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When it comes to Telly, you can never claim a shortage of things to watch, especially when it comes down to television comedy. Some of my favourite series ever, have come out of the UK and are now available to watch on a DVD player or TV DVD.
Are you being served follows the day to day life of several department store employees. Although this seems like a very simple and perhaps even dull premise, the situations that these people found themselves in were far from normal. From ball room dancing to preparing bizarre banquets for lofty investors, it was never quite business as usual for the employees of Grace Brothers. For it’s mix of class sniping, bawdy humour and absurd farce, it’s hard to beat.
Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances also focuses on the class aspect of British life, as a study of domestic housewife Hyacinth Bucket. The show focus on the aspirational nature of Mrs Bucket as she tries to deny her working class roots and family for a life of Pimms, flower arranging and posh department stores. Her long suffering husband and neighbours are the losers in many of these efforts. As with much British comedy, many situations descend into farce and while Hyacinth should be an object of spite, the audience falls for her all the same.
Along with Seinfeld and Frasier, Friends dominated the must-see TV of the 1990’s. Winner of innumerable television awards, the show features the lives of six friends in their late-twenties/early-thirties living in New York City - Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), and Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry). The six friends spend the majority of their time in a coffee house named “Central Perk” or in either Monica’s apartment or Joey and Chandler’s apartment.
The Friends (Season 
DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere in which the friends celebrate Chandler and Monica’s wedding. When Monica sees Rachel spitting out her champagne, she realizes that Rachel is pregnant. As the season progresses, Rachel reveals that Ross is the father… This season includes guest appearances by Sean Penn, Morgan Fairchild, Brad Pitt, Alec Baldwin, and Marlo Thomas… The season finale centers around the birth of Rachel’s baby…
Below is a list of episodes included on the Friends (Season DVD:
Episode 171 (The One After “I Do”) Air Date: 09-27-2001
Episode 172 (The One with the Red Sweater) Air Date: 10-04-2001
Episode 173 (The One Where Rachel Tells…) Air Date: 10-11-2001
Episode 174 (The One with the Videotape) Air Date: 10-18-2001
Episode 175 (The One with Rachel’s Date) Air Date: 10-25-2001
Episode 176 (The One with the Halloween Party) Air Date: 11-01-2001
Episode 177 (The One with the Stain) Air Date: 11-08-2001
Episode 178 (The One with the Stripper) Air Date: 11-15-2001
Episode 179 (The One with the Rumor) Air Date: 11-22-2001
Episode 180 (The One with Monica’s Boots) Air Date: 12-06-2001
Episode 181 (The One with the Creepy Holiday Card) Air Date: 12-13-2001
Episode 182 (The One Where Joey Dates Rachel) Air Date: 01-10-2002
Episode 183 (The One Where Chandler Takes a Bath) Air Date: 01-17-2002
Episode 184 (The One with the Secret Closet) Air Date: 01-31-2002
Episode 185 (The One with the Birthing Video) Air Date: 02-07-2002
Episode 186 (The One Where Joey Tells Rachel) Air Date: 02-28-2002
Episode 187 (The One with the Tea Leaves) Air Date: 03-07-2002
Episode 188 (The One in Massapequa) Air Date: 03-28-2002
Episode 189 (The One with Joey’s Interview) Air Date: 04-04-2002
Episode 190 (The One with the Baby Shower) Air Date: 04-25-2002
Episode 191 (The One with the Cooking Class) Air Date: 05-02-2002
Episode 192 (The One Where Rachel is Late) Air Date: 05-09-2002
Episode 193 (The One Where Rachel Has a Baby: Part 1) Air Date: 05-16-2002
Episode 194 (The One Where Rachel Has a Baby: Part 2) Air Date: 05-16-2002
About the Author
Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Friends (Season DVD.
Nominated for 39 Emmys and 8 Golden Globes, including 3 (and one win) for Best TV Series - Drama, Six Feet Under is widely considered one of the best dramas currently on television. Creator Alan Ball, Oscar-winning screenwriter for American Beauty, introduces a series known for its darkly comical portrayal of a typical dysfunctional American family attempting to live their lives while running a business that thrives on death. Boasting a catchy main title theme song composed by Thomas Newman (brains behind the scores of Real Genius, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, and many others), Six Feet Under continues the long-running string of critically and popularly acclaimed original drama series created by HBO, following in the footsteps of Oz (1997), Sex And The City (1998), and The Sopranos (1999). Premiering in mid-summer 2001, the series takes a unique look at the highs and lows of life and death, sporting the tagline, “Your whole life is leading up to this…”
Six Feet Under follows the lives of a hardworking American family in Pasadena, California as they deal with the everyday rigors of running their family business - an independent funeral home. Nate and Ruth Fisher (Frances Conroy of The Aviator) operate the business on a daily basis with the aid of their youngest son David (Michael C. Hall), while their daughter Claire (Lauren Ambrose) deals the tribulations of high school life and their eldest son Nate Jr. (Peter Krause) works in an organic grocery store in Seattle. But family affairs take a turn for the worse when Nate Jr.’s latest visit is marked by the tragic death of his father. With the family in mourning, it’s soon revealed that the late patriarch left the funeral home to be owned and run jointly by David and Nate Jr. With a massive corporation hounding the family to sell out, coupled with their own personal problems, the Fishers must learn to deal with their grief as well as each other. Well-written and well-cast, Six Feet Under continues to offer some of the most entertaining drama on TV today…
The Six Feet Under DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including the series premiere in which viewers learn of the death of Fisher family patriarch Nathaniel Fisher in a tragic auto accident. Eldest son Nate Jr. returns home to help out, while David, who is struggling to deal with his homosexuality, faces difficulty heading up the business. Meanwhile, teenage daughter Claire is searching for her own identity, and Ruth grapples with feelings of guilt over her long-running affair with her hairdresser… Other notable episodes from Season one include “An Open Book” in which David attempts to become deacon at the family church, and “The New Person” in which the Fisher brothers hire a replacement for Rico, the outspoken and unpredictable Angela…
Below is a list of episodes included on the Six Feet Under (Season 1) DVD:
Episode 1 (Pilot) Air Date: 06-03-2001
Episode 2 (The Will) Air Date: 06-10-2001
Episode 3 (The Foot) Air Date: 06-17-2001
Episode 4 (Familia) Air Date: 06-24-2001
Episode 5 (An Open Book) Air Date: 07-01-2001
Episode 6 (The Room) Air Date: 07-08-2001
Episode 7 (Brotherhood) Air Date: 07-15-2001
Episode 8 (Crossroads) Air Date: 07-22-2001
Episode 9 (Life’s Too Short) Air Date: 07-29-2001
Episode 10 (The New Person) Air Date: 08-05-2001
Episode 11 (The Trip) Air Date: 08-12-2001
Episode 12 (A Private Life) Air Date: 08-19-2001
Episode 13 (Knock, Knock) Air Date: 08-19-2001
Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Six Feet Under (DVD).