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The A Word - Series 3 (Cert 12)
Available now on Amazon Prime Video/BBC iPlayer/ iTunes and from July 6 on DVD £19.99
The third series of the acclaimed drama written by Peter Bowker about a young boy coming to terms with autism arrives smartly on DVD this week shortly after broadcast on BBC One.
Two years have passed since the events of the second series. Joe Hughes (Max Vento) is now 10 years old and his parents Paul (Lee Ingleby) and Alison (Morven Christie) are divorced and live 100 miles apart.
His half-sister Rebecca (Molly Wright) is poised to embark on her own journey through parenthood. Thankfully, Joe’s plainspeaking grandfather Maurice (Christopher Eccleston) is an unlikely voice of reason and stability, which is just what the boy needs as he processes huge changes in his life with his teacher Heather (Julie Hesmondhalgh).
Code 404 (Cert 15)
Available now on NOW TV, available from July 6 on DVD £19.99
The six-part Sky One comedy written by Daniel Peak, which imagines stateof-the-art technology as the future of policing, walks the beat on DVD this week.
Best friends John Major (Daniel Mays) and Roy Carver (Stephen Graham) are detective inspectors working for the Metropolitan Police’s special investigation unit (SIU).
They are involved in an undercover sting that goes horribly wrong and in the ensuing melee Major is gunned down and killed.
The future of the SIU hangs in the balance until top brass green-light an experimental artificial intelligence project that will reanimate Major’s lifeless body.
This risky reboot restores all of Major’s arrogance and courage but his crimefighting instincts are dangerously absent.
Meanwhile, Carver is riddled with guilt about the loss of his partner and, in the midst of grief, he turns to Major’s wife Kelly (Anna Maxwell Martin) for emotional support.
They are stunned by the arrival of Major 2.0 and face tough choices to teach the artificial intelligence how to become a better police officer and husband.
Agatha Raisin - Season 3 (Cert 12)
Available now on NOW TV, and from July 6 on DVD £24.99/Complete Series One To Three DVD Box Set £34.99.
Ashley Jensen reprises her role as public relations doyenne turned sleuth Agatha Raisin in four episodes of the comedy drama based on the novels penned by MC Beaton.
This series, Agatha joins forces with her assistant Roy Silver (Mathew Horne), charming ladies’ man Sir Charles Fraith (Jason Merells) and cleaning lady Gemma Simpson (Katy Wix) to clear the name of her suitor, James (Jamie Glover), after he is seen arguing with a woman who is found dead.
Meanwhile, a winter fayre becomes a murder scene when a succulent roast pig is revealed to be a human corpse.
The two-disc DVD includes the episodes Agatha Raisin And The Haunted House, Agatha Raisin And The Deadly Dance, Agatha Raisin And The Love From Hell and Agatha Raisin As The Pig Turns. A six-disc DVD box set comprising all three series is also available.