Margery & Gladys [DVD] [Import]

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In 1999, a Norfolk farmer named Tony Martin (not the American singer) shot dead a teenage burglar who broke into his property. After a night on the town at nearby Blackpool, the two women take the boat and sail off to the Caribbean.

We've all met a lady of the house who thinks she a bit above everyone else (Penelope Keith excels in those roles) and the 'Mrs Mop' types that always seem to get the upper hand in the end. Penelope Keith (classy as ever) has played society matrons and snobbish beldames in several long-running sitcoms. Trinians, of course the many Carry Ons and the numerous TV series' movie outings from the 1970s onwards.B. worked their 'unlikely ladies double act' off perfectly, with Penelope's slightly snobbish employer of June's cleaner character. This seems to be rarely shown on TV and as far as I'm aware, it's only ever been released commercially on an Australian region 4 DVD, and it's not easy to track down. June Brown has had a long stint as chain-smoking whinger Dot Cotton on 'EastEnders': unlike Ms Keith, in real life June Brown *is* a great deal like her most well-known role. They prove to be more than a match for the unlikely pair of policemen, DI Woolley (Roger Lloyd Pack) and DS Stringer (Martin Freeman), who are left to solve the ladies disappearance and puzzling string of crimes which follow.

Aside from hiding from the police, they have to deal with Brown's diabetes and the fact they left the house without any money or credit cards. It is easy for the frequent viewer of television to become pessimistic about the future of the medium.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I watched it last night and although it had its funny moments this reworking of the 'Odd Couple' began to sag after an hour.