Free Giveaway CDs and DVDs with newspapers

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Starting in the DAILY MAIL on Saturday 15th January

and continuing with the MAIL ON SUNDAY and all next week until Friday



UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS

7 DVDs - 13 episodes

Disc One:

ON TRIAL- A young girl calling herself Clemence is given a job as under-house parlour maid by Lady Bellamy. The staff are wary of her, and when she is caught selling food from the larder she is put on trial by her colleagues. Under intense questioning she reveals that she is not French and she is really just a poor illiterate cockney girl called Sarah. Upon learning this the staff take pity on her and she is befriended by Rose, the servant she shares a room with.

THE MISTRESS AND THE MAIDS - Lady Bellamy has persuaded her husband Richard to arrange to have her portrait painted by aristocrat turned bohemian painter Guthrie Scone. Sarah is sent to Stone’s house with some of the Lady’s dresses, and while there, Stone decides to start a portrait of Sarah and Rose, whom he has never met. He works on the two pictures simultaneously and when they are shown, it creates a scandal. Alongside the rather stately picture of Lady Bellamy hangs an erotic picture of two familiar semi-naked servant girls.

Disc Two:

BOARD WAGES - It is summer and the Bellamys are away on holiday with the principal servants, leaving Rose, Sarah and Albert behind. Soon the gin is produced and an argument starts up about which of the ladies of the house has the nicer wardrobe. Soon Sarah is dressed up in the Lady Marjorie’s clothes leading to the other servants dressing in their masters’ clothes and playing a game of make-believe. This is the sight that greets Lady Marjorie’s son James as he arrives home unexpectedly.

THE PATH OF DUTY:-Elizabeth Bellamy returns home from finishing school in Germany and is horrified by the vapid, polite London society that she is expected to enter into. Persuaded by her father to conform for the sake of the family, she relents and endures, without complaint, lessons in etiquette and deportment that culminate in a ball where she is to be presented to the King. Just before the vital moment she flees the ball and disappears for two hours, returning home where Rose is waiting up for her. The servant gives Elizabeth a piece of her mind and reminds her that she should carry out her duties without complaint just as a servant should. On hearing this advice, Elizabeth goes to her father to ask for forgiveness.

Disc Three:

A SUITABLE MARRIAGE -Elizabeth and Rose return home one evening after a concert to find that a certain Baron Klaus Von Rimmer, a friend of the people she stayed with in Germany, has called on her parents. The Bellamys like their guest and invite him to stay and assign Albert to be his valet. It soon transpires that the Baron is actually a spy who has tried to bribe Richard into helping his armament company to get a contract from the British Navy. This is not all, he has also seduced Albert.

A CRY FOR HELP:- Richard Bellamy discovers Mary, who has been made pregnant and abandoned by the son of her former employer. Enraged, he writes a letter to the man demanding maintenance for Mary and her child. The man threatens to sue and points out to Richard that his association with the servant girl would look bad in the press and could ruin his reputation. Reluctantly Richard lets Mary go with good reference and the sum of twenty pounds.

Disc Four:

MAGIC CASEMENTS -James Bellamy introduces his friend Charles Hammond to Richard and Lady Bellamy who are pleased that James is making friends with such a cultured man. Later, when Richard cannot attend an opera date with his wife, he suggests that Charles accompany Lady Marjorie. During the evening Marjorie is swept off her feet by the young officer and they begin an ill-fated affair.

I DIES FROM LOVE:- Emily and the footman from next door fall in love and are desperate to get married, but life is hard for two domestic servants and they could not possibly afford to get married. Mrs Van Groeben, the footman’s employer, tells him that he is to stop seeing Emily and he meekly complies. Emily is told the same thing by Lady Bellamy and is devastated. The day of a staff picnic, which is part of a drive to improve the working standards of domestic help, comes around and the footman makes it clear to Emily that it is over. Emily, distraught, hangs herself that evening.

Disc Five:

WHY IS HER DOOR LOCKED? - Mrs Bridges, the cook, appears to be acting irrationally and carefully locking the door to her room every time she visits it - it appears she is hiding something. Because of her emotional state, Hudson, using the master key, looks in her room and finds a baby which as it transpires, Mrs Bridges has stolen in a fit of emotional irrationality brought on by her feeling over the suicide of Emily.

A VOICE FROM THE PAST:- While administering charity work in London’s East End, Elizabeth and James come across Sarah, who has fallen on hard times after walking out of Eaton Place. Against James’s wishes, Elizabeth re-employs her, but in a lower position.

Disc Six:

THE SWEDISH TIGER - Eaton Place is the scene of a plot by the servant of a Swedish gentleman who is enjoying the Bellamy’s hospitality. He manages to seduce Sarah and by doing so gets her to help him in the crime. As the situation worsens it soon becomes apparent that he is planning to flee to Sweden and leave Sarah to take full responsibility.

THE KEY OF THE DOOR:- Elizabeth meets a group of radical, Left-wing revolutionaries and falls in love with Lawrence Kirbridge, a poet who is part of the group. Unfortunately he is living with Evelyn Larkin, an older attractive revolutionary, who doesn’t react well to Elizabeth’s attraction to her partner.

Disc Seven:

FOR LOVE OF LOVE - Elizabeth wants to move in with Lawrence and not get married, but after realising what this means in terms of position and the potential loss of income from the Bellamy family, Lawrence persuades her to go through a full society wedding. On the wedding day, however, Elizabeth begins to wonder whether she is doing the right thing.


Voucher redemption each day at WHSMITH, TESCO, EASON stores and (possibly?) SAINSBURYS

OR COLLECT 4 TOKENS and send away with £5.99 for P&P

freebiedvds

This appears to be the complete first series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066722/episodes and gives the opportunity to extend it to FIVE WEEKS

Potsdamerplatz

freebiedvds wrote: »

This appears to be the complete first series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066722/episodes and gives the opportunity to extend it to FIVE WEEKS

I wouldn't get your hopes up mate.

