Comedy

• Father Ted - The Complete 1st Series | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £5.78   |  Saving you £14.21 (245.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From its very beginning in 1995, Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews' affable sitcom Father Ted occupied a previously undiscovered niche in TV comedy: by turns endearing and surreal, it was always effortlessly hilarious. Ted's the almost normal one, fighting the good fight to keep his sanity amid the chaos of his own household, where he lives with "poor idiot boy" Father Dougal, psychotically devoted housekeeper Mrs Doyle and foul-mouthed Father Jack, who doesn't need an excuse to hit the bottle (or smash one over someone's head) in any episode and whose vocabulary consists of just three immortal words: "Drink, Feck, Girls!"The first series opens with "Good Luck, Father Ted" as we learn just how dreary life on Craggy Island really is when Funland arrives (which boasts such attractions as Freak Pointing and the Spinning Cat!). Everyone's patience is tested further when "Entertaining Father Stone"--quite possibly the most boring man on Earth--in the second episode. Proving bad publicity can be good publicity, Ted and Dougal then accidentally manage to attract audiences to the blasphemous film "The Passion of St Tibulus". Their ingenuity is tested to the limit in "Competition Time" as they become "The Three Ages of Elvis". Dermot Morgan's Ted is at his most sympathetic in "And God Created Women" when he gets the wrong end of the stick about the intentions of romantic novelist Polly Clarke. Then, lastly, in " Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest", everyone rallies round at Father Jack's "funeral" to reminisce about what a fine priest and good-natured fellow he was! These six episodes made for a wonderful series debut; catchphrases were born ("Drink!"), as were regular characters (Jim Norton's sinister Bishop Brennan); and like Mrs Doyle's ever-wandering facial mole, audiences wanted it to "go on go on go on".On the DVD: the only extra is an exceedingly self-deprecatory commentary from co-writer Graham Linehan, who explains the origins of the characters and how he wrote in collaboration with Arthur Matthews. He frequently and hilariously compares himself with others (chiefly Mel Brooks on Young Frankensteinand The Producers). Fans will be delighted to hear many jokes that nearly made it into the show, but will undoubtedly end up somewhere else! --Paul Tonks

• Last Of The Summer Wine - Series 1 And 2 | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £19.99   |  Saving you £-11.67 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.32

  First transmitted in 1973 this release features every episode from Series One and Two of 'Last Of The Summer Wine'. Episode titles: Short Back And Palais Glide Inventor Of The 40-Foot Ferret Pate And Chips Spring Fever The New Mobile Trio Hail Smiling Morn Or Thereabouts Forked Lightning Who's That Dancing With Nora Batty Then? The Changing Face Of Rural Blamire Some Enchanted Evening A Quiet Drink Ballad For Wind Instruments And Canoe Northern Flying Circus.

• Tim Vine - Live - So I Said To This Bloke | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £5.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (299.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tim Vine: Live - So I Said To This Bloke...

• M.A.S.H. - Season 6 | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £21.97   |  Saving you £8.02 (36.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The sixth season of the award winning comedy series featuring all 24 classic episodes. Episodes comprise: 1. Fade Out Fade In 2. Fallen Idol 3. Last Laugh 4. War Of Nerves 5. The Winchester Tapes 6. The Light That Failed 7. In Love And War 8. Change Day 9. Images 10. The M*A*S*H Olympics 11. The Grim Reaper 12. Comrades In Arms (Part 1) 13. Comrades In Arms (Part 2) 14. The Merchant Of Korea 15. The Smell Of Music 16. Patient 4077 17. Tea And Empathy 18. Your Hit

• The Very Best of Dad's Army | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £4.98   |  Saving you £8.01 (160.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  If the mark of a successful TV comedy is that repeat showings attract new viewers, then Dad's Army must be one of the best. The Very Best of Dad's Army includes five episodes almost covering its whole time span--from 1969's "Sons of the Sea", an entertaining caper when lost at home, to 1977's final episode "Never Too Old", in which sparky Corporal Jones marries his longtime sweetheart, and the ageing Second World War platoon drinks a toast to Britain's Home Guard. Along with these is 1973's "The Deadly Attachment", where a captive U-boat crew falls prey to dummy hand-grenades; 1972's "Keep Young and Beautiful", a touching tale of looking younger and sticking together; and the same year's "Asleep in the Deep", where the platoon uses its skill and judgement, plus a little luck, to escape a life-threatening situation. Fans and newcomers will enjoy the priceless interplay of Arthur Lowe and John le Mesurier, along with the contributions of Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender and James Beck, in this nostalgic depiction of Britain as it once was. On the DVD: The 4:3 picture reproduction has come up well and the dual mono sound is more than adequate. Each episode features six scene selections, while the artist profiles provide brief but relevant biographical details. The half-hour Selection Box gives celebrities past and present a chance to pick their favourite extracts and explain just why they're hooked. Chances are you will be too.--Richard Whitehouse

