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Review Universal Pictures UK / The Office - An American Workplace: Complete Season 2
Actors & Directors
  • Steve Carell
  • B.J. Novak
  • Rainn Wilson
  • John Krasinski
  • Jenna Fischer
Release date: 2008-01-28
Run time: 460 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £10.75

Review The Office - An American Workplace: Complete Season 2 / Universal Pictures UK:

Thank goodness for second seasons. While the first season of The Office USA started dubiously with a pilot that was just a poor copy of the original Ricky Gervais version, it did manage to provide enough good material to stay on the air and hint that better was yet to come. And here it is. The second season of The Office USA finds its own footing and manages to do the near-impossible by not only breaking free of the gravity of that excellent BBC version to stand solidly on its own, but establishing it as one of the best comedies on TV. Season 2 starts out strong with "The Dundies," where Regional Manager, Michael Scott (Steve Carell, The 40 Year Old Virgin) hosts the company's annual office-awards event with his signature less-than-perfect grace. Things seem to only get worse for him this season as he bumbles a potential affair with his boss, Jan (Melora Harding), angers his employees by reading their emails ("Email Surveillance"), cooks his foot ("The Injury"), and accidentally destroys the warehouse with a forklift in "Boys and Girls," one of the season's highlight episodes. Always at his side is the clueless paranoid Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), the Assistant Regional Manager ("Assistant to the Regional Manager," Michael always reminds him in one of the show's running jokes). One of the reasons for the show's improvement in the second season is increased focus on Dwight's character, who's becoming something of a pop-culture icon right down to having his own bobblehead. He in turn provides so much good material for Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinsky) to play off of, to their own amusement. But of course, Pam and Jim's simmering relationship is the real meat of the show, as their compatibility becomes more obvious, Jim's feelings for her continue to grow, and Pam struggles with the impending marriage to her less-than-caring boyfriend, Roy (David Denman). [+]
Things have to come to a head, and they do nicely in the final episode, "Casino Night. " As strong as the leading characters are in The Office, it's the excellent peripheral characters that really make the show hilarious, especially dimwitted office-slug Kevin (Brian Baumgartner), long-suffering intern Ryan (B. J. Novak), office-ditz Kelly (Mindy Kaling), and ultra-conservative Angela (Angela Kinsey). -Daniel Vancini.

Review Playback / Hi-De-Hi! - Series 8 & 9 [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Shane
  • Jeffrey Holland
  • Felix Bowness
  • Ruth Madoc
Release date: 2008-09-22
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.50

Review Hi-De-Hi! - Series 8 & 9 [1986] / Playback:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Sleepless in Seattle [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Rosie O'Donnell
  • Meg Ryan
  • Nora Ephron
  • Tom Hanks
  • Ross Malinger
  • Bill Pullman
Release date: 2000-09-25
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: Jeff Arch
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.10

Review Sleepless in Seattle [1993] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

The director and stars of 1998's You've Got Mail scored a breakthrough hit with this hugely popular romantic comedy from 1993, about a recently engaged woman (Meg Ryan) who hears the sad story of a grieving widower (Tom Hanks) on the radio and believes that they are destined to be together. She's single in New York, he lives in Seattle with a young son, but the cross-country attraction proves irresistible and pretty soon Meg's on a westbound flight. What happens from there is. well, you must have been living in a cave to have let this sweet-hearted comedy slip below your pop-cultural radar. There's little complexity or depth to writer-director Nora Ephron's cheesy tale of a romantic fait accompli, and more than a little contrivance to the subplots that threaten to keep Hanks and Ryan from actually meeting. But the purity of star chemistry here is hard to deny, and this may be the first film to indicate the more serious and sympathetic side of Hanks that is revealed in later roles. With its clever jokes about "chick movies" and repeated homage to the classic weeper An Affair to Remember, this may not be everybody's brand of amorous entertainment, but it's got an old-Hollywood charm that appeals to many a movie fan. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. [+]
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Review Disney / Scrubs 1 - 7 Complete Box Set [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Judy Reyes
  • Zach Braff
  • Sarah Chalke
  • Ken Jenkins
  • Bill Lawrence
Release date: 2008-12-01
Run time: 3243 min.
RRP: £129.99
Price: £129.98

Review Scrubs 1 - 7 Complete Box Set [2001] / Disney:


