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For years we have had questions from Tony Slattery fans as to where they can purchase copies of TV shows and films in which he has appeared. Happily, more and more of these are being released on DVD. We have complied a list of products available from reputable retailers with decent supplies. To purchase, or find out more about the product in which you are interested, simply click the relevant link/s listed in the 'available from' table below its item description.
Whose Line is it Anyway?
A Bit of Fry & Laurie | Ahead of the Class | Bad Girls | Blackball | Carry on Columbus | Cold Blood | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Hysteria 3 | Kingdom | Life Begins | Murder Most Horrid | New Street Law | Peter's Friends | Red Dwarf | The Bill | The Crying Game | The Very Best of Have I Got News For You | The Wedding Tackle
Whose Line is it Anyway?
Series 1 and 2
Available for the first time in the UK on DVD comes the first two series of the original improvisational comedy show in which everything's made up and the points don't matter! Hosted by Clive Anderson, Whose Line is It Anyway? featured the top talent of the day testing their ingenuity and wit in a series of ingenious improvisational challenges. Armed with nothing but some bizarre stage props, sound effects, and a whole lot of imagination, the 'contestants' must dream up hilariously zany characters, scenes, and songs in front of a live studio audience. WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? features a bevy of comic talent, including Josie Lawrence, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Paul Merton, Tony Slattery, Sandi Toksvig, Rory Bremner, Mike McShane, Stephen Fry, and Greg Proops. Since the show's first broadcast in 1988, many of the comedians have aged, but the laughs remain as fresh and inventive as ever. This release comprises series 1 and 2 of the hit TV show.
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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: 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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Ahead of the Class
Starring: Julie Walters, Tony Slattery, Reece Dinsdale, N'Deaye Ba, Michelle Fairley
Julie Walters stars as Marie Stubbs in Ahead of the Class, based on a true story of how a headmistress saved the notorious St. George's School in West London from closure following the murder of headmaster Philip Lawrence at its gates five years earlier. A school where teachers are too fearful to leave the staff room at breaktime and fighting, truancy and stealing are rife.
It is the story of one woman's determination to make a difference, and change a broken system.
Indeed, when Marie Stubbs is brought out of retirement to face her greatest challenge at St. George's School, it is judged to be only weeks from closure.
Marie's philosophy combines simple rules on leadership and routine, with the unorthodox; but most importantly, she believes that pupils want to attend a school they can be proud of. She faces challenges and resistance from pupils and teachers with tireless energy, ingenuity and optimism.
This is a story of transformation and triumph...
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Bad Girls
Series 7
All 12 episodes from the seventh season of the hard-hitting ITV prison drama set in the women's wing of HMP Larkhall. In this series, a new governor wants to take full responsibility of the prison, Jim (Jack Ellis) finds himself locked up in a cell of his own, and Sylvia (Helen Fraser) finds herself in trouble on her honeymoon when she confesses to her gold-digging new husband that there is no inheritance money after all. Also included is the Christmas Special episode.
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Bad Girls
Series 5-8 Box Set
The hard-hitting, smash hit ITV1 drama Bad Girls takes viewers behind the doors of HMP Larkhall. Follow the women’s heart-wrenching and shocking stories while getting down and dirty with life behind bars. Full of corrupt officers, scheming prisoners and tragic lives, survival inside is tough and sometimes violent. Never shying from the darker side of prison life, Bad Girls also celebrates the warmth, compassion and defiant sense of humour that can sometimes triumph, even behind bars…
Includes: Bad Girls Series 5 - 8, out-takes, picture gallery, interviews, Christmas Special and more.
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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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Cold Blood
The Cold Blood - Complete Series DVD contains all episodes from the first series of this gripping ITV crime drama. In series one we're introduced to Wicklow (Matthew Kelly)--the serial killer who was jailed after a macabre murdering spree, which rendered him one of Britain's most infamous criminals. Vilified by the popular press and despised by fellow inmates, Wicklow's notoriety is compounded by the fact that detectives investigating his crimes never found the body of his last victim. And even though Wicklow is behind bars, no one is safe...
Series one boasts a fantastic cast, which includes stars such as Matthew Kelly ("Bleak House"), Jemma Redgrave ("Mansfield Park"), John Hannah ("The Mummy"), Pauline Quirke ("Down To Earth"), Russell Brand ("Russell Brand's Got Issues"), Tony Slattery ("Whose Line Is It Anyway?"), Bill Ward ("Coronation Street"), Phil Davis ("Rose & Maloney"), Nikki Sanderson ("Coronation Street") and Steve John Shepherd ("This Life"). The Cold Blood - Complete Series 1 DVD also features a 60-minute look "Behind the Scenes".
