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Whose Line is it Anyway?
A Bit of Fry & Laurie | Blackball | Carry on Columbus | Heaven's a Drag | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Life Begins | New Street Law | Peter's Friends | Red Dwarf | The Crying Game | The Last Detective
Whose Line is it Anyway?
Series 1 and 2
Whose Line is it Anyway? - Seasons 1 & 2 of the original UK version
Intelligent and hilarious, you never know what's going to happen when these comedy geniuses get on a roll...and neither do they.Welcome to Whose Line is it Anyway?, the British smash hit that catapulted the careers of countless British, American, and Canadian comedians and was the forerunner to Drew Carey's blockbuster American version. Now on DVD by riotous demand, Whose Line is it Anyway?: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 features all 25 hilarious episodes from the show's initial seasons. Host Clive Anderson directs the action - assigning points at random and enduring quips about his disappearing hairline - as players perform preposterous, slapstick antics in games like Authors, World's Worst, and Wrong Theme Tune. Spanning from 1988 to 1990, Whose Line is it Anyway?: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 teems with rambunctious energy, razor wit, and explosive fun. Keep your thumb on Rewind, you won't want to miss a second!
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie
The Complete Second Series
Starring: Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
Bonus feature: The Cambridge Footlights Revue (1982) also starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery and Emma Thompson.
Before Hugh Laurie was House, before Stephen Fry was Wilde, even before they were Jeeves & Wooster, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie wrote and stared in their own inimitable sketch comedy series on the BBC. Witty and urbane, Fry and Laurie lampoon an endless array of targets with a delicious turn of phrase and elaborate wordplay. Absurdities abound as they devise new swearwords not yet banned for broadcast, and Fry impersonates Michael Jackson. Catch such Fry & Laurie favourites as the profane cliché-slingers John and Peter, international gunrunner and man of mystery Alan, and insipid MI5 agent Tony Murchison and his coffee-obsessed boss Control. Only a handful of creative works succeed in capturing the totality of human existence, from birth to death, through love, transfiguration and redemption. A Bit of Fry and Laurie, the BBC television series co-starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, has been said, on two occasions, to be among this group.
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A Bit of Fry & Laurie: Series 1 and 2
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are best known outside of their native U.K. for the various acting roles they've taken in major productions. In Fry's case, big-screen roles in WILDE and PETER'S FRIENDS helped establish his name. In Laurie's case, the hit TV show HOUSE made him a firm favorite with American audiences. They are also known and loved for their joint turn in the irreverent class-based comedy JEEVES & WOOSTER. But U.K. viewers first warmed to their talents at the tail end of the 1980s, with A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE. The show is comprised of a quick-fire selection of sketches, interspersed with Fry and Laurie donning various silly guises and being interviewed as if they were ordinary members of the public who have been asked to air their views on a hot topic of the day. The writing and performances are still as fresh as when the shows first aired, and demonstrate both the quick-witted nature of the pair and their reluctance to pander to their audience. The entire first and second seasons of the hugely influential show are included here.
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A Bit of Fry & Laurie: The Complete Collection...Every Bit
Series 1 - 4 (Box Set)
All four series of A Bit of Fry & Laurie, the shows characterised by sophisticated verbal comedy and inspired sketches from Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were among the most successful acts of the alternative comedy show Saturday Live/Friday Night Live and after a Christmas pilot in 1987, the BBC commissioned a series in 1989.
Fry and Laurie explored a seemingly inexhaustible list of subjects with a delicious turn of phrase and elaborate wordplay. The hilarity-included regular acts such as not so super spy Tony Mercheson and his boss Control, yuppies, John and Peter, as well as the concluding cocktail recipe to the accompaniment of Mr Music with plenty of Vox Pops.
With four brilliant series of great satire, comic genius and an hilarious use of language, Fry and Laurie are definitely at the top of the comedy tree.
