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Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 10 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 10 (TV Series) (2020)
Feat. Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines
More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Guest star Saverio Guerra returns as Mocha Joe, Larry's rival from season 7. Larry continues…
Great, The (TV Series)Great, The (TV Series) (2020)
Feat. Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox
A wild and witty period drama loosely based on the rise to power of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning). Billed as 'anti–historical', the…
Intelligence (TV Series)Intelligence (TV Series) (2020)
Feat. David Schwimmer, Nick Mohammed
British workplace comedy created by and starring Nick Mohammed as an inept and tactless computer analyst who is enlisted by a pompous American NSA…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - The Promised Land (2020)
Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules
The posse meet three cat clerics who worship Lister as their God. Lister vows to help them as they're being hunted by Rodon, the ruthless feral cat…
Catch-22 (TV Mini-series)Catch-22 (TV Mini-series) (2019)
Dir. Grant Heslov, George Clooney
Feat. Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Daniel David Stewart
Updated six–part adaptation of the difficult–to–adapt classic Joseph Heller novel, a WWII satire which was formerly adapted as a…
Queens of Mystery (TV Series)Queens of Mystery (TV Series) (2019)
Feat. Julie Graham, Rebecca Grant, Andrew Leung
Delightfully tongue–in–cheek British crime series set in a picturesque fictional English village, following a young detective and her…
Russian Doll (TV Series)Russian Doll (TV Series) (2019) Recommended
Feat. Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Yul Vazquez
Emmy–nominated comedy–thriller series, in which co–creator Natasha Lyonne stars as a game developer who repeatedly dies and relives…
Barry (TV Series)Barry (TV Series) (2018) Recommended
Feat. Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg
A dark comedy starring Bill Hader as a depressed, low–rent hitman from the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life, he reluctantly travels…
Good Girls (TV Series)Good Girls (TV Series) (2018)
Feat. Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman, Retta
A female–centric take on the premise of BREAKING BAD in which three suburban moms who're tired of trying to make ends meet take a leap into…
Here and Now (TV Series)Here and Now (TV Series) (2018)
Feat. Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Daniel Zovatto
Dark comedy TV series created by Alan Ball (SIX FEET UNDER), following Portlandian parents with three adopted kids from Liberia, Vietnam and…
Kidding (TV Series)Kidding (TV Series) (2018)
Dir. Michel Gondry, Jake Schreier
Feat. Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Judy Greer
An ironically titled, poignant examination of life and grief for a beloved children's television presenter known as Mr. Pickles who anchors a…
Sick Of It (TV Series)Sick Of It (TV Series) (2018)
Dir. Richard Yee
Feat. Karl Pilkington, Marama Corlett, Sondra James
Delightfully melancholic British comedy co–created and written by the talented Karl Pilkington (AN IDIOT ABROAD), who plays a fictionalised…
Wellington Paranormal (TV Series)Wellington Paranormal (TV Series) (2018) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jemaine Clement, Jackie Van Beek
Feat. Karen O’Leary, Mike Minogue, Maaka Pohatu
An inspired spin–off TV series from WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS that expands the role of lovably clueless police officers O'Leary and Minogue…
Crashing (TV Series)Crashing (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. Pete Holmes, George Basil
Comedian Pete Holmes plays a fictionalised version of himself in this series about a New York comic who makes a new start in stand–up after his…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 9 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 9 (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman
After a six year hiatus, Larry David returns for another season of the noughties TV favourite in which his curmudgeonly alter–ego finds himself…
Decline and Fall (TV Mini-series)Decline and Fall (TV Mini-series) (2017)
Feat. Jack Whitehall, David Suchet, Eva Longoria
When a dedicated divinity student is unfairly expelled from Oxford, he is forced to take a position as a teacher at a rural boarding school in Wales.…
Girls - Season 6 (TV Series)Girls - Season 6 (TV Series) (2017) Recommended
Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke
Final season of Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty, shallow,…
Imposters (TV Series)Imposters (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. Inbar Lavi
TV series following a relationship con–artist, who gets involved with men and women under the guise of invented personalities, before using…
Jane The Virgin (TV Series)Jane The Virgin (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. Gina Rodriguez
Miami–set comedy about a bright young Latina woman who is accidentally inseminated during a trip to the doctor. A unique series which satirises…
Love, Lies and Records (TV Series)Love, Lies and Records (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. Ashley Jensen, Kenny Doughty
6–episode TV Series from the pen of BAFTA award–winning writer Kay Mellor (SYNDICATE, IN THE CLUB). Kate Dickenson has just been…
Orville, The (TV Series)Orville, The (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki
Sci–fi comedy series following the dysfunctional crew of an exploratory space ship 400 years in the future. Created by the often brilliant Seth…
This Country (TV Series)This Country (TV Series) (2017)
Feat. Daisy May, Charlie Cooper
A British mockumentary sitcom about the day–to–day lives of two young people living in a small village in the Cotswolds. Created by,…
Trip to Spain, TheTrip to Spain, The (2017) Recommended
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
Spoiled–rotten comedians Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan return for the third round of gastronomic tourism and improvised comedy – a tango…
Angie Tribeca (TV Series)Angie Tribeca (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Rashida Jones, Hayes MacArthur, Jere Burns
Steve Carell produced spoofing of TV cops with Rashida Jones as lone–wolf detective Angie Tribeca investigating the most serious cases, from…
Brief Encounters (TV Series)Brief Encounters (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Sophie Rundle, Angela Griffin, Penelope Wilton
In early 1980s England, four women wrestling with the pressures of family and finances grasp the opportunity to become party planners for "Ann…
Delicious (TV Series)Delicious (TV Series) (2016)
Dir. Claire Kilner
Feat. Dawn French, Iain Glen, Emilia Fox
A darkly comedic infidelity drama with a foodie twist. Dawn French plays a passionate cook who engages in a complicating affair with her celebrity…
Divorce (TV Series)Divorce (TV Series) (2016)
Dir. Jesse Peretz
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Molly Shannon
An HBO comedy series starring Sarah Jessica Parker as a woman who suddenly reassesses her life and marriage, and finds that making a fresh start is…
Durrells, The (TV Series)Durrells, The (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Keeley Hawes, Milo Parker, Leslie Caron
Picturesque adaptation of Gerald Durrell's autobiographical novel about his family's sudden move to Corfu in the 1930's.
Family Law, The (TV Series)Family Law, The (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Trystan Go, Fiona Choi
Gently comic series set in one dysfunctional Chinese–Australian family seen through the eyes of a fourteen–year old boy.
Fleabag (TV Series)Fleabag (TV Series) (2016) Recommended
Dir. Tim Kirkby, Harry Bradbeer
Feat. Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman
Ground breaking British comedy from the brain of genius writer, actor and producer Phoebe Waller–Bridge, developed from her one–woman…
Girl vs. Boy (TV Series)Girl vs. Boy (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Will Robertson, Emma Draper, Courtney Abbot
Kiwi romantic whodunit set in "The Bay", where an amateur detective takes it upon herself to solve the mystery behind the divisions in her tight knit…
Girls - Season 5 (TV Series)Girls - Season 5 (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Lena Dunham, Adam Driver
Further episodes from Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty,…
Good Place, The (TV Series)Good Place, The (TV Series) (2016-2018)
Feat. Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper
Inventive sitcom set in the afterlife, starring Kristen Bell who dies tragically and discovers a heavenly world of frozen yogurt, soulmates, and…
Home From Home (TV Series)Home From Home (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Johnny Vegas, Emilia Fox, Adam James
BBC sitcom set in the Lake District, England, where a couple fulfill their dream of buying a holiday lodge there, and are overjoyed until they meet…
Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) (DC's Legends of Tomorrow) (2016)
Feat. Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Arthur Darvill
TV series set in the Arrowverse and based on DC Comics characters including Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl. Season One follows the fate of an…
Mum (TV Series)Mum (TV Series) (2016-2019) Recommended
Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. Lesley Manville, Peter Mullan
Quality British character comedy following twelve months in the life of a newly widowed mother in her late fifties who attempts to rebuild her life…
New Blood (TV Series)New Blood (TV Series) (2016)
Feat. Mark Strepan, Ben Tavassoli, Mark Addy
A light–on–its–feet London–based BBC police series from the creator of FOYLE'S WAR that brings together a pair of cheeky…
Search Party (TV Series)Search Party (TV Series) (2016) Recommended
Feat. Alia Shawkat, John Early
A dark comedy with Alia Shawkat as a unfulfilled Brooklyn NY resident whose friend goes missing, inspiring her to launch a private investigation with…
This Is Us (TV Series)This Is Us (TV Series) (2016) Recommended
Feat. Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown
Comedy–drama following the lives of two twins and their adopted brother, interweaving the past and present to explore how each of the…
Upstart Crow (TV Series)Upstart Crow (TV Series) (2016)
Dir. Matt Lipsey
Feat. David Mitchell, Liza Tarbuck
A Ben Elton–penned comedy about the creative endeavours of William Shakespeare, as played by David Mitchell. The first series follows the…
800 Words (TV Series)800 Words (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Erik Thomson, Michelle Langstone, Jonathan Brugh
From the writers of OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE come this gentle dramedy that follows the travails of a widowed Sydney columnist as he up sticks for life in…
Ash vs Evil Dead (TV Series)Ash vs Evil Dead (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Lucy Lawless
Triumphant resurrection of Sam Raimi's horror franchise with Bruce Campbell rightfully returning as the undead slaying hero Ash. 10 episodes on 2…
Ballers (TV Series)Ballers (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Rob Corddry, John David Washington
ENTOURAGE–like series centred around the misadventures of a group of NFL footballers, their agents and their families.
Better Call Saul (TV Series)Better Call Saul (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Michael McKean
Spinning–off from smash hit BREAKING BAD, this worthy successor follows the trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Saul Goodman, in the…
Catastrophe (TV Series)Catastrophe (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Ashley Jensen
Funny and oddly moving sitcom with the excellent Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney playing opposite as an Irish teacher and a Boston ad exec who embark…
Girls - Season 4 (TV Series)Girls - Season 4 (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke
Further episodes from Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty,…
Grace and Frankie (TV Series)Grace and Frankie (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sam Waterston
Appealing and heartfelt sitcom with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as a retired cosmetics mogul and a hippie art teacher, brought together after their…
iZombie (TV Series)iZombie (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Rose McIver, David Anders, Malcolm Goodwin
The hunger for all things dead–but–still–living continues with his amusing twist on the genre, loosely adapted from a comic book…
Last Man On Earth, The (TV Series)Last Man On Earth, The (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, January Jones
Quirky send–up of the post–apocalypse genre with talented comedians Kristen Schaal and Will Forte playing a pair of mismatched survivors…
Master of None (TV Series)Master of None (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, Noël Wells
Based on the comedic viewpoints of its lead Aziz Ansari, this follows the personal and professional life of his 30–year–old…
Odd Mom Out (TV Series)Odd Mom Out (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Jill Kargman
Comedy series set in New York and following a mother who is torn between two worlds – the quirky and unconventional life she leads with her…
Peter Kay's Car Share (TV Series)Peter Kay's Car Share (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Peter Kay, Sian Gibson
BAFTA–winning sitcom from Mancunian comedian Peter Kay who plays a supermarket assistant manager who, together with a promotions rep (Sian…
Schitt's Creek (TV Series)Schitt's Creek (TV Series) (2015)
Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti
Feat. Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy
Eugene Levy and his son, Dan Levy, developed and star in this dryly witty Canadian sitcom about a filthy–rich video store magnate and his…
Togetherness (TV Series)Togetherness (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet
Kiwi actress Melanie Lynskey stars in this entirely relatable HBO comedy–drama from the prolific Duplass brothers that follows the…
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The (TV Series)Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Carol Kane
Infectious sitcom from the makers of 30 ROCK (Tina Fey and Robert Carlock) following a woman who is attempting to rebuild her life in New York city…
UnREAL (TV Series)UnREAL (TV Series) (2015) Recommended
Feat. Shiri Appleby, Craig Bierko, Constance Zimmer
Highly amusing satire offers a behind–the–scenes look at the chaos surrounding the production of a dating competition program, with a…
Westside (TV Series)Westside (TV Series) (2015-2019)
Feat. Antonia Prebble, David de Lautour, Reef Ireland
A period prequel to OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE. Legendary safe cracker and career criminal, Ted West and his first wife Rita Build their fortune in the slums…
Younger (TV Series)Younger (TV Series) (2015)
Feat. Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor
Sitcom created by Darren Star (SEX AND THE CITY, 90210) about a 40–year–old mother who passes herself off as 26 to land a job and has to…
Agatha Raisin (TV Series)Agatha Raisin (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Ashley Jensen, Katy Wix, Mathew Horne
The Cotswolds–based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder–mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.…
Broad City (TV Series)Broad City (TV Series) (2014) Recommended
Feat. Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer
Comic web series, now produced by Comedy Central, follows two 20–something best friends as they struggle to navigate life in New York.
Count Arthur Strong (TV series)Count Arthur Strong (TV series) (2014)
Feat. Steve Delaney, Rory Kinnear
Jolly, old–fashioned British sitcom centred on the relationship between an eccentric variety show performer and the son of his former comedy…
Detectorists (TV Series)Detectorists (TV Series) (2014-2017) Aro Favourite
Feat. Toby Jones, Mackenzie Crook, Rachael Stirling
Irresistible comedy about lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to…
Doll & Em (TV Series)Doll & Em (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Emily Mortimer, Dolly Wells
Lightweight Hollywood satire stars Emily Mortimer (as herself) and best friend Dolly Wells who is hired as the actress' new personal assistant, with…
Girls - Season 3 (TV Series)Girls - Season 3 (TV Series) (2014) Recommended
Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke
Further episodes from Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty,…
Jonah From Tonga (TV Series)Jonah From Tonga (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Chris Lilley
Chameleon comedian Chris Lilley revives his funniest and most poignant character, Jonah Takalua, for this fifth mock–umentary, set in a…
Looking (TV Series)Looking (TV Series) (2014) Recommended
Feat. Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Álvarez, Murray Bartlett
A funny and earnest HBO dramedy about the lives of a group of gay friends living in contemporary San Francisco. Co–produced by Andrew Haigh…
Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series)Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series) (Mapp & Lucia) (2014)
Feat. Miranda Richardson, Anna Chancellor, Poppy Miller
Sprightly re–take on E.F. Benson's classic comedy of manners, that deftly charts the social rivalry between two women in the 1930s when Lucia…
Our Zoo (TV Series)Our Zoo (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Lee Ingleby, Liz White, Anne Reid
Charming mini–series follows the family who founded the famed Chester Zoo.
Sensitive Skin (TV Series)Sensitive Skin (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Kim Cattrall, Don McKellar
Winning Canadian comedy series follows a couple as they attempt to to revamp their lives as they struggle with the uncertainties of middle age.
Short Poppies (TV Series)Short Poppies (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Rhys Darby, David Farrier, Josh Thomson
Rhys Darby plays multiple characters in this mock–umentary series in which journalist David Farrier goes on a trek around small town New…
Silicon Valley (TV Series)Silicon Valley (TV Series) (2014) Aro Favourite
Feat. Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Martin Starr
Mike Judge's spot–on satirical eye turns to the topical world of software technology for this sitcom that follows six young entrepreneurs and…
Spoils of Babylon, The (TV Mini-Series)Spoils of Babylon, The (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell
A florid send–up of the 'event mini–series' genre – a regular fixture on televisions in the 70s and 80s – that incorporates…
Step Dave (TV Series)Step Dave (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Sia Trokenheim, Jono Kenyon, Tania Nolan
Bright, punchy Kiwi sitcom about the up–and–down relationship between a 20–something slacker and the woman of his dreams – a…
Trip to Italy, The (TV Series)Trip to Italy, The (TV Series) (2014)
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
The complete, original BBC incarnation of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's culinary romp through the Italy, as popularised by Michael Winterbottom's…
Utopia (TV Series)Utopia (TV Series) (2014) Recommended
Dir. Rob Sitch
Feat. Rob Sitch, Celia Pacquola, Dave Lawson
Savvy comedy series from the team behind FRONTLINE and Aussie classic THE CASTLE set inside a special government office that oversees major…
Witches of East End (TV Series)Witches of East End (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Julia Ormond, Madchen Amick
TV series about a family of witches who live in the seaside town of East End. Based on the book of the same name by Melissa de la Cruz.
Ambassadors (TV Series)Ambassadors (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. David Mitchell, Robert Webb
Comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb somewhat invert their PEEP SHOW personas for this three–part comedy–drama series following the…
Big School (TV Series)Big School (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Philip Glenister
This new sitcom conceived by LITTLE BRITAIN's David Walliams concerns the private and professional squabbles of a group of secondary school…
Blandings (TV Series)Blandings (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Mark Williams
The Blandings comedy stories of PG Wodehouse are adapted for this enjoyable period sitcom set in a 1920s castle. A tongue–in–cheek…
Bluestone 42 (TV Series)Bluestone 42 (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Oliver Chris, Kelly Adams, Matthew Lewis
Excellent British dramedy combines realism with levity in its chronicle of a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. Series One: 9…
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series)Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Feat. Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews
Andy Samberg plays a hotshot detective too cocksure for his captain's liking in this irreverent law and order sitcom, very much in the vein of…
Derek (TV Series)Derek (TV Series) (2013)
Dir. Ricky Gervais
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington, Kerry Godliman
Autonomous comic vehicle for Ricky Gervais based around his character Derek Noakes, a child–like 50–year–old care worker at a home…
Family Tree (TV Series)Family Tree (TV Series) (2013)
Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Chris O'Dowd, Ed Jr. Begley, Nina Conti
Director Christopher Guest (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW) applies his distinctive doco–style comedy to the episodic format of television…
Getting On (TV Series)Getting On (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash
Serio–comic HBO remake of the British satirical series about a geriatric ward and the relationship between its patients and medical…
Girls - Season 2 (TV Series)Girls - Season 2 (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke
Further episodes from Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty,…
Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series)Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Amy Schumer
Edgy series of sketches, interviews and stand–up routines featuring ace comedian Amy Schumer.
Ja'mie: Private School Girl (TV Series)Ja'mie: Private School Girl (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Chris Lilley
Chris Lilley's fourth mock–mentary series revisits Ja'mie King, a self–centred teenager first portrayed in WE CAN BE HEROES and SUMMER…
Maron (TV Series)Maron (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Marc Maron
The caustic stand–up and podcast ace gets his own television series chronicling the ups and downs of a life in humour.
Mom (TV Series)Mom (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Allison Janney, Anna Faris
Allison Janney returns to the small screen in this sitcom that centres on a newly sober single mom who tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley.
Orange is the New Black (TV Series)Orange is the New Black (TV Series) (2013) Aro Favourite
Feat. Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Kate Mulgrew
A bracing, darkly humorous addition to the women–in–prison genre, centred on the plight of a privileged young woman whose fling with a…
Please Like Me (TV Series)Please Like Me (TV Series) (2013) Recommended
Dir. Matthew Saville
Feat. Josh Thomas, Debra Lawrance, David Roberts
A charming (if cute) Australian comedy–drama series created by and starring Josh Thomas, who plays a twenty–something who's girlfriend…
Upper Middle Bogan (TV Series)Upper Middle Bogan (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Annie Maynard, Robyn Nevin, Patrick Brammall
A doctor from an affluent background discovers she's adopted and attempts to reconnect with her biological parents, proud drag racing bogans who live…
Vicious (TV Series)Vicious (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi
Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi have a right 'ol time playing a couple of sardonic queers in this cheesy British sitcom.
