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• Peter Kay - Live At The Top Of The Tower | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £4.43   |  Saving you £15.56 (351.24%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For his first video Live at the Top of the Tower, Bolton comedian, actor and Channel 4 star Peter Kay returns to his roots--both as a stand up and by performing live in Blackpool, his childhood haunt. Bolstered by the acclaim heaped on his two television series (That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix Nights), Kay is very much at the top of his game. Odd then that his live routine suffers from something of a false start, relying on characters from and references to his TV show and an awkward batch of jokes. Once settled though, Kay happily emerges as one of the funniest men in the country. His humour is fairly traditional in its sources but succeeds by its very universality. Much is made both of his family life and growing up in the 1980s, the reasons why he makes such a great guest on the rash of television shows dissecting the decade. His style will be very familiar to fans of Phoenix Nights (his words on the Northern club circuit: "tomorrow's acts at yesterday's prices, today"--are straight from his Brian Potter character) and his acting and writing have obviously been hugely influenced by his life as a stand up. He emerges from the video as a great visual comic, a brilliant mimic and an inspired observationalist--his piece on the perils of Teletext is one of the highlights. Those who have taken to the likes of Mark Park, Cheryl Avenue, Jerry Sinclair and Kay's countless other creations should not hesitate when it comes to Live at the Top of the Tower, nor should anyone else with a sense of humour. --Phil Udell

• Jonathan Creek - The Complete Collection | DVD | (06/02/2017) from £24.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (12.00%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Meet the magician with a gift for solving impossible crimes. Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is the unsung genius who creates baffling tricks for a top illusionist. Gradually he is drawn into a world of macabre murders and miraculous events for which there would appear to be no rational explanation - a world where only his unique flair for lateral thinking can shed light on the most impenetrable mysteries. This boxset includes series 1-5, three Christmas specials and three standalone specials packaged together for the first time. This is 15+ years of Jonathan Creek content. BONUS FEATURES: SERIES 1: Long Hair & Duffel Coat Audio commentary (1 episode) Screen test SERIES 4: Video profiles Deleted Scenes Hot Stuff pop video THE GRINNING MAN - Behind the Scenes Deleted Scenes THE SPECIALS: The Grinning Man The Judas Tree The Clue of the Savant's Thumb CHRISTMAS SPECIALS: Black Canary Satan's Chimney Daemons' Roost

• The Best of The Two Ronnies | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £2.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (337.37%)   |  RRP £12.99

  How could there not be a Best of the Two Ronnies? After all, there isn't any worst. The only conceivable gripe anyone could have with this collection is the usual how-could-they-have-left-out-so-and-so problem that is bound to beset a comedy programme of such high quality. However, pretty much every one of the 25 items on this generously filled release is an unmitigated joy. The duo's talent for quickfire wordplay is well to the fore in such sketches as "Nuts Milord", the phonetic "Swedish Lesson" set in a restaurant ("F-U-N-E-X?" "S, V-F-X.") and in the classic "Ice Cream Parlour", in which Corbett's request for cheese and onion ice cream is met with Barker's endless list of alternatives delivered at auctioneer-like speed. They also excel at manipulating the whole concept of how dialogue works, as in "Crossed Lines" (two halves of two different telephone conversations heard at once) and "Mastermind", in which Corbett's special subject is "answering the question before last". All told this is an unmissable collection; so in the words of the St Botolph's Country Dance Group (featured in the wonderful song-and-dance finale), "Sod off, sod off, so doff your hat I pray". On the DVD: The Best of the Two Ronnies on disc is presented in 4:3 TV ratio and also includes artist profiles plus a helpful, stills-driven menu, but no other extras. --Roger Thomas

• Acorn Antiques | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £5.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (196.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  All the sketches from the classic spoof soap! Thrill to the heartwarming exploits of these antique-loving scallywags as they ply their skilled (or perhaps not so skilled) trade in that tiny (and yet at times not so tiny) shop on the outskirts of Manchesterford. All your favourite episodes are here all the rascally yet therapeutic shenanigans that showered fame fortune and glittering prizes!

• Victoria Wood - As Seen On TV | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.74   |  Saving you £14.25 (248.26%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Victoria Wood's sketch show As Soon On TV finally appears on DVD with all six episodes of comedic gold dust.

• Peter Kay: Live Collection | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Peter Kay Live At The Top Of The Tower'Too Much effing' Deidre Kay (Peter's Mum)Live At The Top Of The Tower is Peter Kay's first classic stand-up show. Filmed in Blackpool this show is stuffed full of classic routines. He asks the questions we've all often wondered about - Why do Mum's buy crap pop? Is teletext the best way to book a holiday? He also casts his eye over Mum's & Dad's Brits abroad and even the contestants on Stars In Their Eyes. Filmed in front of a packed crowd Top of the Tower is the original hilarious stand-up show from the funniest man to come out of Bolton.Peter Kay Live At The Bolton Albert Halls'Bunk beds for sale...ring after 6pm ask for Pat' Bolton Independent LeaderPeter Kay's 'Mum Wants a Bungalow Tour' was a phenomenal success sweeping across the country and seen by over 300 000 people. The 180 night record-breaking run in arenas and theatres lasted an epic 9 months and still left people desperate for more.

