New Releases
Beyond Our Ken - The Collected Series 1-4 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 6th May 2021
All 60 surviving episodes from the first four series of the fabulous forerunner to Round The Horne - plus bonus programme Forty Laughing Years.
An irresistible mix of of sketches, songs, puns and double entendres, Beyond Our Ken kept the nation laughing over seven series and 123 episodes between 1958...
Beyond Our Ken - The Collected Series 5-7 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 6th May 2021
The complete Series 5-7 of the legendary BBC radio comedy.
One of the funniest and most popular series on radio between 1958 and 1964, Beyond Our Ken delighted audiences nationwide throughout its seven series and 123 episodes. Packed with sketches, songs, catchphrases and innuendo, it mixes silliness, satire and sophistication...
Tom Allen Is Actually Not Very Nice + The Correspondent Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 6th May 2021
All four episodes of Tom Allen's brilliant BBC Radio 4 show - plus two series of The Correspondent.
Award-winning comedian Tom Allen is one of Britain's best and brightest stand-ups. He's appeared on Mock The Week, The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice and Live At The Apollo, toured...
Just William DVD
Release date: Monday 3rd May 2021
Daniel Roche (Outnumbered) stars as William in this brand new adaptation of Richmal Crompton's timeless Just William stories, by Simon Nye.
There is only one boy whose irrepressible incorrigibility has delighted children and adults for nearly a century; only one boy who can prick adult pomposity with such satisfying regularity....
Trottie True DVD
Release date: Monday 3rd May 2021
British screen legend Jean Kent stars in this exuberant comedy-drama about a showgirl who marries a lord. After making her name in the music halls, Trottie True (Kent) is recruited to join the legendary Gaiety Theatre in London. As a 'Gaiety Girl', she attracts the attention of some very well-bred...
Michael Palin - Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume 2) Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 29th April 2021
The second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the 1980s, a decade in which the ties that bound the Pythons loosened as they forged their separate careers.
After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, they made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meaning...
Michael Palin - The Python Years: Diaries 1969-1979 (Volume 1) Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 29th April 2021
Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for The Two Ronnies, David Frost etc). Monty Python was just around the corner.
This first volume of his diaries reveals how Python...
Blithe Spirit Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 26th April 2021
Best-selling crime novelist Charles (Dan Stevens) is struggling with catastrophic writer's block and a stressful deadline for his first screenplay, whilst his picture perfect second wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focussed in the hope of fulfilling her dream of heading to Hollywood.
Charles's desperate...
Criterion Collection: Secrets & Lies Blu-ray
Release date: Monday 26th April 2021
Mike Leigh's quietly devastating, cathartic exploration of the fault lines beneath one family's ordinary life.
Writer-director Leigh reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy in his ongoing contemplation of unembellished humanity with this resonant exploration of the deceptions, small and large, that shape our relationships to those we love.
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Finding Alice DVD
Release date: Monday 26th April 2021
Everything seems perfect when Alice, her husband Harry and their teenage daughter Charlotte finally move into their new dream home. The first night quickly turns into everyone's nightmare when Alice finds Harry dead at the bottom of the stairs. Alice loses her ground and tries to cope with his sudden...
Roald & Beatrix: The Tale Of The Curious Mouse Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 26th April 2021
Roald & Beatrix: The Tale Of The Curious Mouse introduces Harry Tayler as a lonely young Roald Dahl, who sets off on a big adventure to meet his favourite author - Beatrix Potter (Dawn French).
This heart-warming comedy drama tells the story of their real-life meeting and how it inspired...
The Pot Carriers Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 26th April 2021
Ronald Fraser reprises his role as a petty career criminal in the big-screen remake of ITV's 1960 hit comedy-drama Play Of The Week. An authentic and original look at life behind bars, The Pot Carriers also stars Paul Massie as a first-time prisoner, Carole Lesley as the girl he left...
A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - The BBC TV Soundtracks Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 15th April 2021
In this classic TV soundtrack, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie explore a seemingly inexhaustible list of subjects with a delicious turn of phrase and elaborate wordplay.
