Brush Strokes - The Complete Series

Fantastic, arrived swiftly and I just adore this sitcom!

The first two series were brilliant and stand out. Some of their features carried over well into the 6 series run. In the lead Karl Howman as Jacko gives a virtuoso performance though I suspect that even he might have tired of playing the same character in the same way with just about the same lines for 40 episodes. But most of the appeal was earned and rightly his. A comic genius. His supports were consistent but got more and more predictable and there was a little cast inflation over the years with too many additions.I had forgotten just how heart-thumpingly beautiful Kim Thomson is as his girlfriend in the first two series and boy can she ever act. If nothing else Brush Strokes is easily worth it just to watch her and Karl Howman on screen. The whole Brush Strokes experience didn't fully recover from Kim Thomson's departure but had its moments nonetheless.So, in summary the whole thing is a lot of fun but it does wane over time.

I watched this as a kid in the 80s. Didn't remember too much other than I enjoyed it when I saw it. This was until I started watching this boxed set. The memories came flooding back. It was like "Oh I remember this bit. I remember that bit" haha and the main theme I had forgot it as well. Well last I saw Brush Strokes was in the 80s. As soon as the theme kicked in I could see myself as a kid sitting there watching the show each week.Brush Strokes is one of those sitcoms where it never gets tiresome to watch. No matter how many times you see it. You can slap an episode or three on during the day to pass time. Or during meals (which I like doing personally). And even before going to bed. I find watching sitcoms at night with the lights out brings the shows to life more. You get immersed in the worlds on display. Maybe that's just me as I love my sitcoms. They don't make enough of them these days. The 60s 70s 80s and to a point the 90s had sitcoms by the truck load. Now in the 2000s where reality shows is King. You could supply sitcoms not by truck but by wheelbarrow.The sound and picture is fine for me. I've no complaints. It is over 25 years old after all. Some DVDs you have to turn the volume up more than you do with others. I've found that being down to the player not the disc or TV. As I tried a DVD one time on my PS4 that I had to turn the volume up with on my DVD player. And the volume level (which was the same) had to be turned down. So the quality of the player DOES have a lot to do with playback performance. It's not always the discs fault which some are quick to blame because other discs work.And speaking of faults.The "fault" some on here have made about S1E6. Claiming it stops playing around the 14 minute marker. It's either truly bad luck getting bad discs or the machine's firmware which makes the discs playback a problem. It happens. Firmware needs to be upgraded sometimes although on some players there is no option to. Which means the discs in question will never ever work on those machines. In my own personal experience with the same released boxed set there is NO fault with any episode of any series. They all play fine for me. And that includes on a very old DVD player I have that is on it's last legs. A PS3. PS4. And a Laptop. Sorry to hear some folks experienced the "faulty" S1E6 episode. But the entire boxed set is fine for me. This is why I give it 5 stars.Thank you Mr Howman and the rest of the cast for such a wonderful and entertaining show to watch time and again.

One of the best comedy series ever

I quite enjoyed watching this again - indeed I even went to one of the original recordings.Not typical British catch-phrase comedy, nor particularly excruciating "situations" for the "sit" bit of the sit-com, and some not particularly believable. Few great belly laughs but amusing and I quite like some of the characters and that's kept me watching it - the underlying will-they/won't-they.A couple of poor episodes maybe, but has kept my interest.Given the nature of the main character, it manages to be humorous without being rude or smutty or packed with innuendo (also staples of British comedy)Some great early 1990's hair in this series, which perhaps sets the tone of material as "of its time".

This took me right back to the mid eighties, I remember getting home from work and watching Jacko getting into various types of romantic escapades, I always wanted his brown leather jacket! This is a great collection of all of the series, a great TV show with a great cast, don't pass this up if you want to revisit simpler times.

I couldn't give this five stars because of the fact that Jacko is a static character that every time he begins to show some growth the writers put him right back into his box and it doesn't ring true. Karl Howman's Jacko is a sweetheart who tells everyone from the second half of the series on that he has a "hole" that needs filled. If he had been given the love and support that he gave everyone else maybe he wouldn't have run off to Cairo - maybe it's looking back from now to the 1980's when the series started that makes me frustrated with the "formula" that was used - you had a show that worked so you didn't grow. The series could be used in a college psych class to illustrate how low expectations are what people will live up to if that is all that they hear - you will get very tired of hearing "Peter Pan" syndrome (obviously it had just been coined at that time). I binged the entire series in 3 days - because of the lead - that man has charisma - as for the rest of the cast - especially the women - you just wished he could have found a real one instead of these stereotypes - but it was a different time in society and this is a snapshot of that time - Praise be that it is over!

Enjoyed watching on TvReally pleased to get the DVDs and watch all the seriesGreat funny entertainment and really worth the money