Comedy

• The Royle Family - Series 2 | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sit down put your feet up light a fag and join Britain's first family in their sitting room for the complete second series of The Royle Family plus the 1999 Christmas Special. The Royle Family is a real-life comedy set in a Manchester council house. Imagine a secret camera placed in the living room of an average working class family. The intense drama and emotions of everyday life such as whose turn it is to go to the off-licence is set against the continuous hum

• How To Get Ahead In Advertising | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £19.90   |  Saving you £-13.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  How To Get Ahead In Advertising

• Police Academy | DVD | (05/06/2000) from £20.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-10.50%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Astoundingly silly but incredibly popular, Police Academy is the first film in a seemingly endless franchise that takes aim at the men in blue. After a police academy drops all of its entrance requirements, all manner of misfits flood in, hoping to make it onto the force. One of these misfits, a lazy, aimless cadet played by Steve Guttenberg (Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby), was forced to enlist and tries whatever he can to get kicked out. But once he decides to stay, he tries anything and everything to finish his training, even as his drill instructor tries to shove him out. Featuring a wild bunch of strange supporting characters, from a female trainee who speaks below a whisper to a dominatrix instructor to a human sound-effects machine, Police Academy is mindless but fun. --Robert Lane, Amazon.com

• The Sum Of Us | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £8.08   |  Saving you £1.91 (19.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  How's a guy supposed to find Mr Right when his dad won't stop trying to help? This award winning film is the hilarious story of widowed father Harry Mitchell (Jack Thompson) who is looking for ""Miss Right"" and his gay son Jeff (Russell Crowe) who's looking for ""Mr Right"" with whom he can share his life have a beer and a cuddle. Harry's keen interest in his son's sex / love life his supportiveness and his openness to discussing it in front of other people is embarrassing Jeff beyond

• The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £5.10   |  Saving you £10.89 (213.53%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In October and November 2002 The Fast Show favourites took to the stage.... to rapturous applause. This sell-out tour represented the final outing for a host of favourite characters from the 'suit you' tailors to a musical incarnation of Ted and Ralph to the office joker Colin Hunt.

• Ally McBeal - Season 4 Box Set 2 | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Too mainstream to be a cult, yet too odd to be totally conventional, Ally McBeal has become one of televisions curios. While its early days saw the show become something of a victim of its own self-conscious stylising, the episodes included on series 4 volume 2 are far stronger in terms of characterisation and plot and the storylines are easy to pick up. Not that the quirks have been exiled--the first programme features McBeal hallucinating about Barry Manilow--rather they have now become part of the overall feel of the show. Despite the attention lavished on both the lead character and the actress who plays her, the show is a real ensemble piece and works best when all the players are together. One of the collection's weakest moments is the episode that sends the usually excellent Richard and John off to LA on their own, an episode which lays threat to a dreaded spin off. While there are annoying moments--could they not have edited out the "previously on Ally McBeal" parts for retail release and why do they never go out with anyone other than work colleagues--with guest appearances from the likes of Sting this is a must for any fan of the series. On the DVD: Sadly, the DVD collection betrays very little thought or effort. The pace of the show is certainly brisk (especially when shorn of the adverts) and the picture quality is equally dynamic, instilling real depth to the many aerial shots of Boston itself. Given that music is such an integral part in the show, it is no surprise that the soundtrack has been given a boost by its recreation in Dolby digital stereo. The interactive menu, however, is clumsy to use and having to work back through the options at the end of each episode quickly becomes tiresome. The complete lack of any extras whatsoever is also a definite minus point.--Phil Udell

• I Love Lucy | DVD | (12/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Including: The Diet Lucy Plays Cupid Lucy Writes A Play The Quiz Shop And Men Are Messy The Diet Lucy Plays Cupid Lucy Writes A Play The Quiz Shop Men Are Messy

• Morning Glory | Blu Ray | (23/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  For Becky (Rachel McAdams, The Notebook), running a TV show in New York City was the big break she dreamed of… until star co-anchors Mike (Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Colleen (Diane Keaton, Something’s Gotta Give) declare an all-out, on-air war. Making the show work with its cast of eccentric characters and outrageous story angles will take a major miracle, but Becky is ready to rise and outshine. Special Features: Commentary by Director Roger Michell and Writer Aline Brosh McKenna Deleted Scenes: Shampoo Bottles (HD)

