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Pushing Daisies - Complete Season 1 | 
 enlarge | Actors: Anna Friel, Lee Pace, Chi Mcbride, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 227
Format: Pal
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321902220178
ASIN: B0012PUU1G
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: June 23, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Ignore the fact that ITV, bizarrely, decided to meddle with its UK transmission of Pushing Daisies by lopping out an entire episode. Instead, consider giving this box set a chance, which brings together every episode--fully in tact!--of one of the most interesting new shows to come out of the States. The concept behind Pushing Daisies is quite simple, but unsurprisingly, it doesn't take long before it gets more complicated. It follows Ned, a young man who discovers he can bring the dead back to life for a short period of time. Inevitably, he starts using his gift on humans, solving crime as he goes along. Yet things get far more troubled when he then brings the love of his life back from beyond the grave. In lesser hands, Pushing Daisies could so easily have gone wrong. But in the mits of Bryan Fuller, the man who previously gave us the terrific Dead Like Me, it really does work. The concept gels exceptionally well--thanks also to a cast led by Lee Pace and Anna Friel--and it's an unpredictable programme that you simply can't help but enjoy. On the downside, this maiden series is just nine episodes long, and that's a pity, but a promised second series--off the back of this first run--is a very welcome prospect. --Jon Foster
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 If you love Amelie, you'll love this July 9, 2008
A lovely, innovative, romance/detective series. I really enjoyed watching the series and the decadent artwork and graphics used. A shame it's only 9 episodes and quite expensive for the same reason.
Wonderful fantasy whodunnit show July 7, 2008
I think this show is a must for everyone. The quick-fire scripts help to quickly establish the quartet of lead characters who develop wonderfully as the show progresses. The narration by Carry On star Jim Dale steals the limelight just a fraction every episode. The mixture of comedy, mystery, fantasy and drama is just right - Gordon Ramsay couldn't come up with a better recipe
Finger-licking good television July 1, 2008
All the best catch phrases have already been spoken for in the critics' appraisal of this original new series, the best of which had to be the description of the show as a surreal but inspirational blend of Tim Burton and the Tellytubbies. And without getting too carried away with an abundance of adjectives myself...it's undeniable that 'Pushing Daisies' is an awesomely lightweight guilty-pleasure for viewers of all age groups and walks of life!
This mass appeal is perhaps why the show has attained a level of acclaim that was sadly denied the creator's previous series. As a fan of creator Brian Fuller's `Dead Like Me' and `Wonderfalls' needless to say I had high hopes for his latest project and thankfully `Pushing Daisies' proves to be the wittiest and most charming, if not the deepest vehicle for his unique ideas on imagined afterlife antics. The two best ingredients of his previous projects i.e. narration and death have been preserved for this new medium of his expression, but I disagree with other reviewers who have made strong comparisons with the aforementioned shows. While the dialogue is similarly razor-sharp, it's delivered quite harmlessly, lacking the acerbic bite provided by the female protagonists of those other shows and while the content is reassuringly warm and the feel-good factor with each episode is undeniably high, the end result is almost soap opera in its forgettable-factor.
I say almost however, because the episodes are like pure gold, written with such expertise in story-telling and startling symmetry that in the final weaving together of all the numerous plot threads of each episode the viewer is left near breathless by the end. `Dummy', `Pigeon' and `Smell of Success' would be my personal highlights of this nine-episode introductory season and the creatively named characters of Olive Snook and Emerson Cod are my favourites in the show- Ned and Chuck are like limp squids in comparison, but nonetheless endearing. Although the final episode `Corpsicle' feels mostly like a regular episode it provides a pleasing cliffhanger that will have most viewers reeling in anticipation of the second finger-licking installment...
Excellent June 28, 2008
Well, I loved Dead Like Me and I liked Wonderfalls. This series has the same quirky flavour of both and whilst DLM remains my firm favourite, I really enjoyed this too.
 No Extras? June 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pushing Daisies has been one of the television highlights of this year (so far).
The show is quirky, colourful, funny and intelligent, with charming performances from Anna Friel, Lee Pace, Kristen Chenoweth and Chi McBride.
I would have happily paid the asking price for this dvd, even if it's only a meagre 9 episodes long, despite having most of the episodes recorded anyway ... but on reading the dvd description there seems to be no mention of any extras. Is this true? No commentary? No Behind the Scenes features? No cast interviews? Nothing?
Really disappointed in this ... one of the best things of having your favourite shows coming out on dvd is to see what the extras are - the fact that they've included the missing episode 2 which ITV neglected to broadcast (thanks, ITV!) does NOT constitute an extra.
Please someone tell me I'm mistaken and that there are extras.
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