Subgenre Sampler
Television > Comedy: 820 Films to Buy & Rent
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) (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) (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) (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 Animals (2005)
- 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) (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) (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 1 (2005)
- 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) (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 –…