Customer Reviews

Kingdom: Series 1 (Region 2)

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I was immediately drawn in by the brilliant actors, quirky characters, and great stories of this British legal series. You can find the first year's episodes on Hulu (as of Sept 1, 2009), and they are a delight!

Stephen Fry is terrific as the series anchor, with Karl Davies, Celia Imrie, Hermione Norris, Tony Slattery, and Phyllida Law rounding out the amazing cast. There's chemistry here! I don't really care about the underlying mystery that starts the series, but the small dramas that trouble the residents of the town are intriguing, and the solutions are satisfying.

I watched series one on Hulu, and invested in series two. Both are delightful, and I hope there's more coming.

Worth the price, however, where is season 1 for US viewers? It's a wee bit confusing when one hasn't seen the first 6 episodes.

This series is amazing. It captures a lot of different human qualities and manages to combine intrigue with cultural idosynchrocies in an amusing and interesting way. I've just finished Season 1 and I want more! Really a great series.

This series seems to be in the mold of Doc Martin (an excellent series, by the way), about a small town professional surrounded by eccentric locals. But instead of being charming, the secondary characters are incredibly self-centered, troublesome, and unpleasant to behold. The main character, a solicitor, is a door mat continually getting them out of trouble, smiling at their foibles, and singing the praises of family, although his is self serving and oblivious to his affection. A young man of about 11 is basically a thug in the making, breaking windows and stealing, but of course they smile and shake their heads at his youthful indiscretions, and he suffers no consequences. I would hope the tolerance for thuggery and rudeness portrayed in this series is not typical of British society.

ANOTHER GEM FROM ACROSS THE POND. THIS SERIES IS FULL OF WARMTH , INTRIGUE AND HUMOR IN WHAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE SETTING OF NORFOLK.

"Kingdom Season One" Is a tour of the wonderful, creative and charming actor Stephen Fry at his best. Set in a mid size contemporary English town, Stephen is the local solicitor (Lawyer) who takes on a fresh up start (I'm smarter than you) junior partner and proceeds to have us come aboard his classic 1965 Alvis TE21 Drophead Coupe and follow his adventures as he assists business owners, wives, shop keepers and a few occasional loonies in town. The writers must have had Stephen in mind for this series, it lets him display his unique charm, and whimsical wit. After viewing the first DVD I immediately ordered Season Two and Three and sit by my computer in hopes of season four.