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Keeping Up Appearances - The Complete Collection
[ BBC / Madman DVD / 8 DVD Box Set - released 13/Apr/2002 ] Tireless social climber Hyacinth Bucket puts her best foot forward in this hilarious BBC comedy of manners. Hyacinth busies herself performing selfless acts of charity for the lower classes (including her family), doling out invaluable advice. |
One Foot in the Grave: Complete Series 1 - 6 + Christmas Specials
[ BBC DVD / 12 DVD Box Set - released 12/Jun/2025 ] Crabby and cranky, ill tempered and irritable - all these things and more combined to make the character of Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson), one of the best loved in the history of British comedy. Containing all six wonderful series, each of the... |
The Onedin Line: The Complete Collection
[ BBC DVD / 27 DVD - released 16/Apr/2026 ] Liverpool 1860, a time when England was the centre of the mightiest trading empire on the globe. Amidst the harsh realities of Victorian life, a few ruthlessly ambitious men make their way in the world from small beginnings. James Onedin, already a... |
Porridge: The Complete Collection
[ BBC DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 12/Jun/2025 ] Fletch, sentenced to a five year stretch at HM Prison Slade in darkest Cumbria, is determined to keep his head down, do his time and not let the b****s grind him down. But it's not so simple when you're an old lag. His naive cell-mate Lenny Godber... |
The Sharpe Collection
[ BBC DVD / 3 DVD - released 13/Mar/2025 ] Sharpe's Challenge Sean Bean is back as the award-winning adventure hero, Sharpe. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, there is news from India of a local Maharaja, who is threatening British interests there.... |
The Split: The Complete Collection
[ BBC DVD / 7 DVD - released 8/May/2025 ] Hannah Defoe (Nicola Walker) is a brilliant divorce lawyer who takes on cases for London's wealthy and well-known. When she splits from her family practice to begin a new job at a rival firm, Hannah unexpectedly finds herself working with an ex-lover... |
Wallander: The Complete Collection
[ BBC DVD / 8 DVD - released 13/Mar/2025 ] Kenneth Branagh (BAFTA award winner 2009) stars as Swedish Inspector Kurt Wallander. In twelve feature length dramas based on Henning Mankell's best-selling novels our increasingly disillusioned detective struggles against a rising tide of angst and... |
Abba
Against the Odds [ BBC / Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 5/Dec/2024 ] This gripping feature documentary tells the little-known story of ABBA's struggle against the odds to ditch the post-Eurovision tag of 'one-hit wonder'. Facing protests in Sweden & UK radio bans, ABBA have to find their unique sound before conquering... |
ELGAR
Enigma Variations - A hidden portrait and complete performance. BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis [ Kultur / BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "This DVD will give enormous pleasure and it is an example of what the BBC can do when they are not trying to dumb down or be clever." (MusicWeb) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Last Night of the Proms 2000 Hilary Hahn (violin) Jane Eaglen (soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 11/Apr/2002 ] G :- "The Last Night of the Proms" is one of the most famous musical events in the world, watched and listened to by millions. It celebrates British tradition and encapsulates the unique spirit of the BBC Proms, by featuring leading international... |
HANDEL
A Handel Celebration (concert recorded in 2009) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / DVD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] In this BBC Prom from the Royal Albert Hall the Sixteen capture some of Handel's most ebullient moments in concert performance, from the ever popular Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to the ubiquitous sounds of Zadok the Priest. |
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TRADITIONAL
Carols from King's [recorded December 2014] The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ BBC DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] This DVD includes the full 2014 service and a 60-minute documentary detailing the history of this central component of the British Christmas tradition. Enjoyed in millions of homes each Christmas eve, 'Carols from King's' is an enchanting hour and a... |
TRADITIONAL / ALLEGRI / MONTEVERDI / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Easter from King's The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ BBC DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] 'Easter from King's' is the first DVD release of the regular BBC broadcast, which forms a cornerstone of the BBC's Easter programming. This service was first broadcast at Easter 2014 from the College's awe-inspiring Chapel. Featuring seasonal hymns... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Turn of the Screw (complete opera) City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox / Mark Padmore / Lisa Milne / Catrin Wyn Davies / Diana Montague / Nicholas Kirby Johnson / Caroline Wise [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Mar/2005 ] G :- "With its short intimate scenes and concentrated lines, the Screw is so cinematic that it's surprising there's only been one previous film. This has just won a Viennese TV award. It's one of the truest opera films to date." (BBC Music) |
LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Coppelia (Complete ballet recorded at the Palais Garnier March 2011) Dorothee Gilbert (Swanilda) / Mathias Heymann (Frantz) / José Martinez (Coppélius) / Paris Opera Corps de Ballet & Orchestre Colonne [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "On this DVD, excellent performances are provided by the quartet of principal dancers. The corps de ballet contributes delightfully in well-lit pools of light. Their routines are traditional and much as we would expect." (MusicWeb Feb 2012) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (complete opera recorded in 2016) Glyndebourne Opera / Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Paul Appleby, Philippe Sly, Sophie Karthäuser, Lionel Lhote / Antonello Manacorda (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 15/Aug/2017 ] "This is Pellyland, a deeply satisfying comic world with its own style conjured up for Glyndebourne by one of the most assured opera directors at work today" Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice Sept 2017 |
BEETHOVEN
Eroica / Symphony No. 3 Ian Hart / Tim Pigott-Smith / Claire Skinner / Jack Davenport / Orchestre RACvolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 5/May/2005 ] G :- 'Ian Hart is brilliant as Beethoven, a volatile, magnetic figure of genius and uncouth charm…not to be missed.' -- Daily Mail |
EDWARD ELGAR / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Beethoven: The Ghost... Jacqueline du Pre in Portrait Jacqueline du Pre (cello) / Daniel Barenboim / Pinchas Zukerman / Sir John Barbirolli / Philharmonia Orchestra [ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD - released 1/Sep/2004 ] Jacqueline du Pré's extraordinary career was cut cruelly short by illness in 1973 when she was only 28 years old. When she died 14 years later, she remained as vibrant a figure in the public mind as she had been at the pinnacle of her career. |
BERLIOZ / CHOPIN / GLUCK / ROUSSEL / RAVEL
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (recorded in 2010) Nelson Freire (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Bringuier [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] Leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire is the soloist in Chopin's lyrical and brilliant Second Piano Concerto. |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 2003) Glyndebourne Opera / Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Ragnar Ulfung, Hakan Hagegard / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte / Kultur DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Malena Ernman is a stunning Orlofsky (at the end, Lawless reveals that the prince was really a princess after all), and Håkan Hagegård and Pamela Armstrong are very satisfying as Dr. Falke and Rosalinde, respectively." ClassicalNet |
