House M.D. - Season One (DVD)

The first series of House was one of my surprise presents from my parents last Christmas, ie one of the ones that I hadn't hinted at or been told I was getting, and I didn't even get around to watching it for a long time. I had heard that House was a great new American comedy, though that was all that I had heard about it at all, and that alone isn't going to make me run out and watch it. I also wasn't too enthusiastic about seeing something with Hugh Laurie in it, as I saw the disaster that was 'Maybe Baby' a few years ago and haven't been a fan of Laurie since, and I didn't like the idea of him having an American accent, as he has a strong posh southern accent and I ...  Read the complete review

Just five years ago another medical drama from across the pond made a splash on UK viewers, this time featuring one of our own fine actors in the form of Hugh Laurie - previously known for his comedy work with Stephen Fry and his part in classic show Blackadder. This has now become one of Laurie's defining works, earning him and the show nominations and awards. --------------------------------------- What Is House? House is a medical drama set in the US at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. It revolves around grumpy but brilliant Dr. House and his team as they try to figure out cases that more often than ...  Read the complete review

Hugh Laurie with an American accent was something that I thought might be interesting when I first heard about the series. I suppose really that's why I turned it on in the first place. That and I quite like medical dramas if they're well acted and written so it's always good to give a new one a look. House is not 'just' another medical drama - yes, on the face of it, that's what you're getting, a team of people in a hospital diagnosing cases and trying to save lives. The difference with this series is partly how it's set up - this team deals with the 'interesting' cases - the ones no one else can figure out, so there's very little of the broken bones, ...  Read the complete review

I'm not a big TV fan and the last time I was fairly addicted to a TV series and watched more than the odd episode was probably way back yonder in the days of The X Files. Not only that, but I have many happy childhood memories of watching Casualty as a kid, glorious with its wobbly sets, wooden acting and predictable story lines and never did I consider that an over-hyped American comedy/drama would ever make my affection of the British institution that is dodgy hospital dramas waver. Oh, how wrong I was! I first found myself tuning into House MD on channel 5 one evening as I was channel hopping for a bit before bed and found myself instantly falling for Hugh ...  Read the complete review

House is an award winning (EMMY, Golden Globe) US drama series starring Hugh Laurie as Greg House, a brilliant medical diagnostician, working at a teaching hospital in charge of a team of brilliant juniors. He has antisocial tendencies, no bedside manner and an addiction to prescription painkillers, a result of an injury which means he now has to walk with a cane. If possible, he doesn't visit patients at all, sending his team out to gather information and present it back to him. Obviously a gifted actor, Laurie is completely unrecognisable from the comedy roles he made his name with, and the flawless American accent makes you completely forget he's ...  Read the complete review