British Comedy Merchandise - DVDs Coming Soon

Benny Hill's World Tour - Greetings From New York (DVD)

Before his death on April 19th, 1992, aged 68, Benny Hill had become one of the world s most popular and recognisable comedians. He enjoyed considerable success on stage, radio, and in film, but it was through a long television career that he earned worldwide fame. Benny Hill s World Tour: Greetings from New York was his final television special, and it sees The Lad Himself transporting his brand of humour to New York City where his madcap comedy becomes close up and personal with his adoring American audience. Accompanied by his usual collection of comedy cohorts - Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Anna Dawson, Jon Jon Keefe, Johnny Hutch, Lorraine Doyle, Sue Upton, Hills Angels, and with vocal backing from the Ladybirds Benny runs through this sketch show in typical fashion while presenting cameo appearances of some of his most famous characters.

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Material Girl - Series 1 (DVD)

Step into the cut-throat world of high fashion with this season's must-have rom-com series. Meet Ali, a prodigal young designer who has just started her own fashion label. With the help of best friends Alex, Mimi and Lydia, Ali sets out for world domination, battling her ex-boss all the way and trying to juggle gorgeous new boyfriend Chris with a growing attraction to her business partner, Marco. Friendships and relationships, the dizzy highs and terrifying lows are skilfully woven together to make Material Girl a comedy a cut above the rest!

Special Features include interviews and backstage featurettes with key cast including: Lenora Crichlow, Dervla Kirwan, Michael Landes, Anna Brewster, Ingrid Oliver, Esther Smith, OT Fagbenle and Stephanie Beacham.

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Bo' Selecta! - Series 1-3 And Ho Ho Special (DVD)

Aided by 'The Bear' and rubber masked celebrities, obsessive fan Avid Merrion hosts all three series of Bo Selecta! from the squalour of his bedroom, guiding us through an eclectic mix of celebrity stories, interviews and gossip.

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Bo' Selecta! - Series 3 (DVD)

Celebrity stalker Avid Merrion returns with a third instalment of Bo' Selecta! featuring a host of brand new celebrities immortalised in latex including Kat 'Slater' Moon from EastEnders, the over-sized Jordan, Justin from The Darkness and Simply Red's Mick Hucknall. And there'll be a very welcome return of old favourites including Craig David, Michael Jackson and Mel B. And Avid takes on the role of the chat show host with guest appearances from real celebrities as well as backstage antics with the Bear and celebrity agent Keith Lemon. Bo' Selecta! promises more eclectic stories from the world of celeb, interviews and gossip in Avid's own unique style. Thank you please!

Also includes audio commentaries, deleted scenes, 'Bo'Hind The Scenes': a documentary on the making of the third series, Lorraine Kelly's bloopers, Stings, Nadine, Ozzy's bits, Big Brother a Bo' gallery!, and a special hidden feature.

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Chance In A Million - Series One (DVD)

The entire first series of the fondly-remembered Channel 4 sitcom, starring Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn.

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Dick Emery - The Thames Television Specials (DVD)

Although best known for his hit series The Dick Emery Show, which ran on the BBC from 1963 right through to 1981, Dick Emery produced 3 one-hour specials for Thames Television. 1979 saw The Dick Emery Comedy Hour and The Dick Emery Special, with The Dick Emery Hour in 1980. This DVD includes all 3 shows, released for the first time.

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Doc Martin - The Complete Series Four (DVD)

Martin Clunes returns to play the curmudgeonly Dr. Martin Ellingham whose truculent and tactless manner upsets the convivial community of the picture postcard village of Portwenn, Cornwall.

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Life Of Riley - The Complete First Series (DVD)

Comedy series centring around newly-weds, Rosie and Jim, and their extended, dysfunctional family.

Please note that this series has been recommissioned, and the DVD release postponed until the second series has been broadcast.

