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• The Upper Hand: The Complete Series | DVD | (08/12/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  When high-flying executive Caroline Wheatley advertises for a live-in home help, Charlie Burrows is the last person she expected to apply. But when Charlie, a footballer with a career curtailed by injury, moves into her luxurious country home with his daughter, he meets with approval both from Caroline's vivacious mother Laura and her son Tom. Before long, a romance blossoms one that will take the pair all the way up the wedding aisle. But there are plenty of surprises along the way... This engaging sitcom stars Joe McGann as Charlie and Diana Weston as Caroline, with Avengers siren Honor Blackman as Laura and future Bad Girls star Kellie Bright as Charlie's streetwise daughter, Joanna. The Upper Hand, based on scripts for the hugely popular US series Who's the Boss?, was a major success for Central and ran for seven series, all of which are presented here. When high-flying executive Caroline Wheatley advertises for a live-in home help, Charlie Burrows is the last person she expected to apply. But when Charlie, a footballer with a career curtailed by injury, moves into her luxurious country home with his daughter, he meets with approval both from Caroline's vivacious mother Laura and her son Tom. Before long, a romance blossoms one that will take the pair all the way up the wedding aisle. But there are plenty of surprises along the way... This engaging sitcom stars Joe McGann as Charlie and Diana Weston as Caroline, with Avengers siren Honor Blackman as Laura and future Bad Girls star Kellie Bright as Charlie's streetwise daughter, Joanna. The Upper Hand, based on scripts for the hugely popular US series Who's the Boss?, was a major success for Central and ran for seven series, all of which are presented here. - See more at: http://networkonair.com/shop/2092-upper-hand-the-the-complete-series-5027626429843.html#sthash.R18CyMz2.dpuf

• Men Behaving Badly - Series 5 | DVD | (03/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The ultimate small-screen representation of Loaded-era lad culture--albeit a culture constantly being undermined by its usually sharper female counterpart--there seems little argument that Men Behaving Badly was one of 1990s' definitive sitcoms. Certainly the booze-oriented, birds-obsessed antics of Martin Clunes' Gary and Neil Morrissey's Tony have become every bit as connected to Britain's collective funny bone as Basil Fawlty's inept hostelry or Ernie Wise's short, hairy legs. Yet, the series could easily have been cancelled when ITV viewers failed to respond to the original version, which featured Clunes sharing his flat with someone named Dermot, played by Harry Enfield. Indeed, it was only when the third series moved to the BBC and was then broadcast in a post-watershed slot--allowing writer Simon Nye greater freedom to explore his characters' saucier ruminations--that the show began to gain a significant audience. By then, of course, Morrissey had become firmly ensconced on the collective pizza-stained sofa, while more screen time was allocated to the boys' respective foils, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. Often glibly dismissed as a lame-brained succession of gags about sex and flatulence, the later series not only featured great performances and sharp-as-nails writing but also sported a contemporary attitude that dared to go where angels, and certainly most other sitcoms, feared to tread. Or, as Gary was once moved to comment about soft-porn lesbian epic Love in a Women's Prison: "It's a serious study of repressed sexuality in a pressure-cooker environment." Series 5 includes: "Hair" in which Tony returns from holiday to discover Dorothy has convinced Gary she should move in. And that Tony should move out; "The Good Pub Guide" in which our heroes are dismayed when The Crown gets a new look and new landlord (The Fast Show's John Thomson). Tony rescues the pub's old condom machine as a present for Deborah ("I thought it was something we could enjoy together."); "Cowardice" in which Tony becomes convinced Deborah is going through a lesbian phase; "Your Mate Vs Your Bird" in which increased tension in the household persuades Dorothy to reconsider her living arrangements; "Cardigan" in which Gary, concerned he's becoming middle-aged, suggests they go to a rave; "Rich and Fat" in which Tony goes on a diet after Gary accuses him of being "a bit of a podgemeister"; "Home Made Sauna" in which temptation comes Gary's way when Dorothy and Deborah go away for a sailing weekend. The DVD version also features aquiz.

