SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

lucy-mcginn I also first saw this series on BBC afternoon TV in the '80's at the tender age of 10. I fell in love with it immediately. Already being a fan of the Paul Hogan show, I was delighted to see him in Anzacs. I tried and tried to find it available on anything but the awful 'edited' feature film. After years of searching I have located a website in Oz that has shipped it to me in the UK. Look up EZYDVD on the web and it should give you the address. It was a delight to watch it all from the start - and yes, it was just as brilliant as I remember it being! You can also get other Aussie films (The Shiralee being just one fab example) from here - as long as you have a multi-region DVD player. I would urge anyone to watch this series, it makes me laugh and cry out loud, even 20 years after I first saw it! Jon Blake plays such a good role in Flannegan, it's terrible that he was injured so badly and wasn't able to work again. All the other actors made each episode so real, it's really easy to get involved with the storyline and characters. I find it incredible that the Aussies never really recognised the role played by the "diggers" of WW1 in their own history, except to remember Gallipoli and what a disaster that was. This series should have gone someway to making people remember that it was indeed a World War and we should be grateful for all the help those "diggers" gave in winning the war! WATCH THIS SERIES!!!!!!!

SAChoover I thought it was quite a good series. I can't imagine how this could be reduced to a 2hr? tele-movie without losing just about everything good about it. I'm Australian, and this was produced for Aussies, no apologies for that. It's about time, rather than the usual good and bad Hollywood and to a lesser extent Brit efforts. If you don't know a Zac from a Brass Razoo, well we've had to put up with your slang and slight cultural differences for long enough. But I digress, this showed a part of history which has been long ignored, both here and overseas. In Australia we know full well the tale of Gallipoli, however the further efforts on the Western Front have largely been ignored. It's also good to see mention of the Home Front politics regarding conscription which severely divided the nation at the time and the Diggers response, which left it the only Allied fully volunteer Army in WW1. All in all I throughly enjoyed it, a good mix of believable characters, action, behind the lines antics and the Home Front drama, well worth seeing if you can get the original 5 part series.For reviewersSome of the previous commentators have said they wouldn't mind getting a copy of this. The only place I know that sells it is the Australian War Memorial. As you don't want URL's I won't include one however I'll leave it to you to phrase this part if you want to include it. Stuart Coates

chrisc2116 I remember seeing this movie on UK tv many years ago. From what I can recall it was an excellent portrayal of the events of that time. Whilst not always historically depicted and not always well acted I do remember eagerly consuming each episode as it was shown. A more sophisticated audience from nowadays might be less satisfied with the offering. All I can say is my family have it as top of my most wanted for either video or dvd. Alas, its available on neither. Roll on the BBC's repeat of this well worth watching film.

Wes Burgoyne The best war movie or series (on a par with Saving Private Ryan) I have ever seen. This gives a true account of how I imagine the Australians were at war - the camaraderie, the bravery, the humour - just as I imagine it would have been. And, what a great Australian cast !!!To the lady who gave this a terrible rating - you wouldn't know a good movie if it bit you.