Due to receiving numerous emails over the past few years — generally requesting details about DVDs of various UK series not covered by the book guide itself — I've compiled the following list which (hopefully) includes every single release on shiny disc to date.
As with the main book guide, the focus is essentially on UK telefantasy series and related episodes from otherwise non-telefantasy series. To the less geeky among you: everything sci-fi, horror and fantasy-related that I can think of that has been produced for UK television and which has been released on DVD. The emphasis is primarily on releases in the UK (Region 2) and the United States (Region 1).
High definition releases on Blu-ray are also mentioned where relevant, although it should be noted that the vast majority of UK television programmes prior to around 2005 would not see any major benefit from a Blu-ray release as they were not produced in a high definition format. Anything produced on 35mm film, however, would be ideally suited to a Blu-ray release — The Prisoner and Thunderbirds have already been released and the film seasons of The Avengers are due out in 2010.
As with the main section of the web site, it's almost inevitable that there will be something missing that should be included. If anyone manages to spot any omissions — or, indeed, anything that's incorrect — please get in contact via the email address at the top of the page.
Please note that, unless specified, the "Notes" generally refer to the Region 2 DVD releases and other editions may (or may not) differ.
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| Series | Notes |
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United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
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A for Andromeda (1961) |
Of the original seven episode serial, the BBC archives currently only hold The Face of the Tiger, the final fifteen minutes of The Last Mystery, a number of film inserts and a complete off-air audio recording of The Last Mystery which was returned to the BBC late in 2006. All existing footage was released on Region 2 DVD in the UK alongside the sequel, The Andromeda Breakthrough, as The Andromeda Anthology — sadly the audio recording of The Last Mystery was returned some months after the DVD release. The existing footage from A for Andromeda is included as part of a two-hour twenty-seven minute reconstruction of the serial which uses photographs and on-screen captions to explain the story. All major pieces of footage (The Face of the Tiger, the existing part of The Last Mystery, and a five-minute extract from The Machine) also feature an optional commentary. Extras include a documentary, PDF files for the scripts to the missing episodes and a comprehensive booklet of notes by Andrew Pixley. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
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A for Andromeda (1972) |
A five-part black and white Italian re-make of the original 1961 production. The series was produced under the title A Come Andromeda and has now been released on DVD in Italy. Sadly it doesn't include subtitles in any language. | N/A | N/A |
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A for Andromeda (2006) |
A for Andromeda was remade for television in the UK in 2006 for BBC Four as a ninety-minute production and has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| The Abominable Snowman | The movie version of The Creature, Nigel Kneale's 1955 television play. Sadly, the original version no longer exists in the BBC archives. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Ace of Wands | Seasons 1 and 2 no longer exist, so the four disc set consists of all twenty episodes from Season 3. Extras include a new documentary, plus Dutch Schlitz's Shoes and Mr. Stabs, the two spin-off episodes from Shadows and Dramarama respectively that featured Season 1 bad guy Mr Stabs. Also includes an extremely comprehensive booklet on the production of the series by Andrew Pixley. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Adam Adamant Lives! |
Of the twenty-nine episodes produced over two seasons, only seventeen are currently known to exist — fifteen from Season 1 and two from Season 2. The five disc set includes all of the existing episodes as well as a new documentary, a number of featurettes, plus deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes footage. A number of PDF extras are also included: scripts for the missing episodes, the comic strips from TV Comic and the Adam Adamant Lives! Annual. Subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Affinity | Adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel, starring Anna Madeley and Zoe Tapper. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Afterlife |
ITV1 supernatural drama from Steven Volk, about medium Alison Mundy (Leslie Sharp) and psychology lecturer Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln) who is writing a paper about her. The series ran for two seasons before being cancelled. The Season 1 DVD contains all six episodes, with commentaries on More Than Meets the Eye and The 7:59 Club by Stephen Volk, Murray Ferguson, Andrew Lincoln and Leslie Sharp. The set also includes the series trailer. Subtitles. The Series 2 set including all seven episodes plus the Afterlife...Behind the Scenes documentary. Subtitles. No commentaries. |
