Biblical Riddles

1132302330 WM2vg S Biblical RiddlesAs we all celebrate the festive season we sometimes forget the real meaning of Christmas and the religious aspect of it.

A fascinating new DVD release entitled ‘Riddles Of The Bible” from the National Geographic team gives the viewer a thought provoking insight into varying theories.

Is there any factual basis to the stories featured in the Bible? Did any of its

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Flesh of the Orchid (DVD)

1108542989 7hRiH S Flesh of the Orchid (DVD)This new DVD release starring Charlotte Rampling could be classed as a noir thriller.

Ms Rampling plays a young heiress who as the story commences has been put into an asylum by greedy relatives anxious to steal her fortune.

When opportunity presents she makes good her escape which triggers those

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‘Diddley Dee’ with Sean Wilson

1108497832 9uRnK S Diddley Dee with Sean WilsonSean Wilson sprang onto the Irish music scene in 1989 with his jaunty tunes and smooth voice.

In  the last twenty years he has entertained a steadily growing legion of fans with his spruced up versions of ‘come all yea songs’ and sentimental reflections of “Old Ireland” and exile from home.

Nothing is more beautiful

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Opportunity Strikes Twice

1100411163 Uaf3u S Opportunity Strikes TwiceIn the seventies Hughie Green was the king of show business with his “Opportunity Knocks” TV shows.
In the same way that Simon Cowell is the boss with X Factor a win on that show launched careers and brought fame overnight.

In 1977 Bernie Flint won the show’s best act for a record breaking twelve weeks!

No one

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‘Boxes’

1092988613 HEXzt M BoxesIn the way that one opens a Christmas or birthday present one travels in hope that something wonderful shall present itself at the final stage of unwrapping so that the box within the box, like the Russian doll will surprise and delight.

I put this DVD on with similar expectation coming as it did with a healthy pedigree of legendary actors and a top

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‘Barbara’ TV series DVD

1064534324 ahe6C S Barbara TV series DVDMother knows best and you better believe it !

‘Barbara’ is a British sitcom first aired on our screens between 1999 and 2003.

This DVD is the first release in a series of four to be released over the next year.

I missed it first time round but on this showing I won’t miss it again.

This is

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The Lady in the Mist – Adventures with Chimpanzees

1038640933 Mt7dR M The Lady in the Mist Adventures with ChimpanzeesJane Goodall is a pioneering and distinguished observer of animals. Her chosen subject has been chimpanzees, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.
Goodall from the early sixties has been involved in recording and interpreting how these animals live, rear their young and protect themselves.

Her work in

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The Gaffer-the complete third series

1033413704 X7fCo S The Gaffer the complete third seriesSmall Business Nightmare…(A Sign of our Times)

This welcome release to DVD of Thames TV eighties sitcom is timely and current of the times that we are living through.

Small businessman Fred Moffatt (Bill Maynard) ducks and dives, extracting money where he can and avoiding payment as a rule in recession-hit England.

As the

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To Infinity and Beyond

1013709745 vb8ps S To Infinity and BeyondWhen man first went to the Moon a photograph was taken of the Earth which looked like a bright blue and green ball in a sea of endless black.

How endless is grasped in this fascinating and educating double DVD by National Geographic entitled Extreme Universe.

Our World lies within a Universe which has at its outer edge

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Casanova 70

1006538975 5TnFi S Casanova 70There cannot be many of us who have not heard the name Casanova who in the eighteenth century was an Italian adventurer perhaps better known for his womanising than his adventures.

Now in a new DVD release from Mr Bongo films you can see what the twentieth century Casanova would embark upon in ‘Casanova 70’.

Marcello Mastroianni of La Dolce Vita and

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