Want Some Free DVDs? Find A Friend In The UK!

Here's a headline to catch the eye of DVD collectors: "A fantastic collection of 16 Classic War Movies to enjoy absolutely free."

It's no scam or joke - you really can get 16 classic war movies starring the likes of Kirk Douglas, Richard Attenborough, David Niven, John Mills and Richard Harris for nothing.

Here's the catch - you have to buy a copy of the Daily Mail newspaper in the UK - or know someone who lives there who can do it for you. Every day for the next couple of weeks the paper gives a way a free British war movie - titles include A Matter of Life and Death, The Heroes of Telemark, Return to The River Kwai, Reach for The Sky, In Which We Serve, Aces High, Above Us The Waves, Battle of The River Plate and All Quiet on The Western Front. The set is of particular interest because it includes some hard-to-find titles.

Blog regulars will have heard me rave about the free DVD offers UK newspapers run to help them compete in the circulation war. I've already collected about 200 of them, thanks to my mother who lives there!

While the discs are on the PAL region code, not the North American NTSC code, I picked up a cheap Region Free DVD player made by Citizen for $29 to enjoy classics like Dr. Zhivago, Scrooge, and the Oscar-winning The African Queen. I also recently received the World At War and The Great War documentary sets - and the complete Brideshead Revisited series!


Time to look up long-lost relatives in the UK - or find a friend!

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