American stand-up Doug Stanhope has recently received a raised profile here in the UK thanks to his humourous misanthropic bitching on Charlie Brooker's Newswipe.

Not all stand-up comedy is spot-cleaned and pre-packaged for the masses, as Doug's DVD proves. Like the legends who were born out of smoky, booze-soaked nightclubs of decades past, Stanhope spews his own brand of moral outrage in an unmatched style that borders on self-destruction. Nothing is sacred, no subject off-limits and most importantly nothing is contrived. Taking on topics that other comedians wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole, Doug delivers edgy comedy that offers a caustic commentary on the world of today in No Refunds.

Check out a clip (Warning: Doug's comedy is definitely not for the easily offended)...