Love Soup (Complete Series 1 & 2) - 4-DVD Box Set ( Love Soup - Complete Series One and Two )

Love Soup (Complete Series 1 & 2) - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Love Soup - Complete Series One and Two
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
711 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Christine Gernon
Sandy Johnson

Written By:
David Renwick

Actors:
Tamsin Greig ..... Alice Chenery (18 episodes, 2005-2008)
Montserrat Lombard ..... Milly Russell (17 episodes, 2005-2008)
Sheridan Smith ..... Cleo Martin / ... (15 episodes, 2005-2008)
Owen Brenman ..... Lloyd Drewitt / ... (8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Michael Landes ..... Gil Raymond / ... (8 episodes, 2005-2008)
Mark Heap ..... Douglas McVitie (5 episodes, 2008)
Amelia Curtis ..... Fae Maddison (5 episodes, 2008)
Trudie Styler ..... Irene (5 episodes, 2005)
Brian Protheroe ..... Bob (3 episodes, 2005)

Synopsis:

Alice Chenery and Gil Raymond are perfect for each other. They like the same things, respect the same things, and share the same beliefs. The only problem is that they are completely unaware of each other's existence.
Season 1
There Must Be Some Way Out of Here S1, Ep1 1 Aug. 2006
Death and Nurses S1, Ep2 4 Oct. 2005
The Reflecting Pool S1, Ep3 15 Aug. 2006
They Do Not Move S1, Ep4 22 Aug. 2006
Take Five S1, Ep5 29 Aug. 2006
War Is Heck S1, Ep6 5 Sep. 2006
Season 2
Smoke and Shadows S2, Ep1 1 Mar. 2008
Integrated Logistics S2, Ep2 8 Mar. 2008
Dream Twister S2, Ep3 15 Mar. 2008
The Menaced Assassin S2, Ep4 22 Mar. 2008
Ragged Claws S2, Ep5 29 Mar. 2008
Sophisticated Lady S2, Ep6 5 Apr. 2008
Green Widow S2, Ep7 12 Apr. 2008
Lobotomy Bay S2, Ep8 19 Apr. 2008
Kiss of Death S2, Ep9 26 Apr. 2008
Whose God Is It Anyway? S2, Ep10 3 May 2008
Human Error S2, Ep11 10 May 2008
Home S2, Ep12 17 May 2008

Penned by the sitcom legend, David Renwick, (One Foot in the Grave, Jonathan Creek), Love Soup is a romantic comedy drama that takes at entertaining and provocative look at one woman's search for sanity, sex and a soul-mate. It stars Tamsin Greig (Green Wing, Black Books). This box set contains both popular series. Series 1: What happens when your first love is a distant memory but you haven't yet found "the one"? Alice Chenery (Tamsin Greig), is an account manager for a perfume company in a London department store, struggling to maintain a flat in Brighton she cannot afford. Michael Landes, (The Wonder Years and The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air) plays Gil Raymond, a successful American comedy writer who has fled his home country in search of artistic integrity and a lasting relationship. The parallel lives of this perfectly matched couple -- who have yet to meet each other -- unfold revealing their hopes, fears and dating disasters as they try to remain sane in a world from which they each feel increasingly excluded. Series 2: Will Alice's potential partners turn out to be any less bizarre, embarrassing or generally unsuitable than in the first series? Alice is now an account manager for a perfume counter in a London department store. Millie and Cleo are her sweet, ever-so-slightly deranged staff, keen to see the funny, caring but somewhat reticent Alice find the happiness she deserves - and not above fighting each other in pursuit of their own. This series charts the highs and lows of the three girls' quirky encounters with the opposite sex, in search of all three's perfect match. Alice's new friends drag her into the world of showbiz. There, her encounters with heartthrob actor Jake Randall, veteran comedian Gordon Bexter, madcap Marty Cady and a German necrophiliac only serve to increase her self-doubt. Could Douglas really be "the one"? Should she adopt the more off-beat attitude to romance shared by her perfume counter colleagues Millie and Cleo? Or could it really be possible that she lost her soul mate?

