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  • Barbara - The Complete Series [DVD]Barbara - The Complete Series | DVD | (24/10/2011) from £24.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (60.02%)   |  RRP £39.99

    BAFTA-nominated Gwen Taylor is Barbara Liversidge, a blunt-talking, heftily opinionated and occasionally ranting 52-year-old Yorkshirewoman in this hit comedy series. Barbara is the lynchpin of a mildly dysfunctional family that includes Ted, (Porridge, Allo Allo), her cab-driver husband of 35 years and a man who learned long ago to play second fiddle, neurotic daughter Linda and despised son-in-law Martin (Mark Benton); Barbara s nouveau-riche sister Jean (Sherrie Hewson - Coronation Street), is the victim of many a withering look and practised put-down, while son Neil and mother-in-law Queenie also find plenty of ways to test Barbara's dwindling patience... Featuring a guest cast that includes Jean Alexander, Rob Brydon, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Mark Gatiss, Roy Barraclough, Bernard Cribbins and Joanna Van Gyseghem, this set comprises all three series and the pilot episode, screened as part of ITV s Comedy Firsts season in 1995.

  • Coronation Street - Best of 1970-1979 [DVD]Coronation Street - Best of 1970-1979 | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £34.62   |  Saving you £5.37 (15.51%)   |  RRP £39.99

    Collection of 80 episodes from Britain's longest-running television soap covering the whole of the 1970s with eight landmark episodes selected from each year featuring favourite characters such as Elsie Tanner (Pat Phoenix) Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear) Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander) Ken Barlow (William Roache) Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) and Vera Duckworth (Elizabeth Dawn).

  • Duty Free - The Complete SeriesDuty Free - The Complete Series | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £11.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (150.15%)   |  RRP £24.99

    'Duty Free' is a pure British sit-com following David Pearce and his wife Amy on a package holiday in sunny Spain where they meet another unsuspecting couple. The cocktail of comedy antics take their course when David sets his eyes on Linda Cochrane. They pursue each other's every move in order to prolong their steamy affair in privacy. It is far from sunshine all the way and by the end they have bags to declare! Season 1 Episodes: 1. Viva Espana 2. El Macho 3. Praying Mantis 4. Spanish Lace 5. Bedroom Farce 6. Forty Love 7. Hastsa La Vista Season 2 Episodes: 1. Manana 2. Casino 3. Couples 4. El Astro 5. Pepe 6. Snap 7. Adios Season 3 Episodes: 1. Winter Break 2. Deja Vu 3. Close Up 4. The Go BEtween 5. Costa Del Crime 6. Cause Celebre 7. Party Night

  • Brass - The Complete SeriesBrass - The Complete Series | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £27.98   |  Saving you £14.00 (53.87%)   |  RRP £39.99

    Bradley Hardacre owner of the brass factory as well as everything else in the town is the most ruthless of men and enjoys a life of luxury much to the disgust of Agnes Fairchild. However her plans to overthrow the Hardacre Empire are thwarted by her husband George who is ever the unswervingly loyal employee. Meanwhile to complicate matters further the loves and passions of the Hardacre girls and the Fairchild sons are heating up with some truly hilarious consequences for everyone concerned. This release features every episode from complete three series of Brass.

  • The Dustbinmen - The Complete SeriesThe Dustbinmen - The Complete Series | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £41.92   |  Saving you £-1.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

    There's comedy among the dustbins with this classic top-rated series from the late 60s/early 70s. Created by celebrated writer Jack Rosenthal ('The Evacuees') the series revolves around four misfits and their affectionately-named dustbin van - ""Thunderbird 3"". Rosenthal would go on to write the highly-successful comedy series 'The Lovers' and create one of ITV's most watched programmes - 'London's Burning'. 'The Dustbin Men's' working-class humour outraged Mary Whitehouse at the t

  • Sadie, It's Cold Outside - The Complete Series [DVD]Sadie, It's Cold Outside - The Complete Series | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Written by multi-award-winning playwright Jack Rosenthal one of Britain's best-loved and most consistently successful screenwriters Sadie, It's Cold Outside is a wry and sympathetic comedy starring Rosemary Leach and Bernard Hepton as Sadie and Norman Potter, a world-weary middle-aged couple lamenting their lost dreams in an exhausting, increasingly hostile world.When Sadie was a little girl, her one ambition was to be a housewife. Now, having spent the last 23 years cooking, cleaning and sleeping with her leg in an elastic bandage, her one ambition is to take all her clothes off in Tesco, stick a Green Shield stamp on her navel and scream herself sick.When Norman was a little boy, his ambition was to single-handedly thrash Australia in every Test Match or possibly win a Nobel Prize. Sadly, he s never had the time; he's been busy every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday watching television... and Sunday's his day of rest!

