Hallelujah! COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162083/
Thora Hird stars as indefatigable Salvation Army Captain Emily Ridley in this popular sitcom, which reunites her with In Loving Memory creator and writer Dick Sharples. This two-disc set comprises both series, originally running through 1983 to 1984 and also starring Patsy Rowlands (Carry On), Geoffrey Bayldon (Catweazle), Garfield Morgan (The Sweeney) and Gretchen Franklin (EastEnders), with guest appearances from Thora Hird’s Last of the Summer Wine co-star Michael Aldridge, Joan Sims, and Countdown legend Richard Whitely. For over forty years, Emily Ridley has fought the Devil and all his works with a vigour and sincerity second to none. Unfortunately, latter-day sinners seem reluctant to respond to the old hellfire-and-brimstone brand of evangelism, and Emily’s superiors decide it’s time for her to lay down her arms and retire from the battlefield. She’s posted to the quiet little Yorkshire town of Brigthorpe which, she is convinced, is in urgent need of salvation…
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Up Pompeii COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125650/
The series is set in ancient Pompeii (pre-eruption). Howerd played a slave, Lurcio (pronounced Lurk-io); the other main characters were Lurcio’s bumbling old master, Senator Ludicrus Sextus (initially Max Adrian and then Wallas Eaton), the senator’s promiscuous wife Ammonia (Elizabeth Larner), his daughter Erotica (Georgina Moon) and his eternally virginal son Nausius (Kerry Gardner), along with the Cassandra-esque Senna the Soothsayer (Jeanne Mockford) and, in season one, Plautus (Willie Rushton). Guest stars included several actresses from the Carry On film series, including Barbara Windsor, Wendy Richard and Valerie Leon.
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T and T COMPLETE S 1-2-3
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092460/
T.S. Turner is a former boxer who is accussed of a murder he didn’t commit. All was lost but, thanks to public defender Amanda Taler, he was proven innocent. Now he works as private eye and, along side Taler, sets out to help those who can’t defend themselves in and out of the justice system.
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Hunter COMPLETE S 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086734/
Rick Hunter is a renegade cop who breaks the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Partnered with the equally stunning and rebellious Sgt. McCall, the tough-minded duo set out to crack down on L.A.’s slimiest criminals.
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The Protectors COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068122/
The Protectors were Harry Rule, the Contessa di Contini and Paul Buchet, three freelance troubleshooters who ran an international crime fighting agency. Based in London, Harry was the leader of the group. The Contessa lived in Italy and, when she wasn’t working with Harry, ran her own detective agency that specialized in exposing art frauds and recovering stolen art. Paul Buchet worked out of Paris, and was the group’s researcher and gadget specialist. Their adventures ranged from simple kidnapping to convoluted cases of international intrigue. Since the episodes were only half-an-hour long, the show’s forte was fast paced but straightforward action.
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Marco Polo 1982 COMPLETE mini series
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083446/
First broadcast in 1982, this Emmy award winning epic adventure cost a staggering ten million dollars and featured an all-star, Oscar winning cast. Filmed on location in Italy, Morocco, Nepal and China this lavish mini-series was the first Western production to film in China after WWII and took over thirteen months to complete. An epic in every sense of the word. Born in Venice in 1254, Marco Polo was just 17 when he set off with his father and uncle to travel the Silk Road to China. Their adventurous journey through Asia, which lasted three and half years, took them through uncharted territory and went down in history as one of the greatest exploratory journeys of all time. Marco then spent 17 years in Peking as the guest of the Great Khan, winning the trust and respect of the Emperor for whom he carried out various diplomatic missions. Marco took great care to understand and record the culture, language, traditions and customs of the people he met during his long travels and as a result became one of histories legendary explorers.
Audio Language: English
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