Product Details

• Actors: Stephen Tompkinson, Lorcan Cranitch, Kate McEnery, Simon Mulholland, Victoria Smurfit
• Directors: Richard Standeven, Chris Clough, Paul Duane, N.G. Bristow
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Warner
• DVD Release Date: February 15, 2005
• Run Time: 600 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006FO5MI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,097 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Ballykissangel - Complete Series Three" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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BALLYKISSANGEL:COMPLETE SERIES 3 - DVD Movie

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Quality Television, December 31, 2005

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Frank S. Kalich (Lawrence, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ballykissangel - Complete Series Three (DVD)

It is interesting that I find 16 reviews for series 3, and only a few for series 1 and 2. I assume most everyone who watched season 3 had also watched the earlier seasons. This reaction appears to come from the writer killing off Asumpta in such a cruel fashion. Would I have preferred a different ending? Probably so. I don't think Peter could have lived without Asumpta, that was a done deal. However that was a pretty cruel way to deal with that situation. Still it did bring out some characters as they dealt with the tragedy. I really don't see the third season being notably of less quality than the early seasons. It just ended with the major tragedy, that is the big difference. True, the character of Fr. Clifford (Peter) changed as he was torn between his love of Asumpta and his love of being a Priest. And I certainly preferred the old Peter to the anguished one. However the third season brought other characters out, as Asumpta and Fr. Clifford were absent for a number of episodes trying to make some space between each other. Niamh became much more important, and I felt a very appealing character. Her convincing Peter to perform last rites on Asumpta demonstarted her willingness to take charge when necessary, a quality that was brought out in the third season in other ways as well. If you like PBS type stuff, such as Mystery or English dramas, you will very much enjoy this series I believe. It would not appeal to a mainstream audience. Just as PBS does not. I think that is a good yardstick, if you like watching PBS type stuff, and generally prefer that to most of what you get on mainstream TV, you should like this very much. This show is not boring, something new is always happening. I had a hard time turning it off, staying up late to watch episodes.

48 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars How To Ruin A Great Series, February 26, 2005

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Donegal Dan (Southwest United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ballykissangel - Complete Series Three (DVD)

I'm Irish and I know that all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad, etc., etc., but this is ridiculous. This was a wonderful series until they decided to blow it up and take a completely different tack than the one that originally attracted people to it. i.e., the story of a young English priest in a small Irish village. And until the last episode of this series, they did a great job telling that story. The characters were well-defined and well acted and the humor and quirkiness definitively Irish, but the center of the whole thing was the English--accent on English-- priest and when he disappeared, as far as I was concerned, the whole series collapsed, particularly in light of the way in which the two central characters were dispatched. If Kirwan and Tomkinson wanted to leave, surely the writers could have come up with a better, less abrupt and disappointing way to allow them to do it. At any rate, it was great while it lasted but the episodes that followed this series were an awful letdown, even with the appearance of Colin Farrell and several other interesting Irish actors here and there.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The End of the Road (for many), October 5, 2005

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EuroLass - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ballykissangel - Complete Series Three (DVD)

I've been a fan of this show since the late '90s and am thrilled that it's finally been released on DVD. While the first two series were superb, as others have noted, the third series is lacking in some respects. Many episodes in S3 are fantastic and I enjoyed seeing several secondary characters get their days in the sun. For example, we see more of Ambrose's police work, Niamh mellows out considerably, Padraig's ex-wife returns, Brendan and Siobhan get an interesting storyline and a secret from Father Mac's past is revealed.
However, Assumpta and Father Clifford are MIA for several episodes and when they return, their characters are often angsty and irritated. Do they have some redeeming moments? Yes, but the fact that both Stephen Tompkinson and Dervla Kirwan are ready to leave is evident in their performances.
While the final two episodes will knock your socks off, they sadly are the death knell (in more ways than one) of this once-great series. Kieran Prendiville also departed at the end of S3 and thus series 4 and 5 took a nosedive.
If you are a fan of Series One and Two, I would definitely recommend buying this DVD--but you should probably stop here.