Please Sir! [DVD]

Since Network went bust .It's hard to find the movies .Luckily Amazon had some new stock in.This is a great film from the early 1970s T.V. seriesIt's been restored well and looks better than the DVD.It's well worth picking up while stocks last

This was great fun to watch and caused a lot of reminiscing.

Absolutely loved it excellent film recommended 5 stars………..

This is a great series of early 70s TV humour, not soured by the current fad for political correctness. It appears that many of the reviews are not actually about the full box set. The first 6 discs are superb featuring the well known and remembered cast and 5C, led by the bumbling but lovable Bernard Hedges (John Alderton) with Derrick Guyler as Potter etc etc. The second set of discs is a little different. Starting well with the familiar crew, the class inevitably move on and are replaced with a new bunch. Bernard Hedges, now married, also moves on and there is also a change in writers. That is the point when, in my opinion, the entire thing should have been scrapped. The new line up is just not up to scratch (I notice that none of the new crew are credited on the box). The film is also included which is a bonus. If you long for the good old fashioned family comedy that is clean (albeit non PC) this is a good bet.

Perfect going t enjoy it

This review is just for the feature film which was my only purchase. Fashions have changed, downwards in the case of skirts, cars are less interesting, certainly more so than the MG Midget seen in the film but human nature and humour are much the same then and now.You didn't have to at school (primary or senior) at the time the film was made to enjoy it or find it funny. School has changed since then, perhaps not always for the better yet true to life today, not all teachers look foward to the start of a new term! So as funny as I found the film, more so the first half, my teenage daughter really enjoyed the film as well. The second half of the film is a bit more 'preachy' with perhaps more of a moral message than the first half, but it's still good, just less funny in my experience.The DVD is mono but the sound quality is ok. The picture quality is quite good, not as sharp and clear as some DVDs of this era or more recent ones but other than the opening subtitles, assumedly filmed with a slightly dusty transparency in front of the camera. Would it sharpen up released as a blu-ray - the quality is already better than some shameful offerings I've reviewed - it certainly deserves someone trying.There are a few dubious phrases and scenes that aren't acceptable today YET none are malicious in their intent and in one instance its the parent rather than the child character who is the bad example.In summary, a funny film, at least in my own and my teenage daughter's opinion and despite not having the hype of some supposedly amazing old films re-released that turn out to be medicore, this is gem.

Film version of the tv series which lasted 4seasons Rookie teacher hedges a enthusiastic but gullible teacher is placed in charge of the most disruptive class at fenn street school in the 1970sLondon , it's obvious that the kids who look much older than the 17years they are playing ,at least now they do but that's ok it is funny for its age,,,,,,,,, the kids after they left after three years went off onto a spin off series fenn street and that went on for 3years

Almost faultless script and inspired performances make this film a joy from start to finish, and its depiction of 70s working-class Britain is fearless and accurate.An unruly class from a 70s comp gets to go to camp thanks to its idealistic young teacher, Bernard Hedges (outstanding John Alderton). Unfortunately, the girl he likes thinks he's a racist because of a mischievous black pupil ('Double-Deckers' Brinsley Forde) and he's being pursued by a heavy-breathing Patsy Rowlands, while the dragon-lady senior teacher (Joan Sanderson, a tour de force of articulate, withering scorn) is just waiting for the kids to screw up, and worst of all are the teenage louts themselves (all looking suspiciously adult!), who live up to their awful rep when faced with sharing camp with kids from a posh school. Also, unbeknownst to Mr Hedges, one of the kids is there without the permission or knowledge of his brutal, illiterate father.Joys include the raucous rendition of 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' at assembly, Hedges's bleeding-heart plea for 'his' kids, while Sanderson rolls her eyes, Hedges trapped in a gypsy caravan with a cursing old gipsy-woman ("You'll die be [sic] drownin' ,you will, and bear no children!"), wonderful Deryck Guyler as the ex-military buffoon caretaker, and the daft old teacher chundering on about what he once did with 'Nanny's reticule'. But there is so much more. It's a great ensemble cast. See a very small Todd Carty from EastEnders wet his pants! Even the very end credits provide a laugh, with Feisal's (Aziz Resham) insane dancing. Every scene hangs together nicely and feeds into the story properly.It's straight-up funny, but there's also a great warmth about it is.Yes, the kids are a nightmare, from weird Mummy's-Boy Frankie (he'd grow up to be a serial-killer in real life) to precocious wide-boy Craven, but they care about each other, Mr Hedges cares about them and they about him, so you end up caring for them all. You want poor Den to get to spend his life in the country, caring for animals, you want Eric and Carol to get married and get their own council home and you want the Number 3 dog to come in for Craven!

Great show to watch at home with the family

the first season in greatThey made casting changes for the second seasonthe second season not worth the time