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Rab C Nesbitt - Series 9 (DVD)

Rab C Nesbitt is back with a full complement of demons to wrestle with and plenty to get off his string-vested chest.

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The Ken Dodd Laughter Show (DVD)

Comedy legend Ken Dodd's 6-part standup/sketch series, The Ken Dodd Laughter Show, was produced in 1979 for Thames Television.

Released for the first time, this DVD contains the entire series.

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The Labours Of Erica (DVD)

Brenda Blethyn, Clive Merrison and Geoffrey Davies star in the 1989 Thames sitcom about a single mother approaching 40, and her 14-year old son.

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The Max Bygraves Specials (DVD)

Includes 1970's Thames special, The Max Bygraves Hour.

It is unclear at present what will make up the other 2 hours of the DVD, but surely a must-buy for fans of Max.

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School Of Comedy - Series One (DVD)

First series of the sketch show with children.

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Moody And Pegg - The Complete Series (DVD)

The complete series, starring Judy Cornwell and Derek Waring.

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Curry & Chips - The Complete Series (DVD)

Controversial race-based sitcom starring comedy legends Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes, and penned by Johnny Speight (Till Death Us Do Part).

Milligan plays Kevin 'Paki Paddy' O'Grady, a mixed-race employee at a factory producing novelty toys.

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The Good Life - Complete Series One (DVD)

On his 40th birthday Tom Good (Richard Briers) decides he's had enough of the daily grind; he packs in his job and convinces his wife Barbara (Felicity Kendal) that they should become self-sufficient.
Overnight they convert their suburban garden into a farm for organic living, complete with crops, pigs and chickens and homemade beer, much to the disapproval of their snooty neighbour Margo (Penelope Keith) and her henpecked husband Jerry (Paul Eddington).

This 2-disc set is the first complete, correctly ordered release of Series 1. Fully digitally remastered, it also includes a special interview with Bob Larbey, the series co-creator/writer.

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The Old Guys - Series One (DVD)

From the writers of Peep Show and The Thick Of It comes a new comedy about settling into old age with style. Housemates Tom and Roy are the ying to each other's yang. Roy is well-read, organised, clean and sensitive. Tom, well, isn't. As both of them settle into retirement, they are faced with the prospect of life simply not turning out quite how they imagined.

Together, however, they manage to muddle through life - answering the important questions that retirement poses. Questions involving religion, true-love and precisely how early is too early to start drinking in the day. Original, funny and only a little distasteful this new comedy takes a fresh look at retirement and the joys of growing old disgracefully.

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Whoops Apocalypse - The Complete Apocalypse (DVD)

Whoops Apocalypse was a comedy series from the 1980s which depicted the frightening and fantastic decisions made by politicians and world leaders as the the end of the world approached. Anarchic, alternative and inspired Whoops Apocalypse was a sitcom ahead of its time and boasted a cast including John Cleese, Jeffrey Palmer, Rik Mayall and Alexi Sayle.

Very funny, and also rather scary. Includes both the original TV series and the film remake.

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Cowards - Series 1 (DVD)

Sketch show from Tom Basden, Lloyd Woolf, Stefan Golaszewski and Tim Key. It offers a unique comic slant on human frailties, within an ever-shifting world full of surprise and invention. Scenarios range from Russian roulette at the dinner table to socially-awkward judges, through comic songs and animation - each infused with the Cowards' brand of joyful absurdity.

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Miranda (DVD)

The first series of Miranda on DVD.

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Scallywagga - Series Two (DVD)

Scallywagga appeals to the subversive juvenile in us all. Featuring devilishly distinctive characters like ASBO PIN who has an uncanny knack of predicting people's PIN numbers, the dad who uses toys to explain the harsher facts of life to his son, and Adrian, whose parents resort to increasingly bizarre measures to disown him. There's always a party on the go and plenty of trips to Scallywagga High. It's more Facebook than text book, more Lily Allen than Woody Allen.

