Customer Reviews

Bramwell - The Complete First Season

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The series content is very good, however the company that produced the DVD did a terrible job of formating the episodes/scenes. They split a one-hour show across two DVD's to save using a fourth disk in the series. In doing this, the scene access for the second half of an episode will not play; it jumps to the beginnig of the next episode. The only way to view the 2nd part is to fast-backwards all the way to just after the start of the scene and play from there. If you go all the way back, it takes off at the begining of the next episode. Very Frustrating to deal with the formating faults on this DVD. I will think twice about ordering another DVD from this studio.

Bramwell is an outstanding series. The rating of 2 stars is for the following reason. To add to AGPym's formatting issue, Shanachie has also issued 7 episodes and labeled the dvd as season 1. According to the PBS web site I printed out with the Bramwell retrospective, listing all seasons and episodes, this dvd combines seasons 1 and 2 (which originally totalled 8 episodes)and leaves off the final episode of season 2. This missing episode involves a subway (underground) train crash which I did originally see when the series was new. Also check my customer review for the so-called season 4.

I absolutely love this series. Set at the turn of the century in England, it has great accuracy in showing medicine and surgery before the discovery of penicillin and modern anaesthesia. The characters are richly protrayed and deep...never one-dimentional. If you enjoy period films and excellent drama, this one is a sure keeper!

Brilliant series which illustrates the prejudices of Victorian England against educated women. Also graphically shows medical practices of the time and the attitude to the poor. Combining this with excellent acting and costuming make this a series worthy of recommendation.

I love to search through "Period Piece" DVD's on Amazon as I will invariably find many great ones, especially from the UK, that I've never heard of. One I picked up a year or so ago, that we finally got around to viewing, is Bramwell, Series 1.

Bramwell is the story of Eleanor Bramwell, one of the first (though fictional) female Doctors in Victorian England. Bramwell follows Eleanor's trials, tribulations and surprisingly "realistically grusome" medical cases, as well as her acceptance or nonacceptance in the "man's world" of Victorian era Medicine. The costuming and sets are accurate and to die for. Eleanor's "Gibson Girl" leg o mutton blouses and frocks are drool-worthy :)

The show stars the beautiful Jemma Redgrave (yes, THAT Redgrave family-she is the daughter of Corin Redgrave and niece of Vanessa/Lynn Redgrave) and the incomparable Ruth Sheen who is one of the best Veteran UK Character actors around as Nurse Carr.

The show ran 4 seasons and I eagerly look forward to renting and viewing seasons 2-4 :) Recommended-5 stars.

PS-seeing the other reviews here-yes, my edition did not have the eighth episode on it. I agree with the other reviewers-I'm highly disappointed in the company who manufactured the DVD (they'd get zero stars) the five stars is for the show itself.

Beautifully written and acted production of highest quality . The characters are rich and engaging , and the story is true to history.

I have loaned this to friends, and all have esteemed it highly . A superb story and cast!

This is a wonderful series. After watching the 1st episode we couldn't turn it off. Dr. Bramwell is a head strong young female doctor who is not afraid to speak her mind to the men around her. She is filled with compassion, and has a great sense of care for her patients. Watching this made me glad of the great strides of modern medicine. I loved every minute of this medical drama. I'm off to order the 2nd and 3rd series.

I loved the view of this particular age. The acting was well done, the characters believable.

I know that I will love the DVDs because I have the VHS edition of this show. However, I am not happy with the company who is suppposed to have sent them. I was supposed to have received them late in October or early in November and I still do not have them. It is November 30 today. When I look at my order it shows that they were sent but we have not received them. Kitty Brilliant