Wrong Mans, The (TV Series)Wrong Mans, The (TV Series) (2013-2014)
Feat. James Corden, Sarah Solemani, Tom Basden
An ambitious BBC comedy–drama series co–created and written by GAVIN & STACEY alumni James Corden and Mathew Baynton that combines the…
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 730 Rock (TV Series) - Season 7 (2012)
Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan
Final episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
Bad Education (TV Series)Bad Education (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Jack Whitehall
A contrived, but ultimately hilarious take on the world of education, centred on an out–of–depth rookie teacher and his class of…
Black Dynamite (TV Series)Black Dynamite (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Michael Jai White
A funky Adult Swim spin–off of the feature film blaxploitation parody, with Michael Jai White returning to voice the eponymous baadasssss in…
Citizen Khan (TV Series)Citizen Khan (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Adil Ray, Shobu Kapoor
A broad cultural comedy (not far removed from MRS BROWN'S BOYS) contentious for its religious and racial punchlines, this is based on the ups and…
Cuckoo (TV Series)Cuckoo (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Greg Davies, Helen Baxendale, Andy Samberg
A wonderfully awkward British sitcom starring American comedian Andy Samberg as an out–to–lunch hippy who migrates with his new…
Danger 5 (TV Series)Danger 5 (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. David Ashby, Aldo Mignone, Sean James Murphy
Spot–on Australian spy parody follows a team of groovy international agents whose mission is to take down Hitler in an alternate 1960s…
Friday Night Dinner (TV Series)Friday Night Dinner (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird
The British sprinkle their rowdy sense of humour over the conventional family sitcom format in this fun series centred on the weekly Friday night…
Girls - Season 1 (TV Series)Girls - Season 1 (TV Series) (2012) Recommended
Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke
Following her "mumblecore" hit TINY FURNITURE, wunderkind Lena Dunham's breakthrough into television (with the help of kingpin Judd Apatow) heralds a…
Golden (TV Series)Golden (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Lucy Schmidt, Joel Tobeck, Jesse Griffin
The Olympic spirit makes for comedy gold in this Kiwi sitcom about a washed up former rowing world champion who's determined to make a comeback,…
Hellfjord (TV Series)Hellfjord (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Zahid Ali, Stig Frode Henriksen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal
Off–beat Scandi original from the writer of DEAD SNOW centres around the misfortunes a policeman who, after an unfortunate incident involving…
Hounds (TV Series)Hounds (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Toby Sharpe, Susana Tang, Mick Innes
Quirky kiwi comedy concerns the mis–adventures of a lawyer who inherits both a twelve year old half–sister and a share in a racing…
Hunderby (TV Series)Hunderby (TV Series) (2012)
Dir. Tony Dow
Feat. Alexandra Roach, Julia Davis, Alex Macqueen
Outrageous British black comedy created by the brilliant Julia Davis, set in the 1830's in coastal England, where a shipwrecked woman is courted by a…
LilyhammerLilyhammer (2012)
Feat. Steven Van Zandt, Trond Fausa Aurvaag
Norwegian–American crime drama about a former New York mobster who goes into hiding in the remote Norwegian town of Lillehammer after testifying…
Mindy Project, The (TV Series)Mindy Project, The (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Mindy Kaling, Chris Messina, Anna Camp
A young doctor who 'wants her life to be like a romantic comedy' balances her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co–workers…
Moone Boy (TV Series)Moone Boy (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Chris O'Dowd, David Rawle
Chris O'Dowd (BRIDESMAIDS) stars as the imaginary friend of a 12–year–old boy in this splendid coming–of–age sitcom, based…
Politically Incorrect Guide to Grown Ups, ThePolitically Incorrect Guide to Grown Ups, The (2012)
Psychologist Nigel Latta's third installment in his popular 'politically incorrect' series turns the spotlight on the adults and the complexities of…
Pramface (TV Series)Pramface (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Scarlett Alice Johnson, Sean Michael Verey
Two naive teenagers fresh off exams end up in bed together, and must face the challenges of an unplanned pregnancy in this modest but affecting BBC…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 10Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Series 10 (Red Dwarf X) (2012)
Feat. Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules
The first full series of RED DWARF since 1999, this continues the cult British sci–fi comedy's revival following the recent special, BACK TO EARTH.…
Rita (TV Series)Rita (TV Series) (2012-2015) Recommended
Feat. Mille Dinesen, Lise Baastrup, Carsten Bjørnlund
Danish comedy series following the life of a defiantly outspoken school teacher and single mother who excels in her teaching but struggles in her…
Stella (TV Series)Stella (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones, creator of GAVIN AND STACEY, steps into the role of a Welsh single mother surrounded by the comic eccentricities of her family and the…
Twenty Twelve (TV Series)Twenty Twelve (TV Series) (2012)
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes
The BBC sneakily push through their own version of John Clarke's brilliant Olympic satire, with London backdrop for this knowing mockumentary about a…
Veep (TV Series)Veep (TV Series) (2012) Recommended
Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh
THE THICK OF IT creator Armando Iannucci successfully transplants the formula of his hit British political satire to the White House in this winning…
Young Doctor's Notebook, A (TV Series)Young Doctor's Notebook, A (TV Series) (2012)
Dir. Alex Hardcastle
Feat. Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe
Tragi–comic TV series set in the early 20th century, with actors Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe playing a troubled and incompetent medic at a…
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 630 Rock (TV Series) - Season 6 (2011)
Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan
Further episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
Aim High (TV Series)Aim High (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Jackson Rathbone
A six episode web series centered around a dashing high school student who just so happens to be a top government agent.
Almighty Johnsons, The (TV Series)Almighty Johnsons, The (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Timothy Balme, Dean O'Gorman, Ben Barrington
From the creators of Outrageous Fortune, this fantastical series follows the misadventures of four brothers who happen to be the living incarnations…
Angry Boys (TV Series)Angry Boys (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Chris Lilley
Chameleon comedian Chris Lilley takes on another host of multiple personalities – including a Japanese housewife, a juvenile gangster rapper,…
Awkward (TV Series)Awkward (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Ashley Rickards, Beau Mirchoff, Nikki Deloach
An unpopular 15 year old gains immediate, yet unwanted, popularity at her high school when the student body mistakes an accident she has for a…
Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, The (TV Series)Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, The (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Robert Webb, Katherine Parkinson
A delicious Victorian era sitcom that parodies some of Charles Dickens's most famous works. Penned by Mark Evans, this has a distinct Mitchell and…
Bob's Burgers (TV Series)Bob's Burgers (TV Series) (2011) Recommended
Animated sitcom of American family dysfunction which serves to reinvigorate the genre with each wickedly funny half hour episode. Follows a hamburger…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 8 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 8 (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Larry David
More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Eighth season finds Larry relocating to New York while moving his way back into the dating…
Death in Paradise (TV Series)Death in Paradise (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Ben Miller, Sara Martins, Kris Marshall
A stuffy London detective is assigned the murder case of a fellow British policeman on a fictional Caribbean island, and ends up staying against his…
Eagleheart (TV Series)Eagleheart (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Chris Elliott
Chris Elliot and Adult Swim parody television's penchant for tough talking, quick shooting law enforcers (i.e. 'Walker Texas Ranger', and more…
Episodes (TV Series)Episodes (TV Series) (2011) Recommended
Feat. Matt LeBlanc, Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig
FRIENDS flotsam Matt LeBlanc makes an unlikely comeback in this agreeable satire of the situational comedy. Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig star as a…
Family Guy - Season 10 (TV Series)Family Guy - Season 10 (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Yet more episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Season 10 episodes: Lottery Fever, Seahorse Seashell Party, Screams of Silence: The Story…
Fresh Meat (TV Series)Fresh Meat (TV Series) (2011-2013)
Feat. Zawe Ashton, Greg McHugh, Charlotte Ritchie
British comedy–drama TV series from the creators of PEEP SHOW, which marked the acting debut of Joe Thomas (THE INBETWEENERS). Follows the…
Hamish and Andy's Gap YearHamish and Andy's Gap Year (2011)
Feat. Hamish Blake, Andy Lee
Australian comedians, Hamish and Andy visit various locations around America in purpose–built safari costumes, interviewing an array of…
Happy Endings (TV Series)Happy Endings (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Eliza Coupe, Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton
Zippy relationship sitcom moves swiftly out of the shadow of FRIENDS to present a fast–talking, fast–moving comedy about the lives of six…
I Just Want My Pants Back (TV Series)I Just Want My Pants Back (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Peter Vack, Kim Shaw
Basically FRIENDS for the MTV set, this undemanding sitcom centres on a group of twenty–somethings trying to make it in life and love in New…
Life's Too Short (TV Series)Life's Too Short (TV Series) (2011-2013)
Feat. Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
British sitcom mockumentary created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant about "the life of a showbiz dwarf" with the vertically–challenged…
Mrs. Brown's Boys (TV Series)Mrs. Brown's Boys (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Brendan O'Carroll
Jolly Irish sitcom spawned from actor Brendan O'Carroll's radio show and books about a funny, foul–mouthed Dublin mother who interferes in the…
New Girl (TV Series)New Girl (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield
Zooey Deschanel stars as an offbeat young woman, who moves into an apartment loft with three single men. Hilarity of a quirky kind ensues.
Night at the Classic (TV Series)Night at the Classic (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Brendhan Lovegrove
Caustic Kiwi comedian Brendhan Lovegrove fronts this clever send–up of the stand–up circuit, where various guests get the chance to…
Nothing Trivial (TV Series)Nothing Trivial (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Shane Cortese, Tandi Wright, Blair Strang
An agreeable and endearingly performed 'singles' comedy by way of modern day Auckland, centred on the romantic hang ups of five friends who compete…
Portlandia (TV Series)Portlandia (TV Series) (2011) Aro Favourite
Feat. Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein
Cult sketch comedy of the zeitgeist that affectionately skewers the liberals, hipsters and well–intentioned naifs attempting to live out their…
Shameless (TV Series, US)Shameless (TV Series, US) (2011)
Feat. William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin
Watchable, surprisingly insightful remake of the hit British series attempts to three–dimensionalize the 'trailer park' stereotype in its…
Suburgatory (TV Series)Suburgatory (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Jeremy Sisto, Jane Levy, Alan Tudyk
A single father moves to the 'burbs to ensure a better quality of life for his teenage daughter – although all is not as normal as expected.…
Suits (TV Series)Suits (TV Series) (2011) Recommended
Feat. Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams
Smart, sassy lawyer show where a brilliant college drop–out with a photographic memory is hired by one of Manhattan's top corporate firms,…
Super City (TV Series)Super City (TV Series) (2011)
Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Madeleine Sami
Award–winning comedy series directed by Taika Waititi and starring the brilliant Madeleine Sami, who alternates between multiple characters all…
Threesome (TV Series)Threesome (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Amy Huberman, Emun Elliott, Stephen Wight
Permissive Brit–com in which a thirty–year–old woman becomes pregnant after a drunken, spontaneous threesome with her boyfriend and…
Twentysomething (TV Series)Twentysomething (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Jess Harris, Josh Schmidt
Fresh–faced indie sitcom goes head–to–head with two best mates whose reluctance to give up the partying lifestyle while their…
Two Broke Girls (TV Series)Two Broke Girls (TV Series) (2 Broke Girls) (2011)
Feat. Beth Behrs, Kat Dennings, Garrett Morris
A sassy, wiseacre comedy of two penniless 20–somethings who make ends meet waiting tables at a run–down Brooklyn diner while dreaming of…
Up All Night (TV Series)Up All Night (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Christina Applegate, Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett
Sprightly, SNL–certified sitcom stars Christina Applegate as a working mother balancing her career a newborn baby cared for by her…
Winners and Losers (TV Series)Winners and Losers (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Melissa Bergland, Virginia Gay
Winning female–centric dramedy concerns the altered lives of four Melbournian women who score big on the Lottery. Gets great mileage from the…
Workaholics (TV Series)Workaholics (TV Series) (2011)
Feat. Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm
Irreverent sitcom set inside the world of telemarketing follows who work together as telemarketers from 9 to 5 and live together from 5 to 9.
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 530 Rock (TV Series) - Season 5 (2010) Recommended
Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan
Further episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
Alan Partridge: Mid Morning Matters (TV Series)Alan Partridge: Mid Morning Matters (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan revives his most famous comedy creation in this pithy mockumentary series following the middle–aged TV host's return to radio as a…
An Idiot Abroad (TV Series)An Idiot Abroad (TV Series) (2010) Recommended
Feat. Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
The whinging round–headed Manc and unwitting star of 'The Ricky Gervais Show', Karl Pilkington, is sent on a journey around the world, partly…
Castle (TV Series)Castle (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Jon Huertas
Quirky cop show with a pulp crime writer teaming up with a detective to track down a serial killer.
Check it Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (TV Series)Check it Out! with Dr. Steve Brule (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly fronts this bizarre dead–of–the–night oddity, in which he 'checks out' various facets of life, including (not…
Come Fly With Me (TV Series)Come Fly With Me (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Matt Lucas, David Walliams
The creators of LITTLE BRITAIN carry their knack for eccentric caricatures through to this send–up of the staple British…
Desperate Housewives (TV Series) - Season 6Desperate Housewives (TV Series) - Season 6 (2010)
Feat. Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross
More episodes from the popular drama–black comedy set among the denizens of suburban America. 23 Episodes over 5 discs.
Dirk Gently (TV Series)Dirk Gently (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Stephen Mangan, Darren Boyd, Helen Baxendale
An unorthodox 'holistic' detective follows the principles of quantum mechanics in order to crack cases. Eccentric sleuth comedy will appeal to fans…
Enlightened (TV Series)Enlightened (TV Series) (2010) Recommended
Dir. Miguel Arteta, Nicole Holofcener, Jonathan Demme
Feat. Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Luke Wilson
This enlightened HBO cringe–comedy from writer–actor Mike White (CHUCK & BUCK) pushes all the buttons as an excruciating study of…
Family Guy - Season 9 (TV Series)Family Guy - Season 9 (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Yet more episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Season 9 episodes: Fox–y Lady, Not All Dogs Go To Heaven, Episode 420,…
Family Guy: It's a TrapFamily Guy: It's a Trap (2010)
Dir. Peter Shin
Final chapter in Seth MacFarlane's merciless but affectionate spoofing of the STAR WARS TRILOGY features an unlikely strew of cameo's and more…
Him & Her (TV Series)Him & Her (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Russell Tovey, Sarah Solemani
A bold British sitcom centred on the inert lives of a twentysomething couple whose unemployed and unmotivated existence is played for laughs. Crude…
Jimeoin: Over The TopJimeoin: Over The Top (2010)
Feat. Jimeoin
Warts–and–all look at the life of a stand–up comic on the road follows the deadpan comic as he tours Northern Australia, with…
Leigh Hart's Mysterious Planet (TV Series)Leigh Hart's Mysterious Planet (TV Series) (2010)
Comedian Leigh "That Guy" Hart fronts this irreverent, ham–fisted send–up of Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World, visiting various corners…
Louie (TV Series)Louie (TV Series) (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Louis C.K
Feat. Louis C.K
A brilliant merger of mid–life mopery, showbiz anxiety, and imaginative observational comedy, this self–made sitcom (with intermittent…
Lowdown (TV Series)Lowdown (TV Series) (2010)
Dir. Amanda Brotchie
Feat. Adam Zwar
Timely Australian–made satire on the world of tabloid journalism centres on a struggling newspaper and its staff of celebrity gossip…
Mike & Molly (TV Series)Mike & Molly (TV Series) (Mike and Molly) (2010)
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Billy Gardell, Katy Mixon
A bighearted, if keenly self–deprecating couple comedy about the blossoming romance between two self–loathing attendees of Overeaters…
Offspring (TV Series)Offspring (TV Series) (2010) Recommended
Feat. Asher Keddie, Don Hany, Deborah Mailman
A neurotic obstetrician and her extended Melbourne family navigate love and other disasters in this bright comedy series. While not particularly…
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 6Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 6 (2010) Recommended
Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Antony Starr, Antonia Prebble
Explosive final season of the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight.
Parenthood (TV Series)Parenthood (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Lauren Graham, Peter Krause, Dax Shepard
Familiar faces star aplenty in this "funny and heart–warming" series that follows four grown siblings as they try to balance the various…
Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers, ThePolitically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers, The (2010)
The irreverent and provocative Nigel Latta returns with advice on how parents can navigate the pitfalls of raising teenagers.
Rev. (TV Series)Rev. (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Tom Hollander
The perennial British religious sitcom is given a urban reversal in this BBC comedy centred on a priest who moves from rural Suffolk to take up the…
Trip, The (TV Series)Trip, The (TV Series) (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
The complete, original BBC incarnation of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's culinary romp through the North of England, as popularised by Michael…
Victorious (TV Series)Victorious (TV Series) (2010)
Feat. Victoria Justice
Yes another Nickelodeon hit with the kids, this snappy sitcom stars tween idol Victoria Justice as an aspiring singer attending a fictional…
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 4 30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 4 (2009) Recommended
Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan
Further episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
Billy T & MeBilly T & Me (2009)
Feat. Billy T. James, Peter Rowley
Peter Rowley looks back on the time he spent writing and performing with his mate, Billy T James.
Billy T James - The Legend, The Man, The Cuz Billy T James - The Legend, The Man, The Cuz (2009) Recommended
Feat. Billy T. James
Latest compilation of the most popular sketches from irrepressible comedian Billy T James, including Te News, the Traffic Cop, the Hard Case, the…
Bored to Death (TV Series)Bored to Death (TV Series) (2009) Recommended
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson
Out of his depth but winging it anyway, Jason Schwartzman plays an upstart Private Eye moonlighting in New York City. Buddies Zach Galifianakis and…
Bro' Town - Series 5 (TV Series)Bro' Town - Series 5 (TV Series) (2009)
Final series of animated adventures set in South Auckland. Series 5 episodes: The Summer Of Samson, To Sam With Love, A Vegetarian At My Table,…
Cleveland Show, The (TV Series)Cleveland Show, The (TV Series) (2009)
Constant neighbour of Peter Griffin, Cleveland Brown, gets his own animated sitcom in this FAMILY GUY spin–off revolving around the same risque…
Community (TV Series)Community (TV Series) (2009) Recommended
Feat. Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi
Carried by a passionate internet following, this savvy American sitcom centred on the lives of seven disparate adults who form a study group while…
Cougar Town (TV Series)Cougar Town (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Courteney Cox, Busy Phillips, Christa Miller
Tragicomic adventures of a forty–something woman who decides to throw herself back into the dating pool.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 7 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 7 (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Larry David
More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Includes the much–anticipated SEINFELD reunion, with Jerry, Jason Alexander, Michael…
Dating Guy, The (TV Series)Dating Guy, The (TV Series) (2009)
Chucklesome observational comedy with four friends on a largely hopeless quest for love. Merciless in its send up of the loveless foursome this is…
Diplomatic Immunity (TV Series)Diplomatic Immunity (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Dave Fane, Craig Parker, Lesley-Ann Brandt
Mischievous Kiwi comedy series set on a small scattering of islands in the South Pacific ruled by a group of irreverent Pacific Islanders, who refuse…
Drop Dead Diva (TV Series)Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Brooke Elliott, Margaret Cho, Kate Levering
A vacant fashion model is killed in a car accident, only to be resurrected in the body of a plus–sized lawyer, in this far–fetched, if…
Eastbound and Down (TV Series)Eastbound and Down (TV Series) (2009) Recommended
Dir. Jody Hill, David Gordon Green
Feat. Danny McBride, John Hawkes, Katy Mixon
Ball–busting HBO comedy from the talents behind PINEAPPLE EXPRESS stars loutish Danny McBride as a washed–up major league pitcher, whose…
Emma (TV Mini-Series)Emma (TV Mini-Series) (2009) Recommended
Feat. Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon
The BBC's latest update of Jane Austen's comic classic, centred on the titular beauty's dangerous game of matchmaking. Regarded as the best Austen…
Family Guy - Season 8 (TV Series)Family Guy - Season 8 (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Further episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Season 8 episodes: Back to the Woods, Play it Again Brian, The Former Life of Brian, Long…
FM (TV Series)FM (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Bishop
In the world of cool indie bands, a fish–out–of–water DJ, his rock'n'roll co–host, and their producer work on a hip music…
Funny or Die Presents (TV Series)Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) (2009)
Funnyordie.com's pervasive internet skits and viral comedy clips are repackaged here as a half–hour sketch show, originally broadcast on…
Glee (TV Series)Glee (TV Series) (2009-2012) Recommended
Feat. Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele
Gleefully irreverent musical television series following an idealistic Spanish teacher who becomes director of The Glee Club, a musical–choir…
Go Girls (TV Series)Go Girls (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Anna Hutchison, Bronwyn Turei, Alix Bushnell
A North Shore equivalent of OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE perhaps, but with considerably less bite, this follows four middle–class 20–somethings as…
Horrible Histories (TV Series)Horrible Histories (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Sarah Hadland
Educational irreverance for kids, offering an unconventional take on history's funniest – and most gruesome – moments in a multitude of…
Hung (TV Series)Hung (TV Series) (2009) Recommended
Feat. Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, Anne Heche
Earthy HBO drama centred around a former high–school sports legend turned middle–aged basketball coach and cash–strapped dad,…
Ladies of LettersLadies of Letters (2009)
Feat. Maureen Lipman, Anne Reid
Marvellous television version of the classic radio play with Lipman and Reid as warring widows engaged in passionate letter writing correspondence,…
Middle, The (TV Series)Middle, The (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott
Patricia Heaton (EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND) stars as the tireless mother to three eccentric children and a gormless, blue collar husband (Flynn) in…
Miranda (TV Series)Miranda (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Miranda Hart, Patricia Hodge, Tom Ellis
Quirky comedy based on the semi–autobiographical writings of misfit comedian Miranda Hart. A comedy of awkwardness with slapstick elements…
Modern Family (TV Series)Modern Family (TV Series) (2009) Recommended
Feat. Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen
The stale family sitcom revived as an Emmy–winning mockumentary, in which the lives of three American suburban broods are hilariously exposed…
Monday Monday (TV Series)Monday Monday (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Fay Ripley, Jenny Agutter, Morven Christie
Easy–watching ITV series set in the head offices of a struggling supermarket chain, who as a result of down sizing are forced to…
Nurse Jackie (TV Series)Nurse Jackie (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Edie Falco
Pitch black comedy follows the everyday travails of the deeply troubled Nurse Jackie as she rails against the insanity of the US Health System.
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 5Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 5 (2009) Recommended
Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Charles Mesure, Antony Starr
Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight. Series 5:…
Packed to the Rafters (TV Series) Packed to the Rafters (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Rebecca Gibney, Erik Thomson, Jessica Marais
Fluffy Australian comedy focused around a couple whose plans of finally having a quiet household are destroyed when their three grown children move…
Parks and Recreation (TV Series)Parks and Recreation (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari
Absurdist comedy set in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana follows the efforts an ever–chirpy bureaucrat as she strives to make the city a…
Party Down (TV Series)Party Down (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen
The brainchild of Rob Thomas (VERONICA MARS) and Paul Rudd, this sometimes bitter, if endearingly humorous series centres on a group of struggling…
Politically Incorrect Parenting Show, ThePolitically Incorrect Parenting Show, The (2009)
Feat. Nigel Latta
Straight–shooting Clinical Psychologist Nigel Latta presents this series that teaches parents parenting tips in a hilariously frank manner…
Psychoville (TV Series)Psychoville (TV Series) (2009)
Dir. Matt Lipsey
Feat. Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Dawn French
Blacky comic sitcom written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, who each play numerous bizarre…
Red Dwarf (TV Series) - Back To EarthRed Dwarf (TV Series) - Back To Earth (2009)
Feat. Richard O'Callaghan, Jeremy Swift, Sophie Winkleman
Reunion of sorts for the cast of the British sci–fi comedy, where the crew of RED DWARF land back on earth in 2009, only to discover they are…
Reggie Perrin (TV Series)Reggie Perrin (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Martin Clunes, Fay Ripley, Wendy Craig
Admirable remake of the acerbic classic with Clunes in the role of salesman on the edge who as his life slowly crumbles starts to really speak his…
Titan Maximum (TV Series)Titan Maximum (TV Series) (2009)
Feat. Seth Green, Rachael Leigh Cook
Offbeat sci–fi spoof from the creators of ROBOT CHICKEN parodies 'Super Robot' serials and other intergalactic tropes with an obscure, but…
Walk On The Wild Side (TV Series)Walk On The Wild Side (TV Series) (2009)
Highly youtube–able, family oriented sketch show with comedians dubbing over footage from the BBC's natural history department.