• Friday Night Dinner: Series 3 | DVD | (23/11/2015) from £7.24   |  Saving you £12.75 (176.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The award-winning, smash hit comedy is back for a third helping of family mayhem, as brothers Adam and Jonny go back to Mum and Dad's house for an evening of food, fighting, and frozen foxes In this series, Adam gains a new female admirer - a 9-year-old girl, Jonny gets the world's worst tattoo, Mum practices being a counsellor on her horrified family, Dad paints a hideous portrait of Mum, Grandma goes back out with the terrifying Mr Morris, neighbour Jim accidentally swallows his dog's sleeping pills, and someone's getting married...

• Birds of a Feather: The Complete ITV Series 1 to 3 | DVD | (17/10/2016) from £10.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (81.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There are surprises, twists and revelations galore for Sharon, Tracey and their man-eating friend Dorien in this hilarious hit comedy series guest-starring Martin Kemp, Jamie Foreman and Kate Williams and including scripts by series creators Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Series One: Tracey is still living in relative comfort in Chigwell, while Sharon scrapes a minimum wage in World of Quid and lives in a tiny flat which leaves a lot to be desired. After a chance meeting at Dorien's book signing, however, their lives collide once more! Series Two: A Christmas trip to Tenerife - courtesy of Dorien - leads to some unforeseen adventures. While Tracey contends with a mopey Garth, Dorien considers whether Sharon would make an appropriate heroine for her next book! Series Three: Darryl, Tracey's ex-husband and father to Travis and Garth, has died doing what he loved best burglary! Unfortunately, his funeral brings the ladies into contact with some undesirable local characters... This three-disc set contains all 24 episodes from all three series. Also includes behind-the-scenes interviews with cast and crew.

• Friday Night Dinner - Series 2 | DVD | (07/07/2014) from £6.08   |  Saving you £13.91 (228.78%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The award-winning hit comedy returns for a second helping, as things get even odder in the Goodman household... Each week twenty-something brothers Adam and Jonny go back to Mum and Dad's house for Friday night dinner, and each week Mum and Dad get ready for an evening of domestic squabbling, food-related pranking and lashings of 'crimble crumble'. In this series, Adam goes out with a girl who smells like Mum, Jonny gets a girlfriend who's twice his age, Dad dries fish in the downstairs cupboard, Mum is forced out the house by a mouse, neighbour Jim makes a birthday cake for his dog, Grandma gets a new boyfriend who tries to fight Dad and we meet Dad's mother - 'Horrible Grandma'. Extras: Series 1 Recap & Behind the Scenes with cast and crew

• The Job Lot | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £47.99   |  Saving you £-28.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Working together... or not! Work is at the centre of this warm and funny modern sitcom from the award-winning producers of Rev. and Friday Night Dinner and featuring an impressive ensemble cast of renowned comedy actors. It's work - or the lack of it - that brings the characters together, and their relationships - or lack of them - around which The Job Lot revolves. Set in a job centre where the staff attempt, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, to help people find work, it's full of the often laugh out loud moments that anyone who's ever worked in an office will recognise. Neurotic manager Trish runs the Brownall Job Centre aided by a mixed-bag of staff, including reluctant and truculant Karl, the less-than-helpful Angela and two uniquely skilled security guards, all facing the challenges of dealing with customers who don't always appreciate their efforts.

• 'Allo 'Allo - Series 3 And 4 | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £9.98   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd's sitcom 'Allo 'Allo started life in 1982 as a modest one-off spoof of the classic 1970s drama series Secret Army. A throwback to an earlier era during the 1980s heyday of alternative comedy, the show's decidedly un-PC mix of bedroom farce and crudely drawn national stereotypes was subsequently stretched over nine series in all (1984-1992), making it TV's successor to the long-running Carry On series. 'Allo 'Allo was not only similarly preoccupied with seaside postcard humour, it was also blessed with a cracking ensemble cast (including Carry On veteran Kenneth Connor) whose sheer energy eked out comic gold from even the laziest jokes about humourless Germans, cowardly Italians, "Tally ho!" Brits and onion-selling Frenchmen. Like Croft & Lloyd's Are You Being Served, it was the cast interaction more than the material itself that produced the laughs. Despite its determination never to vary the formula from week to week, the show had at least one virtue--it wasn't afraid to offend anyone. --Mark Walker

