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Both firmly of its time and spectacularly ahead of it, The Strange World of Gurney Slade is to television comedy what The Prisoner has become to television drama - brilliantly inventive, startlingly surreal and unlike anything previously seen on television. Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination. In this surreal odyssey through his own personal alternative reality he indulges in random conversations with both animals and inanimate objects it s a world in which characters can step out of advertising posters and where he can hear the most intimate thoughts of passers by. An unpredictable, absurdist fantasy, Gurney Slade created an indelible impression upon anyone who saw it. Created by Newley and written by the highly talented Sid Green and Dick Hills (who were soon to become key writers for Morecambe and Wise) this series has been newly transferred from the original 35mm film elements specifically for this release.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Both firmly of its time and spectacularly ahead of it, The Strange World of Gurney Slade is to television comedy what The Prisoner has become to television drama - brilliantly inventive, startlingly surreal and unlike anything previously seen on television. Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination. In this surreal odyssey through his own personal alternative reality he indulges in random conversations with both animals and inanimate objects it s a world in which characters can step out of advertising posters and where he can hear the most intimate thoughts of passers by. An unpredictable, absurdist fantasy, Gurney Slade created an indelible impression upon anyone who saw it. Created by Newley and written by the highly talented Sid Green and Dick Hills (who were soon to become key writers for Morecambe and Wise) this series has been newly transferred from the original 35mm film elements specifically for this release. ...The Strange World of Gurney Slade ( The Strange World of Gurney Slade - Season 1 ) ( The Strange World of Gurney Slade - Season One )
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Talking rocks, talking dogs, off the wall private inner thoughts. This has to be the archive release of the year. Network should be congratulated. A genuine long unseen classic that is up there with the best. Years ahead of its time. If you're a fan of classic British TV shows buy it before they all go. Extras include on set photos and five minutes of contemporary trailers that are as good as the six shows themselves. An explanatory booklet by Dick Fiddy is also included. The whole package - the cover, the booklet, the crisp clean 35mm transfer is first class. A real treat. Be prepared to be amazed, go on give it a try.
36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Before 'Monty Python', before 'The Prisoner', before 'The Mighty Boosh', before anyone had even uttered the words 'alternative comedy' , there was the ground-breaking 'Strange World of Gurney Slade', baffling to some, but mesmerising to others. Way back in 1960, when I was a very young Anthony Newley fan indeed, and we didn't have what was called 'the commercial channel' on our TV, I caught a tantalising glimpse of this show and loved it. Fast forward to 1992, I saw a single screening of the first episode on British TV, and knew for certain this was a lost gem. Now, at last, the whole series is available on a beautifully restored DVD. Fantastic.
34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Back in 1960, when the unknown David Bowie (nee Jones) was being awakened by Anthony Newley's seminal 'Strange World of Gurney Slade', another impressionable teenager was also glued to the same show on the family's Radio Rentals 16" Ferranti. It was me of course, and for both of us, this was the pistol shot that fired a new era of comedy out of the starting blocks. Like David Bowie, I never forgot the incredible surreal show that was Gurney Slade, and together with countless other devotees, the memory of it has been following us around for over fifty years. Apart from a 1963 re-run, only the first episode ever resurfaced in the new world - and that was too awful to watch in its various lo-res incarnations.
Now Network has delivered the TV Heaven package of all time in a fabulously restored six episode Gurney Slade DVD with extraordinary extras. Absolute full marks to Network for sourcing the original 35mm master, which literally glows with cameraman Donald Long's exquisite black & white photography. As an original captive of the show, I'm delighted to see new and future generations at last having access to Anthony Newley's magical masterclass. In particular, it'll be interesting for comedy historians to see how it influenced Tony Hancock's early 1960's `everyman' persona, as in for example 'The Blood Donor', and subsequently the Python era.
Those who have followed Newley's work will rightly consider him a posthumous national treasure, and his performance as Gurney Slade is as faultless as all his other brilliant performances from child star beginnings to Las Vegas headliner. Just prior to Gurney, Newley jump started his adulthood as a chart topping pop star with songs like `Why' and `Do You Mind'. These great tracks were gracing the nation's Dansette record players at the beginning of Newley's incredible career, and set him up as the next big thing that just never went away. His colossal body of work has rarely been equaled by a single British performer, and his legend is right up there with the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Noel Coward.
