The Stephen Poliakoff BBC Collection: Caught On A Train / Perfect Strangers / Shooting The Past [DVD]

This is a great box set - we have watched the Shooting the past so far and it took us back to when we first saw it broadcast. Will now watch Perfect Strangers and The Lost Prince, which were the other 2 we saw way back.Would have scored a 5 but one of the DVDs was loose in the case, as the internal plastic tab was broken

We Love Stephen Poliakoffs work these films are a wonderful insight into people’s lives. Buy this boxset you won’t be disappointed.

Just as I remembered them apart from the lost prince which I had not seen before!These stories stay with you whether it is the acting the stories the music or all three.They seem simplistic at first but then you realise there are several layers to each and I see something new each time.I now want to buy the rest! Excellent.

5 star viewing to lose yourself in. Cant praise it highly enough especially Shooting the Past. Absolutely wonderful .

Some repetition of ideas and increased self indulgence in the later work but worth it for Caught on a Train and Shooting the Past alone. The Lost Prince is the best of the later stuff.

I loved each of these. Fabulous writing, really interesting and unusual plots and great casting and performances - thoroughly recommended. I remember Caught on a Train from its initial screening years ago and have never forgotten it; Michael Kitchen and Peggy Ashcroft were riveting. The Lost Prince and Shooting the Past are absorbing and charming; Gina McKee, Lyndsay Duncan and Timothy Spall are completely convincing in their roles. I hadn't previously seen Friends and Crocodiles but loved it too for its excentricity, lovely production quality and once again the writing and acting were excellent.

I loved this box-set. Hours and hours of humane, intelligent, grown-up TV drama. Poliakoff knows how to draw you in to his witty, haunting stories. He's not afraid to seduce and please with gorgeous lighting, atmospheric music and beautiful leading actors, but he never tells you what to think. And what stellar casts - Michael Gambon, Lindsey Duncan, Timothy Spall, Peggy Ashcroft... His ability to blend politics so subtly and seamlessly with great character-led story-telling is inspiring.

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