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• Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Some comedies secure cult status after just one episode. The first series of Phoenix Nights, created by and starring Bolton-born comic Peter Kay, is one of those rare gems that few saw on first showing but that everyone was soon talking about. Wheelchair-bound Brian Potter (Kay) runs the Phoenix, a shabby social club populated by an assortment of wonderfully observed characters. It's grim up North and despite the best efforts of the staff to inject life into the proceedings--be it an alternative comedy night, a version of Robot Wars in Potter's beloved Pennine Suite or a Wild West extravaganza--each evening's entertainment always ends badly. Undaunted, the Phoenix denizens continue to strive for their dream: a world in which "clubland never dies". Even though Kay is the focus of the show (having also directed and penned the series), this is no star vehicle; the hapless security guards, the club entertainer Jerry, and Ray Von the dodgy DJ all combine in an ensemble comedy the like of which hasn't been seen since Fawlty Towers. You have to watch it a couple of times just to catch all the visual gags, let alone pick up on all the nuances of the brilliantly written script. If you missed it first time round, now's your chance to own one of the best British sit-coms of recent years. On the DVD: Phoenix Nights on disc comes with a plethora of extras to enjoy. "One Man and His Horse" is behind the scenes footage of Trigger and his handler (who is almost as entertaining as his charge); there are some great deleted scenes, trailers for the first series and an episode-by-episode sequence of outtakes where the cast hilarity is definitely contagious. A commentary from Kay and some of the team consists more of reminiscence than information, but is well worth a listen. --Kristen Bowditch

• Phoenix Nights: Series 1 and 2 | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £36.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Created by and starring Bolton-born comic Peter Kay, Phoenix Nights is one of those rare gems that few saw on first showing but that everyone was soon talking about. The first series introduces wheelchair-bound Brian Potter (Kay), who runs the titular Phoenix, a shabby social club populated by an assortment of wonderfully observed characters. It's grim up North and despite the best efforts of the staff to inject life into the proceedings--be it an alternative comedy night, a version of Robot Wars in Potter's beloved Pennine Suite or a Wild West extravaganza--each evening's entertainment always ends badly. Undaunted, the Phoenix denizens continue to strive for their dream: a world in which "clubland never dies". The beginning of the second series sees Brian Potter's beloved Phoenix Club lying in ashes and the staff scattered to the four winds. Even club compere Jerry St Clair is reduced to singing "Come get your black bin bags" to the tune of Men in Black in the local supermarket. But not even being barred from having a licence for the rest of his natural life can deter the northern Svengali from reopening the club and making it bigger and better than before--even if that means making Jerry the licensee and offering up-market Chinese nosh. --Kristen Bowditch

• Phoenix Nights Box Set | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Series 1 and 2 of Peter Kay's acclaimed TV comedy Phoenix Nights. Legendary social club owner Brian Potter and his band of staff and regulars are determined to make the Phoenix Club successful no matter what. Nothing will get in their way...

• Phoenix Nights: Series 1 | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £14.43   |  Saving you £5.56 (38.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Legendary social club owner Brian Potter and his hapless band of staff and regulars are determined to make Phoenix Club a success no matter what. Not even a racist folk band an unforeseeable psychic or a drunken horse will get in the way of their dream that 'Clubland will never die'.

• Rory & Paddy's Even Greater British Adventure | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £5.03   |  Saving you £14.96 (297.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rory & Paddy's Even Greater British Adventure follows our intrepid duo around the UK on an all new rollocking road trip as they complete in a range of quintessential British pursuits including clog dancing black pudding throwing hen racing lawnmover racing and haggis hurling. Their exhausting British odyssey takes them to one of six different regions in each show - Scotland Central England and the Shires the South West the North the South and Wales - to play the locals at their own games while also competing against each other.

• Rory & Paddy's Great British Adventure Box Set | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £13.48   |  Saving you £16.51 (122.48%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Box Set Comprises: Great British Adventure: The series sees Rory and Paddy throw caution to the wind at Gloucestershire's notoriously dangerous Cheese Rolling race take on the famous Pie eating contest in Wigan and race beds in Knaresborough. They also look at bog cycling worm charming egg throwing Cornish wrestling and pedal car racing in an attempt to beat each other for the glory of being Champion of their Great British adventure. Even Greater British Adventure: Comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuiness return for another rollicking road trip around the British Isles. The dynamic duo get behind the wheel of their trusty VW Camper once more and return to the highways and byways of Great Britain in another riotous hilarious and irreverent tour of the UK's most extraordinary and eccentric sports and customs. From nurdling to flounder trampling sheep-shearing to haggis-hurling the glorious sporting underbelly of the UK is exposed as the two friends reveal their competitive spirit; not in giant stadiums but in rivers and fields back-gardens and forests and the occasional pub.