Thanks to ViaVision, some more classic Australian (and British) TV series are getting DVD releases in October (2021).
BRITISH COMEDY CLASSICS 3 – STEPTOE AND SON / STEPTOE AND SON RIDE AGAIN
This 2-disc set includes both BIG SCREEN feature film versions based on the original television series and starring Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell in their original roles!
STEPTOE & SON (1972) The bright lights of the West End beckon for Harold when he marries a stripper, but his ever-resentful father tags along on their honeymoon bringing an end to wedded bliss. STEPTOE & SON RIDE AGAIN (1973)
The Steptoe’s loyal, but past-it horse must be sent off to the knacker’s yard. Instead of buying a new nag, a drunken Harold blows their savings on a greyhound in the belief it will win them a fortune.
DVD release date 6th of October.
FARSCAPE – THE COMPLETE SERIES
As seen on Channel 9 and Foxtel’s Sci Fi!
Flung through a cosmic wormhole, American astronaut John Crichton finds himself fighting for his life in the middle of an alien prison break, inside a Leviathan – a living spaceship on the far side of the galaxy. Hunted by the relentless Crais, a commander of the galactic enforcers known as Peacekeepers, Crichton joins forces with the alien convicts hulking warrior Ka D’Argo; blue-skinned Priestess Z’haan; diminutive Dominar Rigel XVI; the giant symbiote Pilot and the irreversibly contaminated Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun. Each desperately seeks a way home, but first, they have to find a way to trust one another. Daring escapes and selfless acts of courage forge a measure of loyalty, friendship and even love.
Blu-Ray release date 20th of October.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS – COLLECTION 3
For the first time this collection brings you every episode from Season 3 in this special edition 25 DVD set!
One of the most popular series in the early 1980s Sons and Daughters is a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organization between 1981 and 1987. For the first time this collection brings you every episode from the Third Season in this 25-disc set.
DVD release date 20th of October.
THE BILL – THE COMPLETE SERIES 18
Originally screened on ABC-TV!
By 1999 The Bill had returned to the one-hour format, remaining a Top 10 UK drama for ITV and a popular Saturday night fixture on ABC-TV in Australia. Starring such fan favourites as DCI Jack Meadows (Simon Rouse), WPC Ackland (Trudie Goodwin), PC Tony Stamp (Graham Cole), PC Reg Hollis (Jeff Stewart), DCI Mickey Webb (Chris Simmons) and Inspector Gina Gold (Roberta Taylor) this 22-disc set contains all 86 episodes from the eighteenth series.
DVD release date 20th of October.
This 12-disc set collects every episode from series 1 – 3!
Set in Melbourne, Australia, this award-winning psychological drama pushes murder-mysteries into new realms of suspense and intrigue. Rebecca Gibney stars as Jane Halifax, Forensic Psychiatrist. As Jane delves deep into the dark side of the human mind, she has her own demons to face. Heart-pumping drama filled with espionage and subterfuge.