Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1843 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-10-16
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 10
• Running time: 1551 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Two Pints Of Lager & A Packet Of Crisps features the sex-fuelled lives of five late-teens/early twenty-somethings in the northern town of Runcorn. Janet is going out with Jonny, his best friend Gaz has started to date Janet's best friend Donna, and self-centred student Louise just wants a job to keep her in cigarettes. There's also Donna's sarcastic mother, Flo, constantly nagging her daughter to take up a 'proper' relationship with a worthy young man. Storylines followed the on-again/off-again relationships of the young protagonists who have lots of sex and meet in pubs.
After the first series the show was initially broadcast on BBC Choice and its successor BBC3. The second series was shown by terrestrial BBC2 from 12 August to 16 September 2002, the third from 7 July to 15 September 2003, the musical special on 10 May 2004 and the fourth series from 17 May to 19 July 2004.
The show's title was inspired by the 1980 hit single 'Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Please' by "Splodgenessabounds".

Synopsis
Join a penniless bunch of friends for their misadventures in the northern town of Runcorn, as they experience dodgy relationships, nightmare relatives and employment disasters. This box set contains all six series of the popular show.

Customer Reviews

Get real
Thank goodness there is someone who can write humour. I find the reviews bad mouthing this set a little sad, and anyone who holds up 'Friends' as an example of humour is obviously a very mainstream person. This is not mainstream, its not for kids (as Blackadder, however funny, could be enjoyed by them as well), its not about white middle class men and women as was The Office and its not american like Scrubs. Its British, its Northern and I think i must be missing something here, its not toilet humour or I didn't think so. Its not like Bottom or the Young Ones.
The characters are well drawn, especially Donna's. I'd love to see that actress in other things. There is no need to 'play it humourously' It isn't meant to be so set up as 'My Family' or those of that genre. The laughs are almost unintentional, you don't know you are going to laugh and then you find yourself laughing out loud. Its not for a lot of people, those with an oversimplistic sense of humour perhaps, those who like white Southern humour or slick American, but it is funny. And if you like it you love it, and if you don't, just don't buy this boxed set. Easy.

Perfect
This is british comedy at its best, they've taken everything fun out of the Americen youth comedy and made it realistic and have also added on the excellance of british jokes.
This is worth the buy even if you only watch the music special which nobody can deny is very original.
I can only say buy.
Finaly the meaning of life is: lager and crisps.

WHO'S GETTING THE PINTS IN THEN...?
I've already written a review on boxset 1-4 (which was the one I brought originally) so I'll encapsulate what I've already said and take into account some of the reviews already on here.

Okay, first things first. If you are easily offended, and don't like comedies such as League of Gentlemen, Family Guy or South Park, then you're unlikely to be impressed with Pints. Why? Well, the humour is crude, lewd, can be random and offensive. It's as simple as not buying the boxset - really it is.

However - If you're like me, who loves comedy - I will watch anything from Porrige to Pints, then this is something you may enjoy - though i recommend you do check out the repeats currently running in the small hours on BBC3 at the moment before committing yourself.

Pints, desite being offensive and full of toilet humour, has no airs and graces. It doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't. It is merely basic, down to earth comedy about the lives of five twentysomethings with little in life except each other. And beer. And larger. And Jammie Dodgers.

It is a closer depiction to modern society than I think some people care to admit, (which is why they might be uncomfortable watching it) as the average twenty something will tell you, nights are made up of takeaways, chatting with mates or downing booze at the local. It's funny, and makes me smile. My particular fave characters in this are Donna and Gaz, and when he asks her to marry him, I was almost crying. You see, when Pints is not being loud, or crude it can be very sensitive and very real. (And Will Mellor is very nice looking!!)

Pints has enjoyed a great deal of success and with series 7 on the way, it's not likely to stop yet. I can't wait... some come on Will, hurry up and finish your part in Eastenders and go and film your scenes of Gaz so we can enjoy some more of your antics...!

Seriously, - Pints is a good comedy that is well acted, well thought out, and with characters that you do really care about. Any fans of Pints who didn't get to the end of Series 6 without a lump in their throat, must have nodded off!

In Summary? Pints is like Marmite. You'll either love it, or hate it. If you love it, buy it, as it does stand up to repeated viewings.