First aired on British television in 1996 This Life chronicles the lives of a group of house-sharing twentysomething professionals as they try to make sense of life love and each other. Providing a timely shake-up of TV drama conventions This Life's refusal to conform was its key to success. While critics deemed it 'immoral' for its graphic depictions of homosexuality and blas attitude to drug-taking fans revelled in its honest and objective portray
Few would have guessed from its initial headline-grabbing shock tactics, but the BBC's This Life went on to become one of the most influential television dramas of the 1990s. The show's creators certainly went for the jugular with liberal smatterings of sex, drugs and general debauchery--not many television shows then or now come with an 18 certificate. But beneath all the surface gloss lay a drama of real substance. The first 11 episodes begin with the five individuals coming together in London's legal world and then take us through their shared experiences. This Life's great strength was that there was enough drama between the main protagonists to maintain the show's momentum, while introducing just the right amount of secondary characters (Delilah, Ferdy)--a trick that Queer as Folk, perhaps the show's natural successor, was also to employ. The chemistry between the leading players has rarely been bettered since and, all in all, This Life has aged not a jot. On the DVD: while there is little in the way of extra features, the DVD format suits This Life perfectly. And where 430 minutes of VHS would be too unwieldy, this two-disc collection is sharp and snappy. The menu layout is excellent, enabling easy access to those classic moments, and the hip soundtrack (The Prodigy, Iggy Pop, Dubstar) sounds crisp and clear. --Phil Udell
Kurt Brian Penny Matt and Lindsay are the teachers no parent would want teaching their kids and they're back for a new 13 part series that sees them making friends falling out trying to figure out the opposite sex smoking in the playground and dealing with lippy pupils. It's business as usual for the young teachers specialising in immaturity rather than the traditional subjects. Brian and Kurt are still dreaming of getting laid and they've met their match with new biology teacher Lindsay - she can drink a pint in 1.3 seconds she likes curry and she can out-blunt any of the boys! Back in the photocopier room Matt (married with kids) and Penny have managed to find the perfect work/play balance and are enjoying some extra curricular activity of their own. And what of everyone's favourite teacher who quit teaching to go travelling in the last series? Andrew Lincoln returns as Simon and he doesn't receive the welcome he had hoped for when he surprises his old mates.
Based on Robert Kirkman's hugely successful comic book series, The Walking Dead is an epic, edge-of-your-seat drama where personal struggles are magnified against a zombie apocalypse. The series follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) who are traveling in search of a safe and secure home. However, instead of the zombies, it is the humans who remain that truly become the walking dead.
Depending on where you get your recommendations, you'll see Teachers described as a comedy, a drama, an irresponsible depiction of the teaching profession and a (fairly) sympathetic reminder of how teachers are expected to be morally unimpeachable despite being ordinary human beings like the rest of us. In fact, it's all of the above, which perhaps does more for the show's realism than all its supposedly controversial elements put together. The series stars Andrew (This Life) Lincoln as the feckless Simon, who, like several of his colleagues, is no more mature or advanced in terms of his ability to manage his own life than his pupils. The staff at the fictitious Bristol school are given to in-fighting, petty factionalism, bad behaviour, inappropriate nookie and dishonesty, both on and off-duty. That said, they also have to wrestle with professional and moral dilemmas and deal with their dysfunctional relationships: sometimes they succeed, often they don't. It makes for a superb, bittersweet concoction. If you want yet more social comment, it's worth noting that the series was filmed in a disused, empty LEA school. On the DVD: Teachers, Series 1 bucks the take-it-or-leave-it convention of many television series releases by actually providing some interview material as part of this two-disc set. Simple extras such as this cost little enough to include and do at least add some value to the package. --Roger Thomas
Miles Anna Egg Milly Warren and Ferdy return for the second series of the groundbreaking BBC drama This Life. This time around life is even more complicated: Egg is having serious problems with money and direction; Milly enters an affair with her boss O'Donnell; Anna is still in love with Miles but having a hard time accepting it; meanwhile Miles gets engaged despite his feelings for Anna; Warren gets arrested for 'cruising' in the local park and decides to le
The lives and lifestyles of a group of young comprehensive school teachers in Bristol forms the backdrop for the second series of this original drama series. Starring Andrew Lincoln 'Teachers' is set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive where a mix of seasoned and young teachers and some raucous pupils makes for some humorous incidents. Set as much out of the classroom as in it this is a contemporary light-hearted series where the staff find their lives just as problematic after school.
