Directed by Alan Crosland Jr, Leo Gordon, Paul Landres.
Starring Martin Milner, Kent McCord, Jack Hogan, Claude Johnson, William Stevens, William Boyett, Gary Crosby, Gene Boland, Cloris Leachman, Barry Williams, Bob Hastings, Eve Brent, Jerry Mathers, Richard Crane, Kenneth Washington, Del Moore, Margaret Field.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Log 1, Log 141, Log 11, Log 131, Log 91, Log 161, Log 71, Log 72, Log 101, Log 132, Log 111, Log 61, Log 122, Log 81, Log 36, Log 62, Log 33, Log 112, Log 51, Log 73, Log 102, Log 152, Log 12, Log 172, Log 92, Log 22
Comment: As the box says, "the series that defined the police drama genre." True.
Directed by Bryan Spicer, Greg Beeman, Andy Tennant.
Starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson, Kelly Rutherford, John Astin, John Pyper-Ferguson, Billy Drago, Jeff Phillips.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pilot, Socrates' Sister, The Orb Scholar, No Man's Land, Brisco in Jalisco, Riverboat, Pirates!, Senior Spirit, Brisco for the Defense, Showdown, Deep in the Heart of Dixie, Crystal Hawks, Steel Horses, Mail Order Brides, AKA Kansas, 12 more.
Comment: I can't believe this is already almost 15 years old. Seems like yesterday. All 27 episodes.
Directed by Lee Sholem.
Starring Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Kit Taylor, Billy Kay, Grant Taylor, Eric Reiman, John Brunskill, Harry Hambleton, John Sherwood.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Necklace, Pieces of Eight, The Orphan's Christmas, The Execution Dock, The Eviction, The Pink Pearl, The Tale of the Tooth, Ship of Dead, Sword of Vengeance, Turnabout, Miss Purity's Birthday, Dead Reckoning, Devil's Stew
Comment: First 13 episodes of the very fun pirate series with the best pirate ever, Robert Newton!
Directed by Daniel Birt, Don Chaffey, Ralph Smart.
Starring Richard Greene, Bernadette O'Farrell, Alan Wheatley, Alexander Gauge, Archie Duncan, Paul Eddington, Victor Woolf, Simone Lovell, Brian Alexis, John Arnatt, Peter Asher, Richard Coleman, Jill Esmond, Donald Pleasence.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Too Many Earls, Blackmail, The Vandals, Dead Or Alive, The Fire, Brother Battle, Children of Greenwood, The Miser, Goodbye Little John, The May Queen, Queen Eleanor, Food For Thought
Comment: 12 random episodes of the Richard Greene series.
Directed by Dan Birt, Ralph Smart, Terry Bishop, Sidney Cole.
Starring Richard Greene, Alan Wheatley, Bernadette O'Farrell, Alexander Gauge, Archie Duncan, Ronald Howard, Victor Woolf, Jill Esmond, Ballard Berkeley, Gerald Cross, John Drake, Walter Hudd, Max Faulkner, Willoughby Gray, John Dearth, Patrick Troughton.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras 1/10.
Includes: Queen Eleanor (ep #8), Ladies of Sherwood (ep #23), Food for Thought (ep #69), The Charter (ep #82)
Comment: Four episodes of variable quality.
Directed by Ralph Smart, Bernard Knowles, Peter Maxwell.
Starring William Russell, Jane Hylton, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Cyril Smith, Peter Bennett, Robert Scroggins, Bruce Seton, David Morrell, Edwin Richfield, Brian Worth, Derren Nesbitt, Frederick Treves, Alfie Bass, Edward Judd, Carol Marsh, Robert Hardy.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Knight With the Red Plume, The Ferocious Fathers, The Queen's Knight, The Outcase, Winged Victory, Sir Bliant, The Pirates, The Magic Sword, Lancelot's Banishment, The Roman Wall, Caledon, Theft of Excalibur, The Black Castle, 17 more.
Comment: This is a VERY fun show, the likes of which could never be made today. I love it.
Directed by Lee Sholem, Harry W Gerstad, Lew Landers.
Starring George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jack Larson, John Hamilton, Robert Shayne.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Superman on Earth, The Haunted Lighthouse, The Case of the Talkative Dummy, Mystery of the Broken Statues, The Monkey Mystery, Night of Terror, The Birthday Letter, The Mind Machine, Rescue, 17 more plus "Superman vs the Mole Men" feature
Comment: Quite a lot of fun, but sometimes a bit too corny.