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 330 Rock (TV Series) - Season 3 (2008) Recommended
Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan
Further episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
Being Human (TV Series)Being Human (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow, Aidan Turner
Supernatural sitcom has three British twenty–somethings struggling with their respective alter–egos as a vampire, ghost and werewolf.
Boston Legal - Season 5 (TV Series)Boston Legal - Season 5 (TV Series) (2008-2009)
Feat. James Spader, William Shatner
Further episodes from the irreverent spinoff to THE PRACTICE, based around the cases and happenings of the civil law section of a renowned Boston…
Boy Meets Girl (TV Series)Boy Meets Girl (TV Series) (2008)
Dir. Alrick Riley
Feat. Martin Freeman, Rachael Stirling
Cashmere Mafia (TV Series) Cashmere Mafia (TV Series) (2008) Recommended
Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto, Frances O’Connor
Short–lived drama series centred on four career hungry New York friends who turn to each other in times of personal and professional crisis.…
Cho Show, The (TV Series)Cho Show, The (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Margaret Cho
Reality–sitcom starring comedienne Cho as she goes about daily life in an industry that doesn't quite understand her and her eccentricities.…
Comic Genius of Billy T James, The - Legacy EditionComic Genius of Billy T James, The - Legacy Edition (2008) Recommended
Feat. Billy T. James
Must–have DVD & CD collection of Billy T. James Greatest Hits. DVD includes over an hour of newly released material from the TVNZ vaults…
Delocated (TV Series)Delocated (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Jon Glaser, Nadia Dajani
An anonymous family join the witness protection program after testifying against the Russian mob, only to exploit the situation by starring in their…
Family Guy - Season 7 (TV Series) Family Guy - Season 7 (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Further episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Season 7 episodes: No Meals on Wheels, Boys Do Cry, No Chris Left Behind, It Takes a…
Flight of the Conchords - Season 2 (TV Series)Flight of the Conchords - Season 2 (TV Series) (2008) Recommended
Feat. Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby
Second series of the hit musical sitcom starring Kiwis Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie as they continue to haplessly chase success in New York…
Green PornoGreen Porno (2008)
Dir. Isabella Rossellini
Feat. Isabella Rossellini
Conceived, written, directed and starring Isabella Rossellini – adorned in costumed of foam and rubber, this series of vignettes on the sexual…
Important Things with Demetri Martin (TV Series) Important Things with Demetri Martin (TV Series) (2008)
Stream–of–consciousness sketch and variety show from the extremely lovable comedian Demetri Martin, which focuses each episode on a…
Inbetweeners, The (TV Series)Inbetweeners, The (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison
Acerbic comedy follows four gawky teenage boys growing up in suburbia experiencing the deep humiliations and relentless disappointments of late…
Invisibles, The (TV Series)Invisibles, The (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Anthony Head, Warren Clarke, Jenny Agutter
Crooked comedy sees Antony Head (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) and Warren Clarke (DALZIEL AND PASCOE) play two notorious ex–crims struggling with…
Jaquie Brown Diaries, The (TV Series)Jaquie Brown Diaries, The (TV Series) (The Jacquie Brown Odyssey) (2008)
Feat. Jaquie Brown, Madeleine Sami
Pert Kiwi satire series starring former 'Campbell Live' comic relief reporter Jaquie Brown as a self–centred TV reporter attempting to further…
Kevin Bishop Show, The (TV Series)Kevin Bishop Show, The (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Kevin Bishop
Hyperactive sketch show with the chameleon like Kevin Bishop putting the boot into the entertainment industry delivered in frenetic…
Lipstick Jungle (TV Series)Lipstick Jungle (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price
Sassy, if at times sappy, TV drama based on another Candace Bushnell book (author of SEX AND THE CITY) centred on three NYC gal pals attempting to…
Little Britain USA (TV Series)Little Britain USA (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Matt Lucas, David Walliams
Adaptation of the successful Brit sketch show LITTLE BRITAIN sees creators Lucas and Walliams reprise their familiar grotesques in the USA, as well…
Lost in Austen (TV Mini-Series)Lost in Austen (TV Mini-Series) (2008)
Feat. Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston, Hugh Bonneville
Fizzy twist on PRIDE AND PREJUDICE has an ardent Jane Austen fan, living in present day London, swapping places with Austen's fictional creation…
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, The (TV Series) No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, The (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati
Filmed on location in Botswana – a major first for the country, this vibrant, award winning series comes with a hefty line–up of…
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 4Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 4 (2008) Recommended
Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Antony Starr, Antonia Prebble
Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight. Series…
Rosario + Vampire (TV Series)Rosario + Vampire (TV Series) (Rozario To Banpaia) (2008)
Tskune accidentally gets on a bus to a school of monsters.
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) - Series 2Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) - Series 2 (2008) Recommended
Dir. Danny Mulheron
Feat. David McPhail, Tandi Wright, Jason Hoyte
Second series of this un–PC yet tremendously popular Kiwi comedy series tracking the old fashioned teaching methods of Mr Gormsby and his…
South Park: The Imaginationland TrilogySouth Park: The Imaginationland Trilogy (2008)
Three episodes make up this feature length movie from everyone's favourite all–American brats as they enter Imaginationland – a magical…
Testees (TV Series)Testees (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Steve Markle, Jeff Kassel, Kenny Hotz
Manic comedy about two cash strapped slackers who in a moment of clarity decide to volunteer for paid (and potentially painful) medical experiments,…
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 230 Rock (TV Series) - Season 2 (2007) Recommended
Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan
Further episodes of the critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey, here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
After You've Gone After You've Gone (2007)
Feat. Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer
Domestic sit–com of an abandoned hubby and father (Nicholas Lyndhurst – ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES) forced to welcome his OTT…
Armstrong and Miller Show, The (TV Series)Armstrong and Miller Show, The (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong
Absurdist sketch show breathes new life into a tired format with memorable characters and some grim humour.
Benidorm (TV Series)Benidorm (TV Series) (2007-2009)
Feat. Steve Pemberton, Siobhan Finneran, Johnny Vegas
British working class sit–com by the co–writer of THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW, set within an all–inclusive resort hotel in Spain.
Big Bang Theory, The (TV Series) Big Bang Theory, The (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco
Underdog comedy series centred on two nerdy university physicists whose perfectly structured but socially inept world is challenged when a hot blonde…
Boston Legal - Season 4 (TV Series) Boston Legal - Season 4 (TV Series) (2007-2008)
Feat. James Spader, William Shatner
Further episodes from the irreverent spinoff to THE PRACTICE, based around the cases and happenings of the civil law section of a renowned Boston…
Bro' Town - Series 4 (TV Series)Bro' Town - Series 4 (TV Series) (2007)
Further animated adventures from the excellent comedy series set in South Auckland. Series 4 episodes: tba
Californication (TV Series)Californication (TV Series) (2007) Recommended
Feat. David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone
Former X–FILER Duchovny plays a ribald American novelist in the throws of a career and personal crisis; a mid–life funk which draws in…
Chuck (TV Series) Chuck (TV Series) (2007-2008)
Feat. Zachary Levi, Adam Baldwin
Affable action series centred on a computer geek recruited into the CIA after inadvertently downloading top–secret government secrets onto his…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 6 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 6 (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Larry David
More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Celebrities appearing this season include Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Lawless, John McEnroe and…
Dirt (TV Series)Dirt (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Courteney Cox
Dark comedic television series inside the life of an influential magazine Editor–in–Chief, Courtney Cox (FRIENDS) power tripping her way…
Extras - The Special Extras - The Special (2007)
Dir. Ricky Gervais
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Clive Owen
The final feature–length episode of Ricky Gervais's dig–at–the–showbiz–industry series 'Extras.' Now that Gervais'…
Family Guy - Season 6 (TV Series)Family Guy - Season 6 (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Further episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Season 6 episodes: Stewie Loves Lois, Mother Tucker, Hell Comes to Quahog, Saving Private…
Family Guy: Blue HarvestFamily Guy: Blue Harvest (2007)
Dir. Dominic Polcino
Standalone FAMILY GUY parody of pop–cultural megalith STAR WARS finds Peter, Stewie and co. assuming the roles of hero, villain, princess and…
Flight of the Conchords - Season 1 (TV Series)Flight of the Conchords - Season 1 (TV Series) (2007) Aro Favourite
Feat. Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby
Local heroes Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie's unique two–man 'digi–folk' routine finds its way onto American screens in this applauded…
Gavin and Stacey (TV Series)Gavin and Stacey (TV Series) (2007) Recommended
Feat. Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, James Corden
Likeable Welsh comedy following the trials and tribulations of a long distance couple struggling to merge their two worlds when they finally meet.…
Gossip Girl (TV Series) Gossip Girl (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Blake Lively, Taylor Momsen, Leighton Meester
Flashy teen series centred on a group of well–heeled New York prep school kids whose main focus in life is a blog written by 'Gossip Girl'…
Greek (TV Series) Greek (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Scott Michael Foster, Spencer Grammer
Outlandish comedy series focused on a former high school geek who decides to cast off his dorky former self and pledge a fraternity at college…
iCarly (TV Series)iCarly (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Kress
Excellent Nickolodeon show focused around teenaged Carly (Cosgrove) and her friends, who create their own web show based around their lives. Acute…
Librarians, The (TV Series) Librarians, The (TV Series) (2007) Recommended
Feat. Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope
Off–centre Aussie mocko series centred on a diverse group of suburban librarians (including a bigoted head librarian, racy kids corner…
Outnumbered (TV Series)Outnumbered (TV Series) (2007) Recommended
Feat. Claire Skinner, Hugh Dennis, Tyger Drew-Honey
Partly–improvised UK comedy gem takes a microscope to parenthood via the daily life of a couple bringing up three young children. The…
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 3Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 3 (2007) Recommended
Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Grant Bowler, Frank Whitten
Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight. Series…
Peter Serafinowicz Show, The (TV Series)Peter Serafinowicz Show, The (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Peter Serafinowicz
Sketch show sees Brit comic Serafinowicz (of SPACED and SHAUN OF THE DEAD fame) gently mock showbiz and pop culture, with acute observational prowess…
Pretender, The (TV Series) Pretender, The (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Bob MacLaren
Acclaimed Kiwi mocko series centred on a self–serving New Zealand MP weaselling his way from the overlooked bank bench into second in charge of…
Pushing Daisies (TV Series) Pushing Daisies (TV Series) (2007-2008)
Feat. Anna Friel, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene
Quirksome comedy series focused on a guy with the awkward gift of being able to bring the dead back to life for one minute, any longer and someone…
Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul (TV Series)Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul (TV Series) (Harry & Paul) (2007)
Feat. Paul Whitehouse, Harry Enfield
Sketch comedy show reuniting compadres Whitehouse and Enfield who achieved great success with HARRY ENFIELD & CHUMS in the 1990s. Although this has…
Rude Awakenings (TV Series)Rude Awakenings (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Danielle Cormack, Patrick Wilson
Polished, darkly tinged suburban satire between a grassroots Kiwi family and their new latte–slurping neighbours, who declare warfare in the…
Rules of Engagement (TV Series)Rules of Engagement (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. David Spade, Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price
Formulaic sitcom starring the irksome David Spade that revolves around the romantic complications of two couples and their single friend, all at…
Samantha Who? (TV Series)Samantha Who? (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Christina Applegate, Jennifer Esposito, Kevin Dunn
Hit–and–miss sitcom focused around a woman suffering from amnesia (Applegate) who must piece together bits of her past in order to…
Sarah Silverman Program, The (TV Series)Sarah Silverman Program, The (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Sarah Silverman
Controversial comedienne Silverman's sitcom is considerably more wholesome than her stand up show, but it still pushes the envelope in an often…
Satisfaction (TV Series)Satisfaction (TV Series) (2007) Recommended
Feat. Kestie Morassi, Diana Glenn, Bojana Novakovic
Intelligent, ASTRA award–winning Australian drama series focusing on a group of beautiful women who work in a high–class brothel in…
Simpsons Movie, TheSimpsons Movie, The (2007) Recommended
Dir. David Silverman
Big–screen debut of America’s yellowiest suburban family, with Homer inadvertently causing an ecological meltdown that threatens Marge, Bart,…
Summer Heights High (TV Series) Summer Heights High (TV Series) (2007) Aro Favourite
Feat. Chris Lilley
Fabulous Australian high–school mockumentary created by the boundlessly gifted and versatile Chris Lilley (WE CAN BE HEROES), who this time…
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (TV Series)Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. John C. Reilly, Al Yankovic
From the makers of TOM GOES TO THE MAYOR this bizarre 'adult swim' comedy sketch show with a unique sense of humour incorporates live action and…
Trailer Park Boys - Season 7 (TV Series)Trailer Park Boys - Season 7 (TV Series) (2007)
A gratifyingly lowbrow mockumentary series based around the lives of a set of eccentrically vulgar residents of a trailer park, mainly two petty…
Would I Lie To You? (TV Series)Would I Lie To You? (TV Series) (2007)
Feat. Rob Brydon, David Mitchell, Lee Mack
Competitive British talk show featuring quick cynical banter that resembles Q.I. Celebrity players are made to reveal personal stories about…
30 Rock (TV Series) - Season 130 Rock (TV Series) - Season 1 (2006) Recommended
Feat. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan
Spunky, critically acclaimed TV satire captained by the brilliant Tina Fey (MEAN GIRLS), here playing the besieged head writer of a comedy variety…
Amazing Extraordinary Friends (TV Series)Amazing Extraordinary Friends (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Carl Dixon, Hannah Marshall, David McPhail
Lightweight, tongue–in–cheek Kiwi kids series focused around a young boy who gains heroic powers and goes on a quest to recruit other…
Amazing Mrs Pritchard, The (TV Series)Amazing Mrs Pritchard, The (TV Series) (2006) Recommended
Feat. Jane Horrocks, Steven Mackintosh, Jodhi May
Excellent UK drama focused on supermarket manager Ros Pritchard (Horrocks) who decides to sort out Britain's political climate by running for Prime…
Big Gay Sketch Show, The (TV Series)Big Gay Sketch Show, The (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Erica Ash, Julie Goldman, Stephen Guarino
Like a gay SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, this strings together a series of sketches and social commentary from a LGBT perspective. Biting satire this is not…
Boston Legal - Season 3 (TV Series) Boston Legal - Season 3 (TV Series) (2006-2007)
Feat. James Spader, William Shatner
Further episodes from the irreverent spinoff to THE PRACTICE, based around the cases and happenings of the civil law section of a renowned Boston…
Bro' Town - Series 3 (TV Series)Bro' Town - Series 3 (TV Series) (2006)
Further animated adventures from the excellent comedy series set in South Auckland. Series 3 episodes: tba
Chaser's War on Everything, The (TV Series)Chaser's War on Everything, The (TV Series) (2006)
Collection of episodes from this Aussie talk back show providing a social commentary and mockery of current affairs and high flyers. Made infamous by…
Comedy Central Roasts: William ShatnerComedy Central Roasts: William Shatner (2006)
Feat. William Shatner, Jason Alexander, Sandra Bullock
Foulmouthed 'tribute' to much loved ham Shatner doesn't skimp on the vitriol as celebrity friends take the stage to lampoon their boldly going pal,…
Extras - Series 2 (TV Series)Extras - Series 2 (TV Series) (2006) Aro Favourite
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Orlando Bloom
Ricky Gervais graduates from bit–part actor to TV star in part two of his acclaimed anatomy of the showbiz industry. Berated for ‘selling…
Family Guy - Season 5 (TV Series)Family Guy - Season 5 (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Further episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Season 5 episodes: Perfect Castaway; PTV; Brian Goes Back to College; The Courtship of…
Frisky Dingo (TV Series)Frisky Dingo (TV Series) (2006)
Twisted sci–fi animation from the 'adult swim' company (SEALAB 2021) introduces us to Xander Crews–playboy by day and superhero…
Grumpy Old HolidaysGrumpy Old Holidays (2006)
More whining and whinging from an new queue of dissatisfied old grumps, this time on the nightmare subject of holidays and holidaying.
Hannah Montana (TV Series)Hannah Montana (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Miley Cyrus
Disney’s latest tween sensation riffs the likes of pop princesses Ashley Simpson and Hilary Duff into a catchy number about a sweet natured…
Henry Rollins Show, The (TV Series)Henry Rollins Show, The (TV Series) (2006-2007)
Feat. Henry Rollins
A weekly talk show hosted by former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins, in which he delivers monologues, gives interviews with celebrities and performs…
Hotel Babylon (TV Series)Hotel Babylon (TV Series) (2006) Recommended
Feat. Tamzin Outhwaite, Max Beesley, Dexter Fletcher
The dysfunctional inner–workings of a posh luxury hotel are played out against the ever–increasing eccentricity of its guests in this…
IT Crowd, The (TV Series)IT Crowd, The (TV Series) (2006) Recommended
Feat. Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson
Three I.T. technicians relegated to the basement of a large corporation – a neurotic manager, a computer geek and a borderline sociopath…
Jam and Jerusalem (TV Series)Jam and Jerusalem (TV Series) (Clatterford) (2006)
Feat. Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French
Jennifer Saunders penned this eccentric ensemble comedy about 'The Women's Guild', an eclectic sisterhood of ladies in small town Clatterford who…
Man to Man with Dean Learner (TV Series)Man to Man with Dean Learner (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
Cheeky comedian Richard Ayoade reprises his character from the spoof sci–fi series DARKPLACE in this spoof chat show featuring spoof…
Metalocalypse (TV Series)Metalocalypse (TV Series) (2006-2013) Recommended
Vicious metal–inspired satire details the exploits of Dethlok, a mega–successful heavy metal band partial to a little violence, revolt,…
Minoriteam (TV Series)Minoriteam (TV Series) (2006)
Eye–popping racial satire from the Adult Swim Network features a cast of superheros as ethnic stereotypes battling crime and corruption in a…
New Adventures of Old Christine, The (TV Series)New Adventures of Old Christine, The (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis–Dreyfus (everyone's favourite gal pal from SEINFELD) headlines this likeable sitcom about a single mother adjusting to her new life…
Not Going Out (TV Series)Not Going Out (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Tim Vine, Lee Mack, Megan Dodds
Popular British comedy series about Lee (Mack) who finds himself falling in love with his landlady (Dodds), a problematic situation considering she's…
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 2Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 2 (2006) Recommended
Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Grant Bowler, Frank Whitten
Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight. Series Two:…
Psych (TV Series)Psych (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. James Roday, Dule Hill
Offbeat detective series draws its dry and witty asides from the odd–coupling of a fake psychic and his long–suffering best friend, who…
Pulling (TV Series)Pulling (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Sharon Horgan, Tanya Franks, Rebekah Staton
BAFTA nominated UK comedy series about a woman who decides to break up with her dependable fiancee in order to move in with a group of girls and live…
Saxondale (TV Series) Saxondale (TV Series) (2006-2007)
Feat. Steve Coogan
Brit comedian Steve Coogan stars as an aging ex–hippie in the throes of a mid–life crisis in this amusing comedy series. A droll and…
Star Stories (TV Series)Star Stories (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Laura Patch, Alex Woodhall, Kevin Bishop
Satirical series takes the mickey out of well known British celebs such as David & Victoria, George Michael, Catherine Zeta–Jones, and Guy…
That Mitchell and Webb Look (TV Series)That Mitchell and Webb Look (TV Series) (2006-2008)
Feat. David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Olivia Colman
Pythonesque sketch show by acclaimed comedians Robert Webb and David Mitchell (THE MITCHELL AND WEBB SITUATION) that boldly pokes fun at aristocrats,…
Trailer Park Boys - Season 6 (TV Series)Trailer Park Boys - Season 6 (TV Series) (2006)
Further episodes from this gratifyingly lowbrow mockumentary series, based around the lives of a set of eccentrically vulgar residents of a trailer…
Ugly Betty (TV Series)Ugly Betty (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. America Ferrera, Salma Hayek, Eric Mabius
A spunky, savage parody of the fashion world, based around a dorky, but ever–determined Hispanic (Ferrera), thrown into the industry deep end…
Wilfred (TV Series)Wilfred (TV Series) (2006)
Feat. Jason Gann
Difficult to put a leash on, this unusual Australian series works all the comedic angles from the vantage point of a dog, its owner, and her new…
American Dad (TV Series)American Dad (TV Series) (2005)
More politically–inclined satire from the creator of THE FAMILY GUY (Seth MacFarlane), set around a CIA operative with a very strange family…
Boston Legal - Season 2 (TV Series) Boston Legal - Season 2 (TV Series) (2005-2006)
Feat. James Spader, William Shatner
Further episodes from the irreverent spinoff to THE PRACTICE, based around the cases and happenings of the civil law section of a renowned Boston…
Bro' Town - Series 2 (TV Series)Bro' Town - Series 2 (TV Series) (2005)
Further animated adventures from the excellent comedy series set in South Auckland. Series 2 episodes: Zeelander, Survival of the Fattest, Honky…
Bromwell High (TV Series)Bromwell High (TV Series) (2005)
Akin to a British version of SOUTH PARK, this non–PC animation follows the school misadventures of three problematic teenage girls, their…
Catherine Tate Show, The (TV Series)Catherine Tate Show, The (TV Series) (2005) Aro Favourite
Feat. Catherine Tate
Excellent sketch vehicle for British comedienne Catherine Tate, given free–reign to inhabit a series of vulgar, offensive, and wildly raucous…
Comeback, The (TV Series) Comeback, The (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Lisa Kudrow
Razor–sharp mocko comedy series from SEX AND THE CITY creator Michael Patrick King starring Lisa Kudrow as a washed–up sitcom star so…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 5 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 5 (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Larry David
More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Celebrities appearing this season include Ted Danson, Rosie O'Donnell, Hugh Hefner,…
Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series)Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Tyler James Williams, Chris Rock
Side–splitting memoir of Chris Rock’s Brooklyn youth recalling the trials and tribulations of school life, the war at home, and the growing…
Extras - Series 1 (TV Series)Extras - Series 1 (TV Series) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Ben Stiller
Gervais' self–proclaimed "difficult second album" is a more conventional but no less assured comedy success recalling the misadventures of Andy…
Family Guy - Season 4 (TV Series)Family Guy - Season 4 (TV Series) (2005-2006)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Further episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Disc 4.1: North by North Quahog; Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr High; Blind Ambition; Don't…
Fat Actress (TV Series)Fat Actress (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Kirstie Alley, Bryan Callen, Rachael Harris
A suprisingly innovative and ground–breaking documentary spectacle, in which actress Kirstie Alley (CHEERS) turned the tabloids' fascination…
Grumpy Old Women (TV Series)Grumpy Old Women (TV Series) (2005)
A range of female celebrities gripe about everything from their husbands to drunkenness in this forthright – and often amusing – homage…
How I Met Your Mother (TV Series)How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan
Situational comedy in the vein of FRIENDS follows a group of quirky young urbanites on their quest for love and self–fulfilment. Sharp writing…
Insiders Guide to Love, The (TV Series)Insiders Guide to Love, The (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Kate Elliot, Will Hall, Ryan O' Kane
Adopting the whimsical style of series forerunner INSIDERS GUIDE TO HAPPINESS, this spiffy companion–piece assembles an entirely new set of…
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (TV Series)It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (TV Series) (2005) Recommended
Feat. Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton
Politically incorrect sitcom about four young proprietors of an Irish pub in Philadelphia and their self–obsessiveness that keeps them from…
Love Soup (TV Series)Love Soup (TV Series) (2005-2008)
Dir. Sandy Johnson
Feat. Tamsin Greig, Michael Landes, Sheridan Smith
BBC romantic comedy starring Tamsin Greig and Michael Landes (in Series 1 only) as people who like the same things and share the same beliefs, only…
Man Stroke Woman (TV Series)Man Stroke Woman (TV Series) (2005)
Dir. Richard Cantor
Feat. Nick Frost
HOT FUZZ’s Nick Frost headlines this cheeky British sketch show, notable for functioning outside of the genre's traditional studio setting, and…
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (Shakespeare Retold)Midsummer Night's Dream, A (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
Dir. Ed Fraiman
Feat. Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton
An updated version of Shakespeare's fantasy–comedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, with Paterson and Stauton playing…
Mike Bassett - Manager (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman
Spin–off show that follows on from the film MIKE BASSETT: ENGLAND MANAGER. This is basic stuff, but you'll probably get a kick out of it if…
Moral Orel (TV Series)Moral Orel (TV Series) (2005)
Controversial, caustic parody of religious mores remixes in the Adult Swim tradition existing morally–centred shows around laregly offensive…
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Retold)Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
Dir. Brian Percival
Feat. Sarah Parish, Damian Lewis, Martin Jarvis
An updated version of Shakespeare's comedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, here transposing the romantic fireworks between…
My Family and Other AnimalsMy Family and Other Animals (2005) Recommended
Dir. Sheree Folkson
Feat. Imelda Staunton
Delightfully unassuming BBC telemovie with Imelda Staunton as the matriarch of an eccentric British family living on the Greek isle of Corfu. Based…
My Name is Earl (TV Series)My Name is Earl (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Jason Lee
Pleasantly wry TV comedy centred around a low–life beer–guzzling slacker (Jason Lee) who after a particularly galling stroke of…
Office, The (TV Series, US)Office, The (TV Series, US) (2005)
Feat. Steve Carell
Contentious yet affable US version of Ricky Gervais' hit BBC series set in the modern microcosm of 'the office', where hierachy, ambition, custom and…
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 1Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 1 (2005) Recommended
Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Grant Bowler, Frank Whitten
Mining similar territory to the feature–film SAVAGE HONEYMOON, this is a considerably more successful attempt at capturing the customs, mores…
Robinsons, The (TV Series)Robinsons, The (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Martin Freeman, Hugh Bonneville
A wry British sitcom of family dysfunction with the disarming Martin Freeman – who’s since cornered the English everyman role all for himself –…
Robot Chicken (TV Series)Robot Chicken (TV Series) (2005)
Devilish stop–motion animated series jiving an array of random sketch–comedy segments to the tune of pop–cultural parody, rounded…
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) - Series 1Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) - Series 1 (2005) Recommended
Dir. Danny Mulheron
Feat. David McPhail, Jason Hoyte, Tandi Wright
Gleefully un–PC series stars David McPhail as an aggressively behind the times 'relief teacher' in a small New Zealand secondary school, whose…
Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The (TV Series)Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The (TV Series) (2005)
Feat. Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Ashley Tisdale
Fun kids TV sitcom series from the Disney Channel starring real–life identical twins as two mischievous brothers who live in a hotel with their…
Taming of the Shrew, The (Shakespeare Retold)Taming of the Shrew, The (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
Dir. David Richards
Feat. Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Twiggy
An updated version of Shakespeare's comedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, has Shirley Henderson play a bitchy and ambitious MP…
Thick of It, The (TV Series)Thick of It, The (TV Series) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Armando Iannucci
Feat. Chris Langham, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison
Coruscating political satire examines the bumbling drones who work inside government as they blunder their days away under the watchful eye of the…
Trailer Park Boys - Season 5 (TV Series)Trailer Park Boys - Season 5 (TV Series) (2005)
Further episodes from this gratifyingly lowbrow mockumentary series, based around the lives of a set of eccentrically vulgar residents of a trailer…
We Can Be Heroes (TV Series)We Can Be Heroes (TV Series) (2005) Recommended
Feat. Chris Lilley
Hoisting the tried–and–true "mock–umentary" to new heights, the fiendishly talented Chris Lilley assumes no less than six roles in…
Weeds (TV Series)Weeds (TV Series) (2005-2012) Recommended
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Justin Kirk
Tinkering with suburban values and the illusion they help maintain, this wry and caustic comedy of affluence trafficks the drug trade of a widowed…
Best of Spike Milligan, TheBest of Spike Milligan, The (2004)
Dir. Alan J.W. Bell
Feat. Spike Milligan
BBC compilation of comical highlights from the television career of the famous ex–Goon. Includes skits from 'Q' and 'There's a lot of it About'.
