New Releases
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar: Series 1-3 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 24th October 2019
A combination of stand-up and storytelling, Alexei Sayle musing on diverse topics such as his impulse to pretend, his love of sandwiches, looking back at his childhood in a communist household, his physical attraction to Boris Johnson, and the striking comparisons between capitalism and all-you-can-eat buffets.
Katy Brand - I Carried A Watermelon: Dirty Dancing And Me Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 24th October 2019
I Carried A Watermelon is a love story to Dirty Dancing. A warm, witty and accessible look at how Katy Brand's life-long obsession with the film has influenced her own attitudes to sex, love, romance, rights and responsibilities.
It explores the legacy of the film, from pushing women's stories to...
The Book Of The Year 2019 Book & eBook
Release date: Thursday 24th October 2019
In a year when South Korea announced that its new robotics museum will be built by robots, and French cheese terrorists put a camembert through every French MP's letterbox, The Book of the Year returns with another dose of barely believable yet bona fide facts and stories from the past...
Bill Hicks - The 25th Anniversary Commemorative Collection DVD
Release date: Monday 21st October 2019
Released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his untimely death, this comprehensive 5 DVD box-set features every commercially released Bill Hicks stand-up show ever recorded, plus a massive 9 hours of new to CD audio content.
With full length features including Sane Man, Relentless, Reflections, One Night Stand and Totally...
Happy Ever After Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 21st October 2019
Cinema icon David Niven is on top form as the improbably-named Jasper O'Leary in this uproarious culture clash comedy from director Mario Zampi. Also featured are Hollywood star Yvonne de Carlo, professional Irishman Barry Fitzgerald and George Cole as a gormless yokel. Filmed in the 1.37:1 aspect ratio, Happy Ever...
Never The Twain - The Complete Series DVD
Release date: Monday 21st October 2019
Starring Donald Sinden and Windsor Davies as two curmudgeonly antique dealers, Never The Twain rapidly became one of Thames Television's most popular comedies. Created by sitcom legend Johnnie Mortimer - who, with Brian Cooke, created Father Dear Father, Man About The House and George & Mildred - this classic comedy...
Sick Note - Series One DVD
Release date: Monday 21st October 2019
Starring Rupert Grint (Harry Potter), Nick Frost (Fighting With My Family) and Don Johnson (Django Unchained).
Just when he thinks things couldn't get worse, Daniel (Grint), a compulsive liar stuck in a failing relationship and a dead-end job, is diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.
Things start to look up, however, when...
The Old Devils - The Complete Series DVD
Release date: Monday 21st October 2019
Kingsley Amis's classic novel, about a group of university friends reunited in retirement, was adapted into a critically acclaimed comedy drama by Andrew Davies and originally broadcast on the BBC in 1992. It's a turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
Alun Weaver (John Stride) has found success...
The Queen's Corgi Blu-ray, DVD & Download
Release date: Monday 21st October 2019
Since his arrival at Buckingham palace, Rex lives a life of luxury. Top dog, he has superseded his three fellow Corgis in Her Majesty's heart and his arrogance can be quite irritating.
When he causes a diplomatic incident during an official dinner with the President of the United States, he...
Wallace & Gromit - The Complete Collection: 30 Cracking Years Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 21st October 2019
Aardman Animations' four half-hour specials featuring the Oscar-winning duo - charming and eccentric inventor Wallace and his faithful four-legged companion Gromit - are brought together in this timeless collection.
Packed full of exclusive features, this 30th anniversary edition includes: A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave and...
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Audio Download
Release date: Friday 18th October 2019
29 tracks, composed by Tom Howe, from the hit family comedy film Shaun The Sheep 2: Farmageddon.
52 Times Britain was a Bellend Audiobook, Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
Twitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, fully illustrated and chronicling 52 of the most ludicrous, weird and downright 'baddie' things we Brits* have done to the world since time immemorial - before conveniently forgetting all about them, of...
Adam Kay - Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas Audiobook, Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
From the author of hit bestseller This Is Going To Hurt.
Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas is the hilarious, poignant and entertaining story of the life of a junior doctor at the most challenging time of the year, with 25 tales of intriguing, shocking and incredible Christmas incidents faced by...
Alex Edelman - Millennial And Peer Group Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
Alex Edelman, the 25-year-old Bostonian native and winner of the prestigious Best Newcomer Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe brings his unique wit to a discussion of the issues that affect the millennial generation. This collection includes two of his BBC Radio 4 series.
Millennial: Alex Edelman gives his...
Billy Connolly - Tall Tales And Wee Stories Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
"Coming from Glasgow, it's weird, I don't really tell jokes, like Irish jokes and all that. I tell wee stories. And some of them don't even have punchlines. But you'll get used to it as the night goes on, and on, and on, and on and on..."
In December 2018,...
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing - The Complete Series 1-3 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing tells the story of young, up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who becomes the first in his family to graduate from university - only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance who want him to get a 'proper job' using his...
Concrete Cow - The Complete Series 1 and 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
All 12 episodes of the BBC Radio 4 sketch show starring Robert Webb and friends.
Welcome to Concrete Cow, the sketch show where anything is possible. Written by James Cary, who won a Silver Sony Award for Think the Unthinkable, this silly, surreal and ingenious comedy stars one half of...
Everyone Quite Likes Justin - The Complete Series 1-2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
In one version of his life, Justin is a well-known local Manchester radio DJ who is successful, funny, and stopped in the street by adoring fans. He's the man who has everything. In another version he's a DJ in a slightly shabby local radio station who gets hassled by the...
It's Not Us, It's Them - Series 1-3 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
All three series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy about love, marriage and despair, initially broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as Start/Stop.
Barney and Cathy. Evan and Fiona. David and Alice. Three couples who have beaten the odds and stayed married - but is that simply because they haven't got...
Parsley Sidings - The Complete Series 1 & 2 Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
The complete first and second series of the charming railway station comedy starring Arthur Lowe, Ian Lavender and Kenneth Connor.
Parsley Sidings ran for two highly successful series from 1971-1973, and was the only radio sitcom (other than Dad's Army) to star the much-loved Arthur Lowe. As Horace Hepplewhite, station...
Scarfolk Annual 197* Hardback
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
A Scarfolk sanctioned book.
Authorised edition as seen on the radio.
This Scarfolk Annual is the facsimile of a book discovered in a charity shop in the north west of England in August 2018. The shop, and indeed town, do not wish to be identified as they are keen to...
The Penny Dreadfuls - Volume 3: Le Carré On Spying | Don Quixote | Hadrian's Beard Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
In these riotous revisionist plays, The Penny Dreadfuls present alternative takes on three icons, ably assisted by guests including Miles Jupp, Mark Heap, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Amanda Abbington and Sylvester McCoy.
In The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Le Carré On Spying, we follow David Cornwell's (Le Carré's real name) desperate efforts to...
The Simon Day Show - Complete Series 1 and 2 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 17th October 2019
British comedy actor and star of The Fast Show, Down The Line and Bellamy's People, Simon Day showcases various characters in half-hour comedies set around a fictional small provincial theatre.
In each episode, one of Simon's characters come to perform at The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the...
Meet Me Tonight DVD
Release date: Monday 14th October 2019
A wealth of British talent enlivens this Noël Coward omnibus of three slices of life told with his trademark blend of incisive wit and affectionate observation. From music hall mayhem to suburban suffering and a romp on the Riviera, each playlet features a top-notch cast whose exuberant performances bring the...
The Vicar Of Dibley - The Immaculate Collection DVD
Release date: Monday 14th October 2019
Classic BBC comedy starring Dawn French (French & Saunders) and written by Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Four Weddings And A Funeral).
Geraldine Granger is not your run-of-the-mill village vicar. She is a bubbly, young reverend overseeing an eccentric congregation in a rural community. She and her off-the-wall parishioners bring us...
Anna And The Apocalypse Blu-ray
Release date: Friday 11th October 2019
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy Scottish town of Little Haven, forcing Anna (Ella Hunt) and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this...
