Comedy

• Spring And Autumn - The Complete First Series | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Not every widowed seventy-year-old is lucky enough to have a daughter willing to provide him with a home in his declining years. And not every daughter is unlucky enough to have a father as awkward cantankerous and mischievous as Tommy Butler. Comedy veteran Jimmy Jewel stars as Tommy a retired railway worker who goes to live with his long-suffering daughter Vera in her high-rise flat when his home is demolished. While his son-in-law Brian hardly welcomes the new domestic arrangement Tommy having left all his old friends behind feels particularly lost - until he strikes up an unlikely friendship with twelve-year-old tearaway Charlie Harris. This warm touching sitcom was written by the hugely successful team of Vince Powell and Harry Driver (Nearest and Dearest Bless This House) and originally ran from 1973 to 1977. This set includes the pilot play from 1972 alongside all six episodes from series one.

• A Prairie Home Companion | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £9.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (68.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Director Robert Altman's final film looks at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show.

• Breaking The Bank | DVD | (20/06/2016) from £3.65   |  Saving you £9.34 (255.89%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Kelsey Grammer stars as Charles Bunbury, the bumbling chairman of London's historic, yet struggling, bank Tuftons, founded by the family of his wife Penelope (Tamsin Greig). The only problem is that he knows nothing about banking When ruthless US and Japanese investment banks start circling, Charles bets it all on a risky investment but ends up breaking the bank and is booted out in disgrace. Homeless and living on the streets, Charles begins to form an unlikely alliance in an attempt to short and hedge his way to getting back his wife and her bank. An hilarious British comedy with a great supporting cast including Mathew Horne (Gavin & Stacey), John Michael Higgins (Pitch Perfect 1 & 2), Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers) and Doon Mackichan (Smack the Pony).

• L.A. Story | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £4.77   |  Saving you £8.22 (172.33%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Something funny is happening in L.A.... Steve Martin is Harris Telemacher a wacky television weatherman who thinks his life is perfect except for an erratic relationship with a style-conscious girlfriend (Marilu Henner). Then one bright and smoggy L.A. day an electronic freeway sign changes his life when its advice leads him into a frivolous romance with a young and beautiful blonde (Sarah Jessica Parker) and ultimately to true love with the woman of his dreams (Victoria Tennant). Set against the backdrop of Los Angeles it's the most hilariously romantic L.A. story you'll ever experience.

• Buster Keaton | DVD | (01/05/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Buster Keaton at his very best, with his trademark stoic, deadpan expressions that earned him the nickname The Great Stone Face . The General. Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made. THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. Rejected by the Confederate army as unfit, and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack), young Johnny Gray (Keaton) is given a chance to redeem himself when Yankee spies steal his cherished locomotive. Johnny wages a one-man war against hijackers, an errant cannon and the unpredictable hand of fate while roaring along the iron rails. Steamboat Bill Jr. The last of the independent features made in the prime of Buster Keaton s career. STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. is a large-scale follow-up to The General. Keaton stars as William Canfield, Jr., a Boston collegian who returns to his deep-southern roots to reunite with his father, a crusty riverboat captain (Ernest Torrence) who is engaged in a bitter rivalry with a riverboat king coincidentally, the father of Willies sweetheart (Marion Byron). Keaton s athleticism and gift for inventive visual humor are in top form, and the cyclone that devastates a town (and sends houses literally crashing down around him) is perhaps the most ambitious, awe-inspiring and hilarious slapstick sequence ever created. THE NAVIGATOR. In a return to the pampered youth role he had played in The Saphead (and would return to in Battling Butler), Keaton stars as Rollo Treadway, an inexperienced lad of extraordinary wealth and surprisingly little common sense, who finds himself adrift on The Navigator with no one else on board except an equally naive girl (Kathryn McGuire). After discovering each other s presence in an ingenious ballet of unintentional hide-and-seek, the couple resourcefully fashion a home for themselves aboard the derelict boat, in spite of their unfamiliarity with the tools of domesticity. They then embark on a series of misadventures on the ocean floor (where Rollo in a diving suit must parry the attacks of an aggressive swordfish) and upon the high seas, surrounded by a fleet of menacing cannibals, where the film reaches its explosively funny climax, with the aid of a crate of rocket flares.

