--- product_id: 52706165 title: "The West Wing: Season 1 [DVD] [2002]" brand: "martin sheen, stockard channing, thomas schlamme, clark johnson" price: "€ 33.81" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/52706165-the-west-wing-season-1-dvd-2002 store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # The West Wing: Season 1 [DVD] [2002] **Brand:** martin sheen, stockard channing, thomas schlamme, clark johnson **Price:** € 33.81 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The West Wing: Season 1 [DVD] [2002] by martin sheen, stockard channing, thomas schlamme, clark johnson - **How much does it cost?** € 33.81 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/52706165-the-west-wing-season-1-dvd-2002) ## Best For - martin sheen, stockard channing, thomas schlamme, clark johnson enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted martin sheen, stockard channing, thomas schlamme, clark johnson brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description 6-disc set containing all the episodes from Series 1: Pilot Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc A Proportional Response Five Votes Down The Crackpots and These Women Mr. Willis of Ohio The State Dinner Enemies The Short List In Excelsis Deo Lord John Marbury He Shall, from Time to Time Take Out the Trash Day Take This Sabbath Day Celestial Navigation 20 Hours in L.A. The White House Pro-Am Six Meetings Before Lunch Let Bartlet Be Bartlet Mandatory Minimums Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics What Kind of Day Has It Been? desertcart.co.uk Review Aaron Sorkin's American political drama The West Wing is more than mere feel-good viewing for sentimental US patriots. It is among the best-written, sharpest, funniest and most moving American TV series of all time. In its first series, The West Wing established the cast of characters comprising the White House staff. There's Chief of Staff Leo McGarry (John Spencer), a recovering alcoholic whose efforts to be the cornerstone of the administration contribute to the break-up of his marriage. CJ (Alison Janney) is the formidable Press Spokeswoman embroiled in a tentative on-off relationship with Timothy ( Thirtysomething ) Busfield's reporter. Brilliant but grumpy communications deputy Toby Ziegler, Rob Lowe's brilliant but faintly nerdy Sam Seaborn and brilliant but smart-alecky Josh Lyman make up the rest of the inner circle. Initially, the series' creators had intended to keep the President off-screen. Wisely, however, they went with Martin Sheen's Jed Bartlet, whose eccentric volatility, caution, humour and strength in a crisis make for such an impressively plausible fictional President that polls once expressed a preference for Bartlet over the genuine incumbent. The issues broached in the first series have striking, often prescient contemporary relevance. We see the President having to be talked down from a "disproportionate response" when terrorists shoot down a plane carrying his personal doctor, or acting as broker in a dangerous stand-off between India and Pakistan. Gun control laws, gays in the military and fundamentalist pressure groups are all addressed--the latter in a most satisfying manner ("Get your fat asses out of the White House!")--while the episode "Take This Sabbath Day" is a superb dramatic meditation on capital punishment. Handled incorrectly, The West Wing could have been turgid, didactic propaganda for The American Way. However, the writers are careful to show that, decent as this administration is, its achievements, though hard-won, are minimal. Moreover, the brisk, staccato-like, almost musical exchanges of dialogue, between Josh and his PA Donna, for instance, as they pace purposefully up and down the corridors are the show's abiding joy. This is wonderful and addictive viewing. -- David Stubbs ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Actors | Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing | | Asin | B000068OVR | | Aspect Ratio | 4:3 - 1.33:1 | | Audio Description | English | | Director | Clark Johnson, Marc Buckland, Michael Lehmann, Robert Berlinger, Thomas Schlamme | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Language | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) | | Manufacturer Reference | 7321900223935 | | Media Format | Box set, PAL, Subtitled | | Number Of Discs | 6 | | Product Dimensions | 13.5 x 1.5 x 19 cm; 100 g | | Release Date | 17 April 2019 | | Run Time | 13 hours and 18 minutes | | Studio | Warner Bros. Home Ent. | | Subtitles | English | | Writers | Aaron Sorkin, Jeff Reno, Patrick Caddell, Paul Redford, Ron Osborn | ## Product Details - **Genre:** Drama - **Format:** Box set, PAL, Subtitled - **Contributor:** Aaron Sorkin, Alan Taylor, Alex Graves, Allison Janney, Allison Smith, Anthony Drazan, Arlene Sanford, Bill D'Elia, Bob Balaban, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Weitz, C. C. H. Pounder, Carl Lumbly, Christopher Misiano, Clark Johnson, David Hasselhoff, David Huddleston, Dee Dee Meyers, Don Scardino, Dulé Hill, Edward James Olmos, Elizabeth Moss, Janel Moloney, Jay Leno, Jeff Reno, John Spencer, John de Lancie, Karl Malden, Ken Olin, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Laura Innes, Lawrence O'Donnell Jr, Marc Buckland, Marlee Matlin, Martin Sheen, Michael Lehmann, Moira Kelly, Noah Emmerich, Patrick Caddell, Paul Redford, Peter Parnell, Renee Estevez, Richard Schiff, Rick Cleveland, Rob Lowe, Robert Berlinger, Roger Rees, Ron Osborn, Stockard Channing, Thomas Schlamme, Tim Matheson, Timothy Busfield - **Language:** English - **Number of discs:** 6 ## Images ![The West Wing: Season 1 [DVD] [2002] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91bQGddNe4L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Well, this is good on so many levels..." *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 24 June 2009* These are the first 22 episodes of the greatest multi-season drama ever screened on television. Nothing less.The first six episodes alone are worth the price. No TV show in my lifetime has started as confidently, and with