1. Seinfeld Complete Collection - £149.99
America's favourite show "about nothing" finally gets the complete boxset treatment, almost a decade after it wrapped. The jokes stand the test of time admirably; George remains one of the great comedy creations.
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2. Extras Series 1&2 box set - £27.99
Ricky Gervais’ sitcom really came into its own in the second series, though the first did produce some classic cameos from Kate Winslet, Ben Stiller and others. Catch up with it before the Christmas special.
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3. The Worst Week Of My Life box set - £34.99
Britcom stalwarts Ben Miller and Sarah Alexander are joined by Alison Steadman and Geoffrey Whitehead for this meeting of traditional sitcom and contemporary cringe comedy in the vein of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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4. Arrested Development - £34.99
Cancelled due to lack of audiences stateside, this portrait of a dysfunctional clan and their declining property empire has become a sleeper DVD hit on both sides of the pond. Wryly narrated by Ron Howard.
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5. The Armando Iannucci Shows - £15.99
Iannucci’s deranged comedic style was given free rein in this series, buried in the BBC2 schedules on first showing, and only recently released onDVD. The political skits anticipate the brilliance of The Thick of It.
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6. The Thick of It Season 1 - £19.99
One of British comedy’s finest offerings, with some unforgettable insults, The Thick of It did such a great satirical hatchet job on Downing Street’s machinations, even Cabinet ministers commended its accuracy.
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7. American Dad Season 2 - £24.99
From Seth MacFarlane, creator of student favourite Family Guy, comes this “broad” satire on right-wing American patriotism. Somehow (because it’s a cartoon?) it gets away with far more than you’d expect.
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8. Peep Show Series 4 - £19.99
The fourth series of this mind-reading gem sees nerdy Mark finally planning to tie the knot with Sophie. He doesn’t love her, he’s just too embarrassed to call it all off. Let’s just hope Peep Show dies before it gets too old.
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9. Entourage Seasons 1&2 box set - £30.99
One of HBO’s greatest hits, Entourage relates the Hollywood adventures of a young heartthrob actor in his prime. Except that he’s the least interesting thing about it – the real stars are, well, his entourage.
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10. Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace - £19.99
Marenghi (aka Matthew Holness) is a British writer whose Eighties sci-fi/horror film was too shocking (or schlocking) to screen, but has now been dragged from the archives for this retrospective. Or has it?
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6 November 2007, Chosen by Tim Walker
