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This box set finally collects together all four seasons - a total of 28 episodes - a huge 15 Hours and 52 minutes of material!
RRP: £34.99
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DVD Description
The legenary Absolutely finally makes its debut on DVD after Absolutely Productions finally re-aquired the rights to all 4 series of Absolutely. Written by and starring Moray Hunter, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Peter Baikie, Gordon Kennedy & John Sparkes, the late 80s early 90s sketch show has been described as 'one of Channel 4's best-kept secrets'
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Special Features
Selected Episode Commentaries Absolute Beginnings Absolute Remembered Absolute Characters Absolute Music and Animation Absolute Other Bits Absolute Pictures
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Synopsis
Features all four series of the influential Scottish television comedy show ABSOLUTELY.
Im really glad its finally here, but like a lot of reminiscent stuff...
Review date: 2008-08-09 Rating: 8 out of 10
...it never totally lives up to the memories. That isnt a bad thing, but with 22 episodes to plough through, at least you have the luxury of skipping some of the weaker moments. I'll explain below.
It loses a star simply cause most of season 1 isnt much cop, and admittedly (check out the extras), is self indulgent, which is reflected in sketches going on for far too long on many occasions. John sparkes' stuff was always funny, probably cause most of it relied of a lot of physical comedy. Its also remarkable how he's the oldest of the lot and yet seems remarkably well preserved, with the youngest of them - Jack Docherty- looking like he's really gone to seed (again, check out the extras).
Most of the episodes, which I remember catching regularly in the early 90's, have moments of eye watering hilarity, but then are also coupled with some unecessary material. Maybe its just me being a bit picky, but then perhaps i expected the standard to be pretty devastating throughout. Ah nostalgia isnt what it used to be etc..
Well worth checking out for the extras (over 2 hours of very watchable stuff) and seasons 2 to 4 alone.
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Reviews
To all the Carlisle Absolutely people!
Review date: 2008-06-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
Wonderful to see this coming to DVD. Absolutely, for those of us who got it back in the day, was a formative comedy experience. LIke so many of the reviewers we used to gather in a group - substances may have been partook! - and we used to - there's no other word for it - we used to immerse ourselves in these people's world. Now, so many of those fabulous turns of phrase have lived on in our little group as we spread out across the world - and all the continents have reveberated to "how can you be bothered, to be bothered about that" "pigs nerves, cooked in the traditional Welsh manner", "Let's go shopping" (a la Henry:Portrait of a Serial Killer) and stimulate her clematis". And we can revisit them now.
Big thanks to AbsolutelyAndy for allthe hard work in maintaining a website in the interim, and thank you to all the Absolutely people. It's wonderful. And I know exactly how Frank the Newsagents fans felt.
Absolutely the 2nd best comedy show ever!
Review date: 2008-06-18 Rating: 10 out of 10
I'm so pleased this has made it to DVD.
Absolutely is, without any reservations, the best comedy show of the 80's & 90's. And is 2nd only to Monty Python in the gamut of British ensemble comedies.
And it's a fantastic box set, full of belly laughs and pinpoint character sketches. To be blunt, if you like comedy and any of the programmes mentioned, then you'll love this. My advice tho, for newcomers, is to limit yourself to perhaps an episode a day. The anticipation you'll have by the time you're halfway through season two will be the most exquisite agony... (Hehehe... Sorry Vincent!)
Think the Fast Show was original? Pah! And Big Train, the spiritual successor to Absolutely, pales by comparison. And God knows how Catherine Tate and Little Britain can garner such a following when there is this to be enjoyed!
Absolutely is of course Scottish, like Little Britain, but don't let that put you off. After all, it's Scottish like your PC. And your clothes. And your house. And the North Sea. All Scottish. That credit card you're going to buy this box set with? Scottish. Your kettle? Och aye! Yr Mum? As Scottish as a haggis on Hogmany!
Just buy it!
Brillant
Review date: 2008-06-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
Absolutely Is one of the greatest Brittish shows the second one Is Monty Python.These shows take me way back to when I was a young kid.I used to watch this show on channel four with my mum.
Good memories.
Nothing original
Review date: 2008-06-02 Rating: 10 out of 10
no, not the Absolutely DVD's, but this posting. 5 Stars and another massive fan. Am getting this for my birthday so am "previewing" it rather than "reviewing" it. Like others, have been frustrated for years in only getting search hits for Ab Fab. So many of us here, yet none of us knew anyone else at the time who shared our delight in this TV gem. Perhaps some unknown force was at work that ensured no Absolutely watcher had another within a 30 mile radius. Much as I loved the Fast Show, it will be interesting to see if my long cherished belief is true - that "Unlucky Alf" was entirely based on John Spark's old codger and that Caroline Aherne's teenager was an older version of Morwenna's leg swinging child. Not criticising, just flagging up the quality and depth of the characters created by the team and allowed by C4 to flourish.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jack Docherty
Peter Baikie
Moray Hunter
Morwenna Banks
Gordon Kennedy
Creators:
Peter Baikie (Primary Contributor)
Morwenna Banks (Primary Contributor)
Absolutely (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Fremantle Home Entertainment
EAN: 5030697013637
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 8
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2008-05-05
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 880 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)