Watching Newley perform is like watching a ballet - every movement perfectly fluid and unselfconscious, and his dialogue appears to be picked fresh out of the air. Second only to Gurney Slade is Newley's Oscar deserving role in the movie 'The Small World of Sammy Lee', and for aficionados the newly released DVD of this unsung masterpiece should clearly be on their shopping list ('The London Box Set' - Optimum Home Releasing). For the moment though, if you ain't seen 'The Strange World of Gurney Slade' - click the Amazon `Buy Now' button, and prepare to enjoy your socks off!
Thanks again to Network for this incredible release, and a plea to bring us more of the same from this era. How about properly rescuing Merton Park Studios' 'Scotland Yard' / 'Scales of Justice' / 'Edgar Wallace' shorts? There's a salivating fan base out here eager for a proper restoration of these UK classics! Just asking.
Now Network has delivered the TV Heaven package of all time in a fabulously restored six episode Gurney Slade DVD with extraordinary extras. Absolute full marks to Network for sourcing the original 35mm master, which literally glows with cameraman Donald Long's exquisite black & white photography. As an original captive of the show, I'm delighted to see new and future generations at last having access to Anthony Newley's magical masterclass. In particular, it'll be interesting for comedy historians to see how it influenced Tony Hancock's early 1960's `everyman' persona, as in for example 'The Blood Donor', and subsequently the Python era.
Those who have followed Newley's work will rightly consider him a posthumous national treasure, and his performance as Gurney Slade is as faultless as all his other brilliant performances from child star beginnings to Las Vegas headliner. Just prior to Gurney, Newley jump started his adulthood as a chart topping pop star with songs like `Why' and `Do You Mind'. These great tracks were gracing the nation's Dansette record players at the beginning of Newley's incredible career, and set him up as the next big thing that just never went away. His colossal body of work has rarely been equaled by a single British performer, and his legend is right up there with the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Noel Coward.
Watching Newley perform is like watching a ballet - every movement perfectly fluid and unselfconscious, and his dialogue appears to be picked fresh out of the air. Second only to Gurney Slade is Newley's Oscar deserving role in the movie 'The Small World of Sammy Lee', and for aficionados the newly released DVD of this unsung masterpiece should clearly be on their shopping list ('The London Box Set' - Optimum Home Releasing). For the moment though, if you ain't seen 'The Strange World of Gurney Slade' - click the Amazon `Buy Now' button, and prepare to enjoy your socks off!
Thanks again to Network for this incredible release, and a plea to bring us more of the same from this era. How about properly rescuing Merton Park Studios' 'Scotland Yard' / 'Scales of Justice' / 'Edgar Wallace' shorts? There's a salivating fan base out here eager for a proper restoration of these UK classics! Just asking.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Years ahead...
There's a difference between being brilliant and being brilliant in the modern world. Sometimes you just have to take a step back and appreciate what someone was doing at the time... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Mr. P. M. Barnett
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Excellent. I have waited over fifty years to see the whole of this ground-breaking series. It is a shame no more episodes were made.
Published 1 month ago by charlieb
Thank you, Network!
this (elderly) lady has been longing, longing and longing for someone to release this gem to the world. And they have and in what style, too! Read more
Published 1 month ago by White Rose
Superb
Decades ahead of its time, it's hard to believe that this original, quirky gem of a comedy was made over 50 years ago. Unsurprisingly, it went over most viewers' heads at the time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Malgo
Decades ahead of its time.
Not much to add to all the other positive reviews.
I was not quite a teenager when Gurney appeared on TV - and left an indelible impression. Read more
I was not quite a teenager when Gurney appeared on TV - and left an indelible impression. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ian Townsend
AT LAST!!!!
I've been longing to get a copy of this for years, ever since it was first broadcast. I can remember watching each episode with great pleasure, although my parents couldn't see... Read more
Published 3 months ago by krischris
into old TV shows
Unusual for the time it was made and that it has survived in the archives. Anthony Newley and Anneka Wills were an item when this was made and had a daughter who sadly died in an... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Jewels
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
I'd forgotten how strange this tv series was. The music is totally unforgettable.
In only 6 episodes there was a certain surrealism that would later surface in other tv series... Read more
In only 6 episodes there was a certain surrealism that would later surface in other tv series... Read more
Published 4 months ago by TerryTheViking
Strange world indeed
I remember this when it was first broadcast, This purchase is first class and takes me back to younger days. Price & delivery all excellent, what more needs to be said
Published 4 months ago by BG
Proceed...
Classic Telly, eh? Trouble with most British black and white shows is that they're on grainy films taken from the old 405 line system. Not Gurney Slade, though. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. Lee C. Mendham
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