British Comedy Merchandise - New Releases

...And Mother Makes Three - The Complete Third Series (DVD)

...And Mother Makes Three stars Wendy Craig as a slightly dotty young widow trying to hold down a job while bringing up two rather challenging sons.

Quite innocently, and with the best will in the world, widow Sally Harrison has a great facility for putting her foot in it - in fact both feet, right up to her neck. Somehow she always manages to win through in the end, but not before dealing with an array of problems involving Auntie, the children and her long-suffering boss, the vet.

Contains the complete third series.

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Des O'Connor (DVD)

Singer, talk show host, comedian and legendary entertainer, Des O'Connor has been a mainstay of the light entertainment industry since he first made his way onto television screens in the 1950s. Acclaimed for his work on both stage and television, his successful black and white 1960s variety series - The Des O'Connor Show - was so popular that his first colour series in 1970 garnered him a massive international following, being shown all over the world and transmitted prime-time in America.

This special volume contains the best bits of this hit 1970 series, featuring a wonderful mixture of comedy and music. Terry-Thomas, Val Doonican, Dusty Springfield, Liberace, Jimmy Edwards, Lonnie Donegan, Sacha Distel, Sandie Shaw, Matt Monro, Roy Hudd, Harry Secombe and many more stars join Des and his regulars Jack Douglas (more often than not in the guise of Alf Ippititimus) and the statuesquely gorgeous Valerie Leon in over five hours of unforgettable entertainment from 1970.

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Hotel Babylon - Series Three (DVD)

The third series of the successful BBC drama, Hotel Babylon. Meet Charlie, the Deputy Manager at the luxury five-star Hotel Babylon. Ambitious, charming and handsome, Charlie is our guide to this world of fantasy and indulgence, a world where you can be who you want to be - as long as you have the money to pay for it... and know who to ask!

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Just William - The Complete First Series (DVD)

Just William was based on the characters created by writer Richmal Crompton in the 1930s. The story revolves around William, a mischievous middleclass school boy, and the adventures, and troubles, he shares with his gang members, The Outlaws.

This release contains all 13 uncut episodes from the first series of 1977's Just William television adaptation.

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Shelley - The Complete Fourth Series (DVD)

James Shelley is highly educated and has a PhD in geography. He is also unemployed and has no intention of working. He lives with his girlfriend Fran in a bedsit at the home of Mrs. Hawkins (known as Mrs. H) and the series follows his mis-adventures as he ducks, dodges and tries as hard as possible not to be caught up in Thatcher's Britain!

Includes all 6 uncut episode from the fourth series of this popular ITV sitcom.

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Shut That Door! - Larry Grayson At ITV (DVD)

Larry Grayson's high-camp, exceptionally English sense of humour made him one of the stars of Light Entertainment. Loved by the public, he achieved TV fame in the early 1970s, when he himself was in his fifties. Basing his act on the same one he had used to great popularity in working men's clubs and on the revue circuit, he would spin tales of his singular friends, Everard, Slack Alice and Apricot Lil - his razor-sharp observational comedy tinged with a saucy sense of wickedness.

Disc One:
- Shut That Door! - sole surviving show
- Anglia News interview - 02/07/1973
- The Larry Grayson Hour Of Stars
- At Home With Larry Grayson documentary
- The Unforgettable... Larry Grayson documentary
- Saturday Variety (compilation)

Disc Two:
- The Larry Grayson Show Series One
- Larry Grayson at the London Palladium

Disc Three:
- The Larry Grayson Show Series Two
- Image Gallery

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After Henry - The Complete Fourth Series (DVD)

BAFTA-nominated comedy After Henry follows the comfortable middle-class lives of three women - except that, for one of them, life isn't all that comfortable... Sarah has been left well provided for by her late husband but, unfortunately, she has also been left with a demanding mother and a prickly adolescent daughter who craves independence - just as long as mother is there to clear up the mess...

Contains the complete fourth series.

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Blackadder Remastered - The Ultimate Edition (DVD)

This deluxe edition includes fantastic digitally remastered episodes plus a whole host of special features, many of which are completely exclusive to this DVD set.

Contents include:

All four series fully remastered; brand new audio commentaries with Rowan Atkinson & John Lloyd, Stephen Fry, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis & John Lloyd, Tony Robinson & Tim McInnerny; Blackadder Rides Again, a special documentary to mark the 25th Anniversary; exclusive extended interviews with Richard Curtis & Ben Elton, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson and Rowan Atkinson; Blackadder's Christmas Carol; Blackadder Back And Forth, The Cavalier Years; and a costume piece.

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Red Dwarf - Back To Earth - The Director's Cut (DVD)

It's been a decade since we last saw the crew of Red Dwarf, but while the crew are older they're still none the wiser.

When Lister's busy day of annoying Rimmer is interrupted by a monstrous attack, it's pretty much business as usual ­until a shock development throws Rimmer, Lister, Cat and Kryten back to planet Earth.

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The Best Of The Comedians - Series Four (DVD)

The quintessential quickfire stand-up comedy show, The Comedians is one of the great successes of ITV - lasting from 1971 until 1993 and making household names of many of its stars. With routines that were honed to perfection in the hard-knock territory of Northern working men's clubs, Frank Carson, Charlie Williams, Bernard Manning, George Roper, Mike Reid and Ken Goodwin all became masters of the excruciatingly bad joke and the knowing wink.

This DVD set contains all the best bits from Series Four, first shown in 1972.

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The Two Ronnies - Series Five (DVD)

This collection features one of Britain's greatest double acts - Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett - performing the sketches, songs and monologues from their fifth series, first broadcast in 1976.

