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Vicar of Dibley – Complete Collection (1994)

Geraldine Grander is appointed as the vicar in the sleepy village of Dibley which is full of excentric but kindly villagers.  They are initially surprised to have a lady vicar, but soon get used to her.

7/10

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Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

In this funny comedy, a diverse group of older people all decides to go to a retirement hotel in India that promises them a better life.  The hotel is very new and managed by an inexperienced manager.  The group learn about themselves and each other.

9/10

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Doctor Strange 

Marvel film about a surgeon who is in an accident that means he is unable to operate on people anymore.  He goes to a retrwat in Tibet where he learns special magical powers that can affect dimensions and can help to save the world.

There is a post credits scene with Thor meeting Dr Strange.

7/10

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Nanny McPhee

 

A widowed father with 7 naughty children runs out of nanny’s and a mysterious Nanny McPhee comes to help them.

She teaches the children to be good and leave the family much happier than they were before.

8/10

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Fawlty Towers (Complete)

This 70s sitcom is about a Torquay hotel run by Basil Fawty where the guests keep getting in his way.

9/10

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Dads Army (Complete)

This as nearly all the episodes (3 remain lost). This is a sitcom at in WW2 in a home guard platoon on the south coast of England.

8/10

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Bless this House (Complete)

The includes the whole TV series and the film. This is a 70s sitcom about a family staring Sid James ith his wife and children and neighbours.

There are continuity problems with the film and the rest of the TV series.

7/10

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Are You Being Served – complete collection

This 70s and 80s sitcoms is based in Grace brothers department store. It is has a lot of double entendres and is still funny.

7/10

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All Gas and Gaiters

The old sitcom is about a bishop, Chaplin, Archdeacon and Dean. The DVD only as a few episodes as most of them are lost. It is quite funny but dated.

6/10

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After Henry (Complete Collection)

This ITV sitcom is about 3 generations of women living together. Sarah is Henry’s widow and lives in the main part of the house. Her daughter Claire lives in a flat in the attic and her mother Eleanor lives in a flat in the basement.

7/10