The hilarity includes regular acts such as not so super Spy Tony Mercheson and his boss Control, yuppies, John and Peter and the Critics.
...
Katy Wix - Delicacy Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 15th April 2021
From award-winning comedian and writer Katy Wix comes Delicacy - a different kind of memoir from an astonishing new voice.
Eleven snapshots of a life - some staccato, raw and shocking, some expansive, meditative, and profound, underpinned with moments of startling humour that shatter the darkness - all beginning with...
Nudinits: Going Wild In Woolly Bush Hardback
Release date: Thursday 15th April 2021
Follow Bernard and Barbara, from the eccentric village of Woolly Bush, as they open up their countryside in 40 funny pictures accompanied by comedy taglines.
Woolly Bush has all the standard features of a typical village - the local pub, the vegetable show, the vicar - so nothing unusual. Oh,...
Zena Barrie - Your Friend Forever Paperback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 15th April 2021
Preston, 1981. Maud, who is twelve and lives with her dysfunctional parents and her elder brother, spends a lot of her time in her bedroom writing letters to her favourite popstar, Tom Harding, the lead singer of a punk band called Horsefly.
No one really understands her or tries to...
Child's Play DVD
Release date: Monday 12th April 2021
Renown Pictures present Child's Play (made in 1952 and released in 1954), a science-fiction comedy film about children who manage to split the atom! What could possibly go wrong?
Never before released on DVD, this nostalgic 1950s film portrays a sweet and innocent view of post-war childhood and features early...
I'm Not In Love Download
Release date: Monday 12th April 2021
Rob, in his late thirties, needs to decide if he wants to have a baby with his girlfriend Marta, but he's worried that he's fallen out of love with her. He asks his seemingly unhappily married friends for advice. They all tell him that he won't be able to do...
Jules Verne's Rocket To The Moon Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 12th April 2021
A brand new restoration of Jules Verne's Rocket To The Moon based on an original work by the great pre-science-fiction author Jules Verne, is a British comedy directed by Don Sharp (Rasputin: The Mad Monk) starring Oscar winner Burl Ives (Cat On A Hit Tin Roof, The Big Country), Troy...
School's Out Forever Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 12th April 2021
Film based on the novel by Scott K. Andrews.
Stories To Make You Smile
Release date: Monday 12th April 2021
A collection of stories compiled for World Book Day 2021.
Mel Giedroyc - The Best Things Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 8th April 2021
Warm, funny, life-affirming and true, The Best Things is the joyous debut novel from much-loved comedian, writer, actor and presenter Mel Giedroyc.
It's the story of a family who lose everything, only to find themselves, and each other, along the way.
Sally and Frank Parker have it all. Then one...
Tez Ilyas - The Secret Diary Of A British Muslim Aged 13¾ Audiobook, Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 8th April 2021
The hilarious and pubescent debut book from your favourite British Muslim comedian (that's Tez Ilyas, by the way) is coming to a shop near you. You may know and love Tez from his stand-up comedy, his role as Eight in Man Like Mobeen, his Radio 4 series TEZ Talks, or...
Catch Us If You Can Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 5th April 2021
Another great addition to the Vintage Classics range, John Boorman makes his directorial debut with this 1960s cult classic in which Dave Clark stars as a stuntman who gives up the rat-race to see the real world, along with his four friends (played by The Dave Clark Five).
On his...
Paintball Massacre DVD
Release date: Monday 5th April 2021
Old school friends go on a paintball trip, miles away from civilisation. Things go horribly wrong when they discover a cold-blooded masked killer is among them. Soon the paint is mixed with blood as they fight to survive their school reunion. Will anyone survive?
Paintball Massacre is a true British...
LADS Download
Release date: Friday 2nd April 2021
Created by and starring British comedians Kat Ronson and Katerina Robinson, this improvised mock-documentary comedy series sees a hilarious no-boundaries look at the lives of two lads from East London, Charlie and Dave. Dave, 17, has severe anger issues. Charlie, also 17, still can't tie his shoe laces.
