Roddy Doyle's Family (2 Disc DVD - Pre-order) - €15 delivered [Zavvi]

Basq · 09-06-2011 2:53pm #1

This is as much a notification as it is a Bargain Alert (as this price is the best price available for the pre-order AFAIK).

This much-loved critically acclaimed controversial drama is being released at the end of the month (June 27th).. first time it's been available on either DVD or VHS since it's release 18 years ago.

Buy it @ Zavvi

Release Date: 27 June 2011

Written by acclaimed novelist Roddy Doyle and directed by Michael Winterbottom, Family is a searing television drama that aired on BBC One and RTÉ One in 1994.

Family is a compelling, characteristically no-frills look at life in an Irish suburb, where Charlo Spencer's violent behaviour, infidelities and criminal activities are pushing his wife and children to breaking point. The original transmission was a watershed moment in Irish TV history, leading to an outcry and national debate about domestic violence.

Family centres on the Spencers, a family living in a Dublin housing project. Charlo, played by Seán McGinley, is the abusive and cheating husband of Paula, played by Ger Ryan. They have four children: teenagers John Paul and Nicola, and younger children Leanne and Jack.

Told over four episodes, each one devoted to a different family member, this series gives an often harrowing picture of Irish working class life in the 1990s. The first episode focuses on Charlo; the abusive, alcoholic father and husband who makes his living as a small-time crook. Episode two takes up the story of rebellious teenager, John Paul, just as he’s starting secondary school.

The third instalment tells the story from the perspective of Nicola, who works in a clothing factory and has a particularly strained relationship with her father. In the fourth and final part we meet the emotionally and physically battered matriarch, Paula, who reclaims her identity by throwing Charlo out of the house and getting a job.

Atlantic Dawn · 09-06-2011 3:12pm

Cool must pick it up, there was a good few threads on here with people looking to get their hands on it.

HorseRadish · 09-06-2011 4:46pm

Super spot Basq,remember being glued to this when I was in secondary school. Ordered!

STIG83 · 28-06-2011 7:17pm

Got my copy today

, didnt even know it was for sale until i saw it on the shelf today in Tesco!!
Can't wait to watch it.

Basq · 28-06-2011 7:31pm

Still the same price at Zavvi..

.. how much were Tesco selling it for STIG?

Giblet · 28-06-2011 9:12pm

Yes!

Chris P. Bacon · 29-06-2011 3:39pm

Anyone know how much it is in Tesco?

iMax · 29-06-2011 3:44pm

I'd love to see a follow up to this. Not a filmed version of The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, a genuine follow up, maybe told through Nicola,

Seventeen years on, is she married with kids, did she make the same mistakes as her mother, I'd imagine John Paul to be a Heroin death or in prison, Charlo shacked up with some brasser sort & Paula doing the best she can

Dear Roddy Doyle,

I've had an idea I'd like to pitch you since the two follow ups to A Star Called Henry were crap...