Who could have predicted that rationing would continue for nearly ten years after the end of WWII? In the latest of the popular Yesteryear Scrapbook series see the way people coped with life in the austere post-war period through archive news footage from all over Britain. Among the stories are a `Utility' Fashion Feature from 1947 and Mr & Mrs O'Hare And Their 16 Children!. Then on CD enjoy some of the best-loved tracks of the day: magical melodies that were performed with meaning.

An illustrated booklet creates a superb visual record.16 Tracks!

This classic collection features the seven surviving episodes from the original TV comedy series of 'The Likely Lads' following the lives of two Geordie lads childhood friends Terry Collier and Bob Ferris.

In the first series of Whatever Happened To The Likely LadsTerry returns from serving years in the Army and has a chance encounter with Bob Ferris on the train home. He is horrified to discover that Bob is about to marry his straitlaced girlfriend Thelma. With his old friend back on the scene Bob tries to stay on the straight and narrow but cannot avoid Terry's attempts to lead him astray.

Mike Leigh's legendary TV drama Abigail's Party is No. 11 in the British Film Industry's list of top 100 British TV programmes. Such is its popularity that it is still admired and watched over and again.

Beverly is a drinking smoking brash woman who is full of social pretences and loves Demis Roussos. While `Abigail's Party' takes place next door she turns an uncomfortable social occasion between neighbouring couples into an excruciating hotbed of emotional tension. The assembled couples cringe in an atmoshpere of awkward silence and embarrassed small-talk as the evening hurtles towards disaster.

The superb Alison Steadman won two best actress awards for her portrayal of the acid-tongued hostess in this bitterly amusing study of pretentious middle-class values. It...

This is one of the most popular and hilarious feaure length episodes of the long-running comedy series The Jolly Boys' Outing finds Del Boy Rodney and the regulars of the Nag's Head Peckham setting off on a day-trip to Margate. Starring David Jason Nicholas Lyndhurst. In true Only Fools & Horses style the outing goes as well as can be expected despite a drunken coach driver Rodney being arrested and the Trotters' dodgy radio setting fire to the coach.

Forced to stay overnight the boys finally find a room in the hotel from hell then to Del's surprise he encounters former girlfriend Racquel performing as a stage magician's assistant. Packed with classic comedy moments from the pen of John Sullivan this TV special is `lovely jubbly'!

For those of us who remember `Sykes' from its beginnings as'Sykes and A...' on TV in the late 60s this fabulous DVD is a real gem. Eric is the master of understated comedy. His shows turned everyday situations into hilarious events.

Along with his `sister' played by the wonderful Hattie Jacques and supported by the fine talents of Deryck Guyler as Corky and Richard Wattis as the Sykes' snobbish neighbour Mr Brown Sykes set the scene for some of Brtiain's best ever comedy shows. So popular were they that the residents of Sebastopol Terrace entertained the nation for more than two decades. With Hattie Jacques & Deryck Guyler.

This collection features black & white and colour extracts from Eric's television career accompanied by comment from the great man...

This tribute includes all the very best moments from Dick Emery's long-running BBC show. Dick was one of Britain's bestloved comedy performers on radio and television throughout the `60s and `70s. From the very beginning The Dick Emery show was an instant success creating a host of memorable characters.

Ooh - You Are Awful! Enjoy again the frustrated man-eater Hettie; the toothy vicar; the hapless Bovver Boy and his father; First World War veteran James Maynard Kitchener Lampwick and of course the blonde bombshell Mandy. This Comedy Greats DVD brings together the funniest moments from Dick Emery's television performances in a superb showcase of his comedic and acting talent. It genuinely offers a laugh a minute.

This superb collection features three classic thrillers starring Hollywood's legendary tough guy including one of the actor's first starring roles in Cold Sweat.Someone Behind The DoorCharles Bronson Anthony PerkinsA gifted neurosurgeon discovers his wife has been cheating on him. He lures an amnesiac into his home and convinces him that the wife is his own in the twisted hope that the man will exact his revenge.Cold SweatCharles Bronson James Mason. Bronson plays Joe Moran a ruthless drug dealer who decides to take violent revenge when his wife is taken prisoner by a psychopathic drug baron.LolaCharles Bronson Susan George A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old girl.

They marry but when the couple move to America the trouble...

Series 4`Hetty' Wainthropp is a sprightly pensioner who decides to turn her hand to detection! Private investigator Hetty armed with hat and raincoat and tons of gritty Northern commonsense leads her teenage assistant Geoffrey and husband Robert on chases galore. This is not high-tech detection and the local bus service will work just as well as a high speed car!The Wainthropp Detective Agency goes from strength to strength and former delinquent Geoffrey finds himself promoted to partner as the team solves more crimes in the charming Lancashire countryside.

`Lilies' tells the story of three daughters of a working-class family living in Liverpool's docklands in the 1920s. Iris May and Ruby Moss are young Catholic women filled with passion and ambition starting to make their way in a society gripped by the spectre of poverty. Each of them is determined to shake off the constraints of their working-class background and each must learn that life is fraught with disappointment and challenges.The Complete BBC SeriesThe eight-part series by acclaimed screenwriter Heidi Thomas blends meticulous period detail with a wonderful sense of wit and warmth.

It is a sensitive portrayal of a family's closeness in the face of adversity.