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Watch as pop culture's most baffling urban myths and legends are debunked, decoded and demystified by MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. Using a signature style of explosive experimentation, no myth is safe as hosts Adam and Jamie blow the lid off the stuff you've always wondered about. From finding out whether a mobile phone can cause a petrol station to explode, testing if it is possible to make a cannon out of a tree, seeing if they can escape from Alcatraz using a raft made from raincoats and discovering if a penny dropped from a skyscraper will embed in concrete, the MythBusters team put their bodies (or that of resident crash test dummy Buster!) on the line to find the truth. Along the way there's danger, fun, some incredible science and the most unexpected surprises in store. Plus, they may even discover the biggest revelation of all - perhaps some of the stories aren't as far-fetched as they imagined... - Director:
- Peter Rees
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- Dick Cavett, Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage
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He's everyone's favourite action hero...but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks...while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero. - Director:
- Alan Smithee
- Cast:
- Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Lerner, Dana Elcar
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Angela Lansbury stars as everyone's favourite super-sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, a famous mystery writer who has a knack for solving murders on and off the page. Along with the quirky residents of Cabot Cove, Maine, Jessica is joined in her deliciously suspicious tales of mystery and mayhem by some of the most celebrated guest stars of screen and stage, including Jerry Orbach, Leslie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Andy Garcia, Martin Landau, Milton Berle, Peter Graves, Vicki Lawrence and many more. - Director:
- Corey Allen
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- Jessica Browne, Angela Lansbury, Eddie Barth
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Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of 'Emma'. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along. - Director:
- Autumn DeWilde
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- Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth
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Domestic bliss W,S never like this! Get ready for those outrageous Bundys in 'Married with Children: Series 1', featuring all hilarious episodes from the show's ground breaking debut season, introducing everybody's favourite dysfunctional household. This taboo-shattering hit series was often deemed too hot for TV, bringing a blue-collar brand of raunchy humour to America's idyllic '80s TV family, where father definitely doesn't know best! This collector's favourite lets you get reacquainted with this middle-class clan of lovable losers. Featuring hard-working lug AI (Ed O'Neill), his couch-potato wife Peg (Katey Sagal), sexy teen daughter: Kelly (Crristina Applegate), hopelessly horny son Bud (David Faustino), and prudish neighbours Marcy and Steve (Amanda Bearse, David Garrison) - as they try to get along without getting on each other's nerves! - Director:
- Richard Cottrell
- Cast:
- Ed O'Neill, Gita Isak, Greg Berg
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Produced by Aaron Spelling, "Starsky and Hutch'' roared onto small screens in 1975 to become one of the most popular, iconic series of the decade. This was TV's coolest buddy cop show, fuelled by full-throttle car chases, offbeat humour, colourful characters and a hip vibe. The hit series (1975-1979) followed streetwise undercover detectives Dave Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (David Soul) as they cruised around town in Starsky's red-and-white-striped Gran Torino, battling thugs and hoodlums with the help of their gruff boss, Captain Harold Dobey (Bernie Hamilton) and Jive-talking informant Huggy Bear (Antonio Fargas). - Director:
- Michael Schultz
- Cast:
- David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Michael Lerner
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Meet the United States' secret and most beautiful weapon in the fight against tyranny: Wonder Woman! Season One of 'Wonder Woman' (the Pilot Movie and 13 regular episodes) retains the World War II era of the super heroine's early comic book adventures. Also captured is the exuberant tone of a comic book come to screen life as the warrior princess, empowered by her sense of a woman's worth and by the mysterious substance Feminum that's found only on her remote native isle, battles a succession of Nazi baddies. Former Miss USA Lynda Carter stars as the heroine who hides her identity behind the oversized glasses of a War Department functionary. But when duty and danger call, she transforms. And the wonders never cease. - Director:
- Leonard Horn
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- Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, John Randolph
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Sabina Wilson (Kristen Stewart), Elena Houghlin (Naomi Scott), and Jane Kano (Ella Balinska) are working for the mysterious Charles Townsend (voice of Robert Clotworthy), whose investigative agency has expanded internationally. The new Angels are among the world's smartest, bravest, and most highly trained women all over the globe. Under the guidance of Bosley (Elizabeth Banks), the Angels have to protect a revolutionary technology from becoming weaponized. They will have to rely on each other as their assignment becomes increasingly treacherous and even those closest to them can no longer be trusted. - Director:
