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Love, Love, and Love some more!
This is a Book, that all you fans of "Are You Being Served?"should own.I had read the review here,and it is true to it's word, the book is great! For those who want to know about the beloved cast, this is for you! Although it is sad to see our Mr. Humphries again, I now can see him any time I want with a smile!!A must have!!

The 'best of' book version of AYBS.
I rate this book just a slight notch above the KQED AYBS book, simply because the creators of AYBS had input in this project. It also highlights the bit players who appeared on AYBS, otherwise the two books do a fine of episode, character, and actor bio's. But the before mentioned book does a slightly better job at reviewing 'Grace and Favour' and the Australian AYBS version..., so you have to buy both :-)

Are you still free after 25 years?
For those of you who have the Are You Being Served? book by Adrian Rigelsford--are you free?For those of you who don't, are you also free?Well, gather around everybody, and that also includes special Grace Brothers board members.

This 25th anniversary book by Richard Webber with the two co-creators of the show, Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, is basically an update of the previous book, but in a slightly different format.The story-by-story synopses are there, but instead of the * to **** ratings, there are memorable dialogue bits, that are always good for a laugh or two.

New material:familiar BBC performers who made guest appearances (mostly as hapless customers) on the show, with a short bio on each one.However, why was Gorden Kaye, who later starred in Lloyd and Croft's French Resistance comedy, 'Allo 'Allo, excluded from this section?Also, an episode-by-episode list of guest appearances.

What really perks me are younger photographs of the stars.They are recognizable but it's interesting to see how they looked before they joined Grace Brothers.And Lloyd and Croft's personal observations on the stars are filled with the fondest and highest respect.

There are bios on some of the minor but regular performers, such as Vivienne Johnson (Mr. Grace's nurse), Milo Sperber (Mr. Grossman) and Benny Lee (Mr. Klein), as well as those in Grace And Favour.

There are some updates.Inbetween books, Arthur English, who played Mr. Harman the packing department head, died in 1995, as did Billy Burden (Mr. Moulterd), in 1994.
However, the icing on the cake is the list of hot dolly bird secretaries who appeared throughout the season.My favorites:Penny Irving, the luscious redhead who appeared during the show's peak era, Louise Burton, and the Barbie Doll Candy Davis, who now got a Master's degree and is teaching.Wow, brain and beauty!How rare!Another hottie, Debbie Linden, sadly died in 1997.

My recommendation:get this AFTER the Adrian Rigelsford book to get the optimal enjoying effect.You'll be right as rain then.

Are you still free after 25 years?
For those of you who have the Are You Being Served? book by Adrian Rigelsford--are you free?For those of you who don't, are you also free?Well, gather around everybody, and that also includes special Grace Brothers board members.

This 25th anniversary book by Richard Webber with the two co-creators of the show, Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, is basically an update of the previous book, but in a slightly different format.The story-by-story synopses are there, but instead of the * to **** ratings, there are memorable dialogue bits, that are always good for a laugh or two.

New material:familiar BBC performers who made guest appearances (mostly as hapless customers) on the show, with a short bio on each one.However, why was Gorden Kaye, who later starred in Lloyd and Croft's French Resistance comedy, 'Allo 'Allo, excluded from this section?Also, an episode-by-episode list of guest appearances.

What really perks me are younger photographs of the stars.They are recognizable but it's interesting to see how they looked before they joined Grace Brothers.And Lloyd and Croft's personal observations on the stars are filled with the fondest and highest respect.

There are bios on some of the minor but regular performers, such as Vivienne Johnson (Mr. Grace's nurse), Milo Sperber (Mr. Grossman) and Benny Lee (Mr. Klein), as well as those in Grace And Favour.

There are some updates.Inbetween books, Arthur English, who played Mr. Harman the packing department head, died in 1995, as did Billy Burden (Mr. Moulterd), in 1994.
However, the icing on the cake is the list of hot dolly bird secretaries who appeared throughout the season.My favorites:Penny Irving, the luscious redhead who appeared during the show's peak era, Louise Burton, and the Barbie Doll Candy Davis, who now got a Master's degree and is teaching.Wow, brain and beauty!How rare!Another hottie, Debbie Linden, sadly died in 1997.

