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Second Thoughts - The Complete Series 1
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Just brilliant
Review date: 2006-11-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
What a lovely and gentle humourous TV programme. All the gentle subtle humour mixed together. For my wife and myself it gave us many hours of pleasure. We had seen it originally when it was first on television but to go back and have it in our DVD collection is a treat.
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Reviews
Good start to an engaging sitcom
Review date: 2006-04-07 Rating: 8 out of 10
This series was obviously inspired by the superb "Beiderbeck Affair" in which James Bolam starred with Barbara Flynn. As in the third and final Beiderbeck (Beiderbeck Connection) the series seems to flounder a bit without a good comic background plot.
However this is the first of the five seasons that the sitcom ran from 1991 to 1994 comprising in all forty nine episodes.
Fortunately Faith Greyshott (Bellingham) and Bill McGregor (Bolam) make a good couple tentatively starting out on a new relationship after their divorces. The obstacles in their way are Bill's ex wife Liza (Lang) who is very good as a kind of devils advocate meddling in the burgeoning relationship. I feel Faith's two children Hannah (Sawalha) and Joe (Denham) accept Bill rather too readily, missing good comic opportunities.
As with all first seasons things have to settle down and there is every indication this will be a warm and engaging series, (I missed it on TV) and I am looking forward to Season 2 which comprises twelve episodes.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
James Bolam
Lynda Bellingham
Julia Sawalha
Belinda Lang
Creators:
James Bolam (Primary Contributor)
Lynda Bellingham (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Network
Manufacturer: Network
EAN: 5027626227142
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-06-06
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 175 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)