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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

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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.

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.

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.

While not the most comprehensive collection out there, this is a great compilation of some of the funniest people ever to enter into the Brit-com genre. It's not an indepth look into any of their careers or an overabundance of any amount of their time on the screen, but a good glimpse at who are the funniest and best British actors in the Comedy genre. A good watch, but by no means a recap of their work so much as an introduction to who you should be watching more of.

I thought it was going to be an episode for each of the featured men
Instead it is a well done bio with clips from their shows
Happy with my purchase

Great DVD! If you want to know more about some of the funniest men from British Comedy - buy this! Also, I recommend the female version!

This
DVD is a blast, I really appreciate being able to put the words on the screen the first time I viewed it.
I didn't miss a laugh that way. Plan on watching it again and having a party with it.
It was sent to me right away. would buy from this source again.

The DVD is just a presentation where a speaker talks about different shows of the British Comedy. I was expecting to see a presentation and then the complete shows, but instead they are just small parts (a few seconds) of the mentioned shows.