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Cutting It: Complete Series 1 [DVD] [2002]Cutting It: Complete Series 1 [DVD] [2002]
Buy used from: £12.39
The ultimate pap TV. Writer Debbie Horsfeld weaves more plots than Silas Marner- ridiculous but oh-so-watchable
The Long Firm [DVD] [2004]The Long Firm [DVD] [2004]
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.69
Watch what gangland boss Harry Starks does with a red hot poker. Superbly acted adaptation of Jake Arnott's debut novel
Six Feet Under : Complete HBO Season 1 [DVD]Six Feet Under : Complete HBO Season 1 [DVD]
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £7.10
Get past the tedious first episode and sit back and enjoy this wonderful drama series. But who cares about boring Nate and Brenda? It's David, Keith and Clare we love!
Sex and the City: Series 1 - 6 (Shoe Box) [DVD]Sex and the City: Series 1 - 6 (Shoe Box) [DVD]
Addictive trash in which you can't quite work out why Carrie ended up with old man Big. These women are much too fussy when it comes to blokes but we miss it now its gone. Yes, even SJP!
The Sopranos: Complete HBO Season 4 [1999] [DVD]The Sopranos: Complete HBO Season 4 [1999] [DVD]
Buy new: £15.88 / Used from: £12.98
Not just series 4 but any series. From psycho killing machine to hen-pecked hubby and doting dad in one episode- Tony is an anti-hero of our time.Is this the best thing on telly EVER?
Spooks : Complete BBC Series 1 [2002] [DVD]Spooks : Complete BBC Series 1 [2002] [DVD]
Buy new: £10.48 / Used from: £9.39
Ridiculously overacted but wonderful spy drama. Are you sure you weren't cut out for honey traps? You'll be putting in your application for MI5 as soon as the first episode is over...
Coupling: Complete Series 1 [DVD]Coupling: Complete Series 1 [DVD]
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.99
You'll hate all the characters at first and you'll continue to hate the main couple Steve and Susan but worth getting as every episode is a superbly-written playlet. Series 3 best.
Henry VIII [DVD] [2003]Henry VIII [DVD] [2003]
Buy used from: £6.19
What's this? Henry VIII shouting Gertcha! at his servants? Must be Ray Winstone in fine form as the unruly monarch. Who's the Daddy? Henry most certainly was- and anyone who says otherwise is a goner!
That Peter Kay Thing [DVD] [2000]That Peter Kay Thing [DVD] [2000]
Buy used from: £2.92
Although the funniest lines were written by Dave Spikey and Neil Fitzmaurice, you have to admire Kay who does an Alec Guinness and plays 15 different characters here. Top bombing!
Liverpool - The Treble [DVD] [2001]Liverpool - The Treble [DVD] [2001]
Buy used from: £4.77
If you're a Liverpool fan, you have to grab the glory any place you can these days. Here's to the high point of the 'Hou let the Dogs out' era. Waiting for the Man U/ Arsenal 19 league titles DVD.....
Ally McBeal - Season 4 Box Set 2 [DVD] [1998]Ally McBeal - Season 4 Box Set 2 [DVD] [1998]
Buy used from: £3.25
Skinny hag who spends $2000 on a size 6 suit for work doesn't deserve Robert Downey Jr- and she doesn't get him! Ha!
Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Complete Series 1 [DVD] [1983]Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Complete Series 1 [DVD] [1983]
Buy new: £23.68 / Used from: £9.45
Before Jimmy Nail went plastic-surgery happy, this is one of the finest comedy-dramas ever made. As touching as it is funny and all the actors went on to bigger but not better- except perhaps Moxey...
The Forsyte Saga - Complete 1st and 2nd Series (2002) [DVD]The Forsyte Saga - Complete 1st and 2nd Series (2002) [DVD]
Buy used from: £33.33
No, not a sordid tale of former Miss Worlds being seduced by promises of Brucie Bonuses, but an odd drama without a single likeable character. Oh, and a very ginger man
Clocking Off : Complete BBC Series 1 [2000] [DVD]Clocking Off : Complete BBC Series 1 [2000] [DVD]
Buy new: £8.88 / Used from: £5.99
Ignore the grating Sarah Lancashire and just sit back and enjoy fabulous writing and acting from the BBC stable. Touching and Poignant.
Queer As Folk [DVD] [1999]Queer As Folk [DVD] [1999]
Buy used from: £3.18
Certainly not the only Gays in Manchester's Village, don't watch this with your Granny unless she likes seeing men get it on with each other (you never know- maybe she does!)
Our Friends In The North (4 Disc Set) [DVD] [1996]Our Friends In The North (4 Disc Set) [DVD] [1996]
Buy used from: £115.00
Ignore the awful ageing make up with wigs worse than Paul Daniels' and revel in this superb drama and wonder for the nth time why anyone ever voted for Thatcher or wore flares
Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.36
OK so not telly but a fantastic album- listen to "Take Me Out" over 100 times in a row to annoy any neighbour and almost drive yourself potty
The No.1 Ladies' Detective AgencyThe No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Buy new: £4.52 / Used from: £0.01
Run out of telly? Why not read a book? Crazy idea, I know but try it- you might like it!
Wiltshire Corner TV Cabinet - creamWiltshire Corner TV Cabinet - cream
so when you give up on the book after 5 minutes you can wheel the telly into the bedroom and just give up altogether
Philips HR1757 Cucina Blender 500w (White)Philips HR1757 Cucina Blender 500w (White)
Turn your viewing sessions into virtual gym visit replacements by occasionally getting off the couch and making a healthy fruity smoothie on your way back from the toilet