Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 814 Films to Buy & Rent
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) (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) (2002)
- 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) (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) (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) (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) (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) (2001)
- 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) (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) (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):…