Frank Skinner - A Comedian's Prayer Book Audiobook, Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 1st April 2021
A Comedian's Prayer Book. The title is a worry, isn't it?...
God is a tough audience as far as audible response is concerned, but at least you don't have to explain the references. In this collection of prayers, much-loved comedian, broadcaster and radio host Frank Skinner has tried to retain...
Matt Lucas - My Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Silly Book Of Pranks Paperback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 1st April 2021
A hilarious new book of pranks from multi-award-winning actor and comedian Matt Lucas - star of The Great British Bake Off and creator of Thank You, Baked Potato, an official UK download chart-topper and Amazon bestseller!
With laugh-out-loud artwork from Sarah Horne, illustrator of the bestselling [i]Charlie Changes Into A...
Mel Giedroyc - The Best Things Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 1st April 2021
Warm, funny, life-affirming and true, The Best Things is the joyous debut novel from much-loved comedian, writer, actor and presenter Mel Giedroyc.
It's the story of a family who lose everything, only to find themselves, and each other, along the way.
Sally and Frank Parker have it all. Then one...
Romesh Ranganathan - As Good As It Gets: Life Lessons From A Reluctant Adult Paperback
Release date: Thursday 1st April 2021
Confronted by the realities of adulthood, Romesh Ranganathan must face an uncomfortable truth: this is not quite how he imagined it.
Watching his friends descend into middle age, his waistline thicken and his finances dwindle to fund his family's middle class aspirations, Romesh reflects on the demands of daily life...
Skeletons In The Cupboard - Series 1 & 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 1st April 2021
Alison Steadman, Morwenna Banks and Nigel Planer star in this tale of two sisters - and a mysterious stranger.
Not long after their mother's death, sisters Maureen and Lesley are packing up their family home. It's a painful duty, with Maureen trying to control the worst of Lesley's projectile lamenting....
Stilgoe's Around Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 1st April 2021
Songs, sketches and stand-up, recorded in front of a live audience on location.
Songwriter, broadcaster and award-winning entertainer Sir Richard Stilgoe goes out, about and around Britain in this amusing musical revue, which finds him taking a wry look at the pastimes and professions of our wayward island. In the...
Tony Nicholson - The Squire Of Knotty Ash And His Lady: An Intimate Biography Of Sir Ken Dodd Hardback
Release date: Thursday 1st April 2021
Sir Ken Dodd was a national institution. He worked tirelessly as one Britain's most popular comedians for a staggering seven decades. His five hour stage shows were legendary, and he was still performing these hilarious theatrical marathons right up to the age of ninety.
Ken was the comedian's comedian. Fellow...
Grave New World Download
Release date: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Stuart Laws takes an in-depth look at life after a pandemic and how the familiar we knew has changed forever. This four-part mini series asks the questions we've been afraid to ask like "What's on at the cinema?", "How have relationships evolved?" and "What are risk biscuits anyway?" Join Stuart...
Tony Nicholson - The Squire Of Knotty Ash And His Lady: An Intimate Biography Of Sir Ken Dodd eBook
Release date: Tuesday 30th March 2021
Sir Ken Dodd was a national institution. He worked tirelessly as one Britain's most popular comedians for a staggering seven decades. His five hour stage shows were legendary, and he was still performing these hilarious theatrical marathons right up to the age of ninety.
Ken was the comedian's comedian. Fellow...
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong DVD
Release date: Monday 29th March 2021
Blacklisted by the BBC after ruining Peter Pan, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society do not take their ban lying down and force themselves back on the TV by hijacking the jewel of the Christmas schedule, a live production of A Christmas Carol, staged by a professional cast that includes the...
Peter Pan Goes Wrong DVD
Release date: Monday 29th March 2021
The Olivier Award-winning Mischief Theatre brings Peter Pan Goes Wrong to BBC One.
As part of a commitment to community theatre, The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, an amateur dramatics group, has been commissioned to recreate the JM Barrie classic as part of the festive season programming. But can they pull...
Coming Alive Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 25th March 2021
Convict Terry is challenged to revive a rundown community centre after being released early from prison.
