BBC 1 in 1986       

Kane and Abel is a  written by British author Jeffrey Archer. The title and story is a play on the Biblical brothers, Cain and Abel. Released in the United Kingdom in 1979 and in the United States in February 1980, the book was an international success. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and in 1985 was made into a CBS television miniseries titled Kane & Abel starring Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane. Kane and Abel is  the story of two men born worlds apart. They have nothing in common except the same date of birth (April 18, 1906) and a zeal to succeed in life. William Lowell Kane is a wealthy and powerful Boston Brahmin while Abel Rosnovski (originally named Wladek Koskiewicz) is a Pole born into desperate poverty who eventually emigrates to the United States. William follows the steps of his father, Richard Kane, to become a successful banker. When William was still a child, Richard dies in the Titanic disaster, leaving William fatherless and heir to the Kane & Cabot bank. William displays extraordinary discipline and intelligence as a young man at St. Paul's School and later at Harvard.

His mother marries Henry Osborne, who turns out to be interested in gambling and women. William hates Henry from the beginning and spends most of the time at Harvard and at his best friend Mathew Lester's home. William dreams of becoming the chairman of Lester's bank one day. Henry spends every last penny of Kane's mother's money on the pretext of speculation, while she dies in a miscarriage. Kane throws Henry out of home.  Wladek Koskiewicz is born in a forest and raised by a trapper family. When he grows up and is found to have exceptional intelligence, Baron Rosnovski asks him to become a companion to his son Leon so Wladek might prove to be a competition to him. Wladek agrees to go to the Baron's castle on the condition that he can bring along his elder sister Florentyna. Soon afterwards, World War I breaks out. Germans attack Poland and capture the Baron, his staff and son in his castle. Leon dies by the hand of a soldier. Before dying, the Baron hands him his silver band of authority. Wladek realises that the Baron was his father when he finds that, like him, the Baron too had a missing nipple. Florentyna is also raped and killed in front of young Wladek by Russian soldiers.

DVD CONTENTS

Full length brand new unedited version interview with Jeffrey Archer

Kane & Abel is distributed by Mediumrare Entertainment and is available from all good DVD retailers from 18th October 2010.

Drop Dead Diva: Season One

The top-rated and quirky comedic drama series comes to DVD on June 28 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment debuts Drop Dead Diva: Season One.  This unique series from Sony Pictures Television stars Brooke Elliott (Broadway’s “Taboo”) as a shallow wannabe model who dies in a sudden accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-size and recently deceased attorney, Jane. 

 Comedian Margaret Cho (TV’s “All American Girl”) also stars in the series which features guest appearances by Rosie O’Donnell (The Rosie O’Donnell Show), Paula Abdul (TV’s “American Idol”), Tim Gunn (TV’s “Project Runway”), Liza Minnelli (Cabaret, Arthur), Sharon Lawrence (TV’s “Monk”), Kathy Najimy (TV’s “King of the Hill”), Delta Burke (TV’s “Designing Women”) and Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding).  Drop Dead Diva: Season One contains exclusive bonus content including short films, deleted scenes and all-new behind-the-scenes featurettes.  The DVD will be available for RRP £19.99.  

When Deb, a beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe has a fatal car accident, she suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven’s gatekeeper Fred, who declares her a self-centered “zero”. Outraged, she attempts to persuade Fred to return her to her shallow existence but is accidentally relegated to the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum, a brilliant, thoughtful and plus-sized attorney with a loyal assistant, Teri (Cho). Jane has always lived in the shadow of her more glamorous colleagues whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Now, by a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane’s curvier frame and learn to reconcile her beauty queen ways with her brilliant, new mind.