Comedy

• Minder - Series 1 - Part 2 Of 4 | DVD | (04/06/2001) from £11.12   |  Saving you £7.86 (96.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

  First appearing on our screens in late 1979, Minder was a vehicle for ex-Sweeney sidekick Denis Waterman, but its lasting contribution to TV culture was rehabilitating George Cole, whose lovable but unscrupulous "entrepreneur" (an older version of the spiv he portrayed in the St Trinians films) mockingly reflected the values of 1980s Thatcherite Britain. The series is fondly set in a rough demimonde of small-time gangsters and ageing dolly birds, and against a backdrop of seedy London pubs and dubious business dealings. Waterman plays Terry McCann, ex-boxer and ex-con trying to stick to the straight and narrow, but persuaded against his better judgement to become involved in murky capers set up by his employer, "Arfur", who regularly sublets him to dodgy associates of his. In this, the first series, Arthur Daley is more in control, not quite the figure of fun he would later become. In the opening episode, for instance, as Terry is held hostage by wannabe black militants in a launderette, Arthur is negotiating his "exclusive" story to a tabloid. Though aspects of these episodes are a little creaky and dated--Terrys flares especially--the interplay between the too softhearted hard man Terry and his dapper but slippery boss is both priceless and timeless. This DVD has a scene selection feature and individual episode guides. --David Stubbs

• The Three Stooges: 1934-1959: The Complete DVD Collection | DVD | (18/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Seinfeld: Season 3 | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Seinfeld is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of American sitcoms, and this long-delayed box set goes a long way in demonstrating why. From the first episode of the first season, it hit the ground running with its collection of oddball New Yorkers: There’s stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who plays himself; Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), his pushy ex-girlfriend; his neurotic loser of a best friend George (Jason Alexander); and Jerry’s wacky neighbour Kramer (Michael Richards). Co-written and co-created by Seinfeld and Larry David (who later went on to plumb greater depths of misanthropy with Curb Your Enthusiasm), it revolutionised American sitcoms with its cynical and mature comedy, and its ability to find comic gems in the most mundane situations (one classic episode is set entirely in a mall car-park). Seinfeld was, as all involved frequently admitted, a show about nothing. But this extras-laden collection--which features extensive cast and creator commentaries, deleted scenes, trivia tracks, outtakes, interviews and more--is most definitely something. --Ted Kord

• The Adam And Joe Show | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The Adam & Joe Show is arguably the most influential late-night home-made British TV comedy show of all time. Armed with only a camcorder stuffed toys action figures and the contents of their bedroom Adam & Joe satirise pop culture and modern life in a way you've never seen before. Unless you've seen it before obviously.... Now for the first time ever the very best bits from all four award-winning series are presented here on this essential jam-packed DVD.

• Cheech And Chong - Get Out Of My Room | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £4.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (20.28%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A mock documentary filmed mostly in and around LA with interviews of Cheech and Chong interspersed between four videos of songs from their last album. Songs include: 'Get outta my room' and 'Born in East LA'.

• Red Heat | DVD | (21/10/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzengger) is a Russian cop sent to Chicago to extradite a Russian drug-dealer named Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross), wanted for murder back in the USSR. When Danko and his prisoner are ambushed by Viktor's gangland friends the Russian escapes, and a veteran police officer is killed. His partner, Ridzik (James Belushi), who like Danko now has a personal vendetta against Rostavili, joins forces with the soviet cop to hunt down the escapee and his gunmen. Also starring Peter Boyle, Laurence Fishburne and Gina Gershon. For the very first time, RED HEAT will be available in 4K Ultra HD including Dolby Vision® HDR, a stunning format offering four times the resolution of full HD to bring entertainment to life through ultra-vivid picture quality. Extras: Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Man who raised Hollywood Political context of Red Heat East Meets West - Featurette about Carolco and Red Heat A Stuntman For All Seasons - Tribute to Benny Doblins I'm Not A Russian But I Play One On TV - Interview with Ed O'Ross Making Of Original Trailer + Spots

• Dave Spikey - Overnight Success Tour | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £6.41   |  Saving you £13.58 (211.86%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Live comedy from the star of 'Phoenix Nights'. The critics raved that you should sell your first born to get hold of a ticket to see 'The Brilliant Dave Spikey' live at the Leeds City Varieties Theatre. Here's your chance to see his comic genius again and again on this his first live stand up video. Find out why grannies can't suck eggs and meat pies have little holes on the top. Discover the joys of duck cabaret dobber clobber toilet brushes and pushing a terrier upstairs. Dave's

