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The Detectives - Series 2 [1993]
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Thoroughly excellent
Review date: 2006-11-18 Rating: 10 out of 10
After having seen the first couple of episodes on the Series 1 DVD, I wondered whether my memories of this show were rose-tinted. After those first few - and throughout this second series - I'm reassured that my favourable memories were accurate. This is excellent. The performances of the leads are sublime, and the writing of Steve Knight and Mike Whitehill works really well for these characters.
Plus, there are a few episodes I'd forgotten all about. To jog your memory, this contains:
* The one where Briggs and Louis get suspended and meet the blind pool player
* The one in the monastery
* The one in the boxing gym
* The one containing the pilchards lorry and the trip to Amsterdam
* The one with Rula Lenska
* The one where the Jasper Carrott character watches a domestic from his window.
Hopefully that's got you thinking "Ah, I half remember that one." Good. Now buy it.
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Reviews
Laugh til you cry - I do
Review date: 2006-11-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
I have never found any comedy as funny as this series and am SO glad that its now at last coming out on DVD. I think this is my favourite of all the series, the real creme de la creme being Never Without Protection, with Rula Lenska which always have me falling off the sofa it is quite simply hysterical!! - especially the ending. However that is not to suggest the other episodes are not as funny, they are, including monks in a silent order and bulls pituitary glands and the boxing board. You will laugh until you cry from start to finish and if you have never seen this series I urge you to buy it as you won't regret it. Utterly priceless, worth every penny and the long wait for DVD format.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jasper Carrott
George Sewell
Frank Windsor
Tony Selby
Robert Powell
Creators:
Jasper Carrott (Primary Contributor)
Robert Powell (Primary Contributor)
Barry Noakes (Cinematographer)
Ed Bye (Producer)
Graham Hutchings (Editor)
Nic Phillips (Producer)
Mike Whitehill (Writer)
Steven Knight (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Cinema Club
Manufacturer: Cinema Club
EAN: 5014138303938
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Full Screen, PAL,
Release date: 2006-09-04
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 168 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1993-01-27
Language: English (Original Language)