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26th June 2008

:: Jason King - The Complete Series

Following on from the release of Department S comes Jason King, centered entirely around the scene – stealing, dandy and suave crime investigator. Peter Wyngarde reprises the role of Jason King in this excellent series. Jason King is now an author, who is in the process of writing his adventure novel, featuring the fictional character Mark Cain, who resembles Jason King from general appearance down to mannerism and personality. Though constantly harassed by his publisher about deadlines and people who need help, Jason King is still not one to shy from enjoying life to the fullest from good food to beautiful women. His research for the book and thirst for adventures take him all around the world and to some exotic, mysterious locations. He encounters more stirring dramas, greater danger, deeper and more colourful intrigue, more exceptional situations, not to mention more beautiful women than any one man has the right to experience. He copes with all this in his long, elegant and flamboyant stride. He expects anything to happy – they usually do, he also is sure to take care of everything, which he usually does too.

Special features in this set include: Wanna Watch A Television Series? Chapter 2: Fish Out of Water narrated by Peter Bowles and featuring contributions from, amongst others, Cyril Frankel, Burt Kwouk and Dick Fiddy, Stills gallery, Music suite, and TV play The Cross Fire starring Peter Wyngarde. A drama set in Algeria during French colonial rule, it also stars Eric Portman, Ian Hendry and Roger Delgado.

Out on 30th June 2008, RRP £59.99. This 7–disc set includes all 26 episodes complete and uncut.


:: Hedda Gabler

Released on the 23rd June by Network is the 1981 TV version of Hedda Gabler. Based on the work of master playwright Henrik Ibsen and starring Diana Rigg, this is considered by many critics to be the definitive interpretation of his acclaimed play and is new to DVD. The beautiful and calculating Hedda Gabler (Diana Rigg) is already bored by her respectable but dull and bumbling husband, just as she is by her loveless marriage and lacklustre life. Yet such a marriage gives her economic and social security, for which she also craves and needs. She carries out a string of subtle but effective manipulations on her husband and his aunt – who also exercises influences over him – by hinting that she might be pregnant, all to ensure that things might just go her way. Her consuming desire to determine the fates of the others takes on a new intensity when a romantic but hedonistic ex lover reappears in her life. Her desires for him, jealousy towards his wife and her general, crippling need to control the lives of those around her culminate to an ending that cannot be foreseen or expected…

BAFTA – winning actress Diana Rigg stars as the eponymous heroine. She is strongly supported by a stellar cast of actors such as Alan Dobie, Philip Bond, Denis Lill. David Cunliffe was also nominated for an Emmy Award for his remarkable achievement in bringing this television adaptation to life.


:: Into The Labyrinth: The Complete Series

The path that Network will take you is whichever one it chooses. Prepare to find the Nidus, in Into The Labyrinth available to buy on DVD for the first time complete and uncut. This 21-episode, three-disc set is released on 14th July 2008, RRP £24.99.

Taking shelter in a cave, Terry, Helen and Phil discover Rothgo, a magician from another time, who is trapped in the rock. He needs them to use the time-travelling power of his labyrinth to help him regain his focus of power, the Nidus, from the evil witch Belor. Can the trio help..?

This popular fantasy drama series stars Pamela Salem as Belor and Ron Moody as the white sorcerer, Rothgo. Directed throughout by BAFTA-nominated Peter Graham Scott, Into The Labyrinth features scripts from fan favourite writers Bob Baker, Robert Holmes, Anthony Read and award-winning author Christopher Priest.


:: Our Mutual Friend

This 1976 classic adaptation based on one of Charles Dickens' most celebrated novels was released by Acorn Media on DVD earlier this month . It boasts a stellar cast including Jane Seymour, Leo McKern, Lesley Dunlop, John McEnery and Warren Clarke. The story centres on John Harmon who discovers that his inheritance is conditional upon his marrying Bella Wilfer, a girl he has never met. Harmon conceals his true identity to win her affections. Also seeking happiness is Lizzie Hexam who is the romantic bone of contention between two ardent suitors, a class-conscious triangle which culminates in tragedy. The two women eventually meet when Bella enters into an arranged, short-lived marriage with the owner of a refuse-recycling firm, a circumstance linked to Lizzie's plight. Extras on the DVD include: cast filmographies, a Charles Dickens biography, bibliography and subtitles.

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