Directed by Lee Sholem, Harry W Gerstad, Lew Landers.
Starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, Jack Larson, John Hamilton, Robert Shayne.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Five Minutes to Doom, The Big Squeeze, The Man Who Could Read Minds, Jet Ace, Shot in the Dark, The Defeat of Superman, Superman in Exile, A Ghost for Scotland Yard, The Dog Who Knew Superman, The Face and the Voice, The Man in the Lead Mask, 15 more
Comment: Quite a lot of fun, but sometimes a bit too corny. Noel Neill's an improvement.
Directed by Harry W Gerstad, George Blair, Phil Ford.
Starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, Jack Larson, John Hamilton, Robert Shayne.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Through the Time Barrier, The Talking Clue, The Lucky Cat, Superman Week, Great Caesar's Ghost, Test of a Warrior, Olsen's Millions, Clark Kent Outlaw, The Magic Necklace, The Bully of Dry Gulch, Flight to the North, The Seven Souvenirs, 14 more
Comment: Quite a lot of fun, but sometimes a bit too corny. Color helps a bit, since it's a comic book.
Directed by George Blair, Harry Gerstad, Howard Bretherton.
Starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, Jack Larson, John Hamilton, Robert Shayne.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Peril in Paris, Tin Hero, The Town That Wasn't, The Tomb of Zaharan, The Man Who Made Dreams Come True, Disappearing Lois, Money to Burn, Close Shave, The Phony Alibi, The Prince Albert Coat, The Stolen Elephant, Mr Zero, 14 more
Comment: The final two seasons of the Adventures of Superman. Corny fun.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Henreid, Robert Stevens.
Starring Frances Bavier, Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, John Forsythe, Cloris Leachman, Gene Barry, Darren McGavin, Ellen Corby, Sidney Blackmer, Alan Napier, Virginia Christine, Elisha Cook Jr, Joseph Cotten, Aaron Spelling.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Revenge, Premonition, Triggers in Leash, Don't Come Back Alive, Into Thin Air, Salvage, Breakdown, Our Cook's a Treasure, The Long Shot, The Case of Mr Pelham, Guilty Witness, Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid, The Cheney Vase, 26 more
Comment: A great anthology series, and oftentimes the introductions by Hitchcock are even better than the stories themselves!
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring Wendell Corey, James Donald, Arnold Moss, Vincent Price, James Gregory, Keenan Wynn, Fay Wray, David Wayne.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Poison, The Perfect Crime, Dip in the Pool, One More Mile to Go
Comment: Part of the Universal Hitchcock box set. "Dip in the Pool" is the one I wanted.
Directed by Ron Hughart, Brent Woods, Pam Cooke, Caleb Meurer.
Starring Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane, Dee Bradley Baker.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: American Dad, Threat Levels, Stan Knows Best, Francine's Flashback, Roger Codger, Homeland Insecurity, Deacon Stan Jesus Man, Bullocks to Stan, A Smith in the Hand, All About Steve, Con Heir, Stan of Arabia (2 parts). Plus extras.
Comment: Mixed bag - sometimes it's good, sometimes weak.
Directed by Mike Binder, Mel Damski, Peter O'Fallon.
Starring Gary Cole, Paige Turco, Jake Weber, Brenda Bakke, Sarah Paulson, Lucas Black, Nick Searcy, John Mease.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pilot, A Tree Grows in Trinity, Eye of the Beholder, Damned If You Don't, Dead to the World, Potato Boy, Meet the Beetles, Strong Arm of the Law, To Hell and Back, The Beast Within, Rebirth, Ring of Fire, Resurrector, Inhumanitas, 8 more
Comment: Never got to see past the first few episodes, been looking forward to this.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Rabbot, Escape From Leprechaupolis, Bus of the Undead, Mayhem of the Mooninites, Balloonenstein, Space Conflict from Beyond Pluto, Ol' Drippy, Revenge of the Mooninites, MC P Pants, Circus, Dumber Days, Love Mummy, Dumber Dolls, 3 more, plus more
Comment: This was a blind buy, I know nothing of this show.
Directed by Max Morgan Witts, Gordon Flemyng.
