Comedy

• The Missionary (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/04/2023) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin writes and stars in this ribald comedy of sex and sensibility. Timid Reverend Charles Fortescue returns to London in 1906 after ten years of service in Africa to start a mission to save the fallen women of Soho. But his dedication to tending to the needs of those in his care soon meets with the disapproval of the church and his patron. Directed by Richard Loncraine (Richard III, Bellman & True), The Missionary is a charming and beautifully detailed comedy which boasts a superb supporting cast that includes Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, Michael Hordern, Graham Crowden and Neil Innes. Product Features 2K restoration by Powerhouse Films from the original negative, supervised and approved by cinematographer Peter Hannan and director Richard Loncraine Original mono audio Audio commentary with writer and actor Michael Palin (2002) Audio commentary with director Richard Loncraine and film historian Sam Dunn (2019) Compulsively Entertaining (2019, 38 mins): Palin and Maggie Smith reflect on the making of The Missionary A Good Collar (2019, 8 mins): costume designer Shuna Harwood discusses her work on the film A Very British Sound (2019, 8 mins): veteran composer and record producer Mike Moran explores the score of The Missionary Playing the Part (2019, 4 mins): Ken Lintott recalls his approach to the film's make-up Snapshots of Sound (2019, 10 mins): interview with sound recordist Tony Jackson A Stiff Old Fashioned (2019, 23 mins): appreciation by comedian, musician and writer Rob Deering Deleted scenes (8 mins, mute with subtitled dialogue) Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Ever Decreasing Circles - Series 2 | DVD | (17/06/2002) from £12.50   |  Saving you £4.75 (42.26%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Written by the successful team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey 'Ever Decreasing Circles' was first broadcast by the BBC in February 1984. Richard Briers Penelope Wilton and Peter Egan star in the second series of the popular suburban-set comedy. Episode 1: When Martin goes to collect Mrs Beardsmore for afternoon tea at the Bryce household Ann is horrified when he returns with a minibus full of her friends. Episode 2: The cricket season begins and Martin finds it increasingly difficult to avoid picking Paul for the team. Episode 3: In an attempt to vary the guests at their dinner party Ann suggests inviting Paul and his girlfriend. During the course of the evening however Paul's wife turns up unexpectedly. Episode 4: Ann is in hospital and Martin decides to spring-clean the entire house stubbornly refusing help from anyone in the Close least of all Paul. Episode 5: Martin is desperate to win the local snooker tournament. When the tournament favourite moves away he thinks he is in with a chance until Paul decides to enter. Episode 6: Ann decides there is more to life than being a suburban housewife. Episode 7: Martin is captivated by a psychiatrist he meets at Paul's party but dumfounded when Ann suggests he goes to see him professionally. Christmas Special: Martin's Christmas is ruined when Ann volunteers use of the Bryce home to house Paul's guests.

• His Girl Friday | DVD | (09/12/2002) from £8.10   |  Saving you £4.89 (60.37%)   |  RRP £12.99

  His Girl Friday is one of the five greatest dialogue comedies ever made. Howard Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Rosalind Russell, not Hawks' first choice to play Hildy Johnson--the ace newsperson whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Cary Grant's Walter Burns is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T Jameson, Amazon.com

• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Blu Ray | (10/12/2018) from £16.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITIES... From the hugely talented actor, writer and director Paul Mazursky (The Tempest, Harry and Tonto) comes Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, a classic comedy that hilariously probes the complicated relationship dynamics of the sexually liberated 1960s. Mazursky's sharp satire tells of Bob (Columbo regular Robert Culp) and Carol (Natalie Wood: West Side Story, Brainstorm), an affluent and hip Californian couple who return from a free-thinking, free-love retreat, intent on having an open relationship. The more conservative Ted (Elliot Gould: MASH, The Long Goodbye) and Alice (Dyan Cannon, Heaven Can Wait) enjoy hearing about their friends amorous adventures, but the cat is set amongst the pigeons when they are invited to join-in... in bed! A film that truly evokes the spirit of its age, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice was a huge hit with audiences and critics alike upon its original theatrical release. Benefitting from superb ensemble acting from its main players and a sublime score courtesy of Quincy Jones, it is no wonder that Mazursky s film was nominated for four Academy Awards. Features: New restoration from original film elements by Sony Pictures High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by director/co-writer Paul Mazursky, actors Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, and Dyan Cannon New Audio commentary by the film scholar Adrian Martin Bob & Natalie & Elliot & Dyan... & Paul, a new video essay exploring the film s themes by filmmaker and critic David Cairns Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, an archival interview with Paul Mazursky revisiting the film s production and release Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by author Michael Atkinson and original reviews

