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Shop Newsletter Friday 18th May 2018
Yes, it's that time of the month again - your fortnightly newsletter packed with the latest comedy treats. This time we've got a special focusing on the highlights of forthcoming releases. Prepare your wallets for pre-orders!
Coming Soon
Peter Kay's Car Share - The Complete Collection Peter Kay's Car Share - The Complete Collection Blu-ray & DVD

Set for release in the Autumn is this box set of the huge hit commuter comedy. All 10 episodes from Series 1 and 2, plus the unscripted and finale specials, are included. Pre-order your copy now. Details
Executive Stress - The Complete Series Executive Stress - The Complete Series DVD

Penelope Keith stars in these three series as a woman who resumes a former career in publishing - much against the wishes of husband Donald, who also works in the same industry. When her publisher's parent company also takes over Donald's employer, they learn that their megalomaniacal new director takes a harsh line on married couples working together... Details
Episodes - Series 5 Episodes - Series 5 DVD

The wonderful and witty Episodes returns for its final series - possibly its funniest yet. Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan star as the trio trying to navigate the egos and politics of the American TV industry. A complete series collection is also available. Details
The Windsors Royal Wedding Special The Windsors Royal Wedding Special DVD

Channel 4's hit soap opera spoof returned for a special episode this week, and will be released on DVD at the end of the month. It's a hectic time in the life of the royals as they prepare for the big day and the marriage of Harry (Richard Goulding) and Meghan (Kathryn Drysdale). The star cast also includes Paul Kaye, Harry Enfield and Louise Ford. We also have some to give away. Details
Ffizz - The Complete Series Ffizz - The Complete Series DVD

Richard Griffiths and Benjamin Whitrow give joyous performances as Jack and Hugo, workshy directors of an upmarket London wine merchant whose comfortable existence is upset when they discover the company is almost penniless, and the bank installs a new business manager to oversee their endeavours. Written by Fegen & Norris (The Brittas Empire), it ran for two series. Details
Wodehouse Playhouse Wodehouse Playhouse DVD

Real life husband and wife actors John Alderton and Pauline Collins star in three series of BBC adaptations of the delightful works of P.G. Wodehouse. Bringing to life a range of the acclaimed author's most beloved characters, Wodehouse Playhouse was broadcast during the latter half of the 1970s and the first series includes introductions from the man himself. Details
Sarah Millican - How To Be Champion Sarah Millican - How To Be Champion Hardback, paperback, audiobook, CD & eBook

Part autobiography, part self help, part confession, part celebration of being a common-or-garden woman, part collection of synonyms for nunny, Sarah Millican's debut book How To Be Champion delves into her super normal life with daft stories, funny tales and proper advice on how to get past life's blips. Details
Home From Home - Series 1 Home From Home - Series 1 DVD

Complete first series of the sitcom about a pair of couples and their holiday homes in the Lake District. Also includes the original 2016 pilot episode. Continuing its run on BBC One tonight, the show stars Johnny Vegas, Adam James, Niky Wardley and Emilia Fox. Details
Plebs - Series Four Plebs - Series Four DVD

Tom Rosenthal and Ryan Sampson return as Briton Marcus and his slave, Grumio, in the fourth series of ITV2's hit historical comedy, Plebs. Life in Ancient Rome is no easier for the pair this time, but following the untimely death of Stylax a new opportunity arises that they are surprisingly quick to take hold of. Details
Eric Idle - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life: A Sortabiography Eric Idle - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life: A Sortabiography Hardback, CD & eBook

From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and heartfelt candour. Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this entertaining memoir. Details
Go Jetters - The Nazca Lines Go Jetters - The Nazca Lines DVD

Childrens' educational comedy Go Jetters follows the adventures of four international heroes, Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz, as they travel the globe with their funky, disco-loving mentor Ubercorn. Together they save the world's most famous landmarks from the mischievous meddlings of Grandmaster Glitch. Details
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - 17 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - 17 CD & audiobook