Starring Bill Fraser, Alfie Bass, Ted Lune, Harry Fowler, Harry Towb, Frank Williams.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Snudge and Jimmy O'Goblin, The Take-Over Bid, Enter a Dark Stranger, Snudge's Budgie, Where There's Smoke, The Camera Never Lies, When the Poppies Bloom Again, Miracle in Hut 29, Night Train to Itchwick, Officers and Gentlemen, Tiger Bisley, 15 more
Comment: Not watched yet. Long-running army sitcom for which most of the 154 episodes are missing.
Directed by Max Morgan Witts, Gordon Flemyng.
Starring William Hartnell, Bill Fraser, Alfie Bass, Ted Lune, Harry Fowler, Harry Towb, Frank Williams.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Mad Bull, The New Officer, W.R.A.A.C.S, April Fool, Goodnight Ladies, One of the Lads, Holding the Baby, Pen Pals Anonymous, Are You Receiving Me, The Efficiency Expert, Bull By the Horn, A Touch of the Other, The Feud, 11 more, plus extras
Comment: Not watched yet. Long-running army sitcom for which most of the 154 episodes are missing.
Starring George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Melinda Culea, Dwight Schultz, Mr T.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Mexican Slayride (pilot), Children of Jamestown, Pros and Cons, A Small and Deadly War, Black Day at Bad Rock, The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas, The Out-Of-Towners, Holiday in the Hills, West Coast Turnaround, One More Time, Till Death Do Us Part, 2 more
Comment: Two-hour pilot, plus first 12 episodes of season one of this highly entertaining series.
Starring George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr T, Marla Heasley.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Diamonds 'N Dust, Recipe for Heavy Bread, The Only Church in Town, Bad Time on the Border, When You Comin' Back Range Rider?, The Taxicab Wars, Labor Pains, There's Always a Catch, Water Water Everywhere, Steel, 12 more, plus one ep of Knight Rider.
Comment: Still highly entertaining and goofy, sadly lacking Melinda Culea now.
Starring George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr T, Marla Heasley, William Lucking, Lance LeGault.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Bullets and Bikinis, The Bend in the River (2 parts), Fire, Timber!, Double Heat, Trouble on Wheels, The Island, Showdown!, Sheriffs of Rivertown, The Bells of St Mary's, Hot Styles, Breakout!, Cup A' Joe, The Big Squeeze, Champ!, Skins, 8 more.
Comment: Getting sillier but still fun.
Starring George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr T, Marla Heasley, Lance LeGault.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Judgment Day, Where is the Monster When You Need Him?, A Lease with an Option to Die, The Road to Hope, The Heart of Rock n' Roll, Body Slam, Blood Sweat and Cheers, Mind Games, There Goes the Neighborhood, 13 more, plus an episode from season 5.
Comment: Sillier still, losing some of its fun.
Directed by Bill Bain, Don Leaver, Raymond Menmuir.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Lee Paterson, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Terence Lodge, Andre Morell, Philip Madoc, Patrick Magee, Ruth Dunning.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 54-59: The Undertakers, Man With Two Shadows, The Nutshell, Death of a Batman, November Five, The Gilded Cage
Comment: Passable picture quality is the best we'll get; nice to see these episodes but they're not as interesting as the later ones.
Directed by Peter Hammond, Kim Mills, Bill Bain.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Peter Bowles, Peter Barkworth, Harold Innocent, Colette White, Tenniel Evans, Robert James, Leonard Rossiter, Anneke Wills.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 60-66: Second Sight, The Medicine Men, The Grandeur That Was Rome, The Golden Fleece, Don't Look Behind You, Death a la Carte, Dressed to Kill
Comment: More fairly decent episodes, but still leading up to the more creative ones. These are the chronologically the last ones of 1963.
Directed by Jonathan Alwyn, Richmond Harding, Kim Mills.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Julia Arnall, Patrick Holt, Paul Eddington, James Bree, Jane Barratt, Dallas Cavell, Peter Arne, John Hollis, Melissa Stribling.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 41-46: Intercrime, Immortal Clay, Box of Tricks, Warlock, The Golden Eggs, School for Traitors
Comment: Chronologically the first episodes from 1963 (earlier than sets 1 and 2).
