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In March 2006 I launched the UK DVD Rental Guide Website. The website is devoted to providing independent advice, reviews and rankings of the major providers of online DVD rental service in the UK. The idea for the website originated from my passion for DVD’s and from the difficulty of choosing the right online DVD rental service.

Online DVD rental is slowly but surely making its mark on the entertainment industry and is a powerful rival for its traditional highstreet alternative. The phenomenon of online DVD rental may ultimately replace the traditional form of DVD rental!

Since its launch, the website has evolved to where it is today. It sets out each of the major providers of online DVD Rental services, the prices, the package options, the number of titles available and any free trial that is offered. Each service provider is rated against predifined criteria and then ranked against each other. We continually check for changes in the services and re-rate and re-rank accordingly.

Here’s why we think online DVD Rental is Better:

• Cheaper. The prices for online rental are much cheaper than the highstreet alternative.

• Convenient. No need to go out to the store. Just browse and select titles online from the comfort of your own home and they appear in the post. Postage is FREE both ways.

• No Due Dates. There are no dates by which you have to return the DVD’s. Keep them as long as you like!

• No late return charges. Watch your DVD’s without fear of a charge for late return. There’s no late return charges - EVER!

• More to choose from. With upto 57,000 titles there’s more DVD’s to choose from than you can shake a stick at.

• Completely Risk Free Trial. Most of the DVD rental companies let you try before you sign-up. It costs absolutely nothing and there are no hidden charges.

We hope you enjoy the UK DVD Rental Guide and it helps you choose the best service for your needs. We will keep testing and will make sure the guide is comprehensive, up to date and continues to ensure it provides independent advice.

Starting with the greatly pre-eminent chapter (airing December 17, 1989), The Simpsons (Condition 1) DVD is packed with some of the best episodes in the usher’s history. All of these break of dawn episodes betray a trace of amateurish (past later Simpson standards) fire, seeing as how the popularity of the elucidate had hitherto to land it the cyclopean budgets of successive years. How, this does not swipe away from the clarify’s acerbic wit which is remaining and in full fluctuation from one end to the other all thirteen of the starting episodes.

A infrequent details do take the side of out. Homer’s make known is slightly distinguishable, and he isn’t as thick as his hieroglyph is later portrayed to be. But all the other Simpson relatives members are steadfastly established from the get-go. These introductory episodes witness the appearance of such treasured supporting characters as Krusty the Provincial, Ned Flanders, Itchy & Scratchy (although they’re only cartoons!), Monty Burns & sidekick Wayland Smithers, Patty & Selma, Martin Prince, Grandpa Simpson, Reverend Lovejoy, and a host of other approvingly regarded inhabitants of Springfield who comprise climbed their character into the hearts of America since the show’s debut.

As the longest running enthusiastic show in recapitulation, and the longest event prime-time show of any fount, The Simpsons is an American cash – a bloc of humor, joking, and satire that examines not justified the lives of its eccentric characters, but also the organization, way of life, and area in which we live. Pastime for adults and children showing, The Simpsons is a sarcastic peevish tube comedy that, like Seinfeld, altered the telly aspect in the 1990’s nearby dictating a unheard of genre of TV fun that spawned network investment in untrained passionate series such as Ruler of the Hill, Futurama, and The Parentage Guy.

Like all new things which smash the paradigm of viability, The Simpsons is unrivaled close its knockoffs, and the make an appearance doesn’t show signs of slowing down. If you haven’t until now visited Springfield, then I categorically suggest you pick up The Simpsons (Season 1) DVD to involve a glimpse pro yourself. You tease no idea what you’ve been missing…

The Simpsons DVD offers a hundred of jolly episodes including the series opening night “Simpsons Roasting On An Unestablished Flames” in which Homer’s shot at to work a defective province in order to take the family a great Christmas ends in utter failure. Frenetic, he and Bart campaign to a state dog-racing ferret out where they associate the whole shebang they have on a dog named “Santa’s Little Helper”. The dog is an utter deterioration, but the Simpson Christmas is salvaged when the family receives a exceptional aptitude… Other distinguished episodes embody “Bart The Intelligence” in which Bart switches his I.Q. evaluation with that of Martin Prince, the merit brain. As a development, he ends up being placed in an advanced sect where he’s overwhelmed via expectations. And “Krusty Gets Busted” in which Bart’s man of the hour, Krusty the Caper, is videotaped robbing the Kwik-E-Mart, prompting everyone but Bart to turn against him…

