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The antics of Derek Nimmo's accident-prone Brother Dominic at Mountacres Priory regularly drew over twelve and a half million viewers to this classic BBC comedy. This release includes all eight surviving episodes, which boast a distinguished cast including Sir Felix Aylmer as Father Anselm, the benign Prior, and Colin Gordon as Father Bernard, the less tolerant Master of Novices. The DVD includes a series guidebook.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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What a grteat shame that these are the only episodes of the series to survive! Derek Nimmo et al make a wonderful job of parosying the lives of monks. From his Raucous voice to his accident prone manner Nimmo is at his best! I would highly recommend this DVD.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is a happy trip down memory lane for those of us over 50 who can remember when these 'Oh Brother' series were first broadcast back in the late '60s and very early '70s. Derek Nimmmo is - as another reviewer has rightly written - excellent as the accident-prone but pure, guilless, innocent and well-meaning monk, Brother Dominic. Also impressive and memorable is Felix Aylmer as Father Prior: he represents the kindliness, paternal authority and calm of a true man of God. He's quite inspiring in some ways - especially in his great forbearance! If you like gentle British T.V. from the late 1960s, you may well like this series. As the previous reviewer said, what a pity that more episodes have not been preserved. Still, we are lucky to have these. The gentle humour is still fresh, and the colour of the episodes is very good. I recommend 'Oh Brother.'
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Very funny comedy with the style of "Bless Me Father" and "Sister Act". I didn't know Derek Nimmo as actor and I have found him very energetic and effective, on the leading role of this serial. But if I have to mention the best featuring in "Oh Brother", this is -without any kind of dude- the one played by Felix Aylmer. It was one of his latest performances, but he is so perfect as his legendary collaborations in films like Quo Vadis? or "Hamlet". So, "Oh Brother!" is very interesting TV product if you want to laugh with this old production made by BBC at early seventies.
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