The complete series 1-3 plus the three Christmas specials of the 1970s BBC sitcom starring Michael Crawford as the accident-prone Frank Spencer. Well-meaning and optimistic but nave clueless and spectacularly incompetent Frank would find situations spiraling hilariously out of control. His long-suffering wife Betty can only stand by and watch as he is catapulted into a bit of trouble by the simplest task - a window cleaning job a driving test DIY or an RAF reunion. Michael Crawford was renowned for performing his own stunts in the series - some of the biggest and most dangerous in British comedy including the holiday camp bluecoat human fireworks display hanging from the exhaust of his Morris Minor as it teetered on a cliff edge and an unbelievable extended roller-skate.
If your kitchen should need repainting or your bathroom require renovation, you certainly wouldn't want to hire a highly dubious firm of contractors going by the name of Joe Jones Limited. Geyser, Wobbly Ron and Eric work for Joe because no-one else will employ them. And Joe has to employ Geyser, Wobbly Ron and Eric because no-one else will work for him...Oscar-winning scriptwriter and actor Colin Welland is aptly named plumber Geyser, David Kelly (Robin s Nest) is his terminally confused co-worker, and Roy Kinnear is the boss entirely unburdened by a conscience in this wickedly funny early '80s sitcom penned by Surgical Spirit creator Peter Learmouth. Series Two sees the hapless builders tackling cash flow problems, dodging the tax man, attempting to re-point a vertiginously placed 'curved wall', and causing mayhem in an operating theatre...
Enjoy again the classic comedy series with the complete collection of every episode ever made plus the three 'specials'. All 22 episodes with 12 hours of classic comedy. From hanging off his car over a cliff edge to roller skating down the high street behind a bus accident-prone Frank just seems to find one harassment after another! Episode titles: The Job Interview George's House Love Thy Neighbour Have A Break Take A Husband The Hospital Visit The Psychiatrist The Em
Chance In A Million the classic 1980s series widely regarded as one of the best UK sitcoms of its day comes to DVD for the very first time! Episodes Comprise: Plumstones Honour Thy Father and Mother Flowing with the Tide The Birthday Party Man of Iron Stuff of Dreams The Taxman Cometh For Whom the Bell Tolls The Lost Weekend And What Shall We Do for a Ring? Winning Streak Naming the Day Goodbye Mr Hemstridge Guess Who's Not Coming for Dinner The Blessing The Once and Future Chance Pre-Matrimonial Tension The Wedding
Six different playlets ostensibly relating episodes from Frankie's colourful past. The casts changed from week to week although Joan Sims was a regular. Howerd played the parts in full over-the-top mode addressing the audience directly and reproaching them for reading dirty meanings into his lines.
Get Some In: The Complete Series (5 Discs)
Set in a top London hotel this sitcom charts the hilarious complications and domestic disasters that beset a motley team of room-service waiters – from missing tips to vanishing brides amorous dog owners to Triads. Among them is Matthew Kelly in an early television role alongside veteran character player Bryan Pringle as the department's formidable manager Mr Spooner – a man who's more than capable of a little skulduggery in order to save the reputation of his staff... Room Service was penned by Jimmy Perry who with David Croft formed one of the most successful comedy-writing partnerships of all time – the endlessly popular Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum! featuring among their many credits. This set contains all seven episodes alongside the unscreened pilot episode which features a different actor as Mr Spooner.
In his final TV role, Arthur Lowe (Dad's Army, Pardon the Expression) plays a popular but old-fashioned mathematics master attempting and largely failing to keep order among the unruly boys of Form IIIA at Burgrove Preparatory School, in the fictional rural town of Wilminister. Set in the 1940s, A. J. Wentworth, B.A. skillfully adapts the writings of H.F. Ellis which first appeared in diary form in Punch and later in The New Yorker, before being published in book form; the character of the beleaguered schoolmaster, played to perfection by Lowe, was inspired by Ellis's own experiences as a teacher.The mild-mannered, accident-prone Mr. Wentworth shows an unceasing dedication to the school and its reputation. But he has two major adversaries to deal with: Burgrove's headmaster, the snobbish Reverend R. G. Saunders (Harry Andrews), better known as 'Squid' by the pupils, and the formidable, frequently combative Matron (Marion Mathie Lucia)...
Following the resounding success of Up Pompeii!, Frankie Howerd delved into the pages of history once more to play the hapless valet of Venice's most infamous son. Double entendres and wicked punning run riot in this 1970s comedy gem, co-written by noted screenwriter Sid Colin, whose credits include Up Pompeii! and The Army Game.A coach lumbers along the road from Venice to Padua. Inside is Giacomo Casanova, on the run from the Doge of Venice and intent on carrying out his latest female conquest. Up on the box is Fransisco, his body servant (No, no, wait a minute! It doesn't mean what you think it does!); he's merely intent on staying out of the clutches of the Doge's guardsmen. When Casanova proposes that they swap identities, Fransisco finds that life isn't all roses for the legendary lover...
