Hugh Paddick

Documentary and celebration of the life and career of British comedian Kenneth Williams.

Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...

A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.

중년의 여배우 준은 BBC TV의 드라마에서 명랑한 교구수녀 역을 맡아 인기를 누리고 있다. 그녀가 맡은 조지 수녀는 자전거를 타고 마을을 돌아다니며 자잘한 사건들을 해결하는 태평하고 마음씨 좋은 인물. 하지만 현실의 ‘조지’는 머지 않아 역할을 잃을 위기에 처해있다. 게다가 오랫동안 동거해온 젊은 연인 앨리스의 태도도 근래엔 어딘지 냉랭하다. 긴장감이 고조되던 중 준을 드라마에서 방출시키려는 방송국의 간부 머시 크로프트가 준과 앨리스의 집을 찾아온다. 머시는 두 사람을 만나면서 자신의 숨겨진 동성애 성향을 깨닫게 된다. 머시는 준의 인형처럼 집에만 있던 앨리스에게 일자리를 제공하고, 머시와 앨리스는 점차 가까워진다.

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.

A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they embark on a weekend of calamity. The campervan family led by Dad and Mum (David Lodge and Joan Sims) create chaos from the moment they set their tires on the shore resulting in frequent run-ins with the Gendarme, while Lewd Grandad (Wilfred Brambell) finds his own misadventures with a newly acquainted friend, a mad German ex-soldier (Ron Moody). Also aboard for the ride is a saucy hitchhiker (Barbara Windsor) who causes a few heads to turn including that of a fellow traveller (Ronnie Stevens) who pursues her affection with comic results. By the end of this weekend the French may well be wishing to say 'au revoir' to these trouble-making tourists. San Ferry Ann is a humorous take on the tradition of the British get-away. A classic sound effect comedy that sits with the likes of similarly praised titles such as 'The Plank', 'Futtock's End' and 'Rhubarb Rhubarb'.

The controlling wife of a pilot wants her husband to quit flying.

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.