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A Very Peculiar Practice [1986]
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The seven 50-minute episodes here form an overall arc following Daker from sheer terror through romance with behavioural psychologist Lyn Turtle (Amanda Hillwood), to ethical conflict with the sociopathic vice-chancellor (played with relish by John Bird). Increasingly surreal (from strange nuns to stranger dream sequences--the second, even better series was more bizarre still), the series launches an acidic assault on the Thatcherite asset-stripping mentality that was then laying waste not just British universities, but the entire nation. Written with an acute irony by Andrew Davies, whose move into more mainstream adaptations such as Pride and Prejudice (1995) was contemporary TV drama's greatest loss, A Very Peculiar Practice is a television landmark that, alongside The Singing Detective and Edge of Darkness, marks 1986 as one of the finest years in the history of the medium. --Gary S Dalkin
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
A satirical, surreal and acutely observed comedy-drama from the mid-1980s, A Very Peculiar Practice stars Peter Davison, who, following turns as a vet in All Creatures Great and Small and the Doctor in Doctor Who, here plays naïve Dr Stephen Daker, a profoundly nervous new addition to Lowlands University's medical practice. The distinctly eclectic team he meets is headed by the compassionate, incompetent, alcoholic and suicidal "Jock" McCannon (the gloriously theatrical Graham Crowden). Barbara Flynn is marvellous as the manipulative bisexual Dr Rose Marie, and David Troughton as Dr Bob Buzzard personifies the "greed-is-good" ethos of the era.
2nd series starts Sunday 3 August on Sky Arts channel
Review date: 2008-08-02 Rating: 10 out of 10
The second series of A Very Peculiar Practice will be whown on Sundays and Wednesday on Sky Arts channel, starting 9 pm Sunday 3rd August 2008. My partner found this out by accident while channel-surfing, haven't seen it advertised at all. I can't wait!!!
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Reviews
Series 2
Review date: 2008-05-04 Rating: 10 out of 10
I thoroughly enjoyed series one and watched the whole of series two avidly when it was screened but MISSED THE LAST EPISODE !!!! If it was repeated I missed it again - it does not seem to have been been released on DVD - why ever not?
2nd Series
Review date: 2008-04-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
I agree with the last review I have been waiting for the second series for years now. When are we to expect it?
WHERE IS SERIES 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review date: 2008-04-05 Rating: 10 out of 10
Did they lose the rights, or are they lazy, or don't they think it will sell? WAKE UP NETWORK!
Why not available in U.S.?
Review date: 2007-12-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
We loved this series, catching it when it was first broadcast here in the Washington, DC area. We've been looking for a VHS or DVD version for more than a decade so we can enjoy it again. Why no U.S. release?!?
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Graham Crowden
Peter Davison
David Troughton
Barbara Flynn
Creators:
Peter Davison (Primary Contributor)
Barbara Flynn (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Network
Manufacturer: Network
EAN: 5027626218744
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2004-01-26
Number of discs: 2
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 385 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1986-05-21
Language: English (Original Language)