He is supported by Sandra Gains, a social worker with a warm heart but a sad past. Will he be forced to go back to prison, or will he succeed in showing his case...
Neil Archer - Beyond A Joke: Parody In English Film And Television Comedy Paperback
Release date: Thursday 25th March 2021
Beyond A Joke explores the myriad ways English film culture has used forms of parody, from the 1960s to the present day. It provides a contextual and textual analysis of a range of works that, while popular, have only rarely been the subject of serious academic attention, from Morecambe &...
Patterson Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 25th March 2021
An eight-part comedy serial set in a provincial university with a most unusual English department.
Against his better judgement, Andrew Patterson accepts a job as a lecturer in English literature at a remote Northern redbrick university. His departmental colleagues are an eccentric bunch: doddery Head of English Professor Misty, who...
Phil Ellis Is Trying Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 25th March 2021
Phil's trying to keep his entertainments business afloat. He's trying to get over his divorce from Leanne. He's trying to be a better person. He's trying. Boy, is he trying. Will he manage it?
In Series 1 Phil is late with the rent he owes to his celebrity-memorabilia-shop-owning landlord Johnny,...
Russell Brand - Revelation: Connecting With The Sacred In Everyday Life Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 25th March 2021
Russell Brand takes a deep, earnest, yet witty dive into the meaning of life, death, and the sacred space in between in this compelling Audible Original.
An Aussie woman living alone in a forest, at one with nature and technology. A former addict celebrating an anniversary in recovery with friends...
Roy Chubby Brown - From The Vault Bootleg DVD
Release date: Monday 22nd March 2021
All comedians strive for originality or a lovable character and this is always open to interpretation. It just depends how you look at it. Chubbs says it how it is. Use your imagination. He regards every performance as special and delivers classic sarcastic lines. It's timeless. If your a comedy...
The Lady Is A Square Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 22nd March 2021
Anna Neagle, Frankie Vaughan and Janette Scott star alongside Anthony Newley and Wilfrid Hyde White in this swinging musical from the late 1950s! "Mr Showbusiness" sings four top tunes in what was to be the swansong for both Neagle and her long-time creative partner and husband, director Herbert Wilcox. The...
Nish Kumar - It's In Your Nature To Destroy Yourselves Part 1 Audio Download
Release date: Friday 19th March 2021
Recorded live at the Duchess Theatre, London on December 12th 2016, this is the show that Kumar did in Edinburgh, and then on tour that year, culminating in this performance captured on whatever the modern word is for tape.
The show is about gentrification, history and the rise of the...
Nish Kumar - It's In Your Nature To Destroy Yourselves Part 2 Audio Download
Release date: Friday 19th March 2021
Recorded at the Hackney Empire over two nights - March 29th and April 1st 2019, this is the show that Kumar toured the UK with in 2018 & 2019 and then took to New York and Montreal.
It's about Brexit, Trump losing heroes and getting arrested.
It also covers his...
Babblewick Hall Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 18th March 2021
When Squire Fenton Babblewick inherits his uncle's Yorkshire estate, it's the perfect opportunity to realise his utopian dreams.
He attempts to become a member of parliament, reform beetroots, win the love of lovely Lucinda, be a musical composer genius and buy a workhouse to turn it into a school.
His...
Conversations From A Long Marriage - Series 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 18th March 2021
The complete second series of the BBC radio comedy drama about a couple who have been married 'for ever' but are keeping the passion alive.
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return as the married couple who met in the Summer of Love and are still passionate about music, life -...
A Run For Your Money Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 15th March 2021
Alec Guinness, Donald Houston, Moira Lister and Hugh Griffith star in this classic piece of BAFTA-nominated Welsh whimsy from Ealing Studios. Made during their golden, post-war period, A Run For Your Money was directed by Charles Frend and is presented here as a brand new high definition transfer from original...
Lee Ridley - I'm Only In It For The Parking Paperback
Release date: Thursday 11th March 2021
What's the worst thing about being disabled? Is it the shameless staring? Is it that people assume you're a bit thick because you can't speak? Or is it the fact that your friends always take you to theme parks just so they can jump the queues? In fact, it's the...