Out Of The Blue: The Complete Series 1 And 2 [DVD]

Thoroughly engaging and very well-acted. I have no idea why there weren't more than 2 series though - I would have happily watched more.

I worked on this drama as Location Manager . It was a great job & the gritty stories make for excellent viewing

this was an excellent series.I watched when it was first screened in 1995 .I have been trying to find the series on DVD for a few years. The series was just what I expected. Very pleased with it, would would recommend both the series and the seller.Excellent!

I HAD NEVER SEEN OUT OF THE BLUE BUT I AM GLAD I BOUGHT IT.GRITTY HARD HITTING NO HOLDS BARRRED SERIES..

Loved this in 1995 when it was on the TV and have been trying to get the DVD for ages. So glad I did. Excellent series with drama and Neil Dudgeon providing the humour.

Finally Out Of The Blue has been given a DVD release. This programme ran for two series from 1995 to 1996. As a 14/15 year old at the time, this was my favourite show, my first 'grown up' show that I watched and appreciated alone. You could argue it shaped my taste in drama as a result.Created by Peter Bowker (than perhaps most famous for writing some really strong Casualty episodes, including the controversial Boiling Point from 1993, but now famous for writing award winning, premier dramas such as Marvellous, Eric and Ernie, Blackpool, The A Word and From There To Here) and Bill Gallagher (the man behind recent hits Lark Rise To Candleford, The Paradise and Jamestown) Out Of The Blue follows the CID team Brazen Gate police station in Yorkshire as they wade through violent crime and the dilemmas of modern community policing as well as their own troubled personal lives. Playing our detectives are John Hannah (series one only), David Morrissey (who arrives in series two), John Duttine, Lennie James, Orla Brady, Neil Dudgeon, Peter Wight, Darrell D'Silva and Andy Rashleigh, which I'm sure you'll agree is a very strong cast indeed. So many of those actors have gone on to big things or had already had an established career behind them and I think with the likes of Morrissey and James in The Walking Dead these days and Dudgeon starring as another cop in the wildly different detective series Midsomer Murders, Out Of The Blue deserves another look or a new, wider audience.Shot entirely on film with hand held camera work that owed more to US TV dramas than the likes of The Bill, it quickly became known as the British answer to Homicide: Life on the Street or even NYPD Blue, comparisons I think it really stands up well against, but I can imagine it was used as rod to beat it in some quarters at the time. Watching it back, it still feels very fresh, tightly written, fast paced and mature and unlike anything we currently have on British TV. It's a hard hitting, vibrant drama with a believable ensemble that tackled some big issues. Quite why it only lasted for two series I do not know. It should have ran for years.

I love Police series on the TV and as I had not seen this one I bought it secondhand. I really like John Hannah as an actor and the stories were good but unfortunately it did look and feel very dated. Some series do stand the test of time but, for me, this one did not.

Excellent British tv series.