Strawberry Media: A decade of DVDs

It's a dog's life in this hilarious British comedy! When Willie Joy (Frankie Howerd) is fired from his job at the greyhound stadium, he takes pity on a fellow victim and adopts an injured greyhound called Lindy Lou, who would otherwise be destroyed.

Teaming up with amiable conman 'Captain' Montague (Stanley Holloway), Willie decides to train Lindy to compete for the prestigious Golden Bowl trophy. But it's not just the other dogs she has to beat - there are crooked bookies and race-track spivs to deal with too!

First released: Monday 27th June 2011

A typical light comedy based on a novel by Richard Gordon, The Captain's Table has director Jack Lee at its own helm, riding high on the success of his 1956 drama A Town Like Alice.

Captain Ebbs (John Gregson) brings a part of his freighter experience with him as he takes charge of an ocean liner for the first time. He soon finds that the tactics that worked on the freighter do not work here, though his crew could use some discipline. His purser has sticky fingers, his chief officer has a roving eye, and the steward has his own problems. And then there are passengers like the secret heiress, the charming widow, the temptress, the would-be novelist, and the offensive VIP. Eventually, the captain catches on to the nuances of his new role, confident that he and the "Love Boat" can weather any storm.

First released: Monday 14th March 2011

A Day To Remember is a 1953 British comedy drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring an ensemble cast including Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden, Bill Owen and Thora Hird.

The darts team of a London public house go on a day trip to Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. Members of the party have different reasons for going on the trip and get into various adventures along the way.

First released: Monday 20th February 2012

It's Not Cricket is a post-war comedy produced by one Britain's finest comedy talents: Peter Rogers, and his future wife and probably the finest female producer of her generation, Betty E. Box.

Major Bright (Basil Radford) and Captain Early (Naunton Wayne) are two helpless intelligence officers in the British army in post-war Germany. Sent back to England for a spot of leave they fail to notice that their new batman is actually war criminal Otto Fisch (Maurice Denham) and when he vanishes the two officers are quickly demobbed.

Back on Civvy Street our two heroes set up a private detective agency, Bright and Early. When they are invited to a weekend country house party for a cricket match they stumble across a robbery plot involving a diamond that Fisch has stolen. Will the two helpless detectives finally catch Fisch and recover the diamond?

First released: Monday 24th March 2014

The blitz and post-War reconstruction reshaped the London landscape. This delightful Ealing-style comedy from Muriel Box tells the story of Mr & Mrs Lord, who refuse to move out of their corner shop on the South Bank, to make way for the building of the Festival Hall.

When the Government decides to build the Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything appears to be going to plan. All except for the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site are blocked by the House of Lords, a corner shop owned by Henry Lord (Stanley Holloway) and his wife Lillian (Kathleen Harrison). When the Lords decline the compensation offered by government civil servant Mr Filch (Naughton Wayne) they barricade themselves in to avoid the demolition of their beloved home. And when they are joined by an ambitious BBC sports broadcaster the outside world gets to hear a running commentary of the hilarious events from inside the House of Lords.

The Happy Family is an enchanting look at London life amidst the bomb sites and changing landscape of the 1950s.

First released: Monday 18th August 2014

Broadcast on ITV1 in 2005, the highly acclaimed comedy drama Distant Shores stars Peter Davison (A Very Peculiar Practice) as Dr Bill Shore, a successful plastic surgeon based in London. When Bill accepts a posting as the GP on the remote North Sea island of Hildasay, however, he could not have imagined the humourous exploits he and his family would encounter.

Tits, bums and tummy tucks were all in days work for one of London's top plastic surgeons Dr Bill Shore. However when one night he returns home having spent the day knee deep in artificial breasts he realises that all is not well with family life.

When Bill's lovely wife Lisa (Samantha Bond) tells him to accept an opportunity on the remote North Sea island of Hildasay as the island's GP, for the sake of his family, Bill reluctantly accepts; but he could never have foreseen the impact the lifestyle change would have on his family and their complex web of relationships!

First released: Sunday 14th September 2014

Peter Davison and Samantha Bond star in this comedy drama series about a plastic surgeon who relocates his family to the remote island of Hildasay to take a new job as a small community GP.

How will the modern urbanites cope with their new way of life in the middle of nowhere? Matthew Thomas Davies, Claudia Renton and Berwick Kaler also star.

This series is available now for the first time, having never been broadcast on British television.

First released: Monday 19th January 2015

How do you know if you are having a midlife crisis? Is it when you suspect your wife is having an affair and you are worried that you are not? Is it the fact that she no longer wants to have sex whilst your children cannot stop talking about it? Or is it when you start to hear the unspoken thoughts in other people's heads?

Originally broadcast on ITV, this unique take on middle age life stars the likes of Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sheila Hancock and Anna Chancellor.

Laurie's first TV drama after Jeeves And Wooster, Fortysomething revolves around GP Paul Slippery (Laurie) and his bored head hunter wife Estelle (Chancellor). Their sex-obsessed sons run riot while Estelle has to deal with eccentric Dr Ronnie Pilfrey (Capaldi), who immediately becomes infatuated with her.

The six part show was originally aired in 2003 and now has a cult fan base. Starring Hugh Laurie and a young Benedict Cumberbatch.

First released: Sunday 25th March 2012

Three classic British comedy films starring Leslie Phillips OBE:

In The Doghouse
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
The Man Who Liked Funerals

First released: Monday 8th August 2016

Feature-film spin-off from the 1970s sitcom of the same name, set in a funeral parlour. The BBC series is now sadly all missing believed wiped, but the film survives.

Bill Fraser and Raymond Huntley star as undertakers Basil Bulstrode (Fraser) and Emmanuel Holroyd (Huntley), who are overjoyed when they are called upon to bury their chief rival. However, when new businessmen move in and use the funeral parlour as a front to smuggle drugs a new war for custom ensues between the two businesses.

First released: Monday 17th April 2017

Starring Robson Green and Stephen Tompkinson.

This late 1990s comedy drama follows two dysfunctional brothers (Joe and Trevor Purvis) and their younger cousin (Simon) running their own successful building company.

First released: Monday 26th February 2018

Series 2 of Grafters, following a family of builders.

Trevor and Joe Purvis are miles away from their native North East working on a site in Brighton for local building developer Nick Costello. Joe has become involved with Viv, the site architect where they are working, while Trevor has caught the eye of Clare Costello, Nick's younger sister.

First released: Monday 26th February 2018

Made in 1949 this Rank classic comedy stars Jimmy Hanley as a car salesman who accidentally becomes a kidnapper!

When veteran small-time crook Harry Denton (Edward Rigby) is released from prison he moves in with his Grandson Jack (Jimmy Hanley). Harry can't resist returning to his old ways and decides to kidnap Sheila (Petula Clark), the daughter of well-known actor Michael Farlaine (Hugh Sinclair). Back at Jack's flat Harry gets more than he bargained for as Sheila welcomes the adventure of being kidnapped and the attention she receives in the press! As Sheila's father realises that the publicity generated by his daughter's disappearance is boosting ticket sales at his ailing theatre show he is not keen to see his daughter returned too quickly. Jack however is finding the going tough and when his long suffering girlfriend (Barbara Murray) begins to suspect he has another woman, he knows he must return Shelia and avoid prison!

An excellent ensemble cast includes Anthony Newley, Dora Bryan, Dandy Nichols and Maurice Denham.

First released: Monday 2nd November 2020