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DVD : Clatterford - Season 1In association with Amazon.com List Price: $29.98 Amazon.com's Price: $18.99 You Save: $10.99 (37%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0794051400826 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: BBC Warner Manufacturer: BBC Warner Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: BBC Warner Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 08, 2007 Running Time: 180 minutes Studio: BBC Warner Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 7782 MPN: DE4008D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: A hilarious and heartwarming comedy from the creators of Absolutely Fabulous, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley. Welcome to Clatterford, a small town big enough to have a good cross section of people, local shops and a late night convenience store. It's also small enough where everyone knows everybody's business but doesn't talk about it unless asked. Cue the Women's Guild, who aren't afraid to ask. Their topical meetings -- ranging from 'How to solve world poverty' one week to 'the benefits of using marrow in jam' the next -- are the center of village life, like it or not. Amazon.com: Fans of Calendar Girls and the many productions of French and Saunders (creators of Absolutely Fabulous) will enjoy Clatterford: The Complete Season One. Centered on the daily and social calendars of the village women, Clatterford features unique characters, comical by observation with the wonderful human traits we can all relate to. The women make jam and have meetings, but it's what goes on outside of those meetings where we really get to know the women. Leading a cast of familiar faces, including Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, is Dawn French, who portrays a mentally challenged woman, Rosie. The excellent writing in this series is apparent in an episode featuring Rosie and Margaret, her dueling personalities, fighting over the religious importance of a potato supposedly with the face of Jesus. Rosie is about as close as we get to the zaniness of Ab Fab, since the humor here is more subtle overall and weaved throughout, posing as normalcy. Also subtle are the dramatic moments and serious undertones, which elevate this series above being just another "Britcom."--Rachel Moss Average Rating:
 Rating:  - SOOOO Funny!I really didn't expect to love this show. I don't like Abfab but I liked Vicar of Dibley so I bought this. It is really funny! I can't wait for season 2. Rating:  - Complete misfire!This sounded SO good in the write-up. Then we watched the show, then the next episode, and so on. So many opportunities for some wild comedy, or some genuine character development...all missed! Ladies in a doctor's office, in a social group, and on and on; it should have fizzed, but all we got was a disjointed fizzle. Dawn French is completely wasted. What a bummer.Clatterford - Season 1 Rating: - Like visiting with good friends...This is not the comedy you may expect from this particular group of ladies. But it is real life in a small rural farm town. If you're looking for the typical AbFab type humor, you probably won't like this. It's just very real, touching, funny and sometimes ridiculous; like life. Rating: - It's not all jam and JerusalemJam and Jerusalem, as it's called in the UK, has a wonderfully large ensemble of actresses and actors (mostly the former!) who live, work, play, and attend Guild meetings in their small English town. As hilarious as AbFab in it's own way the show touches on more universal situations and occurrences than those of Eddy, Saffy, and Patsy. It may not be as crazy as AbFab (what could be?) but it's great fun and shows a genuine respect for each character, foibles and all. I love Maggie ... Read More Rating: - If you like Jennifer, Joanna & Dawn, this is for you ...It's not AbFab. It's not the Vicar. But, it is hilarious and serious both at the same time. I had to watch the first episode a few times before I really understood 100% what was going on. But after that, this show pulls you in. It's great. Browse for similar items by category:
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