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Tony's - Complete Series 1-2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 25th February 2021
Victor Spinetti stars in this BBC radio sitcom about the hilarious misadventures of a corner-shop barber.
North London barber's shop Tony's might not be the trendiest salon in town, but it's definitely the cheapest and the cheeriest. Run by exuberant Italian Tony Fucetti, it's the place to go if you...
Sean McLoughlin - Hail Mary Audio Download
Release date: Friday 19th February 2021
Sean McLoughlin's stand-up show, which he performed at Edinburgh Fringe 2018 and then toured around the world.
The human race is at a crossroads: on one path lies the future, with its twitchy technology and mega-corporations who know us better than we know ourselves; on the other lies the past...
Stephen Hamrick - Shakespeare And Sexuality In The Comedy Of Morecambe & Wise Paperback
Release date: Friday 19th February 2021
Contextualizing the duo's work within British comedy, Shakespeare criticism, the history of sexuality, and their own historical moment, this book offers the first sustained analysis of the 20th Century's most successful double-act.
Over the course of a forty-four-year career (1940-1984), Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise appropriated snippets of verse, scenes,...
Dead Ringers - Series 20 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 18th February 2021
Dead Ringers' sharp satire on figures from popular culture returns for a 20th series.
This release includes six new episodes, plus three Christmas specials of the award-winning show bringing back topical comedy, political vituperation, media mauling and celebrity savaging from Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson and Duncan...
Jenny Eclair - Older And Wider: A Survivor's Guide To The Menopause Paperback
Release date: Thursday 18th February 2021
"If you're after an in-depth medical or psychological insight into the menopause, I'm afraid you've opened the wrong book - I'm not a doctor . . . However, I am a woman and I do know how it feels to be menopausal, so this book is written from experience and...
Pippa Evans - Improv Your Life Audiobook, Paperback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 18th February 2021
An improviser's guide to embracing whatever life throws at you!
Pippa Evans is an expert in saying Yes - and No. She's a master of thinking on her feet, but has also had to learn how to go with the flow. In this book she's passing on everything she's learnt...
The Gambler - Complete Series 1-2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 18th February 2021
The series follows Tim FitzHigham as he embarks on recreating bizarre and amusing bets from history.
The first episode opens with a bet wagered by the 4th Duke of Queensbury in 1753. The bet: that Tim can pass a missive over a distance of 50 miles in one hour, using...
The Timewaster Letters Compendium Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 18th February 2021
Written by Friday Night Dinner creator Popper in the mid 2000s, the Timewaster Letters books were massive bestsellers, and featured the hilarious letters of 'Robin Cooper', in which he shared his madcap ideas, inventions and musings with everyone from the British Halibut Association to the Peanut Council. The letters -...
It's In The Air Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 15th February 2021
One of the successful run of pre-war Ealing comedies that secured George Formby's enduring popularity with the British public, It's In The Air finds everyone's favourite gawp fulfilling his dream of joining the RAF - though, of course, he does it the hard way! Partly filmed at the famous London...
Pixie Download
Release date: Monday 15th February 2021
Pixie wants to avenge her mother's death by masterminding a heist, but her plans go awry and she finds herself on the run with two young men who are way out of their depth being chased across the countryside by gangsters. She has to pit her wits against everyone, taking...
School's Out Forever Download
Release date: Monday 15th February 2021
Film based on the novel by Scott K. Andrews.
Staged - Series 1 And 2 DVD
Release date: Monday 15th February 2021
David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of Six Characters In Search Of An Author in the West End. The pandemic has put paid to that, but their director (Simon Evans - also playing himself) is determined not to let the opportunity pass...
Two Weeks To Live - Series 1 DVD
Release date: Monday 15th February 2021
The complete first series of Sky's apocalyptic comedy series.
Chris Head - Creating Comedy Narratives For Stage And Screen Hardback, Paperback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 11th February 2021
This accessible and engaging text covering sketch, sitcom and comedy drama, alongside improvisation and stand-up, brings together a panoply of tools and techniques for creating short and long-form comedy narratives for live performance, TV and online.