Blackpool (TV Series)Blackpool (TV Series) (2004)
Dir. Coky Giedroyc, Julie Ann Robinson
Feat. David Morrissey, Sarah Parish, David Tennant
Cocky and entertaining mini–series concerns the rise and fall of a Blackpool gambling entrepeneur, played with broad intensity by the excellent…
Boston Legal - Season 1 (TV Series)Boston Legal - Season 1 (TV Series) (2004-2005)
Feat. James Spader, William Shatner, Monica Potter
Irreverent spinoff to THE PRACTICE adds a thwack of biting comedy to some familiar courtroom antics, chiefly courtesy of star turns from James Spader…
Bro' Town - Series 1 (TV Series)Bro' Town - Series 1 (TV Series) (2004) Recommended
An instant hit with local audiences, this 'Simpsons of the South Pacific', catches a humourous and authentic South Auckland vibe, with its teenage…
Chappelle's Show (TV Series)Chappelle's Show (TV Series) (2004)
Feat. Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle's revered sketch show ranks amongst the decades comedic high points, with it's mixture of sketches, pop culture parodies and live…
Corner Gas (TV Series)Corner Gas (TV Series) (2004)
Feat. Brent Butt
Praised in certain quarters, this unheralded Canadian sitcom recalls in spirit the irreverent ‘nothingness’ of SEINFELD, extracting smart and…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 4 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 4 (TV Series) (2004)
Feat. Larry David
More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Celebrities appearing this season include Mel Brooks, Ben Stiller, Ted Danson, Saul…
Desperate Housewives (TV Series) - Season 1Desperate Housewives (TV Series) - Season 1 (2004) Recommended
Feat. Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross
A wildly popular "super–soap" which explores the secrets, neuroses, affairs and generally intriguing lives of a group of middle–aged…
Director's Commentary (TV Series)Director's Commentary (TV Series) (Peter De Lane's Director's Commentary) (2004)
Feat. Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon provides hilariously subversive director's commentary of the TV shows he's directed, under the guise of 'Peter De Lane'. Shows spoofed…
Entourage (TV Series)Entourage (TV Series) (2004) Recommended
Feat. Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jeremy Piven
A loutish, hipper spin on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM's lifestyles of the rich and famous, this series chronicles the rising star of a hot young actor…
Facelift (TV Series)Facelift (TV Series) (2004-2006) Recommended
A genuinely hilarious, Kiwi–centric sketch satire spoofing many of New Zealand’s best known ‘faces’, with various masked actors…
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (TV Series)Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (TV Series) (2004)
Feat. Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, Alice Lowe
Richard Ayoade (THE IT CROWD) spun this radical late–night oddity with cohort Matthew Holness, who plays a fictional horror author and creator…
Green Wing (TV Series)Green Wing (TV Series) (2004) Recommended
Feat. Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan, Sarah Alexander
Cult medical comedy stars BLACK BOOK's idiosyncratic Tamsin Greig as a new surgical registrar whose job orientation runs the usual gamut of deranged,…
Huff (TV Series)Huff (TV Series) (2004)
Feat. Hank Azaria, Paget Brewster, Blythe Danner
Solid 'midlife crisis' drama series set around a successful psychiatrist (Azaria) who is sent into a tailspin when a 15–year old patient…
I Am Not An Animal (TV Series)I Am Not An Animal (TV Series) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Peter Baynham
Feat. Steve Coogan, Simon Pegg
Acclaimed claymation series, set around a group of 'super animals' who live in luxury in an ultra–secret vivisection laboratory. Although…
Insiders Guide to Happiness, The (TV Series)Insiders Guide to Happiness, The (TV Series) (2004) Recommended
Feat. Fasitua Amosa, Ben Barrington, Fraser Brown
An ambitious, stylish TV series (made on our doorstep) which shows the life–tracks of various contemporary urbanites and suburbanites meshing…
Joey (TV Series)Joey (TV Series) (2004)
Feat. Matt LeBlanc, Drea De Matteo, Jennifer Coolidge
Matt LeBlanc jumps the shark in this resurrection of his lovable, studly FRIENDS role after the popular show's tenth season finale. A desperate,…
John Safran vs God (TV Series)John Safran vs God (TV Series) (2004) Aro Favourite
Feat. John Safran
Ozzie media–satirist John Safran explores religion in the modern world with high irreverance, low humour and agnostic scepticism. Among the…
League of Gentlemen, The - Series 3 (TV Series)League of Gentlemen, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (2004)
Dir. Steve Bendelack
Feat. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Third series of the ghoulishly black comedy set in the sinister village of Royston Vasey.
Life Begins (TV Series) Life Begins (TV Series) (2004)
Dir. David Caffrey, Charles Palmer
Feat. Caroline Quentin, Alexander Armstrong, Frank Finlay
Charming British series concerning a woman who must face life as a single middle–age woman after the sudden departure of her husband.…
Mighty Boosh, The (TV Series)Mighty Boosh, The (TV Series) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Paul King
Feat. Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
Irreverent, maniacal cult comedy from the BBC stables, centered around zoo workers Howard Moon and Vince Noir who find time between feeding the…
Nighty Night (TV Series)Nighty Night (TV Series) (2004)
Feat. Julia Davis
Thoroughly "wicked" drama series follows the nefarious efforts of arch–manipulator Julia Davis to 'move on' after her husband falls ill to…
Smoking Room, The (TV Series)Smoking Room, The (TV Series) (2004-2005)
Dir. Gareth Carrivick
Feat. Robert Webb, Jeremy Swift, Paula Wilcox
BBC three began airing this sitcom 6 months after the final Christmas special of Ricky Gervais's masterpiece "The Office". However, this series…
Tom Goes to the Mayor (TV Series)Tom Goes to the Mayor (TV Series) (2004)
One of Adult Swim's more unclassifiable animations, this surreal comedy of small town banter revolves around a diligent citizen of Jefferson, Tom…
Trailer Park Boys - Season 4 (TV Series)Trailer Park Boys - Season 4 (TV Series) (2004)
Further episodes from this gratifyingly lowbrow mockumentary series, based around the lives of a set of eccentrically vulgar residents of a trailer…
Venture Bros, The (TV Series)Venture Bros, The (TV Series) (2004)
The zany minds at Adult Swim turn to spoofing JOHNNY QUEST, directing the spotlight on a pill–popping scientist, his moronic sons, and their…
Worst Week of My Life, The (TV Series)Worst Week of My Life, The (TV Series) (2004) Recommended
Feat. Sarah Alexander, Ben Miller, Alison Steadman
The stressful lead up to a wedding is the inspired comic premise for this series, in which everything that can go wrong, does go wrong... Ben…
Absolute Power (TV Series)Absolute Power (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Stephen Fry
With its cynical heart in the right place, this BBC comedy has a cunning Stephen Fry running a shameless PR firm, who act as spin doctors to the…
Arrested Development (TV Series)Arrested Development (TV Series) (2003-2005) Recommended
Feat. Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Portia de Rossi
Celebrated TV sitcom follows the travails of a once–affluent family contending with sudden poverty after the bread–winner (Tambor) is…
Canterbury Tales, The (TV Mini-Series)Canterbury Tales, The (TV Mini-Series) (2003)
Feat. James Nesbitt, Julie Walters, Billie Piper
A contemporay retelling of six tales from Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval classic, which dispenses with the framing journey to concentrate on the…
Cheers and Tears (TV Series)Cheers and Tears (TV Series) (The Booze Cruise) (2003)
Dir. Paul Seed
Feat. Martin Clunes, Mark Benton, Neil Pearson
"Nothing goes according to plan" in this delightful series of British tele–movies in which an eccentric group of friends set sail on a series…
Double Take (TV Series)Double Take (TV Series) (2003)
Award–winning BBC series which uses convincing lookalikes of members of the royal family, politicians, celebrities etc., to construct…
Fortysomething (TV Series)Fortysomething (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Hugh Laurie, Anna Chancellor, Benedict Cumberbatch
Humorous Britcom starring Hugh Laurie as an anxiety ridden doctor amidst the meltdown of a midlife crisis. With his long–term marriage slowly…
Grumpy Old Men (TV Series)Grumpy Old Men (TV Series) (2003-2004)
An impressive array of British male celebrities take their turn to chew the fat on all manner of irksome annoyances especially concerning the modern…
Hardware (TV Series)Hardware (TV Series) (2003-2004)
Feat. Martin Freeman, Peter Serafinowicz, Ken Morley
Martin Freeman transplants his put–upon persona from THE OFFICE almost intact with this more conventional workplace sitcom. Set in a fictional…
Last Detective, The (TV Series)Last Detective, The (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Peter Davison
The ironically moniker Constable "Dangerous" Davies livens up this comic policier about an inept but persistent detective saddled with the most…
League of Gentlemen, The - Series 2 (TV Series)League of Gentlemen, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (2003)
Dir. Steve Bendelack
Feat. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Second series of the ghoulishly black comedy set in the sinister Northern English village of Royston Vasey.
Little Britain (TV Series)Little Britain (TV Series) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Steve Bendelack, Graham Linehan
Feat. Tom Baker, Matt Lucas, David Walliams
A surrealistic (invented) travelogue narrated by Tom Baker, which explores the eccentricities of various caricatured 21st century Britons. Created by…
Look Around You (TV Series)Look Around You (TV Series) (2003-2006)
Dir. Tim Kirkby
Feat. Robert Popper, Peter Serafinowicz, Olivia Colman
Season 1 is a brilliant absurd satire of educational programmes, particularly of the faceless kind played to British schoolchildren in the 1970's,…
Manchild (TV Series)Manchild (TV Series) (2003)
Dir. David Evans
Feat. Nigel Havers
The life of four 50–something London men makes for an amusing spin of the ‘men behaving badly’ formula. With three of the…
Margery and Gladys (TV Series)Margery and Gladys (TV Series) (2003)
Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Penelope Keith, June Brown
Jaunty British comedy of a wealthy suburban housewife and her cleaner who, believing they've killed a house burglar, set off as fugitives attempting…
Marion & Geoff (TV Series)Marion & Geoff (TV Series) (2003)
Dir. Hugo Blick
Feat. Rob Brydon
Fantastic BBC comedy series co–written by and starring Rob Brydon as a taxi driver who records monologues on his video camera, relating the…
New Tricks (TV Series)New Tricks (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman
Solidly commended British crime series set around a trio of retired police detectives (Armstrong, Bolam and Waterman), led by the rather brash Amanda…
Newlyweds (TV Series)Newlyweds (TV Series) (Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica) (2003-2005)
Feat. Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey
A fluffy, but possibly enjoyable 'Reality TV' series produced by MTV which spends a year in the life of newly hitched pop stars Nick Lachey and…
Out of OrderOut of Order (2003)
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, Justine Bateman
The pilot episode for a TV Series set around a Los Angeles family, where Mom (Huffman) and Dad (Stoltz) exist on the middle rungs of the Hollywood…
QI (TV Series)QI (TV Series) (Quite Interesting) (2003-2005)
Feat. Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Rob Brydon
Stephen Fry hosts this high and low–brow quiz show where celebrity panellists earn points for knowledge and invention and are penalised for…
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (TV Series)Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (TV Series) (2003-2006)
Genuinely amusing series in which five gay men (Ted Allen, Thom Filicia, Kyan Douglas, Jai Rodriguez and Carson Kressley) help transform the life of…
Reno 911 (TV Series)Reno 911 (TV Series) (2003) Recommended
Feat. Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash, Thomas Lennon
Irreverent and absurd mock–umentary takes us behind the scenes of the Reno police department and spotlights the bungling incompetents who work…
Simple Life, The (TV Series)Simple Life, The (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie
One of the more gratuitous 'Reality TV' shows puts famously inane heiress Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie (daughter of Lionel), into farm clothes to…
Slings and Arrows (TV Series)Slings and Arrows (TV Series) (2003) Recommended
Feat. Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rachel McAdams
One of the great forgotten TV gems, this critically lauded, scandalously under–watched arts comedy centres on a fictional Canadian Shakespeare…
So Little Time (TV Series)So Little Time (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen
The ever–cutesome Olsen twins took over the world with this television series where they cope with the pressures of school, social life and…
Stella StreetStella Street (2003)
Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. John Sessions, Phil Cornwell
Worthy bigscreen spinoff of the British TV sketch series, in which two actors (Sessions and Cornwell) impersonate a range of Hollywood stars (Michael…
Tenacious D - The Complete MasterworksTenacious D - The Complete Masterworks (2003) Recommended
Feat. Jack Black, Kyle Gass
The complete episodes of the short–lived but hilarious HBO TV series, this showcase also compiles the various other projects formed around the…
Trailer Park Boys - Season 3 (TV Series)Trailer Park Boys - Season 3 (TV Series) (2003)
Further episodes from this gratifyingly lowbrow mockumentary series, based around the lives of a set of eccentrically vulgar residents of a trailer…
Two and a Half Men (TV Series)Two and a Half Men (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Melanie Lynskey
This family–friendly sitcom is mostly a vehicle for Charlie Sheen, who here plays a rich bachelor who has to reluctantly accommodate his…
Wildboyz (TV Series)Wildboyz (TV Series) (2003-2005)
Dir. Jeff Tremaine
Feat. Steve-O , Chris Pontius
JACKASS alumni Steve–O and Chris Pontius apply their daredevil obnoxiousness to satirising the 'nature documentary'. In practice, this…
William and Mary (TV Series)William and Mary (TV Series) (2003)
Feat. Martin Clunes, Julie Graham
The ups and downs of an undertaker (Clunes) and midwife (Graham) in love forms the basis of this rocky, unconventional relationship comedy, where…
Believe Nothing (TV Series)Believe Nothing (TV Series) (2002)
Dir. John Stroud
Feat. Rik Mayall
Rik Mayall here displays his talent for creating obnoxiously hilarious characters, playing the "cleverest man in Britain", Professor Adonis…
Blackadder's A Christmas CarolBlackadder's A Christmas Carol (2002)
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Robbie Coltrane
Version of Charles Dickens' Christmas classic, completely Blackadder–ised for your viewing pleasure.
