Recommended DVDs

Here is a list of DVDs recommended by the editors of this website. We've put these DVDs on this page as they are either currently on sale for a bargain price, one of our all-time favourite series, or a top new release worth checking out...

The IT Crowd - Series 1 - 4 Special Edition (DVD)

The IT Crowd - Series 1 - 4 Special Edition (DVD)

Here are the complete first 4 series from the highly acclaimed comedy from Graham Linehan. The short story is that in the dark and shabby basement, the company's IT Support Team - bitter slacker Roy (Chris O'Dowd), socially inept Moss (Richard Ayoade), and their new boss, computer illiterate Jen (Katherine Parkinson) - rule their own domain of professional irresponsibility, mega-nerd ecstasy, and random acts of personal insanity.

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Release Date: 27th September 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (4 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

An Audience With... - Ken Dodd (DVD)

An Audience With... - Ken Dodd (DVD)

Legendary British comedian and Squire of Knotty Ash, Ken Dodd, tells jokes and offers anecdotes from his lengthy career in showbiz in front of a special celebrity audience.

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Release Date: 10th May 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: ITV Studios Home Entertainment

Bless This House - The Complete Series (DVD)

Bless This House - The Complete Series (DVD)

Sid James stars as successful travelling stationery salesman and average family man Sid Abbott in this classic television comedy. A man who would give anything for a quiet life, his position as head of the chaotic Abbott household is constantly being eroded by the harassment and seemingly unreasonable demands made by his family - wife and sparring partner Jean, (Diana Coupland), groovy, art school dropout son Mike (Robin Stewart) and schoolgirl daughter Sally (Sally Geeso... Go

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Release Date: 1st September 2008   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (12 discs)   Distributor: Network

The Tony Hancock Collection (DVD)

The Tony Hancock Collection (DVD)

This collection contains all 37 surviving episodes, from 1956 to 1961, of the classic TV sitcom written by Galton and Simpson, featuring East Cheam's most famous resident, Tony Hancock, alongside supporting stars including Sid James and Kenneth Williams.

Sadly, 17 episodes from the series are missing believed wiped, but their scripts are included in PDF form amongst the set's extras.

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Release Date: 22nd October 2007   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (8 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2010 (DVD)

Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2010 (DVD)

The biggest stand-up gig in history in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital. With a stellar comedy line-up including Alan Carr, Michael McIntyre, Lee Evans, Bill Bailey, Rob Brydon and Jack Dee - this spectacular, must-see DVD was filmed live at London's O2 Arena.

The profits from this DVD go to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

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Release Date: 26th April 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: Universal Pictures

The Complete Steptoe & Son (DVD)

The Complete Steptoe & Son (DVD)

The classic 1960s British comedy series about a middle aged man and his elderly father who run an unsuccessful 'rag and bone' business. Harold (the son) wants to better himself but his father always seems to ruin things, sometimes accidentally and other times deliberately.

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Release Date: 29th October 2007   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (13 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

The Complete Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister (DVD)

The Complete Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister (DVD)

This 7-disc set contains all three series of Yes Minister, and both series of its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister.

Please note that this set has been re-issued on a number of occasions, merely with differing artwork.

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Release Date: 15th October 2006   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (7 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Desmond's - Series 1 (DVD)

Desmond's - Series 1 (DVD)

Desmond's follows the exploits of Peckham barber shop proprietor Desmond Ambrose, his wife Sheila, three children and an assortment of locals and regulars.

Includes a bonus documentary about the late Norman Beaton (Desmond): Beaton But Unbowed - A Tribute To An Artist.

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Release Date: 30th September 2007   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: 4DVD

Maid Marian And Her Merry Men - Special Edition Box Set (DVD)

Maid Marian And Her Merry Men - Special Edition Box Set (DVD)

Shun your Shakespeare, chuck away your Chaucer, destroy your DVDs of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle! You've got to make shelf space for the complete box set of Maid Marian And Her Merry Men. Never has so much fun and lunacy been crammed into one small cardboard container. If you tried to squeeze in even one more tiny joke, it would squash the others so badly they'd jump out and run home crying to their mummies.

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Release Date: 21st September 2008   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (8 discs)   Distributor: Eureka Entertainment

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Collection (DVD)

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Collection (DVD)

Featuring the entire series of Jeeves And Wooster based on the characters created by P.G. Wodehouse.

