the brainchild of choreographer arlene phillips and stage producer david ian, the show is great for all ages, with an incredible cast of singers and dancers. Especially of note is georgina hagan. good mix of drama/music/dance and comedy and great for all ages, not just kids
cant wait for the 2nd part of the series to be released
some good documentries on this dvd showing how they casted it.
fingers crossed itv commision a second series
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Absolutely spot on writing. No moment is wasted. In the quiet moments you can hear the cogs turning in the heads of the characters.
Quite, quite brilliant.
Am I really the only member of the general public who can see Rob Brydon for what he really is? (i.e. the poor man's Steve Coogan - just as Keith Barrett is the poor man's Alan Partridge). I mean, come on, the man can’t even have his ideas - he has to copy!
I mean sure, during a 30 minute episode of any show featuring Brydon I'll manage to force out a laugh or two (if I'm very lucky & feeling generous! - hence the second star), but basically he just isn’t funny.
It’s a real shame that Steve Coogan is doing very little television these days, especially when he’s being replaced with non-entities like Rob Brydon. These are really sad, sorry days for British television when this ... Read More:
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A comedy that begins brilliantly and is well sustained up to the shoot out in the garden centre, after which it becomes too plot heavy and the humour fizzles out. At its best when it is at its most surreal and most desolate (i.e. in the first half).
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Having enjoyed the first series of the street I was very pleased that a second series was made and again it was brilliant.Outstanding acting in every episode from some of Britain's best actors and actresses.
The storylines are very gritty and emotional at times and I must say that they not what you would call over the top.Very believable and overall I think this is what great television is all about.Recommended.
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Early Doors is a great little gem. From the title music (by Roddy Frame off the great "Surf" album), to the regulars of the Grapes, this is comedy with a heart and with some fantastic performances.
From the "old school" coppers to the resident lothario, these are characters that you could imagine drinking with, if only you had a local like the Grapes. If you don't - well, never mind, slam on the DVD, pour yourself a beer and lose yourself for an episode.
Early Doors is a great little gem. From the title music (by Roddy Frame off the great "Surf" album), to the regulars of the Grapes, this is comedy with a heart and with some fantastic performances.
From the "old school" coppers to the resident lothario, these are characters that you could imagine drinking with, if only you had a local like the Grapes. If you don't - well, never mind, slam on the DVD, pour yourself a beer and lose yourself for an episode.
This series was I guess, conceived for Bob Mortimer to come out of Vic Reeves' 'shadow', seeing as he features in many of the sketches. If that was the case, then it backfired appallingly and only served to confirm what I thought all along, namely that Vic Reeves really was carrying Bob Mortimer as a 'duet' and that Mortimer will never be a comedy performer as long as he's got a hole in his backside. No sense of comic timing, laughable comedy acting abilities (for the wrong reasons), and even with his 'croc botherer' he can't seem to make his mind up whether to do an Aussie accent or a Middlesbrough one.
In a way it's a shame because some of the scripts are quite funny (many of them seem to have been written by Reeves and Mortimer, so perhaps Mortimer ... Read More:
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