Love Soup (Season 1)
Based on the age-old idea that there's just one Mr or Mrs Right out there for everyone, David Renwick's romantic comedy series follows the parallel lives of two single people looking for love. Alice Chenery is an account manager for a perfume counter in a London department store, struggling to maintain a flat she cannot afford. Gil Raymond is a successful American comedy writer who has fled his home country in search of artistic integrity and a lasting relationship. Each episode observes their hopes and fears as they try to remain sane in a world from which they each feel increasingly excluded. Gil and Alice are perfect for each other, but how will they ever know?
Season 1
There Must Be Some Way Out of Here S1, Ep1 1 Aug. 2006
Alice finds that putting her flat on the market is fraught with more problems than she imagined ... and when she recruits the help of a tall, handsome stranger events take a very unexpected turn. Meanwhile, American writer Gil, cannot believe the chaos he has caused with a stray remark to his neighbours ... will his promising relationship with an attractive TV producer go any smoother?
Death and Nurses S1, Ep2 4 Oct. 2005
It's Alice's birthday and her star chart, she is reliably informed, means the time is right to meet her perfect partner. So when her colleagues arrange a sure-fire date for her, what can possibly go wrong? Elsewhere, Gil is struggling to write the script for Love Soup and his efforts are hampered by several distractions, including his naked neighbour Irene at her bathroom window, a nightmare dinner party, and the amorous intentions of a beautiful narcoleptic. If that wasn't bad enough, he also has the wrath of God to contend with. Meanwhile, Alice receives an obscene ...
The Reflecting Pool S1, Ep3 15 Aug. 2006
Alice is "quaking in her boots" at the prospect of addressing a hall full of delegates at her company's sales conference, while Gil finds himself with the dubious honour of officiating at the opening of his neighbour, Irene's (Trudie Styler), new heated swimming pool. It's bad enough that Alice has to share a hotel room with the gorgeous Rochelle - a junior account manager and part-time model with "the personality of a pencil and a body you would kill for". But then there's the added horror of a sexual encounter from 10 years earlier coming back to haunt her in a very...
They Do Not Move S1, Ep4 22 Aug. 2006
Alice's search for a new flat prompts her to reflect that properties are like people: just when you seem to have found the ideal candidate, there's always one fatal flaw you know you could never live without. And so it proves when a chance meeting with an old colleague leads to an unfortunate evening with an avant garde artist, and her forced complicity in some 'extra-marital semi-incestuous hanky panky'. Meanwhile, she's unsure what to make of the strangely unnerving 'aura' surrounding Milly's new boyfriend. Gil, meanwhile, has also been set up with a dream date - ...
Take Five S1, Ep5 29 Aug. 2006
A young medical student has developed an infatuation with Alice. His partner is determined to nip his 'schoolboy crush' in the bud. She believes it's up to Alice to sort the matter out by demonstrating that she's not the 'mythic sex goddess' of his dreams. Unfortunately for Alice, this is just one of many problems vying for her attention. Also on her mind are some serious ethical issues raised by Cleo's love life, a highly damaging article in the store's in-house magazine and a truly bizarre revelation in her local cemetery. Meanwhile, for Gil, the road to a ...
War Is Heck S1, Ep6 5 Sep. 2006
For Alice the promise of love and a whole new direction to her life takes root after she learns that a member of her family is nursing a dark secret and desperately needs her help. Meanwhile, for Gil the road to romantic fulfillment begins, of all places, in a dentist's chair and ends up on the set of his latest screenplay...
Love Soup (Season 2)
Is there really one Mr or Mrs Right out there for everyone? Rejoin Alice Chenery in the second series of this poignant BBC romantic comedy as she searches for love, and find out whether her potential partners turn out to be any less bizarre, embarrassing or generally unsuitable than in the first series. Alice is now an account manager for a perfume counter in a London department store. Millie and Cleo are her sweet, ever-so-slightly deranged staff, keen to see the funny, caring but somewhat reticent Alice find the happiness she deserves - and not above fighting each other in pursuit of their own. This poignant romantic comedy charts the highs and lows of the three girls' quirky encounters with the opposite sex, in search of their perfect match. Alice's new friends drag her into the world of showbiz. There, her encounters with heartthrob actor Jake Randall, veteran comedian Gordon Bexter, madcap Marty Cady and a German necrophiliac only serve to increase her self-doubt. Could Douglas really be 'the one'? Should she adopt the more off-beat attitude to romance shared by her perfume counter colleagues Millie and Cleo? Or could it really be possible that she lost her soul mate?
