Beer on DVD no.47
Mongrels (1)
A very funny UK-made series created for late night on BBC3, it�s for
adults but not necessarily for grown-ups. These misfit urban animals
live in the yard at the back of the Lord Nelson pub in the East End
owned by Gary who�s the only human who has more than a guest appearance.
If you picture the Cowshed in Time Gentlemen Please, you�ve got the kind
of place. None of the characters are actually mongrels but the name
stuck during the making of the first series. There�s Nelson the urbane
fox (voiced by Rufus Jones), and Destiny the �Essex girl� Afghan,
Nelson�s empty headed girlfriend who belongs to Gary. Nelson has a
foul-mouthed cousin the animale Vince. Marion is a French-inspired,
smelly looking street cat and Kali (pronounced like Carly rather than
our word for sherbet) a sort of rasta pigeon.
Extras on the Series 1 disc include the pilot episode, �Mongrels
Uncovered� a BBC3 documentary, and deleted scenes.
If you�d like a free taster one full episode is on YouTube with French
subtitles, easily found by googling
Mongrels 1x01 VOSTFR
Cuddly puppets yes, but just when you start finding them a
bit cute, they�ll do something OMG! Price used, on the web from around
�3, with Series 1 and scarcer Series 2 new each �5.99, Blu-ray 1 at
�6.99 from the BBC Shop.
Finally, do not show this to your
kids.
to be
printed in O-to-K , 2015-6 text �RKW