Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3168 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-07-03
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 350 minutes

Synopsis
Comedy drama series from the award-winning writer Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly). Newlyweds Ian and Lisa move away from London to the village where Lisa grew up and which is dominated by her turkey-farming father. Lisa's parents disapprove of Ian's independent spirit while he finds their lifestyle and philosophy distinctly alien. A new job as the village photographer is supposed to integrate Ian into rural life but Ian's photographic skills are rudimentary to say the least...

Customer Reviews

Warm wry and subtle, not side-splitting
This isn't the sit-com you'd expect it to be when you see Dylan Moran, Mark Heap and Peter Serafinowicz in the cast- don't expect anything like "Black Books" or "Spaced".

This is a very subtle character comedy set in a rural English village. It's very warm and believable but it isn't surreal or laugh-out-loud humour. In that way it reminded me of the 80s "Beiderbeck Affair" series.

Dylan Moran is excellent, with flashes of his "Black Books" character beginning to emerge but with a sincere acting talent.

Warm and touching but don't expect your sides to split.

An Unknown Gem that needs to be watched
I bought the complete series without having watched it before & im glad i did. I had never heard of this sitcom before but i found it very heartwarming and extremely funny. If you like Dylan Moran then i'd recommend it. However, it is nothing like black books. The humour is still very good, and the storylines are well written. Dylan Moran is good as he always is, & Peter Serafinowicz is brilliant as his brother in law. What's also good is that it doesn't have a lughter track which for pre-office BBC makes it interesting. A hidden gem with so many interesting & funny characters that it has to be watched.

NOT Moran's finest hour - beware!
I bought this because it came recommended for people who like Black Books - which I do.

Black Books it ain't - and then some.

This is just not very funny. It may have been a bit risque at the time, but it feels tired, dated and boring.