"Actor: Steve Delaney"

• Count Arthur Strong: The Complete Third Series | DVD | (17/07/2017) from £14.24   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Delusional show business character Count Arthur Strong, a pompous, out-of-work actor from Doncaster attempts to recount his life story with the help of the scholarly son of his former comedy partner.

• Count Arthur Strong: The Complete Series 1-3 | DVD | (26/02/2018) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Wit, bon vivant, social gadfly, master of the mystic arts and star of stage and screen Count Arthur Strong is none of these, though he likes to think he is... Steve Delaney stars as the pompously delusional Count Arthur in this critically acclaimed, BAFTA-nominated sitcom written by Delaney and Graham Linehan (Father Ted, The IT Crowd). Co-starring Rory Kinnear as Michael, a perpetually nervous writer and the son of Arthur's late comedy partner, and with guest turns from Lindsay Duncan, Graham Fellows and Barry Cryer among others, this set contains every episode. SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the Moustache The Story of Count Arthur Strong Graham Linehan Q&A Is It Safe? filming Safari Park featurette

• Count Arthur Strong: The Complete Second Series | DVD | (26/09/2016) from £13.14   |  Saving you £6.85 (52.13%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Wit, bon vivant, social gadfly, master of the mystic arts and star of stage and screen Count Arthur Strong is none of these, though he likes to think he is... Steve Delaney returns as the pompously delusional Count Arthur in this BAFTA-nominated sitcom written by Delaney and Graham Linehan (Father Ted, The IT Crowd). Co-starring Rory Kinnear as Michael, a perpetually nervous writer and the son of Arthur's late comedy partner, this complete second series contains all seven episodes, complete and uncut. Currently resting on his ample laurels, with the next big thing only a phone call away, Arthur whiles away his time by writing a novel full of damaging showbiz gossip much to Michael's horror! Brushes with politics and a disastrous flying lesson pale into insignificance, however, when Arthur has to move in with Michael in the aftermath of yet another 'trouser fire'... SPECIAL FEATURE: Graham Linehan audience Q&A

• Count Arthur Strong | DVD | (19/08/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Count Arthur Strong - A man born to entertain an audience whether they like it or not. Variety star bit-part actor life model medium entrepreneur enjoyer of all-day breakfasts and inexplicable Count nothing is outside his area of expertise. Into Arthur's world comes Michael Baker the son of his vastly more successful former double-act partner Max. Michael (Rory Kinnear) is professionally and personally adrift an author whose last shot at the popularity he craves is a book about his Dad the King of Saturday Night... but last time he met Arthur he burst into tears and wet himself. Thirty years on it seems that Arthur is still capable of embarrassing him one way or another. The creator of Count Arthur Steve Delaney joins with Graham Linehan (The IT Crowd Father Ted) to bring this stage legend and BBC Radio 4 favourite to the screen at last.

• The Very Best Of The Royle Family | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spanning the three series of this superb sitcom, The Very Best of The Royle Family is a prime taster for those not familiar with the series. Co-created by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, who star as Denise and Dave respectively, The Royle Family deserves its own comedic category. They had a hard fight persuading the BBC to leave a laughter track off the show, which would have disrupted its unique ambience and chemistry. Never departing from the house of lazy, good-for-nothing but defiantly sardonic Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson) and wife Barbara (Sue Johnston), The Royle Family chronicles the everyday chat and banal comings and goings of this Northern household, which barely qualifies as "working" class, since mostly they are slumped on the sofa in front of the telly in a cathode-induced stupor. Confused viewers waiting for something to "happen" in the conventional sitcom manner will be disappointed. What they'll get instead is an irresistible stream of dialogue that captures unerringly the humdrum cadences of "ordinary" people. These episodes capture the Royles in customary, festive mood--Denise's marriage, Christmas, baby David's birthday party and so forth--which is good, as we get to see more of Liz Smith's magnificent Nana. As each seemingly inconsequential scene vividly illustrates, this is hardly a romanticised family. Denise is an appallingly negligent mother, there's probably never been a green vegetable in the house, most of their friends, including Darren, are well dodgy, and mum Barbara is unfairly put-upon ("Eh, I've been so busy this morning I haven't had time to smoke", she laments at one point). Yet undoubtedly, unlike their regal counterparts, this Royle Family are close-knit, somehow getting by. The family that watches telly together stays together. On the DVD: The Very Best of the Royle Family, disappointingly, has no extra features. --David Stubbs

• That Was Then, This Is Now | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Two friends grow up like brothers in the rough east side of Minneapolis but then there comes a time for tough life decisions as that friendship is gradually ripped apart. Friends Mark Jennings and Byron Douglas have lived like brothers growing up together in the rough neighbourhood of St Paul along with a bunch of easygoing friends. But then a budding romance between Byron and Kathy puts a strain on the friendship and when Charlie the bar owner is killed helping them in a fight against two revengeful pool players the rift widens. Byron spends more time with Kathy leaves the old life behind and takes on a regular job while Mark falls into a rollercoaster world of revenge-fuelled fights and drugs. The two boys must learn to not only come to terms with their past but also to decide on how to face the future.