September 25th, 2024
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Information Post – The Box of Delights Blu-ray Patrick Troughton
Information post for those who might be interested
Available to order from www.amazon.co.uk
In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of one of the BBC’s most beloved broadcasts, ‘The Box of Delights’ is remastered, including brand-new special features.
Considered to be one of the great works of modern fiction ‘The Box of Delights’ is brought to life in this magical, fantastical and delightful production starring Patrick Troughton, Devin Stanfield and Robert Stephens.
When Kay Harker meets a mysterious Punch and Judy man (Patrick Troughton) on his way home for Christmas, he little realizes that he is about to be plunged into adventure. The old man entrusts Kay with a strange puzzle box – the Box of Delights – before suddenly disappearing. Kay soon discovers two things: the box can transport him through time and space, and there is a plot to steal it. He must battle heroically against terrifying forces of evil in order to win the day…
Special Features
- Time And Tide – Making The Box of Delights (NEW)
- Trails & Continuity (NEW)
- 2004 Kay Harker & Director Interview
- Blue Peter, Take Two & Pebble Mill Clips
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MIKK89
September 27th, 2024 - 4:03pmIm definitely interested as i have never seen this, yet i have heard incredible things about it. If this is a success (along with the Collection sets for Blake’s 7 and Doctor Who to which i hope it is) another BBC Adapted show that needs a HD Upgrade to a Collection style release is their 1988-1990 Adaptations of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, I never saw the Box of Delights and I wasn’t Born until the May after their version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe went out in 1988, but like many Who speak of BOD as their Christmas Tradition every year, Narnia became my family’s (and still holds up well when compared to the hollow Disney adaptation)
demdike@Cult Labs
September 26th, 2024 - 2:34pmSuperb. I always watch it in the run up to Christmas. One episode a week six weeks before Christmas.
Darkbill
September 26th, 2024 - 5:26pmYep, me too
ChrisP
September 26th, 2024 - 9:57amWe watch this every xmas.
Is it getting a Who-ray style audio and picture clean up? I hope so, given that the music exists.
Gordon
September 26th, 2024 - 2:52pmNot sure if it’s the same team that are restoring it as the doctor who/blake’s 7 releases. Don’t expect miracles with it. There is only about a minute of film for this exists. An animated sequence. The rest is on 1 inch video tape. It will have better compression and sound over the dvd though. Chris chapman is doing a 90 plus minute making of documentary featuring 25 newly shot interviews and goes back to some of the locations. That will be in hd. Considering how good his previous 3 feature length documentaries for the doctor who range (the jnt showman documentary on s26, our Sarah Jane on season 14 and darkness and light: the life of Graeme Williams on season 15) we should be in for a treat with it.
Agatha
September 25th, 2024 - 11:35pmAn excellent choice for Patrick. Another revamp of ‘The Feathered Serpent’ wouldn’t go amiss either.
Gordon
September 26th, 2024 - 2:54pmThat would be up to itv. Plus network who handled the dvd release is sadly gone.
Pipkin
September 26th, 2024 - 4:22pmI wish children of the stones and sky would get the bluray treatment. Though some of those episodes of sky were off air recorded and quite poor quality.
Got a lot of the 70s tv ‘network’ dvds.
Pipkin
September 26th, 2024 - 4:25pmIm ashamed to say The box of delights and the Narnia series passed me by in the 1980s even though i,d heard good things, so i will probably give this a try.
demdike@Cult Labs
September 26th, 2024 - 6:40pmI saw The Feathered Serpent for the first time a few years ago via the Network dvd and absolutely loved it.
Incredibly violent for what was a kids show. They’d never get away with it today.
Mrs Croot
September 25th, 2024 - 9:27pmGood excuse to watch it again! 🙂