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This collection is a tribute to the greatest British comedians of the 40s, 50s and 60s. Highlighting the classic moments in comedy these video's include rare concert festal extended television clips, renowned comedy scenes and seldom seen sitcoms.
The 1940s starring comedians such as Tommy Trinder, Jimmy Jewell, Jack Warner, Sandy Powell, Max Miller, George Formby, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Askey, Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, Flanagan and Allen, The Crazy Group, Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford and Stanley Holloway.
The 1950s features comedy greats Dick Emery, Thora Hird, Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Spike Milligan, Bob Monkhoose, Eric Morecambe, Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas pins many more...
The 1960s starring much loved comedians Bob Monkhouse, The Two Ronnies, John Cleese, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom, Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H, Corbett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Marty Feldman, Tony Hancock, Sid James, Eric Morecamhe, Eric Sykes and Ernie Wise to name just a few!- Director:
- Robert Garofalo
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- Tommy Trinder, Jimmy Jewell, Jack Warner
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Fingers (George Cole) and his gang of criminals (including Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw) have the reputation for being the most dim-witted crooks London has ever seen. Fingers, however, has a plan -to rob tight-fisted, loose-living millionaire and tax dodger Billy Gordon (Terry-Thomas) of his cash. The incompetent gang meet one failure after another and decide to change tack and kidnap Gordon's beloved daughter. - Director:
- Mario Zampi
- Cast:
- Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie
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The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Vol.5 (1957)The Ware Case / The Shiralee / The House of the Spaniard / The Beloved Vagabond
"The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection" redresses this imbalance. Featuring new transfers from the best available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head, making them available once more to the general public.
The Ware Case (1938)
Spendthrift Sir Hubert enjoyed living the life of a lord - it was, after all, the only one for which he was fitted. But he ignored the entreaties of his desperate wife at his peril!
The Shiralee (1957)
A swagman (Peter Finch) looking for work in 1940's Australia suddenly finds himself carrying an extra burden - a 'shiralee' - in the form of his five-year-old daughter.
The House of the Spaniard (1936)
A man ignores a warning to stay away from a sinister house on marshland near Liverpool; when someone drowns close by, he finds the evidence doesn't add up...
The Beloved Vagabond (1936)
Maurice Chevalier stars as a poor aspiring architect who signs an agreement not to see his fiancée for two years, in order to save her father from financial ruin.- Director:
- Robert Stevenson
- Cast:
- Brigitte Horney, Peter Haddon, Jean Galland
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The second version of John Buchan's classic thriller sees Kenneth More as the innocent man caught up in international intrigue. Richard Hannay meets a young nanny and takes her back to his flat. He soon learns she is not all that she seems to be and when she is murdered he becomes the prime suspect. On the run from the police, he heads to Scotland and searches for the connection with the '39 steps'. - Director:
- Ralph Thomas
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- Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda De Banzie
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The fourth form monsters latest trick is their best ever - they've burned down St. Trinian's! As the school stands trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief but miraculously the judges infatuation with Rosalie, the beautiful blonde of the sixth form, means the school is freed. And with them go the most glamorous sixth formers ever seen in gym slips. For authority it means a new reign of terror, as with gleeful anticipation the girls of St. Trinians regroup. - Director:
- Frank Launder
- Cast:
- Cecil Parker, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell
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"Carry On" favourite Sidney James joins the team for the first time as the long-suffering Sergeant Wilkins, in charge of the sorriest bunch of Constables who ever fumbled with their truncheons. There's nothing this collection of dim-witted buffoons in blue can't make a mess of, including dressing in drag to catch shoplifters! Sidney James is joined in this hilarious comedy by Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques and Joan Sims. - Director:
- Gerald Thomas
- Cast:
- Arnold Diamond, Kenneth Williams, Mary Jones
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Undeniably the King of Light Entertainment, Bruce Forsyth's career on television spanned a remarkable seven decades - from the London Palladium shows of the 1950's to over ten years worth of 'Strictly Come Dancing' from the mid-noughties. An all-round entertainer and light comedian, Brucie was never better than in the run of shows he did in the mid 1960's with Morecambe and Wise's scriptwriters Sid Green and Dick Hills. Mixing music, dancing and comedy in the time-honoured tradition, ABC's 'The Bruce Forsyth Show' focused on laughter, glamour and big name guests, including Frankie Howerd, Cilla Black, Dudley Moore (and his trio), Tommy Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Diana Dors, Kathy Kirby, Julie Rogers, Harry Secombe, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones and more! This release contains every show that remains from this classic light entertainment series alongside the 1965 Christmas special and the incomplete Frankie Howerd edition from 1966. - Director:
- Gordon Reece
- Cast:
- Bruce Forsyth, Jenny Lee Wright, Aleta Morrison
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Micky's sell-out 'An Another Fing'...tour is the biggest comedy event of 2017 playing to over 600,000 people across the UK and Ireland, breaking box office records up and down the country. Recorded live at The O2, join Micky on a proper night out as he updates us in his own hilarious style on 'where he is at' following his 'gap year'. The Evening Standard describes it as 'Comedy Par Excellence' and The Guardian states 'he's the country's most popular comic and, by some measure, its most popular entertainer full stop'. Experience the master of stand-up comedy at the very top of his game as he explores subjects including the French, marriage, Saga holidays with his dad, his relationship with his dog, his new-found passion for Mary Berry and much, much more all performed by the inimitable Micky. - Director:
- Brian Klein
- Cast:
- Micky Flanagan
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Micky's sell-out 'Back In The Game' tour was the biggest comedy event of 2013 playing to over half a million people across the UK and Ireland. Recorded live at London's Hackney Empire, join one of the nation's best-loved comedians performing to his home crowd in this hilarious brand new video packed full of guaranteed laughter.
