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Launched by The Beatles’ first appearance on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ in 1964 the British Invasion brought an exciting new sound the latest fashions and moppish hairstyles that made parents cringe. A wave of British bands came Stateside and dominated the American pop charts setting the tone for an entire generation. Now for the first time a dynamic collection of top groups from that era have joined together in rousing celebration of the infectious and uplifting music that continues its popularity today. Recorded as a PBS special this concert features nine legendary acts performing some of the best rock music ever recorded.

 
The British Invasion Returns
 
 

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The complete second series of the salon-set drama. After making her choice of Finn over her husband Gavin Allie returns to Manchester to find that Gavin is making the most of his newfound single life. As she has been pushed out of Henshall Ferraday Finn buys a new health and beauty spa for her to run but Allie realises that her talents are better suited to running her own hairdressing salon. To complicate matters Finn’s ex wife Mia sets out to win him back at all costs and Gavin enters into a relationship with Allie and Finn’s daughter Ruby.

 
Cutting It: Complete Series 2
 
 

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Flight is Might! Three more episodes of animated action: ‘There Can Be Only One’ ‘Cifex’ and ‘Into Hell’s Gate’.

 
Dragon Flyz – There Can Be Only One / Cifex / Into Hells Gate (Animated)
 
 

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BAHAREN PHIR BHI AAYENGI is on one hand a classic love triangle and on the other the triumph of truth. Amita (Mala Sinha) the editor of a newspaper fires her young reporter Jiten (Dharmendra) for his story about some corrupt but influential builders only to discover that his report is true. She hires him back and secretly falls in love with him but finds out that Jiten is in love with her own younger sister Sunita (Tanuja). Meanwhile the pressure from the board of directors to fire Jiten mounts as his stories get too uncomfortably close to the truth… One of Guru Dutt’s last films Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi was under production when he died in 1964 and his brother Atma Ram completed the film casting Dharmendra in Guru Dutt’s place. Guru Dutt had initially asked S.D. Burman to compose the music for the film subsequently replacing him with O.P. Nayyar. (Interestingly the Kishore Kumar solo Yeh Dil No Hota Bechara from Jewel Thief was rejected as the theme song for his film!). Apart from sensitive performances by Dharmendra Mala Sinha and Tanuja the film’s music is one of O.P. Nayyar’s best scores with such hits as Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (Mahendra Kapoor) Aap Ke Haseen (Mohd. Rafi) & Who Hans Ke Mile Humse often rated as one of Asha Bhonsle’s 10 best songs.

 
Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi
 
 

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Thai Boxing – the most exciting sport in the world! Enjoy the very best international action with these nine bouts.

 
Ultimate Thai Boxing: Volume 2
 
 

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Recorded before a sold out hometown crowd at the historic Atlanta venue Shawn Mullins – Live at the Variety Playhouse captures the acclaimed troubadour at his very finest. Two full sets are presented in stunning HD Video and 5.1 Audio. The two sets one acoustic and one with an all-star band showcase songs spanning the entirety of Shawn’s illustrious career. Included amongst the selections are Shawn’s biggest hits ‘Lullaby ‘ ‘Beautiful Wreck ‘ Shimmer ‘ and ‘All in My Head ‘ along with fan favourites such as ‘Twin Rocks OR’ and ‘Gulf of Mexico ‘ and a stunning rendition of ‘House of the Rising Sun.’ A must have for any Shawn Mullins fan Live at the Variety Playhouse is a comprehensive document of a truly special evening. Tracklist: Solo: 1. Twin Rocks 2. OR 3. Home 4. For America 5. Fraction of a Man 6. Billy Jo McKay 7. Lonesome I Know You Too Well Band: 8. Shimmer 9. Anchored In You 10. Beautiful Wreck 11. Cold Black Heart 12. The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston 13. All In My Head 14. Cabbagetown 15. House of the Rising Sun 16. Lullaby

 
Shawn Mullins: Live At The Variety Playhouse
 
 

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Writer/director Michael Haneke delivers a masterpiece of unsettlement with Hidden (Cache). Life seems perfect for Georges (Daniel Auteuil) and Anne (Juliette Binoche) a bourgeois Parisian couple who live in a comfortable home with their adolescent son Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky). But when an anonymous videotape turns up on their doorstep showing their house under surveillance from across the street their calm life begins to spiral out of control. Subsequent videotapes arrive accompanied by mysterious drawings and gradually Georges becomes convinced that he’s being tormented by a figure from his past. But when he confronts him the man assures Georges he is innocent. A growing sense of guilt begins to rise in Georges as he recalls his less-than-angelic childhood yet for some reason he’s unable to be completely honest with Anne. Soon their happy home is an emotional battleground leading to a climax that is breathtaking in its ferocity and ambiguousness. Though Haneke’s film works first and foremost as an insidious thriller it is also a powerful commentary on the urban paranoia and racism that continue to permeate modern society. Without using a score and keeping his camera detached and static Haneke nonetheless establishes a nearly unbearable level of tension. Not for the squeamish Hidden remains a work of menacing brilliance and was the winner of the Best Director award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

 
Hidden (aka: Cache)
 
 

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Any day is great to enjoy this high-powered octane burning monster truck-fest motor sports phenomenon. Amazing pickup trucks converted into roaring behemoths with the aid of raised suspension and giant wheels obliterating all obstacles in their path to the frenzied cheers of the crowd.

