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| Between The Lines : Complete BBC Series 1 [1992] | ![Between The Lines : Complete BBC Series 1 [1992]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QHTPECHFL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Alan Dossor, Charles Mcdougall, Jenny Killick, Peter Smith, Roy Battersby
Actors: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Robin Lermitte, Tony Doyle
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (14 reviews)
Sales Rank: 14262
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 643 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.1
EAN: 5014138302283
ASIN: B0009Y8UJA
Release Date: October 24, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: September 4, 1992
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One of the best September 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think this was one of the best and original British TV cop shows ever until all the foresnsic based ones came along. The acting is top quailty. The stories interesting. The chemistry between the characters, fun. This series has the episode 'nothing to declare' which stars Keith Allen as a customs and excise officer. He is very good in the part. The ending to this series has a suprise twist.
Gritty stuff brilliantly acted August 22, 2006
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Great characters and storylines. Each of the three main players has a distinctive place and they grow into their parts over the first four episodes. Tom Georgeson's Harry Naylor has a brilliantly dry laconic wit which isn't bettered in any police series. "Can I ask you a question, Harry?" says his boss. "As long as it's not geography..." replies Harry. Brilliant! Mo Connell's response to the outcome of the team's investigation into the death of a police inspector's wife is a harrowing, captivating moment, brilliantly acted.br /br /A rare insight into the delicate balance between catching bent coppers and avoiding frustrating the honest ones with all the power plays and politicking in the background. Great stuff. Buy it or rent it... you'll love it.
Changing The Face Of The Force April 3, 2006
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
As a lifelong fan of more "eye candy" type police series (ie The Professionals, The Sweeney etc) I was sceptical upon viewing this series' first episode when it was initially aired. How wrong I was. The performances of the leads are gripping from the outset and the chemistry between the actors is obvious. The angle that the series takes, ie policing the police, is a unique one which has never come close to being dissected in any series since. After a few "one-off" stories, the series takes on an umbrella theme, which is unmissable until the closing titles of the final episode. As far as the actual DVD quality goes, well, the sound was a little muted to these ears, but don't let that put you off! A must for any fans of police shows.
Fantastic series, slightly imperfect DVD production March 21, 2006
37 out of 42 found this review helpful
Having just rated the second series- mainly to complain about inaccurate episode descriptions- it is only right I should do the first.pBetween the Lines was a fantastic piece of television, and probably the best police series I have ever seen. I often thought of it as the Blake's 7 of police series- not meaning wobbling sets, but in being so damn relentlessly grtim, and throwing unpleasant people at us and challenging us to like them anyway.pThe best thing about Between the Lines is how it makes a political point- it clearly has a left-wing agenda- without being stupidly partisan or one sided, a feat I hjave only seen matched by The West Wing. It has a lot to say about trust, and the way the plice work; despite the many actions of many good people, how can the public really trust the police, and can the police even trust each other? Everywhere we see good people getting harshly punished for minor wrongs, whilst blatant criminals walk away scot free, all in the name of public confidence in the police, and not wanting to cause a fuss. Of course, sometimes it is the public being shafted and the dodgy cops getting clean away with it. Between the Lines very rarely makes for comfortable viewing.pThe set-up is enlongated but simple. DCI Tony Clark is am ambitious fast riser, just having gotten his Superintendant's credentials and hoping for a good posting. He doesn't know that his own police station is home to a pretty big slice of corruption, and that the feared CIB are moving in. CIB are the police for the police, based strongly on a real-life organisation which now no longer exists, having been replaced by an independant body. Interestingly, this series gives some insights on both why that was necessary, but also very awkward.pWhen CIB take a risk and ask Clark to help them root out the trouble in his own police station, Clark takes the opportunity, hoping to get all this behind him so he can move on. He does not know that CIB are eyeing him up for a full time career with them, not just a one-off job. In the name of doing the right thing, Clark finds himself betraying his friends almost immediately, and is dragged into the strange world of Complaints Investigation.pThat Clark also has a messy personal life is pretty standard stuff for cop shows, but it is done extremely well. Clark, in any objective sense, is a pretty horrible person (who also spends a surprising amount of time picking fights he can't win), but we love him anyway, and as another reviewer has pointed out, he grows throughout the series. As he grows, so too does our understanding of the world he is in, and a kind of despair builds up as it seems impossible for the police to investigate themselves comfortably. CIB are hated by all; their officers need results to get credit, but the police hate them for bringing down their own, and the public has no intention of trusting the police to investigate themselves. Both problems, whilst often presented as difficulties for Clark to overcome, are also very much pointed out as being very genuine issues. The only way CIB can often get results is to tear up trust and friendship within the police, and all too often the public are right to think that the police will act first and foremost to cover their own backs. Rarely is this seen as a matter of evil police laughing at the public they have hoaxed, but of pressured people who only have their friends in the service to turn to.pIt's a murky, horrible world, and Clark's direct, abrasive manner had me both cheering and cringing. His colleagues are a very well drawn bunch, and his boos, Chief Superintendant Deakin (played the much lamented Tony Doyle) is a brilliant mix of pragmatism and devious intent, spouting the police language you expect from the likes of the Sweeny, but dressed up like one of the establishment, playing the system better than anyone else.pThere's too much to this series to reasonably describe in a review, but I can only emphasise that it is brillaintly written, brilliantly acted, and is fantasitc- but uncomfortable- viewing for anyone who likes to pay attention to what thet watch.pHighly recommended indeed.
At long last!!!! January 4, 2006
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
I echo the joy of other reviewers..I only found out on New years Days that this wonderful series was on dvd at last. And series 2 is on it's way. Just release series 3 and my life will be complete.pA great British Tv drama. And for me it's Tom Georgeson that has all the sex appeal.
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