Comedy

A message from the Captain:'On behalf of myself and the entire Ayoade team, welcome to Ayoade on Top. At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin-crew dramedy ever filmed: View from the Top, starring Gwyneth Paltrow.' Buckle up for the...

A heartfelt, one-of-a-kind memoir chronicling the hilarious, absurd, and thought-provoking experiences of an American pursuing comedy in China, learning first-hand how humor does and doesn't translate-and whether laughter transcends borders. I marched...

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For his many friends and fans, Peter Cook was quite simply the funniest man they'd ever encountered. And nearly eight years since his death, his status as one of Britain's greatest comedians shows no sign of shrinking. Despite his reputation for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992869601Author Jill Millard ShapiroFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Obscuriosity PressPublisher Obscuriosity Press

Join Alan Partridge on his incredible journey of discovery in Every Ruddy Word: All The Scripts.Alan Partridge is our most remarkable broadcaster. From the giddy heights of his short-lived TV chat show to the crashing lows of six months in a travel...

It's the start of a new year, so why not record your thoughts alongside Dawn's warm and witty observations. It's a brilliant way to pay-attention to and remember the days you're living through . . .'Beautiful, like Dawn, and stuffed full of goodies' JO...

For fans of Really Good Actually and I'm Glad My Mom Died'Moving, hilarious and generally astonishing' - Guardian'Brave, funny and moving' - Aisling Bea 'A deftness that catches your breath' - Fern Brady'An incredible piece of writing' - Brett...

Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare.The Birthday Party was first performed in 1958 and is now a modern classic, produced and studied...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798338445167Author MR PeekyFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedSeries MR Peeky's Guides To.....

"A fascinating inside look at the trailblazing series" (Entertainment Tonight)-discover the behind-the-scenes stories and lasting impact of the trailblazing sketch comedy show that upended television, launched the careers of some of our biggest stars,...

'Helen Lederer is the third funniest woman in the world' - Dawn French What was it like as one of a handful of women at the heart of the right-on alternative comedy scene in the 1980s? Piece of cake? Bit of a laugh? Well, yes, and no. It had its ups -...

Graham Chapman is said to have been Monty Python's one true anarchist. Like his mentors Spike Milligan and Peter Cook, the man who portrayed the mistaken messiah in Life of Brian lived his life on and off stage with a sheer delight in madness for its own...

Drawing together contributions by scholars from a variety of fields, including theater, film and television, sociology, and visual culture, this volume explores the range and diversity of comedic performance and comic forms in the modern age. It covers a...

Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of eye. But he was not always such a roaring success. The Life of Lee is an utterly hilarious and very moving autobiography charting his...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853997365Author David StuttardFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617204401Author Charles LambFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Flying Chipmunk PublishingPublisher Flying Chipmunk PublishingWeight(grams)...

Funny, fearless and absolutely filthy-nearly 3,000 more uncensored, dirty, sick, and deeply politically incorrect jokes, covering just about every topic imaginable, from adultery to (sex in) Zoos, including an assortment of bad taste lists. A worthy,...

Who gives the hammiest performance in a Bond film? What is the series' most cringeworthy moment? What quips would Sir Roger Moore come out with if he starred in Licence to Kill? These are the sort of questions you never knew you needed answering. It's...

Randy Rainbow, the man who conquered YouTube with a stylish pair of pink glasses, an inexhaustible knowledge of show tunes, and the most gimlet-eyed view of American politics this side of Mark Twain finally tells all in Playing with Myself, a memoir sure...

Peace Work is volume seven of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, legendary War Memoirs.'I had not informed my parents of my return, I wanted it to be a lovely surprise; it was, for me, they were away ...'The seventh and last volume of Spike...

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year The witty and exuberant New York Times bestselling author and record-setting Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings relays the history of humor in "lively, insightful, and crawling with goofy factlings," (Maria Semple,...

Official art book revealing the process of making the Winter 2024 stop-motion animated film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, featuring concept art, sketches, behind-the-scenes photography and interviews with Aardman's key creatives.In Wallace &...

Quite simply, Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running comedy programme in the world. It premiered 37 years ago, in 1973, and, after 31 series it finally came to an end last year - even though all its original protagonists - Compo, Foggy, even Nora...

Send in the Clowns presents interviews with 24 pioneering humanitarian and activist clowns and thought leaders working in hospitals, refugee camps, orphanages and war zones, and at the sites of street protests and locations of social unrest, across the...

Fourteen-year-old Jim Hawkins is serving ale in The Admiral Benbow Inn - when suddenly the door slams open and in strides Billy Bones, the infamous pirate, to change Jim's life forever... Soon, Jim finds himself on board The Jolly Todger and setting...

Billions of you have watched their videos and millions of you have followed them on social media.So here we go; it's time to back up because YouTube superstars, The Sidemen, are finally here in book form and they're dishing the dirt on each other as well...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629333533Author Michael J HaydeFormat HardbackPage Count 514Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 853gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

***If you loved Alan's first memoir - Look Who It Is! - then his follow-up, Alanatomy, will take you further into the hilarious and bizarre world of the country's favourite chatty man.***'As laugh out loud as his TV shows' Daily MirrorIt must seem...

Goodbye Soldier is volume six of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, legendary War Memoirs.'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.''I'm Spike,' sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.'Yeser, I know.'The sixth volume of...

When Dave Allen passed away in March 2005, we lost a true comedy great. Sitting cross-legged on a high stool, whiskey in one hand, cigarette in the other, Dave Allen's exasperated commentaries on the absurdities of modern life struck a chord with...

'There was none like her before and there's been none like her since' Dawn FrenchIn the five years since Victoria Wood's death, one great sadness has been the realisation that we will never again be surprised by new material from her.But as part of the...

'There was none like her before and there's been none like her since' Dawn FrenchIn the five years since Victoria Wood's death, one great sadness has been the realisation that we will never again be surprised by new material from her.But as part of the...

Count Arthur Strong tells the story of his extraordinary journey from his humble early years as the only son of a contortionist in wartime Doncaster to the dizzy heights and excesses of fame as one of the shining lights of popular entertainment. Count...

This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and covering every kind of theatrical story and experience from the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe to the age of Stoppard...

The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller.Laugh along with Michael McIntyre as he lifts the curtain on his life in his long-awaited autobiography.Michael's first book ended with his big break at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance. Waking up the next morning in...

'A great comedian and an extraordinary life' - Billy Connolly 'Properly laugh-out-loud funny' - The TimesJOIN COMEDY LEGEND AND NATIONAL TREASURE JANEY GODLEY AS SHE LOOKS BACK ON HER EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND FACES CANCER HEAD-ON Janey has been a...

An inspiring and interactive workbook to help you develop skills for longform improvisation, by one of the UK's top improv performers and teachers. Structured as a twelve-week course, this book provides techniques, advice and exercises that can be...

Larry Grayson was extremely funny, highly likeable and much-loved. Those were sentiments felt not just by his millions of fans, but also by those who knew him personally. He was a complicated man who didn't become a star until well into his middle age,...

Rob Brydon tells story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book. A multi-award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and inspired impressions, Rob Brydon has quickly become one of our very...