Directed by Richmond Harding, Kim Mills, Peter Hammond.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Philip Latham, George Roubicek, Keith Pyott, Daphne Anderson, Ray Barrett, Colette Wilde, John Carson, Philip Madoc, Patrick Magee.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 47-53: The White Dwarf, Man in the Mirror, Conspiracy of Silence, A Chorus of Frogs, Six Hands Across a Table, Killerwhale, Brief For Murder
Comment: Covers the end of season 2 and the first episode of season 3.
Directed by Laurence Bourne, Don Leaver, Bill Bain.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Godfrey Quigley, Edwin Richfield, Kenneth J Warren, Lois Maxwell, Peter Sallis, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Barry Letts, John Le Mesurier, Philip Locke, John Ringham, T P McKenna.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 67-72: The White Elephant, The Little Wonders, The Wringer, Mandrake, The Secrets Broker, The Trojan Horse
Comment: Getting better as they go! Chronologically the first episodes of 1964.
Directed by Peter Hammond, Jonathan Alwyn, Bill Bain.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Athene Seyler, Harold Goodwin, Ronald Mansell, Fenella Fielding, Nigel Stock, Roy Kinnear, John Thaw, Leslie Sands, Burt Kwouk, Jennie Linden.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 73-78: Build a Better Mousetrap, The Outside-In Man, The Charmers, Concerto, Esprit de Corps, Lobster Quadrille
Comment: The last episodes of season 3, and they're starting to settle into a creative groove, getting better and better.
Directed by Charles Crichton, Quentin Lawrence, Sidney Hayers.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Alan MacNaughton, Patrick Newell, Terence Alexander, Ronald Fraser, Wanda Ventham, Michael Gough, Frederick Jaeger, Bernard Horsfall, John Hollis, Andre Morell, Bernard Archard.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 79-84: The Town of No Return, The Gravediggers, The Cybernauts, Death at Bargain Prices, Castle De'ath, The Master Minds
Comment: Entering the best era of the show - seasons 4 and 5.
Directed by Sidney Hayers, Gerry O'Hara, Roy Ward Baker.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Patrick Cargill, John Woodvine, Noel Purcell, Suzanne Lloyd, Roy Kinnear, Peter Bowles, Derek Farr, Julian Glover, Mervyn Johns.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 85-91: The Murder Market, A Surfeit of H2O, The Hour That Never Was, Dial a Deadly Number, Man-Eater of Surrey Green, Two's A Crowd, Too Many Christmas Trees
Comment: Some of the best episodes are in this set.
Directed by Roy Ward Baker, Gerry O'Hara, James Hill.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, William Franklyn, Jack Watson, Isobel Black, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Philip Latham, Liz Fraser, Bernard Cribbins, Donald Hewlett, Eunice Gayson.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 92-97: Silent Dust, Room Without a View, Small Game for Big Hunters, The Girl From Auntie, The 13th Hole, Quick-Quick-Slow Death
Comment: Still in season 4, but chronologically moving into 1966 with these fairly good stories.
Directed by Charles Crichton, James Hill, Bill Bain.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Nigel Davenport, Moray Watson, Peter Wyngarde, Colin Jeavons, Carol Cleveland, Thorley Walters, John Le Mesurier, Kynaston Reeves, Michael Goodliffe, Nigel Stock, Sarah Lawson, Ron Moody.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 98-104: The Danger Makers, A Touch of Brimstone, What the Butler Saw, The House That Jack Built, A Sense of History, How To Succeed At Murder, Honey for the Prince
Comment: Continuing season 4, a bit better than the episodes in set 1.
Directed by Robert Day, Gordon Flemyng, John Krish.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Barbara Shelley, Jon Pertwee, Philip Locke, Derek Newark, Patrick Cargill, Andrew Keir, Bernard Horsfall, Peter Bowles, Geoffrey Bayldon, Judy Parfitt, Moira Lister, Roy Kinnear, Ron Moody, Ilona Rodgers, Nigel Green.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 105-110: From Venus With Love, The Fear Merchants, Escape in Time, The See-Through Man, The Bird Who Knew Too Much, The Winged Avenger
Comment: Some of the best, the first color episodes, the beginning of both season 5 and 1967
Directed by John Krish, Sidney Hayers, Charles Crichton.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Julian Glover, Ronnie Barker, Anna Quayle, Michael Gough, Philip Madoc, Peter Barkworth, Christopher Lee, Christopher Benjamin, Peter Wyngarde, Charlotte Rampling, Brian Blessed.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 111-116: The Living Dead, The Hidden Tiger, The Correct Way to Kill, Never Never Say Die, Epic, The Superlative Seven
Comment: More of the best episodes as season 5 continues.
