Product Details

• Actors: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Philip Bretherton, Jenny Funnell
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: BBC Warner
• VHS Release Date: April 2, 2002
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00005Y72E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,387 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Mini-series In the Making, January 22, 2002

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Matthew Gladney (Champaign-Urbana, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: As Time Goes By - Volume 8 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Volume 8 of "As Time Goes By" sees the start of the 4th season of the venerable British comedy, and a good focus on Lionel's attempts to write a script which could possibly become an American mini-series. For those of you unfamiliar with the basic premise of "As Time Goes By", following is a quick synopsis.

Jean Pargetter & Lionel Hardcastle were once lovers. They were separated by the Korean War (Lionel went off to fight), and they lost touch. The very first episode of the series finds the two reunited, and they attempt to re-kindle their romance. Slowly but surely, things progress, and a delightful, charming series begins to develop.

Episode 1 on this particular video finds Lionel in the midst of writing the script for "Just Two People", a proposed mini-series based upon he & Jean's very own love affair. The main focus of this installment is Sandy, Jean's secretary, who is on the outs with her boyfriend, and moves in with Jean, Lionel, and Jean's daughter, Judith.

Episode 2: Lionel is being nudged by the American producers to write a sex scene or two for the mini-series. Jean hasn't felt comfortable with the young, attractive secretary that has been working with Lionel, so she sacks her, and hires-on Gwen, an annoyingly talkative older woman who makes it impossible for Lionel to get any work done.

Episode 3 is a continuation of the writing of the mini-series/annoying Gwen scenario. Jean tries to devise a way in which to painlessly get rid of Gwen.

All three of these episodes are quite funny, very well-written, and keenly acted - what else would you expect from "As Time Goes By"?