Referencing a broad range of comedy from both sides of the Atlantic, spanning several...
David Baddiel Tries To Understand Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 11th February 2021
David Baddiel attempts to unravel an array of life's conundrums, as suggested by the public on Twitter. In each episode he speaks to experts and the general public to make sense of common, yet little understood, subjects and impart his new-found knowledge on each topic in under 15 minutes.
From...
Joe Dieffenbacher - Clown: The Physical Comedian Hardback, Paperback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 11th February 2021
Clown: The Physical Comedian is a detailed and comprehensive workbook for anyone interested in the art of clowning, including actors, directors, improvisers, stand-up comedians, circus acts and commedia ensembles.
An extensive and diverse compilation of tried-and-tested exercises and games, the book aids ensemble-building, character development, devising theatre, physicalising text, vocalising...
Shush! - The Complete Series 1 And 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 11th February 2021
The complete first and second series of the award-winning sitcom written by and starring Morwenna Banks (Absolutely) and Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It) set in, yes, a library - but no ordinary library. This is the library overseen and run by the most unlikely pairing since Mills met Boon.
...
The Ghost Of Peter Sellers Download
Release date: Tuesday 9th February 2021
In 1973 comedic genius Peter Sellers sabotaged his own pirate comedy. Decades later, the young director on the project, Peter Medak, is still reeling from the disastrous experience and healing from the wounds inflicted by his friend, Peter Sellers, and the film's failure.
Johnny Frenchman Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 8th February 2021
Renowned farceur Tom Walls stars alongside French cinematic icon Francoise Rosay in this heart-warming comedy drama from Ealing Films. Made as World War Two was coming to an end but set during its opening months, Johnny Frenchman is featured here as a brand new high definition transfer from original film...
Running Naked Download
Release date: Monday 8th February 2021
When Ben and Mark meet in hospital while undergoing leukaemia treatment, they become inseparable. Their wild boyish pranks on the ward may drive the doctors to distraction but it helps take their minds off their precarious state of health.
Skip forward 20 years and their lives have taken different directions......
Sailors Three Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 8th February 2021
A broad naval comedy that kept cinemagoers highly entertained during the early years of World War Two, Sailors Three was Walter Forde's last film for Ealing and Tommy Trinder's first. Co-starring Claude Hulbert and Michael Wilding, this memorable mix of music hall and propaganda is presented here as a brand...
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp DVD
Release date: Monday 8th February 2021
A beautiful blonde angel (Diane Cilento), arrives in The Angel, Islington on a goodwill mission to soften the heart of pawnbroker Joshua Webman (played by Felix Aylmer). Finding that she needs money to fulfil her mission on Earth, her solution is to pawn her harp. During her earthly visit, she...
Andi Osho - Asking For A Friend Audiobook, Paperback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 4th February 2021
Asking For A Friend is a funny multi-generational novel about three best friends who come up with a plan to solve their relationship woes once and for all.
Fed up with their love lives, Jemima, Meagan and Simi decide it's time to play the dating game by their own rules,...
David Baddiel - #JewsDontCount Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 4th February 2021
David Baddiel examines the -ism that woke culture and identity politics leave behind: antisemitism.
Jews don't count. Even among those on 'the right side of history', those who take a stand against all -isms - racism, sexism, ableism, Islamophobia, transphobia, etc., it is still somehow acceptable to make jokes about...
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's Diary (And Other Writing): 25th Anniversary Edition Hardback
Release date: Thursday 4th February 2021
Bridget Jones's Diary turns 25 this year. Winner of the 1997 British Book of the Year, and named by the Guardian as one of the ten books that best define the 20th Century, the book has gone on to become a multi-million copy selling international phenomenon, spawning three blockbuster movies,...