Directed by John Krish, James Hill, John Llewellyn Moxey.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, James Hayter, John Laurie, Isla Blair, Patrick Newell, Peter Jeffrey, Sally Nesbitt, Ronald Lacey, Patricia Haines, Freddie Jones, Peter Cushing, Frederick Jaeger, Fulton Mackay, Clifford Evans.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 117-122: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station, Something Nasty in the Nursery, The Joker, Who's Who???, Return of the Cybernauts, Death's Door
Comment: Straddling the end of season 5 and beginning of season 6, more of the best.
Directed by Robert Day, Sidney Hayers, Robert Asher.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Cecil Parker, Anneke Wills, Norman Bowler, Valerie Van Ost, Edwin Richfield, Barrie Ingham, Colin Blakely, Ronald Radd, Jane Merrow, Nicholas Courtney, Kevin Stoney, Linda Thorson.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 123-129: The £50000 Breakfast, Dead Man's Treasure, You Have Just Been Murdered, The Positive-Negative Man, Murdersville, Mission Highly Improbable, The Forget-Me-Knot
Comment: The end of the Emma Peel era (and season 6) and the start of season 7.
Directed by Robert Fuest, John Hough, Roy Ward Baker.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Peter Jeffrey, Aubrey Richards, Allan Cuthbertson, Ivor Dean, Donald Gee, Roland Culver, Valentine Dyall, Fulton Mackay, Nigel Davenport, Julian Glover, Bernard Archard, Christopher Benjamin, John Bennett.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 130-135: Game, The Super Secret Cypher Snatch, You'll Catch Your Death, Split, Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40, False Witness
Comment: Some of the episodes have startlingly bad picture quality. The first of the Tara King stories.
Directed by Ray Austin, Don Chaffey, Peter Sykes.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Dinsdale Landen, Edwin Richfield, Tenniel Evans, Stratford Johns, Kynaston Reeves, Richard Hurndall, John Hollis, Peter Swanwick, T P McKenna, Anthony Ainley, John Cleese, Bernard Cribbins, John Woodvine, Ian Ogilvy.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 136-141: All Done With Mirrors, Legacy of Death, Noon Doomsday, Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before) But There Were These Two Fellers, Have Guns Will Haggle, They Keep Killing Steed
Comment: Just about bringing up the end, three more sets to go.
Directed by Charles Crichton, Robert Fuest, Don Sharp.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Christopher Lee, Gerald Sim, William Lucas, Jennifer Croxton, Peter Barkworth, Anthony Bate, David Sumner, Eric Barker, Harold Innocent, Lucy Fleming, William Franklyn, Harry Towb, James Bree, Penelope Horner.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 142-147: The Interrogators, The Rotters, Invasion of the Earthmen, Killer, The Morning After, The Curious Case of the Countless Clues
Comment: Just about bringing up the end, two more sets after this.
Directed by Don Chaffey, Robert Fuest, John Hough.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Liam Redmond, Derek Newark, Louise Pajo, Gary Bond, Kate O'Mara, Roger Delgado, Patrick Barr, Nigel Green, Guy Rolfe, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Joyce Carey, Edward Brayshaw, Veronica Strong, Andrew Keir, Peter Bowles.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Wish You Were Here, Stay Tuned, Take Me To Your Leader, Fog, Homicide and Old Lace, Love All, Get-A-Way
Comment: The penultimate Avengers set.
Directed by Leslie Norman, Robert Fuest, Don Chaffey.
Starring Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Dora Reisser, Julian Glover, Angela Douglas, Tom Adams, William Marlowe, Peter Vaughan, Roy Kinnear, Iain Cuthbertson, Hugh Manning, Kathleen Byron, Alan Wheatley, Philip Madoc, Fulton Mackay, John Savident, Edward Fox.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Thingumajig, Pandora, Requiem, Take-Over, Who Was That Man I Saw You With?, My Wildest Dream, Bizarre
Comment: The final 7 episodes of the series.
Directed by Russ Mayberry, Larry Doheny, Walter Doniger.
