Christmas Gifts 2011

Stuck for gift ideas? Got a bit of money to spend on yourself? Why not indulge with some of the following top comedy titles available this festive season. We've DVDs, Blu-rays, audio comedy and books - and there's plenty more over in our shop.

Mrs. Brown's Boys - Series One

Mrs. Brown's Boys returns with a Christmas special on Boxing Day, and Series 1 of the smash-hit Dublin-set sitcom - broadcast at the start of the year - is out now on DVD. It may have divided opinion in the comedy industry, but the popularity of this riotous comedy with the public simply cannot be denied.

Morecambe & Wise: Two Of A Kind

Thanks to the kind folks at Network DVD, we can heartily recommend this televisual delight for your comedy Christmas stocking. There's no denying that some of the material has dated, but there's also a lot that remains very funny, and Eric & Ernie's charm is unmistakable. Their earliest surviving TV work, this is where the seeds of the boys' mainstream success were first sewn.

Adam Hills - Inflatable

Australian stand-up comedian Adam Hills is probably best identified in the UK as "the one with the false leg", and his first ever live DVD in the UK is now available to own.

Barking

As with any and all sketch shows, Barking is hit and miss. There are some wonderful ideas peppered throughout 1998's six episodes. Some fall somewhat short of the mark, whilst others are inspired. But the real draw of this show is its writing and performing credits. Experience early, formative TV work from the likes of Catherine Tate, Peter Kay, David Walliams and Matt Lucas, Mackenzie Crook, Marcus Brigstocke, Omid Djalili, and many more.

Miranda - Series 2

Voted the Queen of Comedy at the 2010 British Comedy Awards back in January, Miranda Hart's taken Britain by storm since her TV sitcom launched on BBC Two in 2009. From relative obscurity in bit-parts and supporting roles, she's rightly and deservedly become one of the darlings of the comedy scene. Now a year since the broadcast, you can once again enjoy the utter delight of her sitcom's second series thanks to 4DVD - and before anyone asks, Series 3 is expected on BBC One in late 2012.

