New Releases
Sykes - The Complete Series DVD
Release date: Monday 26th June 2017
Comedy genius Eric Sykes stars alongside Hattie Jacques, Richard Wattis and Deryck Guyler in the complete run of this classic comedy series. Showcasing Eric's whimsical, slightly anarchic sense of humour, Sykes saw Eric basically playing himself just one step removed from normality! Sharing a house with his twin sister,...
The Magic Christian Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 26th June 2017
Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers) is the richest man in the world, and when he stumbles across a young orphan (Ringo Starr) in the park he decides to adopt him and travel around the world spending cash. It's not long before the two of them discover on their happy-go-lucky madcap...
Amar Akbar & Tony DVD
Release date: Tuesday 20th June 2017
A realistic, multicultural coming-of age comedy drama, Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives of three childhood friends as they stumble through life from their carefree twenties into adulthood.
Electric Dreams Blu-ray
Release date: Monday 19th June 2017
Miles is helpless, hopeless and about to blow a fuse. He has a problem. His computer Edgar has decided to wreck his life. He's ruined his credit rating, run up his phone bill, cancelled his plane reservations, locked him out of his house and now he's trying to steal his...
Mr Bean - Number 12 - Birthday Bean DVD
Release date: Monday 19th June 2017
Mr Bean is feeling very left out when he discovers that Mrs Wicket is having a huge party downstairs and, apparently, he isn't invited. Also watch as Mr Bean is chased by burglars, gets a magician's trunk with magical results, creates a successful pizza business and takes dance lessons to...
Palgrave Studies in Comedy - Python Beyond Python: Critical Engagements with Culture Hardback
Release date: Monday 19th June 2017
This collection of original, interdisciplinary essays addresses the work of Monty Python members beyond the comedy show, films, and live performances. These men are prolific creators in a variety of artistic realms beyond the confines of the comedy troupe. Their work as individuals, before and after coming together as Monty...
Dying Laughing Blu-ray & Download
Release date: Friday 16th June 2017
A stand-up comedian is mostly his or her own writer, director and star performer. Unlike any other art form, there is no safety net and no private rehearsal. In its singular realisation, stand-up comedy only works live on a stage - in front of often hostile audiences. For most people...
Eddie Izzard - Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens Audio Download, Audiobook, Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 15th June 2017
"I know why I'm doing all this, " I said. "Everything I do in life is trying to get her back. I think if I do enough things . . . that maybe she'll come back." When Eddie Izzard was six, he and his brother Mark lost their mother....
Eddie Izzard - Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens Audio Download, Audiobook, Hardback & eBook
Release date: Tuesday 13th June 2017
"I know why I'm doing all this, " I said. "Everything I do in life is trying to get her back. I think if I do enough things . . . that maybe she'll come back." When Eddie Izzard was six, he and his brother Mark lost their mother....
Prevenge Blu-ray, DVD & Download
Release date: Monday 5th June 2017
A pitch black, wryly British comedy from the mind of Alice Lowe, Prevenge follows Ruth, a pregnant woman on a killing spree. It's her misanthropic unborn baby dictating Ruth's actions, holding society responsible for the absence of a father. The child speaks to Ruth from the womb, coaching her...
Very British Problems - Series 1 DVD
Release date: Monday 5th June 2017
Channel 4's Very British Problems sees some of Britain's most famous faces share their struggles against the endless capacity of social awkwardness which comes with being British. Originating from a Twitter account that amassed 1.1 million followers, Very British Problems features hilarious & engagingly wry observations about life as an...
The Navy Lark - Series Fifteen Audio Download & CD
Release date: Thursday 1st June 2017
Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray star in the complete Series 15 of the fondly remembered nautical radio sitcom.
All eleven episodes of this, the final full series from 1976, are included, alongside the 1977 Jubilee special and other bonus items.
Plebs DVD
Release date: Monday 29th May 2017
Rome is traditionally imagined as the home of emperors and senators, generals and gladiators, a dignified theatre of pomp and ceremony. But what about the little guys, the wasters - new to the big city, stuck in office jobs, unable to get the girls? Plebs follows three desperate young...