The complete second series of the terribly Northern-centric sketch show.

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The Thick Of It - Series 3 (DVD)

The Prime Minister decides to reshuffle his cabinet in an attempt to look like he's doing something. But no-one with any sense wants to join the Prime Minister on the bridge as the ship appears to be going down. So his chief enforcer Malcolm Tucker is having a hard job finding ministers prepared to volunteer for suicide watch in the run up to the general election. Enter Nicola Murray MP: a woman so far down the list that Malcolm doesn't even have a file on her but who can be flattered and bullied into accepting the Cabinet post that no-one wants: Secretary of State for Social Affairs and Citizenship.

Nicola's got plenty of ideas though: the Social Mobility Agenda, the Fourth Sector (whatever that is), but ideas cost money and in the current climate that means trouble. This series follows Nicola and her used-up team of advisors as they struggle to achieve anything at all under Malcolm's watchful eye. With Nicola's opposite number Peter Mannion and his team circling they finally sense victory is within their grasp, even if they aren't too sure what to do with it when they get it.

Being in power is a good thing, right?

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The Thick Of It - The Collection (DVD)

All three series and the specials of Armando Iannucci's political sitcom, starring Peter Capaldi as the most foul-mouthed man in politics: Malcolm Tucker.

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The Good Life - Complete Series Two (DVD)

When Tom Good, a 40-year old draughtsman, and his wife Barbara, drop out of the rat race and become self-sufficient they change their lives forever. To the horror of their neighbours, Jerry and Margo Leadbetter, the Goods turn their lovely Surbiton home into a self-sufficient farm complete with vegetable patches, a goat, pigs and a multitude of hens.

This DVD set features all 7 episodes from the second series of the classic BBC comedy.

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Shameless - Series Seven (DVD)

With Christenings, riots, salsa, school reunions, sibling rivalry, shoot-outs, cross-dressing, weddings, gigolos and messages from beyond the grave, the wonderful, inimitable world of Shameless is back for the seventh series.

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Legends Of Comedy - Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me, The Curse Of Steptoe, Hughie Green: Most Sincerely (DVD)

Whilst not pin-point accurate, these three compelling dramas reveal the extraordinary and often turbulent off-camera lives of some of Britain's favourite comedians. Based on the testimonies of friends, colleagues and family members, these fascinating portrayals uncover the turmoil and heartache found behind the laughter.

Frankie Howerd, Rather You Than Me
Frankie Howerd is to this day an enduring and celebrated icon of British comedy, well known for his camp persona and classic catchphrases. However behind the scenes, Howerd was racked with depression and self loathing. In this compelling one-off drama, David Walliams (Little Britain) gets to play one of his own comedy favourites, telling the moving, humorous and poignant story of Howerd's fight with his inner demons.

The Curse Of Steptoe
Steptoe and Son was one of the most successful comedy series ever, giving birth to the modern sitcom and transforming its actors into national treasures. It told the story of two rag-and-bone men, Harry H. Corbett (played by Jason Isaacs) and Wilfrid Brambell (Phil Davis), trapped together for eternity. But off-screen, a stranger story would mirror fiction, as the two men find themselves unable to escape their inner complexities or each other.

Hughie Green, Most Sincerely
Starring Trevor Eve (Waking The Dead), this fascinating drama tells the inside story of Hughie Green, the avuncular front man of Opportunity Knocks and Double Your Money. Hughie's professional rivalry with Stars On Sunday presenter Jess Yates (Mark Benton) and serial womanising ultimately produced an explosive celebrity secret. This drama tells of the destructive power of success and celebrity, and explores what family and fatherhood meant to this iconic character. These three compelling dramas reveal the extraordinary and often turbulent off-camera lives of some of Britain's favourite comedians. Based on the testimonies of friends, colleagues and family members, these fascinating portrayals uncover the turmoil and heartache found behind the laughter.

