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Starring: Tony Vogel, James Cosmo, Anthony Heaton
Available for the first time on DVD all 32 programmes telling 4 separate stories.
The classic British hero who doesn't drink, doesn't smoke and thinks guns are for cowards.
Radio's most popular detective makes the successful transition to TV.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Dick Barton - Special Agent [DVD] [1948]
For anyone that listened as a child to the BBC Radio serials of the exploits of Dick Barton with Snowey and Jock will enjoy this 1979 TV reincarnation, it is very faithful to the original if my memory serves me right.
Retaining Radio fifteen minute episode format each completed with a cliff-hanger this is nostalgia at its best, and vastly superior to the three films from the late 1940s which are also available on DVD.
Tony Vogel as Dick Barton and Anthony Heaton as Snowey White are exactly as I used to imagine them, however Jock Anderson (James Cosmo) with his period fair isle jumpers is a little too homely for me.
Just one warning, the titles run in front of a rapidly revolving circle with disappearing black bands that may disturbed anyone troubled by strobe lighting and flash photography.
This is highly recommended nostalgia for anyone that enjoyed the original Radio Serials (722 episodes in all) and some of the cringe making patriotic dialogue is all part of the fun, however anyone coming to these serials from a modern perspective will be somewhat bewildered and probably disappointed.
For anyone that listened as a child to the BBC Radio serials of the exploits of Dick Barton with Snowey and Jock will enjoy this 1979 TV reincarnation, it is very faithful to the original if my memory serves me right.
Retaining Radio fifteen minute episode format each completed with a cliff-hanger this is nostalgia at its best, and vastly superior to the three films from the late 1940s which are also available on DVD.
Tony Vogel as Dick Barton and Anthony Heaton as Snowey White are exactly as I used to imagine them, however Jock Anderson (James Cosmo) with his period fair isle jumpers is a little too homely for me.
Just one warning, the titles run in front of a rapidly revolving circle with disappearing black bands that may disturbed anyone troubled by strobe lighting and flash photography.
This is highly recommended nostalgia for anyone that enjoyed the original Radio Serials (722 episodes in all) and some of the cringe making patriotic dialogue is all part of the fun, however anyone coming to these serials from a modern perspective will be somewhat bewildered and probably disappointed.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
THE ILLUSTRATION,AND SOME OF THE INFO ON THE AMAZON DVD LIST IS WRONG. THE ILLUSTRATION AND SOME INFO IS FROM THE HAMMER FILMS FEATURE FILM 1948. THIS DVD IS THE 1970S TV SERIES COMPLETE ON THREE DISCS.IT IS EXCELLENT.THE COVER OF THIS DVD SHOWS TONY VOGEL AS DICK BARTON.THE TV SERIES IS IN COLOUR.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a favourite of mine . I've watched it a few times . I like it the more I see it
I really do recommend it if this is your style . Its fun and the stories are good.
All in all very entertaining. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
I really do recommend it if this is your style . Its fun and the stories are good.
All in all very entertaining. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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Review od Dick Barton
Great product delivered swiftly and without delay, great comedy for those who are from an older generation but also would appeal to others, good characters and set pieces, all in... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Blaine7
Happy Memories
This was purchased as a present for a friend who tells me that she was delighted with it as it brought back many fond memories.
Published 12 months ago by Barbara E. Ellams
Splendid entertainment
This is an absolutely splendid collection of four Dick Barton stories which appeared on TV in the late 1970s. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Junius
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