And now for something completely different. In spite of the Ukulele Orchestra claiming they have been going for 20+ years, I first came across them in February 2003 at the Cellar Upstairs Folk Club in London. It was love at first sight, and I have seen them five more times since then, with tickets booked for another concert in London in November.

The Orchestra have released a number of self-produced albums, but the first properly produced album was The Secret of Life (Longman Records, 2003). In spite of lovely versions of "Hard to Handle," "Miss Dy-na-mi-tee," "Je t'aime" and original songs like "The Stage" and "You Talk About My Drinking," I always found their recordings to be missing the tiny little bit extra that makes the Ukuleles stand out from the crowd.

So at last we are presented to them the way it should be, with the visuals, the in-between-songs jokes and the audience reactions, on this newly released concert DVD, Anarchy in the Ukulele. The concert serves as a kind of "Greatest Hits" selection, in spite of the group never having any chart success. Each of their devoted fans have our own favourite songs.

At over 65 minutes they execute 15 titles, some of them medleys of various songs. Picking favourites is hard, I really love it all, but a small selection will show you what Anarchy is about.

They almost always steer away from the traditional ukulele repertoire, claiming that any music sounds better performed on ukuleles. George Formby's "Leaning on a Lampost" is the only exception. But in true Uke-fashion they transform it and make it sound like it is being performed by a balalaika orchestra with chorus.

This chestnut is followed by their hilarious version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," with Peter Brooke-Turner's powerful bass voice making you forget anything about the man who used to sing it. And watch his mimics. That man is a true actor.

I have never seen them perform "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" live, but it made me laugh my socks off, from the introduction, when Hester Goodman climbs on to a chair to have a "chat on the level" with Brooke-Turner, who is closer to seven feet than six. And with the rest of the members running round around the stage serving the two singers with ukuleles tuned in different ways, well, you have to see it to believe it!

"Life on Mars" is one of the cleverest things the orchestra has ever put together. Described as "a song about plagiarism, it was not our own idea" by bass player Jonty Bankes, who also sings it. It starts off like a pretty straight forward rendition of the Bowie-classic, complete with song harmonies and all. But during the second verse other songs start creeping in, to show where Bowie got it all from. I know you don't believe me, but a certain autobiographical Sinatra-song, a Who-hit about an imposter and one of Stevie Wonder's best covers (as well as a few other songs) all fit in well with it.

Young boy of the group Will Grove-White has developed a charming song-stutter that he uses to great effect, this time on Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" and Robert Johnson's classic "Hot Tamales, They're Red Hot."

The introduction of the theme music to "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" is a classic Ukulele Orchestra-piece-de-forte. It borrows from many sources, the Pat Boone-song "Speedy Gonzales" being one of them. The tune itself builds up, adding harmonies, human cries and lovely whistling by Mr Bankes, on the way.

"Fly Me Off the Handel" is a piece the Orchestra often use as an encore, really designed to play when you do not know which piece of music to play. Starting off with a piece by Handel, the members then each sing a part of a song based on that chord sequence. Then they finish it off by them all singing their songs simultaneously. You would not guess how well one of The Eagles' greatest hits goes together with a 1970s disco-classic, a famous Sinatra-song, a jazz standard, that Roberta Flack-song about Don McLean and . . . I will not spoil the fun by disclosing the titles.

Well, that is about half of it. And when Hester Goodman during the last song, "Le Freak" by Chic, introduces all seven members with the phrase "on the ukulele" my first reflex is to rewind and play it all again.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is unique. I know no other group with such a breadth in their repertoire. They mix musical brilliance (both instrumental and vocal), and a profound knowledge of music, with the greatest sense of humour I have seen on a musical stage.

Top Notch is a CD with a collection from their pre-Secret of Life albums. They give us a mix of covers and tracks written by members, mainly soloist George Hinchcliffe. Some of the tracks from the video I have not mentioned are also to be found on the CD: "Devil's Galop," "Should I Stay or Should I Go," "Wuthering Heights," and "Teenage Kicks." You also get Prince's "Kiss," "Yes Sir, That´s My Baby," and Tchaikovsky's "Sugar Plum Fairy": a nice selection to listen to, but with the same problem as Secret of Life. You do not get to see them!

If you want a taste of Anarchy there are film clips and sound bites on their Web page. Miss them at your own risk.