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  • Actors: Frances Barber, Rebecca Front, Morwenna Banks, Peter Dickson, Simon Greenall
  • Directors: Alan Smith, Christian Chessell, Damian Fox, John Sunter, Luke Carpenter
  • Writers: Brian Dooley
  • Format: Animated, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 8 Nov 2004
  • Run Time: 170 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002CH914
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,226 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Monkey Dust is a cutting-edge comedy animation created by an award-winning team of writers and visualised by some of London's finest young animators. Set in a permanent urban nightmare, Monkey Dust is a nocturnal world and its satirical targets range across the whole spectrum of British society.

Monkey Dust also features occasional celebrity appearances from the likes of Robbie Williams, Eminem and Sven-Goran Eriksson, as well as a brief cameo from DJ Neil Fox, who dies a hideous death.

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unnervingly accurate, 31 Aug 2006
By Bing Diddley (Oxford, England) - See all my reviews
This is the most depressing programme ever made. Here is why you must buy it: the nightmarish portrayal of New-Labour Britain in Monkey Dust is so extremely shocking and ruthlessly bleak that you sometimes wish you could just dismiss it. Yet the way it manages to ring true throughout makes for deeply disturbing and always compelling viewing. The fact that it is consistantly hilarious as well is an incredible achievement. Monkey Dust demands repeat viewing and remains just as good each time. Absolutely essential. Come on BBC, put series 2 and 3 out now!

N.B. To the reviewer who said "the creator is seventy something", you're a fair way off - Harry Thompson sadly died last year at the age of 45.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Enter the world of Monkey Dust: if you dare...., 18 Jan 2005
By Ben "fatherdougal89" (UK, Manchester) - See all my reviews
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Deep in a dark, nocturnal world lay the surreal goings-on of a quirky bunch of cartoom character. But these aren't your average cartoon characters, they're profoundly disturbing, violent and bizzaire. If you're scared of the dark, this comedy DVD isn't for you.

Monkey Dust is DEFINITELY not for the faint hearted or for those who take offence easily. You need to be pretty open minded to stomach Monkey Dust, you need to like your comedy satirical, dark and twisted and you need to like the idea of someone dying at least ten times an episode. If you think you can handle the above, you'll find the world of Monkey Dust like a second home.

This animated six part sketch show is marvellous and sick. It introduces a cavalcade of characters who you wouldn't want to meet in real life but love to watch on screen. There's Ivan Dobsky (the meat-safe murderer) and his space-hopper, Mr Hoppy. There's Jeff who struggles to come to terms with his sexuality, a foul-mouthed baby, a dreadful liar who interperets Lord of the Rings as daily life, the divorced/suicidal dad who feels that he is being pulled away from his young son and the Bloke Who Obviously Did It? Did what? Buy it and find out...

The majority of the sketches are brillinatly funny but as with any television sketch there are few weak sketches that don't cut the mustard, sorry in this case the skull. The extra's include a commentary by the writers and subtitles that tell you who animated it, wrote it and voiced it. A wonderful addition to any comedy collectors DVD shelf.

'And that is what really happened!'

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Monkey Magic!, 2 Dec 2006
By DangermouseZilla "He's the strongest, he's th... (Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK.) - See all my reviews
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I first caught this on the box and thought it was absolutely amazing!

This is so sinister and dark - you laugh and wonder if you should really be laughing at such abjectly sad situations. Take the divorcees for example; a dad so much in love with his son, that his apparent rejection causes him to commit suicide - only for the son to then explain that he loves his dad and wants to stay with him (not knowing his dads brains are decorating the room next door!).

It is this twisted look at real life using animation that makes this one of those things that needs to be seen to appreciated.

The 'Meat Safe Murderer' and the 'Classically Trainee Actor' are my favourite sketches alongside the son and his dad.

Some people say this is sick and unfunny - those people just don't get it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Greatness
There are few truly great comedy shows. Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, South Park ... and Monkey Dust. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MLA

5.0 out of 5 stars Actually this isn't Sparta, this is flat out madness
Possibly the most surreal and disturbing thing ever made, let alone that you'll ever see, it also happens to be one of the funniest adult cartoons ever. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. A. M. Laffey

5.0 out of 5 stars Monkey Magic.
... I wanted to give these series another 5 stars.

Absolutely brilliant laugh out loud but feel incredibly quilty about finding it funny dark comedy. Read more
Published 6 months ago by C. landrygan

5.0 out of 5 stars Forgotten gem
Monkey dust is one of those series that passed most people by and it's a crime. Fab animation, great scripts and generally brilliant comedy. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. P. Wren

4.0 out of 5 stars 'That's not really funny'......or is it?
A friend recommended this to me and when he told me it was an animation I kind of disregarded it for some reason. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Martin O'Reilly

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark, grim very funny in parts
Very dark nasty sharp clever accurate humour.
Have to be in right mind to watch it else depression could set in. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Eye Can

5.0 out of 5 stars I can only agree.
Just wanted to add my 5 star vote to this exceedingly black but excellent comedy series. Give it a go but prepare to be shocked, mainly at yourself for laughing at such dark... Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2007 by Boardstupid

5.0 out of 5 stars Hi, I'm Kelly...I'm on work experience...
Very few films or television programmes capture the essence of their content in their opening titles - "Monkey Dust" is one of the exceptions. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2007 by Deanne Dixon

5.0 out of 5 stars Open your eyes...and the dark humour inside
Despair, agony, torment, desolation, misery.....FANTASTIC!!! The humour is dark and dirty, you feel naughty cracking a wry smile at the most depraved moments..... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2007 by J. Cowx

5.0 out of 5 stars genius
This is the best twisted comedy since The League Of Gentlemen- one of the only comedies at the moment that can make you laugh out loud. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2006 by Paul Smithson

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