Waiting for God - Season 1
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Actor: Daniel Hill, Graham Crowden, Stephanie ColeDirector: Gareth Gwenlan
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 205 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
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- At the Bayview Retirement Village the elderly are expected to grow old gracefully, enjoying their final years in peace, quiet and comfort. but not if Tom (Graham Crowden) and Diana (Stephanie Cole) have anything to do with it! Meet two elderly eccentrics who refuse to put up with the appalling food and condescending staff, in the hilariously cynical BAFTA-nominated comedy that won Stephanie Cole
DVD Reviews of Waiting for God - Season 1
DVD Review: DISK WON'T PLAY
Summary: 1 Stars
THE CD WON'T PLAY. I WAS DISAPPOINTED. TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO GET MY MONEY BACK.
DVD Review: Love Diana & Tom in "Waiting for God"!
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely love this DVD! I hadn't seen the episodes before Diana & Tom got together so it was a great show to watch before the really good ones come up! It's so hilarious I can't put it down! A joy for anyone who loves British comedy!DVD Review: Waiting for God
Summary: 5 Stars
Found this a very pleasant watch. Probably would not appeal to the young but older people would enjoy this a lot. British comedy is the best
DVD Review: Just plain good - don't miss it
Summary: 5 Stars
Not all BBC series are great - many are good, some are pretty lame, and then there's the really good ones. Waiting for God is in that category. Funny, witty, well acted, well written - a fun way to spend an evening. If I have one criticism, it's that some of the side characters are pretty one-dimensional. Don't know why that is, as the writing is good enough that it didn't have to be that way. Although, perhaps some BBC executives are as thick as the U.S. ones - and think we are all as dumb as they are! However, Dianna and Tom have plenty of depth and plenty of humor and a good dollop of kindness - and that is worth 20 standard sit-coms - maybe 50 standard sit-coms. Do see it - you will love it.DVD Review: Waiting for God
Summary: 5 Stars
Love it, Love it, Love it!!!!!! Thank God this show made it to America!! It is absolutely my favorite TV show of all time. I want to be just like Diana when I grow up!! I love Stephanie Cole and I would love to see her other shows that she has acted in. I really wish "Tenko" would get released in America. I have never seen it, but it looks really great! So does "Keeping Mum".
Description of Waiting for God - Season 1
At the Bayview Retirement Village the elderly are expected to grow old gracefully, enjoying their final years in peace, quiet and comfort... but not if Tom (Graham Crowden) and Diana (Stephanie Cole) have anything to do with it! Meet two elderly eccentrics who refuse to put up with the appalling food and condescending staff, in the hilariously cynical BAFTA-nominated comedy that won Stephanie Cole a British Comedy Award in 1992.It's strange that a British comedy series in the tradition of Monty Python and Mr. Bean would sit fifteen years before being released on DVD. However, Waiting for God's humor has less slapstick mixed in with its dark, dry wit, making its style uniquely relevant to facing old age and death. The first seven episodes are collected on this disc: Welcome to Bayview, A Trip to Brighton, Cheering Up Tom, The Christening, Fraulein Mueller, The Psychiatrist, and The Helicopter. In each, elderly citizen Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden) and his grumpy spinster friend, Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole) overcome boredom and malaise within Bayview Retirement Village, having some adventures outside its confines (like when they drive a Porsche to Brighton in "A Trip to Brighton"), but mostly relying on conversation to entertain themselves. Waiting for God exemplifies smart writing paired with solid acting, since there is little dramatic action to distract from its premise. As a result, Tom and Diana's characters have well-rendered personalities, making their conversations pleasantly predictable. Tom always fantasizes, believing he can enact change, like when he stages a hunger strike against Bayview's food in "Welcome to Bayview." Diana is the quintessential pessimist, her nose always buried in a novel or in a game of solitaire to pass time until death. She's bitter towards people who "revere everything ancient except themselves." Diana and Tom bond over broken families and a love of sarcasm, and their unlikely friendship is both realistic and entertaining. Plots against their refusal to accept senior citizen status grow heated, as in "The Psychiatrist," when Harvey, Bayview's manager, aims to prove Tom and Diana mentally incompetent in order to confiscate their rights. In "The Helicopter," Tom and Diana sneak a ride in a helicopter, causing panic and chaos amongst their caretakers. Instead of poking fun at the elderly, as does the other British comedy about an old couple, Keeping Up Appearances, Waiting for God satirically highlights the absurd notion that our elders are incapable of living intelligently. --Trinie Dalton
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