Distributor:
Roadshow Certificate: M15+
| 220
minutes Available to buy Extras: Yes Reviewer: Paul
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Simon
Pegg, Mark Heap, Phil Cornwell
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
Fast
paced sketch show from the
creators Father Ted whose myriad
of topics leaves you breathless.
Where everyday occurrences are
turned on their head and where
Britain
’s favourite sport is a
staring competition.
SO
IS IT ANY GOOD?
With
writers of the caliber of Graham Linehan & Arthur Mathews of Father
Ted fame and a cast that includes Simon Pegg and Mark Heap you know you
are in for an entertaining ride and this first series of Big Train
(originally broadcast in 1998), very fast paced and with sketches
covering a huge range of topics Big Train, whilst sometimes obscure for
the sake of it, is basically hilarious, one of the biggest hits from
this first series was the Championship Stare-Out, a badly animated
sketch which consisted of two people staring at each other whilst a
breathless Barry Davies (the brilliant BBC sports commentary) and Phil
Cornwell give their view of the “match”, at first glance you think
surely this is just stupid and it is but it does make you laugh. Other
pluses include the show jumpers who want to be firemen, the terminally
shy policeman and the Transport Minister who is convinced that a model
of a new train he is looking at is built to scale.
If
you liked the Fast Show you’ll love this and given its shot on film
high gloss look it hasn’t dated a jot. A Big Train well worth
catching.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Extras
include Cast & Crew Commentary, Deleted Scenes, bios for Cast &
Crew and a photo gallery.
