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However, when he finds his father dead, his estate in ruins and his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth (Heida Reed) engaged to his cousin, the life he once knew seems to no longer exist. In this series, Poldark and Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) try to repair their rocky marriage but their attempts are interrupted by the arrival of her younger brothers following their father's death. Meanwhile, the French Revolution begins as George Warleggan... [more]( [Poldark Series 1 and 2]( [Poldark Series 1 and 2]( Save 40% ($25.42) $38.64 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $64.06 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All 18 episodes from the first two series of the BBC drama starring Aidan Turner as Captain Ross Poldark. Upon returning to Cornwall after fighting in the American War of Independence, Poldark must rebuild his life following the death of his father with his estate in ruins and his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth (Heida Reed) engaged to his cousin Francis (Kyle Soller), after hearing premature reports of his death. With the help of his new maid Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson), Ross attempts to navigate the hostile, poverty-stricken locals and the region's wealthy and influential businessmen to reopen his family's disused copper mine, Wheal Leisure. Based on: The 'Poldark' novels by... [more]( [Jamestown: Season 1]( [Jamestown: Season 1]( Limited Stock! $39.97 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All the episodes from the first season of the British drama series set in the British colony of Jamestown in 17th century Virginia. Since its establishment in 1607, Jamestown had been populated exclusively by men. This all changes in 1619 however, as a group of women including Alice (Sophie Rundle), Verity (Niamh Walsh) and Jocelyn (Naomi Battrick) arrive at the settlement to begin their life in the New World. With the new arrivals instantly causing disruption among the settlers, the residents of Jamestown must find a way to live together peacefully as they attempt survive in their unforgiving new environment. Technical Specs: - Languages(s): English - Hard of Hea... [more]( [Harlots]( [Harlots]( Save 13% ($4.56) $29.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $34.55 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All eight episodes of the ITV period drama starring Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville and Jessica Brown Findlay. Set in London in 1763, the show revolves around businesswoman Margaret Wells (Morton) who owns a brothel in the capital but hopes to make her fortune and move her business, and her daughters Charlotte (Brown Findlay) and Lucy (Eloise Smyth), to the more upmarket area of Greek Street in Soho. However, this brings her into conflict with her fellow brothel owner, and former boss, Lydia Quigley (Manville). When Quigley tries to ruin any hope of her ambitious plans, Margaret swears revenge on her former boss and finds a variety of ways to get it, whilst also tackling the growing religio... [more]( [Call the Midwife: Series 6 Christmas Special]( [Call the Midwife: Series 6 Christmas Special]( Save 4% ($0.83) $19.95 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $20.78 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. The complete sixth series of the BBC drama, adapted from Jennifer Worth's memoirs, about a group of midwives working in poverty-stricken East London during the 1960s. In this series, beginning in 1962, the Nonnatus House staff return to Poplar from South Africa to find that Sister Ursula (Harriet Walter) has been placed in charge. As they try to adjust to her strict new regime, the midwives continue to care for their patients as best as possible despite Ursula's incidence that they don't become emotionally involved. Later, Trixie (Helen George) returns from her extended stay at the clinic in South Africa and the staff find themselves under further pressure from proposed government reforms to... [more]( [Viceroy's House]( [Viceroy's House]( Limited Stock! $24.95 [Pre Order]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson star in this drama set in 1947, telling the story of the days leading up to India's independence from Britain. In Delhi, Viceroy's House is home to Lord Mountbatten (Bonneville), great-grandson to Queen Victoria, with his wife Lady Mountbatten (Anderson) and their daughter Pamela (Lily Travers). Mountbatten has been charged with overseeing the transition of British India to an independent nation but when Indian politicians descend upon the house with differing opinions of what form the independence should take, chaos ensues resulting in a divided nation. The cast also includes Michael Gambon, Simon Callow and Manish Dayal. Based on: Real e... [more]( [Taboo]( [Taboo]( Save 24% ($11.76) $37.89 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $49.65 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All eight episodes from the British television drama starring Tom Hardy, Jonathan Pryce and Oona Chaplin. Following the death of his father, a feared shipping tycoon, adventurer James Keziah Delaney (Hardy) returns to London in 1814 after a decade spent travelling in Africa to claim the rights to the mysterious island of Nootka Sound which has been left as part of his father's will. Surprising everyone, including his half-sister Zilpha (Chaplin) who feared he was dead, Delaney finds himself coming up against the head of the mighty East India Company Sir Stuart Strange (Pryce) who is desperate to secure the much sought-after island for his