Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19239 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-24
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 226 minutes

Synopsis
Features the LWT programmes SHAGGY DOG, MOONLIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY, and LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS, all written by Dennis Potter.

Customer Reviews

Rare gems available for the first time
Like volume 1, this is a sensational dvd, containing three of Dennis Potter's single plays for television. Plays that have been locked away in television archives for more than 30 years - Shaggy Dog was even thought to have been lost until recently.
The plays are extremely different, spanning from Pinter-like theatre of the absurd in Shaggy Dog to the strange mix of satire and kitchen-sink realism in Lay Down Your Arms. Moonlight on the Highway anticipates The Singing Detective and boasts a soul-searching performance by a young Ian Holm.
Bonus: Two Melvyn Bragg interviews with Potter from 1978-79.
A digital restoration would have been nice - but it's a miracle that these plays by the greatest television playwright have been made available in the first place.
Praise be to network for issuing both volumes! Could we have a volume three, please?