The brilliant laddish satirical sports quiz show celebrates it's 10th anniversary on this fantastic DVD. Team Captains David Gower and Gary Lineker are aided and abetted by comedians Lee Hurst (later Jonathan Ross) and Rory McGrath - plus a selection of sporting and media personalties - for a hilarious and often irreverant look at the sporting world.
A forgotten gem of British Comedy Chelmsford 123 was the first ever production from Hat Trick (Outnumbered Have I Got News For You). In 123 AD a young Roman general Aulus Paulinus (Jimmy Mulville) is found guilty of a most terrible crime - failing to grovel sufficiently to the Emperor. His punishment is the worst job in the Empire - governing Britannia. It's hard to believe but in those days Britain was a cold miserable dump populated by beer-swilling hooligans... Based in Chelmsford Aulus knows little - and understands less - of the peoples he has been sent to control and so regularly finds himself at odds with and more often than not outwitted by the local Celtic tribal leader Badvoc (Rory McGrath). This two disc set contains all 13 episodes from both series.
Set in the breathtakingly beautiful and strictly traditional Ireland of the 1940's Falling For A Dancer is a passionate tale of the loves and challenges of the beautiful and sensitive Elizabeth Sullivan (Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh). The story begins when 19 year old Elizabeth falls pregnant after a brief affair with a dashing actor. Shamed she is forced to marry Neely Scollard (Dermot Crowley) a widower with a large family who lives in the remote Beara Peninsula. Elizabeth has to come to terms with motherhood her brutish husband her mysterious neighbour Mossie Sheehan (Liam Cunningham) her step children and the harsh realities of a rural existence. When a carefree moment at a village dance leads to a violent death a chain of events is unleashed that will change Elizabeth's life forever.
Make it up. Make it quick. Make it funny! Whose Line Is It Anyway? began as a radio show in 1987 and due to its success was transferred to television a year later. The show features four contestants comedians and actors who must improvise sketches in order to win points and ultimately win the game.
The BBC has handpicked a multitude of grumpy world-weary entertainers politicians and broadcasters and made them discuss what is wrong with Britain today. The show side-steps political correctness and taps a rich vein of sardonic eloquent and well informed grumpiness that gets right to the nub of each issue. Topics up for discussion include Tony Blair Pop Idol mobile phones tipping and Christmas!
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.
THE COMMAND HOUSE: Rory and Paul begin their pub dig journey at the Command House pub in Chatham, Kent, digging through 400 years of naval history in search of Henry VIII s lost Tudor docks and relics from the time of Nelson and the British Empire. Surprisingly, no one has dug here before, so this is completely unchartered territory. As the team begin to dig, they come down on the foundations of a huge Georgian storehouse, once filled with the cannon that armed ships like Nelson s Victory , but the ultimate aim is to find archaeology from the time when Henry VIII and Elizabeth I ruled Britain. Finding the lost dockyard would be a major discovery, as it was where the fleet that destroyed the Spanish Armada in 1588 was based. Will they uncover what they re looking for? But it s not all work: while the trenches are being deepened, Rory and Paul make a bucket load of grog and sample it! YE OLDE SMUGGLERS INNE: The team are in Alfriston, East Sussex, hunting for vintage contraband. Today Alfriston is a picture postcard pretty village, but it was once the centre of the infamous Sussex badlands. Our pair s journey back in time takes in some unexpected finds along the way, among them butcher s bones, ossified poo and artefacts dating from before Stonehenge. As they dig down below the 20th-century concrete in the beer garden, the team begin to turn up piece after piece of Victorian junk, revealing the life of the 19th-century inhabitants. There are farmed oyster shells, simple pottery and sawn bone evidence of butchery, the day job of a famous local smuggler, Stanton Collins. However, there is no smuggler s loot. So they turn to examining the building itself. Tales of custom-built escape routes for smugglers to evade customs officers abound, so the team scour the architecture for evidence. THE SIX BELLS: The team are digging up the car park of Six Bells in St Albans, in search of Roman treasure. It is an excavation that will drill down through two thousand years of history, taking in the world of medieval pilgrimages and a recipe for nettle beer along the way! The ground under the pub is a good bet for archaeology as it lies within the walls of Roman Verulamium . But the first find is a little more recent: an 18th Century lime kiln that was used to build the beautiful row of houses that surround the pub. As the team continue digging, they uncover medieval remains of butchery, cooking and occupation from the 12th century, suggesting that this was once the site of a hostel built to feed hungry pilgrims on their way to pay homage at the great cathedral of St Albans, just up the road. As they dig deeper they find the remains of a massive Roman building decorated with vast quantities of paintedwall plaster.