own gain. Negotiating the dark and dangerous games of... [more]( [The Victorian Slum: The Complete Series]( [The Victorian Slum: The Complete Series]( Save 34% ($11.59) $22.36 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $33.95 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. Michael Mosley presents this six-part BBC documentary that follows a group of 21st-century citizens living in a recreated Victorian slum in East London. The programme explores what life was really like for those living in late Victorian Britain, beginning in the economic depression of the 1870s through to the recovery of the 1900s. Technical Specs: - Languages(s): English - Interactive Menu [The Scarlet Pimpernel]( [The Scarlet Pimpernel]( Limited Stock! $21.97 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. An Eighties remake of the classic tale about the elusive 18th Century adventurer. Sir Percy Blakeney (Anthony Andrews), an English fop, is in reality the Scarlet Pimpernel, scourge of the French Revolution and rescuer of the aristocracy from the executioner's guillotine. When he saves Armand St Just from street thugs, he meets and falls in love with Armand's beautiful sister, Marguerite (Jane Seymour). He cannot, however, reveal his true identity to her. Based on: The novels by Baroness Orczy [Black Sails: Season 4 (Final Season)]( [Black Sails: Season 4 (Final Season)]( Save 34% ($19.65) $37.80 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $57.45 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. War has consumed the West Indies. Hundreds of British soldiers lie dead in a forest...the Royal Navy retreats back to England...and the shores of New Providence Island have never been bloodier. With the help of Eleanor Guthrie, Woodes Rogers transforms Nassau into a fortress without walls, as Captain Flint amasses his fleet, intent on striking the final blow. Meanwhile, from the interior...an insurgency builds, fuelled by the legend of "Long John Silver". But as Flint, Silver and their allies are about to learn, the closer civilization comes to defeat, the more desperately and destructively it will fight back. In the epic final season of Michael Bay's outstanding pirate ... [more]( [The Durrells: Series 2]( [The Durrells: Series 2]( Limited Stock! $27.90 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All six episodes from the second series of the ITV drama based on the memoirs of British naturalist Gerald Durrell. Set in the mid-1930s, the series follows widowed matriarch Louisa Durrell (Keeley Hawes) as she makes the life-changing decision to move with her four children from their home in Bournemouth to the Greek island of Corfu in search of a better life. One year on from their arrival, the Durrells are still adapting to the reality of life on the island without their old home comforts, or even electricity. Tired of being poor, Louisa opens a market stall selling homemade British produce which struggles at first but quickly takes off after a few tweaks to her selling techniques. Meanwh... [more]( [Devil's Playground: Season 1]( [Devil's Playground: Season 1]( Save 68% ($28.13) $13.18 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $41.31 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. The year is 1988. It is 35 years after the events of Fred Schepisi's classic film, The Devil's Playground. Tom Allen, now in his 40's and recently widowed, is a respected Sydney psychiatrist and father of two children. A practising Catholic, Tom accepts an offer by the Bishop of Sydney to become a counsellor of priests. During these sessions, he will uncover a scandal and become embroiled in the Church's attempts to cover it up. Tom's quest for justice will push him to his limits and reveal a side of Church power and official corruption he could never have imagined. [Dark Angel]( [Dark Angel]( Save 13% ($3.11) $19.97 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $23.08 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. Two-part ITV drama starring Joanne Froggatt as Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton. The story begins with 24-year-old Mary Ann Cotton, later dubbed Britain's first serial killer, as she returns to her home town of Seaham, County Durham having eloped with her husband Billy Mowbray (Tom Varey). Having already lost four of her children, Mary Ann begins an infamous killing spree by poisoning her husbands and offspring to collect their life insurance policies and settle her debts. As she kills off her family undetected, despite the suspicions of some close to her, Mary Ann continues to seek out new suitors to dispatch before finally being found out in 1873. Based on: The book ... [more]( [The Hollow Crown: Series 1 and 2]( [The Hollow Crown: Series 1 and 2]( Save 27% ($14.43) $39.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $54.42 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. The first and second series of the BBC's adaptations of Shakespeare's 'History Plays'. Beginning in the year 1399, the plays deal with events affecting the monarchy during a period where the ruling orders of Richard II (Ben Whishaw), Henry IV (Jeremy Irons) and Richard III (Benedict Cumberbatch) find themselves beset by rebellion, greed and war. Series 1 episodes are: 'Richard II', 'Henry IV: Part One', 'Henry IV: Part Two' and 'Henry V'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Henry VI: Part One', 'Henry VI: Part Two', 'Henry VI: Part Three' and 'Richard III'. Based on: The plays by William Shakespeare Technical Specs: - Anamorphic (16:9) - Languages(s): English ... [more]( [Lady Chatterley]( [Lady Chatterley]( Limited Stock! $13.47 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. BBC