Comedy

• Muck And Brass - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £11.47   |  Saving you £8.52 (74.28%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Muck And Brass: The Complete Series (2 Discs)

• Creature Comforts Series 1, Part 1 | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £5.95   |  Saving you £12.04 (202.35%)   |  RRP £17.99

  There's nothing not to like about Aardman Animations' new Creature Comforts series, belatedly inspired by their Oscar-winning short film and the subsequent spin-off TV ads that turned out to be far more memorable than the product itself ("It's got to be easily turn-off-and-onable"). But if you stop and think about it for a moment, Creature Comforts is an extraordinarily un-PC concept. First of all, identify some members of the public who are willing to drone on about trivia that's really of no interest to anyone but themselves. (Ideally they will be working class and perhaps a bit dim, although it helps if they're over-articulate in the way that dull people often are when someone suddenly feigns an interest in them.) If they have a strong regional accent or are elderly, so much the better. Then sync up their interviews with a bunch of claymation cartoon animals, linking any extraneous noises to improbable snippets of on-screen action. Finally, sit back and watch as the very people you're patronising laugh their heads off at your efforts, thus proving that they were every bit as dim as you thought. Cynicism aside, though, the ability of the British public to laugh at themselves is a national trait worth celebrating, and it's brilliantly exploited here by the company that brought you Wallace and Gromit. On this first volume you get six episodes, of which perhaps the funniest is "Working Animals", where we learn that egglaying is "very repetitive" and meet the greyhound who can never quite get his latest bit of portentous self-analysis out before the trap opens. On the DVD: The Creature Comforts Series 1, Part 1 DVD contains just the first six 10-minute episodes of the series. To add value, the disc also includes what is quite literally a making-of documentary, plus the original Creature Comforts short and sundry other items of interest. --Roger Thomas

• Punch Drunk Love | Blu Ray | (21/11/2016) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Chaos lurks in every corner of this giddily off-kilter foray into romantic comedy by PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights). Struggling to cope with his erratic temper, novelty toilet plunger salesman Barry Egan (ADAM SANDLER, demonstrating remarkable versatility in his first dramatic role) spends his days collecting frequent-flyer-mile coupons and dodging the insults of his seven sisters. The promise of a new life emerges when Barry inadvertently attracts the affections of a mysterious woman named Lena (EMILY WATSON), but their budding relationship is threatened when he falls prey to the swindling operator of a phone sex line and her deranged boss (played with maniacal brio by PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN). Fuelled by the careening momentum of a baroque futurist score by JON BRION (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Magnolia), the Cannes-award-winning Punch-Drunk Love channels the spirit of classic Hollywood musicals and the whimsy of Jacques Tati into an idiosyncratic ode to the delirium of new romance.

• Peter Rabbit 2 (2 DISCS - UHD and BD) | Blu Ray | (02/08/2021) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Thomas and Bea are now married and living with Peter and his rabbit family. Bored of life in the garden, Peter goes to the big city, where he meets shady characters and ends up creating chaos for the whole family.

• Roy Chubby Brown - Too Fat To Be Gay | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Batten down the laughter hatches for a barn-storming night of jokes banter and hilarious micky-taking from Britain's most outrageous comedian bar none! You'll explode with laughter as Chubby rips into his live audience with a non-stop battering ram of laugh-out-loud comedy. From motorway pile-ups to marriage counsellors cancer-causing sausages to asylum seekers' swimming skills and from disabled parking to why Chubby really is too fat to be gay - this show is grab-your-guts funny!

• Carry On Cabby | DVD | (27/02/2017) from £6.21   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A rare Carry On with more interest in having a proper plot than tossing off gags every line, Cabby is also one of the friendliest of the series, built around the relationship between a cackling but good-hearted Sid James and an unusually touching Hattie Jacques. Sid's so obsessed with his taxi business that he neglects his wife, spending their wedding anniversary driving expectant father Jim Dale to and from the maternity hospital on a false alarm that naturally pays off with a delivery in the back of the cab. This drives Hattie to set up her own rival firm ("Glam Cabs"), employing dolly birds in tailored uniforms to undercut the likes of Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey. It ends happily, with a pair of hold-up men trapped in a ring of taxis and the marriage saved. Among the expected Carry On bits: Connor in drag, Amanda Barrie in a corset, Hawtrey in a leather jacket as a devout rambler ("We like to go as far as we can"), Liz Fraser as Connor's perky intended. Kenneth Williams is missed, but his role as the obnoxious shop steward (Carry On producer Peter Rogers never missed a chance to be nasty about the unions) is ably taken by Norman Chappell. Other familiar faces are Bill Owen, Peter Gilmore, Milo O'Shea, Renee Houston and Michael Ward as the tweedy businessman who has apparently left a pearl earring in the back of Connor's cab. On the DVD: No extras, but it's a smashing widescreen presentation of a pristine black and white print. --Kim Newman

