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Marion And Geoff - Series 1 [DVD] [2000]

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  • Actors: Rob Brydon
  • Directors: Hugo Blick
  • Producers: Henry Normal, Kerry Waddell
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Feb 2003
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005V8V3
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,218 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Originally broadcast in 10-minute segments on BBC2, Marion & Geoff is a very funny if at times unrelentingly bleak comedy in which Rob Brydon plays Keith, a hapless cuckold who addresses us via a camcorder set up in his mini-cab. The Marion and Geoff of the title are his estranged wife and her new lover, though as Keith--who never fails to perceive a bright side to his utterly dismal existence--says, "I don't feel I've lost a wife, I've gained a friend."

Through his monologues, we learn that Keith has a room in a student house where banging techno is played day and night; that in order to make the journey to see his two boys, he must make an overnight journey from London to Cardiff by car; that his only friend is a tollbooth operator (though the operator doesn't seem to know it) and that, although he's been driving a minicab for a while, he's yet to pick up a fare.

Keith's attempts to buy presents for his children generally backfire ("I've kept the receipts. I learned that from my old dad. He always used to say keep the receipts"), no more heartrendingly so than in an evidently disastrous attempt to pay a surprise visit to the newly attached Marion and the kids in Disneyland. As he hugs the tiny Winnie the Pooh puppets he's tried to give to his children, his uniformly chipper tone wavers momentarily and the comedy threatens to darken into something like tragedy. However, Keith's indomitable if inappropriate optimism eventually enables him to bumble through. Masterly in its veracity and Pooteresque banality, Marion & Geoff is as near-flawless as The Office.

On the DVD: Marion & Geoff on disc comes with an informative if somewhat giggly commentary, featuring Brydon and director and cowriter Hugo Blick. There's the Comic Relief special, in which Keith's cheque to the charity bounces with typically pitiful consequences and outtakes from the series, all of which would have merited inclusion in the final edit. --David Stubbs



Special Features

4:3
DVD 5
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
Special Commentary From Rob Brydon And Hugo Blick
18 Minutes Of Outtakes
Comic Relief Special
Photo Gallery
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A true classic that helped shape British comedy's future., 29 April 2002
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Marion and Geoff has a lot going for it. It is in a class of rare television that will make you stay in to watch it and at only ten minutes an episode, that's not bad going. Of a similar ilk to 'The Office,' Rob Brydon masterfully plays out an ingeniously funny script whose beauty on screen lies in its simplicity and under-direction. Added to this, its executive production team boasts the likes of Steve Coogan, the mastermind behind 'I'm Alan Partridge,' and the birth of the scripted docu-soap. A true must for any collection worth its weight.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Little Smasher, 21 Feb 2003
By John Self "www.theasylum.wordpress.com" (Belfast, NI) - See all my reviews
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Marion & Geoff stands obvious comparison to I'm Alan Partridge or The Office - as comedy with a heavy helping of tragedy, and based around the delusions of the main character - but it is more artful than either of those, and really owes most of its inspiration to Alan Bennett's Talking Heads. Where it surpasses even that series is in sustained length - three times the length of Bennett's monologues - and that it's a lot funnier. And absolutely heartbreaking.

The DVD has been designed to watch with all ten episodes run into one another, which provides greater continuity but makes for some odd features, like the brilliantly punctuating title and credits music in between episodes playing to a blank black screen. It also slightly upsets the sense of the series playing out over a period of months, from separation through divorce to Keith's optimistic solo toast in the penultimate episode "to my new life, to my kids ... and to Marion & Geoff."

But these are tiny gripes in an otherwise faultless experience. Keith Barrett, the giggly, blinkered cabbie is, unlike Alan Partridge and David Brent, impossible not to like, and the frequent cringes are born of genuine sympathy more than embarrassment. The ten-minute structure of each episode disciplined writers Brydon and Blick into packing each scene with nuance and meaning, yet it works well as a story arc when watched all together, particularly the mesmerising central episode consisting, in one take, of Keith's relating how he first discovered Marion & Geoff were having an affair, during a summer barbecue. The direction and editing are masterful too (the motorway lights illuminating Keith's face one by one as he silently drives four and half hours to fail to see his little smashers yet again; the cuts as you sense he's about to lose his silver lining for once), making a one-shot monologue with a video camera into a modern tragedy absolutely bristling with life - and death. "Bit of a shock," as Keith says when he goes to see the monkeys ("my favourites") in the safari park during yet another eventless afternoon alone in the car. "They've all been shot."

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly peerless intelligent comedy, 25 Oct 2005
By Nick Sheppard (Coventry United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Keith is a mini-cab driver. His life is awful, lonely and sad. Yet he fails to realise it and remains optimistic about the direction of his life. Much of the story is Keith talking to the audience through a mini-camera in his car, telling of what he has been through and how his life has come out the way it has.

Full of hope that he can see his 'little smashers' following divorce; Keiths story is both beautiful scripted and immaculately delivered. It delves from occasional comedy to bleak introspection and surprises with some genuinely moving moments. The limited set of Keiths car is surprisingly not as restrictive as you might think with different locations creating an appropriate mood for each segment of the story.

If you are looking for a slightly unusual and intelligent comedy then this is an excellent choice. If you come expecting straight gags then it is not.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brillient! little known master piece
Its not very long for a series, but you really feel for Rob.
The most awful things happen as he tries to see the bright side of a life that has gone down the plug hole.
Published 9 months ago by Mr. G. Cooke

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea but is it comedy?
The best I could muster watching this was an odd smile. Brydon's performance is brilliant and the writing is excellent but this show is not very funny. Read more
Published 17 months ago by noggy1810

1.0 out of 5 stars disappointing
I hadn't heard of this series before I bought it and frankly I can see why. While trying hard to imitate the popular comedy doc it falls short. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2005 by anonymous

5.0 out of 5 stars I don't know why I like it I just do
It took me about a year to realise that the title of this programme was the name of Keith's ex wife and new husband, for ages I thought it was his name with his ex wife. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2005 by Darryl Curtis

5.0 out of 5 stars "I like him. You can't help it if you like someone"
And you can't help but like Keith Barret, a minicab driver originally fromCardiff. A minicab driver who is a failure in every way. Read more
Published on 30 April 2004 by Ed Gardiner

5.0 out of 5 stars Great one-man show
I didn't watch Marion and Geoff when it was on telly ("A guy talking to a camera in a car? How can that be funny? Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFULLY, INSIGHTFUL COMEDY...
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS SHOW. BRILLIANT !
ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHEN SERIES 2 IS GOING TO BE RELEASED ON DVD ??? ~
Published on 31 Dec 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars there a tiger shaped like a land-rover
Whether you find this series funny is entirely dependant upon which side of the comedy divide your tastes fall on. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2003 by Jamie

5.0 out of 5 stars Shakespeare for the new Millennium
In many eyes Marion and Geoff will be warmly nestled in the pigeon hole with The Office, People Like Us et al. In fact, it is far, far better. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2003 by riteofspring

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Comedy, not so great dvd
What can I say about Marion and Geoff? I remember seeing it on BBC 2 when it first started not really sure what it was about initially. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2003 by raven1407

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