Series 1 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Series 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Alice in Wonderland | Jonathan Miller's acclaimed 1966 version of Alice in Wonderland, filmed for BBC1's The Wednesday Play. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Alternative 3 | Contrary to a number of popular conspiracy theories, Alternative 3 is still held in the Anglia Television archives and was finally issued on Region 2 DVD in the UK in 2007. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| The Andromeda Breakthrough | The Andromeda Breakthrough has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK alongside all existing footage from the 1961 production of A for Andromeda as The Andromeda Anthology. See the A for Andromeda entry for further details. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Apparitions | Supernatural BBC One drama starring Martin Shaw as Catholic priest Father Jacob. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Artemis 81 |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Ashes to Ashes | Spin-off from the hugely popular Life on Mars, this time set in London in 1981 and featuring ex-Spooks actress Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake. As before, DCI Gene Hunt and his subordinates Chris and Ray are along to as politically incorrect as possible. |
Season 1 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| The Avengers | See The Avengers on DVD page for further details. | ||
| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Bad Girls | Rather unusually, the cheese-fest that was ITV's answer to Prisoner: Cell Block H went a bit ghostly for the two Christmas specials produced in 2005 and 2006. |
Season 7 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 8 amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Beasts |
Anthology series from the pen of Nigel Kneale. The main extra is Murrain, a Kneale episode of Against the Crowd, which dealt with similar themes. Also includes a photo gallery and booklet. No subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Being Human |
The acclaimed BBC Three drama about a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost who share a house. Bizarrely, the pilot episode which spawned a viewer campaign to get the full series commissioned is not being included with either release. |
Series 1 (DVD) amazon.co.uk amazon.com Series 1 (Blu-ray) amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Bergerac |
What a lot of people may not know is that the popular Jersey-based detective series from the 1980s was occasionally home to the odd telefantasy episode. Of the three produced, the best-remembered is almost certainly Fires in the Fall, the 1986 Christmas Special which involved a mysterious arsonist dressed as a monk — it was included in the Season 4 DVD set. What Dreams May Come?, also from Season 4, featured the ever-dependable Charles Grey and a black covern, while The Dig from Season 8 featured a cursed Viking artefact. |
Season 4 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 8 amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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Bird of Prey / Bird of Prey 2 |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Blackadder | Strangely, the otherwise historically based series did twice venture into telefantasy territory. The first occasion was with Blackadder's Christmas Carol, a take on the obvious source which not only featured the requisite number of ghosts, but also a futuristic science fiction setting for the final segment. Blackadder Back and Forth, produced for screening at the Millennium Dome in London, saw Baldrick accidentally create a workable time machine |
Blackadder's Christmas Carol amazon.co.uk Blackadder Back and Forth amazon.co.uk |
Blackadder Back and Forth amazon.com Complete Series amazon.com |
| Blake's 7 | Classic 1970s outer-space series from the BBC1, created by Terry Nation. |
Season 1 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 3 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 4 amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| The Borrowers | Two seasons of family-oriented adventures for BBC1, based on the series of novels of Mary Norton and starring Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton. |
Season 1 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| The Box of Delights |
Classic BBC1 adaptation of the children's book by John Masefield. Extras includes a number of archive pieces from around the time of transmission, including extracts from Pebble Mill at One, Take Two and Blue Peter, as well as newly recorded pieces with Devin Stanfield and director Renny Rye. Photo gallery and subtitles. The individual release of The Box of Delights has now been deleted, meaning the serial is currently only available in the Children's Christmas Classics box set along with the BBC adaptations of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Snow Queen. |
The Box of Delights amazon.co.uk amazon.com Children's Christmas Classics amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Boy Meets Girl | Modern ITV1 take on the old bodyswap story, with Rachel Stirling and Martin Freeman playing the characters whose minds get switched due to a lightning strike. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Brimstone and Treacle | Controversial Dennis Potter play for the BBC. |
TV amazon.co.uk amazon.com Movie amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| BUGS |
All seasons are 4:3, although Season 4 should be 16:9. None of the sets has subtitles. The box set of the entire series also includes a bonus disc containing an interview with Stephen Gallagher who wrote a number of episodes. |
