The Paradise: The Complete Series (DVD)

Viewed the story on Netflix. Loved it!! so much I purchased the DVD's. A thoroughly delightful series to watch. Stunning costumes. Outstanding performances. Based around Paradise, England's first lavish department store, Tollgate Street, its many merchants and surrounding countryside. The Paradise has it all: love, hate, greed, rivalries, betrayals, intrigue, secrecy, control, manipulation and redemption. Moray, who owns and operates the Paradise is tormented by his past,which direction to follow and being true to his heart/soul. He's torn between Katherine, a rich arrogant aristocrat vs Denise, love interest, pretty country girl. Denise and Moray, both have mixed emotions of jealously and career ambition. A cast of interesting characters reveals their own struggles...Jonas, store detective, Mr. Westin, cruel sociopath, Sam, fun loving sales person. A very well written story with many twists & turns. Disappointed the story doesn't continue. Would have loved to see Moray and Denise marry. Outstanding job with story closure...no cliffhanger here.

WOW! my wife and I loved this series. All of the cast did a fine job and left you wanting the series to continue. The writers could have done that easily but given the vagaries of entertainment producers did not. Still they came up with an acceptable happy ending.

I really liked this series, though I was annoyed with Morray, the owner of the Paradise. He's full of handsome charm but is, after -all weak in staying true to his heart. I don't cut slack for men who marry for position, while suffering heartache for their true love. And I certainly find it more than annoying when women chase after such a man. But I do like the two main characters very much and enjoy watching them together. I grudgingly put my personal disdain behind me for that reason. The costumes are simply beautiful. This is a little along that lines of Mr. Selfridge but without the flamboyant charm and gregarious personality. Still, there's plenty of storyline----annoying and implausible as it may be at times.

This BBC series is about the first department store and set in the 1870’s. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, the lavish store is transported from Paris to England. The manager, the owners, the clerks and their personal lives are the subject. I chose to see it because it was written by Bill Gallagher, who wrote Lark Rise to Candleford. As expected. its 16 episodes (it was cancelled too soon) are excellent.

Being on lock down, I have been watching alot of English movies! Love them, want to escape! If you watched and enjoyed Mr. Selfridge, you will Love this movie!

The DVD set was nice. Its better to buy Season 1 and 2 together because you will want to complete the series once you get into the characters. This series is a good one to add to your collection if you are into Lark Rise to Candleford, or Cranford. It had such a great story and the actors were wonderful. It was a great buy.

Very good

Can't wait to view entire movie..........After seeing SO MANY clips & previews on line !!!!!

Là où l'argent et le pouvoir cachent un amour déçu. La vie et les aventures d'employés de grand magasins. Fresque historique romantique.

This is a wonderful surprise: Intelligent, human, credible, deep, character driven, varied, imaginative, uplifting. And many characters and narratives all running along together woven into a family that are the staff at the shop. No wonder it's so good, as it is closely derived from the great Emile Zola's 'Bonheur des Dames' (one of his great masterpieces), transposed to the North of England at the same period. Series 2 (not included) is a modern script writer's creation and is much the less for it.Trying to find a genre or broad comparison made me think of a cross between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, with dollops of Elisabeth Gaskell and the more populist Judith Krantz and Barbara Taylor Bradford.A rich delightful foray into other peoples' worlds in the mid Victorian age of late industrial revolution. No shrill political undercurrent. Just credible characters, bright intelligent dialogue, engaging issues and challenging problems. Thank you BBC: I regret the license fee less and less!

avevo già visto la serie in tv dopo aver letto il romanzo di Zola. Naturalmente, per una lettrice accanita come me, il piacere derivato dalla lettura è in finitamente superiore a quello proveniente da qualsiasi riduzione per il piccolo o grande schermo. Tuttavia l'adattamento della BBC è molto gradevole e il mio acquisto è finalizzato a rivedere la serie quando ne ho il desiderio. Aggiungo che il testo in lingua originale me lo fa gustare di più. Ottimo acquisto.

Si l'on n'a pas lu le roman d’Émile Zola "Au bonheur des dames", la mini série est délicieuse. Par contre, après avoir lu le roman les divergences abondent. Bien sûr, l'univers de Zola est sombre et la translation au cinéma aurait nécessité des capitaux que la production n'avait sans doute pas. Donc, si on veut passer un bon moment sans arrière pensée, il ne faut pas avoir lu le roman avant. Après, le vrai plaisir est de le lire et de s'immerger dans l'écriture et l'évocation du 19ème siècle finissant et de la naissance cahotique du 20ème.

Bin nach einiger Suche auf dem BBC-Period Angebot über diese Serie gestolpert. Zu meinem Glück.Für jeden, der sich mal wieder zurücklehnen möchte und einen sehr schönen BBC Schmaus sehen will, ist hier richtig. Diese Serie umfasst 3 DVDs mit insgesamt 8 Folgen. Jede einzelne ist richtig gelungen.Ich konnte mich nicht satt sehen an der schönen und ins Detail gehende Kulisse. Hut ab vor den Menschen, die so etwas schaffen. Falls jemand etwas über den Inhalt erfahren will, möchte ich an eine anderer Stelle verweißen, da einige Kollegen, meiner Meinung nach, schon hinreichen darauf eingegangen sind.Für diejenigen unter uns, die noch etwas warten können, die deutsche Version kommt bald raus (30 August 2013). Ich denke jedoch, dass der englische Orginalton kaum zu überbieten ist.