AN AUDIENCE WITH DAME EDNA EVERAGE
Available Now – SRP: $24.95
In 1980, housewife megastar Dame Edna Everage bravely faced a star-studded audience to answer questions about her life. Wooing them with her unique style and taste, the outrageous stories come thick and fast with an array of unmissable songs for old time’s sake. The resulting program won a BAFTA, prompting the Dame to hold court on 2 further occasions in 1984 and 1988. At last, all 3 of these rare shows are collected on DVD.
THE DAME EDNA EXPERIENCE (SERIES 2)
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Hello Possums! At last the ground-breaking, unparalleled, much imitated but unequaled BAFTA winning The Dame Edna Experience is back. For the second series, you’re invited to Dame Edna’s fabulous London penthouse where you’ll witness her skewer, or rather, interview an amazing assortment of celebrities (with hilarious results!), including Jane Fonda, Dusty Springfield, Liza Minnelli, and ‘Jones’s’ Grace and Tom. First time on DVD!
TRINNY & SUSANNAH’S AUSTRALIAN MAKEOVER MISSION
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From unmotivated mums to fashion virgins, designer disasters and heavy hang-ups, this is back-to-basics for straight-talking style gurus Trinny and Susannah, and they’re in Australia doing what they do best – turning the style challenged into the stylish with dramatic transformations. In just 12 hours at each location they will find Australians who need their help and advice with glamorous new outfits, hairstyles and make-up.
DONNA HAY: FAST, FRESH, SIMPLE
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This series will showcase the natural charm and passion Donna brings to the world of cooking. A relaxed and composed cook, Donna loves to share her tricks and tips of combining fresh and pantry ingredients to create fast and simple dishes, presented in her signature style.
THE SPICE TRAIL
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This is the story of the discovery and trade in spices – how the search for spices drove the creation of new trade routes from Europe into the East and what the eventual discovery of the legendary ‘spiceries’ at the far end of the world reveal about colonialism, national pride and international trade, and of smuggling and greed.
THE ROYAL JEWELS
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Through the history, European royal families were known for their great wealth, and as an expression of this, they adorned extravagant garments and beautiful jewellery. Today, some of the monarchies no longer exist, but the jewels are still worn by the remaining royal families at festive occasions they attend or house. This two part documentary will take the viewer through their fascinating story and the human destinies behind them.
DIANA RIGG AT THE BBC
Available Now – SRP: $79.95
Best known as Emma Peel from The Avengers, BAFTA and Emmy-winner Diana Rigg went from sexy starlet and Bond girl to a full career as an award winning actress in theatre, television and film. Diana Rigg at the BBC includes her best television performances at the BBC, including her role as feisty Mrs. Adela Bradley in the Mrs. Bradley Mysteries, the comedy series Three Piece Suite, and assorted other televised plays. This is a collection that must not be missed!
OFFSPRING – THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON
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Six months after fleeing from her unhinged family and fraught love-life, Nina is enjoying a calm existence in Baltimore, but when an emergency brings her back home, Nina is quickly reminded why she left. Starring Silver Logie-winner, Asher Keddie, Offspring chronicles the search for love, fulfilment and balance in the chaos of modern life and boasts a stellar support cast including Kat Stewart, Eddie Perfect, Debra Mailman, Don Hany and John Waters.
HERE’S LUCY – THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON
Release Date: May 9, 2012 – SRP: $39.95
The legendary queen of television comedy, Lucille Ball is joined by her real-life daughter, Lucie Arnaz, in her third long-running sitcom success. Ball portrays Lucille Carter, who works for her brother-in-law, Harry (Gale Gordon), owner of Carter’s Unique Employment Agency, leading Lucy into endless predicaments and hilarious hijinks.
AGES OF LOVE
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Sexy, romantic, adventurous and very funny, Ages of Love is a tryptich of Italian films examining three different couples, united in their quest for love – starring Robert De Niro, Monica Belluci and Riccardo Scamarcio.
MELANCHOLIA
Available Now – DVD SRP: $34.95 / Blu-Ray SRP: $39.95
From acclaimed director Lars von Trier… In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…
EL BULLI – COOKING IN PROGRESS
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Three Michelin-starred chef Ferran Adrià is widely considered the best, most innovative and craziest chef in the world. Each year his restaurant, ‘El Bulli’, closes for 6 months to allow Adrià and his team time to retire to his Barcelona cooking laboratory to create the new menu.
With unprecedented access, this documentary lets us step inside one of the world’s premier haute cuisine restaurants, where the experimentation process is as wild, colourful and delicious as the food.
A MATTER OF TASTE
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So prodigious is Paul Liebrandt’s talents that NY Times food critic, William Grimes, once likened him to ‘a pianist who seems to have found a couple of dozen extra keys’. However, shortly after Liebrandt became the youngest chef to receive 3 stars from the New York Times, he fell apart. Sick of industry control, he threw in his whites and took a job at a second-class bistro, where his elaborate yet intricate signature creations were