• Man's Favourite Sport | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £17.40   |  Saving you £-7.41 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  From legendary Hollywood director Howard Hawks Man's Favourite Sport? features Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss in a hilarious fish-out-of-water tale. Roger Willoughby (Hudson) is happily employed as one of the world's great angling experts. Unfortunately even his own boss doesn't know that Roger has never been fishing in his life. So when press agent Abigail Page (Prentiss) arranges for Roger to participate in her resort's upcoming fishing tournament he's thrown into

• The Simpsons: Christmas with the Simpsons | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £4.87   |  Saving you £0.68 (13.96%)   |  RRP £5.55

  The Simpsons have never been as big on Christmas as they have on Halloween and while Christmas with The Simpsons contains five episodes, one of them, "Mr Plow", is only seasonal insofar as it contains snow. Fortunately, it's also a cracker, with Homer resorting to low-budget screen advertising to launch his snowploughing business ("It may be a lousy channel but the Simpsons are on TV!") before a pep-talk he gives to inebriate buddy Barney encourages the latter to set up as a rival. This compilation also contains "The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", the very first Simpsons episode broadcast, in which their dog Santa's Little Helper is introduced. Years on, this episode looks ancient and a little average by later, stratospheric standards. "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" is a slightly downbeat parody of It's a Wonderful Life, in which the town turns on the Simpsons after helping them out when Bart lied about their presents being burgled. "Grift of the Magi" features luckless ex-sitcom star Gary Coleman reprising his real-life job as a security guard as an unscrupulous toy company aggressively merchandise a faddish new toy in time for Christmas ("If you don't have Funzo, you're nothing".) The plot is very similar to "She of Little Faith"--uncharacteristic repetition for this show--but that's forgiven as Lisa is forced to become a Buddhist following the commercialisation of the church in another episode that's as un-seasonally un-cosy as you'd expect from the greatest TV programme ever made. On the DVD: Christmas with The Simpsonscontains one extra feature: a short montage of evil power plant boss Mr Burns' finest comedic moments, including his tussle with baby Maggie over ownership of teddybear BoBo and a money fight with the servile Smithers. --David Stubbs

• Maybe Baby | DVD | (15/01/2001) from £6.65   |  Saving you £7.34 (110.38%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Ben Elton adapts his own novel for the big screen in this comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who become more & more desperate as they try to conceive a child.

• Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents | Blu Ray | (01/09/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Absent-Minded Professor | DVD | (11/01/2005) from £18.05   |  Saving you £-1.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber or ""Flubber"" an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.

• Top Secret! - 80s Collection | DVD | (03/09/2018) from £6.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Return to the disco days of the 1980s in this exclusive collection, featuring ALL NEW ARTWORK that celebrates Generation X's neon dream decade, and the movies that defined it. If you were sitting around wondering if the guys who brought you Airplane! and The Naked Gun are crazy, the answer is yes. And Top Secret! proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt! Top Secret! pits American rock star Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) against the dreaded East German High Command. It's a race against time as Nick teams up with Hillary Flammond (Lucy Gutteridge) to find her father before he can create the ultimate super weapon the Polaris Mine. Along the way, Top Secret! manages to do for war epics and Elvis films what Airplane! did for disaster movies. BONUS FEATURES: Group commentary by Directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, Producers Jon Davidson and Hunt Lowry, and Moderator Fred Rubin Alternate scenes Storyboards Theatrical Trailer

• Modern Family - Season 1-2 | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Filmed in a mockumentary style Modern Family attempts to document the lives of three families who couldn't be more different. These bizarre broods are anything but normal as you'll discover in this hilarious look at unconventional families trying to survive in a conventional world.

