BMW 1 series as an everyday family car

Advantages: Plenty. Residual values are also truely astonishing!
Disadvantages: The rear doors - they don't open very wide and it's hard to manage getting very young children and the elderly in and out

...My wife and I have had our fair share of cars over the past 5 years or so - about 12 in total - and each one was very different to its predecessor. For example, we went from a Ford Escort to a Peugeot 206; a BMW Z3 to a VW Golf; from a LandRover Discovery to Porsche 911; and from a BMW 330d Sport to a Fiant Punto Mia (1.2). Most recent ly we changed from a BMW X3 to a BMW 116i Sport. If asked to choose which of all the cars we have owned I would recommend the most, I would say that depended to whom the recommendation was being made; however, if like us you have a young family and an active lifestyle, although you might imagine the versatility of a 4x4 such as the Discovery would be a good bet to get my vote, I would honestly have to say that, pound for pound, the 1 series has been the best buy by far. Let's start with the most...

Blackdog23 21.06.2006 · Read review
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Gavin & Stacey - Series 1

Advantages: A strong British sitcom
Disadvantages: Still has it's odd critic

...Name a decent British sitcom from the last 5 years....now name one that isn't written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant....or David Mitchell and Robert Webb...all you're left with (in my opinion) is a little known sitcom written by Ruth Jones and James Corden that has escalated from a bit-part in the schedule of BBC Three to one of the most loved comedies of recent years - Gavin & Stacey. The story goes of two people who have never met, Gavin (Matthew Horne) and Stacey (Joanna Page), but eventually decide to do so after months of chatting to one another over the phone. Upon meeting in the middle of Leicester Square along with their best mates, Smithy (played by Corden) and Nessa (Jones), they hit it off and decide it was one of the best decisions they ever made. The same can't be said about Smithy and Nessa however... As the series...

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BMW 120d - The only 1 Series??

Advantages: Well built, rear wheel drive, excellent handling, fast, good fuel economy
Disadvantages: expensive to buy and fix, run flat tyres as standard

...Having had several test drives across more or less the full range of 1 Series', trying to establish which version I am likely to buy, I can honestly say that for me there is only one choice! Whilst all are put together to the high standards we have come to expect from BMW over time, I can't help but feel that the price difference in models presents you with a bargain when looking to the 120d. The 118d is a good car in itself, but the difference in grunt received from the extra £800 of going a model up is well worth it. Granted, the majority of what follows is not 'standard' equipment on the car, but when is it ever with BMW?? The m-tech extras are again worth the extra money, as the handling, looks and performance are so greatly refined that you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd bought a sports car. The six speed gear box is...

Proximus 17.01.2007 · Read review
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CASUALTY SERIES 1

Advantages: good clean entertainment
Disadvantages: makes you feel old

...Casualty made its first appearance on 6th September 1986 and has survived to this present day, being shown almost all year round now on a Saturday night. HISTORY ++++++++ Casualty tells the story of the A&E department of the fictional Holby City Hospital. Originally based in Bristol you presume from the terrible accents in the first series! Casualty is now a legend of Saturday night television and I for one love it. The characters come and go, but they always stay long enough to get you interested and some are in it for years. Casualty is more than a soap, it is a drama. CASUALTY - SERIES 1 - DVD ++++++++++++++++++++++++ The first series has 15 episodes in it and features storylines of rape, child abuse, alcoholism, fraud, abortion and relationships at work. Each episode is approximately 50 minutes long, although...

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Extras - Series 1

Advantages: Another cracking comedy from Gervais & Merchant
Disadvantages: Some people see it as "lesser" compared to the Office

...Right, first of all I get it out of the way......the Office was the sitcom that was critically-acclaimed, and seen by many, myself included, as better than Extras, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's follow-up sitcom. But don't think it's any less of a programme...far from it. It was first aired on July 21, 2005 on BBC Two, with six episodes made in the first series, based around two people trying to make a living as extras in films, despite the insignificance of their parts. So, the thing that made Extras somewhat different from numerous sitcoms was the guest stars. Ben Stiller, Ross Kemp, Vinnie Jones, Kate Winslet, Les Dennis, Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Stewart all starred in the series. As Gervais confessed during filming, in the writing Merchant and he attempt to make "twisted" versions of the stars. Why though? Well...

carl.mcqueen 21.08.2006 · Read review
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The Office Series 1

