“As Time Goes By” stars Judi Dench & Geoffrey Palmer. Long ago Lionel, a dashing young British Army officer met Jean, a lovely student nurse and fell deeply in love. When Lionel was shipped off to fight in the Korean war the two lost touch. In the first episode of Series One they meet again and slowly begin to rekindle their romance. The wonderful series that ensues is simply a pleasure to watch.
Customer Review: At long last, Jean and Lionel’s wedding day dawns
“As Time Goes By” is a BBC comedy that stars Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel. Once upon a time he was a dashing young British Army officer and she was a lovely student nurse; they fell in love but when he was shipped off to Korea their letters to one another went astray and now fate has brought them together almost forty years later. In Volume 10 of this video collection
Episode 30 finds that the date has been set for the wedding and now all that is left is for Jean to drive Lionel crazy by coming up with a list of all the things that have to be done. However, Jean is having enough problems trying to find something to wear. Fortunately, before things can come to a head the couple discover that Alistair’s (Philip Bretherton) attention to detail might be good for something after all.
Episode 31 is the big day of the wedding, which finds Lionel up before the crack of dawn searching for things to do. The bride to be is absolutely fine, until her sister-in-law Penny tries to calm her down, thereby inducing a case of the hiccups.
Episode 32 has Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle back from their honeymoon in Scotland and surprised to find that Judy (Moira Brooker) has a new romantic interest. However, it soon becomes clear that there is something about the new beau that is not going to go over well with her Jean and Lionel (well, actually, just Jean).
Episode 33 has everybody travelling to the country home of Allistair’s father where the American producers of the miniseries based on Jean and Lionel’s romance is shooting some sequenes. However, it seems that they are now up to draft 22 of Lionel’s script and everyone is schocked by what they see being shot.
The two episodes having to deal with the wedding are great; more importantly they are totally in keeping with the characters that we have come to know and love. My only complaint is that I would not have minded an episode or two devoted entirely to the honeymoon in Scotland. Instead we get one brief scene. We have been waiting a long time for these two to get married and it would have been great to give them some time to indulge in some nice romantic moments all alone. Meanwhile, we wait patiently for Alistar to decide that he should take the plunge with Judy, which means this romantic comedy stills has some comedic romance to play out.
Customer Review: Simply the best Brit-com!
I love this show so much! Judi Dench is one of my favorite actresses and she is divine as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer is very good as Lionel. The supporting cast is great especially Philip Bretherton who plays Alastair and Frank Middlemass as Lionel’s father. Buy Now