Sez Les – Volume Three (1973 - 1974/Network U.K./PAL Region 2 DVD Import)
Picture:
C Sound: C+ Extras: C-
Episodes: C+
PLEASE
NOTE: This DVD set can only be operated on machines capable of playing back
DVDs that can handle Region Two/2 PAL format software and can be ordered from
our friends at Network U.K. at the website address provided at the end of the
review.
Les
Dawson is a variety host/comedian you may not have heard from if you are not in
the U.K.,
but he was a huge success and this included his hit TV show Sez Les, which ran from 1969 to
1976. This is our first time seeing the
show, but Dawson, who we first encountered from a collection of surviving
specials he did for ITV that you can read more about at this link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/9255/Les+Dawson+At+ITV+%E2%80%93+T
This Volume Three set runs 3 DVDs and pretty
much follows the same format as the specials and even features some of his same
characters. One big difference is that
John Cleese shows up in more than a few of the skits and you get more shows
here overall vs. the previous release. Dawson even sings and you
get more musical guests. Olivia
Newton-John, Lynsey de Paul and Lulu (singing no less than David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World!) are
back. Also appearing are Labi Siffre, Clive
Dunn, Dana, Slade and David Essex among others.
This set also includes the 1973 Christmas Special.
That is
enough to make this set better than it would be just on Dawson and the majority
of skits that I yet again did not care for.
Cleese had just finished Monty
Python and fans will want to see him here.
As for
picture and sound, they are the same as the Specials, except that the picture is slightly better and sound
slightly worse than the Specials
set. The only extras are stills, unless
you count the Xmas show.
As noted
above, you can order this DVD import exclusively from Network U.K. at:
http://www.networkdvd.net/
or
www.networkdvd.co.uk
- Nicholas Sheffo
