Bill Hicks has become emblematic as the rebel, post-punk, chain-smoking comedian whose career was so unfortunately cut short by cancer. This top-notch documentary details the life of the man told by those who knew him best.
There's a wealth of material here and photo-animation is imaginatively deployed using stills from his earlier life to recreate poignant moments. Alongside the 102 minute film are loads of extras; 30 minutes of unseen footage, 3 hours of extended interviews, his audio j find out more...

The late, great Bill Hicks, tragically taken from us early in '94, live on stage at the Dominion Theatre in London. In this, his last performance, the outrageous comic plays to a sell-out audience and is as always, refreshingly irreverent, controversial and thought-provoking. Included in this tribute are clips of interviews with David Letterman and Jay Leno, brief interviews with comedians, including Sean Hughes and Eddie Izzard, anecdotal contributions from old school friends and his parents. T find out more...

Jack Johnson's first break into the public music arena was when his composition 'Rodeo Clowns' was chosen to be G-ILove and Special Sauce's first single off their 1999 album 'Philadelphonic'. He had long been a huge figure in the surfing world, having been born and raised in Hawaii. He fast became a renowned surfer and scored a pro contract with Quiksilver before he had left high school. His implicit creativity led him to study and graduate with a degree in film at Santa Barbara. This then led t find out more...

Beat Generation New Yorker Lenny Bruce shocked the world, and became the blueprint for a new kind of stand up comedy, with his profanities, attitudes toward drugs, irreverence, anti-establishmentism and general anarchistic demeanour. He faced years of consequent police and legal harassment. find out more...

Featuring his final performance at the Manchester Arena to a 9,000 sell out crowd on the 'Mum Wants A Bungalow Tour'. Included on the DVD is a 47-minute documentary, 'One Hundred And Eighty - The Tour Documentary', a hilarious fly on the wall look at life backstage for Peter Kay as he travels around the UK on his jam-packed stand up tour. find out more...

One of the greatest stand up comics to have come out of America gives a post booze and drugs lifestyle performance. While the man's still as funny as hell, you may feel like he's having a cathartic outpouring and you're the gently sympathetic psychiatrist. Part comic routine, part documentary. find out more...

Comedian Doug Benson explores the current situation with medical marijuana in the United States, focusing on the conflict between federal and state law and the explosive growth in medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles over the past two years. find out more...

Lots of famous comedians (almost 100) show off their skills by telling a story, but all with the same punchline. Not just "an" in-joke this is "the" in-joke, a basic structure upon which to hang the filthiest, ugliest, nastiest and most determinedly offensive comedic skits that the depraved imaginings of the stand up circuit can muster. 'The Aristocrats' is a joyous showcase of the darkest improvisation, run with it, if your sensibilities can stand the abuse. find out more...

Self-proclaimed 'King of Filth', famously labelled (by William S Burroughs no less) as 'The Pope of Trash' and, undeniably, the daddy of 'Bad Taste', John Waters' 'lecture' is an exercise in subversive culture and sheer hilarity. Speaking retrospectively about his life and career, not to mention a whole host of other topical issues from Michael Jackson to crystal meth, as well as anecdotal insights into his shop-lifting exploits with star and dear friend Divine, this is quite possibly the funnie find out more...

Whoopi Goldberg is like a hip, Afro-American Joyce Grenfell. Her monologues are masterpieces of characterisation and acute observation - always funny and moving.

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