Jeeves And Wooster is one of the most delightful period comedy series in TV history. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie have captured the wit and sophistication of P.G Wodehouse and manage to portray the marvellous, light hearted atmosphere in which the stories were originally set to perfection. Now you can enjoy every episode at your leisure in this delightf... Go

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Release Date: 5th September 2011   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (8 discs)   Distributor: ITV Studios Home Entertainment

Only Fools And Horses - The Complete Collection (DVD)

Only Fools And Horses - The Complete Collection (DVD)

This amazing 26-disc set, the complete Only Fools And Horses, has been reissued with new packaging.

Presented as a leopard-skin photograph album, this complete Only Fools And Horses twenty-six disc set is a must have for serious fans of the Trotters and their escapades. It contains all the episodes from the seven series plus all the specials. Lovely jubbly indeed!

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Release Date: 16th October 2006   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (26 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

The Armando Iannucci Shows (DVD)

The Armando Iannucci Shows (DVD)

Modern life is rubbish. Nobody talks to each other, work is dull and we are made to feel inadequate by everyone and everything around us. Features the complete series of comedy guru Armando Iannucci's sketch shows.

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Release Date: 4th September 2006   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: Fremantle Home Entertainment

The Smoking Room - The Complete First & Second Series (DVD)

The Smoking Room - The Complete First & Second Series (DVD)

This set includes series one and two of the sitcom where a smoking room in a large company becomes the place to hide for a group of personnel misfits. It doesn't matter if you don't smoke, it's the place for a work break.

A great value set containing all 17 episodes plus extras.

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Release Date: 16th October 2006   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (4 discs)   Distributor: Cinema Club

Bromwell High - The Complete Series 1 & 2 (DVD)

Bromwell High - The Complete Series 1 & 2 (DVD)

This DVD set includes all 13 episodes of Bromwell High - seven of which were never broadcast on British television. Extras include a behind the scenes featurette and a selection of deleted scenes.

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Release Date: 1st October 2006   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

George And The Dragon - The Complete Series (DVD)

George And The Dragon - The Complete Series (DVD)

All four series of the late 1960s British television comedy George And The Dragon starring Sid James.

James plays George Russell, chauffeur to the aristocratic Colonel Maynard (John Le Mesurier). The Colonel has immense trouble in keeping a housekeeper, as the lecherous George can't keep his hands to himself. However, George might have met his match when the formidable Gabrielle Dragon (Peggy Mount) is hired.

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Release Date: 24th January 2005   Product Type: DVD (4 discs)   Distributor: Network

Outside Edge - The Complete Series (DVD)

Outside Edge - The Complete Series (DVD)

Cricket - the sport of gentlemen - takes on new dimensions in this cheeky British comedy about the foibles and follies of married life.

Kevin and Maggie Costello live for the moment, constantly expressing their affection for each other in outrageous ways. Roger and Mim Dervish, on the other hand, lead a quiet life, reserving their passions for the seemingly more subdued activities of cricket and tea cakes. But when the Costellos and Dervishes meet at a cricket match, the collision of opposing... Go

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Release Date: 6th April 2008   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (4 discs)   Distributor: Network

Alan Partridge - The Complete Collection (DVD)

Alan Partridge - The Complete Collection (DVD)

TV talkshow and radio personality Alan Partridge is Steve Coogan's most famous and celebrated character. This all-encompassing collection consists of all the episodes of Knowing Me, Knowing You (including the Christmas special) and its follow-up I'm Alan Partridge.

The set's myriad of exras include deleted scenes, documentaries, episode commentaries, Comic Relief appearances, and much more.

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Release Date: 16th November 2009   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (6 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Human Remains (DVD)

Human Remains (DVD)

Human Remains is a darkly comic series about six very different, very offbeat, and very engrossing couples who unwittingly expose the dynamics of their dysfunctional relationships.

The Human Remains DVD features a generous package of extras, including deleted scenes and outtakes.

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Release Date: 29th September 2003   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Blackadder Remastered - The Ultimate Edition (DVD)

Blackadder Remastered - The Ultimate Edition (DVD)

This deluxe edition includes fantastic digitally remastered episodes plus a whole host of special features, many of which are completely exclusive to this DVD set.