Plebs - Series 1 - 3 DVD
Release date: Monday 29th May 2017
All episodes from the first three series of the TV comedy following the exploits of three young men in ancient Rome. Whilst others revel in the grandeur, opulence and splendor of Rome, low-on-the-totem-pole Marcus (Tom Rosenthal), Stylax (Joel Fry) and their apathetic slave Grumio (Ryan Sampson) are more interested...
Plebs - Series Three DVD
Release date: Monday 29th May 2017
The Plebs are back again! In Series 3 of the award-winning sitcom set in ancient Rome Grumio, Marcus and Stylax come up against ferocious lions at the games, a vicious landlady, an estranged father and a vestal virgin who is anything but!
Plebs - Series Two DVD
Release date: Monday 29th May 2017
All roads lead to Rome for the return of the multi-award winning comedy Plebs in a brand new eight part series. Since series one the world has progressed (from 27BC to 26BC) but flat-mates Marcus (Tom Rosenthal), Stylax (Joel Fry) and slave Grumio (Ryan Sampson) have made no strides...
Alan Partridge: Nomad Paperback
Release date: Thursday 25th May 2017
The deeply personal follow-up to Alan Partridge's deeply personal autobiography, I, Partridge, charting the highs, lows and mediums of Alan's one-man walking tour around (certain parts of) Britain. In Alan Partridge: Nomad, Alan dons his boots, windcheater and scarf and embarks on an odyssey through a place he once...
Richard Herring - Emergency Questions Paperback
Release date: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Have you ever stamped on a mouse? Do you remember the Rubik's Snake? Please tell me about all your memories of it. Who was your favourite member of Blazin' Squad? (mine was Plat'num) Did you ever consider a career in dentistry? (do not ask this to a...
Rita, Sue And Bob Too - Dual Format Edition Blu-ray
Release date: Monday 22nd May 2017
A film by Alan Clarke, this release includes both DVD and Blu-ray editions. Following an acclaimed career in hard-hitting TV drama, director Clarke achieved a cinema hit with his much-loved comedy. Bradford teenagers Rita and Sue regularly babysit for successful couple Bob and Michelle, whose comfortable suburban lifestyle...
Sooty - It's A Dog's Life DVD
Release date: Monday 15th May 2017
Five more adventures with Sooty, Sweep, Richard and Sue. In this instalment, Richard appears on a TV show to pitch his invention, the gang help out on a farm and Richard wins a mystery holiday for the group. The episodes are: The Inventions Game, Cow Capers, The Rainy Day,...
The 4 Marx Brothers At Paramount 1929 - 1933 Blu-ray
Release date: Monday 15th May 2017
The Marx Brothers - Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo - are one of the cornerstones of American comedy and highly influential across the globe. Starting out in vaudeville, they conquered Broadway and the big screen in their own inimitable style, at once innovative, irreverent, anarchic, physical, musical, ludicrous and hilarious....
The Goose Steps Out - 75th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 15th May 2017
Comedy legend Will Hay stars as William Potts, a hapless, clumsy schoolteacher, who just happens to be an identical body double for a notorious German Nazi general. When the army is made aware of this uncanny resemblance to the German, who they are currently holding prisoner, they decide to drop...
This Is Jinsy - 2 DVD
Release date: Monday 15th May 2017
This Is Jinsy Series 2 takes you back to the extraordinary island of knitwear, folksong and hi-tech surveillance for a series of eight colourful new adventures. Join Arbiter Maven; his assistant, Sporall; repairwoman Soosan; and legal advisor Trince as they attempt to control Jinsy's troublesome residents. From an...
Dying Laughing Blu-ray & Download
Release date: Tuesday 9th May 2017
A stand-up comedian is mostly his or her own writer, director and star performer. Unlike any other art form, there is no safety net and no private rehearsal. In its singular realisation, stand-up comedy only works live on a stage - in front of often hostile audiences. For most people...
Mark Thomas - The Liar's Quartet Paperback
Release date: Tuesday 9th May 2017
"There is a battle of narratives. The working-class narrative is being erased. And as you erase that narrative, you erase truths with it." Funny, provocative and moving, The Liar's Quartet includes the scripts with brand new commentary from Mark Thomas's most acclaimed comic, political theatre. Layered with political insight...
