"Actor: Ronnie Corbett"

• Adelphi Collection: Fun at St. Fannys | DVD | (22/08/2011) from £8.55   |  Saving you £4.44 (51.93%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Schoolboy howlers abound in this unforgettably odd vintage classroom comedy caper, starring radio favourite Cardew The Cad Robinson and a host of familiar British film and television faces. Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate...Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.

• The Two Ronnies - The Best Of The Two Ronnies | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Having first worked together on The Frost Report back in 1966, writers Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett teamed up for their first BBC series in 1971, and The Two Ronnies commenced a 16-year run that yielded 12 series, plus Christmas specials--a total of 98 shows. In the process, they came to represent a distinctly old-fashioned style of British humour, more traditional, familiar and reassuring than the surrealism of Monty Python, or the inspired anarchy of The Goodies. Even the format was designed for minimum disruption, with virtually every episode following the same pattern: opening and closing with the pair seated behind a desk, reading spoof news items, heavy on "blue" puns and spoonerisms (Barker's particular forte). In between, came various sketches (man-in-pub, man-at-party), mock-adventure serials with titles like "Death Can Be Fatal", a typically rambling monologue from Ronnie Corbett, and a climactic musical extravaganza--heavily indebted to Gilbert & Sullivan, and usually performed in drag. A haven for writers, both amateur and professional, the show attracted hundreds of submissions each week, with many of the news items selected only minutes before the start of recording. Though archaic by today's standards, it remains one of the best-loved and most quintessentially "English" of comedy series. --Andrew McGuire

• Ronnie Barker, British Comedy Heroes | DVD | (08/11/2008) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In this hilarious programme we revisit some of Ronnie Barker's funniest moments from an illustrious career that has made him one of Britain's best loved comedy heroes. Laugh again at some of the best sketches ever written for television and a few that may have escaped you from his earlier career. In addition to archive interviews with Mr Barker himself we also hear the first hand reflections of his long term partner Ronnie Corbett and others he starred with such as Terry Wogan Erik Sykes Bernard Cribbins and Lynda Baron who all pay tribute to the comic genius that was Ronnie Barker. Although sadly missed Ronnie Barker will continue to entertain us on TV screens for years to come via the comic legacy that is The Two Ronnies Going Straight Open All Hours Porridge and much more.

• Ronnie Corbett's Animal Crackers | DVD | (19/01/2015) from £6.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (53.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A life-long dog owner himself Ronnie Corbett (The Two Ronnies) shares a passion for animals and takes viewers into an extraordinary and entertaining world where pet owners and breeders put their beloved animals centre stage and are proud to show us why their animals are the very best. The series follows breeders as they compete in colourful shows races or trials. We meet rival dog groomers as they enter a “creative grooming” competition with their pet poodles who are cut and coloured into surreal and colourful designs dogs getting married and some of the most impressive cats around. We also meet pet owners whose animals have celebrity status from diva dogs and cats to pampered mini-pigs miniature horses camels and even skunks. This series reveals the lengths to which some people will go to for their pets.

• Sorry! - Series 1 | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Corbett was cast as Timothy Lumsden a 41-year-old librarian (ageing eventually to 48) still tied to his mother's apron strings. Timothy was a smart enough chap witty and bright although his discomfort with women often caused him to blush stammer and blurt out stupid things in their presence. This awkwardness owed to the overpowering influence of his mother Phyllis a scheming spiteful harridan determined to undermine her son's confidence and to keep him firmly under her thumb. Phyllis Lumsden was truly a monstrous creation so hideous that it was difficult to feel too much sympathy for anyone prepared to hang around such a Gorgon especially as Timothy seemed to discount matricide as a suitable solution to his problems. His father Sidney suffered similarly and often joined Timothy in silent defiance of Phyllis but she usually managed to crush their resistance as would a steamroller. Timothy's sister Muriel who had escaped the family home was often on hand with sympathetic advice. Episodes comprise: 1. For Love Or Mummy 2. Buttons 3. The Godfather 4. Bachelor Seeks Anywhere 5. Does Your Mother Know You're Out? 6. Curse Of The Mummy

• Sorry! - Series 2 | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99