Silver Spring, MD — Featuring sharp writing and strong performances from a host of British heavyweights, the side-splitting comedy drama, Demob, arrives on DVD from Acorn Media on April 26, 2011. Martin Clunes (Doc Martin, Dirty Tricks, Reggie Perrin) and Griff Rhys Jones (Alas Smith & Jones) star in this lively romp about a pair of soldiers adjusting to civilian life. After spending four years entertaining the troops with raunchy stage routines, the duo takes their act back home—to sometimes disastrous, but always hilarious results. Broadcast on ITV in 1993 and seen on public television in the U.S., Demob paints a nostalgic portrait of post-war Britain with realistic period details, costumes, and comic appeal (DVD 2-Disc Set, 6 episodes, $39.99, www.AcornOnline.com).

The series co-stars Amanda Redman (New Tricks), Simon Williams (Upstairs, Downstairs), Samantha Janus (Pie in the Sky), James Faulkner (The Bank Job), and comic great Les Dawson in his final role.

As World War II ends, thousands of British soldiers get “demobbed”—demobilized and sent back into civilian life. Among them are Captain Ian Deasey (Griff Rhys Jones) and Lance Corporal Dick Dobson (Martin Clunes). Deasey and Dobson have had a “good war,” much of it spent entertaining the troops with their bawdy stage routines. But after serving four years in the North African desert, they find it hard to adjust to peacetime London and long for the stage lights once more. Soon they’re performing a cabaret act at the Blue Parrot nightclub, but their personal lives may get in the way of their professional ambitions.

Street: April 26, 2011
SRP: $39.99
DVD 2-Disc Set: Approx. 300 min. – 6 episodes - British drama - SDH subtitles
Contains partial nudity

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