• Dad's Army - The Complete Series 3 | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £4.96   |  Saving you £11.03 (222.38%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The complete collection of the third series of episodes (in colour) featuring the inept Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe) and his unruly Home Guard platoon... Episodes comprise: 1. The Armoured Might Of Lance Corporal Jones 2. Battle School 3. The Lion Has Phones 4. The Bullet Is Not For Firing 5. Something Nasty In The Vault 6. Room At The Bottom 7. Big Guns 8. The Day The Balloon Went Up 9. War Dance 10. Menace From The Deep 11. Branded 12. Man Hunt 13. No Spring

• National Lampoon's Animal House (1979) | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £10.83   |  Saving you £5.16 (47.65%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A groundbreaking screwball caper, 1978's National Lampoon's Animal House was in its own way a rite of passage for Hollywood. Set in 1962 at Faber College, it follows the riotous carryings-on of the Delta Fraternity, into which are initiated freshmen Tom Hulce and Stephen Furst. Among the established house members are Tim Matheson, Peter Riegert and the late John Belushi as Bluto, a belching, lecherous, Jack Daniels guzzling maniac. A debauched house of pranksters (culminating in the famous Deathmobile sequence), Delta stands as a fun alternative to the more strait-laced, crew-cut, unpleasantly repressive norm personified by Omega House. As cowriter the late Doug Kenney puts it, "better to be an animal than a vegetable". Animal House is deliberately set in the pre-JFK assassination, pre-Vietnam era, something not made much of here, but which would have been implicitly understood by its American audience. The film was an enormous success, a rude, liberating catharsis for the latter-day frathousers who watched it. However, decades on, a lot of the humour seems broad, predictable, boorish, oafishly sexist and less witty than Airplane!, made two years later in the same anarchic spirit. Indeed, although it launched the Hollywood careers of several of its players and makers, including Kevin Bacon, director John Landis, Harold Ramis and Tom Hulce, who went on to do fine things, it might well have been inadvertently responsible for the infantilisation of much subsequent Hollywood comedy. Still, there's an undeniable energy that gusts throughout the film and Belushi, whether eating garbage or trying to reinvoke the spirit of America "After the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour" is a joy. On the DVD: Animal House comes to disc in a good transfer, presented in 1.85:1. The main extra is a featurette in which director John Landis, writer Chris Miller and some of the actors talk about the making of the movie. Interestingly, 23 years on, most of those interviewed look better than they did back in 1978, especially Stephen "Flounder" Furst. --David Stubbs

• The Comedians - Series 3 | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The quintessential quickfire stand-up comedy show The Comedians is one of the great successes of ITV - lasting from 1971 until 1993 and making household names of many of its stars. With routines that were honed to perfection in the hard-knock territory of Northern working men''s clubs Frank Carson Charlie Williams Bernard Manning George Roper and Ken Goodwin all became masters of the excruciatingly bad joke and the knowing wink. The Comedians was immediately popular with the viewing public - scoring high ratings and gaining a BAFTA nomination for Best Light Entertainment Programme. This DVD set contains all the best bits from Series Three first shown in 1972. The Comedians are: Frank Carson George Roper Colin Crompton Jerry Harris Duggie Brown Jimmy Marshall Jim Bowen Bernard Manning Charlie Williams Mike Reid Ken Goodwin Pat Mooney Russ Roberts Mike Burton Dave Butler Les Bryan Shep''s Banjo Boys

• Jason Manford Live from Manchester - Double Pack | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £69.93   |  Saving you £-44.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Get Jason Manford Live (2011) and Jason Manford Live at the Manchester Apollo (2009) in this hilarious DVD Double Pack.