Review Universal Pictures UK / The Office: An American Workplace Seasons 1-3
Actors & Directors
  • Rainn Wilson
  • John Krasinski
  • Jenna Fischer
  • Steve Carell
  • B.J. Novak
Release date: 2008-10-13
RRP: £44.99
Price: £32.00

Review The Office: An American Workplace Seasons 1-3 / Universal Pictures UK:

Season OneThe British sitcom The Office has the most devoted American following since Monty Python, so an American remake seemed doomed. Amazingly, the remake actually finds its own enjoyable version of the original's uncanny comedy of embarrassment. Office manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell, The Daily Show, The 40 Year-Old Virgin) believes he's the beloved leader of the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of a paper products company-but his relentless and painfully forced efforts at comedy creep out everyone around him, including paranoid Dwight (Rainn Wilson, who had a memorable recurring role on Six Feet Under), nervous receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer, LolliLove), and aimless salesman Jim (John Krasinski, A New Wave), who's smitten with the already engaged Pam. The pilot episode suffers from closely replicating the British pilot, but after that The Office finds its own footing, turning diversity training, an office birthday party, and a basketball game into excruciating yet hypnotically funny rituals of humiliation. Carell, though clearly talented, can't match Ricky Gervais' unique performance as the aggressively needy British manager (it's hard to imagine that anyone could); as a result, the supporting roles become more prominent, and Wilson, Fischer, and Krasinski quickly create a rapport that matches and may even exceed that of their British counterparts. -Bret FetzerSeason TwoThank goodness for second seasons. While the first season of The Office started dubiously with a pilot that was just a poor copy of the original British version, it did manage to provide enough good material to stay on the air and hint that better was yet to come. And here it is. The second season of The Office finds its own footing and manages to do the near-impossible by not only breaking free of the gravity of that excellent BBC version to stand solidly on its own, but establishing it as one of the best comedies on TV. Season 2 starts out strong with "The Dundies," where Regional Manager, Michael Scott (Steve Carell, The 40 Year Old Virgin) hosts the company’s annual office-awards event with his signature less-than-perfect grace. [+]
Things seem to only get worse for him this season as he bumbles a potential affair with his boss, Jan (Melora Harding), angers his employees by reading their emails ("Email Surveillance"), cooks his foot ("The Injury"), and accidentally destroys the warehouse with a forklift in "Boys and Girls," one of the season’s highlight episodes. Always at his side is the clueless paranoid Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), the Assistant Regional Manager ("Assistant to the Regional Manager," Michael always reminds him in one of the show’s running jokes). One of the reasons for the show’s improvement in the second season is increased focus on Dwight’s character, who’s becoming something of a pop-culture icon right down to having his own bobblehead. He in turn provides so much good material for Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Jim (John Krasinsky) to play off of, to their own amusement. But of course, Pam and Jim’s simmering relationship is the real meat of the show, as their compatibility becomes more obvious, Jim’s feelings for her continue to grow, and Pam struggles with the impending marriage to her less-than-caring boyfriend, Roy (David Denman). Things have to come to a head, and they do nicely in the final episode, "Casino Night. " As strong as the leading characters are in The Office, it’s the excellent peripheral characters that really make the show hilarious, especially dimwitted office-slug Kevin (Brian Baumgartner), long-suffering intern Ryan (B. J. Novak), office-ditz Kelly (Mindy Kaling), and ultra-conservative Angela (Angela Kinsey). -Daniel VanciniSeason ThreeAfter a shaky first season of finding its footing, and a second season of establishing itself as one of the funniest shows on TV, the third season of The Office finds the show in its strongest form yet, thanks in large part to the addition of some new characters and stronger plotlines centered on office romances. A corporate merger brings the Stamford staff to the Scranton office of Dunder-Mifflin a quarter of the way through the season giving a nice boost to the season's arc of story lines, especially the addition of Andy (Ed Helms, another Daily Show alum in a role that seems custom made for him) who serves as yet another foil to Dwight (Rainn Wilson) in his unending fight for Michael's approval. As the season begins, the focus is more on Michael (Steve Carell) and his unique "leadership" style in the Scranton office. "A good boss gruntles the disgruntled," and despite his best intentions, he proceeds to somehow screw it up, as in the opening episode, "Gay Witch Hunt," in which he accidentally outs a gay employee. In the second episode, "The Convention," Michael tries to get the party started at the Mid-Market Office Supply Convention ("fun jeans"), and ends up revealing his insecurity about Jim's (John Krasinski) decision to move to Stamford. It leads up to "The Coup," where Dwight meets with Michael's Boss Jan (Melora Hardin) in a misguided attempt to take control of the office. The merger of the two offices into the Scranton location provides the fuel needed to continue the Jim and Pam (Jenna Fischer) subplot as Jim returns with his new girlfriend, Karen (Rashida Jones) who also transferred, and with Pam no longer engaged to Roy, the tension among them increases significantly. Other major plot points this season include: Dwight shows his true feelings for Angela in an excellent climax to one of the funniest subplots on the show; Michael negotiates a raise after learning he barely makes more than his subordinates; new office suck-up Andy is forced into anger management classes; and finally, in what may be the most bizarre company retreat in history, a day at the beach ends with Pam revealing her true feelings for Jim in front of the entire office. The season wraps up in unpredictable fashion when Karen, Michael, and Jim all travel to headquarters to interview for the same position. The strength of this season just continues to solidify The Office's place as the preeminent satire of today's cubicle culture. -Daniel Vancini.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Red Dwarf : Complete BBC Series 6 [2005]
Actors & Directors
  • Chris Barrie
  • Craig Charles
  • Andy DeEmmony
  • Robert Llewellyn
  • Doug Naylor
  • Danny John-Jules
Release date: 2005-02-21
Run time: 180 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £6.34

