Comedy

• Charlie Chaplin Vol.5 | DVD | (04/01/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (234.11%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Charlie Chaplin: Collection 5

• Margaret Cho - I'm the One That I Want | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £8.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (30.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Named one of Entertainment Weekly's Great Performances of the Year in 1999, the critically acclaimed I'm the One That I Want is comedian Margaret Cho's raunchy and hysterically funny stand-up concert. Filmed live at the Warfield in Margaret's hometown of San Francisco, I'm the One That I Want is Margaret Cho at her very best - funny, shocking and irreverent. As one of the country's visible Asian Americans, she has a unique perspective on identity and acceptance. As one of the country's funniest and most quoted personalities, she takes no prisoners. I'm the One That I Want is filled with dead-on insights about the experiences of being a woman in the spotlight from someone who has seen the highs and lows of life.

• What's Up Tiger Lily | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £10.80   |  Saving you £2.19 (16.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In describing What's Up Tiger Lily? we thought it best left to Woody himself: 'We took a Japanese film made in Japan by Japanese actors and actresses and I took out all the soundtrack and knocked out all the voices and I wrote a comedy. The result is a movie where people are running around doing all those James Bondian things but what's coming out of their mouths is something wholly other. It was done before actually in Gone With The Wind but not many people know that. Those were Japanese people actually and we dubbed in American voices Southern voices. But that was years ago'. Woody Allen.

• Tommy Cooper - Just Like That | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £5.38   |  Saving you £0.61 (10.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Who could ever forget the great Tommy Cooper? A legend in his own lifetime and now sadly missed by all his fans. In this video, you'll find two programmes containing some of his most hilarious sketches to enjoy again and again.The Magic Touch - Complied from rare and classic footage. Tommy takes us through some riotous sketches in his own off the cuff style. Join him and guests Eric Sykes and Henry Cooper as they encounter Nautical Cooper, Accountant Cooper, Courting Cooper, Troubadour Tommy and the grand finale - the Amazing Shirt Trick!Tribute to a Comic Genius - It's all here - the bizarre conjuring tricks, the comic antics and Tommy's unique brand of humour - exactly as you remember him. Also included are heart-felt tributes from many of Tommy's friends and colleagues, including Benny Hill, Jim Davidson, Ronnie Barker, Mike Yarwood, Eric Sykes, Max Bygraves and Eammon Andrews.

• Balls Of Glory | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £4.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (100.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ross and Mike are two bowling-mad actors desperate to escape their dead end jobs in a pizza parlour and join the Hollywood elite. Teaming up with their best friend Lindsey they invent fancy new personas and qualify for the Professional Bowling League. Ross becomes 'Ross Vegas' Lindsey becomes 'Lil Reno' and together they take the bowling world by storm.

• March Of The Wooden Soldiers (Laurel & Hardy) | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £5.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (11.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Laurel and Hardy star as Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee in this classic comedy musical set in the fairytale world of Toyland. When the unscrupulous Silas Barnaby threatens to evict Mother Widow Peep from her home, the boys come to her rescue... or at least they would have if they’d not been fired from the toy factory for getting Santa Claus’s order wrong by making 100 six foot soldiers instead of 600 one foot soldiers! But when Barnaby and his evil Bogeymen terrorise Toyland, an army of wooden soldiers is just what the town needs to rid themselves of his wickedness once and for all.

• On The Ropes | DVD | (23/04/2012) from £5.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (225.56%)   |  RRP £12.99

  On The Ropes follows the story of fictional Martial Arts instructor, Keith Kraft and his rivalry with boxing gym owner Big Joe. When a local documentary maker is invited to cover a news story for regional TV on a proper fighting gym, run by Big Joe, little does he know how events will unfold; particularly as his attention is drawn to a rival gym with a unique fighting style owned by self-proclaimed karate expert Keith Kraft. On the Ropes is best described as Spinal Tap meets Rocky and is based on the writer's own experiences with gym culture.

• Home To Roost - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (6.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Henry Willows (John Thaw) is a middle-aged man in middle-management divorced from his wife for seven years and perfectly happy with the arrangement. Apart from his prudish and pernickety daily cleaner Enid (Elizabeth Bennett) he's alone and revelling in his solitude... However Henry's serenity is shattered when out of the blue his eldest child Matthew (Reece Dinsdale) arrives on his doorstep. It seems that Matthew is disenchanted with life at home because of his mum's new boyfriend. He wants to stay with his dad - for good. The truth of the matter is that he has been thrown out by his mum after she realised that Willows Jr. has too much in common with Willows Sr.! Episodes Comprise: 1. Human Interest 2. Success Story 3. High Spirits 4. The Real Thing 5. Crime Watch 6. Getting On 7. Paper Chase

• Love Thy Neighbour - Series 3 - Episodes 3 And 4 | DVD | (19/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  One of the highest rated sitcoms of the 1970s attracting 16 million viewers at the peak of its popularity Love Thy Neighbour explores the culture clash between black and white neighbours Bill Reynolds (Rudolph Walker) and Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst). This DVD features episodes three and four from series three.

