A short blurb from BFS Video about The Gravy Train-The Complete Series: Like fish bait cast into a pool of sharks, idealistic Dorfmann (Christoph Waltz) arrives in Brussels with visions of a untied Europe to serve an ambitious British Director of the European Economic Community, Michael Spearpoint Ian Richardson).
A funny British miniseries premiered in 1990 on Channel 4 in Britain called “The Gravy Train”. It was a 4-hour miniseries about the economics of Eastern Europe after the Berlin Wall fell and the subsequent exploitation of unknowing eastern block countries to an ambitious British Economic director bent on making himself very rich! The miniseries stars the great late Ian Richarson and equally great Francesca Annis. Christoph Waltz plays the bumbling pawn in Spearpoint’s (Ian Richarson) plan for Eastern Europe. In 1991 followed a sequel series called “The Gravy Train Goes East” which continues where the last series left off. A total of 8 episodes were produced between the two series. This set has Cast Profiles and Credits for the DVD.
VIDEO
The video quality is fair! All the episodes are on film but look a little grainy and there are film dirt and some specks but overall, good quality. All episodes are approx 51 minutes each.
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. Also here in mono.
Disc 1- 1. “Episode 1”-with Alexei Sayle
2. “Episode 2”
Disc 2- 1. “Episode 3”-with Stephen Greif
2. “Episode 4”
The next 2 disc comprise of the sequel series-The Gravy Train Goes East
Disc 3- 1. “Episode 1”-with Roger Lloyd Pack and James Villars
2. “Episode 2”
Disc 4-1. “Episode 3”
2. “Episode 4”
Extras
Disc 1: Cast Profiles-(Text Only)
Credits
Disc 2: None
Disc 3: None
Disc 4: None
Verdict
Not a bad Series. Ian Richardson plays the part of Spearpoint effortlessly.
Rating; ****!
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