My recommendation:get this AFTER the Adrian Rigelsford book to get the optimal enjoying effect.You'll be right as rain then.

The Definitive Tribute!
This lovely and indeed comprehensive tribute book commences with an introduction by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft (co-writers of the series) and a foreword by Lloyd's ex-wife (and two-time guest), Joanna Lumley, and it is sure to be treasured by fans of this entertaining British comedy.

What makes this book so enjoyable is the amount of participation author Richard Webber has received from everyone involved in the production (from writers, directors, costume designers, etc., to the actors themselves), and the book is filled with their many anecdotes.In the case of deceased actors Harold Bennett (Young Mr. Grace) and Arthur Brough (Mr. Grainger), assistance has been provided by their son and daughter, respectively.

The book includes a detailed history of the series--how it came about, how the actors were chosen, why certain actors left the show, how certain effects were achieved, and so on.Also included are chapters on the stage show, the movie, the 90's sequel (Grace and Favour also known as Are You Being Served? Again!) and a look at the success of the show (and its US and Aussie spinoffs) abroad.

My favourite parts are the four-page bios of the original cast, which includes b/w and sepia photos of the actors at various ages and stages in their careers.(A priceless inclusion are the childhood photos of most of these actors).This is followed by one-half- to one-page bios of "other memorable characters"--the maintenance men, the replacements for Mr. Grainger and Mr. Lucas, Old Mr. Grace, the nurse, and the canteen manageress.There are separate chapters for the secretaries and the lift girls with brief quarter-page bios and tiny b/w photos of each.Finally, there is a chapter devoted to "familiar faces" which contains brief quarter-page bios & tiny b/w photos of every actor to have appeared as a guest on the show.

The book also includes a complete episode guide, often with a particularly memorable snippet of dialogue from the episode being summarized or a "memory" from one of the cast of crew.An episode guide and brief quarter-page bios are also provided for Grace and Favour.Finally, there is a detailed index.

The book is a 10" x 7 3/4" 176-page hardcover printed on thick, good-quality paper with a matte finish, and it contains many b/w and colour photos throughout.

In conclusion, this is an attractive, well-researched, well-written, comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable look back at one of Britain's most popular comedies and at the cast and crew who made it so memorable.Very highly recommended! ... Read more

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Celebrated actress Christabel Cartwright trades her country house, its staff of servants, and her husband for a reckless affair.

She also thought she could resume her career--her director was delighted, and so was Megalith Television. But one person in Christabel's circle had doubts.

What happens next is murder, and it brings Jemima Shore, the author's elegant alter ego, into the fray.She trails her man (or is it woman?) through the thickets of human emotion.

"Glorious fun...the ending is genuinely surprising." (The Spectator) ... Read more

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Enjoyable book, if not Fraser's best.
Jemima Shore Investigator goes to Larminster to cover the small local theater festival held in that town by the sea. What seems like it will be a boring and standard assignment, turns into a free-for-all as the return of an infamous local actress to the stage sets tempers flaring. Murder follows murder as Jemima begins to have her own ideas about who is to blame.

It is really a mark of how good Fraser is as a detective writer that I really enjoyed this book despite the unbelievable ending. While not as good as some of the other Fraser novels, the characters still have depth and the writing has a fine and subtle quality well above that of most detective fiction novels. If you have not read Fraser before, I would begin with Quiet as a Nun, not Cool Repentance. If already a Fraser fan,it is still enjoyable, even when it does not deserve to be. ... Read more