• My Dear Secretary | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  If Charles Martin's wisecracking 1948 period-piece My Dear Secretary hasn't quite endured as a classic of its kind, it still commands attention as an appealing and often very funny curiosity. Kirk Douglas rightly earned his status as one of the titans of big-screen epic drama, so it's a surprise to encounter him in this romantic comedy as a feckless writer who can always find something to do rather than get down to work, leaving a string of outraged, frustrated or compromised secretaries in his wake. Douglas has a reasonably light comic touch and spars well with Laraine Day, in determined form as the secretary whom finally tames him and, in a notable strike for women's liberation, becomes a successful author herself in the process. But this is a film in which the supporting cast steal the best lines and scenes. Keenan Wynn is delightful as Ronnie, Douglas' neighbour and partner in the pursuit of pleasure. Some splendid high campery offers ample evidence that in a more enlightened age, Ronnie would surely have been openly gay. How else to explain his hilarious last reel marriage of convenience to the wealthy dragon of a landlady, played by the irrepressible Florence Bates? It isn't vintage screwball by any means, but My Dear Secretary is witty and literate enough to make you long for a revival in sophisticated cinema comedy. Truly, they don't make 'em like they used to. On the DVD: As the rush to release long-forgotten gems on DVD turns into a deluge, we will probably have to get used to the sort of disappointment on offer here: unrestored prints with no digital remastering and lousy sound quality, simply slammed onto the disc. The film could hardly be served less adequately. There isn't even any static background information on the production or the actors, making the package rather poor. --Piers Ford

• Hitch | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

• The Stan And Ollie Collection - Mud And Sand / The Sawmill | DVD | (19/06/2003) from £11.93   |  Saving you £2.05 (22.93%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Mud And Sand: A marvellous satire on the Valentino classic Blood And Sand. Stan is the bullfighter who wants to make it to the top. All he has to do is beat the bull and win back the girl. The Sawmill: Our hero the mild mannered Larry is in a fix. Lumber camp boss Oliver Hardy has his eye on the girl as well as the payroll. It's up to Larry to save the day.

• Doctor On The Go - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Part of the massively popular Doctor... series the second series of Doctor On The Go chronicles the hilarious misadventures of doctors Duncan Waring and Dick Stuart- Clark - they're back on dry land after a stint as ship's doctors but the hilarity still ensues! Episodes Comprise: 1. When Did You Last See Your Mother? 2. I Love Paris... When I Get There 3. Money Spasms 4. What's in a Name? 5. The War of the Wards 6. For Your Own Good... 7. Bunny Makes the World Go Round 8. Loftus the Terrible 9. A Turn for the Nurse 10. M*A*T*C*H 11. California Girl 12. Sunday Bleeping Sunday 13. Happy Ever After

• License To Wed | HD DVD | (18/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £26.99

  First Came Love...Then Came Reverend Frank! License To Wed follows newly engaged Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) and his fianc''e Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) in their quest to live happily ever after. The problem is that Sadie's family church St. Augustine's is run by Reverend Frank (Robin Williams) who won't bless Ben and Sadie's union until they pass his patented 'foolproof' marriage-prep course. Consisting of outrageous classes outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy; Reverend Frank's rigorous curriculum puts Ben and Sadie's relationship to the test. Forget happily ever after... do they even have what it takes to make it to the altar?

• Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden - Complete Collection | DVD | (09/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Studio GAINAX (Neon Genesis Evangelion) comes the tale of one boy and his beautiful android protector! It's a sexy madcap comedy with a twist as only GAINAX knows how to do!

• Will and Grace: Series 2 (Episodes 1-4) | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £5.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (14.40%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Hit American sitcom Will and Grace is as perky as Friends and as wittily urbane as Frasier. The premise concerns Will (Eric McCormack), a mildly uptight lawyer who agrees to have as a flatmate his best friend, interior designer Grace (Debra Messing). Their relationship has all the hallmarks of one between lovers--emotional dependency, little things that get on each other's nerves, strong mutual interests and volcanic arguments. The only snag is that while Grace is straight, Will is gay. Though not shy of poking sharp fun at that situation, Will and Grace is among sitcom's most potent and sophisticated antidotes to homophobia. Though initially a little too pleased with its own camp pertness, the show grows and grows on you with successive episodes, finally becoming indispensable. It also benefits from secondary characters Jack (Sean P Hayes) and Karen (Megan Mullally), also gay and straight respectively, both outrageously and hilariously irresponsible characters: he's a free spirit and freeloader, she's "working" as Grace's assistant even though she doesn't need the money, having married some. Despite its diamond and rapid-fire punch lines, Will and Grace conveys enough sense of the lovelorn predicament of the main characters to prevent it becoming too cute. --David Stubbs

• Minder - Series 10 - Part 2 Of 3 | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Part Two of the final series of Minder starring Arthur Daley (George Cole) and nephew Ray Daley (Gary Webster).

• Stuart Little/Stuart Little 2 | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Stuart Little: When Stuart Little an adorable little mouse with a big heart (voiced by Michael J.Fox) is adopted by the Little family he finds he has a lot to adjust to in his new human home! Amazing special effects comedy and adventure make this the biggest adventure a Little can have. Stuart Little 2: Pint-sized hero Stuart Little (voiced by Michael J.Fox) returns for another adventure in Stuart Little 2. This time Stuart with a reluctant Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane) sets out to rescue his new feathered friend Margalo (voiced by Melanie Griffith) from the clutches of a menacing Falcon (voiced by James Woods)!

• Mother Of Invention | DVD | (02/08/2010) from £4.03   |  Saving you £8.96 (69.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Vincent Dooly (Andrew Bowser) is an aspiring inventor who dreams of winning an annual inventing award. There's only one problem... he's never made anything that's worked. Now it's the last year he can enter and he has some stiff competition from Martin Wooderson the smug wunderkind who has a long history of winning. But this time Vincent has a plan... and it just might change everything. Written By Joseph M. Petrick and directed by Petrick & Bowser the film is a comedy about an indomitable oddball who refuses to give up on his dreams and is a reflection of the filmmakers' own dreams. The film was made with money raised mostly from friends and family it is a testament to the hilarity of perpetual failure and the triumph of spirit to get back up and try again.

• Stone of Destiny | DVD | (20/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A legendary tale about four Scotish friends who seek to reclaim the symbol of their heritage.