Re: A&E UK shows-what happens next?
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Originally Posted by PattyFraser
Well, I'd love to see someone do real justice to Pride and Prejudice mini-series, and Upstairs, Downstairs looks really awful in places. But I'm still waiting on a complete Onedin Line, and Poldark never has seen the light of day. I've been waiting on many of these forever, and by now I'd take them on DVD however I can get them.
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If you have (or get) an all-region capable DVD player (and one that can convert the PAL signal to NTSC, like most Philips-branded ones), you should probably go for the R2 versions.
Network Video rereleased
Upstairs Downstairs and you can get the complete boxset on AmazonUK. Includes all the episodes (including the black-and-white ones), the 13-episode spin-off series
Thomas and Sarah, commentaries and a 25th Anniversary special. Being a Network release, they probably include the original adbreak bumpers, LWT opening screen and perhaps even VT countdown clocks. Just make sure you get the Network Video ones,
not the DD Video release.
don't forget, at AmazonUK, if you're ordering from the US you can deduct VAT, which'll save you about 17.5% off the price.
They also have series-by-series releases of
Onedin Line and
Poldark.
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Pride & Prejudice. Are you speaking of the '85 Colin Firth version? There's a 10th Anniversary edition out in the UK on the cheap (with VAT deduction, would be about $15 American plus shipping). Includes a making-of featurette.
Can't imagine why anyone with a serious interest in foreign TV wouldn't have a multi-region/multi-standard player, especially when they're so cheap and easy to render region-free (as I said, Philips is a good brand, and can be had for $50 or less).
