British Comedy Merchandise - DVDs Coming Soon

Porterhouse Blue (DVD)

Malcolm Bradury's TV adaptation of Tom Sharpe's comic novel Porterhouse Blue. Based on the novel by Tom Sharpe, this satirical British miniseries surveys the machinations of upper-crust academics at the elite Cambridge College. Drama ensues when reform-minded Sir Evans (Ian Richardson) is appointed master. Determined to modernize this old-fashioned institution, Evans finds himself at odds with its recalcitrant staff, chief among them the devious Skullion (David Jason). It's a battle of wills, and no one is spared as this dark comedy lampoons privileged pupils, professors, and politicians alike.

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Teenage Kicks - Series 1 (DVD)

Milly (18), and her brother Max (20) are both students. They share a flat in Kilburn with engineering student David Chang (21). Vernon (Ade Edmonson) is Max and Milly's dad.

After a messy divorce in which his wife takes everything, Vernon's left broke and homeless - so he moves in with his kids! It's a three bedroom flat and Vernon has to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs (just big enough for a single mattress).

At heart Teenage Kicks is a family sitcom, but the normal family structure has been turned upside down: here the young kids can't get rid of their stupidly rebellious father.

This new DVD contains all the episodes from the first series.

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Terry and June - The Complete Eighth Series (DVD)

Terry and June Medford live an ordinary, pleasant, middle-aged life in a typically middle-class suburb on the outskirts of London. Happily married, they are perfect foils for one another. Terry is full of schemes which have a habit of going horribly wrong when put into practice - not to mention his knack of innocently causing confusion. June is a charming lady who takes the consequences with patience and remarkable good humour, often managing to rescue the situation from utter chaos.

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The Chuckle Brothers Box Set - Pirates Of The River Rother / Spooky Goings On (DVD)

Two great adventures staring kids favourites Paul and Barry Chuckle.

The first adventure with our heroes is a set on the high seas... recorded live during their sell out tour Pirates of the River Rother, the Chuckles are soon causing mayhem and merriment when they find themselves trapped on a fearsome pirate s ship.

The second adventure Spooky Goings On sees the Chuckles set off to visit a long lost relative. However, when they arrive at their hotel they find a lot more than they bargained for! Spooky ghosts are everywhere and the brothers volunteer to help the hotel manager rid the hotel of the ghouls in typical Chuckle style!

Extras include documentary, interviews and various other features.

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The Two Ronnies - Series Four (DVD)

Barker and Corbett return for a fourth series of classic sketch show comedy; The Two Ronnies.

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Robin's Nest - The Complete Third Series (DVD)

The complete and uncut third series of ITV's Robin's Nest.

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Drop The Dead Donkey - The Complete 4th, 5th & 6th Series (DVD)

This multi-award winning TV comedy show is set in the offices of 'Globelink News', a TV news company whose millionaire tycoon owner prefers a more sensationalist stance in presenting the day's events...

Each episode of the show was recorded within 48 hours of transmission (often less), allowing script changes to incorporate maximum topicality.

Even though the series 1-3 box set seems to have been deleted, the final 3 series' are released together in their own box. One of the best sitcoms of the 90s; certainly the cleverest.

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Ideal - Series 3 (DVD)

All eight episodes from the third series. Things aren't going well for Moz... He's broken his leg, girlfriend Nicki has moved in along with baby Sanjeev, his ex-girlfriend Tania is the baby's health visitor and is stealing from him, his Mum is trying to flog health drinks to all his customers, and his ex-necrophiliac neighbour has got a job in a funeral parlour and is bringing her work home with her!

But Moz's problems really begin when landlord Mr Rupani arranges for builders to redecorate the flat. The foreman Alan is a hard-line born-again Christian. When he asks why Moz receives so many visitors, Moz lies, claiming he is also born again and people are coming to him for advice. Unfortunately, Moz finds it increasingly difficult to sustain the illusion. And when Alan finally figures out Moz is a drug dealer, he turns from Good Samaritan to Messianic monster and threatens to destroy Moz's entire world...

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Marty Feldman: Comedy Greats (DVD)

40 years after Marty Feldman hit the big time with his BAFTA award winning comedy show Marty (AKA It's Marty), this DVD celebrates the idiosyncratic funnyman in the company of colleagues, friends and the most hilarious footage from the archives.

Including:

The best moments from Young Frankenstein; It's Marty; At Last The 1948 Show; Silent Movie and his best known Monty Python team collaboration, the Four Yorkshiremen sketch, performed live by the Python's.