Season 1 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 3 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 4 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons |
One of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's most famous Supermarionation series, in which Captain Scarlet and SPECTRUM come up against the almost unstoppable Captain Black and the Mysterons. Restored. Subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Casting the Runes | 1979 adaptation of the short story by MR James. Also includes Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance (1975 schools adaptation) and the documentary A Pleasant Terror. No subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Catweazle |
Two seasons of 1970s comic adventures, as the medieval sorcerer Catweazle (Geoffrey Bayldon) finds himself out of time, and generally completely out of his depth after escaping into the future. No extras or subtitles. |
Season 1 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Season 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Century Falls |
Six-part BBC1 children's serial by Russell T Davies, which is set in the isolated village community of Century Falls, where not a single child has been born in forty years, and where the villagers are keeping a terrible secret. Enter teenager Tess Hunter and her pregnant mother... No extras, but the DVD does include a booklet on the making of the serial. Subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| The Champions | One of the almost endless series of glossy film series produced by Lew Grade's ITC for ITV in the 1960s. This time featuring three agents of NEMESIS, whose plane crashes in the Himalayas and who subsequently discover they have acquired various extra abilities, such as telepathy and super strength. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Children of the Stones |
Classic 1970s children's series from HTV, about a mysterious stone circle. Stars Gareth Thomas and Iain Cuthbertson. Extras include new interviews with Gareth Thomas and director Peter Graham Scott, as well as cast biographies and a photo gallery. No subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Chiller | To date, ITV's 1995 supernatural anthology series has only been released on Region 4 DVD in Australia, with the five episodes being spread over two discs. | N/A | N/A |
| Chocky | Chocky was an adaptation of the novel by John Wyndham. The two follow-ups were wholly original productions, although the same cast was used. |
Chocky amazon.co.uk amazon.com Chocky's Children amazon.co.uk amazon.com Chocky's Challenge amazon.co.uk amazon.com Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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A Christmas Carol (1977) |
The 1977 adaptation from BBC2, starring Michael Horden and John Le Mesurier. Unfortunately — or perhaps not if you're a Dickens fan — the production is currently only available as part of the Charles Dickens Collection, which gathers together eight BBC adaptations from down the years. |
Charles Dickens Collection amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| The Chronicles of Narnia |
Over the course of three years (1988-1990), BBC1 produced adaptations of four of CS Lewis' seven Narnia novels, with each season consisting of six episodes — the second saw the episodes split between Prince Caspian (2 episodes) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (4 episodes). The series was adapted and produced by the same team who had been responsible for the acclaimed Box of Delights a few years earlier. The complete DVD set contains a fourth disc which contains a number of extras. Subtitles. |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe amazon.co.uk Prince Caspian / The Voyage of the Dawn Treader amazon.co.uk The Silver Chair amazon.co.uk Complete Series amazon.co.uk |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe amazon.com Prince Caspian / The Voyage of the Dawn Treader amazon.com The Silver Chair amazon.com Complete Series amazon.com |
| Clay |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A | |
| Clone | Six-part BBC Three "comedy" from 2008. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| The Cloning of Joanna May | ITV's two-part drama from 1992, based on the novel by Fay Wheldon. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Codename Icarus |
Five-part BBC1 children's thriller from 1981, in which maths prodigy Martin Smith is sent to the Falconleigh school for gifted children, owned by the mysterious Icarus Foundation, where the work of the children is being used for unauthorised weapons research. The series was produced entirely on film, and still stands up to scrutiny nearly thirty years later. Subtitles. |
N/A |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
| The Colour of Magic | Two-part Sky One adaptation of the Terry Pratchett Discworld novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Stars David Jason as Rincewind. |
(DVD) amazon.co.uk (Blu-ray) amazon.co.uk |
amazon.com |
| The Comic Strip Presents... | Comedy anthology with a satirical edge, which contained a number of telefantasy-themed episodes, such as Slags, The Yob, Space Virgins from the Planet Sex and Demonella. |
Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Count Dracula | Feature-length BBC adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel, starring Louis Jordan as Dracula. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Crime Traveller |
