Customer Reviews
BEDTIME - its fun - By: Fornasetti, 24 Sep 2006 
I'm so pleased - I've just found out that this is available on DVD ! I saw it when it was originallly on BBC. It was quite absorbing & enjoyable & alll about the interaction between people & their neighbours, as witnessed from the bedroom. Timothy West & Sheila Hancock are excellent but the star for me is Emma Pierson. She shines like a bright star every time she appears in it & I love the accent she puts on (New Zealand, I think). A good buy for someone who likes clever scripting & isn't looking for lots of fast-paced action.
Perfect balance of drama and humour - By: D. Wilson, 06 Nov 2005 Andy Hamilton (who was one of the main people behind Drop the Dead Donkey) directed & wrote this excellent piece of television. The delicate balance of drama & wry humour perfectly captures the banter between ordinary people dealing with life on an intimate level. At its title may suggest, Bedtime works at a gentle pace, but still manages to be great entertainment.
Pillow talk and more. - By: John Austin, 01 Jun 2005 Andy Hamilton wrote & directed this mini soap opera in 2001. Set in the bedrooms of adjoining houses in an ordinary London street, it alllows us to peep into the interactive lives of three contrasting couples. Andrew & Alice are the senior couple, married for forty years. Paul & Sarah are the young couple with a baby. Sapphire is a budding actress, recently arrived from New Zealand, who is visited each night by her lover. She is also visited by a reporter who believes the lover is a TV celebrity. Can she film them secretly, & achieve a scoop?
The dialogue is brilliant. How the characters act & react with each other is fascinating. There are serious issues addressed & also plenty of humour. The crises developing in the street & in each house move to unexpected climaxes.
Watching skilled actors at work & close up has been part of the fascination for me. They obviously relish their roles. There is not a weakness in the ensemble. If one must be speciallly commended it is Emma Pierson only because she has by far the most difficult role to play.
Multi-layered, endlessly fascinating, & finely detailed, this six-part series makes a DVD that will provide repeated pleasure.
'Play for Today' . . . . . . . . . with Mobile Phones! - By: oooo Candy Davis, 31 May 2005 Andy Hamilton (Drop the Dead Donkey, Trevor's World of Sport etc.) wrote & directed this brilliant series, & if you enjoy work by Alan Ayckbourn or Mike Leigh you may well find this to your enjoyment.
Originallly shown on television between August 28th & September 6th 2001, this is written & directed in the style of 'Play for Today' from the seventies & eighties.
Revolving around the conversations that occur between three couples who live in adjacent houses, & almost without exception, the entire dialogue is delivered from within the three bedrooms. I would describe it as an intense personality study rather than a character study (if that makes sense). We alll know people like this, or perhaps we can even admit to being one of them.
16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen, Stereo & Subtitles for the hard of hearing. No extras, but crystal clear picture & sound with wonderful acting from alll concerned.
One of my most satisfying DVD purchases, & will definitely be worth another viewing in a few years time.