Benidorm - The Complete Series Nine DVD
Release date: Monday 8th May 2017
Benidorm's much loved Solana Hotel opens its doors for another Summer season of fun. Ready to cater all your needs is Manageress Joyce Temple-Savage and her team of chaotic and not always loyal staff. Will Sam the new holiday rep be more of a hindrance than a help; and...
The Complete QI A To D DVD
Release date: Monday 8th May 2017
Relentlessly intelligent, gloriously uninhibited and occasionally controversial, QI has engaged the brains of discerning quiz fans for over a decade, garnering no fewer than ten prestigious TV awards and multiple BAFTA nominations. Hosted by Stephen Fry and co-starring stalwart player/resident whipping boy Alan Davies, these shows feature Bill Bailey, Rich...
The Complete QI E To G DVD
Release date: Monday 8th May 2017
Relentlessly intelligent, gloriously uninhibited and occasionally controversial, QI has engaged the brains of discerning quiz fans for over a decade, garnering no fewer than ten prestigious TV awards and multiple BAFTA nominations. Hosted by Stephen Fry and co-starring stalwart player/resident whipping boy Alan Davies, these shows feature Bill Bailey, Rob...
There Was A Crooked Man DVD
Release date: Monday 8th May 2017
Unseen for over fifty years, this exceptionally rare feature sees comedy legend Norman Wisdom playing a naïve explosives expert who finds himself involved with a criminal gang after uncovering nefarious dealings by a prominent industrialist. Hailed as one of Wisdom's finest films, it was one of two features he...
Lunch - Series 1-4 Audio Download & CD
Release date: Thursday 4th May 2017
Stephen Mangan and Claire Skinner star in all four series of the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy drama.
Bill and Bella meet for lunch once a month and talk about everything - except how much they love each other.
That's Your Lot - Limmy Audiobook, Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 4th May 2017
Limmy brings us a whole new load of brilliantly original tales to follow up his best-selling Daft Wee Stories. A weird and wonderful mix of short stories and random meanderings from one of the UK's greatest cult sensations. Odd, unique, and packed with his wicked sense of humour, this...
Women Talking About Cars Audio Download & CD
Release date: Thursday 4th May 2017
Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Dawn French, Olivia Colman, Sarah Millican and Germaine Greer in this four-part BBC Radio 4 series. Using cars as a 'vehicle' for sharing memories, Victoria and guests take a comic look at life, love, sex, work, childhood, adulthood and adventure. At the heart of the...
The Magic Christian Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 1st May 2017
Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers) is the richest man in the world, and when he stumbles across a young orphan (Ringo Starr) in the park he decides to adopt him and travel around the world spending cash. It's not long before the two of them discover on their happy-go-lucky madcap...
Richard Thorncroft - You Can't Handcuff The Wind Audio Download
Release date: Friday 28th April 2017
Actor Richard Thorncroft's classic 1989 single You Can't Handle The Wind.
As featured in the film Mindhorn, starring Julian Barratt.
William Shakespeare: Comedies DVD
Release date: Friday 28th April 2017
This 12-disc box set collects together live Globe productions of 12 of Shakespeare's most celebrated comedies: The Comedy Of Errors The Taming Of The Shrew Love's Labour's Lost A Midsummer Night's Dream The Merchant Of Venice Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It Twelfth Night All's Well That...
Tom Parry - Yellow T-Shirt DVD
Release date: Thursday 27th April 2017
Tom Parry wears a yellow t-shirt and sets out to prove that fancy dress can actually make you live longer. The largest third of sketch favourites Pappy's presents his award-nominated debut solo show.
The Collected Arthur Haynes Show DVD
Release date: Monday 24th April 2017
Reigning supreme for almost a decade as ITV's biggest comedian, Arthur Haynes was one of the most influential and popular comics that television has ever seen. His shows remained firmly in the top ten until his untimely death in 1966 robbed the world of a comedy genius. Lack of repeats...
