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The complete collection of the popular sitcom starring Dylan Moran and Charlotte Coleman. Lisa (Coleman) and Ian Lyons (Moran), a newly married city couple, decide to move back to the rural village where Lisa grew up. Trendy comedy club owner Ian isn't too keen, but how bad can it be? He soon gets an answer when Lisa's father offers him £20,000 to divorce her, when her brother tries to kill him, when he can't get a job, and when he realises just how much he hates the countryside. As Lisa settles into work at the village school, Ian eventually buys the local photographer's business. Determined to fit in, he joins the local football team, invites a comedian friend to perform at a charity gala night for the League of Ponies and even decides to compile a photographic Book of Country Fire Stations. But as much as he tries to love the countryside, it really doesn't love him back. Episodes from both series are: 'No One Can Hear You Scream'; 'Floppy, But Not Too Floppy'; 'Monstrous'; 'Woof!'; 'The Hidden World of Country Fire Stations'; 'Sausage, Balloon, Burn'; 'White Pubic Hair'; 'I'm Not an Alcoholic'; 'Nude Modelling Module'; 'Bad Builders'; 'Ready Steady Kill'; and 'The Pleasures of Village Life'.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: How do you learn to love again when the pain of the past won't let you go? When you're 32 with a troubled history and a doubtful future, it's a question that isn't so easy to answer. And for Tracy Heart it's a question she can no longer ignore. After four years of treading water and redeeming herself in the eyes of her family, she has set herself the humble dream of owning her own business. But her dream soon becomes tangled with people from her past and the demands of the future with shattering consequences. ...How Do You Want Me?
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By M. Cunliffe
Format:DVD
How Do You Want Me was a hidden gem and masterpiece from the tail end of the 90s and early 00s.
I was very fortunate to catch it first time round, though it seemed I was in a minority. As such it swiftly became one of those programmes you loved not only because it was very well made and dry and witty but because it was yours and yours alone!
Essentially then, I feel it's either a programme you'll love or you simply cannot take to.
Basically the premise is a shy, bumbling and awkward city boy moves to the country where his new wife was brought up to find he has married into a dominant, prestigious respected and dysfunctional family that rules the village and, in the father's case, despises him.
Think Straw Dogs with laughs.
But these are subtle laughs and moments of sheer joy around some eerie unsettling silence which meets our hero.
Dylan Moran shines as Ian, the fish out of water, whilst the late Charlotte Coleman, who tragically died not long after series 2 finished, is at her kooky and wise best as his wife Lisa.
Frank Finlay steals virtually every episode he appears in as Lisa's father, a man who, it seems, will stop at nothing to remove Ian from his family. Look out for the episode where he stares out his misbehaving overgrown child of a son, played by Peter Serafanowicz, it is a lesson in underplaying malevolance!
This is intelligent comedy that treats its veiwers like adults. There is no canned laughter, no obviously comedic situations and no playing knowingly to any audience as it is lovingly shot on film and superbly directed by John Henderson, with each shot resembling the most beautiful photograph, the kind that hopeless 'pro' photographer Ian could only dream of!
I was very fortunate to catch it first time round, though it seemed I was in a minority. As such it swiftly became one of those programmes you loved not only because it was very well made and dry and witty but because it was yours and yours alone!
Essentially then, I feel it's either a programme you'll love or you simply cannot take to.
Basically the premise is a shy, bumbling and awkward city boy moves to the country where his new wife was brought up to find he has married into a dominant, prestigious respected and dysfunctional family that rules the village and, in the father's case, despises him.
Think Straw Dogs with laughs.
But these are subtle laughs and moments of sheer joy around some eerie unsettling silence which meets our hero.
Dylan Moran shines as Ian, the fish out of water, whilst the late Charlotte Coleman, who tragically died not long after series 2 finished, is at her kooky and wise best as his wife Lisa.
Frank Finlay steals virtually every episode he appears in as Lisa's father, a man who, it seems, will stop at nothing to remove Ian from his family. Look out for the episode where he stares out his misbehaving overgrown child of a son, played by Peter Serafanowicz, it is a lesson in underplaying malevolance!
This is intelligent comedy that treats its veiwers like adults. There is no canned laughter, no obviously comedic situations and no playing knowingly to any audience as it is lovingly shot on film and superbly directed by John Henderson, with each shot resembling the most beautiful photograph, the kind that hopeless 'pro' photographer Ian could only dream of!
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By deadmanjones
Format:DVD
Simon Nye, for all his fame, has never written anything quite as crisp, understated and character driven as this woefully little seen masterpiece. Though it is brooding, sarcastic yet basicly panic stricken Dylan Moran that dominates (with a persona he took to the surreal extreme in Black Books), his performance is centred by the beguiling normality of Charlotte Coleman. Also brilliant are Peter 'Darth Maul / Look Around You' Serafinowicz as Charlotte's sadistic brother, and Frank Finlay as her venomous father.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By A. Goodall
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this for the cast line up but must admit that after the first episode I wasn't thrilled. However, I stuck with it, mainly because I associate Emma Chambers, Charlotte Coleman and Dylan Moran with innovative, quirky comedy and was sure there was more to it than first meets the eye; I was right! I have now reached the end of the second dvd (series 2) and am feeling a little woeful that there can never be a third because Charlotte Coleman is no longer with us; I would love to find out how things go from here. The episode with the horse riding lesson (Derek and Helen)is one I will revisit time and again whenever I need a chuckle!!
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Very Funny
If like me you enjoy anything a little quirky AND Dylan Moran then give this a try.
It's by no means a fast paced watch but there really is some lovely subtle humour in... Read more
It's by no means a fast paced watch but there really is some lovely subtle humour in... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Kate 23
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miserable
Not funny - too miserable - that's it and I am almost certain I have reviewed this before - what is happening Amazon ? Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sefton
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Good
I watched this when I was poorly and it really cheered me up. I love Dylan Moran. It arrived in good time and in good condition.
Published 3 months ago by Kate
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Great series.
As a fan of Dylan Moran, and of Black Books, I was curious to see what this fairly unknown series featuring him was like. The humour is quite subtle and very funny. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Danielluck7
1.0 out of 5 stars
I wish I hadn't purchased this
I read the reviews for this show which, at the time, were predominantly favorable. I knew I had made a huge blunder within minutes of watching the first episode. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Steve M. Hammond
4.0 out of 5 stars
Light and Enjoyable Watch
I purchased this DVD primarily out of my respect and admiration for the cast. I have to admit, after watching a few episodes on Youtube and reading some of these reviews, I wasn't... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Me
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Happiest Bleak Show You'll Ever See
How Do You Want Me? took me by surprise. I'm going to be honest in admitting I bought it because it had Dylan Moran in it and when I read the summary on imdb I was beginning to... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Jodie-Lee Linley
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Do not touch
i got this dvd bought me as a christmas present and all i can say it is the biggest pile of poo i have ever sat through do not touch this with a barge pole im just glad i never... Read more
Published 22 months ago by adamhunt11
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not my cup of tea
It had rave reviews but since i hadn't heard of it I decided to give it a go but ... sorry it did nothing for me
Published 23 months ago by Eileen K
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Awful...
Im a huge fan of Dylan Moran and thought, "Why not..." when I was suggested to purchase this by Amazon...I read the reviews and thought, OK. Read more
Published on 9 May 2011 by MattN1444
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