• Monkey Trousers - Series 1 | DVD | (17/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ever wondered what would happen if the cream of British comedy got together to star in their own show writing and performing their own comedy sketches alongside a pool of the best writing talent available? The answer is 'Monkey Trousers'. This highly anticipated comedy extravaganza debuted on ITV1 in May and the DVD will include all six episodes plus a plethora of bonus goodies. 'Monkey Trousers' is the first co-production by Pett Productions (Vic Reeves/Bob Mortimer) and Baby Cow

• Switch | DVD | (09/04/2012) from £6.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (100.15%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This explosive action thriller, starring Eric Cantona, has a sting in its tail.When Sophie Malaterre (Karine Vanasse - Midnight in Paris, Pan Am) is introduced to Switch.Com by a new friend, she thinks the holiday-home swapping website will be the perfect way to liven up a dull summer. But soon after she arrives at her new apartment in Paris, she realises she made the biggest mistake of her life.A murdered man is found in the guest bedroom, and when Detective Forgeat (Eric Cantona - Looking for Eric, Elizabeth) takes Sophie in for questioning - she finds out she hasn't just swapped houses, she's switched identities.In an attempt to prove her innocence, she goes on the run and it's up to Detective Forgeat to find Sophie before she too turns up dead. But things don't go to plan and, when the body count starts piling up, Forgeat finds himself getting in over his head and operating outside of the law in a bid to save Sophie and hunt down the real killer.

• A Political Party | DVD | (02/02/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Featuring a very early role for Oscar winner John Mills alongside legendary comic actors Leslie Fuller and Moore Marriott, A Political Party tells the story of a north-country chimney sweep who stands for Parliament and is opposed by a local bigwig. His campaign is imperilled when his artist son, Tony, falls in love with a girl who has reason to hope that the bigwig will be elected...This hilarious and rare comedy is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.SPECIAL FEATURES:Image GalleryOriginal Script PDF

• Richard Pryor: Live in Concert /Stir Crazy (Double Disc Limited Edition) | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Disc 1: He was the biggest movie star in the world he has been called the greatest stand-up comedian of all time - and now for the first time his finest show - Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is coming to DVD. The full 80 minutes of Richard Pryor: Live In Concert previously unseen early stand up footage from 1971 and exclusive footage from the Richard Pryor TV Show. Disc 2: Stir Crazy - The Movie: A classic Richard Pryor Film - a riotous comedy starring Pryor and Gene Wilder as out-of-work New Yorkers who find themselves locked up in a Sun Belt prison for a robbery they didn't commit. Pryor's acclaimed performance in the film turned him into one of the biggest comedy stars in the world.

• Reginald D. Hunter Live | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £4.49   |  Saving you £15.50 (77.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• The Ex | DVD | (24/09/2008) from £3.00   |  Saving you £12.99 (433.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Credit-grabbing back-stabbing wife-nabbing. Just another day at the office. Two of TV's funniest and most popular comic actors Zach Braff (Scrubs) and Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) take no prisoners as they fight it out for the love of Sofia (Amanda Peet). Tom Reilly (Braff) and his wife Sofia (Peet) have just had a baby and when Sofia the breadwinner decides to be a stay-at-home mum it's all change. They move out of the city back to Sofia's hometown where Tom is offered a job at the firm run by his father-in-law (Charles Grodin). Everything seems to be fitting nicely into place until Chip (Bateman) Sofia's ex boyfriend local hero and all-round wonder-boy is appointed as Tom's manager. Chip's flame for Sofia still burns brightly and he willstop at nothing to see Tom undermined humiliated and made a fool of in order to win back his ex...