 
Monsters Of Destruction 1
 
 

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Disc 1 John Coltrane Quartet(Dec’ 7th 1963): 1.Afro Blues 2.Alabama 3.Impressions Sonny Rollins with Jim Hall (March 23rd 1962): 1.The Bridge 2.God Bless the Child 3.If Ever I Would Leave You BB King (May 9th 1968): 1.Please Love Me 2.I’ve Got a Mind to Give Up Livin’ 3.Think I’ll Move to the Jungle 4.Darling You Know I Love You 5.That’s Wrong Li’l Mama Disc 2 Gerry Mulligan Quartet (July 18 1962): 1.Four for Three 2.Darn That Dream 3.Open Country 4.Utter Chaos Art Pepper Quartet (May 9th 1964) 1.The Trip 2.D Section 3.Untitled Art Farmer with Jim Hall (Jan’ 10th 1964) 1.Change Partners 2.Some Time Ago 3.My Kinda Love 4.My Little Suede Shoes 5.Bags’ Groove Disc 3 Charles Lloyd Quartet (June 18th 1968): 1.Love Ship 2.Tagore 3.Passin’ Thru 4.Forest Flower Paul Winter Sextet (March 1st 1963): 1.Bells and Horns 2.Port Au Prince Suite: Invocation To Dambala / Prayer / Pap Zimbi (W. Bernhardt) 3.Casa Camara 4.The Thumper Bola Sete and Vince Guaraldi Quartet (Sept’ 25th 1963): 1.Outra Vez 2.Tango El Bongo 3.Tour De Force 4.Star Song 5.Mambossa Turk Murphy and The San Francisco Jazz Band (June 20st 1962): 1.1919 Rag 2.Daybreak Blues 3.Dr. Jazz 4.Terrible Blues 5.Sidewalk Blues 6.The Weary Blues Disc 4: Woody Herman – Program I (Summer 1963): 1.Molasses 2.El Toro Grande 3.Lonesome Old Town 4.That’s Where It Is 5.Cousins Program II (June 1st 1963): 1.Taste of Honey 2.My Wish 3.Deep Purple 4.Early Autumn 5.Satin Doll 6.Mood Indigo 7.Blue Flame Program III (Feb’ 15th 1964): 1.Jazz Hoot 2.Just Squeeze Me 3.After You’ve Gone 4.Cousins Disc 5: Modern Jazz Quartet (May 16th 1962): 1.The Golden Striker 2.If I Were Eve 3.Winter Tale 4.Lonely Woman Dave Brubeck Quartet: (Oct’ 17th 1961): 1.Take Five 2.It’s a Raggy Waltz 3.Castilian Blues 4.Waltz Limp 5.Blue Rondo a La Turk Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra (April 22st 1968): 1.Just Blues 2.St. Louis Blues 3.Kids Are Pretty People 4.Don’t Get Sassy Disc 6: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Jan’ 17th 1961): 1.Norm’s Norm 2.Blues After Dark 3.Lorraine 4.Tocatta from Gillespiana Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Oct’ 24th 1961): 1.Scotch and Water 2.Arriving Soon 3.Unit Seven Muggsy Spanier Dixieland Band (Dec’ 6th 1963): 1.St. Louis Blues 2.Beale St. Blues 3.Someday Sweetheart 4.At the Jazz Band Ball Joe Sullivan (Dec’ 18th 1963): 1.Gin Mill Blues 2.Squeeze Me 3.Little Rock Getaway 4.Memories of You 5.Black and Blue Disc 7 Mel Torme Quartet (May 2nd 1964): 1.We’ve Got a World That Swings 2.Comin’ Home Baby 3.Sidney’s Soliloquy 4.Dat Dere 5.When Sunny Gets Blue 6.Quiet Night 7.Route 66 Jimmy Witherspoon (Jan’ 4th 1962): 1.Time’s Getting Tougher 2.Ain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness 3.Cotton Tail 4.Chelsea Bridge 5.I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town 6.Roll ‘Em Carmen McRae (March 15th 1962): 1.I’m Gonna Lock My Heart 2.Trouble Is a Man 3.If You Never Fall in Love with Me 4.’Round Midnight 5.Love for Sale 6.Exactly Like You Lambert-Hendricks-Babvan (Feb’ 22nd 1963): 1.Sugar Hill Blues 2.Another Get Together 3.This Could Be the Start of Something Big 4.Melba’s Blues 5.Shiny Stockings 6.Cousin Mary 7.Cloudburst Disc 8 Count Basie Quartet (Aug’ 21st 1968): 1.I Don’t Know 2.Handful of Keys 3.Untitled Blues 4.Squeeze Me 5.Twenty Minutes After Three 6.As Long As I Live 7.If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) 8.National Educational Televsion Blues Jimmy Rushing (Oct’ 26th 1962): 1.Goin’ to Chicago 2.Am I to Blame 3.Baby Don’t You Tell on Me 4.Good Morning Blues 5.Trix Ain’t Walkin’ No More 6.How Long Blues 7.Blues Louis Armstrong (Jan’ 23nd 1963): 1.When It’s Sleepy Time Down South 2.Snake Rag 3.Counting the Blues 4.Skid-Dat-De-Dat 5. Mack the Knife

 
Complete Jazz Casual Series (8 Discs)
 
 

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Who you really are can be hard to face Written by Peter Bowker Christopher Eccleston and Emma Cunniffe star in Flesh and Blood which tells the story of a father whose world is turned upside down when he discovers the truth about his origins. Adopted at birth Joe Broughton (Christopher Eccleston) is overwhelmed by an obsessive desire to trace his real parents after the birth of his daughter Marie. When he discovers that his mother and father have learning disabilities and never knew they had a child his world is blown apart. For Joe as well as his wife Cath (Emma Cunniffe) it’s the beginning of a rollercoaster journey which challenges not only his preconceptions about disability but also his sense of his own identity.

 
Flesh And Blood
 
 

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