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Chapters: Joanna Lumley, List of Kashmiri people, Rukhsana Kausar, Shivkumar Sharma, Shesh Paul Vaid, Parvez Imroz, Tanvir Sadiq, Anara Gupta, Hamza Makhdum, Mohammad Yousuf Taing, Mian Bashir Ahmed, Kunal Khemu, Malika Pukhraj, Adeeb, Shamma Jain, 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, Ram Chandra Kak, Jayanta Bhatta, Zain-ul-Abidin, Mehbooba Mufti, Balraj Madhok, Javaid Rahi, Rehman Rahi, Balraj Puri, Syed Mir Qasim, List of people from Jammu and Kashmir, Haseeb Drabu, Abid Nabi, S. L. Shakdhar, Jonaraja, Luv Puri, Bansi Lal Sharma, Ghulam Mustafa Bhat, Mahinder Tak, Prem Nath Dogra, Babu Parmanand, Raj Begum,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 133. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, voice-over artist and author, best known for her roles in the British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive Skin. She is a former model and Bond girl. Her distinctive voice has been supplied for animated characters, film narration, and AOL's "You've got mail" notification in the UK. She has spoken out as a human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign, and is now considered a "national treasure" of Nepal because of her support. She is an advocate for a number of charities and animal welfare groups such as CIWF and Viva!. She has won two BAFTA awards and one British comedy award. Joanna Lamond Lumley was born on 1 May 1946 in Srinagar, in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. Her parents were Major James Rutherford Lumley, who served in the 6th Gurkha Rifles, a regiment of the Indian Army, and Beatrice Rose Weir. They married in 1941. After the independence of India in 1947, the Lumleys moved to Ma...http://booksllc.net/?id=89603 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Joanna Lumley, Roger Moore, David Burton, Gary Chivers, Nathaniel Clyne, Thomas Grissell, the Mitchell Brothers, Charmian Campbell, William Clarke Wontner, Simon Waley Waley, David Thomas, Frederick Wicks, Graeme Taylor. Excerpt:Charmian Campbell (18 July 1942 5 April 2009) was a British artist, painter, model and society figure. She was born as Charmian Rachel Montagu Douglas Scott at Selkirk , the daughter of Molly Bishop, a portrait painter, and Lord George Montagu Douglas Scott, youngest son of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry . After World War II her parents settled in Wiltshire , where she grew up with two siblings, Gina and David. She left school in 1958 to study art in Florence . She went on to study briefly at the Chelsea School of Art , where she quickly realized she was not happy and left. She turned her hand to modelling, with success until a car crash left her with minor facial injuries. Then she returned to her drawing. Lady Antonia Fraser , who commissioned her to draw her eldest daughter. Among many others, Charmian Campbell would draw the children of the King and Queen of Spain, and those of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Other commissions included actress Natalie Wood and her children. She also made numerous portraits that were auctioned for charity, in particular for the Amber Trust, a musical charity for blind and disabled children. Marriages In 1964 she married Archie Stirling, elder son of Colonel William Stirling of Keir, and moved back to Scotland. After having two sons, William and Ludovic, she and Stirling divorced in the late 1970s. After moving to Stockwell, South London , she married Colin Campbell, a television executive, and became stepmother to his two daughters from his previous marriage. Death Charmian Campbell died ... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rachel Weisz, Joanna Lumley, Sophie Dahl, Christine Keeler, Sienna Guillory, Elizabeth Hurley, Heather Mills, Kate Moss, Lily Cole, Myleene Klass, Twiggy, Mischa Barton, Naomi Campbell, Pattie Boyd, Denise Van Outen, Alexa Chung, Chanelle Hayes, Louise Glover, Kelly Brook, Lisa Snowdon, Sophie Anderton, Samantha Juste, Jodie Kidd, Anulka Dziubinska, Jennifer Ellison, Caroline Munro, Lauren Gold, Abigail Clancy, Jenny Frost, Maxime de La Falaise, Maui Taylor, Agyness Deyn, Karen Elson, Lucy Gordon, Cat Deeley, Tamsin Egerton, Daisy Lowe, Penny Lancaster, Murder of Sally Anne Bowman, Vanessa Angel, Caroline Cossey, Domino Harvey, Barbara Ferris, Debbie Moore, Tania Harcourt-Cooze, Kelly Lebrock, Kaya Scodelario, Lily Donaldson, Suzi Perry, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Lisa Butcher, Sade Adu, Margaret Nolan, Gemma Chan, Jocelyn Lane, Katie Green, Gia Johnson, Tanya Robinson, Sylvia Ashley, Samanda, Jade Mcsorley, Carole Davis, Erin O'connor, Jentina, Jasmine Lennard, Jourdan Dunn, Lorna Mcdonald, Alex Curran, Jade Jagger, April Ashley, Lauren Mcavoy, Emma Noble, Nichola Theobald, Chrystabel Leighton-Porter, Emma B, Rita Simons, Rebecca Mader, Fanny Cornforth, Yasmin le Bon, Dolly Martin, Amanda Lamb, Natalie Pike, Jane Lumb, Rachael Cairns, Sara Stockbridge, Tess Daly, Georgina Chapman, Pamela Green, Lucy Clarkson, Alison Carroll, Oreke Mosheshe, Liv Boeree, Paula Hamilton, Sonny Drane, Chloe Madeley, Kate Elson, Michelle Bass, Madeline Smith, Stacey Hayes, India Hicks, Debbie Travis, Karima Adebibe, Sarah Matravers, Sue Lloyd, Alex Evans, Isabella Calthorpe, Angie Best, Lucy Ratcliffe, Sabrina, Penelope Tree, Veronica Carlson, Rachael Carr, Gabrielle Richens, Chava Mond, Hania Barton, Catalina Guirado, Charlotte Jackson, Katrina Hodge, Georgia Frost, Jacquetta Wheeler, Caroline Duff... ... Read more

