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  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Nov 2009
  • Run Time: 83 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0029F20G6
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,354 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The multi-award winning Al Murray – The Pub Landlord brings a brand new live show to DVD, direct from his sell-out 2009 national tour performed in front of more than 250,000 people.
'The way he integrates the crowd into the show is awe-inspiring' The Times
Recorded at The Guv’s biggest lock-in to date at London’s O2 Arena, the nation's favourite pub landlord will once again raise a glass at home with you - the beautiful British public - whilst he merrily muses over a heady brew of topics including: the global financial crisis, London 2012, and his one man crusade to fix Broken Britain. As one of the UK’s premier stand-up comedians, and a prime-time star of ITV1, Al Murray – The Pub Landlord is ‘one national treasure to cherish’ Daily Telegraph.
'Actually deserves the tag genius' The Sun
'His interaction with the front few rows is legendary… thoroughly recommended. Five stars.' The Sun (27/11/09)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Al Murray at his best!, 9 Aug 2009
Saw Al Murray live on the Friday night at the O2 and it was brilliant! It was filmed over the Friday and Saturday night and I haven't laughed as much in my life!

Having seen him do Al Murray's happy hour on ITV live was great but no where near as good as this. For over 2 hours, he thoughly entertained me. If you love Al Murray - you'll love this. A variety brew of topics including: the credit crunch, London 2012, and his one man crusade to fix Broken Britain, you'll end up with one big smile on your face!

If this is half as good as it was live - It'll be well worth owning it and I would recommend buying it!!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Too long and slow-paced, 1 Jan 2010
Murray seems to be a bit overwhelmed by the size of the crowd and goes into automatic pilot poking fun at the front row for far too long. Compared to his usual approach, it was like a drunk labouring the same old jokes until you stopped laughing and began cringing. The close ups of the victims showed that for several of them and their companions that things had gone beyond a gag. Once he got into his scripted act things were better, but the material was spread a little too thin. This is not to say that the DVD doesn't have some great moments, but you've got to wait pateiently for them to arrive. Whether it's the case that stand-up doesn't really work in such vast arenas, I know not? What I do know is that the show has to be faster paced than this to really hit the spot.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Going through the motions, 25 Jan 2010
By S. Wilson (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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Parody is a hard thing to sustain but Al Murray has managed it admirably over the years. When I first saw him in '98 I was one of the unfortunates in the front row of Jongleurs Battersea, hauled onto the stage to be ritually humiliated.
The Pub Landlord was fresh, clever comedy - the bigoted, xenophobic publican had us laughing happily at ourselves and well crafted digs at non-Brits of all kinds were designed as much to ridicule the British and our long held prejudices as they were to poke fun at Johnny Foreigner.

At that time Murray was only 30 years old, much younger than his titular character and consequently it was much more apparent that he was role-playing, both in appearance and in subject matter.
In the decade that has passed since then Murray has, like the rest of us, grown older; the paunch has grown, the jowls have dropped and now the burgundy blazered comic is much closer in appearance to the middle aged publican that he plays.
The only thing that hasnt matured is the comedy.

The thing is that Murray has become (as it says on the DVD case) a "national treasure", a massively popular TV star with an appeal that now reaches into the millions. With this, Murray has become a wealthy man and with this latest offering its hard to ignore the fact that he continues to chase that popularity by playing to the lowest common denominator.

With crisp firing bazookas that belong on a Freddie Starr Blackpool run and accented digs at Indian call centres that are cheered by a flag waving crowd the once clever parody has become what it originally sought to mock. The trap has been laid bare for years and in chasing the cash Murray has fallen square into it.
As a nation we've loved our ridiculous bigots; Basil Fawlty, Alf Garnet and yes the Pub Landlord. We've sniggered at their rants but the biggest laugh has always been on them and their ill-conceived (but often hilarious) opinions. As soon though as we stop laughing at the protagonist and instead at his subjects then it becomes Jim Davidson and who, outside a small disillusioned minority, wants that?

In some ways what makes this more dissappointing is that its clearly a conscious choice that Murray has made. His talent is beyond doubt; Perrier Comedy gongs and Laurence Olivier awards are not handed out on a whim. There is presence, intelligence and dynamism to a Pub Landlord stage performance that can genuinely delight any audience but its becoming lost in a Union Jack themed pantomime that is increasingly aimed at the white-van-man crowd and the comedy is changing to accomodate it.

There's no suggestion that this is genuinely racist or spiteful, Murray is too bright, too opened minded and , still, far too good a comic for that. It is though hackneyed, unoriginal and at points, needlessly profane. When having called out a banker in the crowd Murray calls him, repetitavely and at full volume, a "f**king wanker" to the whoops of a baying crowd.

Murray's, "Giving It Both Barrels" was only 2 years before this and we got to see him in top form- treading the tight-rope between humour and offensiveness with the talent and success that we expected. This "Beautiful British" offering by contrast was tired, boorish and at points, poor to the point of being cringeworthy.

It's time for this talented comic to get back to what he does best or just give up completely, book a decade of Blackpool summer seasons and chase the cash with this nonsense.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Found it a bit boring and it made me feel uncomfortable!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious
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4.0 out of 5 stars Al Murray Beautiful British Tour DVD
This is Al Murray at his Pub Landlord (British)best!
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4.0 out of 5 stars hilarious
as usual very funny . if you haven't seen him live ,you got to go ,he's even better in the flesh
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Bought this DVD as previously loved Al Murrays comedy. Found this one very disappointing and I got bored with, Found he dragged bits out unneccessary, so sad to say this was not... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. Linda C. Shanahan

3.0 out of 5 stars Longwinded & boring
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Published 1 month ago by Jerry Kinsella

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