"Actor: Gail Porter"

• Ali G - Aiii | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £10.25   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  By the time Ali G--the inspired creation of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who debuted on the lame satirical series The 11 O'Clock Show--first got his own series, the gangsta rapper from Berkshire was already one of the biggest things on TV. Ali G--Aiiii is a compilation of the best bits from his own series, Da Ali G Show. Part chat show (Paul Daniels makes a memorably awful appearance; Gail Porter turns up and Ali dims the house lights and gets all soppy), and part saucy variety show (Ali's duet with Jarvis Cocker is fun, but no-where near as good as his improvised rap with Mohammed Al Fayed "from Arrods"), the material here is richer and more varied than his 11 O'Clock appearances, which more or less depended on his interviewees not knowing he was stitching them up. At various points, Ali reports from the States--the Staines rapper's spiritual home, you suspect--and the bemused reactions of the unsuspecting people he meets there makes for some of the video's funniest moments ("Has anyone ever been killed by a gun?" he asks someone from the National Rifle Association).Ali G--Aiii also features Cohen's newest character Borat, a reporter from Kazakhstani television who is producing a guide to Britain for his viewers back home. Amazingly, Cohen ran into trouble with the Kazakhstani embassy in Britain over his portrait of the bumbling reporter with only the faintest grasp of English, but in fact it's the Brits he interviews who patronise Borat who come off a lot worse. (See, for example, the embarrassed silence which greets Borat's attempt at introductory small talk at a society dinner party: "My wife, she is dead"!) Like the rest of the show, there is a smart satiric edge to the comedy but it's also very, very funny. Ali introduces the compilation, keepin' it real with a promise that profits from the sale of the video will be channelled back into the Staines ghetto. --Edward Lawrenson

• Dead Famous Series 1 | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Join Gail Porter & Chris Fleming as they travel across America in search of the worlds most famous ghosts. From the dark cells of Alcatraz in seach of Al Capone to the bright lights of Las Vegas where Frank Sinatra is rumoured to still be in residence and will a trip to Hollywood unearth the spirits of James Dean & Marilyn Monroe? Episodes Comprise: 1. Al Capone and the Mob 2. Frank Sinatra 3. Marilyn Monroe 4. James Dean 5. Jim Morrison 6. Lucille Ball 7. Return to Thunderbird Lodge 8. Return to Alcatraz

• Dead Famous Series 2 | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Join Gail Porter and Chris Fleming as they travel across America in search of the worlds most famous ghosts. Episodes Comprise: 1. Alfred Hitchock 2. Houdini 3. John Wayne 4. Joan Crawford 5. John Lennon 6. Bette Davis 7. Buddy Holly 8. Bonnie & Clyde 9. Jayne Mansfield 10. Elvis Presley

• Dead Famous Season 3 | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Join Gail Porter & Chris Fleming as they travel across America in search of the worlds most famous ghosts. Episodes Comprise: 1. Howard Hughes 2. Carole Lombard & Clarke Gable 3. Mae West 4. Grace Kelly 5. Bing Crosby 6. Rita Hayworth 7. Nat King Cole 8. Andy Warhol 9. Billy The Kid 10. Janis Joplin