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...
Are You Being Served? - The Complete Series One To Five (DVD)
The first five glorious series of the ever-hilarious Are You Being Served?, complete with gratuitous pussy, many a "glass of water for Mr. Grainger", and more innuendo than one could ever hope for.
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Release Date: 1st October 2006 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (6 discs) Distributor: Cinema Club
Note: A similar DVD in Region 1 format is listed on Amazon.com
One Foot In The Grave - Series 1-6 Plus Christmas Specials (DVD)
Victor Meldrew in all his grumpy glory!
This is the complete collection of the long-running BBC1 sitcom One Foot In The Grave.
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: 16th October 2006 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (12 discs) Distributor: 2 Entertain
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
The Complete Yes Minister & Yes, Prime Minister - Collector's Box Set (DVD)
A brilliant 7-disc set containing all three series of Yes Minister, and both series of its sequel, the equally brilliant, Yes, Prime Minister.
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Release Date: 15th October 2006 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (7 discs) Distributor: 2 Entertain
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Father Ted - The Definitive Collection (DVD)
Features every episode from the three series of the sitcom following the antics of Father Ted, Father Dougal, Father Jack and Mrs Doyle, and a rather impressive set of extras:
Comedy Connections documentary
Comic Relief with Ted and Dougal
US Interviews with Graham Lineham and Arthur Mathews
Tedfest 2007: A Very Ted Weekend
Two Tribes Go To War
Dougal's US pledges
Craggy Island memories
Dougal's favourite memories
Dougal's favourite sound effects
Photo gallery
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Release Date: 29th October 2007 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (4 discs) Distributor: 2 Entertain
Note: A similar DVD in Region 1 format is listed on Amazon.com
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
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
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 Elton, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson and Rowan Atkinson; Blackadder's Christmas Carol; Blackadder Back And Forth, The Cavalier Years; and a costume piece.
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Release Date: 15th June 2009 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (7 discs) Distributor: 2 Entertain
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 are hilariously turned on their heads. As the series progresses, the characters are forced to confront what happened to them in the past and the secret that binds them together.
With artwork and detail overseen personally by the show's writer/creator/stars. Order from HMV for exclusive bonus art cards
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Release Date: 3rd August 2009 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (1 disc) Distributor: 2 Entertain
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 transvestistic love; plus the 'Dave' orientated world of wife-collecting, circus master Papa Lazarou.
We discover the root of the curse the plagues veterinary surgeon Dr Chinnery, how plastics salesman Geoff Tipps ends up as a stand-up comic in "Lundun"; how butcher Hilary Briss started the nosebleed epidemic; what Herr Lipp got up to in Duisburg and what skills Charlie Hull offered Spit & Polish Beauty Salon.
Along the way we meet the toad-breeding Denton family, Barbara, the local transsexual taxi driver; 1970s band Crème Burlee's guitarist Les McQueen; schoolboy magician Dean Travalouris and many, many more.
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Release Date: 30th May 2005 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (5 discs) Distributor: 2 Entertain
Note: A similar DVD in Region 1 format is listed on Amazon.com
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. Every episode of the BAFTA winning sitcom has been fantastically remastered and for the first time ever. John Cleese also 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 Davies
Series 2 director's commentary by Bob Spiers
Artist profiles
Out takes
Torquay Tourist Guide (short documentary film)
Cheap Tatty Review
Audio Description & Navigation Option
Exclusive commentaries by John Cleese
Accompanying booklet
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Release Date: 19th October 2009 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (3 discs) Distributor: 2 Entertain
'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 bawdy series comes from the creative forces behind the classic Are You Being Served?.
This collection features all the episodes from the popular TV show.
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Release Date: 2nd November 2009 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (16 discs) Distributor: Universal Playback
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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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Release Date: 19th April 2010 Product Type: Region 2 DVD (4 discs) Distributor: 2 Entertain
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
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
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