Get Some In is set in 1955 when national service was compulsory. The series revolves around four men from contrasting backgrounds each of whom had received his call-up papers - Jakey Smith (Robert Lindsay) who was a reformed teddy boy; Bruce Leckie a Scot without much brain power; Ken Richardson a former grammar school pupil; and Matthew Lilley the son of a vicar and so in military mindset appropriately something of a lily-livered character. Posted to 'C' Flight at RAF Skelton but swiftly nicknamed the 'erks' the four swiftly come face to face with their permanent adversary drill instructor Corporal Marsh a nasty mean petty-minded and very vocal piece of work who loathes and despises the 'erks'.
Norman Tripper (Leonard Rossiter) a Northern manager assigned to a London supermarket with a problematic staff.
Although Britain has changed almost beyond recognition since Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was first broadcast in the early 1970s, the show's simple slapstick humour has an ageless quality that makes it enduringly hilarious. Michael Crawford found fame as Frank Spencer, still probably television's most accident-prone man, and still Britain's most mimicked sitcom character, having inspired thousands of wannabe entertainers to don black berets and Humphrey Bogart-style rain coats and feebly exclaim "Mmm, Betty!". Crawford's great insight was to portray Frank as both a figure of fun and an endearingly sympathetic character: we laugh at him but never cease liking him, and we always admire his plucky never-say-die spirit. Most of the episodes share the common theme of Frank attempting to find a job (ranging from a holiday camp entertainer to an RAF cadet), but because of his clumsy demeanour and lack of common sense, losing the positions within a matter of hours. Pitted against a variety of middle-aged, male professionals (his GP, a psychiatrist and a public relations consultant for example), Spencer's stupidity reduces these "experts" to nervous wrecks. His long-suffering, doting wife Betty (Michelle Dotrice) features throughout, but despite his wild behaviour and idiocy she appears only mildly flustered by her husband's actions. On the DVD: Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was one of the first comedy series to be recorded by the BBC in colour, but the sound and vision of the episodes transfer perfectly satisfactorily to DVD format. At times the production values of some of the episodes are decidedly ropey (watch out for stray boom microphones and the skewed opening and closing credit). Apart from the episode and scene selection menus, which incorporate sound extracts from the show, no extras are included. --John Galilee
Although Britain has changed almost beyond recognition since Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was first broadcast in the early 1970s, the show's simple slapstick humour has an ageless quality that makes it enduringly hilarious. Michael Crawford found fame as Frank Spencer, still probably television's most accident-prone man, and still Britain's most mimicked sitcom character, having inspired thousands of wannabe entertainers to don black berets and Humphrey Bogart-style rain coats and feebly exclaim "Mmm, Betty!". Crawford's great insight was to portray Frank as both a figure of fun and an endearingly sympathetic character: we laugh at him but never cease liking him, and we always admire his plucky never-say-die spirit. Most of the episodes share the common theme of Frank attempting to find a job (ranging from a holiday camp entertainer to an RAF cadet), but because of his clumsy demeanour and lack of common sense, losing the positions within a matter of hours. Pitted against a variety of middle-aged, male professionals (his GP, a psychiatrist and a public relations consultant for example), Spencer's stupidity reduces these "experts" to nervous wrecks. His long-suffering, doting wife Betty (Michelle Dotrice) features throughout, but despite his wild behaviour and idiocy she appears only mildly flustered by her husband's actions. On the DVD: Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was one of the first comedy series to be recorded by the BBC in colour, but the sound and vision of the episodes transfer perfectly satisfactorily to DVD format. At times the production values of some of the episodes are decidedly ropey (watch out for stray boom microphones and the skewed opening and closing credit). Apart from the episode and scene selection menus, which incorporate sound extracts from the show, no extras are included. --John Galilee
Includes all three 'Special' episodes on DVD for the first time! 'Jessica's First Christmas' - First broadcast 25 Dec 1974: It's time for Frank's favourite annual event the nativity play. When the angel of the lord phones in sick Frank is ready to put the wings on. He's also designed a special flying effect but ends up flying a bit higher than intended! 'Learning To Drive' - First broadcast 25 Dec 1975: Frank has a driving lesson but his car gets away from! Back at the hous
Chance In A Million the classic 1980s series widely regarded as one of the best UK sitcoms of its day comes to DVD for the very first time! Episodes Comprise: 1. Goodbye Mr Hemstridge 2. Guess Who's Not Coming for Dinner 3. The Blessing 4. The Once and Future Chance 5. Pre-Matrimonial Tension 6. The Wedding
Get Some In: Series 2
Chance In A Million the classic 1980s series widely regarded as one of the best UK sitcoms of its day comes to DVD for the very first time!
Chance In A Million: Volume 1
Penned by the creators of The Good Life, Feet First takes a humorous look at the trials and tribulations of a gifted young footballer who is plucked from obscurity and plunged into the heady, somewhat bewildering world of First Division football. Until very recently, Terry Prince was a conduit joint insulation mechanic in the Midlands; he and wife Viv lived with his parents, and football was simply a game he enjoyed playing for the local team. But Terry's natural talent has come the attention...
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