Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #159 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-08-14
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3

Amazon.co.uk Review

Spaced is a sitcom like no other. The premise is simple enough: Daisy (Jessica Stevenson) and Tim (Simon Pegg) are out of luck and love, so pretend to be a couple in order to rent a flat together. Downstairs neighbour and eccentric painter Brian suspects someone's fibbing, and almost blows their cover with their lecherous lush of a landlady, Marsha. Fortunately he soon falls for Daisy's health-freak friend Twist, while Daisy herself goes ga-ga for pet dog Colin. Tim remains happily platonic with lifemate Mike; a sweet-at-heart guns 'n' ammo obsessive. The series is chock-full of pop culture references. In fact, each episode is themed after at least one movie, with nods to The Shining and Close Encounters of the Third Kind proving especially hilarious. Hardly five minutes goes by without a Star Wars reference, and every second of screen time from Bill Bailey as owner of the comic shop where Tim works is comedic gold. The look of the series is its other outstanding element, with slam-zooms, dizzying montages, and inspired lighting effects (often paying homage to the Evil Dead movies). It's an affectionate fantasy on the life of the twenty-something that's uncomfortably close to the truth.

The second series finds the gang at 23 Meteor Street a little older, but definitely none the wiser. Tim's career is hampered by severe hang-ups over The Phantom Menace. Daisy's career is just plain non-existent. There is still a spark of sexual tension between them, but it's overshadowed by Brian and Twist getting it on. Propelling the seven-episode series arc is the threat of Marsha discovering that none of the relationships are what they seem, Mike's increasing jealousy and a new love interest for Tim. That's the basis for a never-ending stream of in-jokes and references that easily match the quality of the first series. Tim has a Return of the Jedi flashback, then déjà vu in reliving the end of The Empire Strikes Back. There are spoofs of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Robocop, The Sixth Sense and comedy rival The Royle Family. There are guest spots from Bill Bailey, Peter (voice of Darth Maul) Serafinowicz and The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith. Every episode is packed with highlights, but this series' guaranteed geek pant-wetting moments have to be the mock gun battles, slagging off Babylon 5 and learning that "The second rule of Robot Club is: no smoking." Jessica Stevenson won a British Comedy Award for this year. It deserved a whole lot more. --Paul Tonks

Amazon.com

The three-disc Spaced - Definitive Collectors' Edition DVD set contains all the extras from the previous DVD releases plus a host of brand new features, including music promos and an in-depth documentary showcasing interviews with cast members (Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson and Nick Frost), cameo actors (Bill Bailey, David Walliams, Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith) and journalists. It also includes a tour of different show locations made by Simon, Jessica and Edgar, with clips of archive footage from the very first programmes Simon and Jess appeared in together.

Series 1: out-takes; trailers; commentary; cast and crew biographies; deleted scenes; and brand new extras including raw footage.

Series 2: commentary; homage-o-meter; out-takes; deleted scenes; trailers; raw footage; biographies; and a photo gallery.

Series 3: music promos; cast interviews.

Special Features

Series 1: out-takes; trailers, tommentary, cast & crew biographies, deleted scenes; and brand new extras including raw footage.

Series 2: commentary; homage-o-meter; out-takes; deleted scenes; trailers; raw footage; biographies; and a photo gallery.

Series 3: music promos; cast interviews.

The Space - Definitive Collectors' Edition DVD also includes an indepth and specially filmed documentary, featuring interviews with cast members (Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson, Nick Fros), cameo actors (Bill Bailey, David Walliams, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith) and even journalists (Boyd Hilton, Heat and James Delingpole, Sunday Telegraph). It also includes a tour of different locations made by Simon, Jessica and Edgar (featured in the show), with clips of archive footage from the very first programmes Simon and Jess appeared in together.

Customer Reviews

Letdown
There were so many 5-star reviews so i decided to buy Spaced and this sitcom has let me down. What I didn't like at all is that the creators had just taken out numerous bits from popular movies and tried to spoof them.The whole sitcom is countless unfunny spoofing. For instance we all remember that scene from Pulp Fiction with the toaster where Bruce Willis kills Travolta.OK, you can watch it again in Spaced.Nobody kills anybody here.
The writers just pointlessly put it in. Was it supposed to be hilarious? Where are you own ideas?
On the other hand you can call it a wonderful,inventive breath of fresh air in the stale world of sitcom.
But i prefer The Royle family and The Office to bits from The Shining Pulp Fiction Star Wars and so on....

More like this please
Missed this series when it first came out due to working away a lot but recently got this edition on DVD and I absolutely love it. The characters and casting are excellent and I just couldn't help falling for Jessica Hynes who is funny, clever, talented and very sexy! Simon Pegg does not dissapoint, in fact the whole cast are marvelous. Thoroughly reccommend this if you like a good laugh, British comedy at its best.

Comedy at it's best
This is one of my all time favourite shows. A must have for any self respecting sci-fi fan and comedy lover. Show to show it gets better and better and has one of the most satisfying ends to a tv show.

It follows the adventures of a group of 20 somethings that you will undoubtedly have more in common with than Ross or Rachel. Tim and Daisy's will they won't they really reveals the real meaning of friendship and relationships.

Shaun of the Dead is one of my fav movies so my expectations for this were fairly low because of what it had to compete with but my God the utter hilarity. It is genius, the nods to a million and one movies, to Tim's constant hatred of phantom menace, to random nods to grange hill and the royle family will have you in stitches.

Television at its finest, do not hesititate to buy it.

God help us when the US version airs:(