Severin Films champions genre-defying and celebrated Hungarian/British/American director Peter Medak with the Worldwide Blu-ray premiere of the hilariously dark THE ODD JOB, co-written by and starring Monty Python’s Graham Chapman. Pre-order is available now at https://severinfilms.co.uk/ ahead of the 25 August 2025 release date.

Director Peter Medak’s 1978 black comedy is co-written by and stars Graham Chapman – just prior to Life of Brian – as happily married Arthur Harris, who becomes suicidal when his wife suddenly up and leaves him. Trying and failing miserably to do the deed himself, when a peculiar handyman (BAFTA-winner Sir David Jason of Only Fools and Horses, in a role once intended for Keith Moon), turns up on his doorstep to offer his services, he enlists the help of this strange stranger, to kill him instead.

But when Arthur’s wife decides to come back home and try again, he discovers that his homicidal hire has every intention of finishing the job. Diana Quick (Brideshead Revisited), Carolyn Seymour (THE RULING CLASS), Simon Williams (Jabberwocky), Bill Paterson (Fleabag) and Richard O’Brien (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) co-star in this “crazy comedy” (Travalanche) co-written by Chapman with Bernard McKenna (Yellowbeard) and produced by Mark Forstater (Monty Python and The Holy Grail), now scanned in 2K from Peter Medak’s personal 35mm print.

Special Features on the disc are as follows

Introduction by director Peter Medak

Audio Interview with Peter Medak

The Odd Job Men – Zoom reunion between star Sir David Jason and Peter Medak

The Unusual Work – Interview with writer Bernard McKenna

Producer, An Odd Job – Interview with co-producer Mark Forstater

The Odd Batch – Interview with actor Richard O’Brien

The Naughty Neighbour – Interview with actress Carolyn Seymour

Most Peculiar Craft – Interview with actor Simon Williams