- Actors: Brian Cant
- Writers: Gordon Murray, Alison Prince
- Producers: Gordon Murray
- Format: PAL, Colour, Full Screen
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: U
- Studio: UCA
- DVD Release Date: 16 April 2007
- Run Time: 196 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000FA56WC
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- #46 in Film & TV > Classics > Children's
- #68 in Film & TV > Children's DVD > Ages 3-4
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: First transmitted in 1966, Camberwick Green features Windy Miller, who cordially invites you to join him and the rest of the Camberwick Green village folk in Gordon Murray's children's classic. ...Camberwick Green - The Complete Collection
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I recently bought this for my children and me!
it brought back such happy memories watching with my grandmother and great aunts and uncle when i was 2 to 5 years old.
The Quality of the first episode is sadly very poor.Very wobbly hard too watch.It states that they have been remastered using state of the art equipement.Well the first episode hasnt but all the others have.So only 4 stars.does anyone know why the first episode is like this?
it brought back such happy memories watching with my grandmother and great aunts and uncle when i was 2 to 5 years old.
The Quality of the first episode is sadly very poor.Very wobbly hard too watch.It states that they have been remastered using state of the art equipement.Well the first episode hasnt but all the others have.So only 4 stars.does anyone know why the first episode is like this?
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I must have been seven, and my brother five, when CAMBERWICK GREEN was first screened. We watched every episode, and the repeats, never really outgrowing them.
Thirty-six years on, how does they look? The first thing that struck me was how poor the quality of the DVD transfer is. There are many, many scratches on the film, and the picture is very shaky -- as if the DVD transfer has been done via a camera mounted on someone's shoulder. The sound is not good either, but then it always seemed as if Brian Cant recorded the narration and singing inside a small box at the BBC. (The box turned out to be a cupboard at the house of Freddie Phillips, who supplied the music.)
CAMBERWICK GREEN was the first major animated series from the Gordon Murray team, and it shows. The story lines, as you would expect of a series intended for infants, are very slight. Nothing too serious happens to any of the characters. Camberwick Green was a very quiet place, because most of the puppets lacked a mouth. There is no sense of a universe outside: in the first episode on the DVD, the postman delivers letters to characters from other characters living in Camberwick Green.
Of course, one's strongest memories of the series are of the repeated elements, which were the intro, the outro, and the wonderful musical score. It's all gloriously relaxing New Age stuff, building an audience who would grow into Windham Hill CDs twenty years later.
I would have bought this at any price, but I'm disappointed that the DVD production team couldn't find a better source tape to make the master from. What I don't know is whether the 12 episodes on this DVD make up the entire CAMBERWICK GREEN collection.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Loved the dvd but very disappointed that 1 or 2 episodes seemed wobbly and distorted on the tv screen. The same can be said for the Trumpton dvd which I bought as a package. I thought I had a dud dvd but on reading other reviews it seems that it is the dvd at fault! Brilliantly nostalgic-brought it all back and my 5 year old loves it! If the makers had used state of the art equipment to reproduce the originals, then surely there should be a note on the sleeve that not all episodes are perfect-otherwise excellent!
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Camberwick Green
Brilliant service from the vendor, would buy again from them. DVD was bought as a present and its currently in Australia where its being enjoyed.
Published 9 months ago by Sammy
Wonderful
I bought this to show my children what I used to watch when I was young - they all love it and it brought back fond memories for me!
Published 13 months ago by Laura
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IK was really pleased to find this on DVD. My son loves this and has started asking for "Camble Ween" after lunch.
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This was bought for nostalgia and it was a success as it brought back many childhood memories and it is a Dvd which is great for children.
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my memory of this was a real positive one, however upon watching it again it was a tad boring. chigley is by far a greater show. Read more
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Camberwick Green still has the original charm of 40 years ago. Would recommend this DVD to all grown-up children.
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