Ashes to Ashes Release Date
Ashes to Ashes, the spin off time-travel police drama to Life on Mars, is back for a second series, currently showing on BBC 1 on Monday nights and released on DVD on 13th July.
Moving on from the 70′s, the programme is now of an 80′s style with set design, clothing and music to match. Ashes to Ashes character DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister – first featured in Life on Mars) is joined by an experienced female detective and trained psychologist from the 21st century, DI Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes), who wakes up in 1981 after being shot in 2008.
The DVD of Series 2 will feature all 8 episodes which finish airing on TV on 8th June. Ashes to Ashes Series 2 is released on 13th July.
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Derren Brown Release Date
Derren Brown is probably best known for his Channel 4 TV show, Derren Brown: Mind Control which appeared on our screens in 2000. The internationally renowned psychological illusionist and magician has since gone on to produce shows and live performances, one off specials and extraordinary events. This DVD release, An Evening of Wonders, is the recording of his live performance at the Garrick Theatre, London in June 2008 which was the conclusion of his UK tour which began it’s run in Blackpool in April 2007.
The audience is taken on a jaw-dropping, laugh-out-loud journey with Derren performing at his best with energised humour and mind and audience control.
Derren Brown: An Evening of Wonders is released through Channel 4 Video on 18th May.
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CSI New York Release Date
New York’s finest team of forensic scientists battle it out in the Big Apple to solve mysterious and hard to prove cases. Currently running in it’s fifth season on TV, UK Channel 5 viewers can now watch it every Saturday night at 10pm.
The show features head scientists and close friends, Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes) who lead an indomitable team of forensic experts from a state-of-the-art Manhattan high-rise.
Season 5 begins with the conclusion to last season’s cliffhanger with Mac being taken hostage. Part 1 of the fifth season is released on 29th June with part two and the complete fifth season released in September.
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Prison Break Release Date
“Most men would do anything to get out of prison… But Michael Scofield would do anything he can to get in.”
In addition to the release of Prison Break:Season 4, fans of the series and those yet to discover it can opt to buy the complete set of all 77 epidodes from all 4 series. Released on 6th July, the 23-disc box set will also feature bonus material, interviews and loads more.
The 2-hour season finale is only 4 days away on Fox, so pre-orders are already stacking up for this great package.
Prison Break: Season 4 is released on FoxVideo on 6th July.
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Fringe Release Date
Fringe is a new Sci-Fi TV series following an FBI Fringe team division based in Boston, Massachusetts, in which they use unorthodox and unusual investigative techniques or ”fringe” science along with conventional FBI procedures to investigate “the Pattern”, unexplained, grisly occurrences which are occurring all over the world. You could call it a cross between The X-Files, Altered States, The Twilight Zone and Dark Angel.
The show was created by JJ Abrams (Lost, Bad Robot Productions), Alex Kurtzman (Transformers) and Robert Orci (Transformers) and stars John Noble, Joshua Jackson and Anna Torv.
Fringe: Season 1 is released as a 6-Disc set on Warner Home Video on 28th September.
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The Simpsons Season 12 Release Date
Also available in a limited edition package in the shape of the head of Comic Book Guy, this DVD is the complete 12th Season with all 21 episodes.
It includes the usual Halloween specials including “G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad” in which Homer dies after eating broccoli and must do one good deed in order to get into heaven; and “Night of the Dolphin” where Dolphins take over the world after Lisa frees their leader from a water park.
Meanwhile, back in Springfield, in an episode called “Home?”, Homer is working as a human guinea pig (to pay off the family’s lost savings after making a bad investment). Homer discovers the root cause of his subnormal intelligence is a crayon that was lodged in his brain ever since he was a kid. He decides to have it removed to increase his IQ, but discovers that being smart does not necessarily equal being happy.
This episode won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Programme.
Simpsons: The Complete Season 12 is released through FoxVideo on 28th September.
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Beverley Hills Release Date
This is the DVD release of the 6th season of the original Beverley Hills 90210, created by Darren Star and produced by Aaron Spelling in 1990. The show aired until 2000 knocking up 10 seasons and 298 episodes.
The teen drama starred Jason Priestly, Tori Spelling, Shannen Doherty and Luke Perry and other notables actors such as Hilary Swank from 1997 – 1998. The 6th season features 31 episodes which were shown between 1995 and 1996 and introduced new characters as now featured regulars – Nat Bussichio, Clare Arnold and Ray Pruit.
Beverley Hills 90210: Season 6 is released on Paramount Video on 18th May.
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Flight of the Conchords Release Date
Currently showing on BBC 4 in the UK, the HBO series follows the misadventures of New Zealand comedy partners, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, aka Flight of the Conchords.
Performing as a folk/novelty band, the series sees the duo trying to extend their fanbase beyond their stalker groupie, by moving to New York’s East Village. It soon transpires however that the US is not quite ready for their ecclectic and strange brand of music. Season 2 kicks off with them sacking their manager and trying to go it alone.
Jemaine and Bret who play themselves, frequently break into song during each episode and the original numbers include such classics as: “The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room”, “Albini the Racist Dragon”, “A Kiss is not a Contract” and “I Love Dogs with Epilepsy”.
Flight of the Conchords: Season 2 is released on double DVD through Warner Home Video on 3rd August.
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Dynasty Season 3 Release Date
The Blakes and the Carringtons, the glamour and the intrigue, the bitching and the back-stabbing, the shoulder pads and the hair – all compulsive viewing for any serious soap fan. Dynasty first appeared on our UK screens way back in 1981 and ran until 1989. The series was created by Richard and Esther Shapiro and producer Aaron Spelling, who is famous for creations such as Starsky and Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and Hart to Hart.
John Forsythe played the role of wealthy oil tycoon, Blake Carrington who marries his younger secretary, Krystal (played by Linda Evans). Enter Joan Collins as Alexis, Blake’s ex-wife who is hell bent on dislodging Krystals crown as wife number two.
Series 3 was aired between 1982 and 1983 and this DVD release includes all 24 episodes on 6 discs.
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Hit American sit-com, Big Bang Theory, starring Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons, premiered in September 2007 and has just finished it’s second season.
Created by Chuck Lore and Bill Prady (who worked together on Dharma and Greg and Chuck worked on Two and a Half Men), the show centres around Leonard and Sheldon who are brilliant physicists, who, although geniuses, fail to interact socially with people, especially women. When free-spirit Penny (played by Kayley Cuoco) moves in next door, she starts to rock their world and encourage them out of their geekiness.
The shows airs on the UK on Channel 4 and has so far attracted just over 1 million viewers. Season 1 was released on DVD in January this year and Season 2, with all 23 episodes on a 4-disc set will be released on 19th October.
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