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  • Actors: Ben Miller, Sarah Alexander, Alison Steadman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Emma Pierson
  • Directors: Dan Zeff
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Nov 2005
  • Run Time: 199 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000BD7NL0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,004 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The week before a wedding can be fraught, but for publisher Howard Steele, marrying the delectable Mel, it becomes a nightmare of gargantuan proportions. Everything that can possibly go wrong does go wrong, much of the chaos resulting from Howard's earnest attempts to do the right thing. Cassie, an office colleague with whom he had a one-night-stand at the Christmas party two years previously, turns out to be homicidally obsessed with him and sets out to wreck the imminent nuptials.

Howard's sycophantic attempts to schmooze his in-laws-to-be (a High Court judge and his society wife) fall on stony ground and their relationship becomes virtually terminal when - through a sequence of unfortunate events - Howard hospitalises Mel's granny, accidentally gropes her mother, loses the wedding ring (a family heirloom) and, worst of all, kills the family dog. Other disasters to plague Howard include his best man falling into a coma on the stag night (to be replaced by Howard's mate Dom), Cassie running over the vicar, his wide-boy father taking his new girlfriend - a mouthy pole-dancer - to the wedding, and getting arrested.

The Worst Week Of My Life is a real rarity: a decent, British 21st-century sitcom that wasn't performer/star written (as were Spaced, The League Of Gentlemen, Phoenix Nights, I'm Alan Partridge and their like). A classy comedy of errors from Bussell and Sbresni, two of the creative team behind Barbara, the show expertly exploited its central premise to the fullest degree and was enriched by a first-rate cast, particularly Geoffrey Whitehead as Dick, a towering monolith of suppressed rage and percolating loathing.



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- Out-Takes

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, 6 Jan 2006
I really love this series and feel that it is so underrated. Every episode is brilliant and superbly written - it flows much better than the 2nd series, which was more of a cringe fest at times (although still very good). For me the highlight is the performance of Ben Miller, and particularly his interaction with his prospective father-in-law. Gave it 4 stars because the extras were so poor ( the out takes are not that funny)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Laughs, 11 Feb 2006
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This is a must watch DVD. It is just so funny and entertaining. Every episode has a good number of incidents where you cant help but laugh out loud. I'll be getting the 2nd series as soon as it arrives on DVD as it was equally funny!!!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fockers - it leaves them standing, 3 Nov 2005
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Everyone knows 'Meet the family' and 'Meet the Fockers' but to even consider putting this very British comedy series in the same category is ridiculous. However, the one thing it does share with the American originals is the type of humour that makes you laugh out loud at the same time as cringing with embarrassment.

This is a truly funny series with disaster following disaster. If you haven't seen it yet, there's no way you'll ever want to eat lamb casserole again .... I'll leave you to find out why.

And then there's the dog in the cement mixer; the demented and psychotic ex-girlfriend who stalks the 'hero'; the near assassination of granny-in-law; the hyper sister of the bride-to-be; the flavoured condoms and .... well, it just goes on and on. And there's still the lamb casserole!

The acting is superb, but for me, it's Geoffrey Whitehead as the prosepective father-in-law who steals the show. He under-acts so brilliantly that even the twitch of an eyebrow can make you burst out laughing. Absolutely wonderful.

When I first saw this on BBC as a series, I wished they'd make a follow-up. But on reflection, I hope they don't because this is such a perfectly formed gem that it would foolish to risk overdoing things.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
I only picked up on the Worst Week of My Life franchise when the second series was broadcast on BBC TV. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Paul Ell

5.0 out of 5 stars Horror in suburbia!
I loved this series because it was so heavy on farce and the kind of social misunderstandings that leave one cringing. Howard (Ben Miller) is not the archetypal buffoon. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Bianca White

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!
This has got to be the most consistently funny series I can remember- just incredibly funny. I really like other series like Little Britain, etc, etc, but I can't think of another... Read more
Published on 26 Jul 2006 by Mark Lewis

5.0 out of 5 stars W have all been there !
The achingly funny thing about The Worst Week Of My Life is not the physical humour and slapstick , as fantastic as thatis, but the universal experience of how disapproval leads... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2006 by mrs s a hughes

5.0 out of 5 stars very very funny
This is a very intelligent and funny series (a pitty it has only 7 episodes - but a week has only 7 days). Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2005 by A. Kubicek

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