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Sixteen-year-old Terry Connor (David Bradley) is sent, along with some friends, to an Outward Bound centre. On his first day there Terry is taken potholing by the senior instructor, Alex. All goes well until, 100 feet underground, Alex goes to search for the torch that Terry has dropped.

Hours pass, and, to Terry's shock, when Alex (Tony Wright) finally returns he has no recollection of having been absent. Terry suspects something sinister is taking place - it is surely no coincidence that there is a secret Ministry of Defence establishment nearby. But just how dangerous his curiosity will be becomes clear when he learns the truth about the 'Jensen Code'...'The Jensen Code' was a highly unusual children's thriller, written by Carey Harrison (author son of actor Rex Harrison), and starring David (Dai) Bradley, the BAFTA-winning young star of Kes as the teenager who unwittingly uncovers a terrifying space-age espionage project. This complete 13-part series, rarely seen since its original transmission in 1973, is released here for the first time in any format. Originally made in colour, 'The Jensen Code' now exists only as black and white telerecordings made for overseas sales, the colour episodes having been junked many years ago.

A brutal enforcer (Neil Maskell) returns home after a ten-year absence to embark on a gruesome quest for vengeance against the crime family that kidnapped his son and left him for dead.

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When a young girl vanishes near a derelict naval station in St. Oswald, a fantastic series of events is set in motion which sends teenagers Simon Randall and Liz Skinner back in time.

It also re-awakens the nightmare faced by Liz's father who was stationed there at the time as his former commanding officer turns up in St. Oswald seeking answers to the situation and creating questions about his true motives.

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The year is 2089. An alien race stalks the land in towering machines known as Tripods. They have taken over the earth and enslaved mankind with a mind-controlling device, ceremoniously implanted at adolescence.

Will Parker, desperate to escape this ritual, leaves the village with his cousin, Henry and attempts to link up with the human resistance movement. On the run, their life is fraught with danger as they try to elude the giant machines and the Black Guard, the alien’s human servants. On a thrilling journey, their adventures take them to the ruins of Paris and on through Europe until, eventually, Will infiltrates Tripod City itself – a perilous world of Masters and Cognoscs…

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The definitive adaptation of Alan Gamer's award-winning novel, combining mystery, adventure, history and the legend surrounding a complex set of human relationships.

Alison (Gillian Hills) and her step-brother Roger (Francis Wallis) go for the Summer family holiday to a remote cottage in the Welsh Valleys. After hearing a scratching noise coming from the attic, Alison discovers some old dinner plates which have a strange floral pattern on them and, when she traces the pattern on paper, discovers that the flowers turn into owls. But what is the connection between the plates, the gardener, the angry housekeeper and the mysterious local legend? Gradually the weird power of the valley takes over and the legend begins to unfold...

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Marc Harrison stars as Sky - an ethereal boy who materialises on an Earth that is as unprepared for him as he is for it. He soon realises that he's been brought to the wrong time and must seek out the Juganet to return to his correct place in reality.

With the help of tearaway Arby Vennor (Stuart Lock), his sister Jane (Cherrald Butterfield) and friend Roy (Richard Speight), he must race against time as Nature rejects Sky and the Earth's immune system creates the evil Goodchild (Robert Eddison), who is out to stop him at all costs...Episodes Three and Seven No Longer Exist.

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Raven (Phil Daniels), a 15-year-old Borstal boy, is released on probation to live with Professor Young (Michael Aldridge), an archaeologist immersed in research into Arthurian legend, and his wife, an amateur ornithologist.

The professor is working in deep underground caves whose carved symbols suggest that King Arthur may have used them as a hiding place, and Raven is intrigued by his belief that Arthur was not one man, but a succession of chiefs. But the professor's research in is peril: the government plans to build a nuclear waste reprocessing plant on the ancient site. As Raven is drawn into the battle to save the cave system, he begins to understand its mysteries - and the brightly coloured bird that has accompanied him on his journey holds the key to the discovery of his own unique destiny.

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Werewolves, vampires and ghosts haunt the living in this much sought-after BBC horror anthology series devised by talented TV dramatist Robert Muller.

Referencing a rich vein of literary gothic stories, from Shelley's Frankenstein to Le Fanu's Carmilla, the series presents seven unique tales (including the admired two-parter Countess Ilona and The Werewolf Reunion) across eight unsettling instalments. Each episode opens in the Club of the Damned, where prospective entrants are required to tell a story that will chill the blood of the assembled members. But much is at stake for the storyteller, as failure to induce terror in all who attend carries the price of certain death.