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The Persuasionists (DVD)

Bill Hicks called them Satan's Little Helpers. They're the flaky, shaky, fakey "creatives" who work in the advertising industry. Underworked and overpaid, they're the people who spend all day trying to spend all day trying to persuade you to buy stuff you don't want with money you don't have. They're scum!

But they're likeable scum. There's Billy, who's smart and funny and STILL works in advertising; uncontrollable urge-bag Keaton who is possibly evil but undeniably crazed; ambitious, neurotic, spoiled Emma; and hopeless, witless, feckless Greg. Their boss, Satan herself, is addled, raddled agency boss Mrs Broom, who LOVES to hire and fire, sometimes doing both to the same people in the same meeting.

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Tank Commander (DVD)

Tank Commander is a brand new sitcom featuring Scottish BAFTA-winning writer-performer and stand-up Greg McHugh as Gary McLintoch, a soldier who returns home from Iraq to the barracks and offers unique insights into both worlds revealing what life is really like for a soldier - accidentally shooting kittens and playing Erasure at checkpoints.

Along the way he poses some pertinent questions such as how come nobody in the army seems to have met the most famous tank commander of the moment, James Blunt? He takes us back to the tank, shares his combat recollections and mulls over the differences between everyday life in Edinburgh and the life of a soldier, coming to the conclusion that the main difference between the two is the quality of the milk.

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Big Top - Series One (DVD)

A colourful, upbeat comedy set in and around a travelling circus, Big Top stars Amanda Holden, John Thomson, Sophie Thompson, Ruth Madoc, Bruce Mackinnon and Tony Robinson.

What do you do when you've advertised a death-defying stunt that everyone has bought tickets to see, and the performer is just a little bit too injured? How do you manage a group of people who are so jealous of each other that they are happy to sabotage their colleagues' performances? How do you hold onto your star acrobat when he is being chased by immigration officials?

Fraught with problems and dealing with a cacophony of egos, Ring Mistress Lizzie (Amanda Holden) must somehow keep the whole thing going.

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Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Everything (DVD)

The BBC presents the complete series following the lives of fashion consultant Edina and her best friend Patsy.

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Wood And Walters - The Complete Series (DVD)

The entire series of Wood And Walters on DVD.

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Horne & Corden - Series One (DVD)

Horne & Corden is a new 6 x 30 minute character comedy sketch show for BBC Three. It is written by and stars Mathew Horne (Gavin & Stacey, The Catherine Tate Show, Roman's Empire) and James Corden (Gavin & Stacey, The History Boys, Fat Friends).

Horne & Corden follows the traditional entertainment format of shows like Morecambe And Wise, with the guys hosting the show as themselves in front of a live studio audience. It's an opportunity to get to know the real Mat and James, the men themselves rather than Gavin and Smithy. They also play a large selection of original sketch characters that are innovative, provocative and always entertaining.

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A Little Bit Of Wisdom - The Complete Series (DVD)

A vehicle for Norman Wisdom that changed its comedic approach: the first two series were individual comedy plays scripted by an assortment of writers, the only constant being Wisdom's buffoonish 'Norman' character. The third series was a traditional sitcom, with Norman - singularly ineligible - just about holding down a job as clerk in a builder's office run by Robert Keegan. Neil McCarthy was Norman's flatmate, while Frances White played Keegan's daughter and Norman's obligatory love interest.

This release includes 26 half-hour episodes over 3 discs.

Please note that this release has been delayed.

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Freezing - Series 1 (DVD)

Elizabeth, played by Elizabeth McGovern (Buffalo Soldiers, Once Upon a Time in America) is an American Oscar-nominated actress who was discovered by Robert Redford and starred alongside A-listers like Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Robert De Niro. That was then.
Her husband of ten years, Matt (Hugh Bonneville - Miss Austen Regrets, Notting Hill), isn't having much luck either; he has just been replaced by his assistant at the publishing firm he has worked at for 15 years. As a result - and for the first time in their marriage - Matt and Elizabeth now have to spend their days together at home. Domestic tensions quickly follow as the pair undertake varied (and frequently desperate) attempts to re-launch themselves - all the while fighting off the growing realisation that they are no longer perceived as young and desirable.