• Go | DVD | (06/03/2000) from £5.80   |  Saving you £0.19 (3.28%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Eighteen-year-old Ronna, accompanied by reluctant partner-in-crime and fellow supermarket checkout clerk Claire, is desperately looking to score some rent money before she's evicted.

• Mr Bean: The Animated Series - Volumes 1-6 | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £14.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (0.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Watch all you favourite animated Mr. Bean episodes in this super six disc special full of amazing adventures.

• The Nutty Professor | Blu Ray | (29/08/2016) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lucky for Eddie Murphy he got hold of the rights to this 1963 Jerry Lewis classic before Jim Carrey did. Murphy had a comeback of sorts with his Jeckyll-and-Hyde-derived fable of awkward chemistry professor Sherman Klump (Murphy), who discovers a potion that transforms him into the suave, cocky lady-killer Buddy Love (also Murphy). The big difference between the two versions is that Murphy's Sherman is not only a nerdy intellectual but is also grossly obese, which provides the opportunity for some hilarious digital transformation effects, as well as some gentle satire of our culture's attitudes toward fat people. As he did in the hit Coming to America, Murphy plays multiple roles, and the scenes at the Klump family dinner table, in which he plays everybody, are brilliantly funny. (Murphy won the National Society of Film Critics' award for best actor of 1996 for these performances.) Lewis based his Buddy Love on the 1960s ideal of cool exemplified by Sinatra and the Rat Pack; Murphy stumbles a bit by playing up the oily phoniness of his latter-day Love a little too soon, but for the most part The Nutty Professor represents a welcome return to form for Eddie Murphy. --Jim Emerson

• Think Like a Man | DVD | (15/10/2012) from £20.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (5.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The balance of power in four couples' relationships is upset when the women start using the advice of a popular book to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realise that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship playbook, they decide that the best defence is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage. Let The Battle of the Sexes begin!

• Laurel & Hardy Volume 2 - Someone's Ailing/Classic Shorts | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £2.99 (99.67%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: County Hospital (b/w) County Hospital (colourised) Them Thar Hills (b/w) Them Thar Hill (colourised) Tit For Tat (b/w) Tit For Tat (colourised) Perfect Day (b/w) Perfect Day (colourised) A collection of classic Laurel & Hardy shorts on the theme of ailments plus the only example of a direct sequel in L&H history. In 'County Hospital' Ollie's broken leg offers him a chance to rest which he does until Stan pays him a visit! 'Them Thar Hills' sees Ollie suffering from gout prompting a trip into the mountains while its sequel 'Tit For Tat' shows what happened after their return. In 'Perfect Day' it's Edgar Kennedy's turn to suffer gout a condition aggravated by Stan and Ollie's attempt to organise a family picnic.

• Mrs Doubtfire / Dunston Checks In / Baby's Day Out | DVD | (15/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mrs Doubtfire: How far would an ordinary father go to spend more time with his children? Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) is no ordinary father so when he learns his ex-wife (Sally Field) needs a housekeeper he applies for the job. With the perfect wig a little makeup and a dress for all occasions he becomes Mrs Doubtfire a devoted British housekeeper who is hired on the spot. Free to be the 'woman' he never knew he could be the disguised Daniel creates a whole new life with his entire family! Dunston Checks In: An orangutan called Dunston checks into a hotel which he proceeds to turn upside down. The manager's son Kyle is determined to help Dunston escape to a new life... Baby's Day Out: The Cotwell family arrange a family portrait only to discover that the photographers are kidnappers!

• Come Play With Me Digitally Remastered Special Edition DVD 1977 | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £9.45   |  Saving you £5.54 (58.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The first ever DVD release of THE DEFINITIVE 70's sex comedy starring Mary Millington Come Play With Me follows the saucy exploits of a bunch of nubile girls who start up a health farm that unbeknownst to them is harbouring master money forgers.