Alongside this footage, fresh interviews and insights with former Python and Bonzo Dog Band frontman Neil Innes; triple Sony Award nominee & DJ Tom Binns and some of the best comics in the business including the controversial Andre Vincent; up and coming Geoff Norcott; seasoned veterans Alexie Sayle, Kevin McCarthy and Logan Murray plus the award winning stand-up and writer Nick Revell.

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The Inbetweeners - Series 1 (DVD)

The Inbetweeners is a six-part series about four teenagers growing up in suburbia; a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly, fancying the girl next door, casting aspersions on your friend's sexuality and riding rollercoasters.

Will's parents have just divorced and he has unwillingly had to move and change schools. Previously enrolled at a private school, where he picked up some snobbish tendencies, Will now attends a comprehensive school and has had to make a new set of friends, Simon, Lee and Neil, none of whom are that cool or credible.

This release is packed with bonus material. The extras include audio commentaries by the writers, cast and producer; video diaries from all four cast members; a making of documentary; meet the cast feature (what the boys are really like) and deleted scenes.

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Just Good Friends - Series 1 (DVD)

Penny Warrender is drinking in the pub with a particularly boorish admirer when she bumps into a familiar face from her past - ex-fiancé Vince Pinner. The couple last met on the eve of their wedding five years ago; a few hours later, Vince lost his nerve and drove off into the sunset. Penny still feels bitter at Vince's cowardly behaviour, but finds her affection for him slowly returning, in spite of his assurance that he only wants to be "just good friends".

Another release of the first series of John Sullivan's other 1980s hit Just Good Friends.

Update: We've got no idea what's happening with this release. It's been rescheduled at least 3 times since first being talked about, so don't hold your breath!

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Just Good Friends - Series 2 (DVD)

Can gullible Penny ever find it in her heart to forgive the man who literally jilted her at the altar five years earlier? The often-troubled relationship between Penny and Vince continues in Series Two of this hit comedy. Vince and Penny's relationship becomes somewhat strained and distant when they try to deal with their recently vandalized flat. But they still find themselves strongly attracted to one another. Features every episode from series 2.

Another release of the second series of John Sullivan's other 1980s hit Just Good Friends.

Update: We've got no idea what's happening with this release. It's been rescheduled at least 3 times since first being talked about, so don't hold your breath!

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In Sickness and in Health - Series 1 (DVD)

Follow up to Till Death Us Do Part, with Warren Mitchell reprising his role as Alf Garnett.

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It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Series 6 (DVD)

The complete sixth series of adventures (and misadventures) with the Royal Artillery concert party as the end of the Second World War draws closer...

Episodes comprise:

1. The Stars Look Down
2. The Big League
3. The Big Payroll Snatch
4. The Dhobi Wallahs
5. Lead, Kindly Light
6. Holidays At Home
7. Caught Short

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Collector's Edition (DVD)

Arthur Dent's day couldn't get much worse. Not only is his home about to be demolished, but Earth itself is to be obliterated in order to make way for an intergalactic highway. Luckily Arthur is saved from almost certain death by his friend Ford Prefect, who is actually an alien...

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Peep Show - Series 1 - 5 (DVD)

All five series' of the smash-hit cult sitcom from Channel 4.

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Peep Show - Series 5 (DVD)

The fifth series of Channel 4's cult-hit comedy, starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

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Snuff Box - Series One (DVD)

Surreal BBC Three sketch show written by, and starring Matt Berry (Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, The Mighty Boosh, The IT Crowd) and Rich Fulcher (The Mighty Boosh). With music composed and performed by Berry.

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Tommy Cooper - Just Like That - The Complete Series (DVD)

Legendary comedian Tommy Cooper is joined by a star studded guest list, including Benny Hill, Jim Davidson, Ronnie Barker, and Mike Yarwood.

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Tommy Cooper: Just Like That (DVD)

New Tommy Cooper DVD due to be released in June.

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Doctor At Sea - The Complete Series (DVD)

The fourth installment in the Doctor series sees Dick Stuart-Clark and Duncan Waring taking to the high seas as the doctors resident on board MS Begonia.

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Spitting Image - The Complete Second Series (DVD)

A milestone in television comedy, Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level for over a decade through the 1980s and 90s.

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Headcases - Series 1 (DVD)

All eight episodes from the ITV topical satire show on one DVD. Headcases is a groundbreaking comedy taking a biting, satirical look at the worlds of celebrity and politics as you've never seen them before. Featuring cutting edge 3-D CGI animation and the hottest writing and vocal talents in the comedy business, Headcases is cheeky, irreverent and contains plenty of laugh out loud moments.

