Award-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey don't claim to have all the answers (what was the question?), but in these hilarious and perceptive essays they take modern life by its elasticated waist and give it a brisk going over with a stiff brush.
They riff together on the chuff...
In The Future Of British Politics, comedian Frankie Boyle takes a characteristically acerbic look at some of the forces that will be key in coming years, from Scottish independence and post-colonial entitlement to big tech surveillance and the looming climate catastrophe.
Despite his fears that 'soon the only red tape...
The show business career of George Formby spanned forty years, beginning in 1921 and lasting until his death in 1961. During that period he appeared in more than 20 hit films, released over 230 records, and made hundreds of stage performances. This collection showcases some of his finest moments on...
A fascinating collection of rare and remastered radio & TV material starring Tony Hancock.
In this fourth treasury of rare archive material, our irrepressible hero forms an association to save Fred's Pie Stall, in a newly restored 1959 radio episode of Hancock's Half Hour. From the BBC TV series comes...
This third treasury of rare archive material presents another four newly restored radio episodes of Hancock's Half Hour: The 13th Of The Series (1957), The Male Suffragettes (1958), The Sleepless Night (1958) and The Last Bus Home (1959).
Starring once again alongside Tony Hancock are Sid James, Bill Kerr, Hattie...
Hamish and Dougal are two characters from the I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Sound Charades round where Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden often tell their story as two elderly Scottish gentlemen Hamish and Dougal. Each sketch is started with the line "You'll have had your tea" with which (un)welcome...
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith present a fifth anthology of films. From night-time to half-time, from the magic of Christmas, to the mysteries of magic, into the minds of monsters.
Starring alongside Pemberton and Shearsmith is a wealth of talent including: Stephanie Cole (Doc Martin), Jenna Coleman (Victoria), Kadiff Kirwan...
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith's award-winning anthology returns with another six deliciously dark tales.
From a Welsh primary school to a lonely lake, from ruthless kidnappers and injured birds to obsessive detectives and a stuffed rabbit, each episode is as unexpected and enthralling as the next. Guest stars include Mark...
Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith star in their award-winning anthology of twisted tales, where every story will either make you shake with fear or shriek with laughter. And usually both.
From seedy hotels to penthouse flats, from lip-readers to diamond thieves, and from the Last Night of the Proms to...
Stationed down in Tin Lin in Burma the boys of the Royal Artillery Concert Party are a little too close the front line for their liking. It's far too hot for their can can, the humidity has ruined Gloria's complexion and enemy shelling completely drowned out the last verse of...
Tommy Steele heads an exceptional line-up of pop talent in this highly successful comedy musical from the early 1960s. Featuring John Barry, Russ Conway, Marion Ryan, Geoff Love and Shane Fenton & the Fentones, It's All Happening is presented here as a high definition transfer from the original film elements...
After coming last by quite such a distance on Taskmaster Series 15, and seeing his emotional frailties laid bare in a series of memes of him with his head in his hands, Ivo Graham is adapting to an increasingly irreversible reputation as a man better known for his chaos than...
Since lockdown began, people have woken up to Janey Godley's comedy by the hundreds of thousands... "[She] has provided much-needed relief throughout the coronavirus pandemic with her gallus Glesga interpretations which have been shared around the country with much glee." - Daily Record
This is her first published book, a...
The perfect gift for anyone who is, miraculously, still in a relationship.
Be prepared and know exactly what not to say when...
... he's about to spend £200 on a chef's knife
... he gets his guitar out
... he launches into his one anecdote yet again
[st=6786]What Not To Say To...
The perfect gift for anyone who is, miraculously, still in a relationship.
Be prepared and know exactly what not to say when...
... she's off to book group
... she's shopping for holiday clothes
... she's giving birth to your child
What Not To Say To Your Wife is the first book...
Six acclaimed dramatisations starring Michael Hordern and Richard Briers as Jeeves and Wooster. Also featuring Maurice Denham, Paul Eddington, David Jason, John Le Mesurier, Miriam Margolyes, Jonathan Cecil, Liza Goddard and Patrick Cargill.
In The Inimitable Jeeves, Aunt Agatha is forcing Bertie to get engaged to the formidable Honoria Glossop....
Britain's foremost multi-award-winning joke technician Jimmy Carr returns with his fourth live stand-up DVD, Jimmy Carr In Concert.
No-one writes sharper or meaner jokes and no-one delivers them better than Jimmy. He commands his audience with twisted little aphorisms - 'the sort of thing you might find in a fortune...
Featuring a legendary comedy line-up (Harry H. Corbett, Stanley Baxter, Bill Fraser and many more), Joey Boy charts the wartime misadventures of a gang of London spivs who decide that a tour of duty with the Army is preferable to another stint at His Majesty's pleasure. Directed and co-written by...
How Did All This Happen? is the story of how a boy who, growing up on a council estate dreaming of ousting Kenny Dalglish from Liverpool FC's starting line-up, suddenly found himself on stage in front of thousands of people nationwide, at an age when he should have known better.
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For Josh, the phrase 'nice guys finish last' doesn't quite cover it. He's the kind of guy who doesn't realise the race has started, hits every hurdle on the way and then gets strangled by the finishing tape. This series follows his successes (not many) and his failures (many) as...