Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1489 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-24
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 202 minutes

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Steve Coogan stars as Tommy Saxondale, the world-travelled ex-roadie with anger-management issues and a pest control business in Stevenage in this funny BBC 2 series. Over the seven episodes of Saxondale Series 1, Tommy gets his eyesight improved by a prostitute, almost befriends a celebrity, kneecaps an annoying hippy... and experiments with women's makeup.

You see, Tom Saxondale has been through the rock and roll mill and lived to tell the tale. He plays fast and loose, shoots from the hip, and tells no lies - he's a true maverick. Tom never took the corporate dollar. He doesn't work for 'the man'; he's his own man. These and other moth-eaten cliches are how Tommy would describe himself. But when Tommy removes his rose-tinted Aviator shades, he can't deny a few basic facts; he was a middle-ranking roadie for 20 years, but for the past ten years he has been at the cutting edge of the pest control industry... in Hertfordshire. After a hostile divorce, Tommy has found his soulmate in Magz, proprietress of an anarchic T-shirt shop.

Starring: Steve Coogan (Tommy Saxondale), Ruth Jones (Magz), Rasmus Hardiker (Raymond), Morwenna Banks (Vicky), James Bachman (Therapist).

Saxondale is written by Steve Coogan and Neil Maclennan; script edited and episode one directed by Ben Miller; directed by Matt Lipsey (Supernova,Catterick, Little Britain).

Synopsis
Tom Saxondale is someone that has been to hell and back and lived to tell the tale. He lives life fast and tells is as it is. Having lived the life of a roadie for 20 years, he's now a pest-control expert in Hertfordshire. With a failed marriage behind him, Tom has found romance with Magz; the quirky proprietor of a T-shirt shop. Comic icon Steve Coogan is Tom Saxondale in this sly and irreverent comedy series.

The Sunday Times
'A creation of comic brilliance'

Customer Reviews

Nicer than Alan Partridge
To some people, Alan Partridge may be just too odious to watch. Tommy Saxondale is a nicer guy, just a bit of a plonker at times. So, this may be a comedy for some to appreciate the talent of Steve Coogan.

I think Tommy Saxondale is his best character since Partridge. Maybe there is some of Partridge in him, or is that Steve Coogan !

I am a big fan of Alan Partridge so was pleased when this new character came along. I thought the first series very good, and the second, even better. Just wish it would come out on DVD.

Brilliant parts, lots of filler...
The first episode is excellent, so is half of the second one

I goes downhill thereafter, with only a few peaks.

Shame.

Better than expected.
Who is Steve Coogan? Oh you mean Alan Partridge, he has a new character. That'll never work.
I was wrong, its kind of like the mindset of Partridge but in a different body with a different attitude. Just non-stop laughter all the way through. A believable character and well acted. Good supporting cast too. A must have for any Coogan fans!