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'Allo 'Allo! - Series 6 & 7 (DVD)

The complete sixth and seventh series' of the smash-hit 80s and 90s BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!.

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Are You Being Served? - Series 7 (DVD)

The 7th series of this long-running sitcom on DVD.

The episodes are:
1. The Junior
2. String Stuff, This Insurance
3. The Apartment
4. Mrs. Slocombe, Senior Person
5. The Hero
6. Anything You Can Do
7. The Agent

And the 1979 Christmas special, The Punch And Judy Affair.

Please note that this release has been rescheduled three or four times now, but will be released.

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QI - The C Series (DVD)

Come! Cast across this crazy cornucopia of crucial "C" conundrums.

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Just Good Friends - Series 3 (DVD)

There's no doubt that cheeky Vince still has a hold on Penny's affections in John Sullivan's highly successful comedy series. Vince and Penny's love match rekindles when they finally rendezvous in Paris. But a surprise awaits Penny when they return to England - Vince has acquired a wife in the intervening months...

Features the complete third series plus the 1986 Christmas special.

Update: We've got no idea what's happening with this release. It's been rescheduled at least 3 times since first being talked about, so don't hold your breath!

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Whoops Apocalypse - The Complete Apocalypse (DVD)

Whoops Apocalypse was a comedy series from the 1980s which depicted the frightening and fantastic decisions made by politicians and world leaders as the the end of the world approached. Anarchic, alternative and inspired Whoops Apocalypse was a sitcom ahead of its time and boasted a cast including John Cleese, Jeffrey Palmer, Rick Mayall and Alexi Sayle.

Very funny, and also rather scary. Includes both the original TV series and the film remake.

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Star Stories - Series 2 (DVD)

The second series of Star Stories on DVD.

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Gavin & Stacey - Series Two (DVD)

Following triple success at the British Comedy Awards and triumph at The South Bank Show Awards, the critically acclaimed comedy written by James Corden and Ruth Jones, returns for a second series.

In series two, the honeymoon is over for the newlyweds as their married life begins in earnest at the Shipman family home in Essex. But, as the reality of living so far away sinks in, Stacey starts missing her home in Barry Island along with her mum and her Uncle Bryn. Meanwhile, Smithy and Nessa, are coming to terms with their own stark reality: they're not even friends and yet they're having a baby together.

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Lee Evans - Big - Live At The Dome (DVD)

Standup legend Lee Evans in his brand new show, recorded live at the Millenium Dome. (Apparently we're meant to call it the O2 now, bah!)

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Freezing - Series 1 (DVD)

Elizabeth, played by Elizabeth McGovern (Buffalo Soldiers, Once Upon a Time in America) is an American Oscar-nominated actress who was discovered by Robert Redford and starred alongside A-listers like Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Robert De Niro. That was then.
Her husband of ten years, Matt (Hugh Bonneville - Miss Austen Regrets, Notting Hill), isn't having much luck either; he has just been replaced by his assistant at the publishing firm he has worked at for 15 years. As a result - and for the first time in their marriage - Matt and Elizabeth now have to spend their days together at home. Domestic tensions quickly follow as the pair undertake varied (and frequently desperate) attempts to re-launch themselves - all the while fighting off the growing realisation that they are no longer perceived as young and desirable.

Please note that the DVD release has had to be postponed (from an original scheduling of 31st March 2008).

Our Review: In our opinion, Freezing is the funniest new British comedy series which has been on TV this year so far (14th March 2008). A very, very funny sitcom which we highly recommend - particularly Tom Hollander's spectacular performance as agent Leon.

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The Complete Beantastic Boxset (DVD)

Contains the complete original 14 TV episodes (live action), the complete collection of animated episodes, and both movies. Quite the monolith!

Update: This release seems to have been delayed, but keep checking back and we'll let you know when it's rescheduled for.

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Manchild - The Complete Collection Box Set (DVD)

Manchild was a hit comedy-drama for the BBC, starring Nigel Havers (Don't Wait Up), Anthony Stewart Head (Little Britain), Ray Burdis (Operation Good Guys), and Don Warrington (Rising Damp).

Four successful fifty-something men have to deal with an array of different problems: from marriage, children and divorce, to younger girlfriends and the problems of how to spend their wealth.

Update: This release has been rescheduled a number of times. We are fairly sure it will come out, but 'when' is the question.

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