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Brass - Complete First Series [VHS] [1983]

VHS ~ Timothy West
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Timothy West, Caroline Blakiston, Barbara Ewing, David Ashton, James Saxon
  • Directors: Les Chatfield
  • Producers: Mark Robson
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • VHS Release Date: 25 Sep 2000
  • Run Time: 323 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004WZYI
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,738 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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The complete thirteen-part first series.

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Where there's muck there's brass.

Times are hard in Utterley. Bradley Hardacre (Timothy West), owner of the brass factory as well as everything else in town, is the most ruthless of men. While his workforce live in constant fear, he and his family enjoy a life of luxury. Agnes Fairchild is determined that her family and the rest of the Hardacre workforce should suffer no longer. However, her plans to overthrow the Hardacre empire are thwarted by her husband George who is ever the unswervingly loyal employee. Meanwhile, to complicate matters further, the loves and passions of the Hardacre girls and the Fairchild sons are heating up, with some truly hilarious consequences for everyone concerned.

Featuring all 13 episodes of this outstanding British Comedy. Starring Caroline Blakiston as Lady Patience Hardacre, Geoffrey Hinsliff as Bradley Hardacre's most appreciative employee George Fairchild, and Barbara Ewing as his long-suffering wife Agnes Fairchild.

Brass is true Northern humour with a touch of class!

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest (and most deserved) TV satires ever, 22 May 2002
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Quite, quite brilliant. A non-stop barrage of beautifully timed, cleverly understated verbal and sight gags, delivered with po-faced intensity by a hugely talented cast. "Brass" tears into every god-awful cliche ever suffered by those forced to watch the endless stream of Catherine Cookson adaptations and gritty Northern dramas in the 70s and 80s, and "Brideshead Revisited", with an over-the-top panache made all the more effective by the lack of a laugh track. Timothy West, Caroline Blakiston and Barbara Ewing are perfect, maintaining stone-faced intensity under a succession of increasingly surreal (and hilarious) gritty Northern crises. The rest of the cast is excellent. The script is wonderful. My only concern is whether series 2 and 3 will ever be released.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, intelligent, well acted comedy - best of British, 28 Jan 2002
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Anyone who watched the original on TV will relish reliving this intelligent series in the best tradition of British comedy - if you didn't see it first time round prepare for a treat. Timothy West is the archetypal "trouble at t'mill" boss Bradley Hardacre with a totally disfunctional family - secret-drinker wife, over- sexed daughters, camp younger son, over-confident elder son etc. interacting with the downtrodden workforce, brilliantly led by "Agnes Fairchild" - wife of a hopelessly weak husband but a socialist firebrand in her own right and the proud owner of Kier Hardy's cap. The script is a mixture of witty allusions (e.g. teddy bear Hesketh - who's close cousin must have starred in Brideshead Revisited!), double entendres and farce - often rude but always very funny.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Trouble at t' mill! sound the silent hooter!, 9 Nov 2000
Here it is at last! the video set of Brass, one of the best comedy series ever shown on British Television. This does for comedy what "When the boat comes in" did for serious drama.

Crisply scripted by John Stevenson and Julian Roach, it is full of pithy political commentary on the bygone age of industry and empire, with lines deftly delivered by the magnificent Timothy West. Also excellent was the pathos of George Fairchild, bosses toady played to perfection by Geoffrey Hinsliff, and Barbara Ewing as his principled and despairing wife..

What gives this series it's comic edge is the witty dialogue punctuated with occasional bouts of surrealism, ....

Relentlessly funny, uplifting and unmissable. Get it today!

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5.0 out of 5 stars a great laugh
Ok I'm not supposed to slag off Brideshead, which I've seen many times and like Brass is produced by Granada but Brass really takes the on BH and all the period drama. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best comedies ever.
A terrific comedy that should be far better known than it is. Few in the U.S. ever saw this due to limited run on PBS but anyone who loves wit, puns, clever writing, and first... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2001 by brunetp@western.tec.wi.us

5.0 out of 5 stars At last we can see it again!
It's about time this came out on video - we have been waiting for it for years. Phrases from the series have entered the family vocabulary - who could forget the significance of... Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2001 by Mrs. PJ Taylor

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