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The entire first series, plus the pilot, of the 1970s comedy which at the height of its success had over 17 million viewers. The storyline revolves around racist bigot Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst) who is constantly making comments about people of different races in a derogatory manner. Eddie and his wife Joan (Kate Williams) live happily in a peaceful neighbourhood - until they meet their new neighbours. Bill Reynolds (Rudolph Walker) and his wife Barbie (Nina Baden-Semper) are African-Caribbean. It's not long before Eddie's prejudices come to the surface...
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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Long overdue re-release of the hilarious 70's comedy. Deemed offensive but insults are traded equally and Eddie always ends up being made a total fool of. Rudolph Walker is great here as he is in the Thin Blue Line and Eastenders.
Also includes the unseen pilot episode with a different actress playing Eddie's wife Joan. Let's hope all the other series are reissued too.
If you find this sort of comedy offensive then stick with that Jasper Carrott sitcom on BBC1. It is a very 70's comedy (from the sets to the references) and very un-PC, but if you can live with thay you are guarranteed a laugh from one of the UK's most watched comedies of it's day.
Also includes the unseen pilot episode with a different actress playing Eddie's wife Joan. Let's hope all the other series are reissued too.
If you find this sort of comedy offensive then stick with that Jasper Carrott sitcom on BBC1. It is a very 70's comedy (from the sets to the references) and very un-PC, but if you can live with thay you are guarranteed a laugh from one of the UK's most watched comedies of it's day.
53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
In this world gone mad, where a blackboard is now a chalkboard and a whiteboard is a dryboard, we are slowly becoming a country that has lost the ability to laugh at itself.
In a multi-cultural society, the one thing that should bring us all together is the ability to be able to laugh about ourselves and eachother
The politically correct brigade amongst us are bound to say that this programme is nothing more than racist claptrap, but the fact is that both lead characters give as much as they get.
This is no more than un-pc and racist than 'Till Death do us part, where Warren Mitchell dispells Tony Booth for being a scouser.
The main point about the whole series is that it is funny. Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst) inveitably comes off worst and it is funny to see his bigoted views become his downfall.
With classic one liners this situation comedy delivers on all levels, so whack it in the DVD player and give it a whirl
53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
By mr s riley
Format:DVD
This show was a classic first time around and its about time it was released on DVD.
Fantastic one liners and don't forget the actors in the show are black and white !!
You must watch this show with an open frame of mind , grab a few beers , invite the neighbours in and prepare for comedy,
Fantastic !!
Fantastic one liners and don't forget the actors in the show are black and white !!
You must watch this show with an open frame of mind , grab a few beers , invite the neighbours in and prepare for comedy,
Fantastic !!
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By P. D. gray
Format:DVD
There are currently 3 boxsets of LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR seasons 1...3 released by Pegasus but they have mucked up the amount of episodes on the second and third one to the buyers advantage. Heres the details
SEASON 1 set - All 7 episodes plus bonus unbroadcast pilot episode
SEASON 2 set - All 6 episodes plus first 4 episodes from SEASON 3
SEASON 3 set - LAST 2 episodes from SEASON 3 plus all 8 episodes SEASON 4 (Season 4 had 8 episodes, 7 normal length and one extended...all included here).
So as you can see, if you buy these 3 season sets you are also getting season 4, crazy the way Pegasus has named the sets but I think its because they initially released the first 2 sets and didnt intend a third so bunged some season 3 episodes on the third one. When they realised they were selling well and should do a third set, they called it SEASON 3 but since most of those episodes were put on series 2 as bonus they put all of season 4 on as well.
It NOW makes sense that we are going to get (from a different company I believe) seasons 5 onwards released on dvd....so dont go BUT WHERES SEASON 4 when you look through the amazon listings, its on the season 3 set! hope this info proves useful, it all confused me until I got my facts straight using a comedy reference book.
SEASON 1 set - All 7 episodes plus bonus unbroadcast pilot episode
SEASON 2 set - All 6 episodes plus first 4 episodes from SEASON 3
SEASON 3 set - LAST 2 episodes from SEASON 3 plus all 8 episodes SEASON 4 (Season 4 had 8 episodes, 7 normal length and one extended...all included here).
So as you can see, if you buy these 3 season sets you are also getting season 4, crazy the way Pegasus has named the sets but I think its because they initially released the first 2 sets and didnt intend a third so bunged some season 3 episodes on the third one. When they realised they were selling well and should do a third set, they called it SEASON 3 but since most of those episodes were put on series 2 as bonus they put all of season 4 on as well.
It NOW makes sense that we are going to get (from a different company I believe) seasons 5 onwards released on dvd....so dont go BUT WHERES SEASON 4 when you look through the amazon listings, its on the season 3 set! hope this info proves useful, it all confused me until I got my facts straight using a comedy reference book.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Paul Ess.
Format:DVD
Bigoted white socialist gets black next door neighbours in the most un-pc sit-com ever aired on British television.
Still controversial today, 'Love Thy Neighbour' would be indefensible if it wasn't so funny. The writers go to great pains to make sure that the black guy usually gets the upper hand in the juvenile pranks and schemes that 'snowflake' thinks up, but there is an invective incongeniality to some of the confrontations.
Whether you'll be offended by this depends on whether you think childish phrases like 'nig-nog' and 'white honky' are acceptable in a 'comedy' context.