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Chapters: English Female Adult Models, English Female Models, English Male Models, David Beckham, Jo Guest, Rachel Weisz, Joanna Lumley, Sophie Dahl, Phil Collins, Christine Keeler, Sienna Guillory, Elizabeth Hurley, Heather Mills, Kate Moss, Lily Cole, Myleene Klass, Twiggy, Mischa Barton, Naomi Campbell, Orlando Bloom, Daniel Craig, Danielle Lloyd, Pattie Boyd, Samantha Fox, Robert Pattinson, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, Denise Van Outen, Alexa Chung, Chanelle Hayes, Louise Glover, Kelly Brook, Lisa Snowdon, Gemma Atkinson, Jodie Marsh, Sophie Anderton, Samantha Juste, Jodie Kidd, Jason Statham, Melinda Messenger, Anulka Dziubinska, Marina Baker, Jennifer Ellison, Linsey Dawn Mckenzie, Caroline Munro, Abi Titmuss, Keeley Hazell, Lauren Gold, Alex Pettyfer, Abigail Clancy, Oris Erhuero, Henry Cavill, Jenny Frost, Maxime de La Falaise, Maui Taylor, Agyness Deyn, Karen Elson, Adam Rickitt, Michelle Heaton, Lucy Gordon, Cat Deeley, Lucy Pinder, Nicola Tappenden, Tamsin Egerton, Daisy Lowe, Penny Lancaster, Murder of Sally Anne Bowman, Vanessa Angel, Caroline Cossey, Michelle Marsh, Domino Harvey, Barbara Ferris, Debbie Moore, Tania Harcourt-Cooze, Nicola Mclean, Kelly Lebrock, Calum Best, Kaya Scodelario, Nikki Sanderson, Lily Donaldson, Angelo Colarossi, Suzi Perry, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Lisa Butcher, Leilani Dowding, Sade Adu, Nell Mcandrew, Margaret Nolan, June Wilkinson, Gemma Chan, Jocelyn Lane, Katie Green, Kay Parker, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Gia Johnson, Tanya Robinson, Sylvia Ashley, Upen Patel, Samanda, Gary Lucy, Jade Mcsorley, Carole Davis, Erin O'connor, Corinne Russell, Ricky Whittle, Jentina, Scott Maslen, Hugh Dancy, Jasmine Lennard, Jourdan Dunn, Martina Warren, Kirsten Imrie, Lorna Mcdonald, Alex Curran, Jade Jagger, April Ashley, Lauren Mcavoy, Gail Mckenna, Jayne Middlemiss, Emma Noble, Nichola Theobald, Chrystabel Leighton-Porter, Emma B, Rita Simons, Rebecca Mader, Fanny Cornforth, Nick Kamen, Yasmin le B...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8618 ... Read more

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A powerful collection of true stories that provide anecdotal evidence of horses’ emotions and their ability to reason. ... Read more

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A MUST READ FOR ALL HORSE OWNERS
Julie Dicker has passed on and what a loss for the horses as she helped so many but she gave at least some of them a voice through her book. What Horses Say should be required reading for anyone considering buying a horse and those who own horses. We all talk to our horses, but most of us don't listen to them.Most of us probably don't have the psychic ability of Julie but please buy this book, read it and use it to at least try to understand what your horse is trying to tell you.I guarantee you will come away from reading this book with ways you can make your horse happier and healthier.

