BBC Home Entertainment Releases: January 2012
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An Idiot Abroad
Street Date: January 10, 2012
DVD Suggested Retail Price: $34.98 ($43.98 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 350 minutes + bonus features/ 2-disc set
“The most expensive practical joke I’ve ever done.” – Ricky Gervais
In this hilarious series Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, co-creators of The Office and Extras, send their friend Karl Pilkington (The Ricky Gervais Show) around the world…against his will. Karl thinks he’s visiting the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but along the way the “Little Englander” must endure camel rides, jungle treks, tribal customs and local oddballs while dining on toads and testicle and searching for a clean bathroom. Will this be the trip of a lifetime, or the vacation from hell? And will Karl even know the difference? Bonus features include The Preview Show, deleted scenes, and a photo gallery.
PRIMEVAL: VOLUME THREE
Street Date: January 10, 2012
DVD Suggested Retail Price: $49.98 ($62.48 in Canada)
Blu-ray Suggested Retail Price: $59.99 ($74.98 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 650 minutes + bonus features/ 4-disc set
The BAFTA-nominated show Primeval returns for its third action-packed volume containing the complete UK seasons four and five. Picking up 12 months after the events of Volume Two, Abby and Connor finally escape from the Cretaceous period, only to be followed by a giant Spinosaurus, the largest of all known carnivorous dinosaurs. A new Anomaly Research Center (ARC) team springs into action, leaving Abby and Connor’s place within the team in jeopardy while their former leader Danny is still missing. Primeval combines the action, thrills and dazzling special effects of Walking With Dinosaurs with a haunting new love story, and continues to ask a terrifying question – has mankind come to the end of the evolutionary road? Bonus features include the documentary “New Dawn: Making the new Primeval” as well as season four episode prequels.
DOCTOR WHO: INVASION OF THE DINOSAURS
Street Date: January 10, 2012
DVD Suggested Retail Price: $34.98 ($43.98 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 148 minutes + bonus features/ 2-disc set
Returning to London, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find a city almost completely devoid of life. The civilian population has been evacuated in the wake of an unimaginable event: somehow dinosaurs have returned to terrorize the Earth. As the Brigadier and UNIT fend off increasingly vicious attacks from gigantic prehistoric reptiles, the Doctor investigates just how these monsters are appearing without warning. But when Sarah Jane is kidnapped, the Doctor realizes perhaps even his oldest friends can’t be trusted. Featuring Jon Pertwee (the Third Doctor) and Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), this digitally remastered version of the classic Doctor Who story is available for the first time in this 2-disc set. Bonus features include audio commentary, a making-of featurette, photo gallery, and more.
DOCTOR WHO: THE ANDROID INVASION
Street Date: January 10, 2012
DVD Suggested Retail Price: $24.98 ($30.98 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 98 minutes + bonus features/ single disc
When the TARDIS lands in the sleepy English village of Devesham, Sarah Jane thinks the Doctor has finally got her back home. But all is not as it seems – the village is deserted and deadly white-suited spacemen patrol the countryside. When the dead begin to come back to life, the Doctor decides to contact UNIT. But their UNIT friends are also dangerously changed. Who is Senior Defense Astronaut Guy Crayford, and why is he in charge of UNIT? Who are his true masters, and what insidious plans are they concocting behind the scenes? The Doctor soon discovers the invasion of Earth has already begun, and if he doesn’t stop it mankind will be utterly wiped out. Featuring Tom Baker (the Fourth Doctor) and Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), this digitally remastered version of the classic Doctor Who story is available for the first time in this single disc set.Bonus features include audio commentary, a making-of featurette, photo gallery, and more.
MERLIN: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON
Street Date: January 17, 2012
DVD Suggested Retail Price: $49.98 ($62.48 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 585 minutes + bonus features/ 5-disc set
Swords, sorcery and swashbuckling adventure return in this third season of the BAFTA nominated hit series, following our heroes Merlin and Arthur as they face their greatest challenge yet. When misbegotten secrets are exposed and old friends choose new sides, they soon discover that the great battle for Camelot is only just beginning… With epic action, stunning CGI sequences, terrifying new monsters and a guest cast featuring Warwick Davies (The Harry Potter series, The Chronicles of Narnia), Miriam Margolyes (The Harry Potter series, Being Julia), and Mark Williams (The Harry Potter series, The Fast Show), the third season of Merlin will be bigger, bolder and more action-packed than ever. Bonus features include audio commentaries on select episodes, “Making of Merlin Season 3” featurette, deleted scenes, outtakes, video from the first ever Merlin panel at the San Diego Comic Con 2010, and more.
WAKING THE DEAD: THE COMPLETE SEASON SIX
Street Date: January 17, 2012
DVD Suggested Retail Price: $39.98 ($49.98 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 683 minutes/ 3-disc set
Chief Inspector Boyd and his team are back to reopen the file of more cold cases in this Emmy award-winning drama. Series Six sees Boyd and his team delve deep into the culture and traditions of Irish Travelers to investigate the mysterious death of a young boy drowned in a concrete pit; uncover a gruesome secret buried in the City of London around the time of Black Wednesday; and re-visit three murders once thought to be the work of a notorious serial killer, but now are under suspicion. With pressure from all sides, not least MI6, can the team shed new light on past cases to ensure that justice is done in the present?