• Paul Merton In Galton And Simpson's... - The Complete Series | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Paul Merton's deapan comic delivery and fantastic wit are showcased in the fantastic In Galton And Simpson's.... Two comedy heroes of Merton's Galton and Simpson decided he was the man to breath new life into their comic scripts... Season 1: 1. Twelve Angry Men 2. Impasse 3. The Radio Ham 4. Sealed With A Loving Kiss 5. The Missing Page 6. Don't Dilly Dally On The Way 7. The Lift Season 2: 1. Visiting Day 2. The Wrong Man 3. I Tell You It' s Burt Reynolds 4. The Suit 5. Being Of Sound Mind 6. Lunch In The Park 7. The Clerical Error

• Allo Allo : Complete BBC Series 6 & 7 | DVD | (18/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Welcome to the Cafe Rene in the French village of Nouvion where you can get fine wines paintings by Van Clomp (not all originals) and a selection of German and British officers. The owner Rene Artois (Gorden Kaye) who may have his mind on other things -''- like his waitresses Yvette and Mimi ''-- will look after you. Just don''t tell his wife Edith (Carmen Silvera)!

• Birds of a Feather Series 1 & 2 ITV | DVD | (23/02/2015) from £6.60   |  Saving you £13.39 (67.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Series 1. After nearly fifteen years, Chigwell s most famous daughters are finally back together and this time they re all sharing the same nest. As the series begins, sisters Sharon (Pauline Quirke) and Tracey (Linda Robson) are living separate lives and Dorien (Lesley Joseph) has seemingly flown off into the sunset to live a jetsetting life as Foxy Cohen, the writer of best selling erotic memoir, Sixty Shades of Green . Tracey s marriage to former robber Darryl petered out years ago and although she has since remarried and got divorced again, is still living in relative comfort in Essex s legendary Chigwell with now 17 year old son, Travis (Charlie Quirke), who studies Latin and wants to become a barrister. Tracey gets by with a telesales job, but times aren t easy and she misses her older son Garth, who s been living in Australia. Meanwhile Sharon scrapes a minimum wage in World of Quid , Essex s leading everything's a pound chain and living in a tiny flat which leaves a lot to be desired. After a chance meeting at Dorien's book signing in Chigwell High Street, their lives collide once more Sharon moves back in with Tracey and an impending court case means that Dorien has nowhere to go so moves in too. The nest then gets busier still as Garth, his Australian partner Marcie and her 10 year old daughter Poppy unexpectedly make the long migration back to Chigwell. Join three generations of the family again for proof that for Sharon, Tracey and Dorien, Essex really is the only way ... Series 2: There were never two more unlikely sisters than working class heroines Sharon (Pauline Quirke) and Tracey (Linda Robson). Along with their friend and lodger, man-eater Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph), they're back for another series of laugh-out-loud and bittersweet adventures. Kicking off with a promised Christmas trip to Tenerife, courtesy of Dorien's continued income as 'Sixty Shades of Green' author Foxy Cohen, the Birds share their many successes and failures, including Sharon's interview to become a spy, Tracey's trip to jail and a traditional cockney knees-up with London's Pearly Kings and Queens. But there are life-changing surprises too as Dorien comes face-to-face with someone she thought she'd never see again and a heart-stopping scare for both the Chigwell sisters in a poignant and hilarious two-part finale.

