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The Lotus Eaters - Complete BBC Series 2 [DVD] [1973]
Format | PAL, Colour, Mono, Full Screen |
Contributor | Ian Hendry, Wanda Ventham |
Language | English |
Number of discs | 2 |
Runtime | 5 hours |
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Product Description
The story of mysterious couple Erik Shepherd (Ian Hendry) and his wife Ann (Wanda Ventham) continues in the second series of this classic BBC drama.
Erik comes back to his bar in Crete when he discovers that Ann has lost her memory. The couple return to face death, deception and intrigue - a new game is being played out and Police Chief Michael Krasakis (Stefan Gryff) warns Erik that no one can be trusted.
Who is Gerald Mace (Timothy Carlton), and why is he so interested in the Shepherds? Is Erik right to place his trust in Sam Webber (Paul Maxwell)? And why is the Shepherds' old friend Dr Dartington (Ronald Hoard) behaving so strangely? Erik comes to realise that nothing is what it seems as the saga of The Lotus Eaters reaches its shattering conclusion...
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Tantalisingly Watchable --The Daily Telegraph
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- Aspect Ratio : 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Rated : Suitable for 12 years and over
- Language : English
- Package Dimensions : 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 83.16 g
- Item model number : 5019322326069
- Media Format : PAL, Colour, Mono, Full Screen
- Run time : 5 hours
- Release date : 2 Nov. 2009
- Actors : Ian Hendry, Wanda Ventham
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Simply Media
- ASIN : B002VPVDJE
- Country of origin : United Kingdom
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: 47,434 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)
- 12,762 in Television (DVD & Blu-ray)
- 13,705 in Drama (DVD & Blu-ray)
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The series is well done but not as interesting as series 1 because other characters, except for the police chief, are not involved in the main story. It is , however, an interesting look at a Greek island village before the dreaded development of the Mediterranean coastline took place in the ensuing years.
Graham Lewis
But...blimey...they go for it all-out in this second season. The result is a barely-watchable mish-mash of ridiculous Brit-Russo-Greek-Chino espionage story (as daft as it sounds) and kitchen sink drama (watching poor old Ian Hendry play an alcoholic, while visibly struggling with being one, is not pleasant at all). Don't even get me started on the 'trippy' dream sequences...absolutely awful (and no, it's not just the fact it was made in the 70's, it's just plain bad...this was the BBC, amateurish doesn't even begin to describe it...it was bad then, and it's bad now).
I waited for a while for the price to come down to around £20, and in the end 'gave in' to see what happens in S2...if you're that interested, don't pay more than a tenner, that's all it's worth.
Doesn't even have the nice views S1 had...makes the beautiful island of Crete look like one big dreary open-cast mine from the North of England...
While series one was more about other characters associated with the Tavern. In this series the plot concentrates on the owners, and the espionage plot line comes to the forefront. Excellent drama regardless of which decade it's seen in. Yes the transfer from film to DVD leaves a lot to be desired. Could there have been more in terms of extras? Yes there should be.
Still well worth watching.