Many of the season 1 episodes were in black and white due to industrial action which hit the TV companies at the time. So it stands to reason the first series would be cheaper to purchase for newspaper freebies.

http://www.updown.org.uk/epguide/s1.htm

Still a cracking deal though even if the others aren't released in a similar offer. :beer:

quoia

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Sunday 30th January

FREE CD - "DAWN CHORUS" - Birdsong



To accompany this free inside The Daily Telegraph on January 29 there is a free 52-page Essential Guide to Garden Birds. Using RSPB's beautiful colour illustrations it features the top 50 garden birds

freebiedvds

Book on Saturday, CD on Sunday

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions/8259129/Free-birdsong-CD-and-Essential-Garden-Bird-Guide.html

Brothbeard

Free with the Mail on Sunday (30th January)...



15 tracks on the album...

It’s Now Or Never

Based on the Italian operatic aria O Sole Mio, It’s Now Or Never was recorded with specially commissioned lyrics in April 1960. It was less than a month after Elvis returned to the U.S. from army service in Germany and this beautiful track was a gigantic hit in the UK, where it remained at No 1 for eight weeks.

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Recorded the day after It’s Now Or Never, this gave The King another huge 1960 No 1 at home and abroad.

Heartbreak Hotel

Elvis’s first U.S. No 1, this sultry, echoey lament shook the lives of English teenagers – including John Lennon and Keith Richards – when it came crackling out of their radio sets in 1956.

I Need Your Love Tonight

A brief heart-racing rocker laid down in June 1958 at his last recording session before the army called.

(Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I

This was the B-side to I Need Your Love Tonight before emerging from its shadow and eclipsing it, hitting No 1 in the UK and No 2 in the U.S. in 1959.

Love Me

One of seven big American hits Elvis enjoyed in 1956.

One Night

A hoarse, bawdy rock ’n’ roll number from 1958 that offered yet another angle on love, One Night was one of a string of hits that kept Elvis’s profile high as he whiled away two years on a U.S. army base in Germany.

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

Not to be confused with the Van Morrison song of a similar name, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You had been a success for Bing Crosby, among others. It featured in Elvis’s second film, Loving You, which gave the young sensation his first starring role.

True Love

Memorably delivered by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in High Society, True Love was only a year old when Elvis took a stab at it in 1957, backed by the Jordanaires and a lone guitar. Written by Cole Porter, it is reckoned by many to be the legendary composer’s last truly great song.

I’m Counting On You

Just turned 21 and newly signed by RCA Victor for $35,000, Elvis headed to Nashville in January 1956 to record his first album for the label. I’m Counting On You was one of the first things he tried and shows the former hillbilly evolving into a far smoother, more romantic proposition than he had been just a few months earlier.

Blue Moon

Elvis’s version of this big favourite is ghostly and pared back, with none of the musical lushness usually associated with it. It is a fascinating leftover from Elvis’s pre-fame sessions with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Studio in Memphis in 1954. Released two years later, it sounds like an experiment, but it’s a thrilling one, featuring an uncharacteristic, lonesome falsetto from the young star-in-waiting.

As Long As I Have You

This lovely, simple piano ballad from the 23-year-old Elvis was written for the soundtrack to his fourth movie, 1958’s King Creole.

Any Way You Want Me

Raw, passionate and featuring the mighty vocal group the Jordanaires, Any Way You Want Me is a lesser-known Elvis love song from an auspicious session in June 1956. The other fruits of that day’s work in the studio were the Elvis classics Don’t Be Cruel and Hound Dog.

I Love You Because

Opening with a whistling intro, which presumably was courtesy of the 19-year-old Elvis himself,
this poised, jazz ballad was one of the singer’s first recordings, made around the same time he recorded That’s All Right, sometimes regarded as the first true
rock ’n’ roll record.

I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine

Another song from the 1954 Sun sessions, I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine is carried along by an exuberant rockabilly thwack and an irresistible lust for life.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1349706/Elvis-Presley-love-songs-CD-FREE-weekends-The-Mail-Sunday.html#ixzz1CH8uaVKs

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FREE Jamie Oliver DVD with THE SUN on Saturday 5/2/11 and what appears to be thoughout the week to collect 5 (more?) Discs. Voucher inside their Buzz Magazine to pick up at TESCO.

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From the "Jamie at Home" series
Two episodes per DVD

Sat 5th: Furred Game & Pastry
Mon 7th: Leeks & Winter Veg
Tues 8th: Eggs & Lamb
Wed 9th: Asparagus & Peas and Beans
Thurs 10th: Strawberries & Summer Brassicas
Fri 11th: Summer Salad & Rhubarb

All 6 DVDs include optional subtitles.

Brothbeard

A free 14 track CD in the Mail on Sunday this weekend (13th February)



Track listing:

Delilah
It's Not Unusual
Sexbomb
Green Green Grass Of Home
Mama Told Me Not To Come
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
He’ll Have To Go
You Can Leave Your Hat On
Thunderball
If He Should Ever Leave You
Give A Little Love
If I Only Knew
What Good Am I
Hard To Handle

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1354128/Tom-Jones-CD-FREE-weekend-Mail-Sunday.html#ixzz1Dg6csPzo

Brothbeard

Starting this Saturday (19th February), the Daily Mail (and Mail on Sunday) are giving away 7 free DVDs featuring the complete first series of this BBC production.

Discs may be collected from W H Smith, Tesco or Eason stores.

More info here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/prmts/article-1357281/Lark-Rise-Candleford.html