Environmental protesters, a shoplifting epidemic, a burgeoning butter mountain and largely incompetent staff are just a few of the problems facing Cecil Slinger, the new manager of Supafare. And just how is he supposed to offload 560 packets of Jacobson's Savoury Fishcakes when no-one wants to buy them? Slinger is...
Robin Askwith (Britannia Hospital) stars in The Complete Confessions, 1974 - 1977, the definitive collection of the celebrated British sex-comedy series. Based on the pseudonymous Timothy Lea novels by screenwriter Christopher Wood (The Spy Who Loved Me), each instalment follows the fortunes of the feckless and accident-prone - yet seemingly...
The Now Show returns with more stand-up, sketches and songs, as Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and special guests take aim at the latest headlines. Bringing their quips, quick wit and a quiver full of satirical arrows are comedians including Laura Lexx, Ian Smith, Sarah Keyworth, Olga Koch, Janine Harouni, Ahir...
Renowned Scottish actor Peter Mullan (Mum, Trainspotting) made his feature film directing debut with this fierce jet-black comedy of familial grief shot in and around the streets of Glasgow where he grew up.
As four siblings reunite for the funeral of their mother, Orphans blends realist drama, wildly absurdist humour,...
Three friends - George (Laurence Harvey), Harris (Jimmy Edwards) and J (David Tomlinson) - decide to escape from their women problems by going boating on the Thames. With Oxford as their destination, they set out for the trip of a lifetime. Their idyllic cruise soon becomes anything but when they...
"To people who take music seriously, I'm a musician. To people who don't take music seriously, I'm a comedian. To people who don't take anything seriously, I'm a clown."
International musician and comedian Victor Borge is captured at his hilarious best in this concert at the Grand Hall, Wembley Conference...
Take a tour of the past and uncover stories of the women whose lives and achievements have shaped our modern world. In Life Lessons From Historical Women, Eleanor Morton celebrates the ordinary women whose decisions and accomplishments in their everyday lives resonate with us today.
Taking inspiration from the thriving...
A boat approaches; a lantern hung on its prow is the only light in this dark, cold world. The boat reaches the edge of the lake. The boatman has a kindly face. He calls out to me. "Mr Dowie?" "Yes, " I reply. "Not any more, " he says. And...
All six episodes of the fashionable comedy set in a top London hair salon, starring Rainer Hersch, Mark Maier and Catherine Tate.
Quando, Quando, Quando is Clapham's premier hairdressing establishment, where brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando cleverly clip, chop and crimp their lucky clients into shape. With three floors,...
All six episodes of the small-town comedy about electoral shocks and local government capers.
When long-serving council leader Roland Whittaker loses his seat to a Monster Raving Loony Party candidate with the same surname and initials, he is both flabbergasted and furious. Young Robin Whittaker (who conducted his entire campaign...