A smoking room in a large company becomes the place to hide for a group of personnel. It doesn't matter if you don't smoke, it's place for a work break.
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becoming the channel for British comedy. In the world of work there is only one place where seniority counts for nothing where shop-talk is banned and where the last b...
becoming the channel for British comedy. In the world of work there is only one place where seniority counts for nothing where shop-talk is banned and where the last bastions against fresh air and desk-based massage gather regularly to discuss the minutiae of their lives: the smoking room. Here in this protected environment crossword addict Barry; lazy chav lothario Clint; self-obsessed cigarette-pinching Annie; and lovelorn skiver Robin; nurse that last ciggie and are always ready to ask "have you got time for another?" Features the complete first and second series. Series 1: 1. Do De Dum De Da 2. R.I.P. 3. Pantball 4. Light My Fire 5. Chocolate Box 6. Feeding Time 7. Only Temporary 8. Happy Birthday 9. Christmas Special Series 2: 1. Buzz 2. No Place Like Home 3. 1987 4. Smashed 5. Pity The Fool 6. Quitters 7. Last Night A Graphic Designer Saved My Life 8. Significant Others
becoming the channel for British comedy. In the world of work there is only one place where seniority counts for nothing where shop-talk is banned and where the last bastions against fresh air and desk-based massage gather regularly to discuss the minutiae of their lives: the smoking room. Here in this protected environment crossword addict Barry; lazy chav lothario Clint; self-obsessed cigarette-pinching Annie; and lovelorn skiver Robin; nurse that last ciggie and are always ready to ask "have you got time for another?" Director: Gareth Carrivick Year: 2004 Duration: 4 hours
Actor(s): Fraser Ayres, Debbie Chazen, Selina Griffiths, Emma Kennedy, Nadine Marshall, Siobhan Redmond, Leslie Schofield, Jeremy Swift, Robert Webb, Paula Wilcox
Director(s): Gareth Carrivick
Genre: Comedy
Classification: 12 years and over
Running Time: 3 hours 48 minutes
Video Category: Television
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC
Release date: 06/02/2006
No of Discs: 2
Catalogue No: BBCDVD 1741
Barcode: 5014503174125
Screenwriter: Brian Dooley
Producer: Pete Thornton
Writer: Brian Dooley
DVD Description
A smoking room in a large company becomes the place to hide for a group of personnel. It doesn't matter if you don't smoke, it's place for a work break.
Languages
Main Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Special Features: 2004 Christmas Special, The First Drag Feature, Brians Drawings, Personnel Files, Outtakes
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English
Professional reviews
Review: Well observed, clever and so funny it should carry a health warning. (Observer, )
Advantages: Very funny and extremely well written. Disadvantages: Not enough special features.
...If you haven't heard anything about 'The SmokingRoom', here's an extract from the blurb on the box-set of series one and two - "Welcome to room B209, a drab L-shaped storeroom with yellowing walls and a faulty hot drinks machine. But for some, this place is an oasis - the one place at work where these modern day lepers can wallow in their nicotine habit, avoid going back to the office and talk about nothing in particular- the SmokingRoom "
If you like humour delivered dead-pan and sarcasm supplied in bucket-fulls you'll probably like 'The SmokingRoom'. Set in, you guessed it, a smokingroom of a company (we never really find out what they do), it contains relatable characters, all of whom have little quirks and mannerisms which will have you in stitches. The acting in both series in amazing and there is never a hint...
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SERIES 5 EPISODES:
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2. The One With All The Kissing
3. The One Hundredth
4. The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS
5. The One With The Kips
6. The One With The Yeti
7. The One Where Ross Moves In
8. The One With All The Thanksgivings
9. The One With Ross’s Sandwich
10. The One With The Inappropriate Sister
11. The One With All The Resolutions
12. The One With Chandler’s Work Laugh
13. The One With Joey’s Bag
14. The One Where Everybody Finds Out
15. The One With The Girl Who Hits Joey
16. The One With The Cop
17. The One With Rachel's Inadvertent Kiss
18. The One Where Rachel Smokes
19. The One Where Ross Can't Flirt
20. The One With the Ride-along
21. The One With the Ball...
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...The complete Auf Wiedersehen Pet series1 and 2 DVD boxset is full of entertaining episodes from both series1 and 2 of the hit comedy series.
The boxset includes 4 DVD's, which includes the complete series1 and another 4 DVD's which includes the complete series 2.
SERIES1Series1 boasts an impressive 13 episodes, which follows the day to day antics of 7 workers in Dusseldorf, Germany. In series one, we meet, the "Magnificent Seven", composed of Barry (Timothy Spall),Dennis ( Tim Healy), Neville ( Kevin Whately) , Oz( Jimmy Nail),Wayne( Gary Holton), Bomber ( Pat Roach ) and Moxey (Christopher Fairbank) .
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- Oz,Dennis and Neville make their way to Dusseldorf, only problem is , they are all brickies, yet they are only looking for 2 brikies. This results in them lying about...
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