Love Thy Neighbour

Good comedy of a popular television series that ran in England in the 1970's. a Somewhat controversial in its day,kept the British viewers glued to their television sets. This popular series is now available on DVD in the United Kingdom. Individuals who have region-free DVD players can order these DVD episodes from the video on-line shops in the U.K. People whishing to watch clean violent free entertainment will probably enjoy these DVD episodes. Video tapes of Love thy neighbour are also available. Jack Smethurst,Rudolph Walker,Nina Baden-Semper,and Kate Williams are the main actors in this series. Rudolph Walker appeared in the popular series,The blue thin line about 25 years later. He has also appeared in several episodes of the popular British police series,The Bill. After this series began in England,the U.S.A.and Australia produced their own versions. After a few episodes in the U.S.A. the series was cancelled. The Australia version was quite popular in Australia.

The name Hammer will always be synonymous with horror, however the studio also very successfully produced comedies and Love Thy Neighbour is one of the best known. Based on the TV series about a black and a white couple living next door to each other in early 1970's London, constantly bickering but when they enter a "Love Thy Neighbour" competition they need to get along. The language here is incredibly racist, thankfully now seen as unacceptable in modern TV/movie making. HOWEVER , when watching LTN it must be realised that back in the 1970's society was far less politically correct. This is a comedy, dated yes but also well made and very, very funny.

Another Hammer film adaptation of a popular TV show, this time around the controversial race comedy LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR. I've never watched the TV series so I can't comment on that, but this is about what you'd expect from the early 1970s. I was pleased to see that the racist protagonist is the butt of the joke but even so the endless playground insults and racist taunts become quickly wearying. A shame, as the union storyline is promising and some of the acting pretty decent, particularly Rudolph Walker in what must have been a difficult role. The opening sequence, a sort of running street riot between white and black neighbours, is quite startling.

Terrible dated film Grreat supporting roles by Tommy Godfrey, Keith Marsh & Patricia Hayes. Very politically incorrect now - & I suspect then. Not worth a watch

Love Thy Neighbour is a strained expansion of a popular 1970s TV Sitcom. It's dealing with race relations between West Indians and White British makes it popular with the humour found in Working Men's Clubs, but the cracks do show.

At times the humour is funny, but very rarely. It's forgettable.