• A Bad Moms Christmas | Blu Ray | (05/03/2018) from £3.36   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS follows our three under-appreciated and over-burdened moms (Amy, Kiki, and Carla) as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of Christmas in hopes of creating a more perfect holiday for their families. And if that was hard enough, they have to do all of that while hosting and entertaining their ultimate holiday foes: their own mothers. By the end of the journey, our moms have redefined how to make the holidays special for their families and it ends up bringing them closer to their own moms.

• The Ugly Truth | Blu Ray | (08/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  A romantically challenged morning show producer (Katherine Heigl) is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outlandish experiments by her chauvinistic correspondent (Gerard Butler) to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love.

• Whoops Apocalypse - The Complete Apocalypse | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Whoops Apocalypse: Complete Series (Dir. John Reardon): Whoops Apocalypse was a comedy series from the 1980's which depicted the frightening and fantastic decisions made by politicians and world leaders as the the end of the world approached. Anarchic alternative and inspired Whoops Apocalypse was a sitcom ahead of it's time and boasted a cast including John Cleese Jeffrey Palmer Rick Mayall and Alexi Sayle. Episodes Comprise: 1. Road To Jerusalem 2. Autumn Cannibalism 3. How To Get Rid Of It 4. Lucifer And The Lord 5. The Violet Hour 6. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Whoops Apocalypse (Dir. Tom Bussmann 1986): What do you get if you mix warped British humour with political intrigue Royal kidnaps hostile invasions nuclear bombs British Task Forces mad international terrorists and the SAS? Total mayhem!

• The Darling Buds Of May - The Best Of | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £5.70   |  Saving you £4.29 (75.26%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Relax sit back and enjoy the adventures of Britain's best-loved family in the TV series that became the country's number one show. The Larkins are back and living life to the full in this glorious compilation of The Very Best Of The Darling Buds Of May. The Darling Buds Of May The taxman visits the idyllic rural Home Farm and in his futile efforts to investigate Pa's (David Jason) income he finds a way of life he thought could never exist and more importantly discovers the Larkin's beautiful daughter Mariette (Catherine Zeta Jones). Stranger At The Gates A dashing young stranger with a secret past arrives at Mariette's doorstep however Cedric (Philip Franks) becomes suspicious and causes a rife. The Happiest Days Of Your Life Love makes the world go around in the Larkin family but Mariette comes up with some money-making schemes that prove she has brains as well as beauty.

• Le Diner De Cons | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Each week Pierre and his friends organize what is called as ""un dner de cons"" in which each participant must bring the most idiotic companion as a guest with a prize awarded to the most irritating of the evening. Pierre (Thierry Lhermitte) thinks his quarry is unsurpassable but when an injury forces him to miss the regular meal he finds that his new found friend is not easy to shake off...

• Tooth Fairy | DVD | (04/06/2012) from £5.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dwayne Johnson is The Tooth Fairy, also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster's dreams, he's sentenced to one week's hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek can't handle the tooth - bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers' homes...doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.

• JEFF DUNHAM - All Over the Map | DVD | (01/12/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jeff Dunham and his iconic creations- Achmed the Dead Terrorist Walter Peanut Jose Jalapeno and Bubba J- embark on an unprecedented world tour where Dunham performs across five continents logs almost 50 000 miles and stars in arenas where few American comedians have dared to perform. With his signature dysfunctional family Dunham has to be careful: Tell the wrong joke in Singapore or United Arab Emirates and risk being handcuffed before you even leave the stage; bring Achmed the Dead Terrorist on stage in Malaysia after a government warning forbidding his presence and you may begin an indefinite vacation in Kuala Lumpur. Taped live on stage in a series of sold-out concerts Jeff shows that humour is truly universal… Most of the time.

