Love Thy Neighbour: The Complete Series [DVD]

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The entire first series, plus the pilot, of the 1970s comedy which at the height of its success had over 17 million viewers. If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. The series uses made up words to insult each other, which couldnt be accused of racist because they were made up, were talking 50 years ago!

Clean comedy well written when you didn't have to watch what you said and all taken as harmless fun it's what's lacking today . Viewing this series with modern sensibilities can make for a bit of a culture shock and I found myself wincing a little, shocked at the racist epithets casually spoken by the white protagonist, Eddie Booth. So, these comedies, in my view, aren't "racist", but rather portray ignorant white characters who are gotten the better of because of their racism and ignorance. Highly popular and more than a little controversial Love Thy Neighbour consistently appeared in the top three programmes of the week throughout the majority of its eight series run even its repeats reached the top of the charts!

It was based around a white working class couple trying to come to terms with a black couple that had moved in next door. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved. This particular release has been discontinued, however you may still be able to find second-hand copies. To those born in the mid 60's like me, the first nostalgia trip is when you play an episode and the old Thames television logo appears.

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While Eddie struggles to come to terms with the political views and race of his affable neighbours, his more tolerant wife Joan ( Kate Williams) in turn fails to sympathise with him and strikes up a close friendship with Barbie. I am happy to report that Love Thy Neighbour is every bit as good, if not better, than I remembered. In this 1973 movie the happy family hilarity comes to a head when they enter the local 'Love Thy Neighbour' competition.

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Story of 2 (sensible) ladies who get on, have a cup of tea, while their husbands try to get one over each other. Pro-white socialist Eddie Booth is disgusted when a black couple move in next door - but far worse than his skin colour, Bill Reynolds is Conservative. While Eddie struggles to come to terms with the political views and race of his affable neighbours, his more tolerant wife Joan (Kate Williams) in turn fails to sympathise with him and strikes up a close friendship with Barbie.

The storyline revolves around racist bigot Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst) who is constantly making comments about people of different races in a derogatory manner.LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR takes a lighthearted look at the problem of colour through the eyes of a white couple, Eddie and Joan Booth and a black couple, Bill and Barbie Reynolds, who move in next door. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.