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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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Stephen Fry Presents - Hysteria 3
Hosted by Stephen Fry, this is a milestone in comedy revues. Featuring some of the brightest stars in comedy and music, and all performing in support of the Terrence Higgins Trust. This is Hysteria 3 with Julian Clary, Eddie Izzard, Tony Slattery, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, Steven Wright, Josie Lawrence, Lenny Henry, Ben Elton, Ruby Wax, Jools Holland and many more...
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Kingdom - Series 1
Starring: Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Celia Imrie, Hermione Norris
Kingdom is Stephen Fry’s first drama series since Jeeves and Wooster ten years ago. Filmed in Norfolk, the series (appearing on ITV in April 2007) follows Peter's life in Market Shipborough as he takes on the responsibility for everyone's welfare. Stephen plays country solicitor Peter Kingdom, whose compassion and humility has won him huge respect in the picture postcard town of Market Shipborough. But there's a secret sadness for the popular lawyer. His brother, and business partner, Simon, has died but his body has never been found. Peter constantly searches for clues to the mystery surrounding Simon's death.
Hermione Norris stars as Peter's troubled and lustful younger sister Beatrice, who wreaks havoc when she comes to live with him after being released from a rehabilitation clinic. Celia Imrie is Gloria Millington, the faithful receptionist and confidante, Phyllida Law plays Peter's dotty Aunt Auriel, and Karl Davies is the sharp young trainee solicitor, Lyle Anderson, who dreams of escaping the sleepy backwater to work in the metropolis. Tony Slattery blusters through as the cantankerous villager Mr Snell, who's always seeking litigation.
The DVD includes all six episodes in series 1 and a 45 minute behind-the-scenes documentary.
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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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Murder Most Horrid
The first instalment of episodes of the pitch-black comedy series starring Dawn French in tales of murder and mayhem, on DVD for the first time. Includes Tony Slattery's starring role as Tony Sparkle in the episode 'He Died a Death'. Released in March 2008, pre-order now.
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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
Just the Shows (Volumes I - IV)
Contains all the episodes from Series 1-4 of Red Dwarf
Series one to four of the smash hit comedy series created and written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. Chicken soup machine repairman and intergalactic loser Dave Lister awakes from suspended animation to discover he is the lone survivor of a radiation leak and is now three million years into deep space and the last surviving member of the human race. Dave is soon joined by a hologram of his dead bunk-mate, a life-form who's evolved from his pet cat, and a neurotic sanitation mechanoid. Together this unlikely bunch of heroes attempt to find their way back to Earth, under the guidance of Holly, the ship's senile computer, encountering a whole heap of smeg on the way.
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Red Dwarf
Just the Shows (Volumes V - VIII)
All twenty-eight episodes from series five through to eight of the popular TV comedy.
SERIES 5: In Series Five, Rimmer is taken prisoner inside his own mind and ends up being stripped, oiled, manacled, licked, chained, taunted, humiliated SERIES 6: Red Dwarf has been stolen and our intrepid heroes are hot on its trail. Starbug, unable to match its speed, has to take a short-cut to overtake it. Unfortunately this involves going through a very dangerous area which is patrolled by rogue droids that absolutely despise humans. SERIES 7: When the generator and its back-up go down in the middle of the night, the crew has to crawl through the mile-long labyrinth of service ducts to restart their engines. SERIES 8: Series Eight highlights include Cat engaging in a stunning dance sequence with the spacecraft Blue Midget, Kryten's metamorphosis into a scheming media-show host, Rimmer's metamorphosis into an irresistible sex object and Pete the Sparrow's metamorphosis into a gigantic dinosaur.
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Red Dwarf - The Bodysnatcher Collection (Series 1-3)
Collection comprising the first three series of cult science fiction comedy, RED DWARF. This collector's set features remastered episodes.
Including: Unseen episode 'Bodysnatcher', the lost episode of Red Dwarf I, storyboard episode – performed by Chris Barrie, Red Dwarf’s opening episode – before the reshoots, commentaries by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Bonus Features: include brand new series I and II documentaries ‘The Beginning’ and ‘It’s Cold Outside’; four unseen storyboard script extracts performed by Chris Barrie with optional Grant/Naylor commentary; the Most Embarrassing Interview In The Universe Ever with optional Grant/Naylor commentary; original remastered promos Tongue Tied Music Archive and Animated Mobisode, rare deleted scenes, raw FX footage gallery; PLUS Easter Eggs and Collector’s Booklet.
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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 Bill
The complete third series of the hard-hitting TV series, The Bill, that began as a single play in ITV's Storyboard play series. In this series, the residents of Sun Hill police station find that they have to deal with child abductions and community violence alongside the more routine demands of policing.
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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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