Russell ruminates on the state of the world and reflects how life has changed since he became a father.
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Russell ruminates on the state of the world and reflects how life has changed since he became a father.
A young man tries to find a new job with the comic assistance of a mysterious voice.
A hectic Christmas family get together.
The hilarious and bizarre story of Frank Sidebottom, the cult British comedian in a papier mâché head, and the secretive life of Chris Sievey, the artist trapped inside.
Miranda and her adult-ish daughters, Hester and Rose, are crammed in a rotting little caravan to be near their irascible Gramps in his final days. They love him but his care bills are mounting and when they discover that he’s hidden his savings and doesn’t remember where... they could bloody kill him.
Satirical drama by Evelyn Waugh, adapted by Sam Hobkinson. Visiting her father Lord Moping in the county asylum, Angela meets a fellow inmate who appears far too sane to be locked up in an institution. She manages to get him released, but he returns two hours later, having achieved a terrible ambition.
A young man fueled by the arrogance of his opponent must win a game of blackjack at any cost, even if it means bending the rules.
Michael Palin guides us on suicide in this humorous public information film on motorway safety.
The wedding of Robert Miller and Alice Hargold is set to be an auspicious one. Or at least, it was. With verbally abusive grandmothers, a broken down head chef and an unconscious reverend, it's up to the Bridal Party to see the couple’s dream day become a reality… May God help them.
A sausage-making tycoon rents a castle from an impoverished aristocrat.
A comedy of mistaken identities aboard a cruise ship, in which several people are thrown together by the matrimonial magazine Get Together: Dick Holmes, a reporter looking for a story good enough to save his job; Betty Foster, hoping to investigate the man interested in marrying her aunt Emily; and Horace Godwin, the magazine's editor, who is trying to avoid becoming engaged to Penelope Hackworth-Pratt.
London, 1968. Director Alphonse attempts to complete his greatest cinematic work yet, entitled “The Death of Don Quixote.” But his aging star, Patrick, is seriously ill, so it is unclear what will die first: his vision, Patrick or Don Quixote.
Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion!
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention
What can a sexless middle aged married man, whose life now consists mainly of watching Scooby Doo cartoons with a four year old boy, possibly find to write comedy about? Formerly stand-up s youthful iconoclast, Lee now gawps blankly at News 24 as Britain burns down around him, and blinks weirdly at the vast wayside retail outlets during endless journeys to and from increasingly indistinct provincial theatres. Once he lived on the pleasure planet. Now he is trapped in Carpet Remnant World
About small vexations in private life. You think you're the only one, but you're not.
Peter Kay's hilarious stand up show. This is a live recording of his show in Blackpool which is one of the fastest selling comedy titles ever. Filmed in front of a packed, partisan crowd, Live At The Top Of The Tower is the freshest most hilarious stand up show from the country's funniest new comedian.
As he pursues Joan Blossom, ruined gambler Jeff Cheddar is mistaken for two-faced financier Jay Cheddar, eventually leading to Joan's stockbroker father, Sir Henry Blossom, investing heavily in a supposedly worthless gold mine. Financial chaos ensues in a farcical comedy of confused identities, romantic entanglements, and a fortune hiding in a hat.
An actress, urged by her detective boyfriend, takes a job as housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman. The woman's new young husband claims she's ill and refuses entry, raising suspicions about her whereabouts.
When relaxing in the park, a strange man approaches Jack. Together, the two begin to look further into the backstory of the legend that was Mr. Mole, an amazing scientist who had since gone insane.
A police officer has a wild night
William Brown attempts to secure more pay and shorter hours for schoolboys.
Count Arthur Strong, showbiz legend and raconteur, returns to the stage to remind us just what we’ve been missing… so get your Maltesers out, roll your trouser legs up and sit back and enjoy this wonderful show. Arthur is ably assisted in the Command Performance by Terry Kilkelly (from BBC Radio 4’s award winning Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show!) playing Malcolm and Renee, and Dave Plimmer (from BBC1’s BAFTA nominated Count Arthur Strong TV series) as Alan Leslie.
A gang of criminals plan to use a marriage agency that they won during a card game, to arrange a lucrative marriage for one of their number.
A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.
John, lonely and living in London, unexpectedly meets outlandish druggie skinhead Byron, and suddenly, John's life turns to wacky. When Byron takes him to Boys Galore, a gay escort agency, John is introduced to wealthy American Bad Daddy, who hires John on the spot. But the hovering presence of a strange and sinister Ripper, another rent boy, threatens derail the evening of fun in this gay thriller comedy.
A 13 year old talented athlete struggles to come to terms with the traumas of life as she prepares for a very important athletics event.