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Blackball
Starring: Alice Evans, Bernard Cribbins, Imelda Staunton, Vic Reeves, Mark Little, Paul Kaye, Johnny Vegas, James Cromwell, Tony Slattery, James Fleet, Vince Vaughn
Directed by: Mel Smith
Try as he might, Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye) just can’t keep out of trouble. In his sleepy hometown on the English coast, nothing much inspires him... apart from bowls. Cliff dreams of playing for his country, but has always preferred following his own rules much to the disapproval of the stuck up local bowls club. When Rick Schwartz (Vince Vaughn), a slick American sports agent, takes Cliff under his wing, the bad boy of bowls’ rock ‘n roll attitude and outrageous hero antics soon turn him into a national icon, with hysterical results. Also starring James Cromwell, Alice Evans and comedian Johnny Vegas, Blackball is a hilarious British comedy that will quite literally bowl you over!
DVD Extras: Director’s audio commentary. Cast and crew interviews. Trailers and TV spots.
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Carry on Columbus
Starring: Rik Mayall, Jim Dale, Tony Slattery, Peter Gilmore, Maureen Lipman, Leslie Phillips, June Whitfield, Bernard Cribbins, Jon Pertwee, Sara Crowe, Peter Richardson, Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, Charles Fleischer, Richard Wilson, Julian Clary, Larry Miller, Keith Allen
It is 1492 and the Sultan of Turkey controls overland trade from the Far East to Europe. Christopher Columbus looking to make his fortune, persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance an expedition to find a new sea route to India. In the best traditions of the original 'Carry On' series, this historical farce features the cream of current comedy talent. Including... Jim Dale, Maureen Lipman, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Julian Clary and a host of others. So it's sure to be a well crewed voyage, so why not grab an oar and set sail with the biggest bunch of anchors who ever put to sea!
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Heaven's a Drag
(aka To Die For)
Starring: Ian Williams, Tony Slattery, Thomas Arklie
The widowed lover of a drag queen who died of AIDS puts all his energy and grief into full-time bachelor cruising until his lover's ghost comes back and starts playing tricks on his tricks. A British comedy.
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Starring: Richard E. Grant, John Shrapnel, Richard Wilson, Rachel Ward,Tony Slattery, Susan Wooldridge, Jacqueline Pearce, Mick Ford
A witty and acclaimed cult satire from the director of Withnail & I, in which a marketing executive unable to think of a catchy slogan starts to develop an unattactive boil, which gradually transforms into a second head. Grant is superb as the hapless businessman, and the dissection of the worthlessness of the advertising industry is deliciously savage.
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Life Begins - Series 1
Starring: Caroline Quentin, Alexander Armstrong
Maggie thought her 2.4 family life was fairly perfect until her husband runs off with a younger model and all of a sudden she's got to start all over again. But she soon discovers that what entails may not be the worst thing that's ever happened to her.
Tony Slattery guest stars as a man Maggie (fellow Whose Line performer, Caroline Quentin) meets while speed dating.
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New Street Law - Series 1
In the murky waters of the law, defence and prosecution do whatever it takes to win. Barrister Jack Roper (John Hannah) rejected his former mentor and top prosecutor, Laurence Scammell QC (Paul Freeman) to set up a defence-only chambers with passion for justice. Professional rivalry becomes personal when Laurence's beautiful and talented daughter, Laura (Lisa Faulkner) becomes ever more deeply embroiled in the two men's struggle, forcing her to choose between deeply-held family loyalty and her conscience.
Encouraged by his glamorous wife, the ruthless Honor Scammell (Penny Downie), Laurence resolves to crush the opposition for good, no matter what it takes. With both sides drawn into ever fiercer conflict, there can only be one winner.
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Peter's Friends
Starring: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery, Rita Rudner
Friends for ten years, they gather together one New Year's Eve weekend to share laughter, tears, sex, no sex, old friendships and new discoveries, all the while making absolute fools of themselves.
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Red Dwarf
The Complete Collection
Red Dwarf Complete Collection Gift Set in Slipcase 18 Discs DVD
The BBC takes viewers three million years into the future with this science-fiction spoof chronicling the intergalactic adventures of the only human to survive a radiation leak on the ship Red Dwarf. Dave Lister battles loneliness with a holographic incarnation of a deceased friend, the ship's computer, a mechanoid, and the biological miracle Cat. This release contains every RED DWARF episode ever made.