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Electrical repair man Des Kinvig's lifestyle is radically changed when he meets the beautiful Miss Griffin (Prunella Gee). She's not only beautiful, but otherwordly too...

His friend Jim (Colin Jeavons), a dedicated UFO spotter, is appalled that someone as cosmically insignificant as Des (Tony Haygarth) should be made the recipient of stupendous revelations about the ongoing galactic struggle...

Episodes Comprise:
1. Contact
2. Creature of the Xux
3. Double, Double...
4. The Big Benders
5. Where Are You, Miss Griffin?
6. The Humanoid Factory
7. The Mystery of Neta

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Four children discover a strange egg hidden in an old Persian carpet in this classic adaptation of E. Nesbit's acclaimed children's story, part of a trilogy of novels that started with 'Five Children and It'.

A family buys an old carpet from a junk-shop in Edwardian London, which when unrolled reveals a large shiny egg. One of the boys accidentaly knocks the egg into the fire. A charming talking phoenix emerges and he has the power to grant their wishes. With the magic carpet now laid out in their playroom, their fantastic adventures are about to begin. The children soon find themselves transported to distant lands and faraway places, including a tropical desert island. Closer to home they take the phoenix on a tour of London where a surprise awaits; and a family trip to the theatre has unexpected results!

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A modern teenager is transported to Elizabethan times and soon finds herself trying to save Mary Queen of Scots! When Penelope Taberner goes to stay with her Uncle Barnabas and Aunt Tissie on their remote, ancient, Derbyshire farm, she begins to see spooky visions.

Travelling back to Tudor times, she soon uncovers a plot to free Mary Queen of Scots in order to overthrow Elizabeth I. And her very own ancestors, the Babington family, are responsible for the treason. Penelope already knows the tragic fate that awaits the Scottish Queen but can she stop history from following its natural course? This mysterious and charming drama was written by the beloved Little Grey Rabbit author Alison Uttley and was inspired by the real life Babington Plot.

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Do you wake at night, hearing sounds under the floorboards? Are ghosts real? Or figments of your imagination? Are you brave enough to walk through a graveyard at night? Two chilling tales of terror to keep you awake at night:

The Fearmakers: The Shadow of Death
Shot on location at

Warwick Castle, this spooky tale stars Jack Woolgar as Booth and Barry Stokes as Weaver.
Supernatural: Mrs. Amworth (1978)
A mysterious epidemic is attacking an English village and the inhabitants are gradually being drained of their blood. Francis Urcombe becomes convinced that the disease is the work of a vampire.

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Recently moved to a crumbling tower block of flats, Roland's cleverness marks him out for rough treatment from the gang who haunt the stairwells. Fleeing from Ripper (Jamie Foreman), the gang-leader, he plummets to earth in a lift that should be broken...

waking up, he finds himself in the grotesque and eerie fantasy world of The Castle - a twisted version of the tower block, filled with gruesome versions of the people he knows. Can Roland (Philip DaCosta) find the missing keys he needs to become King of the Castle?

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A young boy, Toseland (Alec Christie) is shipped off for a festive stay at the ancient Oldknow family home - only to he told that he'll be spending Christmas with his great grandmother, Mrs. Oldknow (Daphne Oxenford). When he arrives at the strangely enchanting Green Knowe manor, Mrs.

Oldknow is keen to tell Toseland about his family's rich, eccentric past. Slowly but surely, 'Tolly' begins to feel the presence of quite a few others in the house - and these aren't any ordinary residents. As his great-grandmother continues to tell her supernatural stories, they become more and more of a reality. Toseland comes face-to-face with the spirits of his ancestors, and is connected with both the ghosts and the magic of Green Knowe.

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Two students, Abbie (Adrienne Byrne) and Dan (Spencer Banks), take a holiday job in a museum that 200 years ago was the home of the Leadbetter family. The pair are drawn to an African carving which suddenly emits a voice summoning them back in time to 1772.

Dan is transformed into a kitchen boy and Abbie becomes a member of the Leadbetter household. They soon realise they have a task to fulfil before they can return to their own time - helping a black servant with strange powers who is about to be sent back to the misery of the sugar plantations...Though made as a seven-episode series, unfortunately only a few episodes are now known to exist - two in original transmission format and one on home video held in private hands. Long sought by archive TV collectors, this release includes all three remaining episodes of 'The Georgian House' - episodes one, three and seven.