Review Red Dwarf : Complete BBC Series 6 [2005] / 2 Entertain Video:

Series 6 is possibly the most eagerly awaited of the Red Dwarf DVD sets, due to its acclaimed third episode, "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", which earned the program an International Emmy Award in 1994. However, the five other episodes in the series have their own share of absurd laughs, and the two-disc set features enough supplemental features to keep even the most demanding RD fan happy. The crux of series 6 is that the Red Dwarf has been stolen (no thanks to Lister, who can't remember where he left it), and the crew must recover it; their pursuit brings them in contact with brain-consuming aliens ("Psirens", with guest star Jenny Agutter), a polymorph that turns Rimmer and Cat into their alternate identities from Series V ("Emohawk-Polymorph II"), the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse tricked out as gunslingers ("Gunmen of the Apocalypse"), an army of Rimmer clones ("Rimmerworld"), and finally, their own future selves, who turn out to be particularly awful (worse than the present-day ones, that is), and cause a cliffhanger ending that just might spell the end for the Red Dwarf crew. In short, series 6 more than earns its popular status among Red Dwarf's fanbase, thanks to its sharp writing (sadly, it would be the last series to feature scripts by co-creator Rob Grant) and energetic performances. And the double-disc set matches the quality of the programs with some terrific extras, including commentaries by the RD crew and fans (the latter on "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" only), and featurettes on composer Howard Goodall and series director Andy de Emmony; these are rounded out by the usual collections of "smeg-ups" (bloopers), deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, and another episode of the "Dave Hollins, Space Cadet" radio sketch that inspired the show. And again, the most patient of viewers will find Easter eggs on the menus (happy hunting). -Paul Gaita.

Review Contender Entertainment Group / Will and Grace: Complete Series 6
Actors & Directors
  • Debra Messing
  • Megan Mullally
  • Sean Hayes
  • Eric McCormack
Release date: 2005-08-15
Run time: 500 min.
RRP: £49.99
Price: £9.63

Review Will and Grace: Complete Series 6 / Contender Entertainment Group:


Review Rab C. Nesbitt / Rab C Nesbitt - Series 6-8 Box Set
Release date: 2007-10-15
Run time: 510 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £14.54

Review Rab C Nesbitt - Series 6-8 Box Set / Rab C. Nesbitt:


Review Warner Music Vision / Concert For George [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Eric Clapton
  • Gary Brooker
  • David Leland
  • Sam Brown
  • Jim Capaldi
  • Joe Brown
Release date: 2003-11-24
Run time: 246 min.
Creator: Zennia M. Barahona
RRP: £29.99
Price: £14.78

Review Concert For George [2003] / Warner Music Vision:

