The Band's Visit DVD

Advantages: Great music & stories, fun & colourful characters, value for money
Disadvantages: Hardly any. Archies sing-along does not play continually.

...57 minute DVD taken from the BBC series Balamory. There are three episodes on this DVD Broken Down Bus, Marching Band and Vibrations. If you've never seen an episode of Balamory it features stories based around the lives of seven colourful and cheerful adult characters living in Balamory. The main character is Miss Hoolie who runs the nursery. Each episode has a problem or mystery to solve. There's at least one song in each episode and the theme tune is very catchy. The Episodes- Broken Down Bus It is a snowing in Balamory and Edie goes missing, but Spencer is relying on her to transport the steel band instruments to the Day Centre. Can PC Plum find her before the concert? Marching Band Suzie Sweet is set to head the Balamory marching band and she needs to find rhythm. Penny and Spencer give her some advice, but its Josie who gets... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: This is the only DVD you can buy of the Berzerker
Disadvantages: Music not to everyone's taste

...I bought this DVD a while ago after I heard about the band The Berzerker from a friend. I knew that the band was one of the most extreme around and so I could not wait to watch it when it arrived!! The DVD delivers all that is promised, and much more. The amount of work that went into the production of the CD that they are recording realy is astonishing and it's enough to make any musician feel extremely humble. One of the things about the DVD is how normal the band is in reality, once you see behind the masks!! In summary a good buy if you are into The Verzerker but if you have never heard the band before this DVD might not be to your taste!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: It's unlike anything ever made before and manages to pull it off!
Disadvantages: It takes a few watches before you actually understand/get the idea.

...Vince Noir and Howard Moon, two zookeepers, go on a series of 'adventures' during their time at the zoo where they work - the Zoonnivers, which is owned by Dixon Bainbridge and managed by Bob Fossil. Throughout the series they encounter a Kangeroo that Howard Moon must fight; and array of mutants created by Dixon Bainbridge from the bodies of animals and humans; an ape that Howard is mistaken for when death comes; the arctic tundra; mod wolves; a mass of bubble-gum called Charlie and a cockney, The Hithcher. They also join an Electro-Jazz band, after a visit from the Spirit of Jazz. The DVD consists of; A History of the Boosh, all the music, picture gallery, outtakes, Inside the Zooniverse documentary and commentary on four episodes.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful