Shine On Harvey Moon 25th Anniversary Triple Disc Set

Shine on Harvey Moon was the first great series to be created by the writing partnership of Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran who went on to create such comedy classics as “Birds of A Feather” and “Goodnight Sweetheart”.

Originally broadcast on ITV in 1982, Shine On Harvey Moon features a superb cast including Kenneth Cranham, Maggie Steed, Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke and Elizabeth Spriggs.

Available for the first time on a limited edition triple DVD set on 5th March containing specially selected episodes from Series One and the entire Series Two.

The drama begins in 1945 when Corporal Harvey Moon is demobbed and returns home to London's East End. Everyone believed that the former Clapton Orient footballer had been killed in action so a lot has been going on in his absence and not everyone is pleased to see him.

His wife, Rita, is working in a dubious night club and has also been keeping American GIs happy while his son Stanley is growing up fast. Daughter Maggie is now a young woman and falls for Harvey’s old RAF mate, the “spiv” Lou, played by Nigel Planer. Harvey tries to rebuild his life and find a place for himself in a post war Labour led Britain.

The series accurately recreated the look of post war Britain of pre-fabs, rationing and the beginning of the National Health Service, while at the same time telling the story of a family coping with huge changes. Brilliantly written, mixing humour with pathos, the series went onto spawn four more series ending with Harvey and Rita reuniting. The fifth and final series set in the 1950s was aired in1995.

Format: 3 disc DVD set
Distributor: Acorn Media UK Limited
Release Date: 5th March 2007
Cat no: AV9154
RRP: £24.99
Running Time:392 mins. approx.
Cert.: PG
Barcode: 5036193091544