• Preston Front - Series 2 | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hodge Eric Spock (now played by Alistair McGowan) and the gang return to DVD in the second series of the follow-up to All Quiet on the Preston Front. Written by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls Kinky Boots). Episodes Comprise: 1. Hodge's Driving Test 2. Eric's Won Ton 3. Lloyydy's Housewarming 4. Spock's Dilated Pupil 5. Polson's Mess 6. Diesel's Ostrich 7. Jeanetta's Marijuna

• Jonathan Creek - Complete Series 1-4 Boxset | DVD | (29/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £74.99

  This box set contains all four series of Jonathan Creek to date. Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin star in this highly successful murder mystery drama series. Jonathan magic expert and amateur sleuth extraordinaire turns out to be less successful in his relationship with investigative crimewriter Maddy Magellen.... All the episodes from Series 1 and 2: 'The Wrestler's Tomb' 'Jack In The Box' 'The Reconstituted Corpse' 'No Trace of Tracey' and 'The House Of Monkeys'

• Bottom - Live - The Stage Show | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Bottom Live - Weapons Grade Y-Fronts | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £5.49   |  Saving you £14.50 (264.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour is reputedly the swan song for Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall's Eddie Hitler and Richie Richard. If so, it's a mixed blessing, for while much of it is funny, it's also a long way from the original BBC Bottom series. The TV incarnation was always crude, but worked hilariously because it balanced real characterisation and comically absurd ingenuity with the vulgarity. Here Edmundson and Mayall spend 90 minutes swearing as loudly and repulsively as possible and indulging in cartoon violence, which can never--for reasons of self-preservation and the legal ramifications of killing people on stage--be as insanely inventive as on television. With no other characters (where are you Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog when you're most needed?) and a barely existent story involving a device that inserts a sofa in a part of Richie where no sofa should fit, and a time machine that takes our heroes on a quest to reach the bar before the audience, the material is thinly stretched. Nevertheless, the theatre audience at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea seem to have had a fantastic time being roundly abused by the stars. Probably, you just had to be there. On the DVD: Bottom Live 2003 is presented with, for a live theatre show, a strong, anamorphically enhanced 16:9 image and perfectly serviceable, clear stereo sound. It's far from special, but notably better than the technical quality of previous Bottom live videos. The only extra is a slideshow of backstage images, which runs for a minute-and-a-half. --Gary S Dalkin

• Flint Street Nativity | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  With angels crying in the toilets all because of a jealous Angel Gabriel it could only be the eagerly awaited performance of the Primary school nativity play - this time with a twist! The UK's finest comedy actors take the leading roles as the eight year old performers. Through the inevitable mishaps misunderstandings young egos fears of failure and fallings out the children's characters evolve into mirror images of thier parents the nativity play's audience. You'll be drawn i

• Bob Monkhouse - Exposes Himself - Comedy Gold 2010 | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-1.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Comedy Gold: Bob Monkhouse - Exposes Himself

• Bottom Live - The Stage Show/Bottom - The Big Number 2 Tour Live | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Rik Mayall is 'Richie' Richard Richard - He's nice in a smarmy creepy disgustingly oozy oil-tongued sort of way Adrian Edmonson is Eddie Hitler- the kind of person you cross the road to avoid. The first two Bottom Live stage shows are presented on this fantastic double disc set expect Richard Richard and Eddie Hitler to have you laughing in the aisles with their digusting and hilarious adventures!

• All Quiet On The Preston Front - Series 1 | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Another fine comedy series from the BBC All Quiet On The Preston Front charts the everyday lives and mis-adventures of a group of friends most of whom belong to the local unit of the Territorial Army; Hodge and Eric are the best of friends and have known each other since school; Spock is the specky history teacher; Lloydy the man mountain; Ally the solicitor's wife desperately searching for her real self; Dawn the gorgeous college student; and Diesel the human dynamo with

• Two Ronnies | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (68.80%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1971 Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett teamed up for their first BBC series a comedy show that would run for 16 years and become part of British television history. The two comedians. although never previously a double-act complemented each other perfectly in appearance and style and their material written by some of the top comic writers of the era rarely failed to raise a smile and reduced many to hysterics. The structure of each show framed by the pair reading spoof news i

• Jonathan Creek - Series 1 and 2 Box Set | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £49.93   |  Saving you £-9.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin star in this highly successful murder mystery drama series. Jonathan magic expert and amateur sleuth extraordinaire turns out to be less successful in his relationship with investigative crimewriter Maddy Magellen.... Episodes from Series 1 are: 'The Wrestler's Tomb' 'Jack In The Box' 'The Reconstituted Corpse' 'No Trace of Tracey' and 'The House Of Monkeys' and from Series 2 are: 'Danse Macabre' 'Time Waits For Norman' 'The Scented Room' '

• Alexei Sayle's Stuff | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This DVD features the popular Liverpudlian comedian in his pomp; a winning combination of Pythonesque surrealism and 'alternative' comedy philosophy honed with a satirical edge.

• Alexei Sayle's Stuff - Series 2 | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This DVD features complete second series of the popular Liverpudlian comedian in his pomp; a winning combination of Pythonesque surrealism and 'alternative' comedy philosophy honed with a satirical edge.

• Alexei Sayle's Stuff - Series 3 | DVD | (05/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This DVD features the complete third series of the popular Liverpudlian comedian in his pomp; a winning combination of Pythonesque surrealism and 'alternative' comedy philosophy honed with a satirical edge.

• If You See God Tell Him | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Richard Briers (The Good Life) plays Godfrey Spry who having been hit on the head in a freak accident ends up with an attention span of 30 secs. As a result he begins to obsess over TV commercials and begins to take advertising claims literally causing erratic twists in his behaviour and complicating the lives of those around him. Dark funny writing which satirises the advertising industry and a million miles away from a typical Richard Briers cosy comedy.