  • Nightingale's Boys - The Complete Series [DVD]Nightingale's Boys - The Complete Series | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £8.39   |  Saving you £11.60 (138.26%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Nightingale's Boy's shows what happens when a master at a northern grammar school, Bill 'Tweety' Nightingale, tries to organise a reunion with the boys of the 'star' class of his career: the 1949 sixth form. Nearing retirement and aware that his gifts are fading, Bill fondly regards the class as the high point of his career, and now hopes to recapture some of its alchemy; as this seven-part series unfolds, we see just how the likely lads of '49 turned out - and whether Bill is doomed to disillusion. Derek Farr - like several cast members a former teacher himself - brings great sympathy to the role of Bill Nightingale, a radical who had fought in the Spanish Civil War, and a distinguished master with 35 years' teaching experience. Each drama focuses on a particular member of his favourite class, with Anton Rodgers, Ronald Lewis, David Swift and Bernard Gallagher among the noted actors portraying the sixth-formers in adult life; writers include award-winning playwright Jack Rosenthal, Arthur Hopcraft.

  • Lovers-the Complete SeriesLovers-the Complete Series | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    The master script-writer Jack Rosenthal created this magnificent comedy series for ITV back in 1970; starring Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox as a pair of bickering lovers. Beryl (Wilcox) constantly dreams of the ideal white wedding to her sneaky boyfriend Geoffrey (Beckinsale) who'd rather like to fool around in some 'extra-curricular' fun before the big day - as his life-sized cut-out of Brigitte Bardot will testify ! As the two row and make up again Beryl's ever-present m

  • Yes Honestly - The Complete Series 1 [DVD]Yes Honestly - The Complete Series 1 | DVD | (01/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Liza Goddard and Donal Donnelly star in this sparkling sitcom which follows the blossoming romance between Matthew Browne, a struggling composer, and his secretary Lily Pond Browne. Spinning off from LWT's popular No - Honestly (starring Pauline Collins and John Alderton), Yes - Honestly was again written by husband and wife Terence Brady and best-selling author Charlotte Bingham, and aired in 1976 and 1977; this complete first series - boasting a theme song co-written and sung by rock legend Georgie Fame - is now available for the first time on DVD. Matthew and Lily make a charming young couple, despite their differences and their occasional inability to see eye-to-eye. And although they're very much in love, they seem to encounter more than their fair share of obstacles and inconveniences, including visits from Lily's eccentric Russian family and Matt's dreaded mother, and a persistent scarcity of funds - not helped when Matthew's disapproving family decide to cut him off without a shilling...

  • Bergerac - Series 4 [1985]Bergerac - Series 4 | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

    The cream of Jersey's detectives Jim Bergerac returns with another series of all-action cases on the beautiful Channel Island. Determined to do the job on his own terms Jim finds himself in constant conflict with the recently promoted Inspector Crozier but - firing along the island's cliff-top roads in his Triumph vintage sports car he still manages to doggedly pursue Jersey's criminal element. This series finds Bergerac in possibly his most serious relationship since the break-up of his marriage - if beautiful estate agent Susan Young can endure the detective's unyielding dedication to his job. Meanwhile the captivating - but as yet uncaptured - jewel thief Philippa Vale returns to the island - does her unfinished business include Jersey's maverick cop? Episodes Comprise: 1. The Last Interview 2. Off Shore Trades 3. What Dreams May Come? 4. Low Profile 5. Return To The Ice Maiden 6. Chrissie 7. The Tennis Racket 8. Sins Of The Fathers 9. Avenge O Lord 10. Fires In The Fall

  • A Bit Of A Do - The Complete Series [1988]A Bit Of A Do - The Complete Series | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

    The complete 1st and 2nd series of A Bit of a Do. Randy revelations and feuding families. Ted Simcock maker of toasting forks coal scuttles and door knockers Laurence Rodenhurst dentist to the more up-market members of society and Rodney Sillitoe all enjoy A Bit Of A Do as do their wives relations and assorted friends. The ""do's"" range from A White Wedding to a Dentist Dinner Dance An Angling Club Christmas Party to the Crowning of Miss Frozen Chicken UK and a Registry Office Wedding to a Funeral and a Civil Wedding! Season 1: 1. The White Wedding 2. The Dentists Dinner Place 3. The Angling Club Christmas Party 4. The Charity Horse Racing Evening 5. The Crownnig Of Miss Frozen Chicken (UK) 6. The Registry Office Wedding Season 2: 1. The Church Wedding 2. The Christening 3. The Grand Opening Of Stillitoe's 4. The Farewell Party 5. The Inauguration Of The Outer INner Relief Ring Road 6. The Funeral 7. The Civil Wedding

  • ScullyScully | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £19.92   |  Saving you £-6.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    BBC comedy series from 1984 about a 15 year old boy and his dreams to play for his beloved Liverpool F.C. Adapted by Alan Bleasdale from the two novels 'Scully '(1975) and 'Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed' the show regularly features Kenny Dalglish and other several other famous Liverpool players.

