Product Details

• Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Philip Bretherton, Richard Briers, John Cleese, Judy Cornwell
• Directors: Duane Huey
• Producers: Duane Huey
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Worldwide
• DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005
• Run Time: 74 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009NSCTE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,205 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Funny Blokes of British Comedy" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/30/2005 Run time: 74 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great special, August 31, 2005

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Douglas W. Kinzinger "Britcom fan" (Normal, IL) - See all my reviews
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I watched this when it was on PBS a few months back, in fact, during the show I whipped out my laptop and went to Amazon to search for it. It wasn't there, but I'm so glad BBC decided to release it. Hosted by Lenny Henry, it highlights the best of all my favorite British comedy actors, including John Cleese, Richard Briers, and John Inman. Great purchase, well worth it, will have you remembering all those great moments watching britcoms.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Left out a lot., September 19, 2010

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EtherealCereal (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (DVD)

This DVD was a Christmas gift a couple of years back, and I can remember being very disappointed with it. The host was Lenny Henry, who was undoubtedly good in his own show, but lacked timing and delivery, consequently falling flat on this DVD. Second, there were quite a few so-called 'blokes' missing from this special.

Michael Palin- A very talented all around British actor without whom a lot of John Cleese sketches would have failed to function.
Terry Jones- With Palin, director of the successful series 'Ripping Yarns'.
Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise- How could you have a television special about British comedy and leave out Morecambe & Wise?
Bruce Forsyth- Come one, let's not forget Brucie, he's been sround for longer than many of these poeple.

They mentioned Nigel Hawthorne, but I don't remember seeing much of Paul Eddington in here.

1.0 out of 5 stars Not happy, January 18, 2012

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This review is from: The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (DVD)

been on tv before not funny found boring do not like previews instead proper series.I thought it be with actors in the programmes not silly bits of programmes.