Memorable TV

Time Life have an absolutely massive 41 disc DVD collection of the entire Man From Uncle series on 27 November that is clearly going to set a new standard in dvd releases. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. super-sized collection, specially packaged in a silver “attaché case,” contains every original, unedited episode from all four seasons of the series – a total of 105 episodes packaged in a magnificent collector’s boxed set. Series co-stars Vaughn and McCallum sat down for the first time in over 20 years for the 90 minute interview included in the newly produced bonus features. An additional fifteen interviews with U.N.C.L.E. production crew members, fans and experts, including directors Richard Donner and Joseph Sargent and writers Dean Hargrove and Peter Allan Fields, are also featured in the generous amount of DVD extras. Nine original featurettes boast an amazing array of rare clips and memorabilia, including behind-the-scenes footage of guest star and Hollywood legend Joan Crawford, one...

29 October 2007 / Network DVD Quite frankly if you ask anyone in their 30's or older to name their favourite shows then The Sweeney is going to be right up there for most people. Starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman as distinctly not by the book coppers working in the Flying Squad during the hard days of the 1970's this is TV entertainment at its best. Network, who all TV fans should prostrate themselves on at least a weekly basis, have once again shown how it should be done with the forthcoming release of all 53 episodes of The Sweeney as well as the pilot film Regan and the two big screen outings Sweeney!(1977) and Sweeney 2(1979). A truly groundbreaking series, where Z Cars had shown a side of the force that we hadn't seen before The Sweeney showed a side of the police that the Met very probably didn't want us to see. It's also been hugely inlfluential down the years too. Let's face the recent hit Life on Mars would not exist if it wasn't for the Sweene...