Comedy

• Bo Selecta Trilogy (The Complete Series 1 - 3) | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Aided by 'The Bear' and rubber masked celebrities obsessive fan Avid Merrion hosts all three series of Bo Selecta! from the squalour of his bedroom guiding us through an eclectic mix of celebrity stories interviews and gossip.

• The Best Of Frost On Sunday | DVD | (27/04/2009) from £16.21   |  Saving you £13.78 (85.01%)   |  RRP £29.99

  One of the triumvirate of Frost programmes that dominated ITV weekends in the late 1960s and early '70s Frost On Sunday concerned itself with the lighter end of the entertainment spectrum. Made at a time when David Frost was hosting a chat show in the US and then jetting back to the UK to do three shows over the weekend Frost On Sunday concentrates this energy into fifty minutes worth of light entertainment featuring numerous sketches from Ronnie Corbett Ronnie Barker - who won a BAFTA for best Light Entertainment Performance - and Josephine Tewson (the latter two fresh from their stint on Hark at Barker). Amongst the shows many guests are Rolf Harris Matt Monro Michael Bentine Des O''Connor Ted Ray Kenneth Williams Vincent Price and Michael Palin as Julie Andrews (aka L. F. Dibley). A number of editions of Frost On Sunday no longer exist - this set includes the first show from 1968 which was the subect of a technical strike and so has no on-screen credits. The rest of the shows come from the second series in 1970 including the edition on 8th March 1970 where the team decamped from their Wembley studios to the London Palladium to present that year''s British Film and Television Awards. Though this episode only exists in a slightly edited format the special show features Laurence Olivier Morecambe and Wise Marty Feldman and John Alderton with the Fenn Street Gang (in character!).

• Pool Girl | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Pool Girl' is the quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner (Alyssa Milano) who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's disease....

• Take Me Out to the Ball Game | DVD | (13/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Creator | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £6.93   |  Saving you £-2.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Nobel laureate Harry Wolper (Peter O'Toole) is obsessed with a project to recreate his wife from cells he has kept since her death 30 years ago. He needs some assistance so he hires graduate student Boris (Vincent Spano). However Wolper is distracted not only by the attentions of Meli (Mariel Hemingway) but also by his attempts to set up Boris with Barbara (Virginia Madsen) a beautiful medical student. When Wolper's dream is finally destroyed Boris pleads with him to channel his talents into saving Barbara's life. This unique love story is guaranteed to make you laugh and cry.

• The Return Of The Pink Panther | DVD | (02/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Peter Sellers's third go-around as the prideful but bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Return of the Pink Panther is funny enough, but this 1975 Blake Edwards revival of the Sellers-Clouseau connection is a little weak in comparison to predecessors The Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark (both made in 1964). Co-star Christopher Plummer actually gets some of the most interesting screen time as a retired cat burglar whom Clouseau accuses of getting back into the business. (If it sounds like there might be a To Catch a Thief vibe mixed in here, you're right.) Herbert Lom is hilarious as Clouseau's psychologically eroding boss, and Clouseau's ritualistic collisions with valet Cato (Burt Kwouk) are great examples of Edwards' delicious comic timing. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Up The Front | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Frankie Howerd stars as a lowly boot-boy who is a terrible coward and only goes to war after he has been hypnotised to 'Save England'! With the German master plan tattooed on his backside he goes to the British headquarters with the Germans in hot pursuit to try and 'hand over the plans'!

• Death To Smoochy | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Rainbow Randolph Smiley (Robin Williams) has it all - he's the clown star of the highest rating children's show on Kidnet and lives the celebrity champagne lifestyle. But there's something else Randolph has - a healthy taste for whisky and a weakness for taking bribes from parents who want their kids on the programme. His scheme works perfectly... until the Feds find out and Randolph is unceremoniously sacked! He is replaced Randolph by Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norton) whose stage persona is that of a big purple rhino named Smoochy! Sheldon believes he can do good with his show but it's not long before he gets an unsavoury behind-the-scenes look at the world of kids TV. Smoochy has even more to worry about as the now destitute Randolph will not sleep until Smoochy is dead!

• Thirty Minutes Worth - Series Two | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £3.00   |  Saving you £18.25 (1,048.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Thirty Minutes Worth: Series 2

• The Wedding Party | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Filmed in 1963 but not released until 1969 this is the film that launched Robert de Niro's prolific motion picture career and one which will be a delight for any of his fans. De Niro's is one of two friends who first try to prevent another friends marriage when they meet what appear to be potentially disastrous in-laws only to later chase him down to force him into it.

• Kath And Kim - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (07/12/2009) from £11.24   |  Saving you £8.75 (77.85%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Suburban nightmares living the suburban dream. In this second series Kath and Kel begin their marriage Kim and Brett try for a baby and Sharon gets a boyfriend (and pash rash!). Episodes Comprise: 1. The Announcement 2. Inside Out 3. The Moon 4. Obsession 5. My Boyfriend 6. Another Announcement 7. The Shower 8. The Hideous Truth

• Al Murray - The Pub Landlord - Comedy Gold 2010 | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £2.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.60%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Live comedy from the beer-swilling straight-talking landlord.