• The Best of the Impressions Show with Culshaw & Stephenson BBC1 | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £22.95   |  Saving you £-17.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  No Celebrity is safe! BBC One's The Impressions Show stars the hugely talented comedy combo of Culshaw and Stephenson mercilessly unleashing their particular brand of observational humour on our most popular celebrities. Following on from the smash hit Dead Ringers Jon Culshaw teams up with Debra Stephenson (Coronation Street Bad Girls) to bring you a collection of the best bits from their hilarious new impressions show in the imaginatively titled The Best Of The Impressions Show Only the cream of the comedy crop has been selected for this outrageously funny special. Laugh along at spot-on impersonations of your favourite celebrities from Ross Kemp legging it from The Famous Five to Terry Wogan's terrifying interrogation techniques and Davina McCall's gloriously over the top bed time stories. Culshaw and Stephenson bring you more celebrities more jokes and more laughter. This fabulously funny collection is a must have for all comedy fans!

• Laurel And Hardy - The Stan And Ollie Collection | DVD | (23/09/2004) from £12.69   |  Saving you £7.30 (57.53%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Disc 1 - Utopia (Dir. Leo Joannon 1951): Stan and Ollie inherit a yacht along with a small island. They set sail accompanied by a stateless refugee and a stowaway. A violent storm causes our heroes to crash on their island. Together they decide to create their own republic. All goes well until uranium is discovered... and the island is bombarded with money-hungry adventures. Disc 2 - Lucky Dog (Dir. Jess Robbins 1921): Stan befriends a stray dog and Oliver Hardy takes a liking to Stan's wallet. After causing so much chaos Stan's only option is to get rid of the dog. Just in time the dog comes up trumps saves the day and teaches the villain Hardy a lesson too. The Stolen Jools (Dir. William C. McGann : A famous actress has her jewels stolen. Everyone from the police to the mob want to know the identity of the theif and almost everyone is under suspicion. A star studded cast of the most prominent actors and actresses of the day. Disc 3 - Kill Or Cure (Dir. Scott Pembroke 1923): Stan's selling a combination of furniture polish auto cleaner and heath tonic. With a mixture like that Stan can't stay out of trouble for long. Stan tries the hard sell routine and gets himself into some real tonic trouble. This Is Your Life (1954): Stan and Ollie receive the ultimate accolade by appearing on the world famous TV show This Is Your Life. Tree In A Test Tube (Dir. Charles McDonald 1943): Stan and Ollie star in this short information film promoting the use of wood products in everyday society in their own slapstick style.

• True Identity | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Miles Pope (Lenny Henry) is a struggling black actor whose life takes a hilarious turn for the worse when he unwittingly discovers a ruthless mobster's most guarded secret. To save his neck Miles enlists the help of an eccentric makeup whiz who concocts a brilliant disguise to conceal his 'true identity'...

• Girl Asleep | DVD | (22/05/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. She floats in a bubble of loserdom with her only friend Elliott, until her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and she's flung into a parallel place; a world that's weirdly erotic, a little bit violent and thoroughly ludicrous - only there can she find herself. Based on the critically acclaimed production by Windmill Theatre, GIRL ASLEEP is a journey into the absurd, scary and beautiful heart of the teenage mind.

• Second Time Lucky | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  What would have happened to love and sex if Eve hadn't taken the bite? God may be the Almighty but when his old enemy makes a collect call from down below his curiosity gets the better of him. Old Nick is proposing a second round of the contest for man's mortal soul...

• Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Steelbook | Blu Ray | (02/12/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  When Alan's radio station, North Norfolk Digital, is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.

• Buster Keaton - Collector's Edition | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Manic stunt work elaborate sight gags and mind-boggling mechanical comedy are just some of Keaton's work featured in these movies. Known the world round as the 'Stone' face comedy actor with charming moments of intimate humour flavoured with rich pathos uniquely graceful and characteristically hilarious. 'That's Buster Keaton'. This box set features:- Our Hospitality Sherlock Jnr. Steamboat Bill Jnr. Convict 13 Daydreams The Saphead The High Sign One Week Seven Chances The

• Cary Grant - His Girl Friday / Cary Grant On Film | DVD | (01/11/1999) from £12.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  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