Starring Robert Conrad, Simon Oakland, Dana Elcar, James Whitmore Jr, Dirk Blocker, W K Stratton, Robert Ginty, Joey Aresco, John Larroquette, Larry Manetti, Jeff MacKay, Red West, Steve Richmond, Sharon Gless, Lance LeGault, George Gaynes, Charles Napier.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Flying Misfits (2 part pilot), Best Three Out of Five, Small War, High Jinx, Prisoners of War, Presumed Dead, The Meatball Circus, Up for Grabs, Anyone for Suicide?, New Georgia On My Mind, The Cat's Whiskers
Comment: I love this show due to watching it all the time on CBS Late Night in the late 1970s.
Directed by Richard Colla, Chris Nyby Jr, Rod Holcomb.
Starring Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herb Jefferson Jr, Maren Jensen, Laurette Spang, Tony Swartz, Noah Hathaway, Terry Carter, John Colicos, Sarah Rush, David Greenan, Anne Lockhart, Patrick Macnee, Lew Ayres, Wilfred Hyde-White, Ray Milland.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Saga of a Star World, Lost Planet of the Gods, The Lost Warrior, The Long Patrol, The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, The Magnificent Warriors, The Young Lords, The Living Legend, Fire in Space, War of the Gods, The Man With Nine Lives, 7 more
Comment: Six disc set covering the entire series, 24 episodes, over 19 hours long.
Directed by Michael Rymer.
Starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Full miniseries, 33, Water, Bastille Day, Act of Contrition, You Can't Go Home Again, Litmus, Six Degrees of Separation, Flesh and Bone, Tigh Me Up Tigh Me Down, The Hand of God, Colonial Day, Kobol's Last Gleaming (2 parts)
Comment: Haven't seen most of it. Saw part of the miniseries, didn't care for it. Saw "33", liked it. Ready to give it a shot.
Directed by Michael Rymer, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan.
Starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Scattered, Valley of Darkness, Fragged, Resistance, The Farm, Home (pt 1), Home (pt 2), Final Cut, Flight of the Phoenix, Pegasus. Includes deleted scenes, commentaries, other extras
Comment: First half of season two (10 episodes).
Directed by Alasdair MacMillian, Geoff Posner.
Starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Patsy Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Robert East.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 7/10.
Includes: The Foretelling, Born to Be King, The Archbishop, The Queen of Spain's Beard, The Witchsmeller Pursuivant, The Black Seal, Bells, Head, Potato, Money, Beer, Chains, Dish and Dishonesty, Ink and Incapability, Nob and Nobility, 9 more plus 3 specials
Comment: Every episode of every series including the specials - and easily one of the funniest shows in television history. Just wish there was a slipcase.
Directed by Graham Linehan, Martin Dennis, Nick Wood.
Starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Tony Way, Graham Linehan, Paul Beech, Ben Homewood, Daisy Campbell.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Cooking the Books, Manny's First Day, Grapes of Wrath, The Backout, The Big Lockout, He's Leaving Home, The Entertainer, Fever, The Fixer, Blood, Hello Sun, A Nice Change, Manny Come Home, Elephants and Hens, Moo-Ma Moo Pa, 3 more, outtakes, etc
Comment: Hilarious series with Dylan Moran as the owner of a bookshop.
Directed by Gilbert M Shilton, Bernard McEveety.
Starring James Farentino, Dana Carvey, Bubba Smith, Dick Butkus, Sandy McPeak, Ann Cooper, Kurtwood Smith, Richard Lynch, Geoffrey Lewis, Edward Grover, Tracy Scoggins, Ray Wise, Kelly Preston, Robert DoQui, Carolyn Seymour, Eugenia Wright, Ken Letner.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Second Thunder, A Clear and Present Danger, Arms Race, Revenge in the Sky, Trojan Horse, Skydiver, Clipped Wings, Payload, The Long Flight, Godchild, The Island.
Comment: Short-lived series based on the movie. 11 episodes from 1984. I watched this, never watched Airwolf.
Directed by Ralph Smart, Leslie Arliss, Terry Bishop.
