Powerhouse Films has just released the, Hammer Volume Seven Ships & Giggles Blu-ray under their Indicator label for the UK.
Hammer Volume Seven: Ships & Giggles, contains the following films:
The Ugly Duckling (1959) Sci-fi Comedy (84 mins)
Directed by Lance Comfort, Stars Bernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee, Reginald Beckwith and Michael Ripper.
Don’t Panic Chaps (1959) Comedy (85 mins)
Directed by George Pollock, Stars Dennis Price, George Cole and Thorley Walters.
A Weekend With Lulu (1961) Comedy (85 mins)
Directed by John Paddy, Stars Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Phillips, Alfred Marks, Shirley Eaton and Irene Handl.
Watch It, Sailor! (1961) Comedy (81 mins)
Directed by Wolf Rilla, Stars Dennis Price, Liz Fraser and Irene Handl.
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Hammer Volume Seven Ships & Giggles Blu-ray (Limited Edition)
Powerhouse Films says this release contains “High Definition masters of The Ugly Duckling, Don’t Panic Chaps, A Weekend with Lulu, and Watch It, Sailor!”.
Limited Edition of just 6,000 numbered units for the UK.
Blu-ray Technical Specs
- Discs: 4
- Region: B
- Video: 1080p High Definition
- Aspect Ratio: TBC
- Audio: Mono
- New & Improved English Subtitles
- Running Time: 5 hours 35 mins approx.
- Rating: 12
Special Feature
- Limited Edition Exclusive Booklets
- Archival Interview with Vera Day (2016) (Watch It, Sailor! Actor in conversation with Filmmaker Derek Pykett)
- Jonathan Rigby on Hammer Comedies (2026)
- Robert Shail on Lance Comfort (2026) (Film Historian Discusses the Director of The Ugly Duckling)
- Introductions by Stephen Laws (2026)
- The BEHP Interview with Len Harris (1991) (Archival Audio Recording)
- The BEHP Interview with Alfie Cox (1992) (Archival Audio Recording)
- The BEHP Interview with Tilly Day (1988) (Archival Audio Recording)
- David Benson on Frankie Howerd (2002) (Archival Audio Recording of a Presentation by the Actor, Comedian & Author of To Be Frank, Staged at BFI Southbank, London)
- Leslie Phillips Asks… (1960) (Charity Appeal Film for the Royal National Institute of Blind People featuring the A Weekend with Lulu Star)
- Up in the Air (1969) (Feature-length Children’s Film Foundation Production Set in a Victorian Boarding School, Guest starring The Ugly Duckling’s Jon Pertwee)
- Don’t Panic Chaps Theatrical Trailer
- Image Galleries
Purchase Information
Hammer Volume Seven Ships & Giggles Blu-ray is available now to purchase on Blu-ray for £54.99 from Amazon, HMV or Powerhouse Films. (Prices correct as of 18th May 2026).
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Release Date
Blu-ray released on 18th May 2026 in the UK.
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