Please note that this release has been postponed.

Our Review: In our opinion, Freezing was the funniest series to premiere in 2008 by quite a long way. A very, very funny sitcom which we highly recommend - particularly Tom Hollander's spectacular performance as agent Leon.

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Just Good Friends - Series 1 (DVD)

Another release of the first series of John Sullivan's other 1980s hit, Just Good Friends.

Penny Warrender is drinking in the pub with a particularly boorish admirer when she bumps into a familiar face from her past - ex-fianc? Vince Pinner. The couple last met on the eve of their wedding five years ago; a few hours later, Vince lost his nerve and drove off into the sunset. Penny still feels bitter at Vince's cowardly behaviour, but finds her affection for him slowly returning, in spite of his assurance that he only wants to be 'just good friends'.

Our Review: We've got no idea what's happening with this new version of series one. It's been rescheduled at least 3 times since first being talked about, so don't hold your breath that it'll be out anytime soon.

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Just Good Friends - Series 2 (DVD)

Can gullible Penny ever find it in her heart to forgive the man who literally jilted her at the altar five years earlier? The often-troubled relationship between Penny and Vince continues in Series Two of this hit comedy. Vince and Penny's relationship becomes somewhat strained and distant when they try to deal with their recently vandalized flat. But they still find themselves strongly attracted to one another. Features every episode from Series 2.

Our Review: We've got no idea what's happening with this release. It's been rescheduled at least 3 times since first being talked about, so don't hold your breath.

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Just Good Friends - Series 3 (DVD)

There's no doubt that cheeky Vince still has a hold on Penny's affections in John Sullivan's highly successful comedy series. Vince and Penny's love match rekindles when they finally rendezvous in Paris. But a surprise awaits Penny when they return to England - Vince has acquired a wife in the intervening months...

Features the complete third series plus the 1986 Christmas special.

Our Review: We've got no idea what's happening with this release. It's been rescheduled at least 4 times since first being talked about.

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Manchild - The Complete Collection Box Set (DVD)

Manchild was a hit comedy-drama for the BBC, starring Nigel Havers (Don't Wait Up), Anthony Stewart Head (Little Britain), Ray Burdis (Operation Good Guys), and Don Warrington (Rising Damp).

Four successful fifty-something men have to deal with an array of different problems: from marriage, children and divorce, to younger girlfriends and the problems of how to spend their wealth.

Please note that this series appears to have been delayed.

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Perfect World - The Complete Series (DVD)

Perfect World stars Paul Kaye as Bob Slay - a rude, manipulative, selfish marketing executive. The series is aboput the ups and downs of foffice life and what trouble Bob manages to land people in, however, somehow he always seems to come out on top.

Please note that this release has been delayed.

Our Review: A truly side-splittingly hilarious show, we really can't recommend this DVD much higher.

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The Complete Beantastic Boxset (DVD)

Contains the complete original 14 TV episodes (live action), the complete collection of animated episodes, and both movies. Quite the monolith!

Update: This release seems to have been delayed, but keep checking back and we'll let you know when it's rescheduled for.

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Victoria Wood - Three Plays (DVD)

Three of Victoria Wood's best plays.

Please note that this DVD has been delayed, and may have been cancelled.

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Walk On The Wild Side - Series 1 (DVD)

Walk On The Wild Side features the vocal talents of some of Britain's best comedians and performers - including Jason Manford, Rhod Gilbert, Isy Suttie and Steve Edge. Cameo appearances include the likes of Stephen Fry, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Tom Jones, Richard E Grant, Barbara Windsor, and Rolf Harris.

Please note that this release has been postponed.

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