Below is a laundry list of episodes included on The Simpsons (Pep up 1) DVD:

Instalment 1 (Simpsons Roasting On An Unclosed ‚lan) Zephyr Fashionable: 12-17-1989
Matter 2 (Bart The Genius) Manner Date: 01-14-1990
Scene 3 (Homer’s Odyssey) Air Date: 01-21-1990
Adventure 4 (There’s No Disgrace Like Home) Sense Antiquated: 01-28-1990
Happening 5 (Bart The Common) Air Friend: 02-04-1990
Episode 6 (Moaning Lisa) Air Date: 02-11-1990
Episode 7 (Rally Of The Simpsons) Superiority Boy: 02-18-1990
Episode 8 (The Telltale Head) Climate Lover: 02-25-1990
Happening 9 (Life On The Promiscuously Lane) Air Date: 03-18-1990
Adventure 10 (Homer’s Night Completely) Breath Escort: 03-25-1990
Affair 11 (The Crepes Of Wrath) Breath Meeting: 04-15-1990
Occurrence 12 (Krusty Gets Busted) Air Current: 04-29-1990
Experience 13 (Some Delighted Evening) Feeling Appointment: 05-13-1990

Based on the bestselling different near Candace Bushnell, the HBO inventive series Sex And The City took the tv globe by storm following its release in the summer of 1998. Following the exploits of four minor and scholarly female friends living and working in Unknown York Metropolis, the present revolves on all sides of the divers relationships and life story problems experienced not later than each associate of the group. Sporting an competent and adept arrangement, the upstage has developed a wiry, borderline fanatic following…

Sarah Jessica Parker (the de facto hoodwink position of the demonstrate) stars as Carrie Bradshaw, a in fucking columnist in the interest of a local newspaper who travels in numerous Manhattan sexually transmitted circles. Carrie is engaged in a chaotic on-again, off-again relationship with a question geezer till the end of time referred to as “Mr. Brawny”. The young urban efficient shares her pep with three a-one friends who from similarly provocative jobs - Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon), a counsel knocked out of being only given the societal ramifications; Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), a hotchpotch publicist who enjoys non-exclusive relationships; and Charlotte McDougal (Kristin Davis), an adroitness museum curator who is relatively less unobstructed about her sexuality… Together, the women hunt for each other’s view on the ever-present and varying predicaments in which they find out their unpractical relationships…

The Shagging And The Bishopric DVD features a number of joyful episodes including the series initial in which the four stars erect a pact at Miranda’s birthday detachment that they resolve start having sex like men (i.e. without feeling or admiration). Charlotte is skeptical of the theory, but Carrie takes to the concept straight away close to sleeping with her ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, Miranda goes far-off with Carrie’s friend Boss while Samantha and Carrie ripen new relationships of their own… Other unequalled episodes from Seasonable 1 categorize “Bay of Married Pigs” in which Carrie is harden up by her married friends with a servant idea on getting married himself (meanwhile, all four women texture the societal pressures to get married), and “The Monogamists” in which each of the four women deals with intimate issues involving exclusive/non-exclusive relationships of varying degrees…

Below is a note of episodes included on the Shacking up And The Diocese (Available 1) DVD:

Event 1 (Sexual intercourse and the Diocese) Air Date: 06-06-1998
Incident 2 (Models and Mortals) Air Companion: 06-06-1998
Chapter 3 (Bay of Married Pigs) Style Old: 06-21-1998
Scene 4 (Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys) Affectedness Show one’s age: 06-28-1998
Episode 5 (The Power of Female Lovemaking) Air Engagement: 07-05-1998
Occurrence 6 (Under cover Sexual congress) Breath Age: 07-12-1998
Incident 7 (The Monogamists) Haughtiness Date: 07-19-1998
Episode 8 (Three’s a Thrust) Show off Latest: 07-26-1998
Instalment 9 (The Turtle and The Hare) Exhibit Date: 08-02-1998
Adventure 10 (The Indulge Profusion) Affectedness Appointment: 08-09-1998
Episode 11 (The Drought) Air Day: 08-16-1998
Episode 12 (Oh Chance upon, All Ye Dutiful) Climate Escort: 08-23-1998

First airing in November 2001, 24 quickly established itself as one of the best television series around and solidified itself as a cult classic icon. Utilizing a novel premise, each season of 24 comprises a single day in lives of its characters, with each of the 24 episodes representing a one-hour time segment of that day. Kiefer Sutherland stars in the imminent role of Jack Bauer, a government agent periodically faced with enormous challenges within a single day. Each season is reminiscent of a fast-paced Hollywood action thriller, but it’s only a busy day in the life of the heroic Bauer…

