This Is David Lander was a spoof investigative journalism comedy starring Stephen Fry. Fry was unavailable for the second series and was replaced by Tony Slattery as David Harper.
This Is David Lander
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Foyle's War
After an absence of three years, Foyle's War has returned with 3 new feature-length episodes. Yes, full-length here unlike the condensed versions on PBS if you're in the US.
Foyle's War
Foyle's War
Don't Forget To Write!
Don't Forget To Write! is a late 70's comedy of which I have been asked of it's availability a number of times in the past five years. Cross another off the list. Starring one of the greats in George Cole with Gwen Watford, Francis Matthews, Daphne Heard, Claire Walker and Ron Emslie.
Don't Forget To Write!
Don't Forget To Write!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Doctor Blake Mysteries
The Doctor Blake Mysteries is a new costume mystery drama from Australia that takes place in 1959. It will be returning next year with another series.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Prisoners' Wives 2
Prisoners' Wives has returned for a second series. Only 4 episodes this time. Good cast. The episodes won't fit on a disc with Series 1. They take up about a half disc but I have nothing else to go with it at this time and nothing in the works at the moment. It's here if you want it.
Prisoners' Wives
Prisoners' Wives
Three Of A Kind
Just realized this one must have fallen through the cracks quite some time ago when someone recently asked me if I had it. I'm sure there's a lot of other things buried somewhere too.
Three Of A Kind was an early 80's comedy sketch show starring Lenny Henry, Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield (no, not the magic guy).
Three Of A Kind
Three Of A Kind was an early 80's comedy sketch show starring Lenny Henry, Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield (no, not the magic guy).
Three Of A Kind
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Jonathan Creek returns
Jonathan Creek made a rare appearance Monday night with a new feature-length episode called The Clue of the Savants.
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
Heading Out + The Spa + New Yes, Prime Minister
3 new comedies on 1 little disc.
Heading Out was created by, written by and stars Sue Perkins with Nicola Walker (see The Last Train post below), Dominic Coleman (Swinging, The Cup, Trollied), Joanna Scanlan (Stella, The Thick Of It, Getting On), Steve Oram (Tittybangbang) and Shelley Conn (Party Animals, Mistresses, Dead Set, The Palace, Marchlands). To me, the highlight of the show was the guest appearance of Raquel Cassidy in Episode 3 where she plays Sabine, a psychotic French woman. Her role as Cassie in Worst Week of My Life almost looks sane compared to Sabine. Brilliant. Other guest appearances also highlight the show. Dawn French (with June Brown and Jeff Rawle) in the 5th episode and other episodes found Steve Pemberton and Mark Heap appearing....lately it seems Heap turns up everywhere too.
The Spa was created and written by Derren Litten (Benidorm, The Catherine Tate Show, Pie In The Sky, Perfect World). Litten also has a main role in the show along with Rebecca Front (The Day Today, Alan Partridge, Fist Of Fun, Big Train, Time Gentlemen Please, Nighty Night, Just William, Grandma's House, The Thick Of It, Lewis), Tim Healy (A Kind Of Living, Boys From The Bush, Common As Muck, The Grand, Heartburn Hotel, Catterick, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Dead Man Weds, Benidorm), Frances Barber (Behaving Badly, Manchild, Funland, Doctor Who, Silk), Niky Wardley (Complete Guide To Parenting, Parents Of The Band, All The Small Things, Catherine Tate Show, In With The Flynns), Debbie Chazen (Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married, Mine All Mine, The Smoking Room, Tittybangbang, Psychoville, We Are Klang) and Nadine Marshall (Criminal Justice, The Smoking Room, Gates).
New Yes, Prime Minister......the classic returns with an updated version starring David Haig (Nice Day At The Office, The Thin Blue Line, Keeping Mum), Henry Goodman (Gravy Train Goes East, Cold Lazarus) and Chris Larkin (Roger Roger). Good writing, good acting, but difficult to get away from the feeling that it's a sketch show doing a parody of the original.
Sold + Top Buzzer
Sold + Top Buzzer
The 2004 comedy Top Buzzer is nothing new here, but now it's paired up with the 2007 comedy-drama Sold, which is new here.
Sold, with 45 minute episodes, stars Kris Marshall (My Family, Murder City, Funland, Citizen Khan), Bryan Dick (Bonjour la Classe, All The Small Things), Anthony Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Manchild, Little Britain, Merlin, The Invisibles, Free Agents), and Christina Cole (Hex, Silent Witness).
Sold
Top Buzzer
The 2004 comedy Top Buzzer is nothing new here, but now it's paired up with the 2007 comedy-drama Sold, which is new here.
Sold, with 45 minute episodes, stars Kris Marshall (My Family, Murder City, Funland, Citizen Khan), Bryan Dick (Bonjour la Classe, All The Small Things), Anthony Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Manchild, Little Britain, Merlin, The Invisibles, Free Agents), and Christina Cole (Hex, Silent Witness).
Sold
Top Buzzer
The Last Train
The Last Train is a post-apocalyptic science fiction drama from 1999 starring Nicola Walker. Nicola is all over the place these days! In recent months we've seen her in A Mother's Son, Inside Men and Last Tango In Halifax and she is currently appearing in the sitcom Heading Out, the drama Prisoner's Wives and tomorrow night will be part of the cast in the new series of Scott & Bailey. 3 shows at once! Previously she was in Spooks (called MI-5 in the US) for about 9 years, and Torn, Touching Evil, Chalk and a bunch of other shows and films.
The Last Train
The Last Train
Monday, April 1, 2013
Full English + Popetown
Full English and Popetown are two British animated series.
Full English aired last Autumn and Channel 4 pulled the plug on it before airing it's 6th and final episode. It has a similar spoof concept as Family Guy but apparently the similarities end there. Some big name voice actors were used, led by Richard Ayoade (of The IT Crowd fame) and Rosie Cavaliero with Darren Boyd, Lucy Montgomery and Simon Greenall.
Full English
Popetown is a very controversial animated sitcom that was co-written by MacKenzie Crook who, of course, was one of the stars of The Office, Kevin Eldon and several others and featured the voices of people like Matt Lucas, Jerry Hall, Ruby Wax, Bob Mortimer and Ben Miller. Originally slated to be aired on BBC Three, it never made it. I think that was around 2003. In fact, no one in the UK would touch it and it wasn't until 2005 that New Zealand channel C4 became the only TV station with the guts to put it out there.
Popetown
Full English aired last Autumn and Channel 4 pulled the plug on it before airing it's 6th and final episode. It has a similar spoof concept as Family Guy but apparently the similarities end there. Some big name voice actors were used, led by Richard Ayoade (of The IT Crowd fame) and Rosie Cavaliero with Darren Boyd, Lucy Montgomery and Simon Greenall.
Full English
Popetown is a very controversial animated sitcom that was co-written by MacKenzie Crook who, of course, was one of the stars of The Office, Kevin Eldon and several others and featured the voices of people like Matt Lucas, Jerry Hall, Ruby Wax, Bob Mortimer and Ben Miller. Originally slated to be aired on BBC Three, it never made it. I think that was around 2003. In fact, no one in the UK would touch it and it wasn't until 2005 that New Zealand channel C4 became the only TV station with the guts to put it out there.
Popetown
The Walking Dead - Disc 4 for now
The third series of The Walking Dead has ended. It will be back in October kicking off a fourth season and 16 new episodes.
Walking Dead
Walking Dead
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