Every episode on 18 discs
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Red Dwarf
Series 7 and 8
Synopsis: Red Dwarf: Series 7 (1997) After a temporary bout of deadness, the Dwarfers find themselves solving one of the biggest conspiracy plots of all time before Ace Rimmer drops in with the challenge of Rimmers life. Meantime, Kryten gets seriously tetchy and Lister has one of the hottest screen kisses ever. Pity it's not with a girl.
Includes Red Dwarf: Xtended - three episodes presented with additional scenes, effects sequences and no laugh track. Episodes: Tikka to Ride* Stoke Me a Clipper Ouroboros* Duct Soup* Blue Beyond a Joke Epideme Nanarchy * Also includes special extended version.
Red Dwarf: Series 8 (1999) The nanobots have populated the ship with its original crew. This is especially good news for Rimmer, who is now a lot less dead, but is extremely bad news for everyone else. Locked up on Red Dwarfs prison deck, the crew join the Canaries - a battle hardened convict army and not, as they first thought, the prison choir. Includes feature-length editions of Back in the Red - with additional scenes - and Pete . Episodes Back In The Red - Part 1 Back In The Red - Part 2 Back In The Red - Part 3 Cassandra Krytie TV Pete - Part 1 Pete - Part 2 Only The Good Features: Red Dwarf: Series 7 commentary "Back From The Dead" Original Documentary Deleted Scenes Smeg Ups "Identity Within" - the lost episode Robert Llewellyn Video Diary Fan Films "Burning Rubber" Featurette "How Do They Do That?" - the effects Trailers and Kryten Introductions Raw FX Footage Isolated Music Cues "Dave Hollins" Radio Sketches Photo Gallery Weblink 16-page Collector's Booklet Re-mastered Tikka to Ride Plus... Easter Eggs Red Dwarf: Series 8 Cast Commentary The Tank Original Documentary Deleted Scenes Smeg Ups Comedy Connections Red Dwarf Special Super Models Featurette Storyboard Sequences Children In Need Sketch PBS Sketches and Idents Fight Featurette Trailers Raw FX Footage Isolated Music Cues David Hollins Radio Sketch Photo Gallery Weblink 16-Page Collector's Booklet Back In The Red - Extended Plus Easter Eggs
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Red Dwarf
Series 1 and 2
Series 1 and 2 of Red Dwarf.
Plot Synopsis: Three million years ago, a radiation leak killed the crew of the mining ship, Red Dwarf. The only survivor was Dave Lister, the chicken soup machine repairman. He spends his time on the ship with a holographic projection of Arnold Rimmer (his dead bunkmate), Cat (a life-form that evolved from Dave's cat), Holly (the ship's senile computer), and Kryten (a service mechanoid).
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Red Dwarf Vol. 2
Amazon.co.uk Review
The second series of Red Dwarf is, as Danny John-Jules says in the accompanying DVD commentary, "the one where it really went good". First broadcast in the autumn of 1988, these six episodes showcase Rob Grant and Doug Naylor's sardonic, sarcastic humour to perfection. The writing has matured, no longer focussing solely on SF in-jokes and gags about bodily functions, instead allowing the humour to develop from the characters and their sometimes surprisingly poignant interactions: Lister's timeless love for Kochanksi, for example, or Rimmer's brief memory-implanted love for one of Lister's ex-girlfriends. The cast had gelled, too, and there's even more colour this year as the drab sets are spiced up, a little more money has been assigned to models and special effects, and the crew even go on location once in a while.
"Kryten" introduces us to the eponymous house robot (here played by David Ross), although after this first episode he was not to reappear until Series 3, when Robert Llewellyn made the role his own. Then in "Better Than Life" the show produced one of its all-time classic episodes, as the boys from the Dwarf take part in a virtual reality game that's ruined by Rimmer's tortured psyche. Other highlights include "Queeg", in which Holly is replaced by a domineering computer personality, the baffling time travel paradox of "Stasis Leak", the puzzling conundrum of "Thanks for the Memory", and the astonishingly feminine "Parallel Universe".