Cruise of the GodsCruise of the Gods (2002)
Dir. Declan Lowney
Feat. Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, David Walliams
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan set sail in this cult precursor to THE TRIP, where showbiz rivalry and jealously again rears its ugly head. The comedic…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 3 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 3 (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Larry David
More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Celebrities appearing this season include Ted Danson, Michael York, Richard Lewis, Joan…
John Safran's Music Jamboree (TV Series)John Safran's Music Jamboree (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. John Safran
The mischievious Australian–Jewish satirist here plunges into the surprisingly weird world of contemporary popular music. Presenting a range…
Kath and Kim (TV Series)Kath and Kim (TV Series) (Kath & Kim) (2002-2005) Recommended
Dir. Ted Emery
Feat. Gina Riley, Jane Turner, Glenn Robbins
Fair–dinkum Ocker ‘suburban satire' developed and superbly performed by its two female stars who play a mum–and–daughter who…
Kumars at No. 42, The (TV Series)Kumars at No. 42, The (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal
Hit British comedy show in which a ficticious Indian immigrant family host a chat–show with real–life guests. Appearing here –…
Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan, TheLife and Legacy of Spike Milligan, The (I Told You I Was Ill) (2002)
Dir. Dominic Brigstocke
Feat. Kathy Burke, Harry Enfield, Eddie Izzard
A live tribute to the genius of British comedian Spike Milligan, devised by the BBC 6 months after his death. Features performances and readings of…
Linda Green (TV Series)Linda Green (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Liza Tarbuck
Surprisingly endearing comic drama, follows the life of swinging single girl Linda (played by former TV presenter Liza Tarbuck) from work to home to…
Monk (TV Series)Monk (TV Series) (2002-2004)
Feat. Tony Shalhoub, Ted Levine
A curious detective series, in which the brilliant lead sleuth must not only crack some devious and bizarre crimes, but also contend with his own…
Moon TV (TV Series)Moon TV (TV Series) (Moon Television) (2002-2006)
After making a name for himself as the deadpan bloke "That Guy" on "Sports Cafe", Leigh Hart produced this absurd low–budget skit show for TVNZ…
Nick Frost's Danger! 50,000 Volts (TV Series) Nick Frost's Danger! 50,000 Volts (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
Amusing TV series that provides practical advice on surviving the many pitfalls of our perilous world, while also managing to find humour in its…
Office, The (TV Series)Office, The (TV Series) (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman
A BAFTA–winning, mock–documentary–style situation comedy about a team of paper–merchant administrators who allow a film crew…
Osbournes, The (TV Series)Osbournes, The (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Ozzy Osbourne
A smash hit of the ‘Reality TV’ genre, this follows the antics of wealthy heavy metaller Ozzy Osbourne, wife/manager Sharon and two of their…
Strip, The (TV Series)Strip, The (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Luanne Gordon, Renée Ellwood, Jodie Rimmer
A highly strung corporate lawyer finds her life in disarray upon discovering her husband in bed with another man, so naturally she chucks in her job…
Wild West (TV Series)Wild West (TV Series) (2002-2004)
Feat. Dawn French, Catherine Tate, Bill Bailey
Quirky and understated comedy series concerning two 'lesbians of convenience' (French and Tate) living in the fictitious Cornwall town of St. Gweep,…
Always Greener (TV Series)Always Greener (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. John Howard, Anne Tenney
Whimsical Australian 'dramedy' follows the mis/fortunes of two related families – the Taylors from suburban Sydney, and the Todds from rural New…
Back of the Y - Masterpiece Television (TV Series)Back of the Y - Masterpiece Television (TV Series) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Chris Stapp
Feat. Matt Heath, Chris Stapp, Phil Brough
Masterfully original TV–trash that follows in the tradition of BAD TASTE, this enacts a satirical reality–TV show of…
Being Eve (TV Series)Being Eve (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Fleur Saville
Spunky, good–natured Kiwi comedy essays the angsty teenage years of girl philosopher Eve Baxter, whose unconventional outlook on life is…
Billy Connolly - World Tour of... (TV Series)Billy Connolly - World Tour of... (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Billy Connolly
TV series following comedian Billy Connolly on tour throughout the world. "World Tour of England, Scotland and Wales" (available to rent):…
Bob and Rose (TV Series)Bob and Rose (TV Series) (2001)
Dir. Julian Farino, Joe Wright
Feat. Alan Davies, Lesley Sharp
Smart, open–minded relationship drama contemplates the possibility of a gay man and a straight woman falling in love. Devoid of stereotypes,…
Book Group, The (TV Series)Book Group, The (TV Series) (2001)
Dir. Annie Griffin
Feat. Anne Dudek, Rory McCann, James Lance
Browses amusingly through the lives of a mixed group of Glaswegian book–lovers, who have weekly meetings to discuss their literary…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 2 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 2 (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Larry David
More episodes in the quirky celebrity–studded comedy. Celebrities appearing this season include Jason Alexander, Brad Hall, Julia…
Doc Martin (TV Series)Doc Martin (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Martin Clunes
Martin Clunes plays a luckless obstetrician who leaves his unfaithful wife in London to become the local doctor in a small Cornish fishing…
Ellen Show, The (TV Series) Ellen Show, The (TV Series) (2001-2002)
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Cloris Leachman, Martin Mull
America's most mainstream lesbian Ellen DeGeneres puts her comic talents to use in her own TV series about a successful big city entrepreneur tempted…
Family Guy - Season 3 (TV Series)Family Guy - Season 3 (TV Series) (2001-2002)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Further episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Disc 3.1: The Thin White Line; Brian Does Hollywood; Mr. Griffin Goes To Washington; One…
Fun at the Funeral Parlour (TV Series)Fun at the Funeral Parlour (TV Series) (2001-2002)
Feat. Rhys Thomas, William Thomas, Alex Lowe
A BBC comedy series set around the Swansea area of South Wales, where four funeral directors, all known as Thomas, are running a funeral business…
Happy Days - Biography (2001)
Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler
The 1970s US TV–Series ‘Happy Days’, set in suburban 1950s Milwaukee, is revisited with the crew and cast.
Lone Gunmen, The (TV Series)Lone Gunmen, The (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund
An interesting spinoff series, this trails a trio of computer hackers who repeatedly cropped up in THE X–FILES, and were given a single season…
Mitchell and Webb Situation, The (TV Series)Mitchell and Webb Situation, The (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. David Mitchell, Robert Webb
Inventive BBC comedy sketch show written and produced in the early days by comedy duo Mitchell and Webb (MAGICIANS) who went on to create the…
Scrubs (TV Series)Scrubs (TV Series) (2001) Recommended
Feat. Zach Braff, John C. McGinley
A unique TV medical drama, set around the young medical interns at Sacred Heart Hospital, with a tone that crosses from the serious to the blackly…
Sealab 2021 (TV Series)Sealab 2021 (TV Series) (2001)
Savvy Adult Swim comedy is another redux of a dead–and–buried Hanna Barbara cartoon: an undersea–themed adventure series now…
Secret Life of Us, The (TV Series)Secret Life of Us, The (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Claudia Karvan, Deborah Mailman
Surprisingly consistent dramedy set in funky, downtown Melbourne amongst a group of romantically ambitious young people. Maintains a quirky lightness…
Teachers (TV Series)Teachers (TV Series) (2001-2004)
Feat. Andrew Lincoln, Nina Sosanya, Adrian Bower
British TV comedy following the lives of a group of secondary school teachers in and out of the classroom. Series One centres around Andrew Lincoln…
Trailer Park Boys - Season 1 & 2 (TV Series)Trailer Park Boys - Season 1 & 2 (TV Series) (2001-2006) Recommended
Dir. Mike Clattanburg
Feat. Rob Wells, Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay
A gratifyingly lowbrow mockumentary series based around the lives of a set of eccentrically vulgar residents of a trailer park, mainly two petty…
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps (TV Series)Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Will Mellor, Sheridan Smith, Natalie Casey
Brit sitcom following a group of five 20 somethings in Cheshire who regularly meet at the local pub to discuss the trials and tribulations of life.…
Ally McBeal (TV Series) Ally McBeal (TV Series) (2000)
Feat. Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Greg Germann
Hit TV–Series starring loopily–neurotic lawyer Calista Flockhart in a comical series of post–modern office–adventures, as…
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV Series)Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV Series) (2000)
More irreverent animated shenanigans by way of the Adult Swim Network, this time rounding up three hapless, delinquently–inclined superheroes…
At Home With The Braithwaites (TV Series)At Home With The Braithwaites (TV Series) (2000) Aro Favourite
Feat. Amanda Redman, Peter Davison, Sarah Smart
A self–consciously offbeat domestic drama revolving around the dysfunctional minefield of the Braithwaite household, familial relations that…
Beast (TV Series)Beast (TV Series) (2000)
Feat. Alexander Armstrong, Doon Mackichan, Sylvestra Le Touzel
Offbeat sitcom from the writer of MEN BEHAVING BADLY has Alexander Armstrong as an animal hating vet who's dislike of his profession is alleviated by…
Brak Show, The (TV Series)Brak Show, The (TV Series) (2000)
Space Ghost’s talk show nemesis, evil Zorak and sidekick Brak, get their own spin–off TV series parodying cheesy suburban sitcoms within the…
Coupling (TV Series)Coupling (TV Series) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Martin Dennis
Feat. Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander
A battle–of–the–sexes comedy series centering around six thirtysomethings, this British "Friends" enjoys a similar group dynamic…
Da Ali G Show (TV Series)Da Ali G Show (TV Series) (Ali G, Innit; Ali G, Aiii; Ali G in da USAiii) (2000-2004) Aro Favourite
Feat. Sacha Baron Cohen
A hilarious batch of subversive, satirical interviews and gags from Britain’s preposterous hiphopping comedy host, played by Sacha Baron Cohen.
Don Matteo (TV Series)Don Matteo (TV Series) (2000)
Feat. Terence Hill
A uniquely comedic riff on the detective genre, with the series' titular Father Matteo spreading God’s message by day, while moonlighting as a…
Family Guy - Season 2 (TV Series)Family Guy - Season 2 (TV Series) (2000)
Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis
Further episodes from the surrealistic animated sitcom. Disc 2.1: Da Boom; Brian In Love; I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar; A Picture Is Worth A 1000…
Harvey Birdman - Attorney at Law (TV Series)Harvey Birdman - Attorney at Law (TV Series) (2000)
More hysterical superhero subversion from the Adult Swim Network, this time rendering the case studies of failed caped…
Human Remains (TV Series)Human Remains (TV Series) (2000) Recommended
Feat. Rob Brydon, Julia Davis
BBC black comedy mockumentary style series centred around six different offbeat couples, one per episode, candidly revealing their kooky home lives.…
Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager (TV Series) (2000)
Dir. Dewi Humphreys
Feat. Harry Enfield
Kevin (Harry Enfield) and his odd–bird disciple Perry, two disaffected, DJ–worshipping teens, give us the run–down on how to hate…
Lock Stock and Four Stolen Hooves (TV Series)Lock Stock and Four Stolen Hooves (TV Series) (2000)
Dir. Sheree Folkson
Tele–sequel to the hit movie LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, gives a reasonably funny riff on the bumbling quartet of lads on the make,…
Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series)Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) (2000-2006)
Feat. Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Frankie Muniz
Mold–breaking, critically acclaimed American sitcom centering around the tribulations of Malcolm, a young adolescent who has enough to cope…
My Family (TV Series)My Family (TV Series) (2000-2006)
Feat. Zoe Wanamaker, Robert Lindsay
Sturdy British sitcom with Zoe Wanamaker and Robert Lindsay at the head of middle–class family whose dysfunctions range from the petty…
Action (TV Series)Action (TV Series) (1999)
Feat. Jay Mohr, Illeana Douglas, Buddy Hackett
A dark comedy TV series about a movie producer in Hollywood, who is trying to recover from his last box–office failure. Casts a sharp eye…
Bang Bang It's Reeves & Mortimer (TV Series)Bang Bang It's Reeves & Mortimer (TV Series) (1999)
Feat. Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer
Follow–up to the duo's original sketch show hit, featuring some of their best and funniest characters, performed with the usual anarchic,…
Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series)Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) (1999)
Genuinely amusing clay–mation generated by MTV, stages fantasy bouts–to–the–death between various celebrity pairings, like:…
Comedy Greats - Dick EmeryComedy Greats - Dick Emery (1999)
Dir. Harold Snoad
Feat. Dick Emery
A much–loved British TV comedian of the 1960s and 70s, Dick Emery was a master of costume and make–up, playing a host of characters in…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 1 (TV Series)Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 1 (TV Series) (1999) Aro Favourite
Feat. Larry David, Jeff Garlin
We can't contain our enthusiasm for this little–known gem of a series from SEINFELD co–creator Larry David , who here plays himself…
Freaks and Geeks (TV Series)Freaks and Geeks (TV Series) (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Judd Apatow
Feat. Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Jason Segel
Much loved but unfortunately short lived classic about two distinct groups of teenagers dealing with high school in the eighties. Created by a…
Games, The (TV Series)Games, The (TV Series) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Bruce Permezel
Feat. John Clarke, Gina Riley, Bryan Dawe
An exacting TV–satire that paralleled the lead–up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, turning the 'real TV' documentary format on its head…
Home Movies (TV Series) Home Movies (TV Series) (1999-2004)
Overlooked comedy animation series from the Adult Swim Company, telling the tale of a wise–beyond–his–years wannabe filmmaker who…
League of Gentlemen, The (TV Series)League of Gentlemen, The (TV Series) (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Steve Bendelack
Feat. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Ghoulishly black comedy set in the sinister village of Royston Vasey, where two visiting hikers suffer a plague of Northern English foul urges and…
League of Gentlemen, The - Christmas Special (TV Series)League of Gentlemen, The - Christmas Special (TV Series) (1999)
Feat. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
A full–length special set in the sinister village of Royston Vasey, putting a ghoulish spin on the festive season.
Let Them Eat Cake (TV Series)Let Them Eat Cake (TV Series) (1999)
Feat. Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Alison Steadman
A BLACKADDER–style spoof of the French Revolution with Jennifer Saunders playing the Comtesse de Vache, with Dawn French as her maid. This…
Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (TV Series)Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (TV Series) (1999)
Dir. Brian Grant
Feat. Gerard Butler
Romantic drama based on the top selling chick lit novel by Marian Keyes following the life and loves of a twenty–something living in London.…
Queer as Folk (TV Series)Queer as Folk (TV Series) (1999) Recommended
Feat. Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam
Groundbreaking television drama that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Eight…
Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in all the World (TV Series) Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in all the World (TV Series) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Q. Allan Brocka
Deliciously offensive grown–up animation tracking the lives of a gay couple Rick and Steve whose cosy little West Lahunga Beach existence is…
Rock Profile (TV Series)Rock Profile (TV Series) (1999-2001)
Dir. Gareth Carrivick
Feat. Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Jamie Theakston
The creators of LITTLE BRITAIN satirise the ways of rich rock'n'rollers with a series of parodies of Elton John, George Michael, U2, Tom Jones,…
Shonky GolfShonky Golf (1999)
Feat. Mick Molloy
Oz comedian Mick Molloy divets up the fairway in a demonstration of dodgy, illegal, and frankly crass golf–play.
Spaced (TV Series)Spaced (TV Series) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Edgar Wright
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Julia Deakin
Surreal British sit–com written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson as two twenty–something Londoners who meet while…
Two Fat Ladies (TV Series)Two Fat Ladies (TV Series) (1999)
Feat. Jennifer Paterson, Clarissa Wright
The commanding humour, presence and culinary skills of Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Wright are served up in this cuddly cooking series.
Barry Humphries - Flashbacks (TV Series)Barry Humphries - Flashbacks (TV Series) (1998)
Feat. Barry Humphries
Iconic Aussie entertainer Barry Humphries and his alter–ego's Dame Edna, Sir Les Patterson and Sandy Stone take us on a journey through a slice…
Big Train (TV Series)Big Train (TV Series) (1998-2002) Recommended
Feat. Simon Pegg
British sketch comedy series, that added a witty absurdist flavour to an otherwise familiar formula borrowed from THE FAST SHOW. Out of the cast,…
Front Line (TV Series)Front Line (TV Series) (Frontline) (1998) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Kevin J. Wilson, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy
Sharp Aussie satire, which goes ‘behind–the–scenes’ of an Australian current affairs show – with bullying producer, vain…
Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV Series)Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV Series) (1998) Recommended
Dir. Liddy Oldroyd
Feat. Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus
Ill–matched, yet inseparable flatmates squabble in this cult late night sitcom, that’s one of comedian Kathy Burke’s more enduring…
Goodness Gracious Me (TV Series)Goodness Gracious Me (TV Series) (1998)
Dir. Nick Wood
Feat. Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal
BBC sitcom based around a clan of Indians that dares to poke fun at Asians and English alike. Often extremely funny, though some of the topical…
Grafters (TV Mini-series) Grafters (TV Mini-series) (1998)
Dir. David Richards, Stephen Whittaker
Feat. Robson Green, Stephen Tompkinson
Distinct drama series following the misadventures of two brothers forced to work together as builders and renovate a house for a London couple, which…
I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series)I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series) (1998) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dominic Brigstocke
Feat. Steve Coogan
This is possibly British comedian Steve Coogan’s finest achievement to date, a spot–on portrait of a failed middle–aged TV host…
King of Queens, The (TV Series)King of Queens, The (TV Series) (1998-2006)
Feat. Kevin James, Jerry Stiller, Patton Oswalt
Warm–hearted neighbourhood comedy series set on the streets of Queens, NYC, which gets going when a rotund and happily–settled delivery…
Martial Law (TV Series)Martial Law (TV Series) (1998-2000)
Feat. Sammo Hung, Arsenio Hall
Action–comedy series starring prolific Hong Kong actor/director/producer Sammo Hung (and frequent Jackie Chan collaborator) as a Chinese law…
Royle Family, The (TV Series)Royle Family, The (TV Series) (1998-2000) Recommended
Dir. Mark Mylod, Steve Bendelack
Feat. Ricky Tomlinson
"Real–life" comedy that places the viewer as a fly–on–the–wall of the living room of an average working class family living…
Sex and the City - Season 1 (TV Series)Sex and the City - Season 1 (TV Series) (1998) Recommended
Dir. Daniel Algrant, Allison Anders
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
Smash hit TV–series that broke new ground in its frank discussion of the varying sexual mores of four NYC friends – Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim…
Sports Night (TV Series)Sports Night (TV Series) (1998) Recommended
Feat. Felicity Huffman, Peter Krause, Josh Charles
Clever sitcom from the creator of the WEST WING based around a group of professionals who produce a sports–related cable TV show, and their…
That 70s Show (TV Series)That 70s Show (TV Series) (1998-2005) Recommended
Feat. Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis
A teen–oriented, retro–themed sitcom from the 1990s that, like "Happy Days" before it, satirizes a more innocent decade with large…
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series)Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series) (1998)
Feat. Drew Carey
Popular improv show hosted by comedian Carey, featuring quick–on–the–draw series regulars performing 'kooky' theatresports for a…
Will and Grace (TV Series)Will and Grace (TV Series) (1998)
Feat. Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally
Out and proud sitcom cooks up hysterical chemistry between its two eponymous leads – Will, a gay lawyer, and Grace, a straight interior designer…
Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The (1998)
Dir. Sheree Folkson, Kieron Walsh
Feat. Ciaran McMenamin, Simone Lahbib, Nicole Stapleton
Young persons are the target of the whimsical Scottish TV series following the fortunes of an eclectic rock group who go from garage nobodies to gain…
Brass Eye (TV Series)Brass Eye (TV Series) (1997-2001)
Feat. Chris Morris, Doon Mackichan, Gina McKee
Satirical current affairs show created by Chris Morris (THE DAY TODAY), with a talented team of writers exploring the media's role in the propagation…
Chris Rock Show, The (TV Series)Chris Rock Show, The (TV Series) (1997)
Feat. Chris Rock
The Emmy Award–winning comedy series with one of America's most successful contemporary comics, Chris Rock. It's "unrated, uncensored and…
Dad (TV Series)Dad (TV Series) (1997)
Feat. George Cole, Kevin McNally
A creaky generation–gap sitcom centred on the familial conflict between a stuffy patriarch (Cole), his son (McNally), and his grandson.…
Dame Edna's Work ExperienceDame Edna's Work Experience (1997)
Feat. Barry Humphries
BBC TV Special featuring everyone's favourite Aussie housewife snooping around British factories for the inside buzz on the lives of the working…
Dharma and Greg (TV Series)Dharma and Greg (TV Series) (1997-2002)
Feat. Jenna Elfman, Thomas Gibson
Popular sitcom about a rather mismatched young couple who rather impulsively marry on their first date and go on to have some amusing adventures in…
Eric Bana Show, The (TV Series)Eric Bana Show, The (TV Series) (1997)
Feat. Eric Bana
After guest–starring on the classic Australian skit–series "Full Frontal" and before starring in THE CASTLE and moving on to Hollywood,…
Fast Show, The (TV Series)Fast Show, The (TV Series) (1997-1999)
A cult British sketch–show series from the 1990s has many inventive moments. Sketches include Ted and Ralph, Channel Nine News, Unlucky Alf,…
Just Shoot Me! (TV Series)Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) (1997-2003)
Feat. Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, David Spade
A certain frothy sarcasm distinguished this late 1990s sitcom, set in the offices of a fashion magazine 'Blush' where San Giacomo begins to work for…
King of the Hill (TV Series)King of the Hill (TV Series) (1997-2006) Recommended
Feat. Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Brittany Murphy
Smart animated sitcom about a redneck Texan salesman 'Hank Hill' and his family, which finds its own middle–American way into the cult…
Telly Laughs (TV Series) (1997-1998)
A spin–off of SKITZ, this irreverent Kiwi comedy hour parodies a variety of popular television shows, movies and commercials. DVD features…
Topp Twins, The (TV Series)Topp Twins, The (TV Series) (1997) Recommended
Feat. Jools Topp, Lynda Topp
Choice episodes from Lynda and Jools' brazenly Kiwi hit comedy series, with Camp Mother and Leader, Ken and Ken and other beloved character pairings…
Ballykissangel (TV Series)Ballykissangel (TV Series) (1996-2001)
Feat. Stephen Tompkinson, Dervla Kirwan, Niall Toibin
Quirky smalltown Irish drama takes a warmly comedic approach to the travails of the 'new priest in town'. It doesn't help that he's English and…
Class Act (TV Series)Class Act (TV Series) (1996)
Feat. Joanna Lumley, Nadine Garner
Joanna Lumley plays a fallen aristocrat who turns to burglary and deception after a stint in jail for fraud in this savvy British sitcom. 14 episodes.
Cold Feet (TV Series)Cold Feet (TV Series) (1996) Aro Favourite
Feat. James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson
Highly infectious and candid look at the lives of six thirty–something Brits, which gets to the sharp end of careers, love and sex in the…
Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series)Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) (1996-2005)
Feat. Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts
Long–running US sitcom set around a sportswriter entangled in the dysfunctions and agendas of his oddball family. Inoffensive, easily enjoyable…
Lenny Henry Show, TheLenny Henry Show, The (1996)
Feat. Lenny Henry, Dawn French, Frank Bruno
Highlights from the master of mimic sketch program.
Letter to Blanchy (TV Series)Letter to Blanchy (TV Series) (1996)
Feat. Jon Gadsby, David McPhail
The comedy team of Jon Gadsby, David McPhail and A. K. Grant combined their talents for this successful local comedy series. Features the full length…
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV Series)Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV Series) (1996)
Feat. Melissa Joan Hart
The terrible teens got a whole lot tougher for Sabrina, who upon turning sweet sixteen, is informed by her two spellbinding aunts that she is now a…
Third Rock From The Sun (TV Series)Third Rock From The Sun (TV Series) (3rd Rock From The Sun) (1996-2001) Aro Favourite
Feat. John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart
A group of alien beings take up residence in a typical American sitcom world on suburban Earth – '3rd rock from the sun' – to study the…
Baldy Man, TheBaldy Man, The (1995)
Dir. Colin Gilbert
Feat. Gregor Fisher
In the tradition of Mr. Bean, Gregor Fisher stars in this new no–dialogue comedy show as a babbling, clumsy, almost lovable character. Four…
Coogan's Run (TV Series)Coogan's Run (TV Series) (1995)
Feat. Steve Coogan
A eclectic followup to KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU for comedian Coogan, who incarnates six stereotypes inhabiting the English town of Ottle, ranging…
Cybill (TV Series)Cybill (TV Series) (1995)
Feat. Cybill Shepherd, Alicia Witt, Christine Baranski
Cybill Shepherd plays a middle–aged actress trying to make a living out of bit parts and character roles (ie Cybill Shepherd) in this popular…
Day Today, The (TV Series)Day Today, The (TV Series) (1995)
Feat. Steve Coogan
Newscasting spoof with anchorman Christopher Morris (Chris Morris) and sportscaster Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) who could be mistaken for the real…
Father Ted (TV Series)Father Ted (TV Series) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Declan Lowney
Feat. Dermot Morgan
Inspired Irish television comedy about the well–meaning titular Padre and his eccentric colleagues.
