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All eight shows from the smash-hit first series, featuring star turns from all your favourite (and least favourite!) celebrities and politicians, including Posh & Becks, Wills & Harry, Katie Price & Peter Andre, Amy Winehouse, Piers Morgan, Bono, Madonna, Fabio Capello, Lampard & Gerrard, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Sir Trevor McDonald.
Voiced by some of the country’s top comedy stars (Rory Bremner, Omid Djalili, Jon Culshaw, Katy Brand, Lewis Macleod and Kayvan ‘Fonejacker’ Novak), written by some of the finest comedy talent (credits include Spitting Image, Little Britain, Black Books, Have I Got News For You) and featuring the most cutting-edge animation seen on TV.
Bonus Featurette: A Headcases History – The Making Of The Show.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A groundbreaking comedy taking a biting, satirical look at the worlds of celebrity and politics as you've never seen them before. Featuring cutting edge 3-D CGI animation and the hottest writing and vocal talents in the comedy business, Headcases is cheeky, irreverent and contains plenty of laugh out loud moments. ...Headcases - Complete Series
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"Headcases" premiered in 2008 to substantial fanfare as the spiritual successor to "Spitting Image", but where the latter show used rubber puppets to satirise public figures of the time, "Headcases" would use CGI caricatures.
After watching the first two episodes, I quite liked the show, but like "Spitting Image", some of the caricatures worked and others didn't. Those that worked included Prince Philip (portrayed as Dick Dastardly), David Miliband (portrayed as a gremlin), and Sir Trevor McDonald (the only one on the show who seemed to know what the heck was going on). The caricatures that didn't work include, among others, Tom Cruise, Piers Morgan, Bono, Dame Helen Mirren, and Dame Judi Dench, whilst other caricatures work, but they're stuck with the same jokes and lines for five episodes in a row (Nick Clegg, Victoria Beckham, Prince William and Prince Harry, among almost the whole cast).
The trouble with "Headcases" was that, for all of the effort put into it, it simply looks lacklustre when compared to "Spitting Image". It is certainly impressive that eight episodes of this series were made in so short a deadline, but the problem is that many of the sketches were re-used almost word for word, sometimes for a total of five episodes, which makes the show appear not funny but grating. Another problem was the lack of a main target for the show to parody. The name "Spitting Image" is almost synonymous with the Margaret Thatcher puppet that was undoubtedly the star of the show. With "Headcases", the closest thing we have to a star is a caricature of Piers Morgan, who does nothing except insult viewers and get crushed under a variety of heavy objects.
I applaud the creators for trying to give us a laugh, and I would recommend this series for anyone wanting to fill a quiet evening with a decent laugh, but as a whole, "Headcases" is incapable of matching its predecessor.
After watching the first two episodes, I quite liked the show, but like "Spitting Image", some of the caricatures worked and others didn't. Those that worked included Prince Philip (portrayed as Dick Dastardly), David Miliband (portrayed as a gremlin), and Sir Trevor McDonald (the only one on the show who seemed to know what the heck was going on). The caricatures that didn't work include, among others, Tom Cruise, Piers Morgan, Bono, Dame Helen Mirren, and Dame Judi Dench, whilst other caricatures work, but they're stuck with the same jokes and lines for five episodes in a row (Nick Clegg, Victoria Beckham, Prince William and Prince Harry, among almost the whole cast).
The trouble with "Headcases" was that, for all of the effort put into it, it simply looks lacklustre when compared to "Spitting Image". It is certainly impressive that eight episodes of this series were made in so short a deadline, but the problem is that many of the sketches were re-used almost word for word, sometimes for a total of five episodes, which makes the show appear not funny but grating. Another problem was the lack of a main target for the show to parody. The name "Spitting Image" is almost synonymous with the Margaret Thatcher puppet that was undoubtedly the star of the show. With "Headcases", the closest thing we have to a star is a caricature of Piers Morgan, who does nothing except insult viewers and get crushed under a variety of heavy objects.
I applaud the creators for trying to give us a laugh, and I would recommend this series for anyone wanting to fill a quiet evening with a decent laugh, but as a whole, "Headcases" is incapable of matching its predecessor.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful
It's worth it for Madonna's questionable crotch alone, but this series was truly the hero of mainstream comedy this year. Faves included President Armadinijad (Don't be racist... give us nuclear) Jeremy Clarkson and poor old Gordon Brown. Brilliant!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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For years now I've been waiting for a new satire show to rival the much-missed Spitting Image which, in its day, made mincemeat of the political and media world. Whilst Headcases is worth seeing if you're a satire fan, I can't say it's what I've been waiting for.
This show certainly looks good, with well-detailed backgrounds and CGI comic versions of varied MPs, film stars and other public figures. Though there's certainly inspiration and moments of genuine humour, this show has real problems. It's painfully obvious there aren't that many CGI characters. This shouldn't be that much of an obstacle, but it isn't long before you realise this is just catchphrase comedy with famous people. Soon you're irritated by characters appearing in the same old sketches telling the same old jokes, and some of them are just so repugnant it's impossible to feel amused. The smug, self-satisfied tone of the show is also irritating.
Maybe this show will improve on its second series (if it gets one), but this is more than anything else a curio for fans of satire and a waste of some talented vocalists.
This show certainly looks good, with well-detailed backgrounds and CGI comic versions of varied MPs, film stars and other public figures. Though there's certainly inspiration and moments of genuine humour, this show has real problems. It's painfully obvious there aren't that many CGI characters. This shouldn't be that much of an obstacle, but it isn't long before you realise this is just catchphrase comedy with famous people. Soon you're irritated by characters appearing in the same old sketches telling the same old jokes, and some of them are just so repugnant it's impossible to feel amused. The smug, self-satisfied tone of the show is also irritating.
Maybe this show will improve on its second series (if it gets one), but this is more than anything else a curio for fans of satire and a waste of some talented vocalists.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Headcases
Brilliant. Headcases has filled a gap left by the demise of Spitting Image and made an excellent job of it. The satire is spot on and the cariacatures hilarious. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2009 by Tallulah du Pres
Quite literally the least funny thing ever created.
Truly awful. The impersonations are shocking and some of them could not sound less like the person intended if they tried. Read more
Published on 25 July 2008 by G. Smith
HEADCASES: THE 21ST CENTURY SPITTING IMAGE!
Headcases was premierd on ITV and eveyone thought it would be rubbish. Some people agree that it's rubbish, but I don't!!!!!!! Read more
Published on 22 July 2008 by J. Solomon
Awful, just awful
This is possibly the unfunniest 'comedy' I have ever come across. Far from being sharp and satirical as the description suggests, this is a run through of the same poor jokes from... Read more
Published on 11 July 2008 by Doc
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