Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3525 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-04-06
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 202 minutes

DVD Description
Welcome aboard Air Scotia – flying out of Scotland’s Prestwick Airport with the most useless cabin crew ever to push a drinks trolley…

Effete narcissist Sebastian and sex-obsessed Steve are junior cabin crew. Sharp, bitchy and witty, they flounce up and down the aisles bringing passengers and crew down to earth with a bump, but always managing to keep those plastic smiles in place. Sebastian and Steve long for promotion to the delights of Air Scotia's long-haul service, but standing in their path is "Hitler-in-tights" chief-stewardess Shona. Meanwhile, imperilling their lives is deranged pilot, Captain Duff, who frequently needs to be reminded who he is, where the cockpit is and exactly where he is flying to. Featuring song and dance, fabulously bitchy quips, a little surrealism and some out-and-out childishness, The High Life delighted viewers with its mix of Scottish sensibility and camp outrageousness. Series highlights included the hilarious opening titles and theme song; Shona presenting the Air Scotia’s in-flight video; the Eurovision Song Contest entry "Pif Paf Pof (I Want To Have It Off)" and a gorgeously camp Batman spoof.

Synopsis
Alan Cumming stars in this campy comedy series about the zany antics amongst the crew of a charter jet. Includes all six episodes of the series. Episodes include: 'Feart', 'Birl', 'Winch', 'Choob', 'Dug', and 'Dunk'.

Customer Reviews

Finally!
I saw this hilarious Scottish comedy around 10 years ago on BBC America. If I'd known I would never see it again (until the new release date), I would have recorded it then. It was never released on DVD in America and the discontinued British release was too expensive. So I've just kept checking for a new release. Huzzah! Words can't really describe the twisted hilarity and (for some) impenetrable Scottishness of this show. Too bad they didn't make more episodes, but at least it's finally available again.

Haven't received it yet, but it's going to be good!
This series is at present being rerun on BBC4, so I expect many more people like me will be looking at it to see if it's as funny as we thought it was first time. IT IS! How they got away with it I do not know. I cannot wait for this DVD to drop through my letterbox. Although I suppose it won't be everyone's cup of tea, if you like this kind of humour it's priceless. Happy viewing!

the high life series 1
Have waited years for this to become available on dvd, loved it then and still love it now, with the care free silly humour this can make me laugh every time , my children now love it too, Alan Cumming is brilliant and Forbes Masson truly is a clever comic their friendship on screen is perfect. a must by for silly humour lovers.