• Problem Child | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (20.04%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Attila the Hun. Ivan the Terrible. Al Capone. They were all seven once. Ben Healy (John Ritter) adopts Junior (Michael Oliver) a kid who's so bad that even the nuns want to kick him out of the orphanage in this hilarious heart-warming family comedy. When Ben and his infertile wife Flo (Amy Yasbeck) want a child right away Mr. Peabody (Gilbert Gottfried) cons them into taking little Junior but they have no idea what they're getting into! Before you can say ""bad seed "" Junior is setting his room on fire tormenting the cat and jeopardizing the mayoral campaign of Ben's father sporting goods king Big Ben (Jack Warden). But both Junior and his new father will learn what it really means to be a family in this comedy smash hit!

• Deerskin | Blu Ray | (04/10/2021) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  With the relationship with his wife in tatters, Georges retreats to a remote town where he purchases the deerskin jacket of his dreams. Along with the killer style couture he has just acquired, he also gets hold of an old video camera. This ignites a new interest as he moves from couture to auteur. Aided by aspiring editor Denise (Adèle Haenel), he sets out to create his masterwork. However, his ever closer relationship with his deerskin jacket starts to take him down a darker path that he continues to document on his camera and which Denise continues to sew together into a film.

• Father Of The Bride / Father Of The Bride 2 | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Father Of The Bride: the feel-good smash-hit comedy about the outrageous trials and tribulations of a well-intentioned father going through the - mental and physical - preparations for his only daughter's wedding. The prenuptial pandemonium begins when the bride-to-be announces her engagement setting off on an outrageous chain of events including a chaotic first meeting with the in-laws and a wedding day snowstorm. Starring Steve Martin Diane Keaton and Martin Short this

• Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Complete Series 2 | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  First broadcast in 1983 with its second series airing in 1986, Auf Wiedersehen Pet was an unlikely comedy hit about a group of British labourers forced to work in Germany during the recession. Scripted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, (previously responsible for Porridge and The Likely Lads) its main players are likeable stereotypes from all over England: Barry (Timothy Spall), the bumbling, haplessly pretentious Brummie; gentle West Country giant Bomber (Pat Roach); amiable Scouse Moxey (Christopher Fairbank); and the three Geordies, nervous Neville (Kevin Whately), loudmouth xenophobic lummox Oz (Jimmy Nail) and put-upon Dennis (Tim Healy), the reluctant gaffer of the mob. The second series saw the lads reunited to work for a dubious entrepreneur called Ally Fraser to whom Dennis owes money, and the location varying from Spain to Derbyshire. Gary Holton (cheeky cockney Wayne) died during the making of the series and Clement and La Frenais farmed out several episodes to other writers like Stan Hey, but the characters were well established by this point and the comedy held up. An episode in which the gang upset the locals of a stuffy country pub with their very presence is particularly memorable. A belated third series followed in 2002.--David Stubbs

• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £7.96   |  Saving you £15.02 (302.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Deuce is tricked again into man-whoring in Amsterdam while other man-whores are being murdered in his midst.

• Simon And Laura | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Love marriage and show business provide the basis of this lively comedy that centers on a husband and wife who are chosen by television producers to embody the perfect married couple on an upcoming television series. The show is to be filmed and broadcast live from the home of Simon and Laura who on camera are indeed the perfect couple. Unfortunately the minute the camera is off the two are going at it hammer and tong. Still their show is very popular and many couples look up to them until the ill-fated shooting of a Christmas special in which the couple begin tippling alcoholic beverages during the filming and end up letting their true relationship come out.

• The Truth About Cats And Dogs | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £5.02   |  Saving you £7.97 (158.76%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Charming and bittersweet this modern-day romantic comedy starring Uma Thurman Janeane Garofalo and Ben Chaplin explores the beguiling perils of mistaken identity. Abby a gutsy and witty veterinarian who hosts her own radio talk show is anything but confident when it comes to love. A petite brunette she describes herself as tall and blonde when Brian a caller who is smitten with her radio persona asks her on a date. She talks her tall blonde neighbour Noelle into assuming