	Peter Kay Live - The Tour That Doesn't Tour Tour One of the most successful stand-up comics over the past decade, Peter Kay has stopped bombarding fans with compilations and half-baked Channel 4 spoofs, and is back with the Tour That Doesn't Tour, which did eventually tour. Fans should enjoy the show, and it's available to buy now. More Info
	Rufus Hound - Being Rude Perhaps best known for his appearances as a regular panellist alongside Fearne Cotton on ITV2's comedy hit quiz show Celebrity Juice, Rufus Hound is now yours to own with this debut DVD, Being Rude. More Info
	Russell Kane - Smokescreens & Castles Live Winner of the 2010 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award, Russell Kane - regularly described as Jedward's older brother - is yet another comic enjoying his debut DVD release this Christmas. Don't miss out - Smokescreens & Castles is that very same award-winning show. More Info
	Alan Carr - Spexy Beast - Live The Chatty Man himself is back! After four years, Alan Carr has returned to his comedy roots with a major tour and this brand new DVD release of the hugely successful Spexy Beast. The former Tooth Fairy is here to show fans that all that time in front of an auto-cue hasn't harmed his comic skill. More Info
	Andy Parsons - Gruntled - Live 2011 In 2009, Andy Parsons revealed that Britain's Got Idiots, and now he's back with his second live DVD, Gruntled. Recorded at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, the Mock The Week star delivers some top, up-to-date, political and social commentary with his unique blend of crushed enthusiasm. More Info
	Billy Connolly - You Asked For It Regularly voted Britain's favourite stand-up, Glaswegian comic Billy Connolly is back on DVD this year with a collection of some of the public's most loved moments from his previous series. A little annoyingly for fans who already own his complete back-catalogue, You Asked For It also includes his first ever TV special, broadcast in 1976. More Info
	Chris Addison - Live It's been a great year for Chris Addison: people have just about forgotten his failed sitcom Lab Rats (woops!), whilst his starring role in The Thick Of It has continued to solicit much deserved praise; he consolidated that by becoming the new regular panellist on top-rated panel show Mock The Week during the summer and hosted his own comic chat show on E4, Show & Tell. Addison now follows that successful run with his first critically-acclaimed stand-up DVD, simply titled Live. More Info
	Dylan Moran - Yeah, Yeah - Live In London Irish comic and star of Black Books Dylan Moran is back in 2011 with his brand new live show now available on DVD - Yeah, Yeah. With the same shambolic appearance as ever, Moran turns his unique comedy eye to topics such as family life and relationships, ageing, and those all-too-familiar annoyances of every day life. Appease your inner curmudgeon with a dose of Dylan Moran this Christmas. More Info
	Greg Davies Live - Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog Yes, it's The Inbetweeners' Mr Gilbert. He's a stand-up, you know. Greg Davies, literal comedy giant, one third of sketch troupe We Are Klang, and co-star of hit BBC One panel show Ask Rhod Gilbert, makes his solo DVD debut with Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog. And very good it is too. More Info
	Harry Hill's TV Burp - The Best Bits Probably the nation's favourite surrealist, Harry Hill returns to DVD in 2011 with this collection of the very, very best bits from all 11 series of TV Burp to date. Spanning the decade from 2001 onwards, this catalogue lampoons the very best - and the very worst - of the nation's telly viewing. More Info
	Jason Manford - Live Mancunian comic Jason Manford is back with a brand new DVD this Christmas. After the success of 2009's Live At The Manchester Apollo, he's returned for another show but this time at the city's MEN Arena for the massive Off On Tour We Go tour. More Info
	Jethro - Cornish Ambassador He may not be a TV or radio regular by any stretch of the imagination, but Cornish comic Jethro nevertheless has a hugely loyal and dedicated fanbase. In his new 2011 show, the self-styled Cornish Ambassador will delight once again with rambling, madcap tales and shaggy dog stories. More Info
	John Bishop Live - The Sunshine Tour Liverpool's new favourite son, John Bishop, is fresh from a successful second series of his solo BBC One series John Bishop's Britain, with this - The Sunshine Tour. There's also a juicy box set available which includes the new show alongside 2010's Elvis Has Left The Building Tour, and all 3 releases are available on Blu-ray as well as standard DVD. More Info
	Micky Flanagan - The 'Out Out' Tour Live Micky Flanagan is the Cockney comic who's taken Britain by storm. Rising from total obscurity to regular TV appearances and this first DVD release in the space of barely more than 2 years, there's little denying his appeal and skilled comic observation. Titled after his famed 'going out - out out' routine, this brand new debut DVD showcases Micky at his best. More Info
	Reginald D Hunter - Live We had to check more than once when we were told that this is the first ever DVD from top American comedian Reginald D Hunter. A resident in Britain for more than a decade, his incisive and hilarious dissections of British and American society are a joy to behold. More Info
	Stephen Merchant - Hello Ladies... Live! His new sitcom with comedy partner Ricky Gervais may have sunk like the Titanic, but Hello Ladies... is a great stand-up show that's garnered critical acclaim for the 6ft 7 comic. Broadly following the theme of his singledom and search for a partner, this is a show you won't want to miss. More Info
	Tim Minchin And The Heritage Orchestra - Live At The Royal Albert Hall With his musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda currently garnering rave reviews in the West End, Tim Minchin is almost certainly the hottest name in musical comedy right now. Sadly it's not the best show he's ever done, but accompanied by a 55-piece orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, the diminutive Australian's fans should certainly enjoy this DVD. More Info
	Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights Cards on the table: this was one utterly bonkers series. Mixing stand-up in Frankie's trademark style with a series of often utterly unhinged sketches, the show attracted mass publicity with those jokes about Katie Price and her famliy. Interestingly they appear to have been cut from the DVD release, but everything else seems in tact. We love George Michael's driving... More Info
