A very peculiar practice series 1 download british comedy guide. Available now 0 view episodes stephen finds himself appointed the head of medical practice at lowlands university. Karen kingsburys maggies christmas miracle 2017 hdtv h264 ac3 5. Stephen daker, a freshfaced young gp, joins the medical practice at lowlands university. Series 1 was released about 7 years ago, but series 2 just never appeared. A very peculiar practice was a british comedy show from the mid1980s very dark in its humor, with extreme characterization and bizarre situations, set around a university medical practice. His colleagues are alcoholic radical dr jock mccannon, unprincipled feminist rose marie and underachieving entrepreneur. Kanskas best known roles on television were as a polish academic, grete gretowska, in the second series of the bbcs a very peculiar practice 1988 and a sequel, a very polish practice in 1992, as sirkka nieminen in capital city 1990 and as kgb major nina grishna in the bbcs mini series. A very peculiar practice is a bbc tv series first broadcast in 1986 season 1 and 1988 season 2, with a oneoff special, a very polish. If ordering from a uk store, please note that you are in region 1 dvdregion a bluray, whilst the uk is in region 2b, respectively.
Released by the bbc this very cynical darkly comical series was originally produced in the mid 80s. A very peculiar practice series 2 first broadcast 1988 written by andrew davies starring peter davison, graham crowden, david troughton, barbara flynn, joanna kanska, michael j shannon. It was one of only two original television series that he wrote. Written with an acute irony by andrew davies, whose move into more mainstream adaptations such as pride and prejudice 1995 was contemporary tv dramas greatest loss, a very peculiar practice is a television landmark that, alongside the singing detective and edge of darkness, marks 1986 as one of the finest years in the history of the medium. And youve ended up in probably the worst practice in the british isles. Dr stephen daker returns to his position as chief of the lowlands university medical practice to find an american instal. A very peculiar practice 198688 is a campus based comedydrama series that drew upon his career in education. A young and idealistic doctor stephen daker arrives at lowlands university to work at the health centre, but has to cope with an eccentric set of colleagues. View episodes doctor stephen daker takes up his post at lowlands university.
A very peculiar practice, series 2 trailer youtube. He is soon disillusioned by his new colleagues, but is fortunate to be rescued from drowning by a nice research student named lyn turtle. To pay off that debt he wrote a different series instead, a very peculiar practice. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A very peculiar practice the complete series is available to buy on dvd. A very peculiar practice by peter davison hub updated 9 hours ago one of peters favorite series was 19861988s a very peculiar practice, an offbeat satirical series starring peter as dr. Ill have to try and watch both series sometime soon. A very peculiar practice the complete series youtube. Idealistic doctor stephen daker peter davison starts work in the medical centre. A very peculiar practice black bobs hamburger suit 1986 avpp1986. Graham crowden, peter davison, barbara flynn, david troughton, elaine turrell. A very peculiar practice complete first series mum. Lowlands university is a swamp of fear and loathing. Peter davison stars in andrew davies cult bbc medical comedy drama a very peculiar practice.
A very peculiar practice 19861988 series cast 1 peter davison. Hes now the head of the practice, but lyn has moved on, and so has vice chancellor earnest hemingway, replaced by someone even more ruthless. A very peculiar practice is a bbc comedydrama series, which ran for two series in 1986 and 1988. Stephen daker, the only sane person among a band of eccentrics in a university health center. Rent a very peculiar practice aka a very peculiar practice the complete bbc series 1988 for free as part of our trial offer. The series a was a surreal black comedy, set in the health centre of a british university. Written by andrew davies, the show was a black dramedy about great britains national health service nhs and its internal dramas and politics. The various misadventures of stephen daker, a young doctor who works for the.
A very peculiar practice tv series 19861988 cast imdb. In 2010, the guardian ranked the serial at number 5 in their list of the top. Series 1 a very peculiar practice stephen daker, a brilliant doctor but disastrous human being, takes up his post at lowlands university, only to discover his colleagues are not quite all there. Andrew davies surreal, searingly funny look at sexual politics, medical malpractice and academic rivalry at the height of the thatcher era won huge acclaim and a bafta nomination for best drama series. A very peculiar practice the complete series dvd british. He is soon disillusioned by his new colleagues, but is fortunate to be rescued from drowning by a nice research student. This special collectors set includes the entire first season of the popular and critically acclaimed bbc television series, a very peculiar practice. I moved to the middle east in 1987 and never saw series 2 although if i remember it was panned by the critics. Later had an unexpected oneoff sequel a very polish practice. Like most of the bbcs finest dramas, this series appears to have been forgotten about. All you like a very peculiar practice season 1 and 2 the. This month sees the longawaited release on dvd of the 1980s drama a very peculiar practice.
Andrew davies writer peter davison actor graham crowden actor barbara flynn actor da a very peculiar practice. This set comprises both series and a very polish practice, the 1992 sequel film which finds stephen coping with life in postcommunism warsaw. Watched this as a 15 year old when it was originally on bbc 1. It was written by andrew davies, and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the university of warwick. A very peculiar practice bbc, 198688, set in the fictional lowlands university, is a cutting but touching satire on a university in crisis. A very peculiar practice aka a very peculiar practice. Written superbly by andrew davies it ran for two series from 1986 to 1988. Some merciless satire, several very surreal running jokes eg the thieving nuns and some excellent characters and acting. Graham crowden, peter davison, barbara flynn, david troughton, elaine turrell, lindy whiteford, amanda hillwood, gillian raine, john bird, michael shannon, david tucker, a very peculiar practice the complete series 5dvd set, a very peculiar practice the complete series 5dvd set, david. Watch a very peculiar practice season 2, episode 1 the new frontier. This means that many but by no means all may fail to play.
If you like a very peculiar practice you are looking for surreal, touching and dark humor movies or tv shows about with university, misfit, teachers and students, nun, polish, society and social misfits themes of comedy and drama genre shot in uk. The two series were followed by a 90 minute madefortelevision film following. To my knowledge it was never repeated and a dvd of the complete series has been an age coming. A very peculiar practice series 1 download british. Stephen finds himself appointed the head of medical practice at lowlands university. Buy a very peculiar practice the complete bbc series network dvd 1986 from. Andrew davies scripts took a savage swipe at modern academia, and by the second series, the university had been taken over by an american company interested only in assetstripping and weapons technology research. A showpiece sixties campus looking increasingly anachronistic in the paranoid, profitdriven eighties, it is staffed by angstridden academics desperate to hang onto their privileged status amid swingeing cutbacks. In the uk, series 1 was shown on bbc4 recently at close to midnight as part of an andrew davies season. The various misadventures of stephen daker, a young doctor who works for the health centre of a modern british university. A very peculiar practice series 2 still wickedly funny and powerfully satirical, this time we see stephen dakers growing confidence dwindle again. Bitter moon movie 1992 directed by roman polanski and starring peter coyote, emmanuelle seigner, hugh grant. He is now best known for his adaptations of classic works of literature for television including pride and prejudice 1995 starring colin firth and jennifer ehle, vanity fair 1998, bleak house 2005 and sense and sensibility.
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