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Psychoville is the award-winning, dark, twisted comedy bought to us by Reece Sheersmith and Steve Pemberton, two of The League of Gentlemen.
Over the two series we follow the fortunes or mis-fortunes of a bizarre bunch of characters including; Mr Lomax, a blind toy collector. Mr Jelly – the clown of a hundred hands (well, 13, but who’s counting). Maureen and David Sourbutts, a serial killer obsessed mother and son duo. Joy Aston – a midwife with an unhealthy obsession with a toy doll and her husband George. Robert the Panto Dwarf. Hattie, a make up artist who once did Bonnie Tyler’s eyeliner, Jeremy the over zealous Librarian and many, many more.
The collection contains all the episodes from both series 1 and 2 plus the 2010 Halloween special.
The show features great performances from; Dawn French, Imelda Staunton, Eileen Atkins and Adrian Scarborough.
Over the two series we follow the fortunes or mis-fortunes of a bizarre bunch of characters including; Mr Lomax, a blind toy collector. Mr Jelly – the clown of a hundred hands (well, 13, but who’s counting). Maureen and David Sourbutts, a serial killer obsessed mother and son duo. Joy Aston – a midwife with an unhealthy obsession with a toy doll and her husband George. Robert the Panto Dwarf. Hattie, a make up artist who once did Bonnie Tyler’s eyeliner, Jeremy the over zealous Librarian and many, many more.
The collection contains all the episodes from both series 1 and 2 plus the 2010 Halloween special.
The show features great performances from; Dawn French, Imelda Staunton, Eileen Atkins and Adrian Scarborough.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I can't praise this highly enough. When I first saw it on TV I was blown away by the sheer bizarreness of the characters and situations. Even the name "the witches of E-Bay" had me laughing.
When this was broadcast the BBC had a brilliant set of websites to accompany it, and a similar level of effort has gone into the extras on this set. There are audio commentaries on all episodes as well as interviews and other features.
My favourite is the alternative camera angle on the Hitchcock tribute episode - the one that is all done in one take. It reveals that the show does actually have one edit point for the terribly practical reason that the dolly on the camera didn't have enough power to last through a whole half-hour shot and shows how it was all done. It may all look smooth onscreen but just out of shot there are always people scurrying to move furniture out of the way or spray some fake blood.
The biggest surprise of all was hearing the writers discuss the evolution of the series and the story arc. They said that when they were halfway through writing series one and had even started filming, they had no idea how it was goign to end. Seeing how well it all fits together and even how small details from series one are integral to series two, like Lomax's dislike for Tony Hancock, I had assumed that the ending for series two was firmly in mind wheile writing the very first episode. In fact I still kind of think that even after being told otherwise on the commentary.
This is one of the most inventive series to have been made for TV in recent years and this box set really does it justice.
When this was broadcast the BBC had a brilliant set of websites to accompany it, and a similar level of effort has gone into the extras on this set. There are audio commentaries on all episodes as well as interviews and other features.
My favourite is the alternative camera angle on the Hitchcock tribute episode - the one that is all done in one take. It reveals that the show does actually have one edit point for the terribly practical reason that the dolly on the camera didn't have enough power to last through a whole half-hour shot and shows how it was all done. It may all look smooth onscreen but just out of shot there are always people scurrying to move furniture out of the way or spray some fake blood.
The biggest surprise of all was hearing the writers discuss the evolution of the series and the story arc. They said that when they were halfway through writing series one and had even started filming, they had no idea how it was goign to end. Seeing how well it all fits together and even how small details from series one are integral to series two, like Lomax's dislike for Tony Hancock, I had assumed that the ending for series two was firmly in mind wheile writing the very first episode. In fact I still kind of think that even after being told otherwise on the commentary.
This is one of the most inventive series to have been made for TV in recent years and this box set really does it justice.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a BBC series that unfortunately ended after 2 seasons already. It is a bizarre story of a bunch of people in various parts of England who are related to each other by some haunting event in the past. The 30minute episodes are quite entertaining although some freaks in the show with particular spleens can also be annoying (but maybe that is also intentional). Although it certainly aspires to have some funny aspects (comedy?), I got the jokes or the hilarity of some absurd situations - but it did not really make me laugh. Nevertheless, this show (especially the Halloween special, showing a different angle of previous events in Pulp-Fiction or Vantage Point-style), done by the League-of-Gentlemen fellows, is somehow amusing in a grotesque way. It is a pity that is was apparently stopped because the ore it developed, the more interesting it got.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Like The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville featured a selection of very good characters and it had very good scripts. The two stars of the show, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (from The League of Gentlemen), played all their characters really well. One of my favourite characters is Mr Lomax (Steve Pemberton), a blind toy collector who desperately wants to finish off his collection by purchasing a very rare commodity named Snappy the Crocodile, with the assistance of Michael Fry (a.k.a. Tea Leaf) who is assisting Mr Lomax as part of his community service. There's also David Sowerbutts, a murder-obsessed man-child, and his mother Maureen as they carry out killings inspired by real murders (look out for an appearance from fellow League of Gentlemen star Mark Gatiss). I could go on mentioning all the characters here but there's a lot to go through. If you liked The League of Gentlemen, then you'll also like Psychoville. Reece Shearsmith officially announced that there would not be a third series, and I think that was a wise decision as the two men actually stated on the "Behind the Scenes" documentaries which are part of the special features on this box set, that they had pretty much written everything they wanted to do on Psychoville (particularly with the first series). Highly recommended.
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A Brief Review and Quick Note for Consumers
A wonderful show from two of the creators of the classic 'League of Gentlemen'. Just a note to inform you all that this boxet includes the 'Halloween Special'. Read more
Published 7 days ago by AndyH
Better than LOG
Much more surreal, clever and funny than LOG, if you liked LOG, you'll like this more. Both series please, it's dark, it's drama, yet it's really really funny. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Alex Iles
Crazy, crazy, crazy!!!
All the things you wouldn't belive could be put together in a series are here put together. The first episodes are not so funny, but then everything starts to add up - and getting... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Grethe
very dark, very funny!
Bought this box set for my husband as we watched both series on tv and loved it!
Very dark humour and probably not for everyone, but we love it!
Very dark humour and probably not for everyone, but we love it!
Published 8 months ago by princess pickle
original and quirky series
I'm not sure I would describe Psychoville as a comedy, it has a few comic moments (more in series 1 than 2) but really it is the mystery that draws you in, you want to find out... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Paganmagick
Funny and creepy
Loved this show. Silent Singer will forever haunt my dreams. People say LoG was better, but this show is so different its hard to compare. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sarah A
Psychoville? Where?
First of all, if you name a show "Psychoville", then the place has to be one of the stars. This town of psychos had no identity. There was no atmosphere, no visual flare. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Beverley Mantel
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