this much wit, intelligence and humanity. You will realise, by the time Josh gives up his nuclear attack escape card in episode 5, that this isn't just a heavyweight political drama. It is about beautifully-drawn characters and their relationship to each other.The quality of the writing, by creator Aaron Sorkin, is simply stunning throughout. It is matched by probably the greatest cast assembled for any television show. Then-unknowns like Richard Schiff and Allison Janney deservedly won Emmys for their roles. The show won a record 9 Emmys for this first season.There are many outstanding episodes; even the weakest one would get three stars. Special mention should be made of the Emmy-winning Christmas episode, "In Excelsis Deo", which could make a hardened cynic cry. Episodes 12 through to 15 display a show at the very top of its game, covering a presidential illness, the chief of staff's alcoholism, excruciating moral dilemmas over gay rights and the death penalty, and finally a superb comic episode with a powerful statement to make about race relations.Other major plot lines include a staff member's liaison with a call girl, an inter-racial relationship and the adminsitration's inability to govern effectively. It all builds up to a thrilling climax, which will make you buy season 2 as soon as it's all over.And do you know what? Season 2 is even better... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely brilliant! *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 15 November 2006* I live in Eastern Europe, where "West Wing" has not been shown on television, and because I am a political journalist, I find the programme to be absolutely fascinating. It is beautifully written, which is the most important thing -- although the American president is presented as a left-leaning Democrat, there is no pandering to interest groups on issues such as the death penalty and gay rights. The programme is also magnificently acted, particularly by Richard Schiff as Toby, John Spencer as Leo, Bradley Whitford as Josh, and Martin Sheen as the president. I agree with the reviewer who says that the first two series should be bought together, as I did -- there is a whopper of a cliffhanger at the end of the first season, and it was lovely to be able to watch the denouement immediately afterward.The credits of the show list Dee Dee Myers, the former press secretary to President Bill Clinton, as an advisor, and this has obviously helped, because in most cases the story lines ring very true, indeed. One possible quibble is that major plot lines tend to disappear -- in one episode, India and Pakistan are about to nuke each other, and in subsequent episodes this seems to be forgotten. As to the cliffhanger in question (no plot spoiler here!), it is absolutely inconveivable that when the president of the United States is outdoors, someone could stand in a big old window no more than 100 feet away, assemble a gun and fire it repeatedly. I have seen presidential advance teams in action, and there is nobody in surrounding windows except possibly Secret Service sharpshooters -- nobody. But that is a minor quibble. I've watched Series 1, I'm on Series 2, Series 3 and 4 are on their way from Amazon, and I hope to get Series 5, 6 and 7 for Christmas. Perhaps viewers in Britain will not catch the American political in-jokes, but as for me (American expat), it is beyond magnificent! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ TV drama at its best *by on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 26 January 2008* Television rally does not get much better than this. In a time when we are lucky enough to have a whole host of excellent TV dramas available to us, the West Wing neverthless stands out. What makes it so good?The characterisation is strong and convincing. Unsurprisingly, all the people surrounding the president are extremely bright, very forceful and have egos the size of the Empire State Building. The show manages to convince us that they also have the drive to work the long hours required and to advise, and even contradict the president on matters they believe in. What makes them bearable is their humanity, by which I mean their attachment to certain basic principles and, to an extent, the flaws in their character also. Heading up the team is Leo, the Chief of Staff, an old soldier whose marriage is heading for the rocks ever more swiftly as he devotes himself more and more to the service of the president. There is Sam (arguably the least successul of the main characters) whose intellectual brilliance does not prevent him from being hugely naive in certain respects. Josh and Mandy make a great double act, helped by the fact that they used to be partners, and a certain amount of unresolved sexual tension remains. Toby is a towering success as a character - a very strong sense of personal morality coupled with doubts about his personal self-worth. And CJ is a feisty, intelligent but lovable character who holds all the other together. One of the show's finest achievements is to show how this bunch of over achievers do not overwhelm the President, who, while taking their counsel, always remains resolutely his own man, deserving all their respect.Over and above the characterisation and the acting (also excellent), however, it is the skillful and sensitive writing that makes this show stand out for me. The writers clearly set their stall out as Democrats with Democrat values running through the show like a stick of Brighton rock. They also show the machinations of the White House - one of the most telling lines is "You should never let people see how two things are made - laws and sausages".All in all, an excellent series that I thoroughly recommend. ## Frequently Bought Together - The West Wing: Season 1 [DVD] [2002] - The West Wing: Season 3 [DVD] [2004] - The West Wing - Complete Season 4 [DVD] --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/52706165-the-west-wing-season-1-dvd-2002](https://www.desertcart.be/products/52706165-the-west-wing-season-1-dvd-2002) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-10-19*