Starring Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Edwin Richfield, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Wilfrid Downing, Andrew Keir, Alfred Burke, Adrienne Corri, Jane Asher, Ewen Solon, Derek Waring, Roger Delgado, Sarah Lawson, Alfred Burke, Robert Hardy, Frederick Treves.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Blackbeard, The Raiders, Captain Dan Tempest, Dan Tempest's War with Spain, The Wasp, Whale Gold, The Slave Ship, Gunpowder Plot, The Ladies, The Sugreon of Sangre Rojo, Before the Mast, Dan Tempest and the Amazons, The Articles of War, 26 more
Comment: The swashbuckling adventures of reformed pirate Captain Dan Tempest. All 39 episodes.
Directed by Daniel Haller.
Starring Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Pamela Hensley, Tim O'Connor, Henry Silva.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (aka Awakening), Planet of the Slave Girls, Vegas in Space, The Plot to Kill a City, Return of the Fighting 69th, Unchained Woman, Planet of the Amazon Women, Cosmic Whiz Kid, Escape from Wedded Bliss, 22 more
Comment: Five discs of the entire series beginning with the theatrical "pilot" movie.
Directed by Charles Martin Smith, Stephen Cragg, Reza Badiyi.
Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendan, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, Kristine Sutherland, David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Armin Shimerman, Mark Metcalf, Robia LaMorte, Brian Thompson, Julie Benz, Ken Lerner, Musetta Vander, Robin Riker.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Welcome to the Hellmouth, The Harvest, Witch, Teacher's Pet, Never Kill a Boy on the First Date, The Pack, Angel, I Robot You Jane, The Puppet Show, Nightmares, Out of Mind Out of Sight, Prophecy Girl
Comment: Never seen this show. Yet.
Directed by Rodrigo Garcia, Jeremy Podeswa, Peter Medak.
Starring Nick Stahl, Clancy Brown, Amy Madigan, Clea DuVall, Ralph Waite, Michael J Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Patrick Bauchau, Debra Christofferson, Tim DeKay, Cynthia Ettinger, John Fleck, Carla Gallo, Toby Huss, Diane Salinger, Karyne Steben, Sarah Steben.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Milfay, After the Ball is Over, Tipton, Black Blizzard, Babylon, Pick a Number, The River, Lonnigan Texas, Insomnia, Hot and Bothered, The Day of the Dead, The Day That Was the Day
Comment: All 12 episodes from the first season. Haven't seen it yet.
Directed by Quentin Lawrence.
Starring Geoffrey Bayldon, Charles Tingwell, Neil McCarthy, Robin Davies, Derek Baker, Marjie Lawrence, Peter Sallis, Anne Jameson, Kim Butcher, June Jago, Ruth Kettlewell, Ursula Smith, Hattie Jacques, Marcella Markham, Brian Wilde, Peter Butterworth.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Sun in a Bottle, Castle Saburac, The Curse of Rapkyn, The Witching Hour, The Eye of Time, The Magic Face, The Telling Bone, The Power of Adamcos, The Demi Devil, The House of the Sorcerer, The Flying Broomsticks, The Wisdom of Solomon, one more
Comment: Two-disc set with the first 13 episodes of the magical children's comedy series from 1970.
Starring Batman, Superman, Flash, Hawkman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Robin, Aquaman.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Wanted: The Super Friends, Invasion of the Fearians, The World's Deadliest Game, The Time Trap, Trial of the Super Friends, The Monolith of Evil, Giants of Doom, Secret Origins of the Super Friends, Revenge on Gorilla City, 7 more
Comment: Silly and amateurish but fun animated series wherein the superheroes and villains exist solely to fight each other.
Directed by Cyril Frankel.
Starring Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 3/10.
Includes: The Beginning (ep 1), The Invisible Man (ep 2)
Comment: Three top-secret spies are given superpowers. An interesting series, I'd like to see more.
Directed by Cyril Frankel, Paul Dickson, Sam Wanamaker.
Starring Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Beginning, The Invisible Man, Reply Box No. 666, The Experiment, Happening, Operation Deep-Freeze, The Survivors, To Trap a Rat, The Iron Man, The Ghost Plane, The Dark Island, The Fanatics, Twelve Hours, The Search, The Gilded Cage
Comment: Four disc set including 15 episodes of the ITV series from 1968
Directed by Peter Graham Scott.