Hamish MacBeth (TV series)Hamish MacBeth (TV series) (1995-1997)
Feat. Robert Carlyle
The town of Lochdubh in the Scottish Highlands forms a droll and scenic setting for this smalltown policier set around the put–upon local…
Ned and Stacey (TV Series)Ned and Stacey (TV Series) (1995)
Feat. Debra Messing, Thomas Haden Church
Pre–WILL & GRACE sitcom featuring Debra Messing as a jilted bride of convenience for the career–driven Thomas Haden Church. An odd…
Next Of Kin (TV Series)Next Of Kin (TV Series) (1995)
Feat. Penelope Keith, William Gaunt
BBC comedy centered around a happily retired couple who gain custody of their three demanding grandchildren after their son and…
Rik Mayall Presents (TV Series)Rik Mayall Presents (TV Series) (1995)
Feat. Rik Mayall
There's more to Rik Mayall than the usual ' fart jokes' ,as demonstrated by these six groundbreaking 50 minute plays commissioned by the BBC in 1995.…
Thin Blue Line, The (TV Series)Thin Blue Line, The (TV Series) (1995)
Dir. John Birkin
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Serena Evans, Mina Anwar
Rowan Atkinson again unites with writer Ben Elton, for this comical parody of ‘The Bill’. Each season comprises of 7 episodes. Season…
Big Girls Blouse (TV Series)Big Girls Blouse (TV Series) (1994)
Feat. Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski
Created by the stars of KATH AND KIM, this series followed their stints as leading comediennes on "Full Frontal". Effective satire of Australian…
Due South (TV Series)Due South (TV Series) (1994)
Feat. Paul Gross
CRASH dir. Paul Haggis served as creator of this offbeat, mildly popular fish–out–of–water policier about a Canadian Mountie in…
Friends (TV Series)Friends (TV Series) (1994-2000) Recommended
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow
Major chemistry and comedy sparks add up to what would become the quintessential '90s sitcom. 10 Seasons each contain 24 episodes across 4 discs.
High Life, The (TV Series)High Life, The (TV Series) (1994)
Feat. Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson
Short–lived Scottish sitcom set on the fictional airline 'Air Scotia', home to the worst cabin crew in the United Kingdom, headed by the…
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV Series)Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV Series) (1994) Recommended
Dir. Dominic Brigstocke
Feat. Steve Coogan
After THE DAY TODAY and before I’M ALAN PARTRIDGE, was comedian Steve Coogan’s cringe–inducing sendup of the British talkshow, hosted by…
Law & Disorder (TV Series)Law & Disorder (TV Series) (1994)
Feat. Penelope Keith, Charles Kay
British sitcom about a acid–tongued, no–nonsense barrister who isn't above breaking the law to win her cases.
Love On A Branch Line (TV Mini-series)Love On A Branch Line (TV Mini-series) (1994)
Dir. Martyn Friend
Feat. Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips
Acclaimed comedy tracks the misfortunes that befall a dull civil servant who decides to quit his job to become an artist in Paris, but his employers…
Pat and MargaretPat and Margaret (1994)
Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Victoria Wood, Julie Walters
Teledrama has Wood and Walters play long lost sisters – one a successful American 'soap' actress, the other a dowdy waitress – reunited…
Pie in the Sky (TV Series)Pie in the Sky (TV Series) (1994)
Feat. Richard Griffiths
Brit crime series following a retirement age detective hanging up his mystery solving hat to fulfil a goal of owning his own restaurant, but it seems…
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV Series)Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV Series) (1994)
Hilarious, rambling Adult Swim oddity employs another washed up superhero as the host of a late–night talk show. Everything that can go wrong…
Takin' Over the Asylum (TV Series) Takin' Over the Asylum (TV Series) (1994)
Dir. David Blair
Feat. David Tennant, Ken Stott
Well–made television series that follows the fortunes of a hospital radio DJ working in a Glasgow mental asylum where he befriends a manic…
Vicar of Dibley, The (TV Series)Vicar of Dibley, The (TV Series) (1994-2000)
Feat. Dawn French
Dawn French gives her keynote TV role as a boisterous female minister who comes to serve in an eccentric small town. Consistently funny, with…
Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The (TV Series)Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The (TV Series) (1993-1994)
Dir. Bryan Spicer
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson
Wacky TV western following a Harvard–educated lawyer–turned–bounty hunter who goes after an outlaw using a range of curiously…
Chef! (TV Series)Chef! (TV Series) (1993)
Feat. Lenny Henry
Comedian Lenny Henry plays a tyrannical Michelin star chef (a la Gordon Ramsey) in this well–received BBC dramedy, remembered for Henry's…
Frasier (TV Series)Frasier (TV Series) (1993-2004)
Feat. Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney
CHEERS star Kelsey Grammer hit television paydirt with this long–running sitcom spin–off set around his Boston psychiatrist…
Full Frontal (TV Series)Full Frontal (TV Series) (1993-1995)
Feat. Eric Bana, Jane Turner, Gina Riley
This classic Australian comedy show initially started off as an extension of similar sketch show FAST FORWARD, retaining the same fast paced humour…
Goodnight Sweetheart (TV Series)Goodnight Sweetheart (TV Series) (1993)
Feat. Nicholas Lyndhurst, Dervla Kirwan, Michelle Holmes
A suffering 90's husband finds a way to travel back in time to war time 40's London where he acquires a new lady friend and must juggle his modern…
If You See God, Tell Him (TV Series)If You See God, Tell Him (TV Series) (1993)
Feat. Richard Briers, Adrian Edmondson, Imelda Staunton
Richard Briers (ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE), injured by a freak accident that reduces his attention span to a mere 30 seconds, becomes fixated with TV ads…
Nanny, The (TV Series)Nanny, The (TV Series) (1993-1999)
Feat. Fran Drescher
Fresh out of Queens, NYC, a high–pitched Drescher is accidentally hired by a genteel Broadway producer to look after his children. Fairly…
Norman Gunston CollectionNorman Gunston Collection (1993)
Feat. Garry McDonald
A comprehensive collection of clips from the latterday incarnation of the 'Norman Gunston Show', where the pallidly cheeky Aussie gets to interview…
Norman Gunston Show, TheNorman Gunston Show, The (1993)
Feat. Garry McDonald, Shirley Maclaine
Garry McDonald's ghastly alter–ego, armed with but a microphone, elicits insight as well as fear from luminaries like Shirley Maclaine and…
Smell of Reeves & Mortimer, The (TV Series)Smell of Reeves & Mortimer, The (TV Series) (1993)
Feat. Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer form the hilarious double–act of this cult sketch show famous for its loopy, off–the–wall humour and…
StarkStark (1993)
Dir. Nadia Tass
Feat. Colin Friels, Jacqueline McKenzie, Ben Elton
Neatly executed adaptation of humorist Ben Elton's first novel, an eco–thriller fuelled by Elton's unflagging humour. Follows an international…
Te Video: Billy T James and Friends (1993)
Feat. Billy T. James, Rima Te Wiata, Rawiri Paratene
Compilation video featuring sketches from Billy T's inspired television show, including the pilot episode which was apparently never broadcast.
Tracey Ullman - Takes On New YorkTracey Ullman - Takes On New York (1993)
Dir. Don Scardino
Feat. Tracey Ullman
British comedian/impersonator/celebrity Tracy Ullman tackles an eccentric selection of alter–egos, all characters experiencing New York for the…
Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series)Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series) (1992-2002) Recommended
Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley
Comedy darling Jennifer Saunders and sweetie Joanna Lumley tap a popular vein and strike gold with this Saunders–penned post–feminist…
Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Series)Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Series) (1992)
Feat. Richard Johnson, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Spriggs
TV drama based on the post–war satirical novel by Angus Wilson, following an aging historian (Richard Johnson) as he reflects on his youth, his…
As Time Goes By (TV Series)As Time Goes By (TV Series) (1992)
Dir. Sydney Lotterby
Feat. Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer
A justifiably celebrated British sitcom, in which youthful 1950s lovers Dench and Palmer accidentally reconnect in middle age and tentatively…
Bligh (TV Series)Bligh (TV Series) (1992)
Feat. Magda Szubanski, Gina Riley, Jimeoin
A motley spoof on the Australian governorship of Captain Bligh, who after the 1806 'Bounty' fiasco took up residence in Sydney. Featuring not a…
Get Back (TV Series)Get Back (TV Series) (1992-1993)
Feat. Ray Winstone, Carol Harrison, Larry Lamb
Limp sitcom with Ray Winstone as an East End boy now running a menswear shop facing financial ruin. Notable only for an early Kate Winslet role and…
Heartbeat (TV Series)Heartbeat (TV Series) (1992)
Feat. Nick Berry, Niamh Cusack
Former EastEnder Nick Berry starred as a bright–eyed police constable in this long–running, rose–tinted serial set during the…
Larry Sanders Show, The (TV Series)Larry Sanders Show, The (TV Series) (1992)
Feat. Garry Shandling, Rip Torn, Jeffrey Tambor
A seminal comic work that preceded the likes of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and 30 ROCK, Garry Shandling's parody of the late–night talk show hit all…
Mad About You (TV Series)Mad About You (TV Series) (1992)
Feat. Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow
Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt lengthened already solid acting careers with this light, fail–safe nineties sticom detailing the relationship…
Martin (TV Series)Martin (TV Series) (1992-1997)
Feat. Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne II
Sassy sitcom vehicle for Martin Lawrence, who plays his alter–ego Martin Payne, a radio and television personality. Focuses on his romantic…
Men Behaving Badly (TV Series) Men Behaving Badly (TV Series) (1992-1999)
Dir. Martin Dennis
Feat. Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Harry Enfield
Disturbingly accurate blokey series about two best mates sharing a home and countless cans of beer together while waxing lyrical on the complications…
Saturday Night Live - 15th Anniversary SpecialSaturday Night Live - 15th Anniversary Special (1992)
Feat. Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks
Compilation of some of the best sketches from the first fifteen years of the US TV–show 'Saturday Night Live'. This programme was a training…
Absolute HellAbsolute Hell (1991)
Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Judi Dench, Francesca Annis
Classic BBC television production based on Rodney Ackland's book of the same name: a black, bleak comedy about about a sex–addicted , boozy…
Brittas Empire, The (TV Series)Brittas Empire, The (TV Series) (1991)
Feat. Chris Barrie
Set around the mishap–prone executive of the 'Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre', this enjoyable series provided a semi–satirical look at…
Chances (TV Series)Chances (TV Series) (1991-1992)
Dir. Helen Gaynor
Noteworthy as perhaps the most risque television series to grace Australian screens, this is a bizarre, self–consciously camp roll through…
Commish, The (TV Series) Commish, The (TV Series) (1991-1995)
Feat. Michael Chiklis
Impressionable cop series set in small–town America with Michael Chiklis taking on the role of local police commissioner attempting to balance…
Home Improvement (TV Series)Home Improvement (TV Series) (1991-1999)
Feat. Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Highly popular sitcom set around the household of 'Toolman' Tim Taylor, a small–bit celebrity who runs a cable TV home handyman show. With…
Murder Most Horrid (TV Series)Murder Most Horrid (TV Series) (1991-1999)
Feat. Dawn French
Satirical comedy series starring Britain's darling funny gal Dawn French (VICAR OF DIBLEY) as she takes on various guises caught up in a different…
Sleepers (TV Series)Sleepers (TV Series) (1991)
Feat. Nigel Havers, Warren Clarke
Absurdist BBC spy comedy set in the post–Glasnost era, where it is discovered that two KGB agents assigned to infiltrate British society in the…
Tonight at 8:30 (TV Series) Tonight at 8:30 (TV Series) (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 4) (1991)
Dir. Paul Annett, Sydney Lotterby, John Glenister
Feat. Joan Collins
Comedy series featuring eight one–act Noel Coward plays: 1. Hands Across The Sea – Satirical look at visiting colonials trying to fit…
French and Saunders (TV Series)French and Saunders (TV Series) (1990-1994)
Feat. Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
Comic Strip funnywomen Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders parade highlights from their first, third and fourth TV seasons. Tape 1: Series 1…
Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series)Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) (1990-1993) Recommended
Feat. Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
The novels of P G Wodehouse are brought to life by the talents and comic rapport of Stephen Fry (as butler Jeeves) and Hugh Laurie (as English dandy…
Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series)Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series) (1990-1993) Recommended
Feat. Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift
The class–conscious paranoia of middle–class Britain is perfectly skewered in this constantly hilarious series. Set around domineering…
One Foot in the Grave (TV Series)One Foot in the Grave (TV Series) (1990-2000)
Feat. Richard Wilson, Annette Crosby
Victor and Margaret Meldrew endure the creeping indignities of old age in this Much–watched British TV Series. The quality of scripting varied…
Seinfeld - Season 1 & 2 (TV Series)Seinfeld - Season 1 & 2 (TV Series) (1990-1991) Aro Favourite
Feat. Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards
The quintesssential 1990s sitcom in which four apartment–dwelling New Yorkers discuss the deceptively trivial minutiae of their lives. On…
Waiting for God (TV Series)Waiting for God (TV Series) (1990)
Feat. Graham Crowden, Stephanie Cole
Two stoic geriatrics refuse to give in to their retirement village sentence in this stubborn comedy of staying young. Crowden is particularly…
You Rang, M'lord? (TV Series)You Rang, M'lord? (TV Series) (1990)
Feat. Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard
An 'upstairs, downstairs' sitcom from TV writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry (DAD'S ARMY), featuring much of the cast that appeared in the creators'…
A Bit of a Do (TV Series)A Bit of a Do (TV Series) (1989)
Feat. David Jason, Gwen Taylor, Nicola Pagett
A curly class comedy based the books by REGINALD PERRIN author David Nobbs, this gets good mileage out of its premise of two families – one…
Behaving Badly (TV mini-series)Behaving Badly (TV mini-series) (1989)
Dir. David Tucker
Feat. Judi Dench, Frances Barber, Maurice Denham
A bleak though blackly–comic mini–series with Judi Dench as a dowdy housewife who belatedly comes out of her shell after her husband of…
Best of Billy T, TheBest of Billy T, The (1989) Recommended
Feat. Billy T. James
A collection of fine moments from the TV career of New Zealand's very own comic genius.
Billy T James Show, The (TV Series)Billy T James Show, The (TV Series) (CUZ FM) (1989)
Feat. Billy T. James, Ilona Rogers, Mark Hadlow
Episodes from the hit sitcom "CUZ FM", centred around the unique persona of NZ's best loved entertainer. Billy plays a radio personality who…
Clarke and DaweClarke and Dawe (The Full Catastrophe) (1989-2009) Recommended
Feat. John Clarke, Bryan Dawe
Comprehensive compilation of mock interviews from Aussie comic Bryan Dawe and true–blue Kiwi John Clarke (aka Fred Dagg), whose collective…
Darling Buds of May, The (TV Series)Darling Buds of May, The (TV Series) (1989-1991)
Feat. Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Jason, Pam Ferris
Top–rating TV comedy based on the H. E. Bates books, set in a not–so–innocent rural England. The complete three series, plus two…
Fast Forward (TV Series)Fast Forward (TV Series) (1989-1992)
Feat. Magda Szubanski, Gina Riley, Jane Turner
One of the best Australian sketch–comedy series that launched the careers of various comics with a range of grotesque and hilarious…
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (TV Series)Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (TV Series) (1989-1994)
Feat. Kate Lonergan, Wayne Morris, Tony Robinson
Comical BBC spin on the legend of Robin Hood reimagines fair Marian (Lonergan) as the real saviour of Nottingham Forest and the brilliant brains…
Mr. Bean (TV Series)Mr. Bean (TV Series) (1989-1995) Recommended
Dir. John Howard Davies, John Birkin
Feat. Rowan Atkinson
The classic misadventures of Rowan Atkinson's inept alter–ego, updating and widely popularizing the 'silent' comedy style of comedians like…
Peter GunnPeter Gunn (1989)
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Strauss, Barbara Williams
A telemovie reprise of the iconic 'Private Investigator' series of the late 50s and 60s, with original director Edwards and that famous Mancini tune…
Piglet Files, The (TV Series)Piglet Files, The (TV Series) (1989)
Feat. Nicholas Lyndhurst, Serena Evans
Quirky, much–loved British sitcom, with Nicholas Lyndhurst as an electronics whiz who inadvertently ends up working for the British…
Press Gang (TV Series)Press Gang (TV Series) (1989-1993)
Feat. Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher
Much–loved British TV series follows the fortunes of a newspaper, the 'Junior Gazette', run by a troublesome crowd of teenage students in North…
Simpsons, The (TV Series)Simpsons, The (TV Series) (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Various
Fun at home with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson – the definitve animated American family, in the iconic TV series of the 1990s has…
Surgical Spirit (TV Series)Surgical Spirit (TV Series) (1989)
Feat. Nichola McAuliffe, Duncan Preston
ITV medical sitcom of the past, centred on a sabre–toothed surgeon (McAuliffe) who juggles workplace politics, home truths, and romantic…
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (TV Series)Alexei Sayle's Stuff (TV Series) (1988) Recommended
Feat. Alexei Sayle
Highlights from Alexei Sayle's fab TV show including sketches “The Art of Verbal Abuse” and “Crapbags Holiday Tours”.
Chelmsford 123 (TV Series)Chelmsford 123 (TV Series) (1988)
Feat. Jimmy Mulville, Rory McGrath, Philip Pope
A Roman governor is exiled to the murky English town of Chelmsford, AD 123, in this irreverent British sitcom. Recommended for fans of…
Clarence (TV Series)Clarence (TV Series) (1988)
Feat. Ronnie Barker
Celebrated British comedian Ronnie Barker's final television creation before retirement, playing a bumbling deliveryman with poor eyesight who his…
Comic Strip Presents: StrikeComic Strip Presents: Strike (1988) Recommended
Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. Jennifer Saunders, Peter Richardson
A 'Comic Strip' comedy which uses the 1980s miners' strike as a springboard for satire on both British politics and well–meaning Hollywood…
First of the Summer Wine (TV Series)First of the Summer Wine (TV Series) (1988)
Feat. David Fenwick, Paul Oldham, Paul Wyett
Good–natured prequel to the longest running sitcom shows heroes Clegg and Compo's youth leading up to the second World War.
Hale and Pace (TV Series)Hale and Pace (TV Series) (1988)
Feat. Gareth Hale, Norman Pace
Rotund comic pairing is in the best British comedy tradition, employing a series of reoccurring caricatures and sketches to belly–aching…
Murphy Brown (TV Series)Murphy Brown (TV Series) (1988-1998)
Feat. Candice Bergen
A solid and likeable sttcom set around a gutsy woman journalist in Washington DC, who negotiates her personal indulgences and demons along with the…
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (TV Series)Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (TV Series) (1988-1999)
Feat. Kevin Murphy, Jim Mallon, Trace Beaulieu
Legendary cult series about a man and his robot buddy who get shot into space by an evil scientist and forced to watch the most horrific…
Natural CausesNatural Causes (1988)
Dir. Vernon Lawrence
Feat. George Cole, Prunella Scales
A farcical comedy of infidelity and spousal skulduggery. George Cole plays a professional 'disposer' who is hired to fabricate the suicide of a…
Roseanne (TV Series)Roseanne (TV Series) (1988-1997)
Feat. Roseanne, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert
Bold and iconic TV sitcom which tackled the travails of the working class Connor family in all its unvarnished, difficult and hilarious glory.…
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series)Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series) (1988-1990)
Clive Anderson hosts this original British version of the gameshow based around improvised comedy. Regular clever clogs include Richard Vranch, Ryan…
Degrassi Junior High (TV Series)Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)
An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
Filthy, Rich and Catflap (TV Series)Filthy, Rich and Catflap (TV Series) (1987)
Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer
THE YOUNG ONES magic had gone, but the anarchic energy lives on for Rik RicMayall and Adrian Edmondson in this follow–up series. All six…
Full House (TV Series)Full House (TV Series) (1987-1995)
Feat. John Stamos, Bob Saget, Mary-Kate Olsen
The ultimate in 24–carat family friendly fare, this light American sitcom expanded on the THREE MEN AND A BABY formula, with its premise of a…
Funny Business (TV Series)Funny Business (TV Series) (1987-1989) Recommended
Feat. Dean Butler, Willy de Wit, Ian Harcourt
Popular yet smart Kiwi comedy show from the 80's, based on a sketch format and starring some of New Zealand's favourite comics.
