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I watched the two original series when they were first broadcast and thought they were brilliant! Unfortunately I think I was probably 50% of the viewing audience - I know of nobody else who has ever even heard of this programme. Three magnificent actors, Robert Lindsay, James Ellis and (the unrecognizable) David Threlfall play off against each other in these weird, wonderful, clever, intelligent, surreal plots. The episodes pack in so much, bearing in mind that when you take out the intro and the credits the actual run time per episode is about twenty-three minutes (the advert break has been removed). I had recorded a number of the original programs on poor quality VHS so to see this DVD issued was wonderful. I really wish this series had caught on - I would have liked another ten series. Weirdly, on business, I used to visit the building in which the series was supposedly set and lived a few hundred yards away in a flat above New Street Station. Nightingales! Brilliant! Surreal!

I watched the two original series when they were first broadcast and thought they were brilliant! Unfortunately I think I was probably 50% of the viewing audience - I know of nobody else who has ever even heard of this series. Three magnificent actors, Robert Lindsay, James Ellis and (the unrecognizable) David Threlfall play off against each other in these weird, wonderful, clever, intelligent, surreal plots. The episodes pack in so much, bearing in mind that when you take out the intro and the credits the actual run time per episode is about twenty-three minutes (the advert break has been removed). I had recorded a number of the original programs on poor quality VHS so to see this DVD issued was wonderful. I really wish this series had caught on - I would have liked another ten series. Nightingales! Brilliant! Surreal!