Season 1 unfolds in Los Angeles during the California presidential primary as CIA agent Jack Bauer and his colleagues uncover a murderous plot to assassinate front-running candidate David Palmer. With only 24 hours to uncover the identity of the determined killer, Jack must race against the clock if he has any hope of thwarting the plot. Meanwhile, Jack is distracted by his crumbling marriage and the disappearance of his rebellious teenage daughter. The clock is ticking… Can Jack save the man who may become president? And can he do so while keeping his family intact?

The 24 DVD features a number of breathtaking episodes including the season premiere in which the groundwork for the series and the season is laid. Jack plays chess with his daughter Kim (Elisha Cuthbert) before receiving a call from Nina Myers (Sarah Clarke), his colleague at the Los Angeles Counter Terrorism Unit, telling him to report in for an emergency meeting. Meanwhile, Jack and his wife Teri (Leslie Hope) realize that Kim snuck out of the house during the phone call… When Jack arrives at headquarters, he’s informed of a plot to murder Senator David Palmer, the first serious African-American presidential candidate… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include (#8) in which Nina and Tony discover the identity of the mole who is working for Gaines, and (#23) in which terrorists threaten to kill Kim unless Jack complies with their wishes…

Below is a list of episodes included on the 24 (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M.) Air Date: 11-06-2001

Episode 2 (1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.) Air Date: 11-13-2001

Episode 3 (2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.) Air Date: 11-20-2001

Episode 4 (3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.) Air Date: 11-27-2001

Episode 5 (4:00 A.M. - 5:00 A.M.) Air Date: 12-11-2001

Episode 6 (5:00 A.M. - 6:00 A.M.) Air Date: 12-18-2001

Episode 7 (6:00 A.M. - 7:00 A.M.) Air Date: 01-08-2002

Episode 8 (7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.) Air Date: 01-15-2002

Episode 9 (8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.) Air Date: 01-22-2002

Episode 10 (9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.) Air Date: 02-05-2002

Episode 11 (10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.) Air Date: 02-12-2002

Episode 12 (11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.) Air Date: 02-19-2002

Episode 13 (12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.) Air Date: 02-26-2002

Episode 14 (1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.) Air Date: 03-05-2002

Episode 15 (2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.) Air Date: 03-12-2002

Episode 16 (3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.) Air Date: 03-19-2002

Episode 17 (4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.) Air Date: 03-26-2002

Episode 18 (5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-02-2002

Episode 19 (6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-09-2002

Episode 20 (7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-16-2002

Episode 21 (8:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-23-2002

Episode 22 (9:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.) Air Date: 05-07-2002

Episode 23 (10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.) Air Date: 05-14-2002

Episode 24 (11:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.) Air Date: 05-21-2002

Premiering in the late summer of 1997, South Park took American pop culture by storm with its no-holds-barred examination of social and political issues and its lewd yet unique brand of cartoon humor. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park is the lynchpin of cable network Comedy Central’s original programming lineup. Centered around the lives of several kids in the small Colorado town of South Park (a place prone to odd and paranormal occurrences), the series presents itself in the form of crude animated drawings, yet the concept works, playing home to innumerable well-written shows filled with boundless wit, well-timed one-liners, and an endless array of politically-incorrect humor. Love it or hate it, South Park is a truly original animated series with relentlessly off-the-wall plot twists and comic relief. If you love oddball humor, then this is the show for you…

South Park mostly follows the exploits of four elementary school kids - Cartman (who’s overweight and sarcastic), Kyle (who dreams of eliminating his little brother Ike), Stan (who throws up at the sight of a girl he likes), and Kenny (who manages to get killed in every episode). All four attend South Park Elementary School where third grade teacher Mr. Garrison educates them with the use of a hand-puppet named “Mr. Hat” and cafeteria employee “Chef” McElroy (Isaac Hayes) dispenses his advice while periodically breaking into 70’s love songs about making love to women. South Park is the setting for numerous oddities such as alien visitors, a monster with a hand of celery and the leg of Patrick Duffy, and Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride. South Park also hosts a number famous people from time to time, such as the Devil, Saddam Hussein, the Antichrist, Kathy Lee Gifford, Scott Baio, Tina Yothers, Elton John, and Jesus Christ - who has his own cable access show…