• Road to Zanzibar (Special Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/03/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Comedy Collection 3 - Cadillac Man/The Woman In Red/Grand Canyon | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Cadillac Man (Dir. Roger Donaldson 1990): A fast-paced comedy that shifts hilarity into overdrive! Whether he's pitching himself or the high-priced luxury cars at Turgeon Auto Sales Joey O' Brien (Robin Williams) never let's a day go by without ""doing"" someone good. But Joey's schmoozed through life on cruise control for way too long... and now he's riding in the hot seat! Co- Starring Tim Robbins (The Player) Pamela Reed (Kindergarten Cop) and Fran Drescher (The Nanny) Cadillac Man is a non-stop joy ride of comic lunacy! Joey O'Brien's got some serious troubles. A mafioso wants his hide. The women in his life- an ex- wife a space cadet girlfriend and someone else's wife- are all trying his patience. And to top it off Turgeon Auto's inventory is priced to go- and so is he unless sales pick up. But just when Joey thought it could get no worse... it does! Into the showroom walks Larry (Robbins) a lunkhead terminator with an ax to grind. He's not exactly looking for a new set of whitewalls. He's loaded down with explosives and looking for the man who's been ""doing"" his wife! Now in a life- or- death situation Joey is forced to do the one thing he does best... lie! Woman In Red (Dir. Gene Wilder 1984): Shy quiet Teddy Pierce (Gene Wilder) wanted a little adventure. And one day it walked into his life in a red silk dress. Now his wife is packing a gun. His friends are going nuts trying to cover for him and he's about to get caught with his pants down on the six o'clock news. Be very careful of what you want because you just might get it! Grand Canyon (Dir. Lawrence Kasdan 1991): A captivating story about midlife issues Grand Canyon centres on the comings and goings of six characters and the unexpected miracles that occur in their lives. Affluent lawyer Mack (Kevin Kline) breaks down in the wrong neighbourhood and is threatened by a street gang. When tow-truck driver Simon (Danny Glover) arrives in the nick of time and defuses the situation Mack is so grateful he considers how he could improve Simon's life. Mack is married to Claire (Mary McDonnell) who is saved from 'empty-nest syndrome' by the discovery of an abandoned baby. Mack's best friend Davis (Steve Martin) is a Hollywood producer of action movies but a violent incident makes him consider more carefully his role in promoting a culture of violence. Meanwhile Simon's sister is increasingly worried that her children are being lured into a gang culture. Slowly the lives of these characters become involved with one another awakening new possibilities and a different view of the future...

• Sexy Beast / K-Pax / Dogma | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Dogma: This is a comic fantasia in which angels demons apostles prophets and rubber turd monsters walk among the cynics and innocents of the earth to decide the fate of mankind. Two angels cast from the Pearly Gates discover that a loophole in church dogma means that they can get back into heaven. On the downside in doing so they'll prove God to be fallible and will undo all of Creation. On the upside they'll not have to spend the rest of eternity banished to Wisconsin... Sexy Beast: A contended ex-villain is forced to do one last spectacular robbery by a psychotic face from his past in this mould-breaking stylish thriller. Gary Dove is blissfully retired to a Spanish paradise with the wife he adores. His perfect life is shattered when gangster nemesis Don Logan who is intent on persuading him to return to London for a big heist.... K-Pax: When a man calling himself Prot arrives in New York claiming to be from the planet K-Pax the police turn him over to psychiatrist Dr Mark Powell. Prot's behavior is unusual and his claims are unbelievable - but as time is running out Powell finds that the truth may be even stranger yet...

• America's Sweethearts / Sleepless In Seattle / Dirty Dancing | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  America's Sweethearts: Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are America's Sweethearts two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. A messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair a Spanish bohunk short on charm (Hank Azaria). When their relationship troubles begin to threaten their superstar celebrity status and the release of their final film together the studio heads call in legendary press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) to helm the troubled film's press junket. Julia Roberts costars as Kiki Gwen's personal assistant and sister who has always lived to please her demanding diva sister. Once overweight and severely self-conscious Kiki's life revolves around her sister's ridiculous demands in this send up of ego-driven movie star vanity. Phillips manages to gather the warring superstars together at a remote desert location for the all important press junket where his best laid plans begin to unravel in this hysterical parody of the movie industry replete with neurotic actors eccentric crazed directors (Christopher Walken in a gem of a cameo) maniacal studio heads and gossip-starved press who will do anything or anyone for the next big story. Sleepless In Seattle: Hanks stars as Sam Baldwin a widowed father who thanks to the wiles of his worried son becomes a reluctant guest on a radio call-in show. He's an instant hit with thousands of female listeners who deluge his Seattle home with letters of comfort. Meanwhile inspired in equal parts by Sam's story and by classic Hollywood romance writer Annie Reed (Ryan) becomes convinced that it's her destiny to meet Sam. There are just two problems: Annie's engaged to someone else and Sam doesn't know - yet - that they're made for each other... Dirty Dancing: Summer 1963: during her family's annual summer vacation in the Catskills teenager Baby (Jennifer Grey) meets dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) who sweeps her off her feet. Baby becomes Johnny's dance partner despite her parents' disapproval and now she must decide whether to obey them - or her own heart...