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Posted by Tony on 05/16/06 20:59
simon@longnews.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> If, like me, you have been got fed up with waiting for the Beeb to get
> around to releasing the second series of Chris Langham's excellent
> "People Like Us" on DVD, you might be interested in this:
>
> http://www.fnac.pt/produto.aspx?catalogo=dvdVhs&categoria=dvdSeriesTv&produto=5602193317665
>
> I ordered it last week, and it arrived yesterday - 18 quid including
> shipping. Both series 1 and 2 in a box set, English soundtracks with
> switchable Portuguese subtitles. The menus are in Portuguese, and
> there are no chapter points in any episode, but the quality is
> otherwise excellent. According to Wikipedia, there are some music
> licensing issues with releasing series 2 in the UK, which don't apply
> in Portugal. Not sure if this is a BBC-sanctioned release, but there
> are BBC logos all over the cases and discs, and they are proper
> pressed discs - it certainly isn't a home-produced bootleg, and FNAC
> are the European equivalent of Borders, so I doubt they'd be selling
> anything dodgy.
>
> Well worth it for the episode about the Airline Pilot alone....
>
> S.
Thanks for the tip! I've just ordered it for myself. I'd taped the second
series when it was first broadcast but foolishly threw it away when the BBC
announced the DVD. I won't make that mistake again.
Is it in anamorphic widescreen?
Tony
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