Jack Rooke - Cheer The F**K Up: How To Save Your Best Friend Paperback
Release date: Thursday 4th February 2021
This book will definitely make you laugh and might just make you cry, but it could also help save a life.
Cheer The F**K Up is a bold, brilliant and very personal account of a young comedian's experiences with mental health. An ode to the importance of friendship, Jack Rooke...
Andrew T. Smith & Bob Fischer - Summer Winos: Volume 1: 1973-1978 Paperback
Release date: Monday 1st February 2021
Two Men, 295 Episodes, One Obsession
When two friends decided to watch all 295 episodes of legendary sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine in order, they got more than they bargained for. Not just plenty of laughs, but also a fascinating look at 20th Century British history through the eyes...
Bridget Jones 3-Movie Collection DVD
Release date: Monday 1st February 2021
Bridget Jones's Diary
A British woman is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason
After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she's dreamed of having.
Bridget Jones's Baby
After breaking up...
Little Voice DVD
Release date: Monday 1st February 2021
World-class stars Michael Caine, Brenda Blethyn and Ewan McGregor deliver acclaimed performances in an inspirational story about a painfully shy young woman and how the power of music leads her to an amazing transformation.
A hopeless introvert, "Little Voice" (Jane Horrocks) can only manage to express herself by singing in...
The Importance Of Being Earnest DVD
Release date: Monday 1st February 2021
Third film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comedy of errors (the first being the classic 1952 version with Michael Redgrave and the second an American version made in 1992).
Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) has discovered that he has a secret in common with his friend Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) - they...
The Show Goes On Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 1st February 2021
Beloved by the British public for her string of hit pre-war films, Gracie Fields's Lancastrian earthiness, impish humour and memorable songs have endeared her to many generations of fans. The Show Goes On sees Gracie starring opposite Owen Nares and John Stuart in this emotional, semi-autobiographical musical romance. It is...
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul Vinyl
Release date: Friday 29th January 2021
Presented in triple gatefold vinyl for the very first time, Dirk Gently - The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul sees Harry Enfield return as the singular detective in this full-cast BBC radio dramatisation of the novel by Douglas Adams.
First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2008, these fantastically entertaining...
28 Acts In 28 Minutes Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 28th January 2021
John Humphrys hosts the quick-fire comedy show featuring 28 acts performing for one minute each.
28 Acts In 28 Minutes is a traditional variety show with a difference: the performers have just 60 seconds in which to entertain a live audience. Making the most of their minutes are a plethora...
Life: An Idiot's Guide - The Complete Series 1-3 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 28th January 2021
Stephen K. Amos and the comedy circuit's best stand-ups attempt to unravel the knotty problems of life.
Award-winning jokesmith and self-confessed idiot Stephen K. Amos teams up with some of the world's sharpest comic minds to compile a dummies' guide to being a modern human. From raising children and having...
Paradise Lost In Cyber Space Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 28th January 2021
Stephen Moore stars in this dystopian comedy set in a future where living beyond 70 is prohibited.
Thirtieth Century Britain and the calamitous collapse of the pension system means compulsory euthanasia for all 70-year-olds. But a clerical error spells disaster for 69-year-old George Smith, who suddenly finds himself facing his...
Paradise Lost In Space Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 28th January 2021
Tony Robinson and David Haig star in this black-hole comedy about two space-age humans stranded on a friendly alien planet.
Norman is an idealistic, Beethoven-loving revolutionary. Max is a boring but cheerful timeshare salesman who won't stop talking. Fellow passengers on a flight to the Moon, they're thrown together to...
Space Hacks - The Complete Series 1 And 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 28th January 2021
The BBC Radio 7 sci-fi comedy, starring Dan Mersh, Tim Key, Prunella Scales and Dan Tetsell.
Reporters Charlie Palmer and Moog Johnson are supposed to be exploring the galaxy in search of unimaginable news. But the beauty of an infinite universe is that if everything possible happens somewhere, there's no...