Contents include:

All four series fully remastered; brand new audio commentaries with Rowan Atkinson & John Lloyd, Stephen Fry, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis & John Lloyd, Tony Robinson & Tim McInnerny; Blackadder Rides Again, a special documentary to mark the 25th Anniversary; exclusive extended interviews with Richard Curtis & Ben... Go

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Release Date: 15th June 2009   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (7 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

The League Of Gentlemen - The Complete Collection (DVD)

The League Of Gentlemen - The Complete Collection (DVD)

Royston Vasey - It may look like every bleak provincial town you've ever seen, but as for the locals...

Over thress series and a Christmas special we follow the strange, macabre and shocking stories of some of the residents. Edward and Tubbs, brother and sister shopkeepers whose only desire is to keep their customers local and find a bridge for their 'offspring'. Pauline the demonic Restart Officers whose control problem with pens leads to a hostage situation and a touching tale of transvesti... Go

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Release Date: 30th May 2005   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (5 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

One Foot In The Grave (DVD)

One Foot In The Grave (DVD)

Who would have thought retirement could be so chaotic? Certainly not querulous Victor Meldrew, one of tree-lined suburbia's perennial complainers, or his long suffering wife Margaret. When he's forced to take early retirement, Victor suddenly has plenty of time on his hands to rage against the petty annoyances of life. But there's one thing to remember in the Meldrew household - whatever can go wrong often does and it usually spells disaster for Victor...

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Release Date: 4th October 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (12 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

An Audience With Jasper Carrott - The Complete Series (DVD)

An Audience With Jasper Carrott - The Complete Series (DVD)

Comedian, actor, folk singer and TV presenter Jasper Carrott first came to national attention in 1975 with his top five double-A-side hit single, Funky Moped/Magic Roundabout.

Thirty-five years on, he remains one of Britain's best-loved comic performers. His many awards include a BAFTA (for Carrott's Lib) and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 British Comedy Awards; he has twice been voted TV Personality of the Year, and received an OBE in [y]20... Go

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Release Date: 28th February 2011   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: Network

Green Wing - 8 Disc Collectors' Edition (DVD)

Green Wing - 8 Disc Collectors' Edition (DVD)

The complete Series One. The complete Series Two. The special.

What more could you want from an 8 disc collectors' edition?
Extras, you say? Well fret not, for this release has them in spades:

Audio commentaries from members of the cast on episodes 1, 2, 5 and 9
'Behind The Scenes' featurette
Cast and crew biographies
Green Wing Phenomena documentary
Green Wing music tracks
Deleted scenes
Guy Ball feature
A 12 page booklet

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Release Date: 15th October 2007   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (8 discs)   Distributor: 4DVD

Psychoville (DVD)

Psychoville (DVD)

From the team behind cult series The League Of Gentlemen, this bizarre gothic comedy sees a chain of events triggered when a mysterious letter writer contacts five seemingly disparate characters with the chilling message: 'I know what you did'.

An embittered hook-handed clown, a desperately misguided midwife, a lovestruck telekinetic dwarf, a blind avaricious collector and a murder-obssessed manchild: all are affected in different ways by the letters, and their already bizarre lives ar... Go

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Release Date: 3rd August 2009   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

The Frankie Howerd Collection (DVD)

The Frankie Howerd Collection (DVD)

Frankie Howerd, one of the 20th Century's best-loved comics, left behind a wide variety of work. Arguably his most well-known and loved role was that of Lurcio in Up Pompeii!, available on DVD here for the first time.

Contents are as follows:
Up Pompeii! Pilot episode (1969)
Up Pompeii! Series 1 (1970)
Up Pompeii! Series 2 (1970)
Further Up Pompeii! Special (1975)
Then Churchill Said To Me (1982)
Comedy Greats: Frankie Howerd

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Release Date: 16th October 2006   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (5 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection Remastered (DVD)

Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection Remastered (DVD)

This special edition marks the 30th Anniversary of one of the greatest situation comedies British television has ever seen. John Cleese provides audio commentaries on all 12 episodes.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Exclusive commentaries by John Cleese
2009 extended interviews
Includes exclusive interview with Connie Booth
Accompanying booklet
Interviews with John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs.
Series 1 director's commentary by John Howard Da... Go

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Release Date: 19th October 2009   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (3 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan (Book)

I, Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan (Book)

Journalist, presenter, broadcaster, husband, father, vigorous all-rounder - Alan Partridge - a man with a fascinating past and an amazing future. Gregarious and popular, yet Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom, south-built house with three acres of land and access to a private stream. But who is this mysterious enigma?