The celebrated comic has an adept ability to charm his audience with tales of middle age, marriage and what to do when you run out of things to say to your wife. Micky has firmly established himself as a superstar comedian earning rave reviews ("Flanagan is the man of the moment, comedy's meteoric success" The Telegraph), and winning over the hearts and homes of the nation proving he's not only back in the game but he's well and truly on top of it!- Director:
- Brian Klein
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- Micky Flanagan
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Driven To Distraction is the spectacular two-part Peter Kay ensemble featuring the hilariously funny one-off comic sitcom Two Minutes plus his renowned cameos on top soap Coronation Street. Two Minutes was originally aired in 1997 and formed part of a comedy series called New Voices which showcased up and coming talent. Having just won Best Comedian in the North West in 1996 Peter Kay was moments away from catapulting himself into stardom as the comedian we know and love today. We see his wit and charm in full flow as the getaway driver as 2 mates attempt to rob a pub of its takings. The collection of Coronation Street episodes feature Peter Kay as a shop fitter in his early days as well as his most recent and much loved cameo as Eric, the drayman with the hots for Shelly the barmaid! - Director:
- Jonathan Campbell
- Cast:
- Peter Kay, Matthew Dunster, Pearce Quiggley
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Completely uncensored, totally live, and absolutely hilarious stand up from the star of the smash hit TV comedy shows 'Fantasy Football' and 'The Frank Skinner Show'. Featuring all original and exclusive material and filmed at Birmingham Hippodrome during his ground breaking 100 date tour which gained Frank an entry into the 'Guinness Book of Records' for the World's Biggest Solo Comedy Performance at London's Battersea Power Station. - Director:
- Peter Orton
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- Frank Skinner
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Frank Skinner: Live (1992)Frank Skinner: Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre
Frank Skinner made his television debut in 1988. After five minutes of stand-up which had the studio audience in fits, the station received 131 calls from outraged viewers including a cabinet minister and the head of a major airline. Frank never looked back. Here he is, live and uncensored, performing the act that won him the 1991 Perrier Award for Comedy. - Director:
- Steve Bendelack
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- Frank Skinner
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Access all arenas features all of the hilarious moments taken from the Lee Evans arena tours including 'Lee Evans - Wired and Wonderful - Live at Wembley', 'Lee Evans - XL Tour 2005 Live' and 'Lee Evans - Big - Live at the O2' plus a special performance of the fans' favourite 'Bohemian Rhapsody' as you have never seen it before, all introduced by the great man himself.
Lee Evans - Wired and Wonderful - Live at Wembley (2002)
Lee Evans is one of the very few comedians in the world who can play over 100 dates on a triumphant nationwide tour culminating in 2 sold out spectacular nights at Wembley Arena. Never before has one man made so many laugh in one place at one such speed. Lee Evans, 10,000 people, a film crew, sensational material and Wembley. This is no new rock 'n' roll, this is classic comedy.
Lee Evans - XL Tour 2005 Live
In August 2005, Lee Evans set out on the UK's biggest ever comedy tour, taking in over 35 cities, and playing to over 250,000 fans. The record-breaking Lee Evans : XL Tour 2005 Live marks Lee's sensational return to stand-up with some of the strongest and most hilarious routines he's ever written.
Lee Evans - Big - Live at O2 (2008)
Lee Evans - Big - Live At The O2 (2008) is just that, his biggest comedy tour ever, taking in over 59 dates in the UK's biggest arenas and playing to over 500,000 people. Three years on since his record breaking XL Tour Lee has pulled out all the stops to make this the funniest, most spectacular, biggest performance to date. -
On the 6th February 1996 the lovable and breathtakingly brilliant physical comedian Lee Evans opened his Different Planet Tour at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End. The show sold out it's entire 8 week run. Following his West End run Lee took the show on a 114 date tour during which he played to over 200,000 people, covered 4,500 miles in 63 different towns, returning again to the West End for one more magical performance. This DVD is that spectacular evening. -
Lee Evans: Live in Scotland (1998)Ли Эванс: Жизнь в Шотландии
This is the side-splitting grand finale at the Edinburgh Playhouse of Lee Evans' 100 date sell-out UK tour. Lee performed to over 150,000 people and shows us why he is described by the critics as 'one of our finest living comedians' by The Guardian. Against the backdrop of a giant kilt and sporran, Lee invites you to watch the 'Lee Evans Trio' where he attempts to play all the instruments at the same time. He then takes you on a hilarious journey from evolution, running in flip-flops, shopping, the difference between men and women, to Brits abroad and the joys of television. Lee Evans live in Scotland is over an hour of superbly physical comedy, ending with a climatic and rousing finale. Lee, accompanied by the 'Glencourse Pipe Band' sings 'Suicide' leaving the 3000-strong audience cheering and begging for more...