One of television's best kept secrets, Mock The Week stands aside from the ongoing collection of panel quiz games by being both very, very funny, and consistently keeping its standards high. The format certainly helps. Based on the principle of two teams going head to head in a quiz based on the week's happenings, Mock The Week then promptly rips up the textbook by introducing ...
Manufacturer: Spirit EntertainmentStarring: Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons, Russell Howard, Dara O'Briain
Outnumbered follows the daily chaos of family life with two parents and three young children locked in an unequal contest. Containing strong elements of improvisation, this comedy is an honest portrayal of the well meaning parental incompetence that happens in most homes, as Mum and Dad attempt to raise their kids with the minimum of emotional damage for all concerned. From the ...
Manufacturer: 2 EntertainStarring: Claire Skinner, Hugh Dennis, Samantha Bond, Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel RocheDirected By: Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin
In School for Scoundrels wimpy Ian Carmichael wants to impress girls and get one over on all-round show-off and cad Terry Thomas (playing gloriously to type). Discovering Alastair Simms' unorthodox school Carmichael happily enrols and learns the quaint tricks of the day for securing the admiration of a fair lady. Ultimately as a star pupil he teaches the Master a thing or two about true ...
Manufacturer: Optimum Home EntertainmentStarring: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Janette Scott, Dennis PriceDirected By: Hal E. Chester, Cyril Frankel, Robert Hamer
A sadly muddled and unsatisfying film, American Dreamz is beset by an identity crisis it never manages to answer. On paper, it's promising, if hardly radical. Hugh Grant plays the host of a top-rated American talent show. On his quest for ratings, he casts his net far and wide hunting for hopefuls, bringing in the likes of Mandy Moore as he does so. And a wannabe terrorist too. Which ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures VideoStarring: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Willem Dafoe, Mandy MooreDirected By: Paul Weitz
Manufacturer: Cinema ClubStarring: Steve Punt, Hugh DennisDirected By: David G. Hillier
Four of the British film industry's best-loved comedies in one box set makes The Ealing Comedy Collection absolutely essential for anyone who has any passion at all for movies. The set contains Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951) and The Ladykillers (1955). Ealing's greatest comedies captured the ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Joan Greenwood, Valerie HobsonDirected By: Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Manufacturer: Imc VisionStarring: Ardal O'Hanlon, Emily Joyce, Hugh Dennis, Lou Hirsch, Geraldine McNultyDirected By: John Stroud
Manufacturer: Entertainment in VideoStarring: Fiona Allen, Sophie Thompson, Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Head, Geri HalliwellDirected By: Ed Bye
Manufacturer: Universal StudiosStarring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis FranzDirected By: Richard Franklin