Season 2
Smoke and Shadows S2, Ep1 1 Mar. 2008
Ever the neurotic Alice is worried when regional boss Catherine Sumpter, who is allegedly a Lesbian, asks to meet her in a hotel though she escapes unscathed. She is also concerned that driving instructor Ted may be making advances at her but the lesson ends up getting car-jacked whilst Cleo is annoyed to read in her boyfriend's journal that she is not good in bed and Milly falls for the romantic shadow of a man who burgles her flat.
Integrated Logistics S2, Ep2 8 Mar. 2008
Cleo tries to set Alice up on a blind date with one of the department's sales reps but it falls flat because Alice only has eyes for the young man she met at the cash dispensing machine. Meanwhile Milly starts to doubt her boyfriend's fidelity and recruits Cleo to set a honey trap to test him. Needless to say it does not end well.
Dream Twister S2, Ep3 15 Mar. 2008
Alice meets Mitch, a former boyfriend who is now a university lecturer and they go on a date. However she becomes convinced that one of his students is stalking him - which leads to confusion and an end to the affair. Milly and Cleo also have an encounter with the police following an ill-advised foray into speed dancing. Alice meets a man through a lonely hearts column but when he fails to show she tears up his photo.
The Menaced Assassin S2, Ep4 22 Mar. 2008
Whilst Milly dates a man who is part native American Cleo has a bizarre sexual encounter at the local recycling centre, leading to a spot of S & M. Alice encounters Neil, an old flame who dumped her some years earlier but her efforts to follow him lead her being taken in by the anti-terrorist police.
Ragged Claws S2, Ep5 29 Mar. 2008
Alice is literally swept off her feet by the successful and suave Matthew Chater.
Sophisticated Lady S2, Ep6 5 Apr. 2008
Following Alice's split with Matthew Milly and Cleo decide to help her out and find her a suitable boyfriend - by looking at the confidential prescription recommendations for male customers at the pharmacy though it fails to bear fruit. Alice herself is more concerned by the strange behaviour of new colleague Antonia, who seems unable to distinguish between fiction and reality.
Green Widow S2, Ep7 12 Apr. 2008
Tired of commuting to work from Brighton Alice rents out her flat and sleeps on Milly's sofa whilst looking for a place of her own. Through Lloyd Drewitt she meets an actor Jake Randall, who is rather too attentive, an actress Fae Madison and a writer, Douglas McVitie, who knew the late Gil Raymond and with whom she gets on rather well.
Lobotomy Bay S2, Ep8 19 Apr. 2008
Alice and Douglas begin dating and go to dinner with one of his ex-girlfriends and her media mogul husband. She is a cartoonist and Alice is less than flattered when she realizes that she has created a cartoon character that looks exactly like Alice herself. Fae meanwhile goes on her first blind date in years but Milly finds herself having to get rid of an unwanted admirer.
Kiss of Death S2, Ep9 26 Apr. 2008
Alice and Douglas go to the Royal Court to see a play starring one of Alice's all time favourite actors Gordon Bexter but she is rather put off to learn that he is to direct a play about necrophilia 'Kiss of Death' by an avant-garde German playwright. With her old friend Lloyd becoming available again Alice believes that she and Douglas are not suited to each other and should break up but he is very persistent in trying to change her mind.
Whose God Is It Anyway? S2, Ep10 3 May 2008
Alice has moved in with Fae, whose father Larry is dying so Fae asks Alice to pray for him. In the event he gets better and his gold-digging new wife is not happy with Alice. Meanwhile Douglas is finding it hard to cope with the break-down of his marriage and tries acupuncture to help forget her, as well as getting involved with Heather, his ironing lady.
Human Error S2, Ep11 10 May 2008
Whilst Alice begins to see Fae's bad habits there is good news for Douglas when it seems likely that a script he wrote some time ago will be turned into a film. The problem is that the optioned star Marty Cady was recently found in his car with a dead prostitute but nonetheless Douglas goes to Marty's villa to work on the screenplay. A despairing Lloyd meanwhile ends up having sex with a paraplegic woman.
Home S2, Ep12 17 May 2008
Alice realizes that Douglas has ended their affair and stops Lloyd from committing suicide. They begin talking and he gives her the CDs of Gil's diaries so that she can hear the voice to whom she spoke on the phone but never got to meet. feeling happier she gives bereavement advice to a young friend only to find that he was not bereaved after all before visiting Gil's house and resting on the gate where is ghost briefly appears.

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