When the impatient Mr Ority hires a hopelessly incompetent hitman, David, to eliminate Brian Salt for the price of just 2p, things quickly spiral out of control. After repeated failures, a second assassin, Rodger, is brought in to finish the job and clean up the mess.
What would you do for some pizza? Tim would do anything.
A professor takes daughter's suitor's camera by mistake.
Tony Hawks needs to beat the odds and the entire Moldovan national football team...at tennis. Adapted from the best-selling book of the same name, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis is the true story of an Englishman's lesson that real victory is found in the most unexpected places.
Struggling writer Kurt has just lost another book pitch. After vividly reliving the experience he visits his local Aquatic Pet shop to buy a new fish. Here he runs into a pretty young woman and after a lively argument with a resident Stingray decides to ask her out on a date. However Kurt's not as good with words as he thinks...
group of teens loses disneyland tickets before if begins
Susan and Neville begin to have doubts the evening before their wedding.
Mike Rice is struggling with adult life. He talks about his crippling need to be liked, chatting with a stone, getting into a relationship with a Scottish chip shop and an ongoing feud with an Australian child.
Greg is back with his first stand up show in four years, and biggest ever tour, You Magnificent Beast.
An absurd and whimsical comedy following a man who buries his phone and shuns technology in a one-man silent rebellion against the modern world.
In between working in a supermarket by day and in a cinema by night, Connie caters for her placid Stan and adolescent kids Cheryl and Paul. But slowly she starts to rebel against the traditional women's roles she's been pushed into.
Slapstick comedy.
The Doctor's first date with River has gotten more than a little complicated. With three versions of her in the TARDIS, it takes two of him to sort matters.
Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter) is one of the choreographer's most joyous and colourful creations. Inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside, the ballet is set on a farm and tells a story of love between Lise, the daughter of Widow Simone, and Colas, a young farmer. It contains some of Ashton's most stunning choreography, most strikingly in the series of energetic pas de deux that express the youthful passion of the young lovers, performed here by Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae. The ballet is laced with exuberant good humour, and elements of national folk dance, from dancing chickens and a maypole dance to a Lancashire clog dance for Widow Simone, performed by Philip Mosley.
Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.
British silent drama film based on the 1913 novel The Paupers of Portman Square by I.A.R. Wylie.
Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.
Round My Place follows a gentle yet slightly twisted northern bloke, called Richard Crimble, as he gives us a guided tour of his old run down apartment. To Richard it is more than just an old apartment though. It sparks his strange imagination, making him consider the place's past and how each little detail came to be.
On the Rock of Gibraltar, a battle is being waged between man and monkey. Barbary macaques have called this place home for centuries, surviving both the Moors and Spaniards and coexisting with the British since the 1700s. Abandoning the gorgeous Mediterranean view is just not a part of their plan. Increasingly though, the macaques are climbing down into town and disturbing the peace as they romp along rooftops in this peculiar British outpost. Recent efforts to keep them in line have involved only feeble peashooters, but Her Majesty’s next coordinated moves might actually make a dent. With a hint of humor, this quiet and beautifully photographed observational film captures the macaques in everyday acts of rebellion and asks us to consider the arbitrary nature of our own territorial tendencies.
In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misused their investments. The detective plans to kidnap the man's wife so he can get her signature and reclaim the money. The detective didn't plan on falling in love with the wife, but he does, and mayhem ensues.
A tourist group is shown the latest in Soviet virtual reality technology through the Potemkin.
A deranged student is drawn into a circle of madness by an accelerationist CIA agent due to his crippling addiction to Chinese confectionery.
When two strangers meet in a pub, they decide not to waste their last night on earth and embark on a journey to do the activities they've always wanted to do which they otherwise couldn't.
Catastrophe is the fruit of boredom when a man with too much time on his hands becomes involved in an unexpected surprise.
Having finished school for the summer, three teenagers embark on one last adventure before everything changes.
A man and a woman both frantically try to catch the last post, but could be connected beyond the outer envelopes.
Spike recalls his exploits in the army, setting up a jazz band and other sources of his comic inspiration. He patiently answers impertinent questions from Harry Secombe, Peter O'Toole, Lynsey de Paul, Roy Hudd and Denis Norden with often amusing answers.
After getting fired from his job, an ambitious loser attempts to rally his two friends together to get revenge on the man who fired him.
Fiddler tricks Magpie into swapping her stamp collection for a supposed penguin egg.
Larry Dean's stand up special filmed live at The Glasgow Stand.
In Northern Ireland, two enterprising young criminals bite the dust when an ATM robbery goes wrong. Undeterred by their untimely demise, they come back as ghosts for one more shot.
Six drag kings embark on a moustache curling adventure to steal the Monument to Masculinity, a solid gold urinal, in a mad-cap attempt to keep their gentlemen’s club ‘KingDom’ afloat in times of economic peril.