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| THE CHARLES
DICKENS COLLECTION |
Distributor:
Roadshow Home Entertainment
Certificate: M | Region
4 | 12 disc set
Extras:
Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Michael Hordern,
Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Eric Porter, Miriam
Margolyes, John Le Mesurier, John Mills, Cherie Lunghi, Ian McKellen,
Charlotte Rampling, Paul Scofield
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THE
LOWDOWN
A
mammoth 12 disc box set bringing
together 8 of the very best
Charles Dickens adaptations made
by the BBC over the last 30 or
so years. One
of the greatest of all writers
whose
pacy and brilliant feel and
verve for dialogue makes him
particularly suited to
television Dickens has long been
loved by the BBC and have always
lavished a huge amount of money
and attention on his books when furnishing
them for the small screen.
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This
fantabulous set features The
Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A
Christmas Carol, Martin
Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, A
Tale of Two Cities, Great
Expectations and Our Mutual
Friend. The productions range
from your archetypal early
Sunday evening classic serial of
Oliver Twist to the large scale
wondrousness that is Our Mutual
Friend.
THE
VERDICT
Quite
simply stunning, this
beautifully presented embossed
box set features the cream of
British acting talent performing
in some of the best loved pieces
of Victorian drama. Each of the
productions has its own flavour
and merits, A Christmas Carol
from 1977 is a typical studio
bound production but the story
is particularly suited to that
classic BBC feel whilst Our
Mutual Friend from the late
1990's is bursting with
brilliance, high of budget and
big on style, a clear forerunner
of last years masterly Bleak
House in terms of style.
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Not only are the
productions wonderfully
watchable (over and over again)
but the set also looks great on
the shelf, handsomely put
together The Dickens Collection
is a wonderful purchase for any
fan of classic British
Drama.
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