New Statesman, The (TV Series)New Statesman, The (TV Series) (1987-1991)
Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Rik Mayall
Rik Mayall plays British Tory MP Alan B’Stard in this fairly amusing sift through the sleazy, corrupt corridors of Westminster. All four series…
Tutti Frutti (TV Series)Tutti Frutti (TV Series) (1987) Recommended
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Richard Wilson
This beautifully sardonic Scottish miniseries launched the careers of it's lead actors, offering a brilliant satire of the music industry and a deft…
A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series)A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series) (+ A Very Polish Practice) (1986-1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Tucker
Feat. Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn
A glorious surreal BBC black–comedy drama set in the health centre of a British university, based on the experiences of revered writer Andrew…
Alf (TV Series)Alf (TV Series) (1986) Recommended
Feat. Max Wright
Irresistibly cute sitcom about a furry, wise–cracking alien that settles into American suburbia in the 1980s. Season 1 available. Disc 1:…
Best of Q (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan's influential television series (it out Monty Python's Monty Python) takes the former Goon's surrealistic 'nonsense' style and gives…
Bread (TV Series)Bread (TV Series) (1986-1991)
Feat. Jean Boht, Jonathon Morris, Nick Conway
Much–loved British sitcom based around a Liverpool family struggling to survive the cruel 1980s of unemployment, crime, welfare–fraud and…
Brush Strokes (TV Series)Brush Strokes (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Karl Howman, Gary Waldhorn, Elizabeth Counsell
From the creators of THE GOOD LIFE comes this saucy BBC comedy centered on a charming house painter (Howman) who has an insatiable appreciation for…
Dangerous Brothers, The (TV Series)Dangerous Brothers, The (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson perform raucous skits lifted from British tele's “Saturday Live”. Tape features the sketch 'Kinky Sex' which was…
It's Garry Shandling's ShowIt's Garry Shandling's Show (1986-1990)
Feat. Garry Shandling
Hugely influential show centered around the neurosis of Garry Shandling – basically playing himself, who along with the rest of the cast just…
Perfect Strangers (TV Series)Perfect Strangers (TV Series) (1986-1993)
Feat. Bronson Pinchot, Mark Linn-Baker
Quirky 80's comedy series following the farcical exploits of a couple of mismatched Chicago roommates – a foreign sheepherder from a distant…
Real Ghostbusters, The (TV Series)Real Ghostbusters, The (TV Series) (1986)
Popular eighties cartoon series furthers the adventures of Ghostbusters Peter, Egon, Ray and Winston, although this time they're joined by past…
Singing Detective, The (TV Series)Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide
Ground–breaking fantasy–drama from the unique genius of Dennis Potter. Michael Gambon is brilliant as a bed–ridden, frustrated…
Sledge Hammer! (TV Series)Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. David Rasche, Harrison Page, Anne-Marie Martin
GET SMART meets DIRTY HARRY in this riotous late–night spoof detailing the exploits of unorthodox Inspector 'Sledge Hammer', a loose cannon of…
Slinger's Day (TV Series)Slinger's Day (TV Series) (1986-1987)
Bruce "The Generation Game" Forsyth stars in his only sitcom role as the beleaguered manager of a London supermarket, with scripts courtesy of…
Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series)Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series) (1986-1987)
Feat. Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds
The splendid sequel to the much–loved British political satire, with 'Minister' Eddington graduating, much to his surprise, to the top job,…
All in Good Faith (TV Series)All in Good Faith (TV Series) (1985-1987)
Feat. Richard Briers
A vicar's life in his sleepy country parish has become rather too cozy. News of a vacancy in a demanding urban parish offers the Reverend Philip…
Beiderbecke Affair, The (TV Series)Beiderbecke Affair, The (TV Series) (1985)
Feat. James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton
Character–centric Brit TV series that was the first in the 'Beiderbecke Trilogy' following a couple of Leed's teachers ensconced in a…
Billy Connolly - An Audience WithBilly Connolly - An Audience With (1985)
Dir. Alisdair MacMillan
Feat. Billy Connolly
Selected highlights of Connelly's legendary television appearance in 1985 in front of a studio audience. A leopard skin shirt, long hair and the…
Blott on the Landscape (TV Mini-Series)Blott on the Landscape (TV Mini-Series) (1985)
Feat. David Suchet, George Cole, Geraldine James
Cheeky, farcical BBC comedy is one of the better adaptations of Tom Sharpe's satirical works. David Suchet nails the defiant gardener Blott who,…
Golden Girls, The (TV Series)Golden Girls, The (TV Series) (1985-1992)
Feat. Beatrice Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty
Hugely successful and genuinely funny sitcom set around four older women friends living in Miami. All either divorcees, widows or spinsters, they…
Growing Pains (TV Series)Growing Pains (TV Series) (1985)
Feat. Kirk Cameron, Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns
A template eighties sitcom of canned laughter, packaging the domestic squabbles of the Seaver clan to a memorable theme song. Kirk Cameron as the…
Home To Roost (TV Series)Home To Roost (TV Series) (1985)
Feat. John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale
John Thaw plays a middle aged happily divorced man living alone until his life is disrupted when his son,Reece Dinsdale, decides after seven years…
Moonlighting (TV Series)Moonlighting (TV Series) (1985)
Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd
The softly ironic, comedy–romance TV–series that made Bruce Willis a star, and almost revived Cybill Shepherd, set around a Private…
At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series)At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series) (Alas Smith and Jones) (1984-1998)
Feat. Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
Best of the British sketch show ALAS SMITH AND JONES. Similar in tone to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, this is equally hit–and–miss,…
Chance in a Million (TV Series)Chance in a Million (TV Series) (1984-1986)
Feat. Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn
A young Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn star as Tom Chance and his long–suffering girlfriend Alison in this 'classic' Brit–com based…
Comic Strip Presents: Fistful of Travellers Cheques, A / GinoComic Strip Presents: Fistful of Travellers Cheques, A / Gino (1984) Recommended
Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Rik Mayall, Pete Richardson, Keith Allen
Winning 'Spaghetti Western' spoof has straw–chewing posers Rik Mayall and Peter Richardson check into the Hotel Bastardos, where they meet…
Duty Free (TV Series)Duty Free (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Keith Barron, Gwen Taylor
Two Pommy couples vacationing in Spain do their best not to let their contrasting politics and attraction for one another get in the way of their…
Ever Decreasing Circles (TV Series)Ever Decreasing Circles (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan
Classic BBC comedy, where Richard Briers’ control freakery is challenged when a charming new neighbour (Egan) moves into the community. His…
Girls on Top (TV Series)Girls on Top (TV Series) (1984-1985)
Feat. Dawn French, Tracey Ullman, Jennifer Saunders
Dawn French gets more than she bargained for in recruiting three cantankerous roommates in order to accord the rent on her Chelsea flat. Among the…
Magnificent Evans, The (TV Series)Magnificent Evans, The (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Ronnie Barker
Long–forgotten BBC comedy concerning 'Genius, Photographer And Man Of Letters' Plantagenet Evans (Barker), who lives in a Welsh village and…
Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series)Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series) (1984)
Dir. Donald McWhinnie
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne
Set in a small seaside town in 1920's England, this comedy of manners is an exquisitely stylised adaptation of E.F Benson's novel. Chronicles the…
Mother and Son (TV Series)Mother and Son (TV Series) (1984-1994)
Feat. Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald
A long–running, unlikely hit series about a hard–working career man who is saddled with the responsibility of caring for his bewildered,…
Punky Brewster (TV Series)Punky Brewster (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Soleil Moon-Frye, George Gaynes
Colourful family sitcom with Soleil Moon Frye attaining semi–iconic status as the feisty orphan adopted by a grumpy old widower.
Who's the Boss? (TV Series)Who's the Boss? (TV Series) (1984-1992)
Feat. Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Katherine Helmond
Very likeable 1980s sitcom, set in a suburban mansion, with a household comprised of an advertising executive (Light), her elderly mother (Helmond),…
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series)Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (1983-2004) Recommended
Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy
Much loved and admired British drama series about a gang of construction labourers who take slightly dodgy, yet lucrative jobs in Europe and…
Return to Eden (TV Series)Return to Eden (TV Series) (1983)
Feat. Rebecca Gilling
Early 80s mini–series set around the survivor of a treacherous crocodile attack, that garnered a small cult due to its Aussie–kitsch…
'Allo 'Allo (TV Series)'Allo 'Allo (TV Series) (1982-1992)
Feat. Gordon Kaye, Carmen Silvera
British farce at its best and silliest, this sitcom takeoff of every WW2 French Resistance film (and the TV Series 'Secret Army') is set around the…
Cheers (TV Series)Cheers (TV Series) (1982)
Feat. Ted Dansen, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman
One of the longest–running sitcoms, set around a Boston bar and its regulars. Went on to launch the bigscreen careers of many of its…
Family Ties (TV Series)Family Ties (TV Series) (1982-1989) Aro Favourite
Feat. Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Michael J. Fox
Perhaps the quintessential 80's family sitcom, based around the 'politically–correct' ex–hippie parents who find themselves in the…
Irish R. M., TheIrish R. M., The (1982-1985)
Dir. Robert Chetwyn
Feat. Peter Bowles, Beryl Reid, Niall Toibin
Classic Irish comedy–drama series following a retired English army officer living in turn–of–the–century West Ireland. Based…
Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series)Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) (1982) Recommended
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
The breakthrough series for comic superstars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and, er, Pamela Stephenson. The political sketches are as…
Police Squad! (TV Series)Police Squad! (TV Series) (1982)
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, William Duell
Shortlived but pungent TV spoof based on the surreal, slapstick fumblings of a police investigation unit headed by a deadpan Leslie Nielsen, which…
Remington Steele (TV Series)Remington Steele (TV Series) (1982)
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Stephanie Zimbalist
A pre–Bond Pierce Brosnan oozes smarm and charm as Remington Steele, the fictitious head of a struggling private eye firm run by the sultry…
Square Pegs (TV Series)Square Pegs (TV Series) (1982-1983) Recommended
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Linker, Jami Gertz
Sassy high school comedy from the early 1980's centred around Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Linker as two awkward teenage girls desperate to be…
Greatest American Hero, The (TV Series)Greatest American Hero, The (TV Series) (1981) Recommended
Feat. William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca
A reluctant superhero if ever there was one, William Katt is engaging in this spoof sitcom as the toussle–haired school–teacher who is…
Hallelujah! (TV Series)Hallelujah! (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Thora Hird, Patsy Rowlands, Rosamund Greenwood
Gentle British comedy concerning the evangelical exuberance of Salvation Army Captain Emily Ridley (Hird), who believes it is her mission to spread…
Only Fools and Horses (TV Series)Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Lennard Pearce
The highly successful British comedy series that made David Jason a star of the smallscreen, playing Del, a black–marketeer on the streets of…
Private Schulz Private Schulz (1981)
Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw
Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…
Sorry! (TV Series)Sorry! (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott
Ronnie Corbett, forty–something and with the world as his oyster, can't get a break in this memorable sitcom where his possessive mother (Lott)…
Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series)Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. John Inman, Rula Lenska, Miriam Margolyes
British sitcom set in the office of a multinational corporation, where an exec juggles her hectic work life (and workplace sexual politics) with…
That's My Boy (TV Series)That's My Boy (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Mollie Sugden, Christopher Blake
ARE YOU BEING SERVED?'s kooky Mollie Sugden broke ranks with this batty British sitcom, in which she played the hired housekeeper of a young married…
An Audience with Dame EdnaAn Audience with Dame Edna (1980-1988)
Dir. Alasdair MacMillan
Feat. Barry Humphries
A compilation of three TV specials starring the indefatigable and imperious Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries in drag) as she shares her opinions on…
Bosom Buddies (TV Series)Bosom Buddies (TV Series) (1980)
Feat. Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari
Box office everyman Tom Hanks dons womenswear as a yuppie advertising executive resigned to living in an all–female tenement.…
Cowboys (TV Series)Cowboys (TV Series) (1980)
Dir. Michael Mills
Feat. Colin Welland, David Kelly, Roy Kinnear
Wickedly funny early–80's comedy centered around a dubious firm of dis–functional builders.
Hi-de-hi! (TV Series)Hi-de-hi! (TV Series) (1980-1988)
Feat. Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland
The classic 1980s comedy series that took a sardonic look at the garish and cheerful culture of post–WW2 British holiday camps. Set around the…
Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series)Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series) (1980)
Feat. Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul, Moray Watson
Fay Weldon adaptation of the Jane Austen perennial in which the arrival of a wealthy gentleman sends her marriage–minded mother into a frenzy,…
Rising Damp (TV Series)Rising Damp (TV Series) (1980)
Dir. Ronnie Baxter
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour
A dank Brit boarding–house is the setting for this classic sitcom written by Eric Chappell. Series 1 & 2 (15 episodes) available across two…
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series)Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series) (1980)
Feat. Ben Vereen, Jeff Goldblum
Comedic detective show from the 80's following the unlikely crime–fighting partnership between a con–man and an accountant who dreams of…
Yes Minister (TV Series)Yes Minister (TV Series) (1980-1982)
Dir. Sydney Lotterby
Feat. Paul Eddington, Derek Fowlds, Nigel Hawthorne
The excellent, mildly pointed satire on British politics in Whitehall, with aristocratic bureaucrats Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds gently guiding…
Dick Emery - Thames TV SpecialsDick Emery - Thames TV Specials (1979)
Feat. Dick Emery
Classic songs and sketches abound in this collection of Dick Emery comedy specials. Includes: 'The Dick Emery Comedy Hour', 'The Dick Emery Hour',…
Dukes of Hazzard, The (TV Series)Dukes of Hazzard, The (TV Series) (1979-1985)
Feat. Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach
Mixing hayseed humour and car–action aplenty, this hit TV show milked Southern stereotypes for all their worth as country cousins Bo (dark) and…
Eric Sykes CollectionEric Sykes Collection (The Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb!, It's Your Move, Mr H. Is Late, The Big Freeze, The Eric Sykes Show, The Likes of Sykes) (1979-1993) Recommended
Dir. Eric Sykes
Feat. Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Tommy Cooper
A ridiculously long list of British comic talent star in these slapstick masterpieces from the 1970s and 80s, all of which are virtually dialogue…
Minder (TV Series)Minder (TV Series) (1979-1994) Recommended
Feat. George Cole, Dennis Waterman
Long–running British drama set around the shady activities of Arthur Daley (Cole) and his beleaguered 'minder'. Most entertaining for its…
Only When I Laugh (TV Series)Only When I Laugh (TV Series) (1979)
Feat. James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Richard Wilson
Chaotic sitcom series written by Eric Chappell (RISING DAMP) set in a madcap hospital occupied by bickering patients and hackneyed staff.…
Porridge (TV Series)Porridge (TV Series) (1979)
Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale
Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale are on oatmeal and water in this classic British comedy set within the prison walls of Her Majesty’s…
Potter (TV Series)Potter (TV Series) (1979)
Feat. Arthur Lowe
Memorable British sitcom of a busybody retiree who occupies his time by meddling in other people's business – much to the chagrin of his…
To the Manor Born (TV Series)To the Manor Born (TV Series) (1979-1981)
Feat. Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles
Fondly remembered British comedy series in which the recently widowed Audrey Forbes–Hamilton (Keith) finds she has to relinquish her stately…
Butterflies (TV Series)Butterflies (TV Series) (1978-1983)
Dir. John B. Hobbs, Sydney Lotterby
Feat. Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Lyndhurst
An impressively low–key British sitcom about a wistful housewife contending with a mid–life crisis, the social revolutions of the 1970s…
Going Straight (TV Series)Going Straight (TV Series) (1978)
Feat. Ronnie Barker, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Richard Beckinsale
Underrated TV sequel to the brilliant PORRIDGE, with Barker attempting to survive the straight life outside Slade Prison. Without quite the deadpan…
Monkey! (TV Series)Monkey! (TV Series) (Volumes 1-6) (1978- 1979) Aro Favourite
Feat. Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe
Colourful, supernatural adventures in feudal Japan with the invincible Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka! This Japanese tele show became a favourite…
Mork and Mindy (TV Series)Mork and Mindy (TV Series) (1978-1982)
Feat. Robin Williams, Pam Dawber
The wacky TV show that proved a breakthrough vehicle for Robin Williams, playing the cutesome, unpredictable Mork, an alien from the planet…
Rescue from Gilligan's IslandRescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
Feat. Bob Denver, Alan Jr. Hale, Jim Backus
14 years after the SS Minnow first ran ashore on Gilligan's Island, the cast finally make it back to Florida. The original cast (minus Tina…
Return to Fantasy Island (1978)
Dir. George McCowan
Feat. Ricardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize, Adrienne Barbeau
Mysterious millionaire ‘Mr Roarke’ and his sidekick Tattoo play host (and God, or devil?) to various guests, who pay a fortune have their…
Taxi (TV Series)Taxi (TV Series) (1978-1983) Recommended
Feat. Judd Hirsch, Danny De Vito, Tony Danza
Another sitcom staple of the 1970s from the creators of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, set in the refreshingly blue–collar world of a New York cab…
Tommy Cooper - Just Like That (TV Series)Tommy Cooper - Just Like That (TV Series) (1978)
Feat. Tommy Cooper, Andrew Sachs
Comedy–magician and cohort of Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, delivers his distinctive, hilarious brand of 'tragic magic' in this six–part…
WKRP in Cincinatti (TV Series) WKRP in Cincinatti (TV Series) (1978-1982)
Feat. Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump
American pop culture of the late 70's is captured in this easy–going ensemble sitcom that follows the misadventures of the staff of a…
Citizen SmithCitizen Smith (1977-1980)
Dir. Ray Butt
Feat. Robert Lindsay
Mischievous TV comedy about self–styled 'urban guerilla' Wolfie Smith (Lindsay) who tries to spark a socialist revolution from the London…
Eight is Enough (TV Series)Eight is Enough (TV Series) (1977)
Feat. Dick Van Patten, Diana Hyland, Betty Buckley
Comedy about a family of eight living in Sacramento California, where Dad is a columnist for the fictional local newspaper (based on real–life…
Galton and Simpson Playhouse, The (TV Series)Galton and Simpson Playhouse, The (TV Series) (1977)
Feat. Arthur Lowe, Warren Mitchell, Richard Briers
Long regarded as Britain's most successful comedy duo, Richard Galton and Alan Simpson (STEPTOE AND SON) turned their hand to one–off stories…
Kiwi Gold Kiwi Gold (feat. Letter to Blanchy, Gliding On, Pete & Pio, A Week of It, More Issues, Rabbiter's Rest, Radio Times Theatre) (1977-1994)
Feat. David McPhail, Jon Gadsby, Pio Terei
Three tasty samplers of Kiwi television sitcoms and current affairs skit shows featuring some of our best known comic talents. VOLUME 1 contains…
Love Boat, The (TV Series)Love Boat, The (TV Series) (1977-1986) Aro Favourite
Feat. Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Lauren Tewes
As infectious and appealing as its theme song, this Aaron Spelling–produced mega–hit offered cruisy relaxation and sunny escapism for…
Mind Your Language (TV Series)Mind Your Language (TV Series) (1977)
Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Barry Evans
Evans plays a mild–mannered, but harried teacher of non–English speakers at the Southbank College of Further Education in this amiably…
Norman Conquests, The (Mini-Series)Norman Conquests, The (Mini-Series) (1977)
Dir. Herbert Wise
Feat. Tom Conti, Richard Briers, Penelope Keith
Six of Britain's finest take on Alan Ayckbourn's small scale, socially incisive play, set in three different rooms across one dysfunctional family…
Rag Trade, The (TV Series)Rag Trade, The (TV Series) (1977)
Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin
Factory girl comedy set in a working class, East–End fashion sweatshop, this was considered progressive for its time due to its largely…
Richard Pryor Show, TheRichard Pryor Show, The (1977)
Feat. Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhard
The Richard Pryor Show features the outrageous comedian at his peak. Airing in 1977, this cutting–edge sketch comedy program dared to challenge…
Ripping Yarns (TV Series)Ripping Yarns (TV Series) (1977-1979)
Feat. Michael Palin, Terry Jones
History lessons from the comically skewered perspective of Ex Monty–Pythoners Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
Robin's Nest (TV Series)Robin's Nest (TV Series) (1977)
Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt, Tony Britton
Good–natured Brit TV comedy with Richard O'Sullivan reprising the role of Robin Tripp from the popular series, MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE. This time…
Soap (TV Series)Soap (TV Series) (1977) Recommended
Feat. Billy Crystal, Katherine Helmond, Robert Mulligan
Still the best satire of the television soap opera, this initially controversial series enveloped its line–up of characters in plots involving…
Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It, TheStrange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It, The (1977)
Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. John Cleese, Arthur Lowe, Stratford Johns
Fans of John Cleese will delight in this dapper detective parody starring the tall one as the bungling descendant of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Lowe…
Three Piece Suite (TV Series)Three Piece Suite (TV Series) (1977)
Feat. Diana Rigg
Rarefied BBC sketch show with Diana Rigg portraying three different women across three separate sketches, alternating effortlessly between comedy and…
Three's Company (TV Series)Three's Company (TV Series) (1977-1984) Recommended
Feat. John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, Joyce DeWitt
A prime–time sitcom favourite about a trio of twenty–something room–mates (two girls and a guy), and their middle–aged…
Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (TV Series)Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (TV Series) (1976) Recommended
Dir. John Howard Davies, Gareth Gwenlan
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates
The ultimate midlife–crisis sitcom, follows the adventures of Reginald as he wakes up to the absurdity of his middle–class existence and…
George and Mildred (TV Series)George and Mildred (TV Series) (1976) Recommended
Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy
The landlords of MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE bicker away to much amusement in this still–funny 70s sitcom. Moving to an upmarket suburb proves an…
Laverne & Shirley (TV Series)Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) (1976)
Feat. Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams
From the golden age of sitcoms, this HAPPY DAYS spin–off followed the fortunes of two salty, life–long friends (Penny Marshall and Cindy…
Likely Lads, TheLikely Lads, The (1976)
Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Rodney Bewes, James Bolam
Feature spin–off from the unique 60's British comedy series focused on two men in the North East of England as they struggle with middle age…
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series)Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series) (1976-1977)
Feat. Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey
Adventurous satirical soap opera from the 70's following a small–town housewife who encounters various complex and compounding…
Open All Hours (TV Series)Open All Hours (TV Series) (1976)
Feat. Ronnie Barker, David Jason
A signature role for Brit comedian Ronnie Barker, playing the stuttering, petty tyrant proprietor of an English cornershop. Managing the extract…
Rich Little Show, The (TV Series)Rich Little Show, The (TV Series) (1976)
Feat. Rich Little
World famous impressionist Rich Little attempted to forge his own persona in this well–remembered sketch series, though invariably, reverted…
SCTV (TV Series)SCTV (TV Series) (Second City TV) (1976-1983)
Feat. John Candy, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy
Somewhat ahead of its time, this classic media satire consisted of mock broadcasts from an obscure Canadian TV Station 'Second City TV', located in…
Barney Miller (TV Series)Barney Miller (TV Series) (1975)
Feat. Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda
This offbeat '70s sitcom about the drudgery and ordinary absurdity of everyday police work remains a cult favourite among TV aficionados and…
Fawlty Towers (TV Series)Fawlty Towers (TV Series) (1975) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Howard
Feat. John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth
TV comedy approaches perfection in John Cleese's irreverent, madcap sitcom set in a small West Country hotel. Vol. 1: Communication Problems, The…
Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 3Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 3 (Porridge, Sykes, The Two Ronnies) (1975) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Eric Sykes, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker
Three sample episodes from three classic BBC comedies from 1975.