• Men Behaving Badly - Series 6 | DVD | (08/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The ultimate small-screen representation of Loaded-era lad culture--albeit a culture constantly being undermined by its usually sharper female counterpart--there seems little argument that Men Behaving Badly was one of 1990s' definitive sitcoms. Certainly the booze-oriented, birds-obsessed antics of Martin Clunes' Gary and Neil Morrissey's Tony have become every bit as connected to Britain's collective funny bone as Basil Fawlty's inept hostelry or Ernie Wise's short, hairy legs. Yet, the series could easily have been cancelled when ITV viewers failed to respond to the original version, which featured Clunes sharing his flat with someone named Dermot, played by Harry Enfield. Indeed, it was only when the third series moved to the BBC and was then broadcast in a post-watershed slot--allowing writer Simon Nye greater freedom to explore his characters' saucier ruminations--that the show began to gain a significant audience. By then, of course, Morrissey had become firmly ensconced on the collective pizza-stained sofa, while more screen time was allocated to the boys' respective foils, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. Often glibly dismissed as a lame-brained succession of gags about sex and flatulence, the later series not only featured great performances and sharp-as-nails writing but also sported a contemporary attitude that dared to go where angels, and certainly most other sitcoms, feared to tread. Or, as Gary was once moved to comment about soft-porn lesbian epic Love in a Women's Prison: "It's a serious study of repressed sexuality in a pressure-cooker environment." Series 6 includes: "Stag Night" in which Gary agrees with Dorothy's suggestion they get married ("We've tried everything else.") provoking potentially disastrous stag-night shenanigans; "Wedding" in which Gary and Dorothy's wedding day fails to run smoothly. ("I don't want to get married--I haven't slept with enough women," he complains. "Do you want to squeeze one in?"); "Jealousy" in which the quartet make the grave error of going away for a weekend in the country; "Watching TV" concerns a quiet night in with Captain Kirk & Co ("On the Starship Enterprise, when no one's looking, do you think they all swivel round in their chairs really fast?"); "Ten" in which the communal boat is rocked by the simultaneous arrival of Dorothy's nephew and Deborah's mother; and "Sofa" in which Tony buys a snake. --Clark Collis The DVD version also features a quiz.

• Carrie And Barrie - Series 1 | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £5.91   |  Saving you £14.08 (238.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Carrie And Barrie re-unites Neil Morrisey with the team behind Men Behaving Badly. Morrisey stars as part-time cabbie Barry and Claire Rushbrook is his wife Carrie. Faced with the daily challenge of keeping the spice in their marriage alive and dealing with Barry's teenage daughter from his first marriage life could be easier! Fortunately - or not - they have Kirk (The Fast Show's Mark Williams) a man as simple as Barry is complicated a

• Men Behaving Badly - Jingle B***s! | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £8.04   |  Saving you £-2.05 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Includes the classic Christmas special plus a bumper selection of outtakes and bloopers!

• Men Behaving Badly: Series One | DVD | (01/05/2000) from £6.98   |  Saving you £-0.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The pageant of boorishness and slobbery known as Men Behaving Badly launched itself upon an unsuspecting audience in 1992. Over the course of six episodes, Gary (Martin Clunes), the disgruntled manager of a security alarm company, struggles to break up with his long-suffering girlfriend Dorothy (Caroline Quentin) while competing with his aimless flatmate Dermot (Harry Enfield) for the attentions of their fetching new upstairs neighbour Deborah (Leslie Ash). The plots are built on contrivances like a chess match over opera tickets or an attempt at seduction via a synthesized flamenco guitar, but the humor always springs from the petty, careless, and generally inane behavior of Dermot and Gary. Gary persuades Dorothy to accept an open relationship, then becomes consumed with jealousy when she sees another man; Dermot tries to persuade Deborah to relieve their basic needs while her boyfriend is in Singapore. It could be tiresome squalor--and according to reviews, the American remake of the show (featuring Rob Schneider and Ron Eldard) was just that--but Clunes and Enfield invest this pair of clods with enough humanity to make their mishaps both excruciating and funny. Enfield left after this first sextet of episodes; Clunes and Enfield's replacement Neil Morrissey took the show to five more series, but Enfield's charming dimness makes this first series worth a look. --Bret Fetzer

• Coupling: Complete Series 1 | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £12.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (54.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Coupling is a witty, instantly addictive series that charts the tangled sex lives of a close-knit group comprising "exes and best friends": womaniser Jack, hapless nice guy Steve, "strange and disturbing" Jeff, uninhibited Susan, neurotic Sally and manipulative Jane. The obvious frame of reference is Friends (Steve and Susan are the Ross and Rachel equivalent), but this series also echoes Seinfeld in its coinage of catchphrases and plot lines (in episode one, Steve tries to dump Jane, who refuses to accept). But it's no mere British clone of US sitcoms: Coupling has its own fresh and provocative take on relationships. At one point, a furious Susan discovers that Patrick not only had a videotape of the former couple having sex, but that he also taped over her. --Donald Liebenson

• How Not To Live Your Life - Series 2 | DVD | (19/10/2009) from £12.49   |  Saving you £10.49 (110.42%)   |  RRP £19.99