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Release Date: 29th September 2011   Product Type: Book   Distributor: Harper Collins

Doctor On The Box (DVD)

Doctor On The Box (DVD)

Eight series, 137 episodes, over 20 discs. This is the complete collection of ITV's sitcom spin-offs from the popular Doctor... series of books, also popular films from Rank: Doctor In The House, Doctor At Large, Doctor In Charge, Doctor At Sea and Doctor On The Go.

Doctor In The House follows the exploits of student doctors Upton (Barry Evans), Waring (Robin Nedwell), Stuart-Clarke (Geoffrey Davies) and Colli... Go

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Release Date: 10th November 2008   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (20 discs)   Distributor: Network

That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series One (DVD)

That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series One (DVD)

Relive the entire hilarious series 1 of That Mitchell and Webb Look on DVD.

The DVD is bursting with well loved characters such as Sir Digby Chicken Ceasar, Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit, as well exclusive extras including, outtakes, behind the scenes and a M&W documentary. A must for any fans of Mitchell & Webb and the hit series Peep Show.

Special features include outtakes, a special documentary, and behind the scenes footage.

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Release Date: 29th October 2007   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: Contender Entertainment Group

Love Thy Neighbour - The Complete Collection (DVD)

Love Thy Neighbour - The Complete Collection (DVD)

A television comedy which centres around the relationship between two neighbours, as they attempt to live and work together, and their long suffering wives. This box set features the complete collection from all 8 series of the popular show.

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Release Date: 18th April 2011   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (8 discs)   Distributor: Fremantle Home Entertainment

Almost Everything Ever In One Gloriously Fabulous Ludicrously Definitive Outrageously Luxurious Monty Python Boxset (DVD)

Almost Everything Ever In One Gloriously Fabulous Ludicrously Definitive Outrageously Luxurious Monty Python Boxset (DVD)

Contains all four movies, all four TV series, Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl, and a sample of the 'personal best' releases.

This is almost identical to an earlier set, but this time with no t-shirt or inflatable parrot!

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Release Date: 16th February 2009   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (11 discs)   Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

George & Mildred - The Complete Series (DVD)

George & Mildred - The Complete Series (DVD)

This 6 disc set contains all the series of this classic Man About The House spin-off.

The acclaimed series follows dispassionate landlord George Roper (Brian Murphy - Last Of The Summer Wine) and his upwardly mobile wife Mildred (Yootha Joyce - Nearest And Dearest), as they move from working class life to 46 Peacock Crescent, and thus to suburbia. The move is long awaited for domineering Mildred, who climbs the social ladder to middle class with gusto. Georg... Go

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Release Date: 6th October 2008   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (6 discs)   Distributor: Network

Morecambe & Wise - The BBC Collection (DVD)

Morecambe & Wise - The BBC Collection (DVD)

Morecambe and Wise are the greatest comedy double act ever to grace our TV screens. The fabulous mixture of sketches, musical numbers, insights into their 'home' life and the plays 'wot Ernie wrote' brought them audiences in the millions.

On stage they were living legends with Eric's raised eyebrows, Des O'Connor jibes and cheeky catchphrases putting every audience in the palm of their hands. And, of course, the stars - from Shirley Bassey and Elton John to Laurence Ol... Go

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Release Date: 3rd October 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (20 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

On The Buses - The Complete Omnibus Edition (DVD)

On The Buses - The Complete Omnibus Edition (DVD)

Without a doubt one of the most popular and endearing of ITV sitcoms, On The Buses ran for a tremendous seven series along with three feature films and a spin-off featuring Blakey on the Costa del Sol!

For the first time ever, both series and all of the films are gathered together in one hilarious set. Reg Varney stars as jack-the-lad Stan Butler and Bob Grant as clippie Jack Harper, employees whose unwavering objective was to get through the day with the minimum o... Go

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Release Date: 19th September 2011   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (15 discs)   Distributor: Network

The Two Ronnies - The Complete Collection (DVD)

The Two Ronnies - The Complete Collection (DVD)

From 1971 to 1987, over 12 series, four Christmas specials and two classic silent films, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett combined to produce one of the most popular television comedy series ever made.