Katy Brand - I Carried A Watermelon: Dirty Dancing And Me Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 10th October 2019
I Carried A Watermelon is a love story to Dirty Dancing. A warm, witty and accessible look at how Katy Brand's life-long obsession with the film has influenced her own attitudes to sex, love, romance, rights and responsibilities.
It explores the legacy of the film, from pushing women's stories to...
The Goodies Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 10th October 2019
The original comedy legends are back, exclusive to Audible.
The Goodies, aka Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie, are one of comedy's most influential and treasured groups. After 50 years, they've reunited for new audio adventures. Expect their trademark surreal humour, and some very, very special guests....
This is...
Man About The House - The Complete Collection DVD
Release date: Monday 7th October 2019
Created by sitcom legends Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, Man About The House was one of the major sitcoms hits of the 1970s, ultimately spinning off into two equally successful sequels: George & Mildred and Robin's Nest.
Man About The House
When bachelor girls Chrissy and Jo need a third girl...
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - The Complete Second Series Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 7th October 2019
We follow Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse once again as they fish side by side in some of the most stunningly beautiful locations in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Across six episodes, cameras will look-on as they dissect life & death against a backdrop of some of the prettiest places...
Talk About Jacqueline / St. Martin's Lane DVD
Release date: Monday 7th October 2019
Two classic comedies: Talk About Jacqueline (starring Hugh Williams and Carla Lehmann) and St. Martin's Lane (starring Charles Laughton and Vivien Leigh).
Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
A woman tries to conceal her questionable past from her new husband.
St. Martin's Lane (1938)
Romantic drama of London's theatreland and the tragic love of...
The Goodies - The Complete Collection DVD
Release date: Monday 7th October 2019
In 1970, The Goodies unleashed their legendary blend of surreal storylines, strikingly topical satire, slapstick and general lunacy on an unsuspecting viewing public. Capturing the irreverent and rebellious flavour of the decade, this phenomenally popular, award-winning series spread its mischief over twelve years - making household names of creators, writers...
Wimbledon Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 7th October 2019
British romantic comedy about a washed-up tennis player who scores a wildcard entry to the Wimbledon championship and finds his game reinvigorated after he meets one of the top American female stars.
Richard Loncraine directs Paul Bettany as Peter Colt, a once-great British player who is sliding further down the...
Monty Python Sings (Again) - 50th Anniversary Edition Vinyl
Release date: Friday 4th October 2019
To celebrate 50 years since Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired on TV, UMC and Virgin EMI are reissuing Monty Python's seminal album Monty Python Sings (Again) for the first time on vinyl.
The 2LP release comes in a double-gatefold sleeve with new packaging design overseen by Terry Gilliam himself....
It Sticks Out Half A Mile Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 3rd October 2019
The complete series of the Dad's Army spin-off starring John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee - plus the pilot episode starring Arthur Lowe.
Set in 1948, this radio sequel to the classic TV comedy Dad's Army features several of the much-loved characters from the original series. Arthur Wilson...
Lenny Henry - Who Am I, Again? Hardback
Release date: Thursday 3rd October 2019
In 1975, a gangly black 16-year-old from Dudley, decked out in floppy bow tie and Frank Spencer beret, appeared on our TV screens for the first time. So began the transformation from apprentice factory worker to future national treasure of Sir Lenny Henry.
In his long-awaited autobiography, Lenny tells the...
This Is This Country Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 3rd October 2019
Listen up chumps, basically the Vicar asked us to edit the parish newsletter this month, we weren't gonna do it at first cos the vicar said 'I want you to channel your energy into doing something creative', which he knows brings back Kurtan's PTSD cos our old woodwork teacher Mr...
Lenny Henry - Who Am I, Again? eBook
Release date: Tuesday 1st October 2019
In 1975, a gangly black 16-year-old from Dudley, decked out in floppy bow tie and Frank Spencer beret, appeared on our TV screens for the first time. So began the transformation from apprentice factory worker to future national treasure of Sir Lenny Henry.
