Comedy

• Life Is Sweet | DVD | (11/02/2002) from £8.38   |  Saving you £1.61 (19.21%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Life is Sweet, Mike Leigh's 1990 snapshot of the suburban family condition at the tail end of the Thatcher era, is often depressing and occasionally harrowing. It is also ultimately joyous, not just for the sharpness of Leigh's satire--the script was improvised with and by the cast--but also for the real affection that binds the family together. Through a series of minor crises, channels of communication silted up by the daily grind and terminal self-absorption are gradually eased open and the film ends on a note of genuine hope. As parents Wendy and Andy, Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent give virtuoso performances: two adults who use fantasy, mundane work and a stream of banal chatter to keep reality at bay before a freak kitchen accident forces them to stop and take stock. They have two daughters to perplex them: one a plumber (Claire Skinner) and the other an angry anorexic (Jane Horrocks, unsparing in a gut-wrenching bulimic scene). Timothy Spall is hilarious as family friend Aubrey, a would-be restaurateur whose efforts to establish a gourmet eatery in Enfield collapse in hopeless, drunken farce. This is not an overtly political film, but the sense of a stake being driven through the heart of the 1980s enterprise culture is unmistakeable. Inspiring. --Piers Ford

• Spaced: Series 2 | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson return as Tim Bisley and Daisy Steiner - two hopeless twentysomethings sharing a flat and pretending to be a couple. Joining them on their urban adventures are wine-swilling landlady Marsha the rather intense artist who lives downstairs Brian Tim's best friend and would-be TA soldier Mike and Daisy's best friend the air-headed Twist. Episodes Comprise: 1.Back 2.Change 3.Mettle 4.Help 5.Gone 6.Dissolution 7.Leaves

• Pret a Porter | DVD | (16/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the world's hottest fashion show there's been a murder. Now everybody's a suspect including two guests (Julia Roberts and Tim Robbins) who end up sharing more than a hotel room! Sizzling Kim Basinger also stars as s hilariously inept TV reporter on the trail of her hottest interview yet. They're all caught up in the year's biggest see-and-be-seen event - where scintillating scandals and spectacular supermodels turn up the heat in a riotous show of high-fashion hilarity!

• Brendan Grace - At The Gaiety | DVD | (25/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Tommy Cooper Collection | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £18.12   |  Saving you £31.87 (175.88%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Tommy Cooper's comedy was timeless a true original who was everyone's favourite clown. Wearing his trademark Fez he delighted millions with bungled magic tricks and hilarious sketeches.

• Seinfield - 5 & 6 Box Set | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £23.95   |  Saving you £41.04 (171.36%)   |  RRP £64.99

  From the minds of Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld! This fantastic box set comprises season's five and six of the Emmy award winning US sitcom. Season 5: 1. The Mango 2. The Puffy Shirt 3. The Glasses 4. The Sniffing Accountant 5. The Bris 6. The Lip Reader 7. The Non-Fat Yogurt 8. The Barber 9. The Masseuse 10. The Cigar Store Indian 11. The Conversion 12. The Stall 13. The Dinner Party 14. The Marine Biologist 15. The Pie 16. The Stand-In 17. The Wife 18. The Raincoats (Part

• Cyrus | DVD | (21/02/2011) from £2.19   |  Saving you £13.80 (630.14%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son.

• Scoop | DVD | (09/02/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.94

  Woody Allen writes, directs and stars in this comedy crime thriller alongside Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman. The film follows American journalism student Sondra Pransky (Johansson), who, while taking part in a show presented by magician Sidney Waterman (Allen) in London, is visited by the ghostly apparition of the recently deceased journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) and told the identity of an alleged serial killer. As Sondra and Sidney try to uncover whether there is any truth to these claims, Sondra begins to fall in love with the suspect, British aristocrat Peter Lyman (Jackman)...

• Woody Allen: Seven Films - 1986-1991 | Blu Ray | (20/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.49

  Arrow Academy's third Woody Allen collection spans 1986-91 and the bulk of his work with Mia Farrow, who is featured in all seven of these films. They start with the much-loved family saga Hannah and Her Sisters, a warm and witty return to Allen's beloved Manhattan, and the nostalgic Radio Days, a collection of stories from the time of Allen's own 1930s/40s childhood. More sombre fare comes with the Chekhov-influenced ensemble piece September and Another Woman, with a tour de force role for Gena Rowlands as a middle-aged philosophy professor whose accidental eavesdropping makes her reassess her life. And with Crimes and Misdemeanors, Allen made one of his greatest films, a multi-layered and almost Dostoyevskian reflection on guilt that also finds room for some of his funniest one-liners. The box concludes with two of his more fantastical films, the romantic comedy Alice, in which relationships are guided with the aid of mysterious ˜invisibility herbs', and the black-and-white, star-studded Shadows and Fog, an homage to Kafka and German Expressionism that was based on Allen's own one-act play Death. Collection includes: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Radio Days (1987) September (1987) Another Woman (1988) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Alice (1990) Shadows and Fog (1991) Exclusive to this collection: a hardback book featuring new and archive writing on all the films by Woody Allen, Richard Ayoade, Frank Collins, Glenn Kenny, Guy Lodge, Sheila O'Malley, Leanne Weston and Craig Williams

• The Couch Trip | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £13.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Dan Aykroyd is running the asylum and ruling the airwaves as a mental patient turned talk-radio shrink in this Michael Ritchie comedy of loony proportions co-starring Charles Grodin Donna Dixon Walter Matthau and Chevy Chase. When asylum inmate John Burns (Aykroyd) intercepts a call to his psychiatrist he brashly impersonates the good doctor. And he does such a good job that he's given an offer to fill in for a stressed-out Beverly Hills celebrity psychologist (Grodin) as the hos

• 21 And Over | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £4.75   |  Saving you £11.24 (236.63%)   |  RRP £15.99

  With a medical school interview taking place the next day, Jeff's friends arrive to celebrate his 21st birthday. What was supposed to be one beer soon turns into a night of chaos, over indulgence and utter debauchery.