Advantages: Genius comedy
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

...-worthy, pompous and embarrassing...and a down-right idiot of a boss. Other characters include Tim (Martin Freeman) - a man stuck in a dead-end job, bored of life at Wernham Hogg, and who seems like one of the only sane people in the company. Gareth (Mackenzie Crook) the "Assistant to the Regional Manager" who is the only man who seems to be on Brent's wavelength...somehow. Dawn (Lucy Davis) - the receptionist, who like Tim, seems stuck in a dead-end job, with nowhere to go but be further annoyed by Brent! The first series includes six episodes, that to some extent do follow after on another, although it's not essential, say if you started watching half way through the series, as you'd still be able to fully understand. The opening episode kicks off the running theme throughout the series - "Downsizing" - David's boss, Jennifer Taylor Clark...

carl.mcqueen 06.07.2006 · Read review
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The Young Ones DVD - Series 1

Advantages: Awesome episodes - a classic t.v. sitcom produced to be as the original was
Disadvantages: not sharper image, no extras

...leg from the morge where he brought it home from one of his classes to write an essay on it. He decides to strap it to the front of his car instead in the 1st episode! The DVD is a simple set up and plays striaght on to the episodes, you can select play all, or view one by one. It contains the whole of series one of the young ones. The episodes are as follows; 1. Demolition. This is the first one ever and we see an intro duction to all the characters, including the landlord who has various other roles throughout the series. The basic plot appart from setting up and introducing characters is that the guys are living in their accomodation they have done for some time when one day they recieve a letter from the council informing them that their house is to be demolished. Naturally Vyvyan throws a tantrum and decides to beat them to the job...

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Utter comedy chaos! (Fawlty Towers series 1)

Advantages: brilliant comedy acting and hilarious slapstick.
Disadvantages: completely disadvantage free!

...Fawlty towers was and still is an outstanding comedy series of iconic standards. Comedy writers of today would just love to be able to come up with both an idea and a cast that could even come close to this brilliant show. I will now attempt to put into words just how good this comedy was for those of you who haven't seen it. ★The show in general★ The basic idea of the show is that Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) is a hotel owner but not just any hotel, probably the worst hotel in Britain. The hotel is situated in Torquay and together with his wife Sybil (Prunella Scales) they don't so much as run the hotel as run it into the ground. They have the help of Polly (Connie Booth) the maid and Manuel (Andrew Sachs) the waiter and general dogsbody. Polly is a somewhat sexy level headed girl who constantly bails Basil out when he...

thebigc1690 05.06.2007 (24.01.2008) · Read review
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Red Dwarf series 1 review

Advantages: Funny, good characters
Disadvantages: A bit rough

...Red Dwarf is a science fiction sitcom created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. This DVD showcases the first season, consisting of six episodes first shown in 1988. The whole series revolves around Dave Lister who, after being in suspended animation for three million years, is the last human being alive. He is accompanied by Arnold Rimmer, a hologram and also Lister's friend and bunkmate who was brought back to keep him sane, Holly, the ship's computer who is a few silicon chips short of being actually useful and the cat, who is quite literally a cat, evolving from Lister's pet. Although the setting is very futuristic, it is, at it's heart, a character driven comedy. Lister and Rimmer can't stand each other, and Lister will often wind up Rimmer as much as he can. The cat is an incredibly vain creature whose only goal in life is to look...

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The Dwarfers Series 1 - 4

Advantages: VERY FUNNY
Disadvantages: NOTHING

...Red Dwarf series 1 - 4 ~Starring~ Dave Lister. (Craig Charles). Begins his journey as a tone deaf, idle, useless, curry loving, carefree or should that be careless, scruffy slob. But his character develops Arnold J Rimmer. (Chris Barrie) Arnie is the most cowardly, back stabbing, regimented, and pathetic life form to ever call itself human. But Arnie, or big man to his friends, has the biggest transformation of them all because he ends up becoming Ace Rimmer the multiverses greatest hero, what a guy! Cat. (Danny John-Jules) The offspring of an idiot and a cripple, he is the most vain creature in all of the multiverses. His character never really changes. Dwayne Dibbley. Cats alter ego, the geakiest, (if there is such a word) squarest being to ever exist. With Zero fashion sense...

Maximus-Qualitus 23.02.2009 · Read review
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