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Afterlife - Series 2 [DVD] [2005]

DVD ~ Lesley Sharp
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  • Actors: Lesley Sharp, Andrew Lincoln, Kate Duchêne, Anna Wilson-Jones, Joshua David-Kennedy
  • Writers: Stephen Volk
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Dec 2006
  • Run Time: 371 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000GYHZT4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,248 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A chilling psychological drama that enters the world of the dead to answer questions about the living. In the terrifying and emotional climax to the first series, Alison collapsed and nearly died during a seance in which she was inhabited by the spirit of Robert's dead son. Now on the road to recovery, Alison has to accept that the spirits she has seen since she was a child will never leave her. Determined that her life should not be dictated by the dead, she wants to use her gift to help the living. Robert meanwhile is in turmoil. Once a total sceptic, his beliefs have been shaken by what he witnessed at the seance and he now struggles to make sense of his life. But Alison is jolted out of her new found security by a terrifying presence. For the first time in her life she is being haunted by a spirit from her own past, a ghost she must learn to confront if she is to hold onto her sanity.

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A chilling psychological drama that enters the world of the dead to answer questions about the living. In the terrifying and emotional climax to the first series, Alison collapsed and nearly died during a seance in which she was inhabited by the spirit of Robert's dead son. Now on the road to recovery, Alison has to accept that the spirits she has seen since she was a child will never leave her. Determined that her life should not be dictated by the dead, she wants to use her gift to help the living. Robert meanwhile is in turmoil. Once a total sceptic, his beliefs have been shaken by what he witnessed at the seance and he now struggles to make sense of his life. But Alison is jolted out of her new found security by a terrifying presence. For the first time in her life she is being haunted by a spirit from her own past, a ghost she must learn to confront if she is to hold onto her sanity.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely incredible television., 20 Feb 2007
By Ian Nicholas (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
I loved season 1, but Season 2 bested my expectations by leaps and bounds. It's better-produced overall, down to the lighting and cinematography, the music is breathtaking, and the performances, especially by Lesley Sharpe, are award-worthy. This is one of the rare times where the sequel is better than the original. It's actually SCARY -- like, "avert your eyes" scary -- and really well-written. You can't go wrong with this one.
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25 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "Sometime i can help them , sometimes i can,t", 12 Nov 2006
By russell clarke "stipesdoppleganger" (halifax, west yorks) - See all my reviews
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Afterlife is an admirable attempt to invest Saturday evenings with a little terror and mystery based around a medium- Alison Mundy (Lesley Sharp) and the man who is writing a book about her from a psychologist's viewpoint, Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln) not too surprisingly, a psychology lecturer. The first series saw the highly sceptical Bridge attempt to give all the psychic phenomena he encountered a rational scientific explanation until Alison became possessed with the spirit of his dead son and nearly died.
Series Two starts with Alison recovering slowly from the experience under the dutiful eye of Robert , who is now a little less incredulous about Alison's gift , though it must be said having seen all he has seen (rather like Scully from the "X Files")he should be wholly convinced. But before you can say BOO! Alison is seeing a young woman at the site of a car crash pointing vaguely and this leads once again to her using her powers to send the restless spirit over the "other side", but not before a twist the more alert will spot as easily as an eagle spots a rabbit. Alison is honest about her gift, as she tells the nurse looking after Robert in the series conclusive episode :"Sometimes I can help them , sometimes I can,t".
There are two narrative threads that run throughout , one being Alison's haunting by her mother , a situation Robert attempts to resolve by reuniting Alison with her estranged father (Kenneth Cranham ).The other is Roberts diagnosis with a terminal disease , a situation made more poignant by his reconciliation with his wife . Along the way there are encounters with a creepy incarcerated serial killer (David Threlfall, much more at home here than playing Roman Emperors), a man whose new partner is suddenly afflicted with the degenerative and unsightly disease that claimed his wife, a malignant spirit that communicates through a baby monitor and a woman haunted by the ghost of the man who once attacked her.
Whilst the series is not without faults -it's not remotely scary ( though I often feel that it's not meant to be) and old ground between the characters is constantly dragged up- it is well written, surprisingly believable and for mainstream drama often resolutely downbeat. It is helped considerably by the quality of the acting .Leslie Sharp , rather like Helen Mirren, can invest a character with tiny nuances and subtle facial movements that make them come alive and give them real empathy . Andrew Lincoln often relies overly on talking loudly and over pronouncing his lines but at the series surprisingly moving conclusion he shows he really can act and thankfully steers clear of that soppy advertising voice he uses. The supporting roles are high quality throughout and the theme music is wonderful and suitably haunting and memorable.
After the way Series two ends it's hard to see where "Afterlife" could go but even if it's not re-commissioned it has proved inconvertibly that serious adult drama that confronts our believes and questions the (other) world around us can work and will gain an audience, and that Saturday night doesn't have to revolve around noise, gaudy colour and slavish entertainment only. Let's hope, despite the conclusion here, that there is more life left in "Afterlife".
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