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Series 1 VOL 1 DISC 1
Horse Sense
Dog Days
Series 1 VOL 1 DISC 2
It Takes All Kinds
Calf Love
Series 1 VOL 1 DISC 3
Out Of Practice
Nothing Like Experience
Series 1.2 DISC 1
Golden Lads & Girls
Advice & Consent
Series 1.2 DISC 2
The Last Furlong
Sleeping Partners
Series 1.2 DISC 3
Bulldog Breed
Practise Makes Perfect
Breath Of Life
Series 2.1 DISC 1
Cats & Dogs
Attendant Problems
Series 2.1 DISC 2
Fair Means & Fowl
The Beauty Of The Beast
Series 2.1 DISC 3
Judgement Day
Faint Hearts
Series 2.2 DISC 1
Tricks Of The Trade
Pride Of Possession
The Name Of The Game
Series 2.2 DISC 2
Puppy Love
Ways And Means
Pups, Pigs And Pickle
Series 2.2 DISC 3
A Dog's Life
Merry Gentlemen
Series 3 DISC 1
Episode 1 Plenty to Grouse About
Episode 2 Charity Begins at Home
Episode 3 Every Dog His Day
Episode 4 Hair of the Dog
Series 3 DISC 2
Episode 5 If Wishes Were Horses
Episode 6 Pig in the Middle
Episode 7 Be Prepared
Episode 8 A Dying Breed
Series 3 DISC 3
Episode 9 Brink of Disaster
Episode 10 Home and Away
Episode 11 Alarms and Executions
Series 3 DISC 4
Episode 12 Matters of Life and Death
Episode 13 Will to live
Episode 14 Big Steps And Little 'Uns
Series 4 DISC 1
Episode 1 One of Natures Little Miracles
Episode 2 Barks and Bites
Episode 3 The Bull with the Bowler Hat
Episode 4 The Pig Man Cometh
Series 4 DISC 2
Episode 5 Hail Caesar
Episode 6 Only One Woof
Episode 7 Ace, King, Queen, Jack
Series 4 DISC 3
Episode 8 Healing Touch
Episode 9 City Slicker
Episode 10 For Richer For Poorer
Series 5 DISC 1
Episode 1 Against the Odds
Episode 2 Place of Honour
Episode 3 Choose a Bright Morning
Series 5 DISC 2
Episode 4 The Playing Field
Episode 5 When Dreams Come True
Episode 6 A New Chapter
Series 5 DISC 3
Episode 7 A Present from Dublin
Episode 8 The Salt of the Earth
Episode 9 Cheques and Balances
Series 5 DISC 4
Episode 10 The Female of the Species
Episode 11 The Jackpot
Episode 12 Two of a Kind
Series 6 DISC 1
Episode 1 Here and There
Episode 2 The Course Of True Love
Episode 3 The Call of the Wild
Series 6 DISC 2
Episode 4 The Nelson Touch
Episode 5 Blood and Water
Episode 6 Where Sheep May Safely Graze
Series 6 DISC 3
Episode 7 The New World
Episode 8 Mending Fences
Episode 9 Big Fish, Little Fish
Series 6 DISC 4
Episode 10 In Whom We Trust
Episode 11 The Rough and the Smooth
Episode 12 The Best Time
Series 7 DISC 1
Episode 1 The Prodigal Returns
Episode 2 Knowin' How To Do It
Episode 3 If Music Be The Food Of Love
Series 7 DISC 2
Episode 4 A Friend For Life
Episode 5 Spring Fever
Episode 6 Out With The New
Series 7 DISC 3
Episode 7 Food For Thought
Episode 8 A Cat In Hull's Chance
Episode 9 A Grand Memory For Forgetting
Series 7 DISC 4
Episode 10 Old Dogs, New Tricks
Episode 11 Hampered
Episode 12 Promises To Keep
Christmas Special 1990: Brotherly Love
XMAS SPECIALS DISC 1
Christmas Special 1983
XMAS SPECIALS DISC 2
Christmas Special 1985 : The Lord God Made Them All
Series 1 VOL 1 DISC 1
Horse Sense
Dog Days
Series 1 VOL 1 DISC 2
It Takes All Kinds
Calf Love
Series 1 VOL 1 DISC 3
Out Of Practice
Nothing Like Experience
Series 1.2 DISC 1
Golden Lads & Girls
Advice & Consent
Series 1.2 DISC 2
The Last Furlong
Sleeping Partners
Series 1.2 DISC 3
Bulldog Breed
Practise Makes Perfect
Breath Of Life
Series 2.1 DISC 1
Cats & Dogs
Attendant Problems
Series 2.1 DISC 2
Fair Means & Fowl
The Beauty Of The Beast
Series 2.1 DISC 3
Judgement Day
Faint Hearts
Series 2.2 DISC 1
Tricks Of The Trade
Pride Of Possession