From their introduction, "And in a packed programme tonight..." to the "Goodnight from him" finale, viewers savoured every moment. The 'Four Candles' and 'Mastermind' sketches, the Piggy Malone and Charley Farley stories and the hilarious musical numbers have a speci... Go

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Release Date: 17th September 2012   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (27 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Dear John.... - Complete Collection (DVD)

Dear John.... - Complete Collection (DVD)

The entire first and second series, plus Christmas special, of sitcom Dear John...., where upon finding his wife has left him for his best friend, John joins the 1-2-1 Club, a local encounter group for the divorced and separated.

Here he meets the feisty Kate, the bland, bespectacled Ralph, the exuberant Kirk St. Moritz, resplendent in white suit and medallion, and of course club founder Louise, who asks everyone with relish "Were there any sexual problems?"

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Release Date: 9th May 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (4 discs)   Distributor: Acorn Media UK Ltd

Dad's Army - The Complete Collection (DVD)

Dad's Army - The Complete Collection (DVD)

Great artwork and packaging, if nothing else. This massive box set contains every surviving episode of the sublime wartime comedy Dad's Army.

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Release Date: 29th October 2007   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (14 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Are You Being Served? - The Complete Package (DVD)

Are You Being Served? - The Complete Package (DVD)

Are You Being Served? was broadcast for 13 years, from 1972 to 1985. It was set in the department store, Grace Brothers and was written mainly by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.

The idea for the show came from Lloyd's brief period working at Simpson's of Piccadilly in the early 1950s, a clothing store that traded for over 60 years until 1999.

Now you can buy all 10 series, including the Christmas specials - although sadly not spin-off Grave & Favour... Go

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Release Date: 13th September 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (10 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

The Likely Lads Collection (DVD)

The Likely Lads Collection (DVD)

This 6 disc box set contains all 27 episodes of classic sitcom Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?, and the 8 surviving episodes of its predecessor, The Likely Lads:

Entente Cordiale
Double Date
Older Women Are More Experienced
The Suitor
The Last Of The Big Spenders
Rocker
Goodbye To All That
The Other Side Of The Fence

This classic comedy series stars Rodney Bewes and James Bolam as Geordies Terr... Go

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Release Date: 16th October 2006   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (6 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Rising Damp - The Complete TV Series Plus The Movie (DVD)

Rising Damp - The Complete TV Series Plus The Movie (DVD)

Includes all 28 episodes from the TV series, plus the movie.

A genuine British comedy classic, the popularity of Rising Damp remains unparalleled some 25 years after the first transmission. Detailing the day-to-day events at Rigsby's dingy boarding-house in which the landlord from hell, Rupert Rigsby prowled around his dilapidated eyrie, poking his nose into his lodgers' affairs.

In the feature length movie, Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) is still intending to make Miss Jones (... Go

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Release Date: 31st August 2008   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (5 discs)   Distributor: ITV DVD

The Thick Of It - The Complete Boxed Set (DVD)

The Thick Of It - The Complete Boxed Set (DVD)

The first 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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Release Date: 19th April 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (4 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Citizen James (DVD)

Citizen James (DVD)

Sid Balmoral James is a hard-working layabout, gambler and con artist, hanging out in Charlie's Nosh Bar and on the Soho streets, occasionally stopping off at Liz's drinking club to borrow money to pay off his gambling debts and cons gone wrong.

Includes all 10 surviving episodes of the 1960s sitcom, all but a Hancock's Half Hour spin-off, starring Sid James, as created and written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton (Series 1), and continued by Sid Green and ... Go

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Release Date: 6th February 2012   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (2 discs)   Distributor: Acorn Media UK Ltd

An Audience With... - Freddie Starr (DVD)

An Audience With... - Freddie Starr (DVD)

12,000,000 television viewers saw the outrageous Freddie Starr perform at the top of his form in front of a brave, understandably nervous, star-studded audience...

This, the highest-rated, Audience With show ever, was witnessed live by a host of TV celebrities including Patsy Palmer, Vanessa Feltz, Garry Bushell, The Jourdanaires, Peter Stringfellow, Torvill & Dean, Mr Motivator, Dale Winton and many more.

Includes footage not suitab... Go

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Release Date: 13th June 2005   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc)   Distributor: Universal Pictures

Outnumbered - Complete Series 1-4 (DVD)

Outnumbered - Complete Series 1-4 (DVD)

Outnumbered follows the daily chaos of family life with two parents and three young children locked in an unequal contest. Containing strong elements of improvisation, this comedy is an honest portrayal of the well-meaning parental incompetence that happens in most homes, as Mum and Dad attempt to raise their kids with the minimum of emotional damage for all concerned.

