Ballad Of A Soldier (DVD)

Advantages: nostalgia, excellent series
Disadvantages: none at all

...I love Soldier Solder, I have all 7 series on video and am now converting them to DVD as they come out. So far, series 1, 2 and 3 have been released, with Series 4 being released in June 2005. (See my other reviews for Series 2 and 3). Tucker and Garvey, Dave and Donna, Paddy and Nancy, Tony and Joy. These are the couples that grabe you right from the first episode and take you through the next five series. (Series 6 and 7 were never so good once Tucker and Garvey had left). It was an excellent series and very fresh and new when it first arrived. Written by Lucy Gannon. It brought together Robson and Jerome (who can failed to have missed their hit single Unchained Melody!). The series starts out with the men returning from Northern Ireland, desperate to see their women. Dave Tucker is married to the "lovely... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent follow up to series 1
Disadvantages: none

...Garvey played by Holly Aird Tony Wilton played by Gary Love Joy Wilton played by Annabelle Aipson Robson Greene is now a major ITV star and has starred in many programmes. Annabelle Aipson has recently been starring in The Bill and Rosie Rowell is on Family Affairs. Gary Love now directs rather than stars. Holly Aird appears in Waking The Dead. SUMMARY ++++++++ I just love Soldier Soldier and can't wait to get my hands on all of them on dvd. I thought that it was a fantastic show and could not wait to see a new series on TV. I was gutted when Robson and Jerome left as it was never the same after that. Paddy and Nancy get married so that she can go to Hong Kong as well, but not without some problems along the way. Paddy is accused of being a bully and of being a murderer! This can't be true can it?........ A new face... Read review

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Advantages: great plot, touching characters
Disadvantages: none

...I had never heard of this film until i purchased the DVD in HMV; and let me tell you now that this film is a true war film that is just as good as saving private ryan, stalingrad or pearl harbour. year - 2005 certificate - 15 running time - 86 minutes genre - war/adventure director - Ryan Little writers - Geoffrey Panos (story) Matt Whitaker (writer) awards - 13 international film awards The story of Saints and Soldiers is set in December 1944 , Belgium, Ardennes Forest. The film begins with a group of allied prisoners who have been captured by the dastardly Germans. A commotion in the prisoners starts and one of them manages to prise a gun from a German soldier and shoot him. The Germans being the cruel fiends they are, open fire on the captured American soldiers while they are fleeing towards the trees... Read review

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