Ballykissangel - Complete Series Five

I have to start by saying that Ballykissangel is a television series filmed in Ireland and the entire 6 years are available on DVD. This review is about Series 5, although I must include references to each of the years of the Series. The people that you will meet in the fictional town of Ballykissangel will make you laugh, cry, get mad, feel sorry for, and love. Their lives intertwine throughout the entire 6 years with a core of characters who are featured for the entire series. There are some major characters that leave and little vignettes with new and fleeting characters that only last one episode, but it needs to be this way to shake up things a bit. The show centers around a bar and a priest at the Catholic church in town. When you have finished watching all 6 years of this series, you will feel like you have known these people your whole life. And like a really good book, you won't want it to end. Series 5 specifically introduces some new characters to the show who end up playing major parts. You will enjoy all the ups and downs of their lives. I highly recommend Ballykissangel, but be sure to watch it beginning with Series 1.

This is a great series - really! In fact, get the entire series and you will be hooked. We watch this over and over. It beats most all of the stuff shown of TV these days! Great plots, acting, location - the works. This was an extremely popular series in England years ago and it loses nothing with the passage of time.

Having watched parts of this on a PBS station years ago, I fell in love with it, but could never find it after a few months. Finally....it was available for sale, and just recently, I purchased it. I was recuperating from knee surgery, so had this wonderful Irish village to 'live in' during my recuperation. Why can't the USA film makers bring us shows such as this? Worth every cent! Caveat: a few of the actors do have thick Irish brogues; not a problem for me since I am of Irish heritage & my dear Grampa Patric O'Sullivan lived with my family all through my childhood, so I understand the Irish lilt without trouble!!

The characters in this show are so engaging. They aren't perfect or even likeable at times but they are good people ... people trying to do the right thing and live life to its fullest. They experience the same struggles that we all do and, in telling their story, the program deals with complex topics. Each telling is done with sensitivity and kindness. Ballykissangel is a wonderful combination of idealistic and realistic in that it shows real-life situations but is missing a lot of today's brutality. It leaves me feeling like I'd love to live in this community.

For whatever reason, this DVD did not play on my players. I think it may be because it was made for the European market and as a result had a different format which will not play on US equipment. Otherwise the DVD looked great. I had to send it back.:-(

I really enjoyed this series. Plenty of twists and turns to hold my attention and strong characters. I was surprised when some of my favourites didn't return but quickly recovered and I learned to love the new folks on the scene. My review is for the whole show, not just SEASON 5! I really hope this series will be enjoyed by many more viewers, after all, who can resist a town called BALLYKISSANGEL????

Returned first order as first disk out of three didn't play. Reordered from the same vendor and same thing on the second set - first disk wouldn't play. Rather than return again, I decided to skip episodes on the that disk and went on to 2nd and 3rd, which were fine. Not sure why the defect - vendor should check his stock - they were two separate sets as first one was scratched and second one wasn't. Although no way vendor could know, it was very irritating.

A wonderful, family friendly. Just great characters. We have been watching it several times a week. Just the other night we decided to watch it and it was nowhere to be found! What can we do to bring it back? 😭😪😥😰😢😣😞😒

I have all dvd's of this classic show and i can say to people who have not seen it since it was on televison you should buy this wonderful series.Series 1 to 3 which features Stephen Tompkinson and Dervla Kirwan is brilliant it has drama comedy and sadness. I tought that when these two left it might be the end, but no as series 4 gave us more insight of the other characters.Now to series Number 5 it started well and carried on till Uncle Minto made more apperances which for me spoiled the episodes he was in, this is the only drawback on this series which is why I only gave it 4 stars, as all the previous shows get 5 stars. This is also the last series in which the great Tony Doyle appeared in, for me he was the true star of this wonderful TV drama

Excellent

"Ballykissangel" is even better at second (and subsequent) viewings. It's just great. Such a change to be able to watch a series with little swearing, no lurid sex scenes and "old-fashioned" humour.An absolute joy.

Bought, another usual TV standard, superb.

Excellent tv programme well worth buying