Category: Film and TV

How do you fancy watching every episode of the The Prisoner back-to-back on the big screen in high definition? You can if you get yourself down to The Prisoner allnighter.

It's the first time the show will be seen in high-definition and promises to be something special. Taking place at the Prince Charles Cinema, you'll get to see all 17 episodes ahead of the box set release, with the night opened by Prisoner Loudspeaker Announcer Fenella Fielding and closed by an surprise special guest. Each attendee will also receive a 1967 reproduction ITC brochure exclusive to this event and go into the draw for some unique Prisoner merchandise.

What's the catch? Well, to get a ticket, you'll need to pre-order The Prisoner Blu-ray Box Set from Network – the first 125 people that do will get a pair of tickets for the event. As far as we know, tickets aren't available elsewhere. To find out more, check out the Network site.

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Invested in a Blu-ray player? Want to feed it something hip and cool? You're in luck – Network is about to release The Prisoner The Complete Series on Blu-ray as a six-disc limited edition box set.

The date for your diary is 28th September 2009, with the set containing all 17 episodes of Patrick McGoohan's 1967 cult classic in glorious high definition, along with a host of special features. Those include 'Don’t Knock Yourself Out' a feature-length documentary of the show told by those involved in its creation, a restored original edit of 'Arrival' with an optional music-only soundtrack featuring Wilfred Josephs’ complete and abandoned score, production Crew audio commentaries on seven episodes, trailers for all episodes, archive textless material, commercial break bumpers, behind-the-Scenes footage including much previously unseen, scripts on pdf, iamge galleries, an exclusive book on the making of the series by TV historian Andrew Pixley, 5.1 sound mixes on all episodes and much more.

The total running time is a whopping 850 minutes and the official price is £59.99 (although Amazon is already discounting to around £42 for pre-orders). Definitely one for the Christmas list.

Find out more at the Amazon website

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If you've got a soft spot for 80s kids TV, you just might be the kind of person who will love Supergran, which heads to DVD for the first time next month.

For the uninitiated, Supergran first hit our screens back in 1985, the tale of Granny Smith (Gudrun Ure), a sweet old lady living a sedate life in the Scottish coastal town of Chisleton. That's until she is accidentally struck by a stray beam from Inventor Black’s magic ray machine and transformed into 'Supergran', using her powers against Chisleton’s local villain, The Scunner Campbell, and his unpleasant cohorts, Dustin and Muscles.

Alongside regular cast members Iain Cuthbertson and Bill Shine, Supergran also features guest appearances from the likes of George Best, Lulu, Spike Milligan, Patrick Troughton, Charles Hawtrey and Geoff Capes, with a theme tune by Billy Connolly thrown in for good measure. Series one hits the stores on 10th August 2009, covering two discs and selling officially for £19.99 (although Amazon has already marked it down to £12.98 for pre-orders).

Find out more at the Amazon website