Good Life, The (TV Series)Good Life, The (TV Series) (1975-1978) Recommended
Feat. Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith
The British series that became an icon of 1970s culture–clash, between the greenie Goods (Briers & Kendal), who want to become…
Gunston Tapes, TheGunston Tapes, The (1975)
Feat. Garry McDonald
A compilation of clips from the original 1970s 'Norman Gunston Show', when the pale combed–over interviewer lured fresh celebrities from around…
One Day at a Time (TV Series)One Day at a Time (TV Series) (1975-1984) Recommended
Feat. Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Richard Masur
Very popular, appealing primetime sitcom about a divorced mother raising two teenage daughters in an apartment in Indianapolis. Filmed in front of a…
Saturday Night Live (TV Series)Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (SNL) (1975-1976) Recommended
Feat. Richard Pryor, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
The legendary, long–running NBC variety show, responsible for incubating the careers of every major American comedian since 1975. Original cast…
Two's Company (TV Series) Two's Company (TV Series) (1975-1979)
Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Elaine Stritch, Donald Sinden
Light–hearted comedy series outlining the cultural clash between an American writer living in London and her British butler who fail to see…
Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series)Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series) (1975)
Feat. Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta
This classic American sitcom still holds up in its rowdy but progressive view of high school delinquency and remedial education. A young John…
Best of Les Dawson, TheBest of Les Dawson, The (1974-1977)
Feat. Les Dawson
Genial comedian Dawson was all over British (and NZ) television in the 1970s, using his array of comic and musical talents in shows like "Blankety…
Fred Dagg - All PurposeFred Dagg - All Purpose (1974-2006) Aro Favourite
Feat. John Clarke
Fred Dagg finally makes it to DVD in this “Authorised Daggography” from legendary Kiwi comic (and now honorary Australian) John Clarke, collating…
Good Times (TV Series)Good Times (TV Series) (1974) Recommended
Immensely popular 70s sitcom focusing on a poor but proud family in the Chicago projects that tackled topical, often controversial issues from a…
Happy Days (TV Series)Happy Days (TV Series) (1974) Aro Favourite
Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley
Rockin’ and rollin’ time capsule nostalgia recaptures the simple, all–American life of the Cunninghams in the jukebox fifties, and their…
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series)It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series) (1974)
Feat. Windsor Davies
The riotous misadventures of a concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining troops during World War II. With a typically…
Romance With a Double BassRomance With a Double Bass (1974)
Dir. Robert Young
Feat. John Cleese, Connie Booth, Graham Crowden
Real–life couple John Cleese and Connie Booth are at their best in this charming comic romance based on the short story by Anton Chekov.…
Wheeltappers and Shunters Social ClubWheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974)
Feat. Colin Crompton, Bernard Manning
British variety show set in a fictional working men's club in the North of England, involving comedy sing–a–longs and audience…
Father, Dear Father: The MovieFather, Dear Father: The Movie (1973)
Dir. William G Stewart
Feat. Patrick Cargill, Joyce Carey
Spin–off movie version of the British sitcom of the same name is decidedly un–cinematic but worth a look for fans of the series.
Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series)Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series) (1973-2003)
Feat. Bill Owen, Michael Bates, Peter Sallis
The longest–running sitcom of all time concerns the incorrigible gallivanting of three senior citizens in the English countryside. A comic…
Man About the House (TV Series)Man About the House (TV Series) (1973)
Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy
Classic Brit sitcom concerning the accomodation adventures of student Richard O'Sullivan and his two female flatmates. Two flies in the ointment…
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series)Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) (1973) Aro Favourite
Feat. Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice
The side–splitting misadventures of legendary klutz, Frank Spencer incarnated by a nimble, pre–'Phantom of the Opera' Michael Crawford.…
Whatever Happened  To The Likely Lads? (TV Series)Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? (TV Series) (1973)
Feat. James Bolam
Popular sequel to "The Likely Lads", a hit British sitcom from the partnership of Dick Clement and Ian La Francis of which only nine of those shows…
Are You Being Served? (TV Series)Are You Being Served? (TV Series) (1972-1985)
Feat. Mollie Sugden, John Inman
The staff at 'Grace Brothers' department store serve out the humourous innuendos in this long–running British sitcom.
Emma (TV Series)Emma (TV Series) (1972)
Dir. John Glenister
Feat. Doran Godwin, John Carson
A reverent, charming BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about one of her most memorable characters, Emma Woodhouse.
Kung Fu (TV Series)Kung Fu (TV Series) (1972-1975) Recommended
Feat. David Carradine, Jodie Foster, Jose Feliciano
The memorable TV series starring David 'Grasshopper' Carradine as a Shaolin monk wandering the wild west, armed only with his martial–arts…
Last Goon Show, TheLast Goon Show, The (1972)
Feat. Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan
Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan reunite in 1972 to perform a live show and reminisce their years as the kings of BBC radio comedy.
Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series)Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) (1972)
Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Jake Smethurst, Rudolph Walker
Devised to defuse some of the racial tension of the day, this controversial 70s Brit sitcom hilariously pits black and white neighbours…
MASH (TV Series)MASH (TV Series) (M*A*S*H) (1972-1983)
Feat. Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit
Long running and much loved TV Series loosely based on Robert Altman’s 1969 film set in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean…
Shelley (TV Series)Shelley (TV Series) (1972-1992)
Feat. Hywel Bennett
Classic British comedy series revels in one of the more unlikely deadly sins: sloth. University graduate James Shelley (Bennett) is a cynical,…
Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series)Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series) (1972-1974) Recommended
Feat. Warren Mitchell
Contentious, well remembered BBC sitcom is a comedy firebrand about a narrow–minded Cockney geezer whose racist diatribes were intended to be…
All in the Family (TV Series)All in the Family (TV Series) (1971-1979) Recommended
Dir. Norman Lear
Feat. Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner
Iconic American sitcom from the 1970's centred around the life of working–class bigot Archie Bunker and his family in Queens, New York. The…
Bearcats! (TV Series)Bearcats! (TV Series) (1971) Recommended
Feat. Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole
Endearing "late Western" TV series set in 1914 in which Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole star as a pair of charismatic troubleshooters for hire who gad…
Comedians, The (TV Series) Comedians, The (TV Series) (1971-1993)
Born out of the working men's clubs in 70's England, and beginning as an experiment for Granada TV, this had more gags, one–liners and knowing…
Dave Allen (TV Series)Dave Allen (TV Series) (1971-1993)
Feat. Dave Allen
A personal selection of gags from the droll Irishman, who reflects on his innovative career as a teller of tall tales in between comedy sketches.
Edward Woodward Hour, The (TV Series)Edward Woodward Hour, The (TV Series) (1971)
Feat. Beryl Reid, Patrick Cargill
A light entertainment special from the early 1970s for Thames Television showcasing the whimsical side of Edward Woodward, most famous for his…
Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 2Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 2 (Morecambe and Wise, The Liver Birds, Dad's Army) (1971) Recommended
Dir. Various
Three sample episodes from three classic BBC comedies from 1971.
Persuaders, The (TV Series)Persuaders, The (TV Series) (1971)
Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore, Tony Curtis
Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny. DVD 'Box…
Pete and Dud - Behind the FridgePete and Dud - Behind the Fridge (1971)
Feat. Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Cook and Moore’s long lost ’71 Australian tour programs, stacked with riotous sketches, roleplays, and musical numbers, are presented for the…
Simply SykesSimply Sykes (1971-1982)
Feat. Tommy Cooper, Hattie Jacques
Comprising two shows made for Thames Television; Sykes – With the Lid Off (1971) has comedy legend Eric Sykes dare to take the lid off the many…
Six Dates with BarkerSix Dates with Barker (6 Dates with Barker) (1971)
Feat. Ronnie Barker
A six–part showcase for the comedic talents of Ronnie Barker, this one–off series revolved around half–a–dozen situation…
Two Ronnies, The (TV Series)Two Ronnies, The (TV Series) (1971)
Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker
Classic, long–running BBC series from two of Britain’s all–time comedy greats in what is considered the perfect double–act. "Best…
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series)Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series) (1970-1974) Recommended
Feat. Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Edward Asner
A highly polished, somewhat revolutionary sitcom following the career path and domestic life of a determinedly single newsroom journalist, this made…
Odd Couple, The (TV Series)Odd Couple, The (TV Series) (1970) Recommended
Feat. Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
Spinning off from the feature film based on Neil Simon's Broadway play, this small screen version winningly supplants the Lemmon–Matthau double…
Partridge Family, The (TV Series)Partridge Family, The (TV Series) (1970-1974)
Feat. Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey
A TV series that became a cause celebre, this concerns a struggling family who dream of becoming pop musicians, and using their combined talents hit…
Benny Hill Show, The (TV Series)Benny Hill Show, The (TV Series) (1969-1989) Recommended
Dir. Dennis Kirkland
Feat. Benny Hill
Despite his political incorrectness, Benny had one of the funniest comedy shows of the 70s – the greatest 'its of which are fondly assembled…
Brady Bunch, The (TV Series)Brady Bunch, The (TV Series) (1969) Aro Favourite
Feat. Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis
America’s archetypal model for domestic bliss concerns the merger of two single parents, six kids, and their perpetually perky housemaid Alice into…
Liver Birds, TheLiver Birds, The (1969)
Feat. Nerys Hughes, Polly James, Mollie Sugden
Two very different single girls share a flat in the age of glam–rock, the pill and women's lib in this hugely popular BBC sitcom that was the…
Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series)Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series) (1969-1974) Recommended
Dir. John Howard Davies, Terry Gilliam, Ian Macnaughton
Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle
Britain's most infamous comic ensemble present four seasons of inspired madness. Complete seasons 1–4 available over seven discs.
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Personal Best (TV Series)Monty Python's Flying Circus - Personal Best (TV Series) (1969-1974)
Dir. John Howard Davies, Terry Gilliam, Ian Macnaughton
Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle
Britain's most infamous comic ensemble, the Phython alumni, collate their personal favourites from four years of sketches on the Flying Circus TV…
Over the Hill Gang, TheOver the Hill Gang, The (1969)
Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Pat O'Brien
Laidback reunion for various horse–opera stars of old cleaning up a lawless town in the old west. Telemovie doesn't quite have a script worthy…
Sonny and Cher - The Ultimate CollectionSonny and Cher - The Ultimate Collection (1969-1974)
Feat. Cher, Sonny Bono
An exhaustive compilation of episodes and moments from the TV careers of hip 70s couple Sonny and Cher, at that point happily creating together. This…
Dad's Army (TV Series)Dad's Army (TV Series) (1968-1977)
Feat. Arthur Lowe, Clive Dunn, John Le Mesurier
The classic British TV series set around the gently–observed antics of home–guardsmen during WW2 under the inimitable Sergeant Mannering…
Do Not Adjust Your Set (TV Series)Do Not Adjust Your Set (TV Series) (1968)
Feat. Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle
Together with AT LAST THE 1948 SHOW, this shows the gathering forces of what would become Monty Python, with Idle, Jones, Gilliam and Palin…
Doris Day Show, The (TV Series)Doris Day Show, The (TV Series) (1968-1972)
Feat. Doris Day, Denver Pyle, Fran Ryan
A popular and ever–changing sitcom centred around America's 'apple–pie' actress, here making her first smallscreen foray. Appearing at…
Father, Dear Father (TV Series)Father, Dear Father (TV Series) (1968-1973)
Feat. Patrick Cargill, Joyce Carey
A long–running British sitcom about a thriller writer who is left in charge of his two teenage daughters when his wife leaves and marries his…
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (TV Series)Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (TV Series) (1968)
Feat. Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare
Fondly remembered sitcom based on the R. A. Dick novel (itself made into a 1947 film) about a young widow and family who befriend a ghost haunting…
Here's Lucy (TV Series)Here's Lucy (TV Series) (1968) Recommended
Feat. Lucille Ball
Audiences still loved Lucy in this swansong sitcom for the beloved comedian. Ball plays a zany widow; her real–life son and daughter play her…
John Cleese on How to Irritate PeopleJohn Cleese on How to Irritate People (1968)
Feat. John Cleese, Connie Booth, Graham Chapman
An instructional comedy of the types and techniques of irritation by Monty Python alumni and other popular Brit comedians of the late '60s.…
Marty Feldman, Best OfMarty Feldman, Best Of (1968-1969)
Feat. Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor
Compilation culled from the goggle–eyed comic's 1960s British sketch show, in which his zany qualities were shaped by the pens of the Monty…
Morecambe and Wise (TV Series)Morecambe and Wise (TV Series) (1968)
Feat. Morecambe and Wise
Salvaged footage from Britian’s beloved comedic duo in variety show mode, peddling sketches, musical numbers and other television hi–jinks…
Nearest and Dearest (TV Series) Nearest and Dearest (TV Series) (1968-1973)
Dir. June Howson
Feat. Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel
Likeable Brit comedy series centred on a middle–age brother and sister who inherit their father's derelict pickle factory and must contend with…
Please Sir! (TV Series)Please Sir! (TV Series) (1968-1972)
Feat. John Alderton
A window into the British education system of old, this award–winning comedy series sees John Alderton (Upstairs Downstairs) as an optimistic…
At Last the 1948 ShowAt Last the 1948 Show (1967)
Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor
Surrealistic sketch show that along with DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET, paved the way for the Monty Python revolution. Presenting a similar blend of media…
Flying Nun, The (TV Series)Flying Nun, The (TV Series) (1967-1970)
Feat. Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood
Wholesome, if rather off–kilter, family sitcom in which the young Sally Field plays a novice nun, whose starched headgear somehow enables her…
Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 1Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 1 (The Likely Lads, Frankie Howerd, Steptoe and Son) (1966) Recommended
Dir. Various
Three sample episodes from three classic BBC comedies from 1966.
Steptoe and Son (TV Series)Steptoe and Son (TV Series) (1966) Recommended
Feat. Harry H. Corbett, Wilfred Brambell
The classic 60s comedy show featuring the bickering father and son team, who run a faltering rag and bone business.
That Girl (TV Series)That Girl (TV Series) (1966)
Feat. Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell
A forerunner to MARY TYLE MOORE, this classic sixties sitcom stars the perky Marlo Thomas as a struggling actress in New York City, and the comical…
Get Smart (TV Series)Get Smart (TV Series) (1965-1968) Aro Favourite
Feat. Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
Iconic 60's spy spoof series following the enduringly hilarious adventures of an enthusiastic but incompetent secret agent and his loyal, glamorous…
Gidget (TV Series)Gidget (TV Series) (1965-1966)
Feat. Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner
Truly likeable television spinoff series of the 1959 movie, about a spunky young surfer girl (Field) who comes of age around her friends, solo Dad…
Green Acres - Farm FavoritesGreen Acres - Farm Favorites (1965-1966) Recommended
Dir. Richard L. Bare
Feat. Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor
Innocuous odd–couple series centred on a high–flying Manhattan lawyer who craves the simple country life and drags his pouting socialite…
Hogan's Heroes (TV Series)Hogan's Heroes (TV Series) (1965-1966)
Feat. Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner
Cheeky American WW2 series centred around a motley bunch of Yankee prisoners and their haphazard endeavours to disturb the Nazi war effort and make…
I Spy (TV Series)I Spy (TV Series) (1965-1968)
Feat. Bill Cosby, Robert Culp
Bill Cosby and Robert Culp star as international espionage agents Alexander Scott and Kelly Robinson in this snazzy cult '60s TV series. A blend…
Lost in Space (TV Series)Lost in Space (TV Series) (1965- 1968) Recommended
Feat. Guy Williams, June Lockhart
Re–live the kinda camp adventures of the Space Family Robinson. From mega–producer, Irwin Allen. The complete first Season available…
Addams Family, The (TV Series)Addams Family, The (TV Series) (1964-1966)
Feat. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy
Macabre 1960s sitcom about a family whose gothic lifestyle and trappings make for a mordant contrast with 'apple–pie' America. 22 episodes…
Gilligan's Island (TV Series)Gilligan's Island (TV Series) (1964-1965)
Feat. Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jim Backus
The classic fluffy American sitcom, follows the adventures of the crew of the SS Minnow when they are marooned on a desert island. Due to an…
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C (TV Series)Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C (TV Series) (1964-1965)
Feat. Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton
Gomer Pyle, THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW’s loveable country bumpkin, joins the marine core in this classic sitcom of naivety–meets–reality of…
Munsters, The (TV Series)Munsters, The (TV Series) (1964-1965) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis
Memorable TV–comedy set around a ghoulish–looking, but otherwise normal family – who are mystified as to why everyone reacts so…
Marriage Lines (TV Series)Marriage Lines (TV Series) (1963-1965)
Feat. Prunella Scales, Richard Briers
A classic domestic comedy with Richard Briers and Prunella Scales as a newly married couple jumping hurdles both at home and at work. Included here…
Dick Van Dyke Show, The (TV Series )Dick Van Dyke Show, The (TV Series ) (1962-1966)
Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore
Seminal sitcom set around a New York comedy writer and his family. Van Dyke's wife was played by Mary Tyler Moore in her first major…
Lucy Show, The (TV Series)Lucy Show, The (TV Series) (1962-1968)
Feat. Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon
Lucille Ball's followup to I LOVE LUCY (without husband Desi Arnaz) was a longrunning classic in its own right, with many of the Ball offspring…
McHale's Navy (TV Series)McHale's Navy (TV Series) (1962-1965)
Feat. Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn, Tim Conway
Predating MASH, Borgnine and Flynn engage in naval nonsense in this fondly remembered maritime comedy of hierarchical hi–jinks and seaman…
Mr. Ed (TV Series)Mr. Ed (TV Series) (Mister Ed) (1961-1966) Aro Favourite
Feat. Alan Young
Golden age television sitcom centred around a talking horse who lives in the backyard stable of a husband and wife, but is only conversant with the…
Best of Eric Sykes, TheBest of Eric Sykes, The (1960-1979)
Feat. Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques
Compilation from the career of Eric Sykes, who forged a reputation as a writer of genius for Peter Sellers and Tony Hancock before hitting the small…
My Three Sons (TV Series)My Three Sons (TV Series) (1960) Recommended
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston
One of the longest–running sitcoms in American television history (at 360 episodes), this 'family values' classic starred Fred MacMurray as a…
Hancock's Half HourHancock's Half Hour (1957-1961)
Feat. Tony Hancock, Sid James, Dick Emery
Tony Hancock's hilarious and influential 50s/ 60s sitcom: On DVD, two compilations. On Vol 1, the earliest surviving episodes, all from 1957:…
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series)Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) (1957)
Feat. Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley
One of the most beloved family sitcoms of its time set around the mischief–making exploits of young Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver.
Best Of Johnny CarsonBest Of Johnny Carson (1955)
Feat. Johnny Carson
10 half hour episodes of The Johnny Carson Show that capture the King of late–night television's best and worst moments on stage, from screwing…
Honeymooners, The (TV Series)Honeymooners, The (TV Series) (The Color Honeymooners; The Jackie Gleason Show) (1955-1956)
Feat. Jackie Gleason
This Jackie Gleason sitcom from the 1950s is the saga of a not–so–newly–wed couple who lived in a run down apartment. "The…
Sergeant Bilko (TV Series)Sergeant Bilko (TV Series) (The Phil Silvers Show) (1955-1959)
Feat. Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck
Three–disc compilation of 18 episodes from the classic US sitcom about an irresponsible, gambling conman of a staff sergeant at a US Army base…
Father Knows Best (TV Series)Father Knows Best (TV Series) (1954-1960)
Dir. Peter Tewksbury
Feat. Sarah Selby, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray
Cloying sitcom bathed in the idealised glow of 50's apple–pie America, centred on a suburban family and their typically patriarchal upbringing.…
Best of Frankie Howerd, TheBest of Frankie Howerd, The (1952-1981)
Feat. Frankie Howerd
A compilation of classic moments in the TV career of comedian Frankie Howerd. Although he initially got his start in post–WW2 radio, he went to…
Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life (TV Series)Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life (TV Series) (1950-1961)
Feat. Groucho Marx
Legendary TV quiz show featuring the iconic Marx Brother, questioning, sparring and toying with various contestants. Despite the format, verbal…
Golden Age of Comedy (TV Series)Golden Age of Comedy (TV Series) (1949-1960)
Feat. Groucho Marx, Humphrey Bogart, Bob Hope
Treasure trove of broadcast comedy classics from America's variety show golden age. Includes a bonus sixth disc with rare standup performances from…
Best of Victoria Wood, TheBest of Victoria Wood, The
Feat. Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Patricia Routledge
An excellent compilation of British comedienne Victoria Wood's television career, which stretches from the 1980s to the present. Sketch titles…
Britain's Greatest Comedy HeroesBritain's Greatest Comedy Heroes
Feat. Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Williams, Sid James
Healthy tribute to Britain's late kings of comedy relives some of their funniest skits, spoofs and sketches, with added commentary from friends and…
Carrot's Commercial BreakdownCarrot's Commercial Breakdown
Feat. Jaspar Carrot
Brit comedian Jasper Carrot presents weird and wonderful commercials from around the world.
Comic Strip Presents: Mr Jolly Lives Next Door / Dirty MovieComic Strip Presents: Mr Jolly Lives Next Door / Dirty Movie
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
Two of the darker "Comic Strip" TV Comedies, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson.
Funny BusinessFunny Business
Feat. Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson illuminates the method behind the madness of film comedy using many key examples from screen history.
Laugh with the Carry On'sLaugh with the Carry On's
Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, Sid James
Best of the Laugh with the Carry On's TV–Series which starred the same cast as the films.
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, The Best OfPeter Cook and Dudley Moore, The Best Of
Feat. Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
A compilation of sketches from Cook and Moore's 1960s show 'Not Only But Also', including the 'Bargo' saga, The Leaping Nuns and The…
Tommy Cooper - A Feztival of Fun
Dir. Bill Turner
Much–loved English fez–wearing clown Tommy Cooper presents sketches and botched conjurations.

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