Dom Robinson reviews

Cert:

Cat.no: MDV 517

Running time: 82 minutes

Year: 2001

Pressing: 2001

Region(s): 2 (UK PAL)

Chapters: 12 plus extras

Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround)

Languages: English

Subtitles: None

Fullscreen: 4:3

16:9-enhanced: No

Macrovision: No

Disc Format: DVD 5

Price: £15.99

Extras: Presenter profile, Photo Gallery, Bonus Footage, Trailers

Tabitha helps the guards
in their thorough investigations.

Prison is not the easy life for some, as proved in Banged Up, the Adult Channel programme always starring blonde slapper Chloe, banged up in the notorious Wankworth Prison where the female staff and convicts see the day through ensuring they take down each other's particulars with thorough detail.

The first four episodes are included on this disc, starting with "To Snatch A Thief" in which Tabitha (Chloe) is caught committing a burglary so two female officers say they'll "drop the charges if you drop your knickers". Soapy showers and lubricated latex is the order of the day in "No Holes Barred" when the wardens finally get their hands on her.

Tabitha is introduced to Snake and Blade in "In For a Long Stretch", the two hardest lesbians in the compound, but Tabitha might just win the race by a length when she attaches her strap-on (!) Finally, there's a cat-fight to die for in "Caged Fury" when she meets her new cell-mate, Animal.

Of course, it's no surprise that even with the ITC starting to back down over consenual sex scenes, the BBFC won't include any particular 'close ups'.

A female guard does her
best Dickie Bird impression.

The picture is fullscreen and clear as a bell. No complaints and zero artifacts. The average bitrate is a fairly steady 5.36Mb/s, briefly peaking over 7Mb/s.

The sound is Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround) and is clear enough, but isn't used to any great degree.

The extras include a few pages of info about Chloe in Presenter Profile, 16 pictures in the Photo Gallery and Bonus Footage of a 25-minute extra programme, Presenter's Passions where Chloe once, twice, threesome's it with her boyfriend and their female chauffeur. Trailers are also included for Banged Up, Sam Gets Her Girl, Department Sex and Capital Ride, although these tend to be just the piece that preceeds each respective programme in the opening titles.

There are 12 chapters on the disc, which is three for each episode, but one apiece is wasted on the opening credits alone. The menus are static and silent and there are no subtitles.

This week's guest spanker: Elizabeth Hurley
(or something like that)

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Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2001.