Short-lived, Saturday evening sci-fi/crime drama from Anthony Horowitz, starring ex-EastEnder Michael French as Detective Jeff Slade and Red Dwarf's Chloe Annett as Holly Turner, whose father had invented a working time machine. Never anywhere near as bad as its critics liked to make out, the series was cancelled after just eight episodes, although in recent years it has had something of a revival in poularity as people have been able to buy the DVDs and make up their own minds. Each volume contains four episodes split over two DVDs. No subtitles. |
Volume 1 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Volume 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Crooked House | BBC Four's three-part ghost story from Christmas 2009, written by Mark Gatiss. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Dark Season |
Six part, BBC1 children's series by Russell T Davies. Famous for starring both Kate Winslet, and Blake's 7's Servalan (actress Jacqueline Pearce) who plays the part of Miss Pendragon in an equally enthusiastic manner. The series is probably best remembered for the cliffhanger to Episode Five when the Behemoth machine erupts up through the school stage. No extras, although the set does include a booklet on the making of the series. Subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Day of the Triffids | Classic six-part BBC1 adaptation of the famous science fiction novel by John Wyndham. Stars John Duttine and Emma Relph. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Dead Set | Five-part zombie thriller, from the pen of the Guardian's ascerbic TV critic Charlie Brooker, which was shown on E4 in the days leading up halloween in 2008. Set in the Big Brother house, which becomes the last refuge from the cannibalistic masses. Stars Jaime Winstone and Davina McCall. Yes, that Davina McCall... |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com Director's Cut amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Death of a President | More 4's 2006 "what if" drama that speculates on what would happen if President George W Bush had been assassinated. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Demons |
Series 1 (DVD) amazon.co.uk amazon.com Series 1 (Blu-ray) amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A | |
| Dinosapien |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A | |
| Doctor Who | See the Doctor Who on DVD page for further details. | ||
| Doomwatch | The only episodes of Doomwatch to have been released on DVD are The Plastic Eaters and Tomorrow the Rat, both of which had previously been paired together on VHS. Although advertised, and indeed still listed in some locations, the second VHS volume containing The Red Sky and You Killed Toby Wren was never actually issued on DVD. |
Plastic Eaters / Tomorrow the Rat (DVD) amazon.co.uk amazon.com The Red Sky / You Killed Toby Wren (VHS) amazon.co.uk amazon.com Movie amazon.co.uk |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980) |
BBC2 adaptation of the clasic Robert Louis Stevenson novel, starring David Hemmings as the two lead characters. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible | Six-part anthology series starring Steve Coogan that set out to spoof classic British horror films. Each episodes sees Coogan playing a different role, as well as playing Dr Terrible, who introduces each story in the finest Roald Dahl Tales of the Unexpected manner. Truly diabolical! |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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Dracula (2006) |
Christmas 2006 adaptation from BBC One, starring Marc Warren and Sophia Myles. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Edge of Darkness | BAFTA-winning series from 1985 starring Bob Peck and Joe Don Baker. The series was remastered for its DVD release and also includes a number of extras from the time, as well as a new documentary. Subtitles. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Escape Into Night |
Adaptation of Catherine's Storr's children's novel Marianne Dreams, later turned into the movie Paperhouse. Often remembered by TV viewers of the 1970s as the story with the girl in bed, whose drawings came to life, and for a series of standing stones which creepily advanc towards the house which she had drawn. Although produced on colour videotape, the series now only exists as 16mm black and white telerecordings. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com networkdvd.net |
N/A |
| Eleventh Hour | Short-lived series from 2006 which starred Patrick Stewart and Ashley Jensen, and which was created by Stephen Gallagher. A completely new version starring Rufus Sewell and Marley Shelton managed an eighteen-episode run in the United States in 2008/9. | N/A |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Fairy Tales | Despite its title, the only episode of BBC One's 2008 series of modern-day retellings which retained its telefantasy roots was the final episode, Billy Goat. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Feathered Serpent, The |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Fireball XL5 | The second of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation series, this time following Steve Zodiac and the crew of Fireball XL5 as they set the galaxy to rights, over the course of 39 black and white episodes. First broacast on ITV in 1963. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| First Born |
Compilation of BBC1's three-part serial starring Charles Dance, based on Maureen Duffy's Gor Saga. No extras, but does include a booklet on the making of the series. Subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Five Children and It |