On the DVD: Red Dwarf, Series 2 has another chaotic and undisciplined group commentary from the cast, all clearly enjoying the opportunity to reminisce. The second disc has a host of fun extras, including an "A-Z of Red Dwarf", outtakes, deleted scenes, a Doug Naylor interview, model shots, and the full, unexpurgated "Tongue Tied" music video. As with the first set, the animated menus are great fun and the "Play All" facility is the most useful little flashing button ever created. --Mark Walker
Special Features
Cast Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Smeg Ups
Original Trailer
Red Dwarf A To Z Documentary
Doug Naylor Interview
Alternate Personalities Featurette
Tongue Tied Uncut
Special Effects Raw Footage
Isolated Music Cues
Talking Book Chapters
Photo Gallery
Hidden Easter Egg
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Red Dwarf Vol. 8
Red Dwarf is back in style with all the episodes from Series VIII.
'Back In The Red - Part 1 - Not only have the Nanobots recreated Red Dwarf they've also populated the ship with its original crew. This is extremely good news for Rimmer.
'Back In The Red - Part 2' - Rimmer is invited to dinner with the captain and to make the evening go with a swing douses himself with the 'Sexual Magnestism Virus' making himself irresistible to the female crew.
'Back In The Red - Part 3' - The Dwarfers face two years in the brig for crimes against the Space Corps. Realising their defence has more holes than Lister's underpants they escape to prove their innocence.
'Cassandra' - Taking Holly's advice Lister joins the "Canaries" - a battle hardened convict army trained to go on suicide missions, and not as he thought, the prison choir!
'KRYTIE TV' - Kryten starts his own pirate TV station to entertain the prisoners.
'PETE - Part 1' - When Rimmer and Lister are forced to take on the guards in a basketball game they sabotage the opposition's half time juice with 'Boing' - the virility enhancement drug.
'PETE - Part 2' - The Dwarfers discover birds are descended from dinosaurs when they de-evolve a sparrow into a T-Rex!
'ONLY THE GOOD...' - Rimmer crosses into a mirror universe where he discovers another version of himself captaining the ship.
DVD Extras: Cast Commentary. Feature-Length Episodes Back in the Red (which is also 'Xtended' with several new scenes) and Pete presented as full-length stories. Comedy Connections documentary. The Tank Original Documentary. Deleted Scenes. Smeg Ups. Trailers. Storyboard Sequences. Super Models. Raw FX Footage. Fight! Featurette. Isolated Music Cues. Dave Hollins Radio Sketch. Photo Gallery. Weblink. Easter Eggs.
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The Crying Game
Neil Jordan's The Crying Game is an unpredictable, unconventional, multi-Oscar nominated masterpiece that became a genuine sleeper hit. Starring Stephen Rea and Miranda Richardson as Irish terrorists, Forest Whitaker as their hostage, and Jaye Davidson as Whitaker's exotic girlfriend, The Crying Game is a haunting, humorous and shocking romantic thriller. Rarely has a motion picture undermined viewer expectations so thoroughly and enjoyably...
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The Last Detective
Series 3
Get ready for more misadventures of Detective Constable “Dangerous” Davies. Beleaguered by life and belittled by colleagues, Davies (Peter Davison, Doctor Who, All Creatures Great and Small) is still living with his flatmate, Mod Lewis (Sean Hughes, The Commitments), still trying to get back together with Julie (Emma Amos, Bridget Jones’s Diary) and still getting stuck with cases nobody else wants. Somehow, he always manages to get his man—and maybe one day he’ll get that promotion. Showcasing a decent man in an indecent world, this series is a perfect antidote for grittier, violent detective dramas. Based on the popular novels by Leslie Thomas. Beleaguered by life and belittled by colleagues, Davies (Peter Davison, Doctor Who, All Creatures Great and Small) is still living with his flatmate, Mod Lewis (Sean Hughes, The Commitments), still trying to get back together with Julie (Emma Amos, Bridget Jones’s Diary) and still getting stuck with cases nobody else wants. Somehow, he always manages to get his man—and maybe one day he’ll get that promotion. Showcasing a decent man in an indecent world, this series is a perfect antidote for grittier, violent detective dramas. Based on the popular novels by Leslie Thomas.
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