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A family divided and torn between love and betrayal.
A family divided and torn between love and betrayal
This box set features the notorious '70s drama series and its equally infamous follow-up, both high talking-points of 1970s Britain.
A Bouquet Of Barbed Wire: A Bouquet Of Barbed Wire portrays the scandalous story of Peter Manson (Frank Finlay), a wealthy and successful publisher, and his obsession with the life of his only daughter and her unsuitable husband. His wife tries desperately to console him and keep the fragile pieces of the family together, but his jealous rage has disastrous consequences for everyone concerned.
Relations become strained when Manson gets invloved with his beautiful secretary, his family life is shattered as each member becomes embroiled in a web of deceit, lies and betrayal.
A tragic story of blood ties and forbidden desires unfolds in a truly spellbinding family drama. Based on the bestselling novel by Anthea Newman.
Featuring all 7 episodes 'Home Coming', 'Introductions', 'Diversions', 'Festivities', 'Repercussions', 'Premonitions' and 'Leave Taking'.
Another Bouquet Of Barbed Wire: Following on from the great success of 'A Bouquet of Barbed Wire', the sequel continues the emotional story of Peter Manson (Frank Finlay) and his tangled relationships with his family and his secretary. Unable to forget the past, he remains obsessed by the memory of his dead daughter Pure.
Another Bouquet is a harrowing drama of a respectable family that has spiralled deep into a mesh of lies, secrets and lurid betrayals.Vollständige Rezension lesen...
Melodrama at its best
Bouquet of Barbed Wire was one of the most talked programmes of the 1970s. This was no mean feat in itself as this was a decade that produced television that challenged and entertained to a higher standard than any other decade before or since.
The subject of the programme was controversial enough, based on the apparently incestuous relationship between Peter Manson, a well to do publisher and Prue, his slightly wayward and spoilt daughter who falls pregnant and marries Gavin, an impoverished student.
The first couple of episodes introduce us to the world of the Manson family and those linked to them through marriage or work. As a result these episodes are something of a drag apart from a skirmish between Peter and Gavin that illustrates their mutual contempt for one another. Only when Peter embarks on an affair with Sarah, his recently appointed secretary, do the sparks begin to fly and the unravelling process of an eminently respectable Surrey family begins.
Without wishing to spoil what happens, the programme contains some intense performances from all concerned and some wonderful twists and turns in the storyline that leads to an ending that can truly be described as dramatic.
Such was the popularity of Bouquet of Barbed Wire that it led to a sequel that dealt with the aftermath of what happened at the end of the original series. Despite Another Bouquet featuring the original cast (and thankfully the original actors too) it was always going to be something of an anti-climax, but it was still pulsating to watch with the same strong performances plus some welcome light relief courtesy of Philip Madoc. It also ties up a lot of loose ends following the end of Bouquet of Barbed Wire, with each of the main characters appearing to come to terms with what had happened and move on, although one cliff-hanger does remain at the end.
The fact that both series are now available on one DVD set means that this is a chance to see what all the fuss was about and wonder why television does not make programmes of this calibre anymore.
A must of any collectionVollständige Rezension lesen...
A family tangled in a web of emotional crisis.
I fist watched this series in 1976/7 and became 'hooked' into each episode as the plot became thicker and more fascinating to watch. It was quite shocking at the time, the twists and turns of jealousy and manipulation within a middle class family. The father who was incestuously infatuated with his beautiful daughter and the anger and loathing he felt against her husband for making her pregnant. Watching it again 30 years on it was still an amazing story, written by the unique and gifted Andrea Newman. The scenes , driving around without seat belts,the vast consumption of whisky, drunk by everyone, the fabulous and funky clothes , but one scene where Cassie, making a pot of tea, plunged a spoon into THE PACKET of tea!! I thought they were well off middle class people, where was the tea caddy? The Porsche though, well its still a fab car and not at all dated!! I would recommend this DVD to everyone, a real eye opener.Vollständige Rezension lesen...
a classic saga, shame it ended
i was riveted to this the first time round and when i saw it for sale on ebay i just had to buy it, so glad i did!
the only thing i didnt like about it was the sad ending for Peter, i found the acting extremely professional, you wouldnt believe it was filmed in the 70sVollständige Rezension lesen...
bouquet of barbed wire/another bouquet
this series was shown in the seventies and was quite shocking at the time.
I could not really remember all of it so wanted to test my memory.by today s standards it is now quite tame, but was interesting how I had perceived it all these years ago,
kind regards AnneVollständige Rezension lesen...
Bouquet of Barbed Wire / Another Bouquet
This was a very controversial series in it's time and I have never seen it repeated on TV so I can't wait to watch it again it is superb. I would definetely say it is compulsive viewing.
Bouquet Of Barbed Wire / Another Bouquet
bought as a christmas gift for a relation,however I can reccommmend the series I saw it myself in the 1970's on tv
boquet of bared wire/another bouquet
watched this when it was first on tv, loved it, so pleased to be able to watch it aain after all these years