Tomorrow, Today! - The Complete Series 1 And 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 28th January 2021
1961. Radio producer Hugo is proud of his new science fiction show. Admittedly, the dialogue is somewhat creaky, the two lead actors despise each other and the sound effects were knocked up in the engineer's kitchen - but it has rocket-ships, hover-cars, robots and Martians. It's the world of the...
23 Walks DVD
Release date: Monday 25th January 2021
Dave (Dave Johns) and Fern (Alison Steadman) meet while walking their dogs in a North London park and over the course of 23 walks romance blossoms. But Dave and Fern haven't been completely honest with one another, and their future happiness is threatened by the secrets they have withheld.
Schemers DVD
Release date: Monday 25th January 2021
Davie is a dreamer, constantly hustling for his next buck, then losing it on the horses. After a football injury, Davie falls for trainee nurse Shona and tries to impress her by running a disco. Along with friends John and Scot, the trio start promoting bands - culminating in a...
Boxer & Doberman - The Complete Series 1 & 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 21st January 2021
All six episodes of the gloriously gritty comedy crime drama.
Taggart meets A Touch Of Cloth in this parody police procedural featuring DI Bob Boxer and his sidekick DC Shona Doberman. They're an unlikely couple of cops - he's grizzled, old-school and wears a cardigan; she's young, instinctive and wields...
Fabulous - The Complete Series 1-3 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 21st January 2021
Faye Walters knows that today's women are sorted and stylish. They have the job, the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe. They cope with the pressures of singledom, marriage and having kids with peanut allergies. And they all do it effortlessly, with nothing more than a women's mag and a...
The Newly Discovered Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 21st January 2021
All six episodes of the radio series spoofing the adventures of the famous sleuth.
Deep in the bowels of the British Museum, a locked leather portmanteau is unearthed. Contained within it is a rare treasure: the hitherto unpublished journals of Dr John H Watson.
Prepare to be amazed and amused...
Please Turn Over Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 18th January 2021
A precocious teenage daughter writes a steamy bestseller featuring fictionalised versions of her family and friends, turning their quiet suburban life upside down in the process when their neighbours believe that the book's contents are true!
Ted Ray, Jean Kent, Leslie Phillips and Joan Sims star in this hilarious comedy...
C. K. McDonnell - The Stranger Times Audiobook & Hardback
Release date: Thursday 14th January 2021
There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them . . .
A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but mostly the weird), it is the go-to publication for the...
No Commitments - Series 1 - 5 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 14th January 2021
The first five series of the BBC radio comedy drama about the lives and squabbles of three very different sisters.
After years of looking her after elderly parents, Anna finds herself able, for the first time, to live her own life. She's enjoying simply being herself, with no responsibilities and...
No Commitments - Series 10 - 13 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 14th January 2021
The final four series of this BBC Radio comedy drama about sisterhood and sibling rivalry.
In these final four series, Anna is trying to remain calm and centred in the midst of the familial chaos that surrounds her. Her sisters Victoria and Charlotte are more combative than ever, and when...
No Commitments - Series 6 - 9 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 14th January 2021
Series 6-9 of the BBC radio comedy drama following the fortunes of three 40-something sisters.
Sisters Anna, Victoria and Charlotte are back for four more series, in which relationships are forged, hearts are broken and family ties are strained - but not severed.
Older sister Anna continues to live her...
Smelling Of Roses - The Complete Series 1-4 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 14th January 2021
Prunella Scales stars in this BBC radio comedy following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her Brighton-based events management company.
Events manager Rosie Burns is used to coping with the unexpected, at work and at home. When her daughter Kate accidentally became a teenage mum, Rosie stepped in,...
Albert And Me - The Complete Series 1 & 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 7th January 2021
Richard Beckinsale and Robert Lindsay star in this BBC radio sitcom about a single dad left holding the baby.
Bryan Archer's girlfriend has run off with the electrician, leaving him to raise their 18-month-old son, Albert, alone. Fortunately, Bryan's mum Pat is around to help out, but he still needs...