What Horses Say: How to Hear,help and Heal them
This is a great book.I have been skeptic in regards to this topic.However it is so well written.It has helped me to understand my horse to a new level.Several horse friends have also enjoyed this book.

Interesting
Interesting book, easy to read with sometimes amazing stories. Good book for anyone who thinks a deeper communication with animals is possible, and who wants to know what horses think about the way we're dealing with them.

Excellent fodder for those wishing to hear more
This is not a step-by-step guide as to how to hear and convey information with horses - rather it is more a compendium of wonderful successes of having done so. It will help fill out the scope of your appreciation of what's possible in animal communication; especially with horses. There are interesting statistics associated with each major subject tackled (saddles. freedoms, companionship and more) based on the experiences of one talented and highly regarded equine specialist. She has kept track of the information she has received from all of her clients and compiles a lot of that information here. Her methods reiterate those expounded on in other books on this same subject, but again, this is not deeply explored in this little volume. I may not advise you to start with this book in your search for how-tos, but I would recommend it as a collection of successes that will add depth to your overall knowledge on the subject of animal communication.

common person
While the book was a great read it was not a how to book.I wanted more help with animal communication.This book really just gave extraordinary examples of a fabulous animal communicator so as to convince nonbelievers, but there wasn't a how to part. ... Read more

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This great value and attractive set encompasses five novels and one unabridged short story. Listings: "Sense and Sensibility" read by Anna Massey, "Pride and Prejudice" read by Joanna Lumley, "Emma" read by Belinda Lang, "Nothanger Abbey" read by Anna Massey, "Persuasion" read by Anna Massey and unabridged short story "The Watsons" read by Harriet Walter. This set is affordable and in a strikingly-designed compact box containing folded wallets, so no more bulky 12CD plastic jewel cases taking up valuable shelf-space at home or in-store! This is a beautifully-read collection, featuring some of the best and most-loved English actresses of our time. ... Read more

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Sackville-West, Woolf, and early 20th century feminism


Virginia Woolf is probably the most significant woman writer among the British modernists.Certainly, her novels, essays, and letters are currently canonical.Sackwille-West, a friend and contemporary writer,
has produced in ALL PASSION SPENT a book that pairs beautifully with Woolf's work, giving us a sense of the range and variety of work being done by British women writers in the 1920's and 1930's.In itself, ALL
PASSION SPENT is a great read, something well written and memorable.

Age and Gender Defied
Lady Slane spent her entire life as a politician's wife, raising six children. In the wake of her husband's death she finally has time and space to attend to her own desires. At age eighty-eight Lady Slane chooses to move to her own home, and surround herself with persons of her own choosing. And what Lady Slane chooses to do is to reminisce about her life, from her marriage in 1860 to the present day. Lady Slane's children presume that their mother has descended into madness, but she holds her ground, refusing to become the doddering widow her children expect. In this novel we learn Lady Slane's history: her thwarted dreams of becoming an artist, her love for her husband, and the restrictions incumbent on Victorian political wives. The book culminates as Lady Slane faces an awakening of unexpected passion. This is a dark and contemplative novel, though there are elements of comedy as well. The Slane children all fit into comic stereotypes, and perform their allotted roles to the point of ridiculousness. These comic elements are necessary, they allow Lady Slane to be sensible, rather than cruel, in cutting herself off from her children at the end of her life. Lady Slane's long life spans the Victorian and Edwardian periods, and if the hallmark of the Victorian era was change, than Lady Slane is certainly a good model thereof. She lived through modernization, the growth of empire, and in her reflections we see the long span of her life.

