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Green Wing Special


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DVD Description

In Green Wing Special the critically acclaimed hospital-inspired comedy "Green Wing" is back for a one off extravaganza. This genre-defying TV show takes and altogether unconventional view of the health service, proving that medical issues needn't have any actual relevance in a hospital setting. Produced by the same team who brought you "Smack the Pony", the series is more concerned with the antics of its dysfunctional characters than with real medical issues, and consequently plays out like a surreal soap opera. The Green Wing Special DVD marks the end of the award-winning show's very successful run.


Editorial
Synopsis

In this special and final episode of Green Wing, the end is nigh--Caroline (Tamsin Greig) is now engaged to Guy (Stephen Mangan), while Mac (Julian Rhind-Tutt) has very little time to live. Gripped by desperation and paranoia, dwarf-killing duo Statham (Mark Heap) and Joanna (Pippa Heywood) are on the run, jumping relentlessly out of frying pans and into fires (not quite literally). With no-one left in charge, the admin girls let their basic instincts run wild, while something very strange has happened to Karen after her fall from the window. Boyce discovers life without Statham, Sue White spots a job opportunity and Martin feels utterly helpless. Again. At least it all ends happily ever after... or does it? As the mayhem and madness of Green Wing continues, how will it all end for the dysfunctional team of medics?



Confused
Review date: 2008-04-13 Rating: 8 out of 10

I am a big fan of Green Wing. Having purchased Series one and two and watched the Special on Channel 4, I recently decided to purchase the Special on DVD as it has come down considerably in price and was definitely not worth the original price for one episode.
the Special was not as funny as the normal episodes but then it is a story coming to an end. I was disappointed with the 'extras' on this DVD especially as it didn't contain any of the hilarious 'out takes'!
I was confused by some reviewers who mention the alternative ending. Unless I am imaging things, the alternative ending shown on this DVD is actually the one shown when this aired on Channel 4. The ending on this DVD would appear odd to anyone who hadn't seen the channel 4 version. I don't understand how they can bill it as an alternative ending.
On the deleted scenes there are some terrible scenes where Caroline is kissing Guy before her wedding to Mac. I am glad these didn't make it in to the final cut as it makes you think that Caroline doesn't love Mac after all!
Overall, I am glad I have purchased it as I now have the full collection but I am even more glad I didn't pay the original price!!


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Reviews


I haven't watched this since I bought it.
Review date: 2007-12-03 Rating: 4 out of 10

I watched this on tv (and had already ordered the DVD). Then I had to watch it again because I felt I was being unfair to judge it entirely on one viewing. It is brilliantly funny as ever, but essentially the storyline is flawed. They spent so long playing around with who Caroline loved that by this point I thought if she doesn't know, then she doesn't really love either of them!! You lost all compassion and empathy for Caroline as it became apparent that there was no real turmoil in her head, just no feelings. They couldn't please everyone with the ending, but by doing what they did, they have pleased very few people. If I had to watch this again, I would only watch it with the alternative ending. But still, spend your money on something else instead - Spaced, Darkplace or The Boosh.

lacklustre ending
Review date: 2007-07-28 Rating: 4 out of 10

series one was superb. Series 2 got off to a slow start but was pretty good.The much anticipated special kind of disappeared off the xmas schedules and wasn't promoted much at all -which should have told us something? There is a feeling of bittersweetness here and a pandering after a predictable happy ending for the love triangle. The demise of doctor statham and partner was truly sad with a few poignant moments. The finale lacked inventiveness and comedy. It needed more threshing out and one came away quite dissapointed that the writers couldn't have made the characters go out in better style.Green wing deserved a better ending than this. Only buy for completeness's sake.

The end is zzzzzzzz...
Review date: 2007-02-12 Rating: 2 out of 10

I was hoping that this special would resurrect my former delight in Green Wing, as the excess of good will I held towards the show was well and truly annihilated by the abysmal second series. Fans of the show are divided over whether series 2 was any good or not, and I'm firmly of the belief it wasn't a patch on the innovative first series. That doesn't mean I don't have a sense of humour, or the show's just 'too surreal' for my taste, I just think everything since the first series has been a flat homage to a once great show. This special does nothing to persuade me otherwise. It lacks every element that made the show enjoyable, and this is no better displayed than in the cringeworthy funeral scene that opens the show. Not cringeworthy in a funny, Ricky Gervais doing a silly dance sort of way, but cringeworthy in its most traditional sense. Green Wing excelled when it was a comedy series set in the real world but with elements of fantasy. By the end of this wretched finale, reality has well and truly vanished, and we're watching the sort of drivel...sorry, 'fantasy', that smacks of plain laziness on behalf of the tired writing team. This really is a shame, as I had hoped for the show to go out 'on a high', but instead it just sort of tails off,a bit like this sentence. Don't waste your money, tape the repeat or watch it on 4 on Demand for a pound instead!

very good - but wanted more!
Review date: 2007-01-21 Rating: 8 out of 10

There are so many obsessive Green Wing fans out there, with so many different wishes for the series, that this special could never have done right by everyone. As it turns out, it's a bittersweet, and funny episode, but it does feel like it could have done with a bit of pruning. The parts with the character of Martin Dear in particular feel like they were popped in to give the actor something to do. But Statham and Joanna's scenes were genius (behold the cows), and all the love-triangle stuff with Mac and Guy is particularly funny and touching. The ending is definitely odd, and might not please all, but the 'alternative' extended ending gives a touch of hope to caromac fans...
overall, it's a quirky and mostly-satisfying way to say goodbye to a much-loved show.

Product Details/Specifications


Artist(s):
Green Wing

Recording label: Channel 4 DVD
Manufacturer: Channel 4 DVD
EAN: 6867441017691
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-01-08
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 90 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)

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