A celebration of the life and music of George Harrison, the Concert for George is a record of the November 2002 Royal Albert Hall tribute. Organised by close friend Eric Clapton, the show brought together the musical luminaries of George's generation, who not only inspired his music but were in turn inspired by him. Artists ranging from Joe Brown to Ravi Shankar perform touching but not overtly sentimental versions of his best-loved tunes. The many highlights include the Monty Python gang (joined by guest member Tom Hanks) performing "The Lumberjack Song", and a bare-arsed version (literally!) of "Sit On My Face". For the first time since the demise of the Beatles, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney share the same stage. Director David Leland does an excellent job of capturing the intimacy of the concert, as well as the emotions of those in attendance. Apart from the behind-the-scenes interview snippets included in the theatrical version, the cameras rarely move away from the main action on the stage. Shot in suitably restrained colours, the live performance footage makes for stimulating viewing, a particular highlight being Ravi and Anoushka Shankar's opening sitar recital. All in all it's a touching five-star tribute to one of the greatest musical icons of the 20th century. On the DVD: Concert for George two-disc set has two versions of the concert: the complete two-and-a-half-hour show and a shorter theatrical version that received a limited cinema release-this latter includes backstage footage of preparations for the concert, as well as interviews with some of the key performers from the night. [+]
Additional material is included on both discs: footage from the rehearsals, the Monty Python team backstage and interviews with many of the performers. Three versions of the concert soundtrack are also featured, ranging from ordinary stereo to an ear-shattering DTS version. -John Galilee.

Review MGM Entertainment / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Steve Martin
  • Glenne Headly
  • Michael Caine
  • Anton Rodgers
  • Frank Oz
  • Barbara Harris
Release date: 2001-07-09
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Stanley Shapiro
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.55

Review Dirty Rotten Scoundrels [1989] / MGM Entertainment:

On its original release in 1988, the pairing of Steve Martin and Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was seen as something of a dream ticket. Viewing the film many years later, that assessment still proves completely accurate: the casting is perfect. American Freddy Benson and Briton Lawrence Jamieson are con men who work the French Riviera-at first as colleagues, later as rivals-praying on rich, gullible women before finally meeting their match. Having spent the decade veering between popular rubbish and low-key quality, for once Caine was able to find a populist vehicle that did justice to his talents. Steve Martin is, well, very Steve Martin but there are few better suited to the visual comedy of his character. The film has an old-fashioned feel (no sex, violence or bad language) and owes much to the earlier period of film humour-it really doesn't take that much imagination to see this as an Ealing comedy. All round, it's a stylish, charming, witty film. On the DVD: Extras are few, limited to scene selection, subtitles and the very funny trailer. Picture quality is superb, allowing the film's exotic setting to sparkle and there are many scenes of breathtaking beauty. Given that the film is full of fantastic comedy set pieces, the ability to select scenes is a real plus, allowing to the viewer to locate that classic Martin pratfall at the push of a button. [+]
-Phil Udell.

Review Optimum Home Entertainment / The Family Way [1966]
Actors & Directors
  • Hywel Bennett
  • Roy Boulting
  • Marjorie Rhodes
  • John Mills
  • Avril Angers
  • Hayley Mills
Release date: 2007-06-04
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Bill Naughton
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.88

Review The Family Way [1966] / Optimum Home Entertainment:

The Family Way is a curiosity, a film that straddles two eras. Set in a tight-knit, Northern, working-class community, it harks back to 1950s' British cinema. There are characters here-for instance, John Mill's beer-quaffing patriarch or Wilfred Pickles' Uncle Fred-who wouldn't look out of place in an Ealing comedy. The screenplay by Bill Naughton (who also wrote Alfie) mines the same vein of whimsical, but well-observed character-based humour that you find in films such as Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore. Yet it deals with certain subjects that Ealing would never go near-namely the sex lives of its protagonists. The benighted hero is Arthur Fitton (Hywel Bennett), a shaggy-haired young local lad who has just wed the beautiful Jenny (Hayley Mills), but is having difficulty consummating the relationship. He's living at home, and is at odds with his father (John Mills), with whom, in the film's most memorable set-piece, he has an epic arm wrestling bout. Director/producer team Roy and John Boulting never quite fulfilled their potential. In the 40s, they made such ground-breaking films as Graham Greene's Brighton Rock and Fame is the Spur, a story of a young politician who loses his idealism and reforming zeal the closer he moves to the heart of the establishment. In the 50s, they too seemed to lose their ambition, turning to light comedy. [+]
The Family Way, which boasts music by Paul McCartney, makes some witty points about the clash between youngsters growing up in the not-so-permissive 60s and their parents (who think they're spoiled rotten) but hardly ranks with their best work. -Geoffrey Macnab.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Odd Couple [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Herb Edelman
  • Gene Saks
  • John Fiedler
  • Walter Matthau
  • Larry Haines
  • Jack Lemmon
Release date: 2002-09-02
Run time: 101 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.01