In his long-awaited autobiography, Lenny tells the...
Brassic - Series 1 DVD
Release date: Monday 30th September 2019
Best mates Vinnie, Dylan, Ashley, Cardi, Tommo and JJ have dealt, scammed, and laughed their way through three decades of friendship. And these days their schemes have only become more creative. Whether it be stealing tiny horses, breaking into a local pimp's safe or raiding a rival grower's weed farm,...
The Punch And Judy Man Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 30th September 2019
A true contrarian, Hancock followed up the cosmopolitan Technicolor escapism of The Rebel with a much more muted and low-key character piece. Though The Punch And Judy Man may feel like a step backwards, with its monochromatic look and bittersweet comedy, it is very definitely a companion piece to The...
The Queen And I DVD
Release date: Monday 30th September 2019
The family comedy drama starring Samantha Bond, David Walliams and Julia McKenzie, comes to DVD.
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
Includes both a DVD of the programme, and...
The Rebel Blu-ray & DVD
Release date: Monday 30th September 2019
For the audiences of 1961, accustomed to seeing Tony Hancock as a flickering 405-line black and white image, The Rebel must have come as a revelation: there was The Lad Himself, larger than life, on the big screen, in colour. Stone me, who'd have thought it!
Now, in a revelation...
Lu-La's Guide To Space Hardback
Release date: Thursday 26th September 2019
Official movie-tie in for the Shaun The Sheep Movie 2: Farmageddon.
Learn all about space with Lu-La! This guide is packed with interested facts, colourful images, stickers and posters.
Packed with scientific facts to inspire a love for space for inspiring young minds! Perfect for children aged 6+.
Taskmaster The Board Game Board Game
Release date: Tuesday 24th September 2019
A board game based on Dave's number one entertainment show, hosted by the mountainous Greg Davies and his assistant Little Alex Horne.
Compete with your friends and family in a series of ludicrous tasks to be crowned Taskmaster Champion. Can you draw what the Taskmaster is thinking? Find out! Includes...
You Made Me Love You Blu-ray
Release date: Monday 23rd September 2019
Monkey-business abounds in this spirited musical comedy updating Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew to 1930s London, with Stanley Lupino as the young man attempting to tame his formidably feisty bride - leading Hollywood comedienne Thelma Todd. You Made Me Love You is featured in a brand-new transfer from the...
Cunk On Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena Paperback
Release date: Thursday 19th September 2019
In the olden days, people used to learn about things from encyclopedias.
And that was really good, because you could read it, and learn it, then you could stop worrying about thinking. But now, with the internet and more people and science and research, there's just too much knowledge -...
Delve Special - The Complete Series 1-4 Audiobook
Release date: Thursday 19th September 2019
Stephen Fry stars as spoof investigative journalist David Lander in all four series of the BBC radio comedy.
Delve Special ran for four series on BBC Radio 4 from 1984-1987, later transferring to TV as This Is David Lander. A parody of the popular genre of investigative reporting, it stars...
Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais - More Than Likely: A Memoir Hardback & eBook
Release date: Thursday 19th September 2019
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are the creators of some of British television's most beloved comedies. Essex-born Clement teamed up with Geordie insurance salesman La Frenais in the early 1960s and scripted a series about two young pals from Newcastle, The Likely Lads, which became one of BBC Two's...
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - The Complete Series 8 Audiobook & CD
Release date: Thursday 19th September 2019
John Finnemore, creator and star of Cabin Pressure and John Finnemore's Double Acts, is back with Series 8 of his highly acclaimed radio sketch show, winner of the Academy Silver Award, a Broadcasting Press Guild award and two BBC Audio Drama awards.
In these six episodes, John cooks a particularly...
King Street Junior - The Complete Series 1-10 Audio Download
Release date: Thursday 19th September 2019
All ten series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama set in a small junior school.
Running for 10 series between 1985 and 1998 (with a sequel, King Street Junior Revisited, airing from 2002-[y]2005[y]), this hugely popular school-based sitcom was one of the BBC's most successful radio programmes.
Created by...