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Absolutely - Absolutely Everything [DVD]

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  • Actors: Peter Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 8
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 5 May 2008
  • Run Time: 880 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0015B04J0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,660 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description
The legenary Absolutely finally makes its debut on DVD after Absolutely Productions finally re-aquired the rights to all 4 series of Absolutely. Written by and starring Moray Hunter, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Peter Baikie, Gordon Kennedy & John Sparkes, the late 80s early 90s sketch show has been described as 'one of Channel 4's best-kept secrets'

This box set finally collects together all four seasons - a total of 28 episodes - a huge 15 Hours and 52 minutes of material!

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Selected Episode Commentaries Absolute Beginnings Absolute Remembered Absolute Characters Absolute Music and Animation Absolute Other Bits Absolute Pictures

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars I thought this would never happen...., 12 April 2008
By P. Ryan "dreamweaver" (Milton Keynes, UK) - See all my reviews
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Without doubt, the third series of Absolutely is the most consistently funny season of any television sketch show. The other series have great moments but they are patchier, hence the 4 stars here. That said, and as I think another reviewer touched upon, it still ranks above modern day contemporaries like Little Britain which, with half of the output, was faltering and rehashing old jokes.
I was involved with the company that was originally negotiating with Channel 4 four years ago to get the series released on DVD. Rather than release all the episodes as they are doing now, we were planning to do a "best of" to dip the toes of interest and follow-up with the complete episodes if the groundswell warranted it. As a precursor to this, Channel 4 converted some of the 1" masters for us to view to select the material that we wanted and I was given the task of picking suitable sketches from Season 2. It was good but not as good as I remembered it and when the shortlist for the 'best of' was drawn up, over half of the content was from the third series. Unfortunately for us, Channel 4 procrastinated for a further two years with changes of personnel and direction. When they became worried that the distributors of the original compilation, The Vido, still had rights over series 1 to 3, we dropped out. Good to see that it is finally going to get a release from the production company that actually made it.
When viewing Absolutely as it ran on TV nearly twenty years ago, I had a gang of people round watching it and we used to memorise the words, especially to Denzyl/Gwynedd sketches and Frank Hovis monologues. Most of them stuck with me, something which disconcerted John Sparkes at Edinburgh a few years back when, whilst he was reprising Frank Hovis in Filth!, I was mouthing the words to "Taxi" idly before I caught his eye and realised what I was doing. Not sure if he was annoyed or pleased but I stopped anyway.
There were only ten people in the audience that night and that kind of exemplifies that despite being a great piece of television, Absolutely somehow missed the real mainstream in its day. Hopefully the DVD release will give an audience size that the programme deserves.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic comedy, well overdue for release, 29 April 2008
By M. G. Hughes "Kipperthefish" (Port Talbot, Wales.) - See all my reviews
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Still one of my favourite lines ever....

Gwynedd: If you didn't want children, you should have taken the proper precautions.

Denzil: Gwynedd, Gwynedd, Gwynedd. I took the precaution of marrying the most repulsive woman in Swansea......

Can't wait to see this series again. Shame none of my friends remember it, but hopefully I can re-introduce it to the masses.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars McGlashan, 28 Mar 2008
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About time this classic Ch4 show was released on DVD fed up watching it on my old VHS recordings. Best sketch show ever to grace our screen. Certainly ground breaking at the time and looking back most of the sketches still hold up well. Can't wait to see Calum booking a flight to go and see his mate Gavin, in my view the best sketch ever written. Here's hoping this release leads to a release of Mr Don and Mr George on DVD.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I bought this boxed set because I have some memories of when the series was originally shown in the late 1980s, and because of some of the clips that are on YouTube. Read more
Published 3 months ago by C. Valentine

3.0 out of 5 stars A Mixed Bag
Like a lot of the reviewers, I had fond memories of this programme. Occasionally seeing the Stoneybridge Town Council appearing in 100 best comedy moments (or something like... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Richard Allen

3.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely atrocious sound and picture quality!
I loved this series when it was first shown with its collection of bizarre and eccentric characters and off the wall sketches. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr S. SMITH

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing quality, No digital remaster!!!
I've only just received the box set, and started watching it. I looked at the bonus DVD first, and saw the pilot episode, in appalling quality, it looked like it had been kept on... Read more
Published 9 months ago by TV

4.0 out of 5 stars Im really glad its finally here, but like a lot of reminiscent stuff...
...it never totally lives up to the memories. That isnt a bad thing, but with 22 episodes to plough through, at least you have the luxury of skipping some of the weaker moments... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. S. R. Dhain

5.0 out of 5 stars To all the Carlisle Absolutely people!
Wonderful to see this coming to DVD. Absolutely, for those of us who got it back in the day, was a formative comedy experience. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. P. Halfpenny

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the 2nd best comedy show ever!
I'm so pleased this has made it to DVD.

Absolutely is, without any reservations, the best comedy show of the 80's & 90's. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Sera69

5.0 out of 5 stars Brillant
Absolutely Is one of the greatest Brittish shows the second one Is Monty Python.These shows take me way back to when I was a young kid. Read more
Published 12 months ago by JaneHast

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing original
no, not the Absolutely DVD's, but this posting. 5 Stars and another massive fan. Am getting this for my birthday so am "previewing" it rather than "reviewing" it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by catswhiskers

5.0 out of 5 stars *Hums theme*
I was nervous about seeing Absolutely again as i had great memories of me and my then girlfriend religiously tuning in each week and us both crying laughing - it sounds daft but... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Rob

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