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Alfresco -The Complete Series [1983] [DVD]
enlarge	Actors: Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Ben Elton, Siobhan Redmond Studio: Network Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £12.88 as of 22/11/2009 06:22 GMT details You Save: £7.11 (36%) New (8) from £12.88 Seller: Amazon.co.uk Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 20137 Format: PAL Language: English (Unknown) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 400 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5027626298142 ASIN: B001LNW2PG Theatrical Release Date: 1983 Release Date: February 2, 2009 Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours


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Customer Reviews: Alfresco February 25, 2009 G. Barkerlaure (KENT) 1 out of 6 found this review helpful Fans of Hugh Laurie will enjoy watching Alfresco, my goodness how young they all looked!! Remember 'wallies'? February 15, 2009 Olde Mr Clattertwang 9 out of 11 found this review helpful Rather a weird period piece, this; a better investment if you're particularly interested in the writer/performers involved, instead of just wanting a good laugh. BLACKADDER or A BIT OF FRY LAURIE this is not, although references or ideas that would surface again ("Those ARE my conditions", 'Strom', etc) do crop up, here and there. br / br /(A fair chunk of material from Alfresco's pilot/predecessor "There's no need to worry" - which is also included on these discs - is re-cycled for the latter show.) br / br /Much here, such as Series 2's running thread The Pretend Pub, is a comedy of Ideas, not of gut response, and you'll forget a lot of the time that there IS an audience laughter track on these shows. You won't like the musical items, but there's nothing as hideous as Tony Slattery's song from the Cambridge Footlights Review (on the FRY LAURIE Series 2 DVD) either. br / br /So, then: Sketches, songs, some running characters, earnest topical social comment (1983-style). It's all here. Think of a lesser cousin to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, A BIT OF FRY LAURIE and ALEXEI SAYLE'S STUFF, and you've got the measure of Alfresco. br / br /I've sat through this DVD happily enough, but I don't know that I'll watch it again very soon. It's all just rather quaint, really. How Young They All Look February 13, 2009 H. L. Williams (Welsh Balkans) 5 out of 7 found this review helpful br / The huge talent of this ensemble cast is just about discernible under all the duff material and there ae some big laughs too but this is more of a museum-grade curiosity than anything else. A sign of it's times is the acute preoccupation with a major issue of the day: The cold war and the threat of imminent nuclear war with the Warsaw pact, something that has faded from the public consciousness. br / I was amazed at how much of the material I could still remember even after 25 years and that on only one viewing. If you take out the weakest sketches, the self-indulgent musical padding and Emma Thompsons direly unfunny monologues and there's the makings of a cracking 90 minute 'Best Of' compilation

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