by Helen Langdon
The people who decide DVD releases are baffling. You used to be able to buy three episodes of Doctor Who on a single disc, at the same time as you could buy the entire series boxset. But that was pure money-grabbing tactics. What’s more confusing is the fact that Asylum has never received a release, despite the subsequent success of the creative team. It was written by David Walliams (pre-Little Britain) and Edgar Wright, and stars Jessica Hynes and Simon Pegg. The next thing those three worked on together was Spaced, which put into motion the Cornetto Trilogy, which have to be some of the most successful British films of the past decade. And then there’s the other cast members, at least half of which are successful comedians in their own right: Norman Lovett, Bill Bailey, Julian Barrett, Andy Parsons...
The people who decide DVD releases are baffling. You used to be able to buy three episodes of Doctor Who on a single disc, at the same time as you could buy the entire series boxset. But that was pure money-grabbing tactics. What’s more confusing is the fact that Asylum has never received a release, despite the subsequent success of the creative team. It was written by David Walliams (pre-Little Britain) and Edgar Wright, and stars Jessica Hynes and Simon Pegg. The next thing those three worked on together was Spaced, which put into motion the Cornetto Trilogy, which have to be some of the most successful British films of the past decade. And then there’s the other cast members, at least half of which are successful comedians in their own right: Norman Lovett, Bill Bailey, Julian Barrett, Andy Parsons...
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