• The Frozen Limits | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £6.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (43.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Crazy Gang a pre-Monty Python group of British ""nut"" comedians were popular on stage and screen from 1935 through 1962. In The Frozen Limits the comic sextet Bud Flanagan Chesney Allen Jimmy Nervo Teddy Knox Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold head to Alaska to take advantage of the 1898 Gold Rush. Unfortunately it's now 1939 and no one is in a rush anymore! But better late than never!

• I Love You Phillip Morris | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £6.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (203.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "I Love You Phillip Morris" is the improbable but true story of a charismatic conman's journey from small-town businessman to flamboyant white-collar criminal who escapes from the Texas prison system on four separate occasions - all in the name of love.

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Carry On Up The Jungle | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £7.12   |  Saving you £2.87 (40.31%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Carry On Up the Jungle has worn less well than some of the others in the series, simply because the African exploration genre it parodies--with its cannibals, great white hunters and lost Amazon tribes--is so entirely out of fashion. Still, Frankie Howerd made so comparatively few films that one which has him as an ornithologist searching for rare birds in the company of Joan Sims and Sid James is not going to be entirely without interest; he has few great moments here, but runs through his usual repertoire of groans and horse-faced sorrowful expressions with brio. The idea of Terry Scott playing Tarzan is in itself such a good joke that it hardly matters that most of what follows is him swinging, on ropes, into obstacles. On the DVD: The DVD has no special features whatever. It is presented in 1.77:1 ratio with mono sound. --Roz Kaveney

• King Arthur's Disasters | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £12.85   |  Saving you £-4.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Behold the madness that is King Arthur's Disasters! Lots of animated fun for kids voiced by Rik Mayall and Little Britain's Matt Lucas.

• Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (27/03/2023) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night) and Gary Cooper (Morocco) play the leads in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, a classic comedy from director Ernst Lubitsch (Broken Lullaby). Seven-times married, the wealthy playboy Michael Brandon meets the beautiful, tempestuous Nicole, and makes her his eighth wife. Determined she won't be just another of his conquests, Nicole contrives to frustrate Michael's advances in order to keep him keen. Michael, however, believes she is trying to force him to divorce her in order to take advantage of a generous pre-nuptial agreement, and a battle of wills ensues. One of Lubitsch's greatest films, and a huge influence on the modern romantic comedy, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife boasts a sizzling screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend, Sunset Blvd.), and a memorable supporting turn from David Niven (A Matter of Life and Death). Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2023) The Guardian Interview with Claudette Colbert (1984), archival audio recording of the celebrated performer in conversation at London's National Film Theatre United States (1944): military training film, narrated by David Niven during his time away from Hollywood to serve in the RAF, produced to instruct British troops in the history of their American allies Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, archival interviews with director Ernst Lubitsch, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies All extras subject to change

• Bye Bye Love | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Three divorced fathers on the cusp of middle age cope with familial and romantic travails with a disarming mix of bitterness and irreverent humour. Dave Vic and Donny who have banded together as an informal support group meet each weekend at a local McDonald's to exchange children with their respective ex-wives. Each in turn suffers indignities at the hands of distraught teenage daughters swaggering feminist blind dates and an acid-tongued radio deejay who proffers advice that no one wants to hear. Janeane Garofalo Amy Brenneman Danny Masterson and Rob Reiner co-star in this heartwarming and hilarious comedy from the director of 'George Of The Jungle' and the creator of Family Ties and Spin City.

• How Not To Live Your Life - Series 1 | DVD | (20/07/2009) from £7.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (150.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  How Not To Live Your Life is a brand new sitcom which centers around Don a twenty something man with bad luck and even worse instincts. Ever wanted to tell your boss what you really think of her/him? Or wished you could say what you really feel after a one night stand? Well in this exciting new comedy we get to see Don's overactive imagination in the form of quick fire fantasy sequences. Written by and Starring Dan Clark.

