The ground-shaking impact of The Comic Strip's anarchic humour rattled the televisions of 1980s Britain and when the smoke cleared they left a gaping crater that lesser comics are still failing into today. This 5 disc box set includes new episodes The Hunt for Tony Blair Five Go to Rehab and Sex Actually plus the anniversary episode 30 Years of Comic Strip including hilarious new and previously unreleased footage all of which are new to DVD. Also includes the best of the original Comic Strip Presents films: Bad News 1 and 2 Five Go Mad In Dorset Fistful of Travellers Cheques Strike G.L.C. Gino Susie Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Spaghetti Hoops Red Nose of Courage Bullshitters Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown Gregory Diary of a Nutcase The Crying Game Four Men in a Car Four Men in a Plane
Adrian (James Fleet) is an unmarried unworldly and somewhat unstable dairy farmer who has spent most of his adult life on a farm in Wiltshire looking after his elderly slightly quirky mother Lucy. Upon finding his mother dead Adrian then has to deal with the arrival of his two sisters Harriet (Francesca Annis) and Virginia (Dawn French) his uncle his mother's lover and her closest friend Veronica (Phyllida Law). They all want a piece of Lucy they all have conflicting plans for
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have always been at their best when they perform live on stage together and this argument is fully supported by this performance. Filmed at a packed out Shaftesbury Theatre this is one of the funniest comic performances available on DVD.
From the visionary director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling book, comes this spectacular stop-motion animated adventure! Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) is bored until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternate, better, version of her life on the other side. When this seemingly perfect world turns dangerous, and her other parents - including her Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) - try to trap her forever; Coraline must use her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to escape this perilous world - and save her family. Bonus Features: 2D Feature Commentary Deleted Scenes The Making Of Coraline
All 24 episodes of the BBC classic Murder Most Horrid starring Dawn French come to DVD in this brand new complete set for the very first time. The anthology series which starred French as a different dastardly character in each episode was an unusual mix of comedy murder mystery and horror. Whether she was playing the murderer or the victim her versatile acting talent was never more apparent than in this brilliantly dark comedy with episodes written by the likes of Steven Moffat and Ian Hislop. All four series appear in this brand new set which features early appearances by a cast of fine British talent including Ray Winstone Hugh Laurie Jim Broadbent Minnie Driver and Hugh Bonneville. Episodes Comprise: Series One The Case of the Missing The Girl From Ipanema He Died a Death A Determined Woman Murder at Tea Time Mrs Hat and Mrs Red Series Two Overkill Lady Luck Sever Case We All Hate Granny Mangez Merveillac Smashing Bird Series Three Girl Friday A Life or Death Operation Dying Live The Body Politic Confess Dead on Time Series Four Frozen Going Solo Whoopi Stone Confessions of a Murderer Elvis Jesus and Zack Dinner at Tiffany's Special Features: Selected Episode Commentaries Featuring Dawn French Ian Hislop and More Photo Gallery (Series One Only) - Includes English subtitles
French And Saunders Collection (2 Discs)
Over the past decade Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have hilariously parodied any Hollywood film worth its salt. Gloriously some of these have been gathered together on one DVD with other hilarious sketches from the fourth television series but be very careful... you'll never be able to take any of these seriously again! Their celebrated Silence Of The Lambs parody finds Jennifer walking along the prison corridor of criminal comedy; Dawn receives blows to the head with various o
A compilation of all the best bits from French & Saunders. Including: Bros Star Test Popular Classics - I Should Be So Lucky The Day in the Life of a Ballerina & The School Trip.
Sam and Lucy Bell (Hugh Laurie Joely Richardson) are bright thirtysomething media darlings - he's a TV Commissioning Editor for the BBC she works in a theatrical agency - who seem to have the perfect life. More than anything Sam and Lucy want a baby and so they embark on a rigorous schedule of lovemaking dictated by ovulation charts rather than passion. Nothing appears to work. In desperation they deliver themselves into the hands of Dr. James (Rowan Atkinson) who suggests the possibility of IVF as the way forward. The endless medical tests soon take their toll on the couple's relationship. Sam vents his frustration by penning a screenplay based on his current predicament: a comedy about a couple trying for a baby. Meanwhile Lucy's hormones are all over the shop and she finds herself increasingly attracted to the star client at her agency suave and debonair actor Carl Phipps (James Purefoy).
Begin with a Fem-Libber an American heiress a not-so-quick school chum and an incorrigible flirt. Add an eccentric romance novelist and a parade of gentlemen callers. Toss in a dash of lunacy and you get the Girls On Top! Meet Amanda Ripley (Dawn French) Shelley DuPont (Ruby Wax) Candice Valentine (Tracey Ullman) and Jennifer Marsh (Jennifer Saunders) the unlikely roommates who share an apartment under the watchful eye of landlord Lady Carlton (Joan Greenwood). Whether it is a mysterious death a singing tadpole or nuclear war these girls find trouble at every turn. This release features the complete first and second series.
This ten-part adaptation of Flora Thompson's classic novel tells the story of two Oxfordshire communities at the end of the 19th century. The birth of a new baby brings financial hardship to the Timmins household obliging eldest daughter Laura (Olivia Hallinan) to leave her home in the quiet hamlet of Lark Rise and embark on a new life in the busy neighbouring market town of Candleford. Her adventurous cousin postmistress Dorcas Lane (Julia Sawalha) takes Laura under her wing and they soon become firm friends experiencing together the romances rivalries and comedies of close-knit rural life.