Six-part, 1991 adaptation of the classic children's book by E Nesbit, about a group of children who stumble upon a sand fairy (or Psammead) who is able to grant wishes. The two BBC1 sequels, The Return of the Psammead and The Phoenix and the Carpet, have never been released on DVD. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
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The Flipside of Dominick Hide / Another Flip for Dominick |
Two entries from BBC1's famous Play for Today series, both starring Peter Firth as the time-travelling Dominick Hide, who travels back to the present day. If 1980 and 1982 could still be considered to be the present day!. No extras, although the set does contain a booklet about the making of the two plays. Subtitles. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Four Feather Falls | An early Gerry And Sylvia Anderson production about Tex Tucker, Sheriff of Four Feather Falls, who is able to call on the powers of four magical feathers in times of trouble. And as with all of their puppet series, that would be every single week! |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
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Frankenstein (2006) |
Extended release of ITV1's 2007 updating of the classic Mary Shelley novel. Written by Jed Mercurio (Invasion: Earth / Cardiac Arrest / Bodies). |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Freewheelers |
Of the three black and white seasons produced, Season 1 exists in its entirety, with just the final episode of The Zander Plot left to represent Season 2. Season 3 is completely missing from the archives, as are the two following colour seasons. Seasons 6 to 8 all exist in their original colour format. Season 6 was released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in April 2009, with Season 7 due to follow in September. |
Season 6 amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Fungus the Bogeyman | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Garth Marenghi's Darkplace | Sitcom about the fictional horror writer Garth Marenghi and the supernatural, hospital-based series which he wrote and starred in during the 1980s, and which was never screened. The character later turned up in the first episode of Man to Man with Dean Learner — Learner being Marenghi's fictional agent who also starred alongside him in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. |
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace amazon.co.uk amazon.com Man to Man with Dean Learner amazon.co.uk amazon.com Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Ghostboat | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Ghostwatch |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A | |
| The Ghosts of Motley Hall |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A | |
| Goodnight Sweetheart |
Season 1 amazon.co.uk Season 2 amazon.co.uk Season 3 amazon.co.uk Season 4 amazon.co.uk Season 5 amazon.co.uk Season 6 amazon.co.uk Complete Series amazon.co.uk |
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| Gormenghast | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Greek Myths | N/A |
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| The Green Man |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A | |
| The Grid | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Guardians | networkdvd.net | N/A | |
| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Hammer House of Horror | Cast biographies and photo gallery for each episode. Subtitles. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense |
Volume 1 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Volume 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| The Haunted Airman | BBC Four's 2006 adaptation of the Dennis Wheatley novel The Haunting of Toby Jugg, starring Robert Pattinson. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Hex | R1: Edited (42 min) / 465 min total / 23 min docu |
Season 1 amazon.co.uk Season 2 amazon.co.uk |
Season 1 amazon.com |
| H.G. Wells' Invisible Man |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Hogfather | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Hyperdrive |
Really, really bad sci-fi sitcom from BBC Two which was touted as the successor to Red Dwarf and proved to be anything but. Note that it contains lethal amounts of Nick Frost. Leave the DVD on the shelf and back away slowly... The Region 2 release contains all twelve miserable episodes. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Into the Labyrinth |
Cheap and cheerful children's series, produced by HTV between 1981 and 1982. The DVD box set contains all three seasons (21 episodes). |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Invasion: Earth | Big-budget science fiction drama from BBC1, which was co-produced with the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States. Written by Jed Mercurio, best known for the the outstanding Cardiac Arrest and Bodies. | N/A |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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The Invisible Man (1984) |
Six-part adaptation of the HG Wells novel. Produced by BBC1. Includes subtitles and a booklet on the production of the serial. No extras on the disc. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
N/A |
| Series | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Jekyll | 2007 series with James Nesbit. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Joe 90 | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Johnny and the Bomb | BBC One adaptation of the Terry Pratechett novel. |
amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Jupiter Moon |
A short-lived science fiction soap-opera which began broadcasting three times a week on BSB's Galaxy channel in March 1990 and which suddenly went off air after 108 episodes due to the merger in November 1990 of BSB and Sky Television. The remaining 42 episodes were eventually shown on the UK version of the Sci-Fi Channel when they picked up the complete run of 150 episodes. The first 60 episodes of the series have been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK, with various extras such as interviews, text biographies, production notes and behind-the-scenes features. Sadly, despite a change in the release strategy, sales didn't prove sufficent to continue with the releases beyond the ninth volume. The complete series has been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States over four sets, but without any extras. |
Invasion from Space Episodes 1-11 amazon.co.uk The Plasma Ball Episodes 12-20 amazon.co.uk Return to Space City Episodes 21-30 amazon.co.uk The Mystery of Amalthea Episodes 31-35 amazon.co.uk Rescue the Copernicus! Episodes 36-40 amazon.co.uk Volcano Episodes 41-45 amazon.co.uk Stardust Episodes 46-50 amazon.co.uk Lost in Space Episodes 51-55 amazon.co.uk The Mystery Ship Episodes 56-60 amazon.co.uk |
New Frontier Episodes 1-36 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Pirates of Leda Episodes 37-75 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Ghost in the Machine Episodes 76-114 amazon.co.uk amazon.com Fires of Io Episodes 115-150 amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
| Series | Notes |
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| K9 and Company |
Until the debut of Torchwhood in October 2005, this was the only live-action spin-off from Doctor Who to have been produced by the BBC. It was finally released on DVD in June 2008 as part of the K9 Tales box set, which also included the metal mutt's debut Doctor Who story, The Invisible Enemy. As with all other Doctor Who releases from 2|Entertain, the K9 and Company release featured a wealth of extras, including commentary, production notes, photo gallery, relevant archive footage and newly recorded material. As a bonus it also includes various PDF features that can be accessed via a PC or Mac, such as the K9 Annual 1983, the four K9 picture books from Sparrow, and the original Radio Times entries for the programme. |
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| Killer Net |
A controversial and violent four-part thriller from the pen of Prime Suspect creator Linda La Plante. Notable here mainly for taking a BUGS-like approach to technology and computing — in other words inaccurate, over-excited and just a little bit unlikely! Killer Net was released unedited on video in 1998. Unfortunately, for the 2005 DVD release it was edited into a single feature-length drama, in the process losing all the footage which ran under the credits between the end of Episode One and the beginning of Episode Four. It also happens to be 14:9 (ie 4:3 with black bars top and bottom). No subtitles. For the record, Episode One ends with Scott watching Sadie's sales pitch for the Killer Net game on his PC (49' 58"), Episode Two ends with the discovery of the body in the tunnel (1h 38' 04") and Episode Three ends with a shot of Inspector Colby looking out of the police station window (2h 26' 32"). |
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| King of the Castle | One of the famous children's fantasy serials produced by HTV in the 1970s. Unfortunately Episode 3 now only exists as a VHS viewing copy. |
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| Kinvig |
A short-lived sitcom from Quatermass-creator Nigel Kneale, about Des Kinvig (Tony Haygarth), an electrical repairman who may (or may not) be in contact with beings from another world, and whose customers include the delectable Miss Griffin (Prunella Gee) who may (or may not) be one of them. The DVD includes includes all seven episodes, and the extras include a photo gallery, some behind-the-scenes footage and a booklet about the series. No subtitles. |
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| Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
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| Lab Rats |
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| The Last Enemy | Conspiracy thriller set in a near-future Britain where the population are under constant surveillance. The DVD contains deletd scenes, out-takes, a photo gallery and a "making of" documentary. No subtitles. |
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| The League of Gentlemen |
Season 1 amazon.co.uk Season 2 amazon.co.uk Season 3 amazon.co.uk Christmas Special amazon.co.uk Complete Series amazon.co.uk The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse amazon.co.uk |
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| The Life and Loves of a She-Devil |
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Life on Mars (UK) |
The original UK series, starring John Simm as Sam Tyler, a 2005 police officer who is hit by a car and finds himself back in 1973, where he encounters the unreformed and distinctly 1970s Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister). Was he dead, mad, or in a coma? Unusually all was revealed in the final episode of Season 2, which brought the series to a resounding end before it could grow stale. Unsurprisingly, the period music proved a major hurdle for the DVD release, with many tracks being substituted for alternate pices. The first season of spin-off series Ashes to Ashes was broadcast in 2008. |