Sofie Hagen - Shimmer Shatter Download
Release date: Friday 21st April 2017
Sofie says: "This is my second ever show. It is about being an introverted weirdo. It is about family and daddy issues. It's funny. I love it. You should buy it. If you saw this at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016, know that it is almost a completely different...
Neuropolis: A Brain Science Survival Guide Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 20th April 2017
Based on Rob Newman's live stand-up show and BBC Radio 4 comedy series, his thought-provoking and wryly amusing book explores the scientific breakthroughs that have turned received ideas of brain science upside down. After volunteering for a brain-imaging experiment meant to locate the part of the brain that lights...
Adult Life Skills Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 17th April 2017
Anna is stuck: she's approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum's garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors - thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But...
ChuckleVision - The Complete Third Series DVD
Release date: Monday 17th April 2017
Crazy antics ensue when Barry and Paul Chuckle get into more screwball situations ch-ch-ch-ChuckleVision! The Chuckle Brothers are back with more slapstick antics and comical misadventures in this much-loved children's TV series, which ran for 21 seasons from 1987 to 2009. There's dancing, singing, conjuring and much more as...
Decline And Fall DVD & Download
Release date: Monday 17th April 2017
Paul Pennyfeather, a dedicated divinity student set upon a quiet life of contemplation as a priest, is unceremoniously expelled from Oxford University through no fault of his own. This kickstarts a series of disastrous events that no-one, least of all Paul, could have anticipated. Without a private fortune to...
That's Your Funeral DVD
Release date: Monday 17th April 2017
Feature-film spin-off from the 1970s sitcom of the same name, set in a funeral parlour. The BBC series is now sadly all missing believed wiped, but the film survives. Bill Fraser and Raymond Huntley star as undertakers Basil Bulstrode (Fraser) and Emmanuel Holroyd (Huntley), who are overjoyed when they...
The Renown Comedy Collection - Volume Two DVD
Release date: Monday 17th April 2017
A brand new collection of comedies from Renown Pictures. Includes: The Night We Dropped A Clanger, plus exclusive interview with and introduction from star Liz Fraser The Case Of The Mukkinese Battle-Horn What A Whopper The Butler's Dilemma Gert And Daisy's Week-end Gert And Daisy Clean Up Tons Of...
Monty Python: The Movies DVD
Release date: Monday 10th April 2017
Monty Python goes to the movies in this DVD box set packed with three of their classic cinematic adventures. Enjoy And Now For Something Completely Different, Monty Python And The Holy Grail and Monty Python's Life Of Brian. And Now For Something Completely Different Monty Python's Flying Circus is...
Shaun The Sheep - Spoilsport DVD
Release date: Monday 10th April 2017
Shaun persuades Bitzer to take part in his game of cricket but Bitzer is more worried about the condition of the pitch than the game. The resident moles, unhappy at the game taking place above their head, get involved in a tit for tat with Bitzer which soon escalates to...
Lissa Evans - Their Finest Hour And A Half Paperback
Release date: Thursday 6th April 2017
In 1940, every draft of every film script had to be approved by the Ministry of Information. Cast and crew were waiting to be called up at any moment, travel was restricted and filming was interrupted by regular bombing raids. And so it is that we find a disparate group...
Peter Kay's Car Share - Complete Series One Download
Release date: Thursday 6th April 2017
The complete first series of Car Share, BBC One's new sitcom starring Peter Kay and Sian Gibson. John Redmond (Kay) and Kayleigh Kitson (Gibson) have been thrown together in a company car share scheme, forcing their paths to cross. Each trip brings fresh insight into John and Kayleigh's lives,...
The News Quiz - Series 92 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 6th April 2017
The complete 92nd series of the long-running BBC Radio 4 satirical quiz, hosted by Miles Jupp.
The popular topical comedy panel game returns with eight more episodes, trawling through news stories big and small to provide comedy, commentary, irony and irreverence.
Decline And Fall DVD & Download
Release date: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Paul Pennyfeather, a dedicated divinity student set upon a quiet life of contemplation as a priest, is unceremoniously expelled from Oxford University through no fault of his own. This kickstarts a series of disastrous events that no-one, least of all Paul, could have anticipated. Without a private fortune to...