Gary J. Walker's profile

Fun and educational, 30 Dec 2010

Don't take 'fun and educational' as meaning this DVD set is a little too twee. Industrial Revelations and the sequel, More Reve..etc..., are terrific. Mark Williams style isn't preachy like a robed lecturer might deliver, but it is certainly not 'dumbed down'. The facts, and probably more importantly, ideas and motives, about the Industrial Revolution in Britain come thick and fast - with a good helping of quips and jokes that anyone familiar with Williams work on the Fast Show etc etc will appreciate. You see most things that still exist - engines, locos, bridges and so on - being operated, and Williams goes through rapid but clear explanations of how they work and why they were clever and… Read more

Great disc. Slow delivery, 1 Sep 2010

At least Amazon kept with it and eventually sourced and delivered it. Might have been better with an alternative supplier for a Dutton Digital disc.

5 star product though.

A good TV play ..., 14 Jun 2010

I've seen this on TV, I don't own the DVD. I rate it as a nice piece of original film making and suitable as an episode in (for example) a series of films based around street London. Maybe a set of Shane Meadows films. The film has an annoying yet cute soundtrack. All worthwhile, but not quite worth a trip to the cinema and marginal as an individual DVD.