For the first time the stories behind the making of every sitcom from the 1970s will be told by the actors, writers, directors and producers who made them all happen.
Aside from providing entertainment to millions of people, the sitcom is a window into the culture of the day, and...
This set is a comprehensive collection of Eric Sykes's comic films made for Thames Television:
If You Go Down In The Woods Today
Rhubarb, Rhubarb
The Plank (1979)
Mr H Is Late
It's Your Move
This is the story of how four people, grouped together inside a set of offices five floors above a greengrocer's shop on Shepherd's Bush Green in West London, launched a golden age of British comedy.
On any weekday morning, if you dared to clamber over the crates of fruit and...
The long awaited story of one of Britain's greatest comic legends.
"Some people walk on stage and the audience warms to them. You can't explain it, and you shouldn't try. It's an arrogant assumption to say you 'decide' to become a comedian. The audience decides for you." - Eric Sykes,...
Eric Sykes is one of Britain's creative comedy geniuses combining personal warmth, superbly observed written and performed comedy and a deeply intimate understanding of what a viewing audience wants. Here he has assembled a comedy hall of fame for those who have inspired, entertained and, most of all, amused him.
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The Eric Sykes Compendium is a bumper edition of three novels from the comedy genius:
UFOs Are Coming Wednesday
When a mysterious visitor demonstrates his amazing alien powers to the local dignitaries of Grapplewick, rumours fly and hysteria mounts.
The Great Crime Of Grapplewick
The sleepy northern town of Grapplewick is turned...
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In 1967, Eric Sykes created the short silent comedy film The Plank, starring himself and Tommy Cooper. This colour remake, for Thames Television in 1979, is a rough update: largely just re-made, but with cast changes (Arthur Lowe replacing Cooper) and scenes dropped.
The second short in this double-feature set...
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The Goon Show first went on air at the BBC as Crazy People on 28th May 1951. There then began a terrible rasping, squealing, giggling, snorting period of lunacy which continued unabated until 1960. Fifty years after the first show there is still a huge interest in The Goons, with...
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Sparks and Miller, two reluctant Desert Rats, were trying desperately to have a quiet war, but despite all of their efforts, they somehow manage to become front-page heroes. No matter what they do they come up smelling of roses.
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The major of Grapplewick is also chief of the fire brigade, and as the brigade doubles up as the town's brass band, he is the bandmaster too. Into the town comes Terence, a criminal searching for a former partner in crime named Helliwell. This won't be easy as half the...
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