This new memoir follows Ayoade's dogged quest to rescue Harauld Hughes - the great mid-century playwright, and Ayoade's uncanny doppelganger - from obscurity.
Gifted filmmaker, corduroy activist and amateur dentist, Richard Ayoade first chanced upon a copy of The Two-Hander Trilogy by Harauld Hughes in a second-hand bookshop. At first...
The most celebrated comedy duo in cinema history, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy formed their decades-long partnership in the late 1920s in a series of silent shorts produced at the Hal Roach Studios. Having developed their on-screen chemistry in the likes of Do Detectives Think?, Putting Pants On Philip and...
Peter Sellers gives one of his most memorable performances in Heavens Above! (1963).
He stars as Reverend John Smallwood, an idealistic prison chaplain who is accidentally assigned to a wealthy parish who frowns upon his progressive ideas, like his insistence on ministering to the poor. His actions start offending not...
Greywing to the rescue! Timothy Spall stars as the world's most inept superhero. "He slipped effortlessly into his super sleek costume... oh, how come their tights never wrinkle in the comics?"
Bludden-On-Sand better buckle up as there is a new hero in town! Frustrated furniture fitter Nigel Struddock (Spall), with...
A ridiculously funny history of Britain for adults from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories series, perfect for fans of Unruly by David Mitchell.
Ah, Britain. So special. The greatest nation on earth, some say. And we did it all on our own. Didn't we?
As it happens...
A second series of the celebrity panel show that delves into the bizarre world of online shopping, hosted by Frank Skinner.
Everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave a review, they almost always write something hilarious. One Person Found This...
A powerful, personal exploration of anxiety, ADHD and neurodiversity, Normally Weird And Weirdly Normal reminds us all - no matter how weird we feel - that it's okay to be a little different. We all are.
What if being a bit weird is actually entirely normal? What if sharing our...
The funny, wise and brilliant new novel from the star of QI and the author of Between The Stops.
After much searching, the happily married young couple, Amber and Stevie think they have found the perfect spot in Grimaldi Square. Despite the rundown pub across the way, the overgrown garden...
Hilarious comedy caper set in Wales during the heyday of the Great British seaside holiday.
Set up the deckchair, pop a hanky on your head and order an ice-cream with a flake, as you settle in for a hilarious trip to Llantwit-on-Sea. It's the 1950s, the Great British holiday is...
A quartet of original radio plays and nine darkly comic tales written by Sir Lenny Henry.
Lenny Henry has had a long and successful career as a comedian, impressionist, actor and presenter. Having starred in several plays in the West End and on radio, he was inspired to complete an...