• Went The Day Well - Digitally Remastered (80 Years of Ealing) | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Based on the story by Grahame Greene Went The Day Well? Is a classic piece of propagandist entertainment a warning to British citizens to remain ever alert for the arrival of the enemy. Alberto Cavalcanti's film tells the story of a quiet English village which has been infiltrated by German Soldiers masquerading as British Troops leaving the plucky villages to uncover the plot and fight back.

• Smoke | DVD | (02/05/2011) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Departing from the conventions of Hollywood story-telling 'Smoke' is constructed like an emotional jigsaw puzzle: pieces interweave and interconnect to form an intricate whole. Unrelated characters - a cigar store manager (Harvey Keitel) who has taken photographs in front of his store at the same hour every day for 14 years; a novelist (William Hurt) unable to go on writing after his wife is killed in a random act of street violence; a man (Forest Whitaker) who ran away from his past and tries to start over after accidentally killing his wife. These characters amongst others making their way through the lonely urban landscape might seem to have little in common. But in the couse of this motion picture they cross paths by chance and end up changing each other's lives in indelible ways.

• The Inbetweeners - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (18/05/2009) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Combine the juvenile smut of Superbad with the cringing embarrassment of Peep Show against the 'stylish' backdrop of Grange Hill and what do you get? E4's hilarious comedy The Inbetweeners. A super sharp one-liner packed celebration of the highs and lows of being a teenager. Perfectly capturing the relentless disappointment of suburban adolescence the show's four main characters yearn for sex booze and cheap thrills without the emotional maturity money or ID to get them. This release includes the complete second series.

• Scotch And Wry | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £4.00   |  Saving you £3.25 (118.61%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD a collection of sketches from the hugely successful Scotch & Wry. All the old favourites are here - Supercop Dickie Dandruff Last Call and many more. Rikki Fulton and Co. provide the laughs with their unique brand of humour in this hilarious blast from the past. From vampires to aliens office parties to tenement parties it's political incorrectness gone mad! And watch out for the Frankenstein sketch - it's good to see that a good use has been found for Francie's old hairpiece! 90 minutes of classic Scottish comedy at it's best.

• The Mighty Boosh - Series 1 | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £3.94   |  Saving you £4.05 (102.79%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Come with us now on a journey through time and space... to the world of The Mighty Boosh... Written by and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt The Mighty Boosh is an off-the-wall adventure based on their Perrier Award-winning comedy show. Howard and Vince two workers in a run-down zoo are often called upon to put their jobs before their pride. That means dressing up as animals and sitting in cages because their boss American entrepreneur Bob Fossil ca

• Just Wright | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.30   |  Saving you £10.69 (146.44%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Just Wright revolves around a sports trainer (Latifah) who finds herself falling in love with a professional basketball player (Common) while rehabilitating him from a career threatening injury.

• Scary Movie 5 | Blu Ray | (19/08/2013) from £10.75   |  Saving you £14.24 (132.47%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In Scary Movie 5 happily-married couple Dan and Jody begin to notice some bizarre activity once they bring their newborn baby Aiden home from the hospital. But when the chaos expands into Jody's job as a ballet dancer and Dan's career as an Ape researcher they realize their family is being stalked by a nefarious demon. Together with the advice of certified experts and the aid of numerous cameras they must figure out how to get rid of it before it's too late.

• About Time | Blu Ray | (03/02/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  At the age of 21 Tim is told an incredible family secret by his father: all the men in his family have the ability to relive their past. He can revisit any moment in his life to try things differently until he gets them perfectly right. He decides to use his special new gift to win the heart of the beautiful Mary but finds that the course of true love can be hilariously difficult - even with the ability to try try and try again. About Time is a romantic comedy about love life and time travel which discovers that in the end making the most of life may not need time travel at all. Special Features: Deleted Scenes with Intros by Director Richard Curtis Blooper Reel: Making Movies is a Serious Business About Time and Time Travel 'The Luckiest' Music Why Director Richard Curtis Picked Ben Folds' 'The Luckiest'for About Time Ellie Goulding 'How Long Will I Love You?' Music Video The Look Style and Locations The World of Richard Curtis