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Based on the best-selling and multi-award-winning novel by Zadie Smith, White Teeth is superbly adapted to the screen in this outstanding drama which features a compulsively watchable cast including Robert Bathurst, Phil Davis, Geraldine James, James McAvoy, Om Puri and more. Set in far from glamorous Willesden Green, London from the 1970s to the 1990s, White Teeth finds Archie Jones, interracially married to the post-Jehovah s Witness Clara, meeting up with an old colleague, Samad Iqbal who, with his family, has just arrived in England. The secrets they share from the past, and the secrets they will share in the future, are tossed and tumbled in a rich stew that bubbles with racial and sexual tension, new-found freedoms, old school politics, genetic science, animal liberation and the end of the world as we know it. It all adds up to a feast to be relished from start to finish.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Biographies, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Based on the best-selling and multi-award-winning novel by Zadie Smith, White Teeth is superbly adapted to the screen in this outstanding drama which features a compulsively watchable cast including Robert Bathurst, Phil Davis, Geraldine James, James McAvoy, Om Puri and more. Set in the far from glamorous Willesden Green, London from the 1970s to the 1990s, White Teeth finds Archie Jones, interracially married to the post-Jehovah's Witness Clara, meeting up with an old colleague, Samad Iqbal who, with his family, has just arrived in England. The secrets they share from the past, and the secrets they will share in the future, are tossed and tumbled in a rich stew that bubbles with racial and sexual tension, new-found freedoms, old school politics, genetic science, animal liberation and the end of the world as we know it. It all adds up to a feast to be relished from start to finish. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, ...White Teeth - Season 1 - 2-DVD Set ( White Teeth - Season One )
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
At last this excellent series has found it's way onto DVD, after it was supposed to be released years ago and was 'pulled' at the last minute, for a video-only release.
It pains me that whenever John Sullivan's name appears anywhere, all that ever get's talked about is Only Fools And Horses - a great comedy, but hasn't it been on TV so much that we are SICK of it???
I remember recently seeing a TV interview with Belinda Lang(Kate)and she never mentioned (or wasn't asked) about Dear John, just a few shows including Two Point Four Children.....
It's a pity that UK Gold don't show this as much as they keep licking the backside of Only Fools.....
RIP Ralph Bates - what a great legacy!
It pains me that whenever John Sullivan's name appears anywhere, all that ever get's talked about is Only Fools And Horses - a great comedy, but hasn't it been on TV so much that we are SICK of it???
I remember recently seeing a TV interview with Belinda Lang(Kate)and she never mentioned (or wasn't asked) about Dear John, just a few shows including Two Point Four Children.....
It's a pity that UK Gold don't show this as much as they keep licking the backside of Only Fools.....
RIP Ralph Bates - what a great legacy!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I can't compete with Lady Sunshine's comprehensive review or disagree with any of it, this show was an absolute gem and has been woefully ignored until now. However, for some reason the main websites and the bbc have separate release dates for series 1 and 2. Don't be fooled into waiting unless you particularly want to, the complete collection (which includes the Christmas special) has been released, I have a copy bought in HMV today waiting to be viewed tonight with a couple of beers with the phone off the hook. Enjoy this classic!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Dear John was destined to take its place close to only fools except for the sad demise of Ralph Bates. A great series that can pull the twists and turns of any Only Fools show.
Highlighting the injustices of the 80's divorce system but also injecting some terrfic jokes on behalf of societies great losers it does leave plenty of room for sympathy for characters who are not far removed from our own pesonalities. This is a great series and made touching by the unsung comraderie that evolves between the characters. What evolves through both series is a circle of friends stronger than most of the strongest on screen and finally gives us all hope that no matter how desperate our situations might get maybe we can rebuild a new and fulfilling life.
Great fun and very touching - in a nutshell. Loved it then and still do. DEAR RALPH why did you go so soon?
Highlighting the injustices of the 80's divorce system but also injecting some terrfic jokes on behalf of societies great losers it does leave plenty of room for sympathy for characters who are not far removed from our own pesonalities. This is a great series and made touching by the unsung comraderie that evolves between the characters. What evolves through both series is a circle of friends stronger than most of the strongest on screen and finally gives us all hope that no matter how desperate our situations might get maybe we can rebuild a new and fulfilling life.
Great fun and very touching - in a nutshell. Loved it then and still do. DEAR RALPH why did you go so soon?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I'm not one of those who read the book, so I can only give my impression based on what the screen had to offer. Read more
Published 6 months ago by H. L. Mason
A Wonderful series.
I originally saw Dear John as a child before I could fully understand some of the stories, but I still remember loving the theme tune and various characters especially Ralph Bates... Read more
Published 10 months ago by j.r
excellent
Have to repeat almost everything in the other review, an excellent adapation of a great book with a great cast its funny warm hearted and tragic. Read more
Published 11 months ago by byekitty
As good as the book
This TV adaptation of the amazing Zadie Smith novel actually lives up to the book
With a great cast, the story is played out effortlessly and full of energy and as well... Read more
With a great cast, the story is played out effortlessly and full of energy and as well... Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. D. White
Dear John series 1
I had forgotten this programme, it all came back once i started watching & found it very funny & most enjoyable. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mrs. R. Hayes
A gem from the comedy past
I recently discovered that Dear John was out on DVD and decided to re-acquaint myself with this series as I remembered thoroughly enjoying it way back then. I'm not disappointed. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. Michael Ball
Not as good as I remembered...
This is another of those delayed releases which got better and better in the memory simply because you couldn't get it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Gavin Wilson
A great series, spoiled for "Contractual reasons"
Like most of the other reviewers I've been waiting a long time to see this, one of the best BBC comedies ever, released on DVD. Read more
Published 22 months ago by DAFVR
Dear John
Having fond memories of this John Sullivan sitcom from the mid 1980s I'm truly amazed it's taken this long to be released on DVD, especially as Only Fools is a daily visitor to the... Read more
Published 22 months ago by SilentSinger
Life goes on.....
so the title song tells us.Life without this show has been too long.A true classic from John Sullivan though maybe not considered so by some judging by the wait for it's... Read more
Published on 30 May 2010 by George Henderson
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