The second series of this beautiful natural history series presented by Rory McGrath which looks at life in one of Britain's favourite holiday destinations during a busy summer and the characters who inhabit it.
Presented by Rory McGrath The Lakes tells the story of a Summer in the life of one of Britain's favourite tourist hotspots through the fascinating characters who live and work there. From the peaks of its highest mountains to the depths of its deepest lakes the Lake District is a part of the world renowned for its beauty and its influence on some of Britain's greatest poets and writers. In this series we follow all the action as some of the Lakes' 15 million tourists a year descend on this stunning part of the North of England. We see hoteliers preparing for dream lakeside weddings tour guides welcoming visitors from far afield as Japan and a tea room owner preparing to open her doors for the first time. But this is a place where danger also lurks and in this series we see the mountain rescue team and lake wardens hard at work across the busy Summer. The Lakes - experience life in Britain's favourite 'great escape'
As an antidote to the Olympics the Comic pair actually take each other on at the most extraordinary sporting events the nation has to offer revealing the competitive spirit that flourishes not in giant stadiums but in fields and pub gardens. 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.
When history was really horrible. Fresh innovative entertaining and revelatory Bloody Britain combines strong historical research and storytelling with hands-on historical experiments (such as building and firing a trebuchet) an entertaining but extremely passionate presenter and atmospheric and innovative animation. Action and information-packed each show is a fascinating - and at times squeamish - journey through some of Britain's most gruesome and awful but momentous historical events. In each episode of Bloody Britain Rory McGrath examines a key event from British history. Whether it's battles rebellions wars plagues social unrest betrayal executions injustice or mass insanity we'll concentrate on the mad sad and bad moments from our past. In short we'll zoom in on when the past was truly horrible and ask why when and how these events came to be part of our history.
Join Rory McGrath for a look at Britain's greatest feats of engineering. Comedian and history buff Rory McGrath celebrates the UK's most imaginative and ambitious construction endeavours, past and present. Look closely and you'll find that the Brits are behind many of the big engineering advances that shaped the modern world. From steam engines to jet engines, from the train to the hovercraft, the list is second to none. Best of British lifts the hood and fiddles with the brakes of Britain's engineering heritage. On his way Rory visits a host of British marvels, from the splendour of the Palm House at Kew Garden to the former glamour of Concorde and Iron Bridge, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
Fresh innovative entertaining and revelatory Bloody Britain combines strong historical research and story telling with hands-on historical experiments an entertaining and extremely passionate presenter and atmospheric and innovative animation. Action-packed and informative each enthralling episode provides a fascinating and at times squeamish journey through some of Britain's most gruesome awful but momentous historical events. Each programme examines a key pre-archive event from British history. Whether it be battles rebellions wars plagues social unrest betrayal executions injustice or even mass insanity Bloody Britain concentrates on the mad sad and bad moments from our past. In short Bloody Britain zooms in on when history was truly horrible and asks why?
They Thought it was all over ... but its not! It's back based on the hilariously anarchic BBC game show They Think It's All Over is a brand new interactive DVD quiz game with all the sporting trivia and side splitting comedy of the original show.
Rory McGrath leads viewers through some of the goriest aspects of British history in this high rating 10-episode Discovery Channel documentary series. Fresh innovative entertaining and revelatory Bloody Britain combines strong historical research and story telling with hands-on historical experiments an entertaining but extremely passionate presenter and atmospheric and innovative animation. Action and information-packed each half hour show is a fascinating and at times squeamish journey through some of Britains most gruesome awful but momentous historical events. In each half-hour episode Bloody Britain examines a key event from British history. Whether it's battles rebellions wars plagues social unrest betrayal executions injustice or mass insanity we'll concentrate on the mad sad and bad moments from our past. Episodes features are the Battle of Trafalgar The Vikings Bloody Mary the Body Snatchers Witchfinder General the Siege of Rochester the Monmouth Rebellion Jack the Ripper the Welsh Rebellions and the Peasants' Revolt.
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.
The new 5.1 surround sound remix for Hideaki Annos watershed Neon Genesis Evangelion works most effectively in the battles with the Angels, and these episodes offer two epic combat sequences. In episode 6, Shinji tackles Ramiel, the Fifth Angel, using a special rifle that requires all the electrical power in Japan. The eerily quiet scenes of the darkening archipelago contrast sharply with the furious energy beam attacks that follow. The arrival of arrogant, temperamental Third Child Asuka Sohryu makes life even more miserable for Shinji. In episode 9, he and Asuka use a perfectly coordinated combination of gymnastic and dance movements to defeat Israfel, the Seventh Angel. As the remixed episodes contain no new footage, theyre really for viewers whove installed a 5.1 system, but who dont already have this landmark series.----Charles Solomon
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