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Posted by James on 10/22/02 11:48
<simon@longnews.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Saturday, I saw that Lenny Henry's excellent series "Chef!" from the
> early 90's had been released on DVD. I bought the first two series, and
> am working my way through them .Last night I watched episode 4 of
> series 1, "The Big Cheese", and noticed what looked like a layer change
> half way through, but as I continued to watch I realised that it was a
> bad edit, and that a chunk of the episode was missing. (It is the one
> where Gareth is trying to find some real Stilton, and goes out of the
> Chateau to meet a farmer, encountering the police on the way.) The
> whole scene outside the Chateau is missing - according to the times
> quoted by the DVD player, this episode is only 24 minutes long, while
> all others on the disc are a full half hour. What is really annoying is
> that there is even a still from the missing scene on the menu for this
> episode!
>
> I've tried the disc on two players, and it doesn't seem to be a problem
> with this disc or a player incompatibility - it looks as if the Beeb in
> their infinite wisdom have just thrown that scene away, which then
> makes most of the episode following it make very little sense.
>
> Before I email them and complain, I'd just like to ask if anyone else
> out there has a copy of this disc with a full 30 minute episode 4 on
> it? I suppose it's just possible I have a defective disc, but it seems
> unlikely...
Can't help with the actual disk issue, but can confirm that the episode "The
Big Cheese" is 29 mins 14 secs long.
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