• An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn | Blu Ray | (29/10/2018) from £9.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Prepare yourself...because for one magical night only, you will experience AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN When Lulu Danger (Aubrey Plaza - Ingrid Goes West, Parks and Recreation) sees a TV commercial for this magical event, she is stunned when she recognizes a mysterious man from her past (Craig Robinson Hot Tub Time Machine, This is The End). Unhappy with her marriage to scheming husband Shane (Emile Hirsch - Killer Joe, Into The Wild), she sees her chance to run off in search of her mystery man when Shane and his bumbling cohorts steal a cashbox and a 'specialist' named Colin (Jemaine Clement - What We Do In The Shadows, Flight of the Conchords) enters the fray to retrieve the stolen funds. But it's not long before Colin gets tangled up with Lulu's plans and things just get crazier from there... Written and directed by Jim Hosking (The Greasy Strangler), and with a stunning cast that also includes Matt Berry (Toast of London, House of Fools), get ready for a truly magical event and a wickedly hilarious film.

• Who Goes There? | DVD | (07/03/2016) from £4.94   |  Saving you £5.05 (50.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  United they staggered, divided they fell...Valerie Hobson, George Cole and Peggy Cummins are among the stars of this ebullient, cleverly plotted farcical comedy. Adapting the stage play by John Dighton the double-Oscar-nominated playwright and screenwriter whose credits include Kind Hearts and Coronets and Roman Holiday Who Goes There! (retitled The Passionate Sentry on its American release) is featured in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its original theatrical aspect ratio.When Miles Cornwall returns to his home in a grace-and-favour house in St. James's Palace, he finds a pretty Irish girl in his favourite armchair. And so begins a series of highly amusing romantic adventures, which can only be resolved when everyone has the partner whom he or she deserves!SPECIAL FEATURES: Image Gallery Memorabilia PDF

• The Book Group: Series 1 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-5.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Who says reading is good for you? American Claire (Anne Dudek) has just moved to Glasgow and is extremely keen to meet some new and interesting people. She decides to start a book group. To her utter dismay those who turn up for the first session are very peculiar. They are clearly not the friends she hoped for. Amongst the group there's Kenny (Rotry McCann) a handsome guy in a wheelchair who wants to be a writer. Then there's Janice (Michele Gomez) a bored and frustrated wife of a famous Scottish footballer and the eccentric student Barney (James Lance) who Claire is strangely attracted to. Scottish BAFTA winner Annie Griffin has written and directed this six-part comedy drama about a group of individuals who want to make new friends lead new lives and improve themselves by reading books. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work that way. A little education can be a dangerous thing...

• Doc Martin - Series 3 - Complete | DVD | (18/02/2008) from £8.03   |  Saving you £11.96 (148.94%)   |  RRP £19.99

  It seems the grumpiness is acute - and chronic. The bad mood is no longer in remission. All the symptoms are there: the truculence the tactlessness the caustic take on everyone and everything. Martin Clunes is back as Doc Martin the man whose bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired in ITV 1's prime-time award-winning comedy drama Doc Martin: Series 3. Series 3 follows the ongoing accidents emergencies and comic mishaps in Portwenn as the good doctor bumbles through life all the while trying to pursue his burgeoning but seemingly ill-fated romance with headmistress Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz). Martin's clumsy attempts to woo her have so far failed. But could a breakthrough in their turbulent relationship mean wedding bells? Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) is still trying her best to provide him with emotional support in the face of the villagers' disquiet. But even she despairs at his caustic comments especially when romance blossoms for her with a new man in the village. While son Al (Joe Absalom) travels the world Bert Large (Ian MacNeice) decides it's time to abandon Portwenn's plumbing troubles and pursue a new career - as a restaurateur with disastrous consequences. Pauline Lamb (Katherine Parkinson) the feisty surgery receptionist is bored with her job and needs a new challenge. So the doctor arranges for her to train as a phlebotomist - but a dangerous addiction threatens to ruin her life. And new to Portwenn this time is PC Joe Penhale (John Marquez) who has ideas way above his station. And agoraphobia. And narcolepsy. Not great for a policeman. So book your appointment with Doc Martin - if you dare. (To be taken in moderation after dinner with a nice cup of tea. Keep out of the reach of anyone with a fragile ego.)

• Thank You For Smoking | DVD | (08/01/2007) from £4.90   |  Saving you £13.09 (267.14%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A tobacco spin doctor tries to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son in this satirical comedy.

• The Larry Sanders Show: Complete Season One | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £12.70   |  Saving you £17.29 (136.14%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Undeniably the hippest show to air on HBO in the 1990s The Larry Sanders Show takes you backstage at a fictional late-night talk show with real-life guests from movies music and television.