In this 17th collection of the perennial antidote to panel games, regular panellists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden - plus special guests - are given yet more silly things to do by chairman Jack Dee. Details
The Rag Trade - The Complete LWT Series The Rag Trade - The Complete LWT Series DVD

A huge early 1960s comedy hit from On The Buses creators Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, The Rag Trade starred Peter Jones and Miriam Karlin in three BBC series before this two-series ITV revival in the late 70s. The comedy focuses on the female workers in a small clothing company, and is a fascinating example of reused - and heavily rewritten - scripts. See the BBC set too. Details
The Quanderhorn Xperimentations The Quanderhorn Xperimentations Hardback, audiobook & eBook

A novelisation of the new Radio 4 comedy from the creators of Red Dwarf and 2.4 Children. Great Britain is stuck in 1952. It is under attack from Martians, Mole men and beatniks. Only one man can save the world - Professor Quanderhorn! Shame he's a bit rubbish, really. Details
Richard Herring - Emergency Questions: 1001 conversation-savers for any situation Richard Herring - 1001 Emergency Questions Hardback & eBook

If you had to wear somebody's guts for garters, who would you disembowel in order to facilitate your socks staying up? What do you consider your median achievement? Would you rather have pubic hair made of unremovable barbed wire or to be attacked by a rabid badger in your sleep once a week? We've all been there. Richard Herring publishes this collection in October. Details
So Awkward Scrapbook So Awkward Scrapbook Paperback

Join straight-A but clueless 'super nerds' Lily, Martha and Jas as they enter their first year of sixth form in this tie-in book to Series 4 of the hit CBBC sitcom. Details
Beyond Our Ken - Series 4 Volume 2 Beyond Our Ken - Series 4 Volume 2 CD

Nine more episodes from the fourth series of the popular radio comedy, plus bonus programme Forty Laughing Years. Full of whimsical witticisms, sketches, songs, puns and double entendres, the nine episodes in this volume were initially broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1960-61. Details
Is It Legal? - The Complete Series Is It Legal? - The Complete Series DVD

Imelda Staunton, Patrick Barlow and Richard Lumsden star in all 3 series of this fab 90s sitcom. Newly qualified solicitor Colin enters the profession fired with idealism and a genuine desire to help people; Stella is thoroughly exasperated by both her staff and partners in firm Lotus, Spackman & Phelps; and Bob ... Bob's in love with the girl from the sandwich shop downstairs. Details
Friday Night Dinner - Series 5 Friday Night Dinner - Series 5 DVD

In this series, Mum and Dad get a hot tub, Adam accidentally sets his car on fire, Jonny won't stop prank-calling Adam, Dad becomes obsessed with his old, terrifying ventriloquist dummy, Mum organises her own, terrible surprise party, Jim goes on a date from beyond hell, Horrible Grandma comes back for more horribleness - and the family have dinner. Riotous laughs aplenty. Details
Alex Horne - Taskmaster: 200 Extraordinary Tasks For Ordinary People Alex Horne - Taskmaster: 200 Extraordinary Tasks For Ordinary People Paperback & eBook

Experience the insanity of Taskmaster first-hand, with show creator Alex Horne's book based on the BAFTA-nominated international hit comedy series. Build yourself a box and think outside of it. Your time starts now... Details
Martin Waddell - Otley Complete Martin Waddell - Otley Complete Paperback & eBook

Following the Blu-ray (and debut UK) release of the film based on the first Otley novel, all four of Martin Waddell's comic spy books are republished in this one collection: Otley, Otley Pursued, Otley Victorious and Otley Forever. Details
Jo Brand - Born Lippy: How To Do Female Jo Brand - Born Lippy: How To Do Female Hardback & eBook

Ranging from your family and how to survive it, to what no one tells you about the female body; from how not to fall in love, to heckling as a life-skill; this book together the things Jo's learnt about the world, the things she wishes she'd known and the things she hopes for the future. With memorable anecdotes from her life and career this book will both help and entertain. Details


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