• CB4 | DVD | (25/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A rockumentary, covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4"

• Spud | DVD | (03/09/2012) from £9.96   |  Saving you £3.03 (30.42%)   |  RRP £12.99

  South Africa, 1990. Two major events are about to happen: the release of Nelson Mandela and it's John 'Spud' Milton's first year at an elite boarding school. Cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe and dormitory full of strange new classmates, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new world - a world where his eyes are opened to love, friendship and complete insanity. Based on the International Best-selling book by John Van De Ruit. Special Features: Making Of Deleted Scenes Cast Interviews Audio Commentary with the director, producer and author John Van De Ruit

• Laurel And Hardy - No. 19 - Pardon Us And Related Shorts | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £3.58   |  Saving you £2.41 (67.32%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Comedy with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Contains: Pardon Us (b/w extended version) Pardon Us (colourised) The Hoose-Gow (b/w) The Hoose-Gow (colourised) Battle Of The Century (b/w silent with musical score) A collection of classic Laurel & Hardy including their first starring feature film 'Pardon Us' in which they are sent to prison for breaking the Prohibition laws an earlier short 'The Hoose-Gow' where they join a prison road gang and start - of all things - a rice-pudding fight plus the famous silent short on which that climactic scene was based 'The Battle Of The Century'.

• Love Thy Neighbour - The Complete Series 6 | DVD | (17/09/2007) from £17.80   |  Saving you £-1.81 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The complete sixth season of the cult 70's TV Comedy! One of the highest rated sitcoms of the 1970s attracting 16 million viewers at the peak of its popularity Love Thy Neighbour explores the culture clash between black and white neighbours Bill Reynolds and Eddie Booth.

• It Takes Two | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Amanda Lemon (Mary-Kate Olsen) is a streetwise orphan who has only one person who really cares for her; Diane (Kirsty Alley) her case worker at the orphanage. Alyssa Callaway (Ashley Olsen) lives with her Father Roger (Steve Guttenberg) a fabulously successful businessman who has buried himself in his work since his wife died several years ago. So Amanda and Alyssa are two girls from totally different backgrounds but who look as identical twins. When they meet by chance they rea

• East Is East | DVD | (10/09/2001) from £8.34   |  Saving you £4.64 (86.73%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In early 1970's England, a traditional Pakistani father (Om Puri) finds his family spinning in decidedly non-traditional directions.

• You Rang My Lord - Series 2 | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £14.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An outstanding comedy series written by acclaimed veterans Jimmy Perry and David Croft which reunited many of the cast from the award-winning sitcom Hi-De-Hi! Working class chancer Alf Stokes (Paul Shane) and James Twelvetrees (Jeffrey Holland) first meet as soldiers in the battle trenches of France during the First World War. They find the body of an officer and assuming that he's dead Alf robs him of his valuables. Then they find that the officer the Honourable Teddy Me

• The Good Life - The Complete Series 4 | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £17.96   |  Saving you £10.02 (66.93%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Good Life has proved an enduring jewel in the BBC's mainstream comedy archive. More than 25 years after it first appeared in our living rooms, nostalgia must be a major reason for its appeal. A whole generation of young men--and their fathers--found the weekly sight of Felicity Kendal as Barbara Good, pert in denim dungarees, irresistible. But it's the quality of the playing that has really stood the test of time and triumphs over a premise--self-sufficiency in Surbiton--that now seems naïve. Even in 1975, a Tom Good (a masterpiece of comic eccentricity from Richard Briers) quitting the rat race would probably have sold up his semi and chanced his luck as a small holder somewhere more remote than suburban Surrey. Comic tensions arise not just from the Goods' daily struggle to beat the system on their own terms, but also from the relationship with their incredulous, often horrified, but usually supportive neighbours. Penelope Keith's Margo Leadbetter remains one of the great comic creations in British sitcom history--a simmering volcano of conservatism waging her own battle against creeping mediocrity in all aspects of life, whose human frailty somehow keeps her loveable. Paul Eddington as Jerry, her long-suffering husband, spars splendidly. These are happy memories indeed. --Piers Ford

• Goodbye Pork Pie | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Three unlikely comrades embark on a cross-country mission in a stolen yellow Mini. Their objective is to get to Invercargill in one piece but they just can't help breaking the law along the way! Nicknamed the 'Blondini' gang by the police the trio are pursued every inch of the way and will have to improvise if they and their redoubtable Mini are going to make it to their destination in one piece!