A Bit of a Do - 4-DVD Box Set

A Bit of a Do - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
650 min + extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
David Reynolds
John Glenister

Written By:
David Nobbs

Actors:
David Jason ..... Ted Simcock (13 episodes, 1989)
Gwen Taylor ..... Rita Simcock / ... (13 episodes, 1989)
Nicola Pagett ..... Liz Badger / ... (13 episodes, 1989)
Stephanie Cole ..... Betty Sillitoe (13 episodes, 1989)
Tim Wylton ..... Rodney Sillitoe (13 episodes, 1989)
Sarah-Jane Holm ..... Jenny Simcock / ... (13 episodes, 1989)
Wayne Foskett ..... Elvis Simcock (13 episodes, 1989)
Michael Jayston ..... Neville Badger (12 episodes, 1989)
Nigel Hastings ..... Simon Rodenhurst (12 episodes, 1989)
Karen Drury ..... Carol Fordingbridge (10 episodes, 1989)
Malcolm Hebden ..... Alec (9 episodes, 1989)
David Thewlis ..... Paul Simcock (6 episodes, 1989)
Tracy Brabin ..... Sandra Pickersgill / ... (6 episodes, 1989)
Paul Chapman ..... Laurence Rodenhurst (5 episodes, 1989)
Amanda Wenban ..... Lucinda Snellmarsh (5 episodes, 1989)
Malcolm Tierney ..... Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe / ... (5 episodes, 1989)
Diana Weston ..... Corinna Price-Rodgerson (3 episodes, 1989)
Keith Marsh ..... Percy Spragg (2 episodes, 1989)
William Simons ..... Dale Monsal (2 episodes, 1989)
David Yelland ..... Gerry Lansdown (2 episodes, 1989)
Philip Bird ..... Andrew Denton (2 episodes, 1989)
Nigel Leach ..... Vicar (2 episodes, 1989)

Synopsis:

The complete 1st and 2nd series of A Bit of a Do.

Randy revelations and feuding families. Ted Simcock, maker of toasting forks, coal scuttles and door knockers, Laurence Rodenhurst, dentist to the more up-market members of society and Rodney Sillitoe all enjoy A Bit Of A Do, as do their wives, relations and assorted friends. The 'do's' range from A White Wedding, to a Dentist Dinner Dance, An Angling Club Christmas Party to the Crowning of Miss Frozen Chicken UK and a Registry Office Wedding to a Funeral and a Civil Wedding!

Season 1:

1. The White Wedding
2. The Dentists Dinner Place
3. The Angling Club Christmas Party
4. The Charity Horse Racing Evening
5. The Crownnig Of Miss Frozen Chicken (UK)
6. The Registry Office Wedding

Season 2:

1. The Church Wedding
2. The Christening
3. The Grand Opening Of Stillitoe's
4. The Farewell Party
5. The Inauguration Of The Outer INner Relief Ring Road
6. The Funeral
7. The Civil Wedding

The show was set in a fictional Yorkshire town. Each episode took place at a different social function and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks (David Jason, Gwen Taylor, David Thewlis and Wayne Foskett) and the middle-class Rodenhursts (Nicola Pagett, Paul Chapman, Sarah-Jane Holm and Nigel Hastings), together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe (Tim Wylton and Stephanie Cole), and Neville Badger (Michael Jayston).

There were two series, each of six episodes, set in a fictional Yorkshire town and based on the books by David Nobbs, the creator of Reginald Perrin and Henry Pratt. Each episode took place at a different social function (a 'do') and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks and the middle-class Rodenhursts, together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe, and Neville Badger.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 26 June, 2009.

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