• The High Life | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £27.40   |  Saving you £-11.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  All six episodes plus the pilot of the previously unreleased camp comedy concerning the crackpot crew of a charter jet from Scotia Airways... Comic Asides (Pilot Episode): Frustrated by their daily grind air steward Sebastian longs for glamour while his colleague Steve longs for a girlfriend. Feart: Steve and Sebastian decide that the time has come to find an escape route out of the Air Scotia rut. Birl: As standards fall the company orders its employees to attend a weekend of intensive retraining. Steve finds love Shona finds herself and Sebastian finds out a secret. Winch: Sebastian returns from his Florida holiday to discover something has definitely happened between Steve and Shona. Captain Duff meanwhile is as confused as ever. Choob: Much to Steve and Sebastian's irritation Shona lands the job of presenting Air Scotia's in-flight video. Dug: Sebastian hits on a scheme to find fame fortune and females for Steve. Dunk: The crew become embroiled in a small business espionage plot.

• Sliding Doors | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £8.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (77.86%)   |  RRP £15.99

  There are two sides to every story. Helen is about to live both of them... at the same time. Romance was never this much fun. The split-second moments that can take a life down one path instead of another form the tantalising 'what if?' in this delightful romantic comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow plays London publicist Helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment. Lo

• The Best Man | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £9.89   |  Saving you £0.10 (1.01%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Impressive debut from Lee (Spike's cousin), which should easily lay to rest any charges of Hollywood nepotism.

• Blake's Junction 7 / 'Ant Muzak' / World of Wrestling | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £17.21   |  Saving you £0.04 (0.25%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A collection of three comedy shorts starring some of Britains brightest comedy stars. Titles Comprise: Ant Muzak: Even cult Eighties popstars need to shop... Nick Moran (LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) and Mackenzie Crook (THE OFFICE) star in this documentary-style comedy about New Romantic punks Adam & The Ants making an eventful late-night trip to their local 24-hour supermarket. Cruising the aisles like some kind of bizarre family-unit the flamboyantly dressed band-members are thrown into crisis when one of their 2 drummers suddenly goes missing. Directed by Ben Gregor and written by Tim Plester 'ANT MUZAK' is a charmingly off-kilter tale of tinned vegetables consumer culture and the fickle nature of fame. Shot over a single weekend on borrowed Super 16mm equipment 'ANT MUZAK' also features a tantalising cameo appearance from former Adam & The Ants bass-player Gary Tibbs. Blake's Junction 7: Imagine the kind of twilight world in which the characters from a bygone British-made space-opera might find themselves making a much-needed pit stop at a Motorway Service Station at 2:45am on a non-descript Tuesday morning... BLAKE'S JUNCTION 7 is a totally unofficial but affectionate 15-minute comedy inspired by the BBC's cult classic sci-fi series BLAKE'S 7. A sequel-of-sorts to Ben Gregor and Tim Plester's first short film 'ANT MUZAK' (Audience Award winner 2003 Sydney Film Festival) it stars Mark Heap (GREEN WING) Martin Freeman (THE OFFICE) and Johnny Vegas (IDEAL). It also features all-new recordings from original BLAKE'S 7 cast-member Peter Tuddenham as the voice of Orac the super super-computer and promises a one-off opportunity to see Mackenzie Crook (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) in drag as our heroes' nemesis Supreme Commander Servalan. World Of Wrestling: While most of us sleep the heroes and villains from the Golden Age of British wrestling must grapple against the odds to make it home safely from a night out on the tiles. Set predominantly onboard an iconic red double-decker bus this is a journey into a colourfully skewed world of oversized men ill-fitting leotards Boston-Crabs Half-Nelsons and the unforgiving whims of the British public transport system. The film's all-star cast includes introducing in the red corner; Mackenzie Crook (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) Kris Marshall (MY FAMILY) Patrick Baladi (THE OFFICE) Kevin Eldon (BIG TRAIN) and Miranda Hart (HYPERDRIVE). All aboard and seconds away... WORLD OF WRESTLING is the third and final part of Tim Plester and Ben Gregor's critically-acclaimed loose trilogy of short comedy films - following the award-winning success of both 'ANT MUZAK' and BLAKE'S JUNCTION 7 which have both been screened at film festivals worldwide including Edinburgh London Raindance Sydney Toronto Worldwide Montreal Prends Ca Court Foyle Uppsala Cardiff Leeds Manchester Commonwealth Cinequest and Slamdance.