Product Details

• Actors: Nicholas Ball, Colin Burns, David Daker, Suzan Farmer, Patricia Franklin
• Directors: Alastair Reid, Brian Farnham, Colin Bucksey, Don Leaver, Jim Goddard
• Writers: Gordon Williams
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 3
• Run Time: 500 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00018HU0E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,686 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Hazell - The Complete First Series [Region 2]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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[Non-U.S. Format (PAL) Region 2 U.K. DVD - This will not play on U.S./Canada DVD players or those from most other countries outside of Europe. You would need a "multi-region" or "region-free" PAL compatible DVD player or computer.] In this gritty TV series, co-written by former England football manager Terry Venables, East Ender James Hazell (Nicholas Ball) struggles to make his mark as a detective... The ten episodes of Series 1 comprise: Hazell Plays Solomon, Hazell Pays a Debt, Hazell and the Walking Blur, Hazell Settles the Accounts, Hazell Meets the First Eleven, Hazell and the Rubber-Heel Brigade, Hazell Goes to the Dogs, Hazell and the Weekend Man, Hazell Works for Nothing, Hazell and the Maltese Vulture.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cockney Sam Spade, August 31, 2006

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steve b (Dudley England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hazell - The Complete First Series [Region 2] (DVD)

After the Sweeney, Hazell is the best British Detective Series from the 1970's. Nicolas Ball played James Hazell a Cockney and a cockey Private Eye who despite his expensive clothes and sports car (Hazell would say flash motor), is almost always broke.

What makes this show worth watching are the storylines, the humour and the characters such as Roddy Mcmillen as Inspector 'Choc' Minty, a dour Scottish policeman who likes but does not approve of Hazell. Also Hazell's 'Cousin Tell' played by Desmond McNamara and his landlady 'Dot' played by Barbara Young.

What makes the series stand out is Hazell's dialogue a kind of Cockney Sam Spade, tough,laconic and funny. What we all know however is the Hazell is really to kind hearted to be a true hard boiled private eye.

Nicolas Ball is also perfect for the part.

Americans may struggle with the Cockney slang, as indeed did most of the rest of Britain, but for a few hours good entertainment take a risk and watch Hazell.