A magnificent book
This is a truly beautiful and wise book, about what it means for
a woman to give up her own dreams and her deepest
self and "sin against the light". Mrs. Slane has had what
appears to be a perfect and gilded life, but having reached the
end of it, wants to reclaim the true inner life, and the art,
which she has lost. There is a moment of redemption, even as
Mrs. Slane's own story ends. The writing is precise, profound,knowing and
poetic . Anyone who has struggled with self-abdication: the sacrifices of love: the struggles demanded by art should read this--as well as anyone who loves good writing and fine novels.

Simply beautiful
This gorgeous novel reflects many of the ideas found in "A Room Of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf, with whom Vita had a famous affair. After the death of her husband, the Earl of Slane, Lady Slane shocks her staid family by asserting her own will, leaving the house she kept with her husband, and settling into a small house in the countryside. Finally after seventy years, Lady Slane is determined to live as she chooses, with a life full of contemplation, dreams, and memories. She reflects on her lost ambition to be a painter, but knows that the life she lived was not without merit or value. She finds passion in the freedom to choose, and this gift she bequeaths to the one member of her family who understands its importance.

Unforgettable classic for women (of any age) who "Get It!"
I meandered my way to this book through Sarah Ban Breathnach's treasure of self-excavation, Simple Abundance.I had read Anne Morrow Lindbergh because of her recommendation too.AML & Charles Lindbergh were good friends with Vita Sackville-West & her husband, Nigel Nicholson.So I finally got around to Vita Sackville-West & this book.It was so moving, wonderful, unforgettable, that I will reread it.I laughed & cried.I will try to find older copies of this to give away to dear friends, old & new.It's one of those books.I'm 41 & have sacrificed much for the men & children in my life that I nonetheless love so dearly.This book helped me bring those feelings of ambivalence into focus.It also helped me realize I'm relatively young & still have time to live the life I've dreamed of since I was a little girl.Maybe this "child-bearing years" thing was just a detour. ... Read more

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This book represents the top one hundred of those suggestions, together with selected biographies of the poets by Mike Read. Whether you laugh outloud, or just smile, this is a collection to enjoy and return to again and again. It includes work by Betjeman, Belloc, Carroll, Chesterton, Eliot, W.S. Gilbert, Lear, McGough, Milne, Wodehouse and many more. ... Read more

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A further instalment in the lives of Patsy, who now has her own concept fashion store, and Edina, who has found out that her son, Serge, is gay... ... Read more

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"Pride and Prejudice" is a masterpiece of wit and perception, perfectly exposing the mannered social scene of Jane Austen's England. This was an era when young ladies were carefully groomed for matrimony and little else ...so Mrs Bennet is eager to see at least some of her five daughters married off. But the varying temperaments and spirits of our heroine Elizabeth and her sisters, not to mention their precarious social standing, means the quest for love and happiness is not without setback. Meeting snobbery, prejudice and the likes of Mr Collins, Mr Wickham and a certain Mr Darcy along the way, the listener too will be swept up in a joyous tide of romance, desire and satire as relevant and entertaining today as when first published. Joanna Lumley's career has ranged from her early days as her model to her award-winning status as a fine comedy actress in "Absolutely Fabulous". The ever-glamorous favourite narrates with much measure, style and humour. ... Read more

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Absolutely Fabulous DVD box set comes beautifully packaged in mock velvet, with each series individually packaged inside. The original sketch from the French and Saunders Show and the pilot episode, "Mirrorball", offers all you need to understand the show's origins The commentary with Jennifer Saunders and John Ploughman on Series 4 is refreshing, owning up to the mistakes they made and the jokes that didn't work. The outtakes are funnier than the usual Hollywood blips. The 4:3 transfer is standard for a television comedy. ... Read more

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A 1987 Radio 4 dramatization of Dodie Smith's story about the disappearance of 15 Dalmatian puppies. Having deduced that the culprit is the unspeakably wicked Cruella de Vil, their parents, Pongo and Missis, set out with dogs across the land on a bleak winter's journey into great dangers. ... Read more