adaptation of DH Lawrence's infamous novel, which was banned for thirty years. Lady Chatterley (Joely Richardson), frustrated when her husband returns paralysed from the First World War, embarks on a tentative and scandalous affair with her moody gamekeeper, Mellors (Sean Bean). Based on: The novel by DH Lawrence Technical Specs: - Languages(s): English - Interactive Menu [The Halcyon: Season One]( [The Halcyon: Season One]( Limited Stock! $42.77 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All eight episodes from the first season of the period drama set in 1940s London. Five-star hotel The Halcyon is at the centre of London's high society, with many of the city's elite seeking refuge inside the hotel's safe walls. As war and carnage engulf the streets outside, hotel manager Richard Garland (Steven Mackintosh) prides himself in helping his guests to forget the devastation that is currently all around them. The cast also includes Olivia Williams, Liz White, Kara Tointon and Alex Jennings. Technical Specs: - Languages(s): English - Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English - Subtitles: English - Interactive Menu - Dolby Digital 5.1 ... [more]( [House of Eliott: Complete Collection]( [House of Eliott: Complete Collection]( Limited Stock! $63.81 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All 34 episodes of the popular BBC costume drama series set in the 1920s. Series 1 tells the story of two sisters, Beatrice and Evangeline Eliott (Stella Gonet and Louise Lombard) who find themselves penniless when their wealthy, philandering father dies. Unable to rely on their inheritance as they had planned they go into the dressmaking business and soon The House Of Eliott has become the smartest, most prestigious establishment in London. In Series 2, the Eliott sisters have to contend with the pressures of running their empire, as well as the problems in their private lives. Beatrice's (Stella Gonet) devotion to the business puts a tremendous strain on her marriage, while Evie (Louise Lo... [more]( [Murdoch Mysteries: Complete Series 10]( [Murdoch Mysteries: Complete Series 10]( Limited Stock! $53.61 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All 18 episodes from the tenth season of the historical crime drama set in late 19th-century Toronto. Yannick Bisson stars as Inspector William Murdoch, a dashing young detective who pioneers new scientific approaches to solving crime such as fingerprinting, forensic techniques and lie detector machines. Assisted by Inspector Thomas Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), coroner Dr Julia Ogden (Helene Joy) and Constable George Crabtree (Jonny Harris), Murdoch employs these newfangled methods - as well as his own unswerving instinct - to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders. The episodes are: 'Great Balls of Fire: Part 1', 'Great Balls of Fire: Part 2', 'A Study in Pink', 'Concocting a Killer'... [more]( [Victoria: Series 1]( [Victoria: Series 1]( Save 29% ($10.77) $26.68 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $37.45 Condition: New Sold by: [wsbren]( Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. Victoria is the smash hit series dramatising the early years on the throne of one of Britain's greatest queens. Jenna Coleman plays Victoria, taking her first faltering steps from capricious, hormonal teenager to respected monarch. Central to the drama is the scandalous friendship between Victoria and her first Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell), and the romance with her cousin Prince Albert (Tom Hughes). [Downton Abbey Season 6]( [Downton Abbey Season 6]( Save 58% ($30.46) $21.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $52.45 Condition: New Sold by: [Matthewsm]( Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. Season 6 of the sweeping Downton Abbey saga continues with more drama, romance, and family intrigue. The beloved ensemble cast includes Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Joanne Froggatt, and a host of others. [The House Of Pleasures;]( [The House Of Pleasures;]( Save 58% ($11.54) $8.45 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $19.99 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. In this lush, atmospheric look at the final days of an elegant, turn-of-the-century brothel, we go inside the cloistered walls of L'Apollonide to meet the Madam, her elite clientele, and some dozen "girls" - veterans and newcomers, romantics and cynics, schemers and innocents. Upending the period drama with split screens, time shifts and a modern soundtrack, this is a provocative and beautiful film about the world's oldest profession - and an exploration of how the past is remembered. [First Among Equals: The Complete Series]( [First Among Equals: The Complete Series]( Limited Stock! $35.86 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. All ten episodes of ITV's 1980s political drama series based on the novel by Jeffrey Archer. The series chronicles the public political struggles and private passions of four members of parliament over a 30-year period, concluding with one of them becoming Prime Minister. Based on: The novel by Jeffrey Archer Technical Specs: - Languages(s): English - Interactive Menu - Screen ratio 1:1.33 - Dolby Mono Extras included: - Alternate ending to episode ten, unscreened in the UK (Disc Three) This email has been sent by Fishpond Ltd. Please add us to your address book or safe list so our emails don't get deleted as SPAM - we'd like to keep you informed of other special offers. 9780241963654 Note that we will never pass your email address onto anyone else. 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