The Name Of The Game
Series 2.2 DISC 2
Puppy Love
Ways And Means
Pups, Pigs And Pickle
Series 2.2 DISC 3
A Dog's Life
Merry Gentlemen
Series 3 DISC 1
Episode 1 Plenty to Grouse About
Episode 2 Charity Begins at Home
Episode 3 Every Dog His Day
Episode 4 Hair of the Dog
Series 3 DISC 2
Episode 5 If Wishes Were Horses
Episode 6 Pig in the Middle
Episode 7 Be Prepared
Episode 8 A Dying Breed
Series 3 DISC 3
Episode 9 Brink of Disaster
Episode 10 Home and Away
Episode 11 Alarms and Executions
Series 3 DISC 4
Episode 12 Matters of Life and Death
Episode 13 Will to live
Episode 14 Big Steps And Little 'Uns
Series 4 DISC 1
Episode 1 One of Natures Little Miracles
Episode 2 Barks and Bites
Episode 3 The Bull with the Bowler Hat
Episode 4 The Pig Man Cometh
Series 4 DISC 2
Episode 5 Hail Caesar
Episode 6 Only One Woof
Episode 7 Ace, King, Queen, Jack
Series 4 DISC 3
Episode 8 Healing Touch
Episode 9 City Slicker
Episode 10 For Richer For Poorer
Series 5 DISC 1
Episode 1 Against the Odds
Episode 2 Place of Honour
Episode 3 Choose a Bright Morning
Series 5 DISC 2
Episode 4 The Playing Field
Episode 5 When Dreams Come True
Episode 6 A New Chapter
Series 5 DISC 3
Episode 7 A Present from Dublin
Episode 8 The Salt of the Earth
Episode 9 Cheques and Balances
Series 5 DISC 4
Episode 10 The Female of the Species
Episode 11 The Jackpot
Episode 12 Two of a Kind
Series 6 DISC 1
Episode 1 Here and There
Episode 2 The Course Of True Love
Episode 3 The Call of the Wild
Series 6 DISC 2
Episode 4 The Nelson Touch
Episode 5 Blood and Water
Episode 6 Where Sheep May Safely Graze
Series 6 DISC 3
Episode 7 The New World
Episode 8 Mending Fences
Episode 9 Big Fish, Little Fish
Series 6 DISC 4
Episode 10 In Whom We Trust
Episode 11 The Rough and the Smooth
Episode 12 The Best Time
Series 7 DISC 1
Episode 1 The Prodigal Returns
Episode 2 Knowin' How To Do It
Episode 3 If Music Be The Food Of Love
Series 7 DISC 2
Episode 4 A Friend For Life
Episode 5 Spring Fever
Episode 6 Out With The New
Series 7 DISC 3
Episode 7 Food For Thought
Episode 8 A Cat In Hull's Chance
Episode 9 A Grand Memory For Forgetting
Series 7 DISC 4
Episode 10 Old Dogs, New Tricks
Episode 11 Hampered
Episode 12 Promises To Keep
Christmas Special 1990: Brotherly Love
XMAS SPECIALS DISC 1
Christmas Special 1983
XMAS SPECIALS DISC 2
Christmas Special 1985 : The Lord God Made Them All
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104 of 106 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
At last in one release we have all 87 episodes and 3 Xmas specials of Christopher Timothy's adventures as a vet in the fictional Darrowby. Although the show is enjoyable from start to finish, it has an obvious split between the first three series and the final four, which were filmed after a short break, with the early ones being the most appealing.
From the very first episode the three vets in the practise set up an excellent rapport, with the kind-hearted James, the gruff Siegried, and the bumbling Tristan. The first series has some odd stilted sections, as a result of a real-life accident that the lead actor suffered and which often isn't covered up very well. But the stories start as they mean to go on with wise but bluff Yorkshire farmers and their sick cattle along with eccentric pet owners. Yes, many of the bit-parts are stereotypes, but the warm comedy mixed with gentle drama means they work well. And the inevitable and on screen arm-length rubber glove sequences help to restore a feeling of reality.