• Spaced Out/Sex Clinic | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Spaced Out: When three voluptuous female aliens crash-land in a quiet English park the result is close encounters of the sauciest kind! Three hapless men witness the UFO's arrival and are kidnapped by the sexy extra-terrestrials who soon discover the joys of 'first contact'! From cult director Norman J. Warren (Satan's Slave Prey and Inseminoid) this wacky space odyssey blasts off with intergalactic giggles and girls aplenty! Sex Clinic: An unscrupulous and beautiful proprietor of a London heath clinic (Georgina Ward) offers her randy clients 'added extras' but after administering the spankings she ruthlessly blackmails the customers. But when a mysterious stranger appears on the scene she gets a taste of her own naughty medicine. Unseen for over thirty years Sex Clinic is an ingenious sex drama from the pen of Hazel Adair (creator of TV soap Crossroads).

• Friends - Christmas Best Of | DVD | (02/11/2007) from £7.19   |  Saving you £2.80 (38.94%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Includes the following episodes: The one with the monkey The one where Rachel quits The one with the inappropriate sister The one with the Christmas armadillo

• The Virgin Soldiers (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/07/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in Singapore in the early 1950s, this impressive adaptation of Leslie Thomas' best-selling, scandalous novel centres on a group of naïve, young British Army recruits billeted to Malaya who have no experience of either love or war. Both affectionate and affecting in its look at young men in wartime, the film has a wonderful cast which includes Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl, The National Health), Hywel Bennett (The Family Way, Twisted Nerve) and Nigel Davenport (The Third Secret, The Mind of Mr. Soames), along with early appearances from Christopher Timothy, Wayne Sleep, James Cosmo - and a young David Bowie. Genuine and heartfelt, The Virgin Soldiers is an insightful and hugely underrated British comic drama. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original mono audio The Virgin Actors (2019, 29 mins): Roy Holder and Christopher Timothy recall their experiences on location Some Confidence (2019, 8 mins): writer Ian La Frenais discusses his contributions to the screenplay 16mm Location Footage (1967, 14 mins): rare and previously unseen material shot during location scouting Operation Malaya (1953, 67 mins): David MacDonald's acclaimed feature-length docudrama on the Malayan Emergency Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography Isolated music & effects track New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Sean Lock - Lockipedia Live | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Lockipaedia is a brand new stand-up show from the brilliant Sean Lock. Lockipedia lets the audience choose what show they get. Lockipedia is what Sean 'knows' about stuff. Lockipedia can only be accessed live & on DVD. Lockipedia is funny & not to be missed! Team captain of Channel 4's '8 Out Of 10 Cats' and one of the UK's most highly acclaimed and original comedians Sean Lock is finally back on the road in 2010 with his highly anticipated new tour - Lockipedia. The new show will be Sean Lock at his best and will be recorded for DVD later in the year and released in November a must-have for all fans.

• Chicken Run / James And The Giant Peach | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Chicken Run: Trouble is brewing down on Mrs Tweedy's poultry farm: the chickens are revolting (yes that old chestnut) and clucky hen Ginger (voiced by Julia Sawalha) is planning her latest coop um coup. Getting one or two birds out of the farm is no problem whatsoever. Unfortunately Ginger plans to get everyone out at the same time and when one of the would-be escapees happens to be kind-hearted but bird-brained Babs (Jane Horrocks) Ginger is fighting a losing battle. D

• The Beiderbecke Collection | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Beiderbecke Collection' is a charming mix of comedy and drama that has all the hallmarks of a classic detective thriller. Follow the exploits of jazz fan Trevor and his long-suffering girlfriend Jill as they find themselves embroiled in various mysteries which follow them to Amsterdam and Edinburgh and include dodgy businessmen black economies refugees and much much more.... This box set contains the following titles: 'The Beiderbecke Affair' 'The Beiderbecke Tapes' and 'The Beiderbecke Connection'.

• Ken Dodd - An Audience With | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £11.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Squire of Knotty Ash Ken Dodd at his best telling jokes and taking questions from celebrities.

• Days Of Wine And Roses | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  An Oscar winning film of a gripping study of alcoholism and love. Jack Lemmon and Lee Remmick star as Joe and Kirsten a couple who fall in love get married and have a baby. This happy family scene gradually changes as Joe's addiction casts an ever-increasing shadow over all their lives...

• Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps - Series 5 | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £5.57   |  Saving you £14.42 (258.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Back together at last with Jonny Janet has just arrived at The Castle in time to see him shot by the police. Luckily he survives and spurred on by his near-death experience the couple find new depth in their relationship. For Donna and Gaz things are not so encouraging. Donna finds out that Gaz has slept with Janet - will she ever forgive him? Meanwhile Louise at last meets the man of her dreams - or does she? Episodes comprise: 1. Dead 2. Nobbly Bobbly 3. Shrink 4. Ec