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Distributor:
Acorn
Media UK
Certificate: 12 |
Region 2 PAL | 6 disc set
Available to buy
Extras:
Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Michael
Hordern, Annette Crosbie, David Threllfall, Richard Vernon, Peter Egan,
Paul Shelley, Zoe Wanamaker,
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WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
With
the creation of Leslie Titmuss
John Mortimer came up with one
of the truly brilliant
characters of British TV and
provided David Threllfall with
the roll of a lifetime, like one
of J.B. Priestley's or R.F.
Delderfield's great doorstep
novels of the thirties Paradise
Postponed follows the fortunes
of the Simcox family over a
period of forty years but
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that's a somewhat
simplistic generalisation for what is a brilliant, sprawling, classic
comedy drama. Told over 11 episodes (and six discs) with episode one
running to a feature length 80 minutes, the series opens with the death
of Simeon Simcox (Michael Hordern), Rector of Rapstone Fanner, before
flashing back 40 years to the childhoods of the Simeon kids and the
entry of working class Leslie Titmuss who is somewhat taken under the
wing of Rector Simcox. Back in the present day the Simcox family are
none too impressed to learn that the major beneficiary of their father's
will is Leslie Titmuss.
Over the course
of the episodes the action flits between the present day and episodes
from the lives of Titmuss and the Simcox's past, as the years go by
Henry, a writer, gets involved in the film business and Leslie becomes
an MP. A
gem of a series brilliantly written by Rumpole of the Bailey creator
John Mortimer who cleverly intertwines the past and the present.
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There's a large
cast of pretty much the cream of British acting talent including such
stalwart players as Richard Vernon, Jill Bennett and the superb Colin
Blakely as well as the likes of Zoe Wanamaker, Peter Egan, Colin Jeavons
and Paul Shelley. Although its an ensemble piece the series really does
belong to David Threllfall's Titmuss, starting out as the working class
boy who through his calculating, generally obnoxious nature and shady
business transactions is soon a prominent MP.
A hugely
enjoyable series that repays the viewer with a huge amount of humour and
quality drama. First rate.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
There
are cast filmographies, extensive production notes, a biography and
bibliography of John Mortimer and a picture gallery.
You
can buy this set in a nice box set or you can the 3 volumes separately
from Acorn
Media UK.
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