What's really interesting is; the two protagonists are at each others throats virtually the whole time - except when they're trying to put one over on their wives. If there's a darts competition, a booze-up or a football match on the horizon and their wives are trying to put the mockers on it, they're suddenly the best of friends. This cynically suggests that the writers are of the depressing (but probably true) opinion that the gap between the races is nowhere near the chasm that exists between the sexes. But that's another series.
In short, 'Love Thy Neighbour' is naïve, archaic, sexist, horrendously stereotypical and rude. It's of it's time (1972 -1976) and rightly or wrongly commanded huge audiences when it was first broadcast. We used to sit down as a family to watch it, it was all innocent and accepted. But times change and it was left out in the cold, castigated and reviled as the champion bete noir of the 80's PC brigade.
Now it's 'retro'. We've come full circle, it sneaks out on dvd, rising from the grave like a vampire. (a useful analogy seeing as the movie version was produced by Hammer Films!) We can laugh now, but in an ironic, post-modern sense.... Read more ›
Still controversial today, 'Love Thy Neighbour' would be indefensible if it wasn't so funny. The writers go to great pains to make sure that the black guy usually gets the upper hand in the juvenile pranks and schemes that 'snowflake' thinks up, but there is an invective incongeniality to some of the confrontations.
Whether you'll be offended by this depends on whether you think childish phrases like 'nig-nog' and 'white honky' are acceptable in a 'comedy' context.
What's really interesting is; the two protagonists are at each others throats virtually the whole time - except when they're trying to put one over on their wives. If there's a darts competition, a booze-up or a football match on the horizon and their wives are trying to put the mockers on it, they're suddenly the best of friends. This cynically suggests that the writers are of the depressing (but probably true) opinion that the gap between the races is nowhere near the chasm that exists between the sexes. But that's another series.
In short, 'Love Thy Neighbour' is naïve, archaic, sexist, horrendously stereotypical and rude. It's of it's time (1972 -1976) and rightly or wrongly commanded huge audiences when it was first broadcast. We used to sit down as a family to watch it, it was all innocent and accepted. But times change and it was left out in the cold, castigated and reviled as the champion bete noir of the 80's PC brigade.
Now it's 'retro'. We've come full circle, it sneaks out on dvd, rising from the grave like a vampire. (a useful analogy seeing as the movie version was produced by Hammer Films!) We can laugh now, but in an ironic, post-modern sense.... Read more ›
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. P. J. R. LEWIS
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
With all the nonsense of Political Correctness it is high time that CLASSIC 70ies series such as this should be released so that those too young to remember them can make their own mind up.
Im 43 so i can remember the hilarious days when name calling was seen as funny in a comedy atmosphere.
How many people realise that there is an episode of another classic 70ies series The Professionals that has never seen a tv airing but is available on DVD.This episode titled KLANSMEN makes Love thy Neighbour seem like family entertainment,even i was taken aback at how racist it was compared to the other 56 episodes,but thankfully it has been released and we can make our own minds up.
CENSORSHIP is an ugly word,but when it comes to classic comedy sense should prevail.
Im 43 so i can remember the hilarious days when name calling was seen as funny in a comedy atmosphere.
How many people realise that there is an episode of another classic 70ies series The Professionals that has never seen a tv airing but is available on DVD.This episode titled KLANSMEN makes Love thy Neighbour seem like family entertainment,even i was taken aback at how racist it was compared to the other 56 episodes,but thankfully it has been released and we can make our own minds up.
CENSORSHIP is an ugly word,but when it comes to classic comedy sense should prevail.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love Thy Neighbour - Complete Series 1
This is a great comedy tv show I think it was great when it fist come on the tv and is very funny even now endless fun.
Published 3 months ago by Mr. A. Nicholls
5.0 out of 5 stars
Old School Hilarious !!
Remembered loving this as a kid before the namby pamby PC brigade took over TV. Has lost nothing in hilarity...lent it to my parents who loved it too!! Absolute gold !!!
Published 17 months ago by Loves It Mind !!!
1.0 out of 5 stars
DVD never came!!!
I was very dissapointed when I ordered this DVD and got charged fot it but it never came. I didn't even get a refund and nobody got back to me when I last made a review regarding... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2010 by Nicola Dear
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Seventies Period Piece
Love Thy Neighbour certainly lacks the sophistication associated with many of the comedies that are typically regarded as classics - and especially those also from the seventies... Read more
Published on 2 April 2009 by Jervis
5.0 out of 5 stars
love thy neighbour
i grew up forced into watching this show by my parents. finding it on amazon was a great find. the shows are all so funny, with eddie booth regularly losing out to bill reynolds,... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2008 by A. Thom
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Damn Good Laugh
Having watched these on t.v years ago, and now seeing them again, I can't see what outrages some people so much. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2008 by Jw Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
CLASSIC COMEDY, WHO CARES ABOUT BEEN POLITICALLY CORRECT.. I CERTAINLY...
First of all P. D. gray; the information you have provided re 'SEASON 2 set - All 6 episodes plus first 4 episodes from SEASON 3
SEASON 3 set - LAST 2 episodes from... Read more
SEASON 3 set - LAST 2 episodes from... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2007 by Fatboy
4.0 out of 5 stars
very non-pc nowadays
this would be very non-pc nowadays, however in the 1970's when this was made there was no such thing as pc. If you can watch it for what it is, a tongue-in-cheek go at racism. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2007 by E. Dale
4.0 out of 5 stars
Poor value
Classic comedy - which deserves full marks, but with a paltry two episodes per disc you are better off buying the complete series box sets.
Published on 20 Mar 2005 by Freddie Valentine
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