  • Watching - Series 7 - Complete [DVD] [1993]Watching - Series 7 - Complete | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Watching: Series 7

  • Kinvig - The Complete SeriesKinvig - The Complete Series | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    The titular electrical repairman (Tony Haygarth) has a simple life and a fertile imagination. Running his own business from a rundown street corner in Bingleton he's more than happy with his scatty wife Netta (Patsy Rowlands) and their beloved dog Cuddly. However a chance encounter with the divine Miss Griffin (Prunella Gee) opens up Des Kinvig's life to a world far beyond that of his daydreaming imagination. Soon he's whisked away from his mundane life for regular trips to the

  • A Sharp Intake of Breath: The Complete Series [DVD]A Sharp Intake of Breath: The Complete Series | DVD | (04/05/2015) from £18.55   |  Saving you £11.44 (61.67%)   |  RRP £29.99

    Starring sitcom legends David Jason and Richard Wilson, this sharply scripted series details the multifarious difficulties involved in 'Getting Things Done' as experienced by young married couple Peter and Sheila Barnes.From trying to book a holiday to being a best man, life seems to hand Peter Barnes more than his fair share of frustration. The only certainty is that whatever it is he's trying to arrange, it will entail an encounter with a jobsworth whose regulation response is a perfectly timed 'sharp intake of breath'...David Jason is 'everyman' Peter, and Jacqueline Clarke his beleaguered spouse; Richard Wilson and Alun Armstrong play a variety of infuriatingly petty officials and disobliging professionals. Running for four hugely popular series, this set contains every episode along with the pilot episode, transmitted as part of the Sound of Laughter series.

  • Sam - Series 3 - Part 3Sam - Series 3 - Part 3 | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    An investigation is called for when a mysterious visitor is crushed to death at Plummer And Sons.

  • Watching - Series 2 - CompleteWatching - Series 2 - Complete | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Paul Brown and Emma Wray star as Malcolm and Brenda a mismatched couple in the sitcom Watching. The title refers to a game that Brenda and Malcolm play in the pub. They watch other customers and try to guess their occupations their lifestyles and other pertinent facts about them. Episodes Comprise: 1. Falling 2. Dancing 3. Visiting 4. Visiting II 5. Missing 6. Dining 7. Moving

  • Watching - Series 4 - Complete [DVD] [1989]Watching - Series 4 - Complete | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    This wonderfully offbeat comedy follows the on-again off-again romance of a mismatched Merseyside couple: fun-loving extrovert Brenda Wilson (Emma Wray) and shy retiring birdwatcher Malcolm Stoneway (Paul Bown). The path of true love is far from smooth and there are tears and break-ups rows and reconciliation galore but there is also an inexplicable attraction which brings the pair back together after every stormy parting. A top-rated comedy that also starred Liza Tarbuck and Patsy Byrne Watching ran for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993; this complete fourth series was originally screened in 1989 and 1990. Episodes Comprise: 1. Joking 2. Pairing 3. Faltering 4. Exploding 5. Repairing 6. Petting 7. Floating 8. Proposing 9. Flitting

  • Cilla's Comedy Six - The Complete Series [DVD]Cilla's Comedy Six - The Complete Series | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £7.55   |  Saving you £5.44 (72.05%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Marking a phenomenally successful fifty years in showbiz, this DVD set celebrates the talents of Cilla Black, one of Britain's most charismatic and best-loved celebrities. In Cilla's Comedy Six, the Liverpudlian singer and comedienne dipped a toe into the world of acting in a series of humorous vignettes in which she portrayed a range of female roles. From Mrs. Average Housewife (mid-'70s style) to a temp fending off the amorous advances of her latest boss, from a woman caring for her...

  • Cilla's World of Comedy - The Complete Series [DVD]Cilla's World of Comedy - The Complete Series | DVD | (07/10/2013) from £8.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (55.01%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Marking her phenomenally successful fifty years in showbiz, this DVD set celebrates the talents of Cilla Black, one of Britain's most charismatic and best-loved celebrities. In 1976, eighteen months after the legendary Liverpudlian's forst foray into comedy drama with the highly successful Cilla's Comedy Six, ATV engaged Cilla Black for another season of individual sitcoms. Showcasing her versatility and trademark mischievous humour, Cilla's World of Comedy presented a further ...

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