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At Last Smith & Jones - Volume One (DVD)

A collection of the best sketches from Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones' 1980s comedy show Alas Smith And Jones. Also includes four short comedy plays from the 1989 series Smith And Jones In Small Doses.


This DVD release seems to have been delayed. Please check back for further information.

Our Review: It's always nice to see something released, but at times we still can't help but feel that not having any release would be preferable to a "best of" collection. Here's hoping that this one leads onto full series DVDs.

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Bless This House (DVD)

The feature-length comical adventures of the two generations of the Abbott family, beloved by television audiences since the 1970s. Two straightlaced suburbanites, Sid and Jean Abbott, try to deal with their more unconventional children from across the generation gap.

Starring Sid James and Diana Coupland, this film is the big-screen translation of the popular ITV comedy series.

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Father, Dear Father - The Complete Fifth Series (DVD)

A continuing hit with viewers on its first appearance in 1970, Father, Dear Father regularly topped the ITV ratings during its six year run.

Patrick Cargill plays a divorced thriller writer, Patrick Glover, who finds himself responsible for the welfare and upbringing of his irrepressible teenage daughters Anna and Karen. The two lively dolly-birds are always up to something, and their lively exploits cause Patrick many a difficult and embarrassing moment. He's sometimes driven almost to distraction by their constant teasing and, to him, shockingly modern outlook on love, sex and marriage. Hhelping Patrick keep Anna and Karen in order is the patient and much put-upon housekeeper, Nanny, but the real power in the household is the family's splendid St Bernard dog, H.G. Wells.

This complete fifth series of Father, Dear Father is available here for the first time and also guest stars Donald Sinden, Richard O'Sullivan, Jack Smethurst and Robin Askwith.

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The Green Green Grass - Series Three (DVD)

All eight episodes from the third series of the hit BBC One comedy series The Green Green Grass, starring Marlene and Boycie of Only Fools And Horses fame.

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Benidorm - The Special (DVD)

Back at the Solana, Benidorm's premier all-inclusive resort, the action picks up from the end of Series 2. Madge's beach wedding has been interrupted by the Oracle, who has paraglided into fiancée Mel, who is suffering from being punched in the face by Mick, who has been carted off to jail!

This action packed special episode will have you hanging on to your sombreros as Madge and Janice unwittingly get caught up with a dangerous criminal on the run. Needless to say, the rest of the cast do their best to help the situation, with some surprising and spectacular stunts.

Top up your cocktail glasses and settle back for more sun, sea, sangria and swinging in this unmissable episode.

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Bird & Fortune - 2 Johns And A Dinner Party (DVD)

Satirical observations and mirth with John Bird and John Fortune.

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Birds Of A Feather - Series One (DVD)

Sisters Tracey and Sharon, living together in the same house, try to cope with life, the enforced absence of their prisoner husbands and the sexual excesses of their neighbour Dorien. This DVD includes the six episodes of Series 1.

Please note that this is a re-issue of an earlier DVD, with new artwork. It does not appear to have anything new or different in terms of content.

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How Not To Live Your Life - Series One (DVD)

Sitcom about 20-something Don, a man with bad luck and even worse instincts. Ever wanted to tell your boss what you really think of her/him? Or wished you could say what you really feel after a one night stand? This sitcom shows all of that and much more, through Don's overactive imagination in the form of quick fire fantasy sequences.

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Boy Meets Girl (DVD)

Dreamer Danny Reed's (Martin Freeman) life is turned upside down when he is struck by lightning and wakes to find himself trapped in a woman's body. Instead of being a scruffy DIY store worker with no prospects, he has swapped lives with glamorous female fashion journalist Veronica Burton (Rachael Stirling).

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My Family - The Complete Ninth Series (DVD)

The ninth series of the popular situation comedy in which Robert Lindsay plays put-upon dentist Ben Harper. Ben tries valiantly to juggle his professional life with a chaotic home life with his demanding wife Susan (Zoë Wanamaker) and their children.

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Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt - The Complete First Series (DVD)

Selwyn Froggitt is the kind of man everybody comes across - all too often. The kind of man who thinks he can fix anything. The kind of man who, when you see him coming, you run for cover. Selwyn's favourite phrase is "Leave it to me." Whatever the problem, he knows what to do and how to handle it. The trouble is that despite boundless confidence in his own abilities, Selwyn really knows very little, and can handle even less. But that doesn't stop him...

Bill Maynard stars as the council labourer, hapless handyman and all-round public nuisance in this classic Yorkshire Television sitcom from the pen of award-winning writer Alan Plater (Beiderbecke). Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt boasts a regular supporting cast featuring Bill Dean (Brookside) - who also wrote lyrics for each show's theme song - and Robert Keegan (Z-Cars), and remained a firm favourite with the viewing public throughout its two-year run, establishing Bill Maynard as a household name. This release combines the pilot episode, screened in 1974 as part of a run of single plays, and the complete first series broadcast in 1976.

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Pulling - The Complete Series One & Two (DVD)

The BAFTA nominated series takes a long, hard look at sex, love, friendship and the loneliness of having too much fun, living in zone three but with zone one aspirations.

Includes all the episodes from both series of the hit BBC Three show.

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Pulling - The Complete Series Two (DVD)

The BAFTA nominated series takes a long, hard look at sex, love, friendship and the loneliness of having too much fun, living in zone three but with zone one aspirations.

Includes all the episodes from the show's second series.

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Reggie Perrin - Series 1 (DVD)

The 2009 re-imagining of the hit sitcom The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin from the 1970s, now starring Martin Clunes in the role made famous by the late, great Leonard Rossiter.

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