  How Not To Live Your Life: Series 2

• Is It Legal: the Complete Firs | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Is It Legal: Series 1

• Is It Legal? - The Complete Second Series | DVD | (17/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Penned by Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly Reggie Perrin) and starring Richard Lumsden (Life Of Riley) Imelda Staunton (Cranford) and Jeremy Clyde (Jam And Jerusalem) this intelligent searingly funny sitcom chronicles the misadventures of a team of deeply flawed characters manning the offices of third-rate Hounslow law practice Lotus Spackman & Phelps. Originally aired between 1995 and 1998 Is It Legal? won the 1995 British Comedy Award for Best Sitcom. This second series sees junior partner Colin being arrested while timid clerk Bob is plunged into a lovesick depression as former sandwich delivery girl Sarah returns with her new boyfriend. Senior partner Stella attempts to be popular there's the terrifying prospect of Dick making a professional court appearance and the office is thrown into a welter of indecision with a buy-out offer from a rival firm. Is the writing on the wall for Lotus Spackman & Phelps?

• Is It Legal? - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (21/03/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Penned by Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly Reggie Perrin) and starring Richard Lumsden (Life Of Riley) Imelda Staunton (Cranford) and Jeremy Clyde (Jam And Jerusalem) this intelligent searingly funny sitcom chronicles the misadventures of a team of deeply flawed characters manning the offices of a third-rate Hounslow law practice. Originally aired between 1995 and 1998 Is It Legal? won the 1995 British Comedy Award for Best Sitcom. This third series - featuring a guest turn from Alexander Armstrong (The Armstrong And Miller Show) - finds senior partner Stella taking the reins at Lotus Spackman & Phelps while hapless solicitor Colin inherits an office the terminally lovesick Bob continues to yearn for Sarah and secretary Alison threatens to resign. Office assistant Darren meanwhile wonders whether he should change his name...

• Men Behaving Badly - Series 4 | DVD | (03/07/2000) from £3.50   |  Saving you £16.49 (471.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The ultimate small-screen representation of Loaded-era lad culture--albeit a culture constantly being undermined by its usually sharper female counterpart--there seems little argument that Men Behaving Badly was one of 1990s' definitive sitcoms. Certainly the booze-oriented, birds-obsessed antics of Martin Clunes' Gary and Neil Morrissey's Tony have become every bit as connected to Britain's collective funny bone as Basil Fawlty's inept hostelry or Ernie Wise's short, hairy legs. Yet, the series could easily have been cancelled when ITV viewers failed to respond to the original version, which featured Clunes sharing his flat with someone named Dermot, played by Harry Enfield. Indeed, it was only when the third series moved to the BBC and was then broadcast in a post-watershed slot--allowing writer Simon Nye greater freedom to explore his characters' saucier ruminations--that the show began to gain a significant audience. By then, of course, Morrissey had become firmly ensconced on the collective pizza-stained sofa, while more screen time was allocated to the boys' respective foils, Caroline Quentin and Leslie Ash. Often glibly dismissed as a lame-brained succession of gags about sex and flatulence, the later series not only featured great performances and sharp-as-nails writing but also sported a contemporary attitude that dared to go where angels, and certainly most other sitcoms, feared to tread. Or, as Gary was once moved to comment about soft-porn lesbian epic Love in a Women's Prison: "It's a serious study of repressed sexuality in a pressure-cooker environment." Series 4 includes: "Babies" in which Dorothy gets broody. ("I suppose the big question is do I really want children with a man who still has a Fungus the Bogeyman pillowcase."; "Infidelity" in which Gary thinks Dorothy may be having an affair; "Pornography" in which Deborah invites Dorothy and her new boyfriend to a dinner party, much to Gary's chagrin; "3 Girlfriends" in which Dorothy has some unpleasant news for Gary; "Drunk" in which Gary's fresh start with Dorothy is put at risk by his local's extensive range of guest lagers; "In Bed with Dorothy" in which Dorothy's recuperative powers are tested following an appendectomy when Gary "shoulders the burden of caring for her". Meanwhile Tony discovers he needs glasses ("No one in our family wears glasses. We just go from brilliant eyesight to ... dead."); "Playing Away" in which Gary harbours hopes that a creative-writing course he is attending with Deborah will turn into a dirty one. --Clark Collis