Includes all the episodes from Series 1 to 4, and a host of juicy extras.

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Release Date: 21st November 2011   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (6 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

'Allo 'Allo! - The Complete Series (DVD)

'Allo 'Allo! - The Complete Series (DVD)

Occupied France seems an unlikely choice for a sitcom setting. However, that's the genius of the BBC gem 'Allo 'Allo!. Taking a decidedly unfunny premise (the Nazi occupation of France) and combining it with a hilarious cast of characters made this one of the most beloved comedy series. René Artois (Gordon Kaye) may own a café in Nouvion, but he occupies his time with his two mistresses, a meddling wife, and La Résistance. Featuring giggle-inducing double entendres, this baw... Go

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Release Date: 2nd November 2009   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (16 discs)   Distributor: Universal Playback

Jonathan Creek - Complete Series One To Four & The Christmas Specials (DVD)

Jonathan Creek - Complete Series One To Four & The Christmas Specials (DVD)

From the often bizarre pen of One Foot In The Grave writer David Renwick comes the entire first four series of this very popular BBC drama series.

Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies) is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to another use: solving murders. Together with his journalist sidekick played by Caroline Quentin, and later by Julia Sawalha (and now in this updat... Go

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Release Date: 27th September 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (9 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Sunday Night At The London Palladium - Volume One & Two (DVD)

Sunday Night At The London Palladium - Volume One & Two (DVD)

Debuting on ITV's opening weekend in 1955, Sunday Night At The London Palladium swiftly established itself as one of the weekly televisual highlights for the British viewing public. Lasting fourteen years until 1969 (and enjoying a revival in the 1970s), the show gained average viewing figures of 14 million and Top Ten placings most weeks, and was one of the core shows that helped establish commercial television in the UK, transcending class, denomination and age grou... Go

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Release Date: 10th October 2011   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (5 discs)   Distributor: Network

Hot Metal - The Complete Series (DVD)

Hot Metal - The Complete Series (DVD)

Robert Hardy takes a dual role in Andrew Marshall and David Renwick's (Whoops Apocalypse, 2point4 Children, One Foot In The Grave) razor-sharp satire depicting the ongoing shenanigans of the day-to-day running of a tabloid newspaper. Co-starring Richard Wilson (One Foot In The Grave) as former TV presenter Dicky Lipton - employed to clean up the newspaper - and Geoffrey Palmer (As Time Goes By) as 'managing editor' Harry Strin... Go

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Release Date: 18th October 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (2 discs)   Distributor: Network

Horrible Histories - Series One (DVD)

Horrible Histories - Series One (DVD)

History with the nasty bits left in! Based on the bestselling series of books for kids (and for adults, but they just won't admit it), Horrible Histories is an anarchic, surprising and unconventional take on history's most gruesome and funny moments.

Foul facts, rotten rulers, beastly battles and evil inventions feature in horribly hilarious sketches, songs, cartoons and quizzes - all linked by the show's host, a talking rat! Liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, [c]Horrible ... Go

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Release Date: 10th May 2010   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (2 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Blu-ray)

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Blu-ray)

Hailed by Time Magazine as "a movie" and the Chicago Reader as "full of stuff", Monty Python And The Holy Grail follows King Arthur and his band of less-than-merry men across the English countryside as they search for the elusive Grail. See flying cows, killer rabbits, vestal virgins and various forms of shrubbery as the Knights of the Round Table run away from peril at every possible moment. See the movie which critics universally agree is about 92 minutes long!

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Release Date: 26th March 2012   Product Type: Region 2 Blu-ray (1 disc)   Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Open All Hours - Series One - Four (DVD)

Open All Hours - Series One - Four (DVD)

Ronnie Barker stars as Arkwright, the tight-fisted stammering shop-keeper, who would rather risk instant amputation than replace his death-trap of a till. A young David Jason plays Granville, Arkwright's ill-fated, over-worked, sexually-frustrated errand boy, while Lynda Baron is Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, the owner of an awesome bosom and an old Morris Minor and is the object of the grocer's undying lust.

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Release Date: 12th October 2009   Product Type: Region 2 DVD (4 discs)   Distributor: 2 Entertain

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