Tom St Jones
Supporting Actor
This year is the 45th anniversary of this British comedy classic. The existing A&E "16 ton megaset" DVD collection is full of problems, such as various missing segments of episodes, and the unremastered, non-widescreen transfer of "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" (Unless I'm wrong, I believe this program was originally filmed and/or shown with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 or thereabouts). The episodes look mostly okay, but just don't look so great on today's larger TVs, something I'm sure could be greatly improved with a new remastered set or season sets. I realise that the show will probably never be issued on Blu-ray due to most of the interior scenes having been shot on videotape (with exteriors done on film), as was the standard practice for scripted shows in Britain then - which lacks the resolution necessary for true HD. According to the Wikipedia page for the show, a remastered/ restored set of the complete series was released in 2007 in Region 2/B only. I find it surprising that A&E (assuming they still hold the U.S. rights) would let this anniversary pass without putting out a new edition or collection of some kind.