• Hot Pursuit | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The one film in John Cusack's filmography he'd probably like us all to forget, this 80s-style preppy-in-peril film (compare and contrast with After Hours and Something Wild) casts him as a college student who gets mixed up with pirates and drug runners around the Caribbean. The wannabe screwball comedy falls flatter with each gag but Cusack's hang-dog sweetness and knack with one-liners carries it through and at the very least it's worth catching if only for a glimpse of Ben Stiller in his pre-There's Something About Mary fame days, in a double act here with his real-life father Jerry Stiller. --Leslie Felperin

• Bye Bye Birdie | DVD | (07/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  BYE BYE BIRDIE, one of America s best-loved musicals, returns in this sparkling new adaptation for television. The stellar cast is headlined by Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, Tyne Daly, George Wendt, and pop recording sensation Chynna Phillips. Broadway legend Gene Saks directs, and choreography is by Ann Reinking.

• Three Men And A Baby | DVD | (26/02/2007) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-20.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three clueless and hedonistic bachelors are forced to trade dames for diapers when an infant is left on their doorstep. However what they don't know is that this ""package"" is harbouring a little extra when drug dealers come looking for their narcotics unwittingly stashed in the baby's cradle! Funny feelgood French farce later remade as the Stateside uber-comedy Three Men And A Baby!

• Puccini - Gianni Schicci (Jurowski, Lpo) | Blu Ray | (28/07/2008) from £4.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (501.00%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

• Bowfinger/Life | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (32.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Bowfinger: How does Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) Hollywood's least successful director get Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) Hollywood's biggest star in his ultra low-budget film? Any way he can. With an ingenious scheme and the help of the eager nerd Jiff an ambitious and sexy wannabe (Heather Graham) and an over-the-hill diva (Christine Baranski) Bowfinger sets out to trick Kit Ramsey into the performance of a lifetime.... Life: Eddie Murphy is the fast talking con-artist Rayford Gibson and Martin Lawrence is the conservative bank teller Claude Banks. The two are accidentally teamed up to become the funniest ""odd couple"" east of the Mississippi. In an effort to pay off Ray's debt and restore Claude's reputation they travel south on a bootlegging run for some quick cash. There is no limit to their comical misfortune as they are placed at the scene of a crime and their mistaken identity lands them right in front of the judge. This hysterical comedy gives a whole new meaning to friends for life.

• On The Buses - Series 1 and 2 (4 Disc Box Set) | DVD | (12/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Set around a London bus depot, On the Buses starred Reg Varney as Stan, an ageing bachelor and driver of the No 11 bus who still lives with his mum (Cicely Courtneidge in the first series, Doris Hare in the second), his plain sister Olive (Anna Karen) and disgruntled brother-in-law Arthur (Michael Robbins). At work, he fraternises with the laddish and lecherous Jack (Bob Grant), with whom he pursues innumerable (and improbable) giggly, mini-skirted "clippies" (conductors) and cheeks the beady-eyed and punctilious bus inspector, Blakey (Steven Lewis) The first series was broadcast in black and white in 1969, and the show eventually ran until 1973. Eventually, On the Buses would be both celebrated and reviled for its leery, pre-feminist sauciness, and for the exasperated gurning of Lewis' little Hitler-esque inspector. The first series in particular, however, is more keen to develop the theme of Stan as Mummy's boy, with Lewis only a secondary character. Much of the comedy derives from gender role reversal--Stan and Arthur forced to do the household chores when Olive and Mum fall ill ("Family Flu"); "The Canteen", in which the busmen decide to run the canteen themselves; or "The Darts Match", in which Stan and Jack are bested at darts by--imagine--a pair of dollybird clippies. Despite its immense popularity, On the Buses hasn't dated well. Like the buses themselves, the jokes don't arrive very often and when they do, they're visible a long way off. The studio audience whoops cathartically at anything remotely alluding to sex--even a bared male nipple--making you wonder at the repressed nature of British society in 1969. In later decades it would come to be treasured as somewhat creaky kitsch by audiences nostalgic for an age of politically incorrect innocence. On the DVD: On the Buses has no extra features here. The original black and white versions have scrubbed up reasonably well, although defects such as fading sound and poor dubbing have proven beyond amendment. --David Stubbs

• Always a Bride | DVD | (07/01/2013) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Classic comedy directed by Ralph Smart. A close family bond allows Victor Hemsley (Ronald Squire) and his daughter, Clare (Peggy Cummins), to pose as husband and wife. Using this to their advantage, the pair perform an elaborate scam to yield money from other guests living in hotels throughout the Riviera. But when Clare meets British Treasury worker Terence Winch (Terence Morgan) her outlook changes. Seeking a life away from the scamming and scheming, Clare sees Terence as a way out, but before leaving for good she agrees to stage one more scam with her father. However, when their latest plan goes wrong and the pair then flee to Italy, Terence begins pursuing Clare for different reasons altogether.

• John Bishop Live | Blu Ray | (15/11/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Following his sell-out UK tour 2010's comedian of the moment John Bishop presents his much anticipated debut DVD John Bishop Live. Bringing his unique talents for observational comedy to DVD for the first time John's hotly anticipated Edinburgh Award Nominated show 'Elvis Has Left the Building' is tipped to be the next big thing. Filmed live at The Liverpool Empire John's observations about coming to terms with middle age lead us through tales of his new found fame his devotion to Liverpool FC the positives of male grooming and an outlook on life that rings true for anyone and everyone. With regular appearances on League of Their Own Skins Live at Apollo and guests spots on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross 8 Out of 10 Cats and Mock The Week this Liverpudlian stand-up is going to be the next big thing.