Review Odd Couple [1967] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

Neil Simon's classic stage comedy made an effortless transition to the big screen in 1967, when The Odd Couple provided Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau with a tailor-made mid-career affirmation of their status as two of cinema's greatest funny men. Lemmon is Felix, manically obsessed with cleanliness and housekeeping, struggling to understand why his wife wants a divorce. Matthau is Oscar, his slovenly poker-playing buddy who invites him to take the spare room and lives to regret it as they rapidly and comically come to grief like an old, totally incompatible, married couple, revealing exactly why their respective wives have had enough. "I don't think two single men living alone in a big eight-room apartment should have a cleaner house than my mother", Matthau wails, trying to make sense of the disintegrating situation. The pair devour Simon's typically sharp and witty script in a frenzy of classic one-liners that allow Lemmon's trademark twitchy neurosis and Matthau's baleful cussedness to flourish. Great as they are, though, they are nearly eclipsed in the funniest scene of the film by Monica Evans and Carole Shelly as a couple of British expatriate sisters from the apartment upstairs. Carry On innuendo briefly meets Manhattan repartee and the screen crackles with brilliance. It's a comic masterclass. On the DVD: The Odd Couple on disc has no extras apart from the original cinema trailer, but the film, presented in 2. 35:1 anamorphic widescreen, with Dolby Digital 5. [+]
1 Surround, is pristine, Neal Hefti's score providing that instantly identifiable flavour of sophisticated 1960s American comedy. -Piers Ford.

Review Peter Kay / Peter Kay - Stand Up UKay [2007]
Release date: 2007-11-19
Run time: 77 min.
RRP: £21.99
Price: £8.98

Review Peter Kay - Stand Up UKay [2007] / Peter Kay:

It's hard to remember a comedian that's enjoyed anything like the far-reaching success of Peter Kay in recent years. A best-selling autobiography, writing and directing hit television shows, and a comedy tour that broke records are just some of his achievements, and there's a strong flavour of what makes him so popular on this Stand Up Ukay DVD. The disc is effectively a greatest hits collection of his stand-up comedy routines, apparently chosen by the British public. So therefore Stand Up Ukay brings together some hilarious work: Hob Nobs in the your tea, how people dance at weddings and the infamous garlic bread are examples of some of the material here. The disc is then rounded out with the music video to "I'm Gonna Be" (500 Miles). Without doubt, Stand Up Ukay is a DVD packed with laughs, but conversely, there's little getting away from the fact that it's full of material that the majority will have seen and enjoyed before. That some of it is making its third appearance on a DVD release does sour the taste a little, too. Still, if you've missed out what all the fuss about, then Stand Up Ukay is an excellent starting point. Everyone else is best being a little more cautious. -Simon Brew.

Review Universal Pictures UK / The Vicar of Dibley - The Complete Collection [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Roger Lloyd-Pack
  • Gary Waldhorn
  • Emma Chambers
  • James Fleet
  • Dawn French
Release date: 2005-11-14
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £49.99
Price: £29.99

Review The Vicar of Dibley - The Complete Collection [1994] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Seinfeld: Seasons 1 - 3 [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Richards
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Teri Austin
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Tom Cherones
  • Jason Alexander
  • Art Wolff
  • Jason Alexander
  • David Steinberg
  • Joshua White
Release date: 2004-11-01
Run time: 879 min.
Creator: Don McEnery
RRP: £59.99
Price: £17.00

Review Seinfeld: Seasons 1 - 3 [1993] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:

Seinfeld is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of American sitcoms, and this long-delayed box set goes a long way in demonstrating why. From the first episode of the first season, it hit the ground running with its collection of oddball New Yorkers: There's stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who plays himself; Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), his pushy ex-girlfriend; his neurotic loser of a best friend George (Jason Alexander); and Jerry's wacky neighbour Kramer (Michael Richards). Co-written and co-created by Seinfeld and Larry David (who later went on to plumb greater depths of misanthropy with Curb Your Enthusiasm), it revolutionised American sitcoms with its cynical and mature comedy, and its ability to find comic gems in the most mundane situations (one classic episode is set entirely in a mall car-park). Seinfeld was, as all involved frequently admitted, a show about nothing. But this extras-laden collection-which features extensive cast and creator commentaries, deleted scenes, trivia tracks, outtakes, interviews and more-is most definitely something. -Ted Kord.

