MARKET IN HONEY LANE – THE COMPLETE SERIES (12)

Tue, Oct 22, 2013 11:00 CET

A 1960s forerunner to Eastenders, this cockney drama series captures all of the camaraderie, humour, graft and greed of a bustling London market where stalls may be inherited, bought or “acquired”. MARKET IN HONEY LANE – THE COMPLETE SERIES (12) contains the complete first series from 1967 and its sequel Honey Lane on DVD from 4 November 2013, RRP £39.99, courtesy of Network Distributing.

Jimmy, a life-long stallholder in his sixties, sells little more than carrots, spuds and cabbages. Beside him is Billy, a hard-bitten gambler who’s usually facing economic disaster on a major or minor scale. Vegetable seller Dave’s after a spot for his brother, widow Polly runs a busy fruit stall, while her dim-witted son Danny does odd jobs to earn a bit of cash. Then there are the fly pitchers: boys who work out of a suitcase, drumming up a crowd to make a sale and swiftly moving on. Jacko is among them, and his one ambition is to get a stall – at any cost!

The market in Honey Lane may be a human jungle but its traders know how to bury their differences, weed out the rats and deal with interlopers like scheming, corrupt and ever-unpopular market inspector Mr. Tooke.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

MARKET IN HONEY LANE – THE COMPLETE SERIES (12)

Release Date: 4 November 2013 RRP: £39.99

Running Time: 650 mins (approx.) Screen Ratios: 1.33:1

No. of Discs: 4 Catalogue no. 7953665

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