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Completely Round The Twist is the whole crazy tale of Tony Twist (The long suffering Dad), and his 3 children; 14 year old twins Pete and Linda, and 8 year old Bronson, who all move into an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast. Of course the lighthouse is haunted, but that is only the start of the family's adventures. Episodes: 52 episodes Skeleton On The Dunny, Birdsdo, A Good Tip For Ghosts, The Cabbage Patch Fib, Spaghetti Pig Out, Santa Claws, The Gun Leaf War, Wunderpants, Lucky Lips, Know All, The Copy, Without My Pants, Lighthouse Blues, Next Time Round, Copy Cat, Little Squirt, Pink Box Tie, Nails, Sloppy Jalopy, Smelly Feat, Grandad's Gifts, Ice Maiden, Yuckles, Quivering Heap, Little Black Balls, Seeing The Light, The Big Burp, The Viking Book Of Love, Whirling Derfish, UMI, Truth Hits Everybody, The Nirandathal Beast, Mali Boo, Brainless, Toy Love, Tears Of Innocence, The Ice Cream Man Cometh, If The Walls Could Talk, The Big Rock, Welcome Back, Monster Under The Bed, Linda Godiva, Dog By Night, TV Or Not TV, Face The Fear, Hair Brain, The Princess And The Pete, Boy Bird, The Shadow Player, Radio Da Da, Skunkman & Isle Of Dreams. SPECIAL FEATURES Episode Synopsis, Twist shoots - How the series was made, Author Paul Jennings biography, Exclusive nostalgia pages, What was hot in 1990, 1993, 2000 and 2001, Where are they now, special sing - a - long theme tune, meet the cast, photo galleries
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Box Set, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Multi-DVD Set, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Have you ever... ever felt like this? From the hilarious mind of author Paul Jennings comes the off-the-wall adventures of the Twist family Tony, Pete, Linda and Bronson - who leave the comforts of the Big Smoke to live in an old lighthouse in the rugged sea-side village of Port Niranda. But all is not as it seems, and strange things are starting to happen... Nominated for over 20 major national and international awards, Round The Twist has screened in over 70 countries worldwide and remains an enduring series for the enjoyment of the whole family. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Australian Film Institute, ...Round the Twist - Complete Series - 8-DVD Set
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Round the Twist is arguably the best ever supernatural comedy drama series (especially series 1&2) being in turns funny, moving, and intriguing. A show with a heart about children who care for the environment, for the many lost souls they encounter (ghosts or people and animals) and for their fellow humans (excluding the Gribbles!)
As for the UK DVD box set. The good news for those who suffered the indignities of the BBC cutting off the out-take sequences at the end of each episode is that the episodes are complete and uncut, each has its own unique and interesting end sequence.
The bad news is that some scenes suffer some compression artefacts due to some scenes having noticable film grain which is hard to compress digitally. Bitrate is about 6Mb/s, but the dual-layer DVDs had room for 7-8Mb/s: they should have used it). Having said that, not many scenes are affected and you probably won't notice them unless you have a TV set with very good definition.
The packaging is cheapskate. The "box" set is not a box, more a stiff plastic wrapper which you will have to throw away as it is not usable as a storage box. The 8 DVDs themeselves are packed into 4 poorly designed DVD cases which force you to remove one DVD to access the other. The cover designs are boring, not a patch on the original Australian packaging (I can't understand why they changed it).
In summary, this is a brilliant series; the DVDs do the job of bringing it to you at an economical price, but if you want nice packaging etc buy the Australian DVDs instead.
As for the UK DVD box set. The good news for those who suffered the indignities of the BBC cutting off the out-take sequences at the end of each episode is that the episodes are complete and uncut, each has its own unique and interesting end sequence.
The bad news is that some scenes suffer some compression artefacts due to some scenes having noticable film grain which is hard to compress digitally. Bitrate is about 6Mb/s, but the dual-layer DVDs had room for 7-8Mb/s: they should have used it). Having said that, not many scenes are affected and you probably won't notice them unless you have a TV set with very good definition.
The packaging is cheapskate. The "box" set is not a box, more a stiff plastic wrapper which you will have to throw away as it is not usable as a storage box. The 8 DVDs themeselves are packed into 4 poorly designed DVD cases which force you to remove one DVD to access the other. The cover designs are boring, not a patch on the original Australian packaging (I can't understand why they changed it).
In summary, this is a brilliant series; the DVDs do the job of bringing it to you at an economical price, but if you want nice packaging etc buy the Australian DVDs instead.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is an excellent series, as anyone who saw it the first time around will remember. The comedy ranges from corny to crude, but not over the top. Wether you buy this for nostalgic reasons or for your kids, one thing is certain, you will not be disappointed. Well worth the money.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This was one of the best programmes I remember as a kid, because it was downright weird and insane fun for kids. And then I discovered that there was a series 3 and 4 made in my late young adult years, so naturally, I couldn't resist buying the box set! and I don't regret it one little bit. The review earlier on saying that the dvd boxset was packed in cardboard, wasn't entirely correct, beacuse mine came in a dvd jewel case with plastic turn-page compartments and it contains the dvds very safely. either that was an older model of the box set? but what an investment!
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family show
a family move into a haunted lighthouse and strange things begin to happen. good for children of all ages. its not scarey for them ,but funny. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. Lesley Smith
changed the charecters
I brought this for my 11 year old daughter for xmas, as i had such good memories of it as a child my only disappointment was the charecters are changed half way through the boxset... Read more
Published 5 months ago by taeko
Awesome lol
Used to love watching this as a kid, my fav series are 1 & 2, but still got to have the rest as they are just as fun to watch, This is cheap for what you get and yeah fine the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Adrian
Great fun
Brilliant to watch on a rainy day when the grand children are around! All 3 generations having a good laugh together, can't beat it!
Published 11 months ago by mimi
Going Round the Twist all over again
Sometimes you worry that childhood nostalgia actually reveals the things you love to be God awful in the cold light of day when you're a few years wiser. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Foot Short
Shine a Light
Round The Twist was on the best kids TV show from the broom cupboard years there were great cartoons and drama and a Game show or two but magical dramas and comdeies were few are... Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2010 by M. G. Hatfield
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