As season 2 and 3 progress the repeat characters gradually gather a life of their own, and along with the domestic problems for James back home it comes over as a series that could run effortlessly forever. But it didn't, and when revived there are big and not altogether successful changes. Lynda Bellingham takes over as the wife and she does a good job, and the actress who had played the housekeeper so well had died. But the big problem was that all the stories in the original novels had been filmed and the new stories drifted away from the style of the early series. This is perhaps understandable. The original tales were touched with authenticity and it was easy to imagine that they really had happened to a vet in the 1930s.
With the writers having to rely on their imaginations, it was inevitable they wouldn't be able to dream up interesting and believable veterinary emergencies or situations that relied on a 'there's nowt as queer as folk' aspect. For many, perhaps unfairly, the worst aspect was the new character of Calum, a young Scottish vet. I didn't mind his character, but along with a more soap-orientated focus to the drama, the show gradually changes. It's still enjoyable, but it stops being a show about vets curing sick animals, who happen to have personal lives, and becomes a show about the personal lives of people who are vets.
Towards the end of the run the new cast members leave and the show returns to its core personal. These later stories rekindle a show that was winding down, and so when it finally ends it bows out on a high. They really don't make them like this any more!
From the very first episode the three vets in the practise set up an excellent rapport, with the kind-hearted James, the gruff Siegried, and the bumbling Tristan. The first series has some odd stilted sections, as a result of a real-life accident that the lead actor suffered and which often isn't covered up very well. But the stories start as they mean to go on with wise but bluff Yorkshire farmers and their sick cattle along with eccentric pet owners. Yes, many of the bit-parts are stereotypes, but the warm comedy mixed with gentle drama means they work well. And the inevitable and on screen arm-length rubber glove sequences help to restore a feeling of reality.
As season 2 and 3 progress the repeat characters gradually gather a life of their own, and along with the domestic problems for James back home it comes over as a series that could run effortlessly forever. But it didn't, and when revived there are big and not altogether successful changes. Lynda Bellingham takes over as the wife and she does a good job, and the actress who had played the housekeeper so well had died. But the big problem was that all the stories in the original novels had been filmed and the new stories drifted away from the style of the early series. This is perhaps understandable. The original tales were touched with authenticity and it was easy to imagine that they really had happened to a vet in the 1930s.
With the writers having to rely on their imaginations, it was inevitable they wouldn't be able to dream up interesting and believable veterinary emergencies or situations that relied on a 'there's nowt as queer as folk' aspect. For many, perhaps unfairly, the worst aspect was the new character of Calum, a young Scottish vet. I didn't mind his character, but along with a more soap-orientated focus to the drama, the show gradually changes. It's still enjoyable, but it stops being a show about vets curing sick animals, who happen to have personal lives, and becomes a show about the personal lives of people who are vets.
Towards the end of the run the new cast members leave and the show returns to its core personal. These later stories rekindle a show that was winding down, and so when it finally ends it bows out on a high. They really don't make them like this any more!
41 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Like others, I've been waiting ages for this brilliant series to finally arrive in a complete boxset. All the episodes are here, including the Christmas Specials.
I did slightly hesitate before getting this because Amazon's pic makes it look huge, but no need to worry - this boxset is tiny! It measures just 19.5 x 12 x 14.5cm and stood on end takes up just under the same space as the first three series' individual releases on the shelf. The box has a reasonably solid feel to it, and the discs are packaged in three "volumes" with fold-out trays similar to those found in slimline double CD cases. The discs themselves seem to be the same ones as found in the individual series releases, so there's no re-mastering work or additional extras.
I did slightly hesitate before getting this because Amazon's pic makes it look huge, but no need to worry - this boxset is tiny! It measures just 19.5 x 12 x 14.5cm and stood on end takes up just under the same space as the first three series' individual releases on the shelf. The box has a reasonably solid feel to it, and the discs are packaged in three "volumes" with fold-out trays similar to those found in slimline double CD cases. The discs themselves seem to be the same ones as found in the individual series releases, so there's no re-mastering work or additional extras.
76 of 81 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I've been waiting for this entire series to be released as a boxset, and was very pleased to see it on Amazon at such a good price. So, no complaints about that side of things, nor the contents of the discs. My gripe is that the overall presentation is rubbish. The 33 discs are split into individual sets, and that part of it is quite neat, however, there is no accompanying booklet, no indication of episode titles whatsoever, and not even an indication of which episodes are on which discs. I know that all these episodes had individual titles, so it's not acceptable for Playback to release this set with absolutely no information at all. Unfortunately the same can be said of another of their series boxsets that I received today ('Allo 'Allo series 1-9). So, come on Playback, put a bit of effort into your releases, because this missing information is important. The series gets 5 stars, but the presentation gets 1 star.
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