Product Details

• Actors: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Philip Bretherton, Jenny Funnell
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: May 11, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000AOB3
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,111 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why couldn't I have found this earlier, June 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: As Time Goes By: Volume 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have dropped in on this series a number of times in the last year, but not understanding the plot thought, "Funny, I wish I understood what was going on." Well now I do and I wonder why British TV caters to people with a high school education and American TV hopes you have graduated 6th grade. Incredible acting...the characters talk to each other...not the camera. Still somewhat absurd...but true life can be a bit absurd if you are not in a rut. Judi Dench tends to get the attention but I find myself in utter love with Lionel...Geoffrey Palmer. He somehow makes himself incredibly attractive by portraying Lionel as crusty but incredibly vulnerable...a tough characterization.

I have bought all the videos that are available, but I want to see more....Lionel and Jean get married...Lionel and Jean meet his ex-wife. I hope the series enjoys a rejuvenation in America. It rates 1050% compared to American sitcoms. I actually feel my intelligence and vocabulary are being honored...not to mention my age, which is no where near Jean and Lionel's. You Brits have been lucky with this one...I turn into a romantic sop when I watch it...and I enjoy it. More videos please and salutations to Dame Judi and Geoffrey!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Warm, witty and ever so delightful. A true treasure., May 17, 1999

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Suzie Q (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: As Time Goes By, Vol. 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

How we would love to *personally* know Jean, Lionel, Judy, Sandy and all the "As Time Goes By" gang. A true delight, we are enraptured by each episode. The writing is top notch, the actors simply superb. How lovely to finally have the first 6 episodes of this superlative BBC series on tape. We can only hope that the entire series will be offered on tape soon. Hint?? Do yourself a favor and invite Jean and Lionel into your life...they have found each other again and we are all the better for it. A treasure from start to finish. Who is more delicious than Judi Dench and Geoffery Palmer? When you tire of the network televison assault on your senses...or their idea of what passes as *pleasant comedy*, pick up these tapes, meet the gang and settle in to be delighted.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly wonderful series., June 20, 2000

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"hmcd" (Woodbridge, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: As Time Goes By, Vol. 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This series is one of few current television shows which deserve to be released on tape, in my opinion. (If that sounds like some old consevative busy-body attitude, I'll tell you now that I'm 15) I fell in love with this show the first time I saw it. The tapes are wonderful, I hope they continue releasing the later series(British version of seasons). The plot has been fairly well explained by prior reviewers. The acting is superb, Dame Judi's Jean and Geoffrey Palmer's Lionel are truly characters with whom you wish you could visit. I have yet to find any show which consistantly maintains the level of intelligance and humor found in As Time Goes By. The eighth season is just coming to America in the summer and fall 2000, I hope a ninth will soon follow.