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Between the Lines: Complete BBC Series 1-3 Box Set (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk)
CIB: the police for the police. Loathed by fellow officers and treated with suspicion by the public, their's is a grey world of corruption and one that leaves rising star Superintendent Tony Clark (Neil Pearson) cold. Reluctantly involved in the beginning, he finds that now there is no going back. As the taste of his promotion turns sour, he finds himself well and truly caught between the lines... The series presented a realistic cut-throat, no holds barred depiction of UK police corruption. With great supporting roles from Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond and the late Tony Doyle of Ballykissangel fame.
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Editorial
DVD Description
This Amazon Exclusive complete collecton box set includes all of series 1 – 3 of Between the Lines, the powerful and controversial cop TV drama that ran from 1992-1994, set in the Metropolitan Complaints Investigation Bureau.
Police corruption, violence, sex and terrorism how could it fail?
Review date: 2008-02-14 Rating: 8 out of 10
A series based around police corruption, violence, sex and terrorism, how could it fail? Tony Clarke (Neil Pearson) is a senior police officer who has the job of investigating complaits against the police. Torn between his basic honesty,ambition to rise in the police service and the need to protect his own position, Clarke does not always come out on top. The bad guys, on both sides of the law, sometimes get away with it. Clarke is shown as neither a hero or a villian, just as a guy struggling with people who are not only often more powerful and ruthless than him, but often more inteligent. Clarke's problem is that not only has he be compromised by his job, but he cannot keep his month shut or his trousers on. As the series progresses Clarke becomes more and more involved with MI5 and is clearly out of his depth. The producers of the series having the courage to have as the hero and man who does not aleays win.
All in all a good series with good performances from Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson as his right hand man Harry and Tony Doyle as his boss Deakin.
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Reviews
Breat British Drama !
Review date: 2007-11-13 Rating: 10 out of 10
Between the Lines was a show which reflected British television's attitude to the police in the Thatcher years - namely, that the police are brutal, corrupt and fascist. If the show was merely about corrupt officers, then it could have made for gripping drama, but it had a heavy political agenda so corruption was always from up on high and institutionalised. One or two episodes of this might have been gripping, but it was constant and often Neil Pearson's character would often act as an apologist for the criminals. One of the more ludicrous episodes featured Pete Postlethwaite as a senior Metropolitan Police commander putting down a riot (by good lefties or course) which he agitated and he ends up quoting the speech made in the Falklands War. But apart from the student level politics, the show gained notoriety and earned the nickname Between the Loins for its preponderance for sex scenes bang on the stroke of the 9 oclock watershed. Any chance for Pearson to drop his trousers (but always in a sensitive way) and he'd grab it. Sometimes it seemed he'd abandon a case to get some more sex...can't say I blame him.
This is every episode of this fantastic show - all in one box. Buy it.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Neil Pearson
Siobhan Redmond
Tom Georgeson
Ben Chaplin
Lesley Vickerage
Creators:
Neil Pearson (Primary Contributor)
Tom Georgeson (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014503249823
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 10
Format: Colour, Dolby, PAL,
Release date: 2007-11-12
Audience rating: To Be Announced
Region code: 2
Language: English (Original Language)