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Life on Mars (Unites States) |
Re-make of the UK original, starring Jason O'Mara as Sam Tyler and Harvey Keitel as Gene Hunt. The series was cancelled after just seventeen episodes. | N/A |
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| Lost in Austen |
ITV1 series in which Amanda Price (Jemima Price) goes into her bathroom and discovers that Pride and Prejudice character Elizabeth Bennet has walked through a mysterious door in the wall. Luckily the portal goes both ways and Amanda soons finds herself corrupting Jane Austen's original novel and upsetting Bennets, Bingleys and Mr Darcy along the way. Rather unfortunately, the DVD release was edited to completely remove the scene in which Amanda sings Petula Clark's Downtown, although the subsequent reference to the scene later on is left intact. As well as the (nearly) complete four-part serial, the DVD set also includes ITV3's behind-the-scenes documentary. |
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The Lost World (2001) |
BBC One adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic, starring Bob Hoskins as Professor Challenger. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
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| M.I. High | Contains the first five episodes from Season 1. Although announced, a second volume, titled Super Blane, was never released. |
The Sinister Prime Minister and Other Adventures amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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Merlin (2008) |
BBC One's 2008 take on the famous myth, starring Colin Morgan as Merlin, and Bradley James as Arthur. Volume 1 contains the first six episodes from Season 1, with the remaining seven being included on Volume 2. |
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| Metal Mickey |
Early-eighties children's sitcom, the star of which was the robotic Metal Mickey. The only other piece of trivia required by anyone is that ex-Monkee Michael Dolenz was the producer. Boogie boogie! As with most Network releases, the DVDs don't contain subtitles. |
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| The Mighty Boosh | Surreal BBC Three sitcom. |
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| Monarch of the Glen |
Hogmanay Special: Which features the discovery of a ghost at Glenbogle. Included as part of the various Season 5 releases listed to the right. Final Episode: Features the ghostly return of Hector MacDonald, as well as tying up loose ends. Included as part of the Season 7 DVD set. |
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| Moonbase 3 |
All six episodes of the 1973 science fiction series, produced by the same team that were in charge of Doctor Who at the time. Generally regarded as dull in the extreme, this more realistic take on science fiction series is well worth checking out for fans of Star Cops, Space Island One and Jupiter Moon. Just don't expect anything to happen... |
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| The Moon Stallion |
Six-part fantasy series starring future Doctor Who companion Sarah Sutton. The Moon Stallion was released on Region 2 DVD in Germany in 2009 as a three-part compilation. As the series was a co-production with a German company, the title sequences to each of the episodes is in German. The episodes themselves use the original English language soundtrack, however. |
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| Moondial |
Edited compilation of the six-part BBC1 children's serial from 1988, starring Siri Neal and Jacqueline Pearce. Now deleted. An unedited version of the story was recently issued by Reader's Digest. |
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| Mulberry | Short lived BBC1 sitcom starring Karl Howman as Mulberry, Death's apprentice, who is meant to be collecting the soul of Miss Farnaby (Geraldine McEwan). |
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| Murder in Mind | Echoes: Supernatural episode of the otherwise quite ordinary murder anthology. Written by series creator Anthony Horowitz and starring Tara Fitzgerald and Paul Rhys. |
Complete Series amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Murder Most Horrid | Determined Woman |
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| My Hero |
Superhero sitcom starring Ardal O'Hanlon as Thermoman. Somewhat bizarrely, only Season 3 has been released on DVD in the UK — best remembered as being when it all went a bit wrong with the arrival of Ollie, the super baby. |
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| My Parents are Aliens | Long-running sci-fi comedy about a pair of aliens who arrive on Earth and adopt three children (Mel, Josh and Lucy). Inevitable culture clash scenarios abound. |
The Best of My Parents are Aliens amazon.co.uk amazon.com |
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| Mystery and Imagination |
Supernatural anthology series produced by ABC and later Thames Television. Sadly, only two episodes from the three seasons produced by ABC still exist, although all six of the episodes produced by Thames are still in the archives in their original format. A DVD box set containing all eight existing episodes, as well as the only known excerpt from Casting the Runes, has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK. The release also includes an extensive photo gallery and a booklet about the production of the series. |
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