Hyperdrive - Series 1 and 2 anglais [Region2] Requires a Multi Region Player

At first I hated this and then it grew on me. Liked the ending.

The show was fantastic and it works in my region. Great value at $20 AU including postage. Thumbs Up from Me

Love this series.

On time and as advertised.

If you can laugh at Nick Frost, Miranda Hart, and science fiction tropes in general, this will be a great film for you. The misfit crew of a British Space Program’s 3rd class vessel bumble through the universe, battling alien cultures, the expectations of their military superiors, and their own incompetence to provide laughs for you. Fans of Nick Frost and/or Miranda Hart will be especially amused. If this sounds like your cup of British tea and your disk player can handle this series, consider picking it up. If it is not a good fit for your hardware, check out Hyperdrive on cable service.Enjoy!

Why isn't this DVD set sold for Region 1..? The show has a large enough following to sell every region 1 DVD set that Amazon can sell and nobody can find another one? Yeah, it is a little bit campy but that is part of its charm. Hyperdrive is not just "five stars" for me, it is actually one of my all time favorites.

Certainly not for everyone, but I love it.The main reason for posting the review is to mention that you can get the BBC import discs from Amazon.co.uk for much cheaper.I'm not taking credit for this. I learned about it from HarryKerryJr's review of another BBC dvd set. I just want to spread the info.I just received this set in only 5 days from amazon.co.uk for just under 1/2 price. Others have taken longer--up to 3 weeks--but if you can wait, I'd highly recommend getting it from amazon.co.uk.

Great comedy sci-fi series - hard to compare with anything I've seen previously, but perhaps a tiny bit like "The Office" ... if the office were a starship with a not-terribly-good crew. I have a multi-region TV and DVD player to play it on, so when the kids come home for Christmas we have the annual 6-hour "Hyperdrive holiday marathon". Why, oh why, is it still not available in Region 1 (North American format) so I can get copies for my friends?

I first saw this series purely by chance on SeeSaw having missed it the first time around on terrestrial TV. Having no expectations whatsoever the first episode left me pleasantly surprised (as did the appearance of Nick Frost of whom I am a huge fan). The episodes improve throughout the first series and once I hit series two I was a total convert.I think the reason this show is misunderstood is that people were expecting a spiritual successor to Red Dwarf - a comparison that does a disservice to both programmes as they are two very different animals. As much as I love Red Dwarf, ultimately it often amounted to little more than a collection of adolescent - if hilarious - gags. Hyperdrive digs much deeper than that. The subtleties in some of the humour is so subversive that it may take you two or three viewings to fully appreciate.The ensemble cast is also perfectly assembled, from the Captain Mike Henderson to the 'enhanced' human, Sandstrom (a refreshingly original character and premise). The references and parodies of established Sci-fi tropes is also handled subtly yet effectively, avoiding some of the more heavy handed attempts by other similar comedies.One of the most endearing qualities of this show however is that it has a real sense of heart expertly woven into some scenes. The hilarious, ridiculous yet bizarrely moving scenes such as Jeffers telling Vine about his 'computer program father' and Captain Helix's death scene are prime examples.All in all this show is hugely underrated and misunderstood and it is criminal that a further series is not going to be made (as far as I know). Superb comic performances combined with a razor sharp script and great references make this, in my opinion, one of the best sci-fi comedies of recent times.With the dearth of trashy, broad, so called 'comedies' of the last five years or so, it is high time that Hyperdrive made a comeback.

I caught an episode of this on a visit to Scotland a couple years ago and was intrigued. Now that I have had the chance to see all of the episodes, I can say that a god friend was absolutely wrong about it: this is NOT a ripoff of Red Dwarf. Sure, it takes place in the far reaches of the galaxy and it obviously happens (mostly) on a huge spaceship, but Hyperdrive stands on its own quite nicely.The cast is very well suited for each of their roles, especially Miranda Hart.Love Nick Frost as the Captain and Kevin Eldon playing the slightly oily character he does soooooo very well.The basic situation of Britain launching gigantic spaceships to try to flog British products all around the galaxy is clever. And, not too far off from what many marketing people I know would do if they had half a chance.This show may have some roots in the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ships that are plunging toward Earth filled with all of society's misfits.Anyway, it is a fun program and bears up to repeated watching; an accolade that cannot be given to a lot of shows out there.

... I have to say that all the comparisons between Hyperdrive and Red Dwarf are silly, starting with the fact that Hyperdrive seems - to me, at least - a much better, more sophisticated, subtle and funnier show. I'm sorry, I know Red Dwarf is almost a religion for some (and I happen to enjoy Red Dwarf, too) but if it's true that the Red Dwarf team broke new ground in a lot of stuff, it's also true that sometimes their comedy was a bit too broad, loud and crowd-pleasing. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's almost criminal to dismiss Hyperdrive as a sub-Red Dwarf, when it's in fact the most cool and imaginative sci-fi comedy since Douglas Adams, filled with the amazing little details we expect from an Andy Riley - Kevin Cecil work and ending up like a live-action and very british Futurama. I'm sorry, but I just can't understand why some people hate this show so much. The cast is terrific, the writing and direction are great and it even manages to have a very nice, comic-bookish look without being an expensive production.

Hyperdrive is a deliciously innovative, affectionate comic take on space operas, not unlike the film Galaxy Quest. Set on board HMS Camden Lock, a British spaceship, in 2151 the comic genius crew tackle duty and disaster with equal success, albeit only in their own eyes. But everyone seems to know their place and where they'd rather be. So the Commander (Nick Frost) gets the swivelly chair, but only so no one else gets it. First Officer York (Kevin Eldon) gets to stride about with dangerous weapons, but would prefer to obliterate people with it, and brilliant Diplomatic Officer Teal (Miranda Hart) gets to accompany the almost bright Commander on missions - but yearns to be so much more to him. As a result Miranda Hart puts in some of the funniest moments in the whole thing - despite the comic strength of the cast as a whole. Hyperdrive owes as much to The Thin Blue Line and The Office as to Star Trek. One minute you're laughing, the next you're recoiling in horror at the strange habits of alien diplomats. And you can't say that about many things!

When I saw an episode of "Hyperdrive" when it was originally shown on the BBC I hated it. It didn't click with me and I felt it didn't deserve the lovely FX shots.Spin forward and I watch "Miranda", and find her the funniest comedy actress I have ever seen. SO, as she is in this series, and on a whim I bought "Hyperdrive" series 1 and 2 in the box set... and I was amazed.The opening episode of series 1 is a bit weak, but I instantly warm to York, by far the funniest character in the series. Episode 2 and we the series seems to hit the sweet spot and it gels... I'm hooked. The only thing I don't like is the "Colonel Bogey" theme - it doesn't fit. So imagine my surprise when it's replaced by a better, more dynamic theme for series 2... which seems to have had more money.Where "Red Dwarf" went for broader comedy, "Hyperdrive" is more of a proper SF comedy.Please ignore the blurb on the cover, the Office similarity ends with the jovial nature of the commander. Brent was an idiot, Mike isn't... he's an eternal optimist, which gets him and his crew into all kinds of trouble. This is a unique comedy and deserves to have a place in British SF fans' hearts.