Set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive in Bristol Teachers is the hugely successful comedy drama following the chaotic lives of a group of perpetually juvenile teachers whose specialist subjects include beer-drinking kebab-eating and ineptness with members of the opposite sex. Set as much out of the classroom as in it this is a contemporary light-hearted series where the staff find their lives just as problematic after school. They are the teachers no parent would want teaching their kids specialising in immaturity rather than the traditional subjects. They have their own cliques gossips and bullies and their own idea of a practical joke. Follow them making friends breaking friends trying to figure out the opposite sex fighting in the playground...and dealing with lippy pupils. This box set includes the complete series 1 2 and 3.
Season 1:The Walking Dead is an epic, survival adventure series from the director of 'The Shawshank Redemption' and the producer of 'The Terminator' and 'Aliens'.After waking from a coma in an abandoned hospital, police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) finds the world he knew gone - ravaged by a zombie epidemic of apocalyptic proportions. Nearby, on the outskirts of Atlanta, a small encampment struggles to survive as 'the dead' stalk them at every turn. Can Rick and the others hold onto their humanity as they fight to live in this terrifying new world? And, amidst dire conditions and personal rivalries, will they ultimately survive one another?Season 2:The end of civilization was just the beginning for Rick Grimes and the other survivors. As the fight to stay alive intensifies and personal rivalries continue to fuel, the group struggles to hold on to their humanity in a time where slim chances are all that is left.Based on Robert Kirkman's hugely successful and popular comic book series.
The final season finds Daryl, Maggie, and our heroes on a fraught mission with Negan to confront the mysterious Reapers. Meanwhile, Eugene's group must assimilate to the Commonwealth, in order to get aid for Alexandria. The Walking Dead finally ends its epic 11-season run and to mark the end of the series we are releasing a Special Edition of Season 11. This one-time run (limited to x1000 copies) showcases new artwork on the front of the Outer Box and on the back features one of The Walking Dead's most iconic shots. Inside the box is the Blu-ray Amaray which is held in a fitment alongside a 124 page Hardback Book. The 124 page Hardback Book comes in its own Slipcase (Rigid) - both items feature new artwork drawn by Jock. The Book walks you through the TV series' biggest moments: the heartbreak, death, violence and horror which kept us on the edge of our seats for eleven seasons. Take a trip down memory lane with this Book and relive the most iconic and pivotal moments of The Walking Dead season by season. Jock is the three times New York Times best-selling British artist best known for his comics work with writer Andy Diggle on DC/Vertigo's The Losers, the award-winning Batman: The Black Mirror, and Wytches with writer Scott Snyder. Jock has also produced key art, concept design, and promotional imagery for films including Iron Man 3, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Dredd, Star Wars: Episode VIII, and the Oscar-winning Ex Machina. Product Features New Haunts Deleted Scene Rogue Element Deleted Scene
The debut series of Channel 4's comedy drama revolves around the lives loves and lost homework of a young group of school teachers. Andrew Lincoln stars as Simon a reckless English teacher whose enthusiasm is somewhat eroded by his sharp-tongued and uninspired Year Eights.
Constance (Nikki Amuka-Bird) is a Nigerian refugee found on a small boat in the Chatham docks by a couple Mark and Nicky who take her in. A devout Christian Constance cannot remember what has happened to her. At church a young man Terry falls for her but the feelings are no mutual as Constance is falling in love with Marks Boss Alan (Andrew Lincoln). When Constance rejects Terry's physical advances his violent revenge has tragic consequences for all involved
In desperation Oz and Elliot decide to reply to a telephone dating advert to kick-start their non-existent love lives. Their prayers are answered when two gorgeous girls agree to meet them on a blind date. Whilst fanning the flames of passion the two boys find themselves playing with fire. A fun-filled roller coaster ride begins as the boys get more than they bargained for in their search for love. Chic flick with bite!
Betrayal. Revenge. Murder. A crime of passion or a state of mind? Grace Hazlett reeling from the brutal discovery of her husbands adultery takes their young son Adam to move back to her old family home. Her mother Isabel now widowed is a busy GP and set in her own ways. Home as Grace discovers is not always so sweet...In the midst of this emotional turmoil Grace who is an experienced criminal psycologist is asked by the police to determine the guilt or innocence of Julian
The lives and lifestyles of a group of young comprehensive school teachers in Bristol forms the backdrop for the second series of this original drama series. Starring Andrew Lincoln Teachers is set in the fictional Summerdown Comprehensive where a mix of seasoned and young teachers and some raucous pupils makes for some humorous incidents. Set as much out of the classroom as in it this is a contemporary light-hearted series where the staff find their lives just as problematic after school.
An ensemble comedy from the makers of "Notting Hill" following a whole host of separate but intertwining stories of love in London.
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