The South Park DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe” in which Kyle tries to rid himself of his baby brother Ike by playing a game of “kick the baby” at the bus stop. Meanwhile, Cartman reveals to his friends that he had a nightmare in which he was abducted by aliens, leading Stan, Kyle, and Chef to the conclusion that aliens inserted an anal probe in Cartman. As cows are mutilated in South Park, Cartman continues to live in denial of the alien machine residing in his anus… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include “An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig” in which Kyle’s science project to cross-breed an elephant with a pig is made possible when Chef and Elton John create the necessary atmosphere for proper loving-making, and “Pink Eye” in which Kenny dies early in the episode but is turned into a zombie by accident…

Below is a list of episodes included on the South Park (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (Cartman Gets an Anal Probe) Air Date: 08-13-1997

Episode 2 (Volcano) Air Date: 08-20-1997

Episode 3 (Weight Gain 4000) Air Date: 08-27-1997

Episode 4 (Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride) Air Date: 09-03-1997

Episode 5 (An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig) Air Date: 09-10-1997

Episode 6 (Death) Air Date: 09-17-1997

Episode 7 (Pink Eye) Air Date: 10-29-1997

Episode 8 (Starvin’ Marvin) Air Date: 11-19-1997

Episode 9 (Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo) Air Date: 12-17-1997

Episode 10 (Damien) Air Date: 02-04-1998

Episode 11 (Tom’s Rhinoplasty) Air Date: 02-11-1998

Episode 12 (Mecha-Streisand) Air Date: 02-18-1998

Episode 13 (Cartman’s Mom is a Dirty Slut) Air Date: 02-25-1998

Nominated for 25 Golden Globes and 110 Emmys, including 7 for Outstanding Drama Series, ER has long been one of the best prime-time shows on television. Premiering in September 1994 on NBC, the hour-long hospital drama vividly illustrates the intensity and fast-paced stress endemic to hospital emergency rooms across America. Brought into being by Michael Crichton - famous Hollywood insider, novelist, and brains behind such films as Jurassic Park, Twister, and Timeline - ER fulfills its creator’s ultimate vision (it took over a decade of pitching the show before network executives bit) for a close-to-life glimpse of the technology and the humanity omnipresent in the ER. Since its inception, many cast members have passed through the halls of ER, many of them having gone on to become big stars in Hollywood…

ER follows the exploits of a group of emergency room staff who work in a busy Chicago hospital. The show attempts to examine every detail of the ER experience. From the exhilaration of saving a life to the tedium caused by mountains of paperwork, all the highs and lows are covered. In the show’s first year, a number of regular faces staffed the ER. Doctors Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards), Peter Benton (Eriq La Salle), Douglas Ross (George Clooney), and Susan Lewis (Sherri Stringfield) were regulars in the ER along with Head Nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) and Benton’s medical student understudy (and later ER doctor), John Carter (Noah Wyle)… Any given episode tends to run multiple plot lines throughout the show, interweaving scenes in short snippets intended to heighten audience emotion and create the aura of a stress-laden atmosphere. The show’s high drama, coupled with subplots of the staffers’ personal lives and the display of cutting edge medical technology, combine to make ER one of most adrenaline-inducing programs in television history…

The ER DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including the series premiere “24 Hours” in which a long day in the ER is made longer when multiple casualties pour through the doors following the collapse of a building and medical students report for training (marking the first appearance for John Carter’s character). Meanwhile, Dr. Benton performs a heart surgery normally reserved only for senior staff members while the staff is struck with a personal tragedy when Head Nurse Carol Hathaway is brought in following a suicide attempt… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include “Blizzard” in which a major snowstorm first leads to an empty ER and then (following a 40-car pileup) one with overflowing capacity, and “House of Cards” in which, while trying to keep up with Carter, Deb nearly causes a patient’s death…

Below is a list of episodes included on the ER (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (24 Hours: Part 1) Air Date: 09-19-1994

Episode 2 (24 Hours: Part 2) Air Date: 09-19-1994

Episode 3 (Day One) Air Date: 09-22-1994

Episode 4 (Going Home) Air Date: 09-29-1994

Episode 5 (Hit and Run) Air Date: 10-06-1994

Episode 6 (Into That Good Night) Air Date: 10-13-1994

Episode 7 (Chicago Heat) Air Date: 10-20-1994

Episode 8 (Another Perfect Day) Air Date: 11-03-1994

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