Distributor:
Roadshow Home Entertainment Certificate: G |Region 4 Available to buy Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Tom
Burlinson, Martin Vaughan, Judy Morris,
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
It's
now 75 years since Phar Lap
captured the hearts of the
Australian Public, still
considered to be the greatest
race horse Australia has ever
produced, 1930 was the year that
Phar Lap won both the Melbourne
Cup and the Cox Plate - a year
later he was dead. Fast forward
to 1983 and following hot on the
heels of the Man From Snow
River
This
is a decidedly highbrow piece of work that doesn’t rely on camera
tricks or the action that passes for history in today’s effects heavy
documentaries but instead relies on the brilliance of Clark’s script and beautiful artwork and architecture
with which he chooses to illuminate the proceedings. By focusing on art
and architecture and the painters, artists and visionaries who have
helped shape the world Clark proves that man has
risen above the humdrum that marked our earlier existence.
The
series couldn’t have been made at a better time, huge cultural change
had been wrought throughout the sixties and the lack lustre seventies
were about to be upon us, a major hit then and still stunning now
Civilisation is the kind of show they definitely don’t make anymore,
mores the pity. Thanks to Roadshow though, who have put together a
fantastic box set (the entire series is spread over four discs) complete
with lavish 36 page booklet, we have a
chance
to get to know the series once more. Classic material that no self
respecting TV aficionado will want to be without.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Special
features consist of a photo gallery and an interview with David
Attenborough who was responsible for the output of BBC2 at the time the
show was commissioned.
