Coming to DVD/Blu-ray

[Paul Clement]

I thought it might be useful to have a thread devoted to letting people know if any TV series we spot that we think people may be interested in are coming to DVD/Blu-ray

So to start things off, a couple of things I spotted on Amazon for pre-order.

The wonderful Children of Green Knowe is coming out on 28/03/16.

Doomwatch is due to come out on 04/04/16

[Paul Clement]

I'm delighted that Children of Green Knowe is being released on DVD, nut my socks have just been knocked off to spot that Charters and Caldicott is due for release on 25/04/16. I've tried watching it on You Tube a few times but the quality was too poor, so am ecstatic it's coming out on DVD.

[Rob McCow]

http://networkonair.com/shop/2331-ti...te-series.html


What about this one, Paul? I've heard about it but never seen it.

[Paul Clement]

Similar. I might get that one too.

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[MacNimon]

A 'forgotten' (forgotten to most of the UK but a cult classic here in Scotland) series from Robert Bank Stewart is making its way to DVD...Iain Cuthbertson's classic Charles Endell Esquire, a spin-off from Adam Faith's early 1970s series, Budgie.

The Strange Death Of Charles Endell

A number of circumstances, not the least the appearance of a certain Arthur Daley around the same time, led to only a single series of this being produced...

[Perry Vale]

An announcement from Network this week....

They're Back! - BBC Announcement

The early days of our fledging label saw us rescuing Robinson Crusoe, crossing borders into Communist-state fairyland and presenting some old public information films to a baffled 21st century audience. It all looked just a bit weird on paper.

These unusual and now almost library-standard releases led us, inevitably, to ask for more of the same but we instead got ’The Goodies’, ‘Ripping Yarns’ and ’Till Death Us Do Part’ for our troubles.

So now we are almost back where we started, having recently concluded an agreement with the BBC to revisit some of our older releases as well as bring a lot of new material to add to our range. Towards the end of the year and beyond we’ll be releasing complete* series box sets of shows that we’d distributed many years ago including 'The Goodies', 'Till Death Us Do Part' and ‘Sykes’ amongst rarer fare like ‘All Passion Spent’ and ‘Johnny Jarvis’, some Screen Two presentations such as ’The Vision’, bafflingly unreleased classics like ’The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George’ and much more.

We’ll be sharing news on these releases with you as we work through them but you’ll need to be patient. There are substantial technical and clearance issues to attend to but it is underway as we write. The first titles will appear before the end of the year, hopefully sooner.

[Perry Vale]

This looks rather nice too from BFI....(link not affiliated)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BGX1BK...I1T68MINEEPBHF

DISSENT & DISRUPTION: ALAN CLARKE AT THE BBC (1969 -1989) (Limited Edition 13 disc Blu-ray Box Set)

This long-overdue collection finally brings together all twenty-three of the surviving stand-alone BBC TV dramas that Alan Clarke directed between 1969 and 1989, including such neglected classics as To Encourage the Others, Horace, Penda’s Fen, Diane, Contact, Christine and Elephant, and also includes the first ever presentation of Clarkes’ original Director’s Cut of The Firm, assembled from his personal answer print, discovered in 2015.

Films

The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel (1969)
Sovereign’s Company (1970)
The Hallelujah Handshake (1970)
To Encourage the Others (1972)
Under the Age (1972)
Horace (1972)
The Love Girl and the Innocent (1973)
Penda’s Fen (1974)
A Follower for Emily (1974)
Diane (1975)
Funny Farm (1975)
Scum (1977)
Nina (1978)
Danton’s Death (1978)
Beloved Enemy (1981)
Psy-Warriors (1981)
Baal (1982)
Stars of the Roller State Disco (1984)
Contact (1985)
Christine (1987)
Road (1987)
The Firm: Director’s Cut (1989, previously unreleased)
The Firm: Broadcast Version (1989)
Elephant (1989)

Bonus Disc (DVD only)

Shelter(1967)
The Gentleman Caller (1967)
Goodnight Albert (1968)
Stella (1968)
The Fifty-Seventh Saturday (1968)
Thief (1968)

Special features:

George’s Room (1967): unique colour episode, previously considered partially lost, starring Geraldine Moffatt and John Neville
Alan Clarke at The Questor’s Theatre (stills gallery)
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (Andy Kelleher, 2016, c.5 hours): new multi-part documentary featuring many of Clarke’s collaborators
David Leland introduces To Encourage the Others (1991)
Diane audio commentary with Janine Duvitski and Richard Kelly (2016)
David Leland introduces Scum (1991)
Tonight: Scum discussion (1978, 11 mins)
Arena: ‘When is a play not a play?’ (1978, 46 mins)
Scum audio commentary
Bukovsky (Alan Clarke, 1977, 50 mins)
Bukovsky Outtakes (1977, 50 mins): footage shot during the making of Clarke’s previously-unseen documentary
Bukovsky audio commentary with Jehane Markham, Grenville Middleton and Sam Dunn
David Markham interviewed by Alan Clarke (audio-only, 20 mins)
Alan Clarke’s letters to the Markhams (stills gallery, with readings by Jehane Markham)
David Leland introduces Contact (1991)
Contact audio commentary with Sean Chapman and Allan Bairstow (2016)
AFN Clarke on Contact (2016): writer of Contact discusses the making of the powerful television drama adaptation
David Leland introduces Road (1991)
Road audio commentary with Corin Campbell Hill and Stuart Walker (2016)
Open Air: Road discussion (1987, 26 mins)
The Firm: Director’s Cut audio commentary with Gary Oldman
David Leland introduces The Firm
The Firm: Broadcast Version audio commentary with Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, David Rolinson and Dick Fiddy
Alan Clarke interview (1989): the director interviewed in LA
Elephant audio commentary with Danny Boyle
Open Air: Elephant discussion (1989, 21 mins)
Illustrated 200-page book

£99.99 at Zavvi and a still rather reasonable £109.99 at Amazon.