- Elizabeth Banks
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- Kristen Stewart, Robert Clotworthy, Naomi Scott
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When Colonel Steve Austin (Lee Majors) barely survives the devastating crash of an experimental NASA aircraft, his shattered body is rebuilt using bionics - a secret new medical technology developed for the U.S. government by Dr. Rudy Wells. Outfitted with atomic-powered bionic legs, an arm, and an eye, Austin is now "better, stronger, faster" than he was before. Austin's enhanced abilities are put to the test as he is sent on dangerous and covert missions for the government's OSI division, under the supervision of director Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson). Series 1 finds Steve Austin facing a never-ending stream of assassins, kidnappers, diabolical scientists, nuclear threats, and even a powerful robot-double of one of his best friends. Adding to the intrigue are guest-appearances by some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Darren McGavin, Britt Ekland, John Saxon, Greg Morris, Gary Lockwood, Farrah Fawcett, Martha Scott and William Shatner. - Director:
- Dick Moder
- Cast:
- Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Don Porter
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This five-disc compilation features the entire First Season with the original Angels - Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith - and all their adventures from one of the most classic shows in television history. Once upon a time, Jill, Sabrina and Kelly were police officers whose skills were being wasted in menial duties such as answering phones and filing. A mysterious millionaire named Charles Townsend took them away from all that by opening his own private investigation agency and hiring these gorgeous ladies as his operatives with John Bosley acting as their assistant and liaison. - Director:
- John Llewellyn Moxey
- Cast:
- John Forsythe, Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett
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Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu are Charlie's Angels - a trio of elite private investigators who, with the latest in high-tech gadgets, martial arts techniques and a vast array of disguises, unleash their state of the art skills on land, sea and air. Their goal, to track down a kidnapped billionaire-to-be and keep his top-secret voice identification software out of his lethal hands. Aided by their faithful lieutenant Bosley (Bill Murray), and under the sure hand of their suave playboy boss, notorious for his clever ways of avoiding face-to-face meetings, the girls must foil an elaborate murder-revenge plot that could destroy individual privacy and corporate security worldwide. - Director:
- McG
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- John Forsythe, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore
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In Cheers: The Complete Fifth Season, Sam (Ted Danson) and Diane (Shelly Long) make on-again, off-again wedding plans - including a marriage proposal that ends in an assault and battery charge! Not to be outdone, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) move in together; Woody (Woody Harrelson) finds himself abruptly engaged; Carla (Rhea Perlman) falls for a hockey goalie; and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) gets bitten by a dog...and becomes smitten with the dog's owner. Will Norm's (George Wendt) new job pan out? Will Carla get "birdzilla" cooked in time for Thanksgiving dinner? Will wedding bells finally chime for Sam and Diane? - Director:
- James Burrows
- Cast:
- Ted Danson, Bernadette Birkett, Shelley Long
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It's the landmark series that inspired an entire genre. Now, television's greatest detective, Columbo, comes to video for the first time in this deluxe collector's set. Starring Peter Falk in his 4-time Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trench coat-wearing police lieutenant, this collection includes every fascinating episode from the series' first season. - Director:
- Richard Irving
- Cast:
- Peter Falk, Lee Grant, John Fink
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In this classic TV drama, the "Impossible Missions Force" consists of a team of extraordinary spies who are experts in their fields: the Leader (Steven Hill), the Tech Expert (Greg Morris), The Muscle (Peter Lupus), The Master of Disguise (Martin Landau) and The Femme Fatale (Barbara Bain). Every day, this elite force risks failure, capture and death...but nothing is more important than their mission. The uncut action keeps rolling as television's legendary operatives lead us around the globe... and to the edge of our seats! - Director:
- Tom Gries
- Cast:
- Steven Hill, Bob Johnson, Barbara Bain
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It's the cozy little Boston bar where everybody knows your name...welcome to - the Emmy Award-winning, smash-hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 years. For Season 4, a new face joins the regulars as Woodrow Tiberius "Woody" Boyd (Woody Harrelson) joins the cast as the watering hole's new bartender. Another highlight of Season 4 is the first appearance of Dr. Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth) - a character that eventually became a recurring, Emmy-winning role. Along with Sam's bluster, Diane's neuroses, Carla's ire and Cliff and Norm's various schemes, it's another classic, hilarious season of - with all 26 episodes of the unforgettable TV sitcom presented in this 4-disc set. - Director:
- James Burrows
- Cast:
- Ted Danson, Fred Dryer, Shelley Long
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