Review Entertainment in Video / Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Rob Corddry
  • Hayden Schlossberg
  • Kal Penn
  • Jon Hurwitz
  • John Cho
  • Roger Bart
  • Neil Patrick Harris
Release date: 2008-09-22
Run time: 96 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £10.99

Review Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay [2008] / Entertainment in Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Only Fools and Horses - The Complete Series 4 [1985] [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • John Challis
  • Nicholas Lyndhurst
  • Roger Lloyd-Pack
  • Buster Merryfield
  • David Jason
Release date: 2001-10-01
Run time: 207 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.80

Review Only Fools and Horses - The Complete Series 4 [1985] [1981] / 2 Entertain Video:

Only Fools and Horses is perhaps the last great and universally popular British sitcom. Series 4 reached 1985; Grandad has sadly passed on, to be replaced at Nelson Mandela House by Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield). Only Fools and Horses improved with age and the fourth series was still confined to the half-hour format, is good but not vintage (that occurred during Delboy's "Yuppy" years). Episodes such as "It's Only Rock'n'Roll", in which Rodney joins a band, show all the failings sitcoms usually expose when getting to grips with such alien subject matter: the situations have yet to involve the full complement of the entire Nag's Head ensemble and there are still occasional disturbing racial references. However, Uncle Albert's introduction does bring the series up a notch, as his furtive brandy-swilling, yarn-spinning and doddery bungling swiftly get on Delboy and Rodney's wick (though he's not without some cleverly introduced pathos), while episodes such as "Watching the Girls Go By" and "As One Door Closes" build effectively up to the sort of big, laugh-out-loud final twists that would become the series' trademark. On the DVD: full screen, no special features, sadly, except scene selection. -David Stubbs.

Review All Creatures Great and Small / All Creatures Great & Small - Series 7 [1990]
Release date: 2008-12-26
Run time: 681 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £15.98

Review All Creatures Great & Small - Series 7 [1990] / All Creatures Great and Small:


Review Mr Bump Presents / The Mr Men Show - Mr. Bump Presents: Trains, Planes and Dillymobiles! [2008]
Actors & Directors
  • Mark Risley
  • Simon Callow
Release date: 2008-10-06
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.97

Review The Mr Men Show - Mr. Bump Presents: Trains, Planes and Dillymobiles! [2008] / Mr Bump Presents:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Only Fools and Horses - The Complete Series 3 [1983] [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • Nicholas Lyndhurst
  • John Challis
  • Roger Lloyd-Pack
  • Kenneth MacDonald
  • David Jason
Release date: 2001-06-04
Run time: 180 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £5.94

Review Only Fools and Horses - The Complete Series 3 [1983] [1981] / 2 Entertain Video:

Regularly touted as one of the best British sitcoms ever, Only Fools and Horses kicked off in 1981 when mobile phones were the size of bricks and wine bars were the ultimate places to hang out. The formula was simple enough: Cockney wideboy Derek "Del Boy" Trotter (brilliantly played by David Jason) dreams of better things for himself while sharing a cramped council flat in the nicely named Peckham tower block Nelson Mandela House with his unworldly brother Rodney and his sweet but doddery old grandad. Trouble is, Del's endless money-making schemes (such as his attempt to flog a consignment of one-legged turkeys, or his plan to sell bottled tap water under the label "Peckham Spring") inevitably backfire, like the beat-up old Robin Reliant van he uses to cart around all this faulty gear in. Created by John Sullivan, who also sings the very catchy theme tune, Only Fools and Horses is a wonderful mix of dodgy but loveable characters (such as Del Boy's dimwit friend Trigger), knockabout slapstick (no-one falls down with as much comedic grace as Jason) and brilliantly crafted dialogue. Sadly, Leonard Pierce, who played Grandad, died in 1983 (his armchair in the Trotter household was filled in 1985 by Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert, an old merchant seaman who used to bore Del and Rodney with tales of his war days). The show ran to seven series and ended with characteristic warmth in 1991, when Del Boy became a father; but the Trotters made occasional returns to the small screens with six hugely popular one-off Christmas specials. This, as Del Boy himself might say, is "lovely jubbly". -Edward Lawrenson.

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