...box-set is made up of the three series, and the bonus ‘Queen of Sheba’. I paid £50 for this when it first came out, so it’s now a real bargain at just £15.
The Royle Family is a TV sitcom which focuses on the lives of the Royles, a working class family from Manchester. Series 1 is made up of 6 half hour episodes. It is shot with one camera, and has no studio audience or canned laughter.
The show begain in 1998, and heralded a big change in TV. ... ...place in the Royle's house, where the family sit around watching TV and chatting. In a nutshell: nothing really happens. The major strength of the show is found in the dialogue, which is extremely witty.
Series one revolves around the planning of Dave and Denise's wedding. Played by Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne (who also wrote the show) these two are one of TVs most lovable couples. Dave is a dopey removal man, completely gormless, and Denise ...
Advantages: Funny Disadvantages: Special eps needed
The anime has a slightly diffrent story to it than the manga does but that does mean that it is watchable for those who have read the mangas like myself. Although I didn't like how the DVD set missed out some of the stories that you have to buy on special episodes and such, that made watching this quite hard when it skips out a huge chunk.
You don't really notice the missing plot unless you have already read the manga though, so I would recommend ... ...also get the special episodes so they don't miss a huge chunk of the story out.
Other than the missing part, the DVD and the anime itself is certainly worth buying and watching. I enjoyed this to the last episode, though the added features are nothing intresting, who watches them anyway, haha. ...
Advantages: Full of fun and originality Disadvantages: The Bloopers come before the Xmas episode
...only ever Xmas speical of Men Behaving Badly. Starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrisey, Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin. For those of you who have never watched this series before I will tell you a little bit about each character: Gary (played by Martin Clunes) is in his late 30s and is a Manager for a Secuirty company. He is a slob in his spare time and likes to drink beer and watch telly. He and Dorothy are partners. Dorothy (Caroline Quentin) is ... ...then (when she can bare it). Her and Gary have been togetehr since the beginning of the series. Tony (Neil Morrisey) comes into the series in series 2 and moves in with Gary. They are both slobs together. He is unemployed and full of dreams. He falls in love with Debs upstairs. He and Debs are together in this episode. Debs (Leslie Ash) is the attractive woman who lives in the flat upstairs. She is stalked by Tony until they get together in the last ...
Advantages: Great stories , guest stars and a lot of special features Disadvantages: Plastic head case
...much as I did. As the title suggests it all downhill from here.
My only criticism is The Principal and the Pauper has a bit of a nonsensical plot but still manages to raise a few laughs and another clip show is a bit annoying however I do love a few of the musical numbers.
The other episodes are all great. Personal favourites are Ralph's imaginary leprechaun in This Little Wiggy, The City of New York vs Homer Simpson and The Cartridge Family and ... ...of the show.
The full episode list is:
The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson The Principal and the Pauper Lisa's Sax Treehouse of Horror VIII The Cartridge Family Bart Star The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons Lisa the Skeptic Realty Bites Miracle on Evergreen Terrace All Singing, All Dancing Bart Carny The Joy of Sect Das Bus The Last Temptation of Krust Dumbbell Indemnity Lisa the Simpson This Little Wiggy Simpson Tide The Trouble with Trillions ...
Advantages: The best Australian export since Neighbours! Disadvantages: There are only 8 episodes to series 1!
...lives. Jane turner stars as Kath Day a 40-something divorcee and Gina Rile stars as Kim Craig, her 20-something daughter. Kath is a ditzy woman who likes to think of herself as the envy of others. She is a keep fit fanatic (she has some wonderful shell-suit tracksuits to prove it!) and is dating Kel Knight who is a purveyor of fine meats, not a butcher! Kim is a self-confessed 'hornbag' currently separated from her husband Brett, who hates her job, ... ...Sharon and overhears conversations leading Kath to think Kim is a lesbian. Added to this the fact she discovers Kel was in the Navy and experimented, means Kath is in a tiz!
Sport - Kim joins Sharon's netball team so she can get back at the girls she thinks seduced Brett when he was drunk. In typical Kim fashion, not a lot of effort is put in to the netball
Fat - Kim cant get into her bridesmaid's dress so she tries out the Celine (Dion) Cuisine ...
Excellent mat finish, lights are amazing, endless tuning settings (*)