Written by and starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders one of the most successful comedy duos in Britain. A variety show with a difference where Dawn and Jennifer present some curious film classics ridiculous dance routines and fast and funny sketches.
Dawn French dons her cassock and collar once more for two very special episodes of The Vicar of Dibley one of the BBC's most popular comedies. It boasts the brilliant comic writing of Richard Curtis (Love Actually Bridget Jones's Diary) and a gifted ensemble cast including Emma Chambers (Notting Hill) and Richard Armitage (BBC's Robin Hood). The Handsome Stranger - Gerry is fed up with all the townies buying weekend cottages in Dibley -- that is until she meets one particularly charming newcomer. Could he be the one? Or is it Gerry's destiny to end up heartbroken in another 6-foot deep puddle? The Vicar in White - After presiding over the marriages of hundreds of other people it appears Gerry's big day has finally arrived. Appearances can be deceptive however especially when the eccentric residents of Dibley are doing the planning!
Comic Strip Presents Box Set (9 Discs)
The most British of British sitcoms, The Vicar of Dibley's well-earned success has nothing to do with the whoops-mind-my-bosoms potential in casting Dawn French in the role of a female vicar foisted upon a sleepy and ultra-conservative English village. Rather this series, set in a rural, largely middle-class environment, is essentially the flip side of, say, Inspector Morse. It's resolutely un-dumbed down, with scalpel-sharp dialogue and a standard of humour that owes more to Tom Stoppard than to mainstream primetime comedy. This release includes the entire first series, in which the vicar has to deal with the inevitable bemusement caused by her arrival and her well-intentioned involvement in the affairs of the community, together with the superbly funny episode in which she realises she's accepted several invitations to Christmas lunch and can't bring herself to disappoint any of the hosts (never before has a sprout-eating contest provoked so much mirth). Above all, though, watch out for the episode which features Kylie Minogue giving the kind of hands-on performance usually associated with classic Morecambe and Wise or Ab Fab--when stars of this stature are happy to send themselves up in a television comedy, you know it's a good sign. On the DVD: The DVD features a slightly bogus "extra" that strings together French's legendary jokes, which, thankfully, also appear in their original locations at the end of each episode.--Roger Thomas
Now in stereoscopic 3D, from Henry Selick the visionary director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling book, comes this spectacular stop-motion animated adventure!Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) is bored until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternate, better, version of her life on the other side. When this seemingly perfect world turns dangerous, Coraline must use her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to save her family.
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, two of the twisted comic geniuses that brought you The League of Gentleman, welcome you to Psychoville, a scary, funny, bloody thriller, populated with bizarre characters including an avaricious blind collector, a lovestruck telekinetic dwarf, a desperately misguided midwife, a murder-obsessed manchild and an embittered one-handed clown. Despite their different backgrounds, different interests and different origins, they share a common link. Each one has been sent an anonymous, black-edged card which reads: I know what you did... Starring alongside Pemberton and Shearsmith, the stellar cast includes Dawn French, Dame Eileen Atkins (Cranford), Nicholas Le Prevost (Margaret), Daisy Haggard (Man Stroke Woman), Debbie Chazen (The Smoking Room), Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility), David Bamber (Rome), Christopher Biggins (Revelations) and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey).
Following critical acclaim the residents of Lark Rise and Candleford return in this warm-hearted adaptation of Flora Thompson's novels. Set in the Oxfordshire countryside in the 1890s this rich funny and poignant series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers craftsmen and gentry detailing the little conflicts romances and misunderstandings between the tiny Lark Rise and the more worldly Candleford. Series two sees the arrival of a dashing and elegant stranger in Candleford. Rich enterprising worldly and apparently without a wife James Dowland is a successful businessman with a string of London hotels and has come to transform Candleford and bring it new prosperity. But not everyone welcomes his entrepreneurial qualities and it isn't long before he is sparring with the spirited yet suddenly unusually flustered Dorcas and aggravating the pride of the male Lark Risers with his superior business acumen and somewhat overbearing manner. The second series of Lark Rise To Candleford sees the welcome return of Julia Sawalha (Pride And Prejudice Cranford) as Dorcas Lane Olivia Hallinan (Sugar Rush Girls In Love) as Laura Timmins her assistant Brendan Coyle (Prime Suspect True Dare Kiss) as Robert Laura's opinionated father Claudie Blakley (Jane Eyre State of Play) as Laura's mother Emma and Mark Heap (Green Wing Love Soup) as Thomas Brown the Head Postman and devout Christian. Joining the cast for the second series are Jason Merrells (Cutting It Waterloo Road) who plays the charming new hotelier James Dowland and Ruby Bentall (Oliver Twist New Tricks) as Minnie a new addition to the Post Office in Candleford.
Lark Rise To Candleford: Seasons 1 & 2 Box Set
Based on Neil Gaiman's international best-selling book and helmed by "The Nightmare Before Christmas" director Henry Selick, "Coraline" invites you to open the door to the furthest reaches of your imagination!
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