As BritCom fans, we often return to our favorite Christmas specials for holiday viewing, but we concede that it can be a hassle to track those down in multi-disc sets, not to mention trying to glean several favorites out of several collections for a full night’s entertainment. This year we decided to take the guesswork out, and pack these specials together into comedy and drama collections.
Now any night can be a spectacular BritCom night with the BBC Holiday Comedy Collection, which brings together four and a half hours of holiday-themed specials from Are You Being Served?, Good Neighbors, To the Manor Born, Allo Allo, Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances, Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley. If you’ve ever tried to find the All Creatures Great and Small episode in which Siegfried (Robert Hardy) sets up a skeleton in a locked room to keep Tristan (Peter Davison) from raiding the Christmas champagne, it’s in the BBC Holiday Drama Collection along with specials from Ballykissangel, Monarch of the Glen, Lovejoy and Lark Rise to Candleford. For fans of both genres, you’d have to get up pretty early on Black Friday to find a more perfect gift (and better value) than the combined BBC Holiday Comedy & Drama Gift Set.
And to really get you in the spirit, stop by our newly launched BBC All-stars and Staff Holiday Reflections and Wishlist pages, this year with video messages from Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Ricky Gervais!
Doctor Who Fan Alert: Speaking of Christmas, we just got the trailer for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. Be one of the first to see it!
Tags: Allo Allo, Are You Being Served?, Ballykissangel, BBC All-stars and Staff Holiday Reflections and Wishlist, BBC Holiday Comedy & Drama Gift Set., BBC Holiday Comedy Collection, BBC Holiday Drama Collection, Blackadder, Good Neighbors, Karen Gillan, Keeping Up Appearances, Lark Rise to Candleford, Last of the Summer Wine, Lovejoy, Matt Smith, Monarch of the Glen, Ricky Gervais, The Vicar of Dibley, To the Manor Born
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I would like to buy the series the Likely lads do you have it.
Thank you.
ebistany@comcast.net
I would like to buy the series in which the “Are You being Served” cast moves to the farm. How can I find it?
hormellaloha@verizon.net
Is the series “Goodnight Sweetheart” going to be available on DVD in the U.S.? It starred Nicholas Lyndhurst and Dervla Kirwin, etc. I know that it is available in the U.K. on DVD in PAL format but not viewable on our television. One of the best British series to be seen. Thank you for your assistance.
I would like to know when BBCanada will be available in HD. My e-mails to Shaw, the owner of BBCanada remain unanswered. One wonders why they bother to put a “contact us” feature on their web site.
Will BBC America either show or have for sale the 3 new
episodes of Absolutely Fabulous that will come out (2) in
December in the UK and 1 in the spring?
one thing I would really try and get some copies of
“monarch of the glen” – there are very few scottish
programmes (in canada.it seems that the best scottish
acters are poached into england or (perish the thought!!)
america!
Why has Joanna Trollope’s The Choir not been available on DVD? Are You Being Served has gotten very, very old
Will BBC America be showing the new series of Gareth Malone’s Military wives.
I really would like to know why The Inbetweeners are not available on DVD in the US ?
I saw on KCET Doc Martin is doing more series again. When will it be available to see on tv or dvd. I am excited about this as I love the whole series.
How many episodes are there of The Graham Norton Show? I am really fed up watching the same ones over and over again. is it the fault of my supplier Shaw Cable? I think the Cher one has been on ten times in the last 3months!!!!
I would like to see the Jane Austen movies “uncut” and in blu-ray. I have Pride and Prejudice in VHS, DVD but not Blu-ray. Waiting for “uncut, blu-ray” first. Notice you said “restored” on the movies but not “uncut UK Edition” as in Downtown Abby. I have purchased Downton Abby in Blu-ray and uncut. I know the Persuasion was cut for PBS. Why?