	Jimmy Carr - Being Funny He's regularly controversial, has performed live to more than 1 million people, is a top TV name as host of 8 Out 10 Cats and co-presenter of 10 O'Clock Live on Channel 4, and yet somehow he's found time to record a sixth DVD. Yes, Jimmy Carr's back once again, and this time he's Being Funny. You'll gasp, you'll be shocked, you may be offended - and you'll definitely ask "Wait - did he really just say that?!". One of the best DVDs this Christmas. More Info
	Lee Evans - Roadrunner - Live At The O2 After 3 years, one of Britain's most popular and successful stand-up comics - and certainly the most physical - is back with a brand new show. Yes, for 2011 Lee Evans is the Roadrunner. Filmed in front of a packed audience at London's O2 Arena, the sweaty comic provides another wickedly funny DVD. And, for the first time, this show is not only 'also on Blu-ray' - but also 3D Blu-ray disc. Just when you thought he couldn't seem any livelier... More Info
	Milton Jones - Lion Whisperer Live Pun-meister Milton Jones - him with the flowery shirts and wild hair - has been working the circuit for more than a decade, but only found mainstream success after a series of pant-wettingly hilarious appearances on Mock The Week in the past couple of years. Disappointingly he's not followed up on 2010's DVD title The Live Universe Tour - Part One: Earth, but for 2011 the master of beautiful gags and surreal one-liners is the Lion Whisperer. More Info
	Sarah Millican - Chatterbox Live Without a doubt the funniest stand-up DVD we've seen this year. Sarah Millican's Chatterbox has broken sales records for a female comic, and rightly so: we - quite literally - laughed ourselves hoarse and had to pause the show numerous times. A fantastic watch - just make sure you stock up on throat-soothing ice creams and yoghurts first! More Info
	Tim Vine - The Joke-amotive Live Star of top BBC One sitcom Not Going Out and king of puns Tim Vine is back with another triumphant DVD. Get ready to have your funny bone assaulted by Vine's relentless gags and awfully brilliant array of puns, silly songs, and wacky props. The Joke-amotive is in town! More Info
	Mark Watson Live Bespectacled comic Mark Watson hits DVD shelves for the first time this year. Recorded in Bristol in July, this brand new show sees Watson delighting a packed audience with the unique comedy style perfected over dozens of panel show appearances and his various Radio 4 series. More Info
	Patrick Monahan Live - Winner Show Me The Funny 2011 Patrick Monahan has been a headliner on the live circuit for years, with an irrepressible charm and audience rapport. However, he only found widespread fame earlier in 2011 thanks to ITV1's latest reality contest show - Show Me The Funny. Winning the audience vote during a hectic live show broadcast from Hammersmith's world-famous Apollo, he was awarded a headlining stand-up tour and this brand new DVD. More Info
	Fist Of Fun - Series 1 Fist Of Fun, the cult hit 1990s sketch show starring Richard Herring and Stewart Lee finally makes its DVD debut - and with an astonishing amount of attention to detail. It's absolutely jam-packed with extras: not only do you get the complete first series, but commentaries, scripts, press releases, a separate Lee & Herring live show - and hour upon hour (literally) of bonus material on top of all of that. There's only one catch: it's £25... More Info
	The Inbetweeners Movie Having obliterated box office records since opening across the country in mid-August, The Inbetweeners Movie is now doing the same to the DVD market, having sold more than half a million copies on its first day of release alone! If you didn't manage to get out to enjoy the boys at the cinema this summer, or simply want to relive their outrageous holiday antics plus see some bonus extras, then you know what to do... More Info
	Misfits - Series Three With the last episode of the series due on Sunday night, get your pre-orders in now for the Boxing Day release of E4's top comedy drama Misfits. It may have leaned a little away from the comedy and toward the drama in Series 3, but there's still oodles too enjoy - despite a really rather daft Nazi-themed episode. More Info
	Audio: Just A Minute - The Classic Collection The jovial Nicholas Parsons is back on CD with 22 more classic and hilarious episodes of long-running Radio 4 game show Just A Minute. Don't miss a brand new TV adaptation of the series which'll be coming to BBC Two's daytime scheduled in the new year. More Info
	Audio: Old Harry's Game - The Christmas Specials 2010 Old Harry's Game, written by and starring Outnumbered creator Andy Hamilton as Satan himself, returned to Radio 4 last year for two Christmas specials, which are now available to purchase thanks to the kind people at AudioGo. More Info
	Audio: Bleak Expectations - The Complete Box Set The rip-roaring Dickensian radio sitcom spoof Bleak Expectations is undoubtedly one of British comedy's unsung gems. Or so it is at the time of writing, for Monday will see BBC Two broadcast the first episode of The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff, a brand new TV series inspired by the Radio 4 hit. If you take a shining to the unhnged world of Jedrington Secret-Past, there won't be a better present you can buy yourself this year than the Bleak Expectations Series 1 - 4 box set. A fifth and final series will be recorded in early 2012. More Info
	Audio: I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - A Fourth Collection The 'antidote' itself; the original panel game to end all panel games; yes, it's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. This 6 disc box set collects together the previously released volumes 10, 11 and 12 of the funniest moments from the super-long-running radio comedy. It's also the last collection to feature Humphrey Lyttelton as host. More Info
	Book: Jason Manford. Brung Up Proper After a rollercoaster few years in which he became co-host of BBC One's primetime magazine series The One Show before leaving in a hurry, Mancunian comic Jason Manford has become one of the country's most popular stand-up comedians. He's joined the trend of putting pen to paper and telling all of his upbringing, right to the point where he first stepped in front of a microphone. More Info
	Book: The Gap Yah Plannah Based on the popular internet video, this book is a spoof guide to how to spend your gap year before - or perhaps after - university. More Info
	Book: Rob Brydon - Small Man In A Book Having trundled along as star of cult comedies such as Cruise Of The Gods, Marion And Geoff and Human Remains, Welsh comic Rob Brydon hit the big time just a few years ago, with a central role in super-hit sitcom Gavin & Stacey, his own BBC Two chat show, and the host's chair on riotous BBC One panel game Would I Lie To You?. Now the multi-award-winning actor has penned his autiobography, Small Man In A Book, detailing his early life and rise to fame. More Info