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Nathan Barley: Series 1 [DVD]

Nicholas Burns (Actor), Julian Barratt (Actor), Chris Morris (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD

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Format	PAL
Contributor	Noel Fielding, Richard Ayoade, Spencer Brown, Nicholas Burns, Rhys Thomas, Chris Morris, Nina Sosanya, Charlie Condou, Julian Barratt, Derrin Schlesinger, Ben Whishaw, Claire Keelan See more
Number of discs	1
Runtime	2 hours and 24 minutes
Publication date	21 Dec. 2005

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Nathan Barley is Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris' latest assault on society; a satirical parody of the Hoxton-finned, style-obsessed world of new media. Meet Nathan Barley: a 26 year-old webmaster, guerrilla filmmaker, screenwriter, DJ and--in his own words--a "self-facilitating media node". Convinced he's the epitome of urban cool and therefore secretly terrified he might not be, Nathan reads "Sugar Ape Magazine"--aka his bible of cool--religously. The Nathan Barley DVD contains the complete six-part series broadcast in early 2005.

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Special features on the Nathan Barley DVD include: the original pilot episode; a 48-page booklet of Nathan Barley's "works"; deleted scenes; the option to view an entire episode re-dubbed with the wrong voices; newly recorded excerpts from Barley's internet radio show; extensive hi-res gallery of stills and programme graphics on DVD-Rom; the original tvgohome compilation; and hidden extras.

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Episode 1: Baffled human wreck Dan Ashcroft (columnist on Sugar Ape) watches in horror as his world is over-run with 24-carat berks, led by a strutting, brainless c***-of-the-walk called Nathan Barley, who, distressingly, has designs on Dan's sister Claire.

Episode 2: Dan is canonised against his will, while Nathan throws a party for his rubbish website and oozes closer to Claire.

Episode 3: While Dan is plagued by a shrieking twit of a photographer called 15Peter20, Nathan grooms Claire with alcohol and an unsolicited breast massage.

Episode 4: Dan accidentally creates a new hairstyle by sleeping in paint, while Nathan needs a new look to impress glamourous TV-chick Dajve ('Dave') Bikinus. Something is killed.

Episode 5: Editor Jonatton Yeah? wants Dan to take part in some straight-on-straight gay action and a coke-blasted model proves an irresistible lure for Nathan.

Episode 6: In the final episode, Nathan piggybacks his way into Claire's meeting with a TV commissioner, Pingu is broken like a rag doll, and Dan finally discovers a way to destroy Nathan.

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Rated ‏ : ‎ Suitable for 18 years and over
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.4 x 14.2 x 1.6 cm; 240 g
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 6867441000891
Director ‏ : ‎ Chris Morris
Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 24 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ 21 Dec. 2005
Actors ‏ : ‎ Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Claire Keelan, Ben Whishaw, Richard Ayoade
Studio ‏ : ‎ 4dvd
Producers ‏ : ‎ Derrin Schlesinger
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000A7PTG8
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Ms. M. J. Powell

New but damaged

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2023

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Sorry, not a review of the show. The disc I received (in shrink-wrap so supposedly new) had a lump of dried gunge stuck to one surface. I cleaned with isopropyl alcohol and the DVD seems to play ... but still.

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D. Keatis

Actually improves with every viewing!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 September 2009

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Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker are a veritable dream team of comedy. Combine Brooker's articulately vehement ranting with Morris' deeply satirical guerrilla approach to entertainment and you're left with a potently scathing exploration of 'yoof' obsessed new media culture.

But the best writing in the world can fall flat without the right actors and the ensemble cast of this comedy gold nugget really shine here. Julian (The Mighty Boosh) Barrat is superb as world - weary journalist Dan Ashcroft (Brooker's obvious mouthpiece), likewise comedy mainstay Richard Ayoade is gloriously loathesome as Ashcroft's cretinous colleague Ned. But it's Nicholas Burns that shines brightest as Nathan Barley himself!

Seriously, he should be counted amongst the great comedy actors of our time! How he's not more famous is completely beyond me!

Nathan Barley is so densely structured with gags that work on so many levels, visually and aurally the series actually improves with every viewing.

This, my friends, is contemporary satire at its best!

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Max Bialystock Jr.

