Best of Crapston Villas 1 [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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Crapston villas is a very funny, clamation series, which is a cross between "Wallace and Grommit" and "Gogs". We’ve re-watched all three seasons recently and they really are still hilariously vulgar in the best way.

Series 1 was subsequently issued on video, edited together as a single 100 minute piece ("Crapston Villas – City of Slummington"), while Series 2 was similarly released, but on two videos ("Health Hazard" and "Culture Shock"). Crapston Villas is a British animated television series, written, created and directed by Sarah Ann Kennedy, in which the characters were made from plasticine and filmed with stop motion clay animation. It ran for a total of three seasons before being cancelled to make way for South Park in the scheduling. We’re not going to lie, it has dated badly, that said it’s definitely still fun and if you have no issues with sex, violence, drugs and social commentary then we say go for it.Flossie, their lodger who’s a clueless bimbo and wannabe actress whose boobs are always falling out. If you’ve watched it before then you know what to expect and if not then give it a go and enter the stomach-turning world of Crapston Villas.

The residents were all typical stereotypes and inner-city clichés amplified to the very worst of their traits. A black-comedy satire based in London suburbs: an extreme and lowlife group of characters, living in a grim apartment building in the fictional postcode of SE69, who were plagued by various dilemmas involving foul language, sex, and violence.It was written by Sarah Ann Kennedy, who was also director (series 1) along with Peter Boyd Maclean (series 2). A black-comedy satire based in London suburbs: an extreme and lowlife group of characters, living in a grim apartment building in the fictional postcode of SE69, who were plagued by various . These dilemmas would usually be resolved in the most farcical or offensive way possible adding to the comedy factor massively. The characters on the screen are vile and the stuff coming out of their mouths is pretty gross for the time.

In every episode they would have to overcome various dilemmas such as finding a lodger, infidelity, losing your drugs, squatters or being mugged.

The show was cancelled after its second series by the incoming new head of Channel 4 Television, Michael Jackson, who then bought US import South Park to fill the late Friday night slot vacated by Crapston Villas. Stop motion clay animation sitcom observing the antics of the inhabitants of the much sought-after residential property Crapston Villas.

It was made by the Spitting Image Productions company and was originally broadcast on the UK's Channel 4 from 1995 to 1998.The show often came very close to the bone with regards to its social commentary but it was always done in a way that was funny. The humour was, perhaps, somewhat childish and crude but there’s nothing wrong with that in our book. Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.