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Charlie's Angels - Series 1 [1977] [DVD]
 
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Charlie's Angels - Series 1 [1977] [DVD]

DVD ~ Kate Jackson
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle, John Forsythe
  • Directors: Allen Baron, Bernard McEveety, Bob Kelljan, Cliff Bole, Don Chaffey
  • 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: 5
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Jun 2003
  • Run Time: 288 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00009B0QF
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,139 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Back in the late 1970s Charlie's Angels was wildly popular television at its most self-consciously banal. The jiggly, joggly jolly first series' three (and best-remembered) belles--lioness Farrah Fawcett (then Farrah Fawcett-Majors), pin-up babe Jaclyn Smith and thinking man's beauty Kate Jackson--were something like primetime Spice Girls, gracing countless magazine covers and bestselling posters. The idea (even if a fan of the show didn't happen to be a straight male) was that one was compelled to choose a favourite angel as a kind of ink-blot window into one's subconscious life.

While the 2000 Angels feature film kept faith with the original show's self-mockingly sloppy storytelling, there's nothing like seeing the old episodes for a lesson in narrative hubris. Basically, the three leading characters were bored policewomen wooed away to a private firm owned and operated by the unseen sybarite, Charlie (voiced--over speakerphone--by an uncredited John Forsythe). After a long set-up each week, the girls' investigations typically saw them going undercover as fashion models--no great stretch--in "Night of the Strangler", nurses in "Terror on Ward One", roller-derby stars in "Angels on Wheels" and vulnerable convicts (of course) in "Angels in Chains". The exploitation factor is not as bad as it might have been. The cast was so glamorous, their chemistry so perfect, that Charlie's Angels never became a mere meat market. Despite such nods to modernity as Fawcett's no-bra look, the episodes were old-fashioned in their heroine-in-peril appeal, yet there was a difference: the Angels looked out for themselves and each other. --Tom Keogh

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE - This DVD is NOT PAL compatible, 24 Jul 2003
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I cannot believe that the makers of this DVD would market it in the UK in a non-PAL compatible format. I have 2 DVD players - one will not play the discs at all the other plays it in black and white. The pack states that "all DVD players sold in the UK are capable of playing both PAL and NTSC discs" - this is simply not true - so be very careful to check your DVD and TV are NTSC (ie the US system) compatible. The manufacturers state this can be easily fixed - but it can't. Very frustrating, very disappointing and very bad marketing!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars MUST HAVE, 20 Aug 2005
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If you are an angels fan it is a must have, even if you have never seen it, it is a 100% garunte you will love it!
There is a pilot episode and 22 other episodes. There is also special features where there are trailors to the new movies!

YOU MUST GET IT

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD Set !, 11 Sep 2003
By Jens Morawietz (Hannover Deutschland) - See all my reviews
"Charlie's Angels" fans had to wait a long time for this great DVD set - but it was worth waiting for it ! All 22 episodes of the first season plus the pilot movie on five dics, all in clear quality (and by the way, it was working on my DVD player !). Just lean back and enjoy your journey back to the seventies with the orignal angels, the faboulous Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett. This is much better than the remake ! Only minus: Why there are no releases of the other "Charlie's Angels", starring Cheryl Ladd ???
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5.0 out of 5 stars Series 1
Absolutely brilliant, all 26 Episodes from the first series, only problem is the packaging, the middle plastic thing can break as it did with my Series 3, I think they should go... Read more
Published 3 days ago by Derek A. Mcinally

5.0 out of 5 stars A true Classic
Although the whole series was a smash hit, watching the first season, I feel that this is the series at its best. Read more
Published 1 month ago by PAUL W. KELLY

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended
I bought this box-set with some doubts as some of the reviews mentioned it didnt play on british dvd players - be in no doubt - this box-set is Region 2 (as advertised) and plays... Read more
Published 8 months ago by M. Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars love it!
my mum used to watch charlies angels when she was my age and it was her favourite show.I watched a few reruns of the show and absolutly loved it! Read more
Published 8 months ago

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Guilty Pleasure
There is great television that captures the imagination with its complicated characters and plots. Then there are shows like this one that are mindless, fluff entertainment but... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mark Baker

5.0 out of 5 stars Girl power fun from the seventies
The first of five series, and the only one to include Farah Fawcett who provides the ideal contrast to her two sisters in sleuth. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2006 by pointone

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing.........with the product details.
I'm a fan of Charlie's Angels but I've never seen the first series so I bought this boxset. As I'm hard of hearing, I always check if there is subtitles before I buy it and there... Read more
Published on 14 Jul 2006 by R. Vaughan

5.0 out of 5 stars What happened to season 2,3,4 & 5?
I think that Charlie's Angels is a great show despite it's age and the two movies starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu definitely revived the series! Read more
Published on 5 Jul 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous compilation!!!
If you liked original Charlie's Angels, you MUST have this compilation. Excelent image quality (digitally restored), excelent original sound, beautiful actress... Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2004 by jcm1976

4.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY, we have the Angels!
We waited and waited, and were finally rewarded with this fine DVD set. All 22 classic episodes plus the pilot are here...even the pilot;YAY! Read more
Published on 10 May 2004 by puckersnique

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