In a way, a horror epic just like Dead Set!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2011

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I'm a longtime Chris Morris fan, and more recently a Charlie Brooker fan - living in Portugal, I wasn't aware of his Guardian column and his TV-bashing TV shows. I entered Brooker's world via Dead Set (not because it was written by him, but because I'm a zombie fan), loved it and started looking for his previous work. Nathan Barley was the only Chris Morris work I hadn't seen, so, being created by the two geniuses, it became essential. I was not disappointed. And the truth is - Nathan Barley ends up being as much a horror epic as Dead Set. It deals with zombies - just another kind of zombie. And the frustration and anguish that Dan Ashcroft feels (an amazing performance by Might Boosh's Julian Barratt) is just as suffocating as being surrounded by the living dead and feeling you're the only sane person in the world (although responsible for the dawn of the idiots, which makes it even more tragic). A masterpiece which manages to be hilarious and deeply disturbing!

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twanky

yeah....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2009

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if you've found this product, then you probably have some dim, flickering memory of catching an episode of this on channel 4 afte the pub sometime, so i'll spare you the synopsis.

yes, it does have julian barrett in it. yes, it was written by chris morris. yet somehow, it wasn't quite as good as i wanted it to be; either then or now.

the menus are innovative & amusing. the style of the show is almost VJ-ed; awesome when in an altered state! and if you get the humour, the DVD is worth it for the booklet alone.

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T. Currell

As relevant today as ever!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2013

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This program is not only hilarious but also a quite clever take on modern society. With the likes TOWIE and Made In Chelsea the subject matter or the rise of the idiots has never been more apt. Julian Barrat is brilliant in it as is Dan Clark. The skeptical and pessimistic outlook on modern society is typical of Charlie Brooker. Anyone who liked How Not To Live Your Life starring Dan Clark and Black Mirror written by Charlie Brooker will I'm sure appreciate this program. Occasionally the low budget of the show shines through but to me that just adds to its charm. I've always believed that this program was a bit ahead of it's time (a cliche i know) as most people who claim to be sitcom connoisseurs that i have spoken to have never seen this. All in all worth a watch you will not be dissapointed.

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redmanshouts

Genius

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 November 2007

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I love Nathan Barley, i laughed myself stupid when i first saw it. The episode with the "13 year old" model is brilliant, i couldnt believe what i was seeing. However, all of the episodes are equally very funny. Julian Barrett & Noel Fielding are fab in the Mighty Boosh, but here Barrett is much darker in charector. He thinks Nathan is total idiot but the annoying thing is everyone else thinks Nathan is kinda cool (Fielding plays a over-the-top dj). Some great ideas in this series, which makes it a total one-off in more ways then one (you will never play rock/paper/scissors in the same way again). All culminating in a final episode... which i am not going to give away. Very, very funny.

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GT247

A great find.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2010

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One of the great new modern pleasures is taking a (calculated) gamble on a CD or DVD and having it pay off. This was one such occasion for me.

Despite the hip names attached to it this show somehow got little mention on its TV release but is now finding a fanbase on DVD.

With Chris Morris now in the world of movies a second series will now never happen but this is a fine testament to how good he could be on the small screen. Add Charlie Brooker, Nicholas Holt and Julian Barrett to the mix and the result was almost inevitably funny.

Buy it.

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Garmonbozia

Abysmal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2019

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Considering this is a Chris Morris/Charlie Brooker vehicle you would think this a great watch. Unfortunately all the characters are dull one dimensional idiots with no redeeming features and I failed to laugh once. It was so bad I threw it in the bin.

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Raina

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Reviewed in the United States on 24 May 2019

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7 day delivery to US. Excellent case. Factory sealed. Perfect experience, thank you for this DVD. I never could find one until now!

Touchard Gwendoline

Série barge

Reviewed in France on 14 April 2018

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Une série anglaise comme on en fait plus souvent, par l'un des gars de Black Mirror, qui à l'époque avait encore assez de main d'oeuvre pour ne pas sombrer dans le lissage américain Netflix.

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cheshirecat

Feinster britischer Humor

Reviewed in Germany on 15 October 2016

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Nicht für jeden was - aber für mich definitiv. Skurril, absurd und wahnsinnig komisch. Ein Meisterwerk von Charlie Brooker, dass London (bzw. generell junge Menschen in europäischen Metropolen) im 21. Jahrhundert treffend karikiert.

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Pablo Otero Frutos

Superb

Reviewed in Spain on 16 February 2016

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One of the funniest series ever . It is a pitty the just made one . Nicholas Burns is fantastastic ; even though he plays a complete prick you kind of like him .. very rich and witty dialogues . I would recommended to any lover of good comedy

Moray Feels

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on 1 August 2018

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Brutally funny, sad and important.
Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris.

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