Starring Gareth Thomas, Peter Demin, Veronica Strong, Katharine Levy, Iain Cuthbertson, Freddie Jones, Ruth Dunning, Peggy Ann Wood, June Barrie, Ian Donnolly, John Woodnutt, Richard Mathews, Darren Hatch, Gary Lock.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Into the Circle, Circle of Fear, Serpent in the Circle, Narrowing Circle, Charmed Circle, Squaring the Circle, Full Circle
Comment: They took "Let's get stoned" literally.
Directed by Christopher Hodson, Vic Hughes.
Starring James Hazeldine, Carol Drinkwater, Andrew Ellams, Glynis Brooks, Penny Brownjohn, Prentis Hancock, Zoe Hart, Colin McCormack, Devin Stanfield.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Chocky
Comment: Based on the novel by John Wyndham.
Directed by Bob Blagden.
Starring James Hazeldine, Andrew Ellams, Anabel Worrell, Prentis Hancock.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Chocky (episodes 13-18)
Comment: The final six episodes of the series, continuing the story, based on characters from the original John Wyndham novel.
Directed by Vic Hughes, Peter Duguid.
Starring James Hazeldine, Carol Drinkwater, Andrew Ellams, Anabel Worrell.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Chocky (episodes 7-12)
Comment: The middle six episodes of the series, continuing the story, based on characters from the original John Wyndham novel.
Starring Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carillo.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Big Switch, Convict Story, Oil Land, Chain Lightning, Haven for Heavies, Confession For Money, Freight Line Feud, Phoney Heiress, The Puppeteer, Monkey Business, Pancho and the Pachyderm, Face of Death, Talking Dog, Canyon City Kid, 6 more
Comment: Disappointing picture quality is easy to overlook because this show is so damn entertaining!
Directed by Carl Lauten, Liz Plonka, Maureen Thorp.
Starring Melissa Joan Hart, Joe O'Connor, Jason Zimbler, Elizabeth Hess, Sean O'Neal.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Clarissa's Revenge, School Picture, No T.V., Urge to Drive, Clarissa News Network, Haunted House, The Bully, New Addition, Brain Drain, Clarissa Makes a Cake, Parents Who Say No, Cool Dad, Sick Days
Comment: Very enjoyable and silly series, an acquired taste and not for everyone.
Directed by Richard Irving, Steven Spielberg, Jack Smight.
Starring Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Jack Cassidy, Gene Barry, William Windom, Nina Foch, Eddie Albert, Suzanne Pleshette, Kate Reid, Ross Martin, Kim Hunter, Don Ameche, Vic Tayback, Susan Clark, Richard Anderson, Leslie Nielsen, Roddy McDowall, Anne Francis.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Prescription Murder, Ransom for a Dead Man, Murder By the Book, Death Lends a Hand, Dead Weight, Suitable for Framing, Lady in Waiting, Short Fuse, Blueprint for Murder.
Comment: Instantly a classic character was born. Nine movie length episodes.
Directed by Nicholas Colasanto, Boris Sagal, Jeremy Kagan.
Starring Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Blythe Danner, Myrna Loy, Pat Morita, Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman, Robert Culp, Dean Jagger, James Gregory, Valerie Harper, Dean Stockwell, Richard Basehart, Honor Blackman, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bernard Fox, John Fraser.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Etude in Black, The Greenhouse Jungle, The Most Crucial Game, Dagger of the Mind, Requiem for a Falling Star, A Stitch in Crime, The Most Dangerous Match, Double Shock.
Comment: Seasond season of Columbo, superb entertainment. 8 full-length television movies.
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, Leo Penn, Boris Sagal.
Starring Peter Falk, Vera Miles, Martin Sheen, Vincent Price, Donald Pleasance, Gary Conway, Dana Elcar, Julie Harris, Walker Edmiston, Jackie Cooper, Katey Sagal, Robert Culp, Ann Driscoll, Jack Cassidy, Mariette Hartley, Johnny Cash, José Ferrer.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Lovely But Lethal, Any Old Port in a Storm, Candidate for Crime, Double Exposure, Publish or Perish, Mind Over Mayhem, Swan Song, A Friend in Deed.
Comment: Third season of eight Columbo movies. Television at its finest!
Directed by Bernard L Kowalski, Alf Kjellin, Harvey Hart.
Starring Peter Falk, Robert Conrad, Gretchen Corbett, Dick Van Dyke, Don Gordon, Larry Storch, Patrick McGoohan, Bruno Kirby, Robert Vaughn, Jane Greer, Dean Stockwell, Bernard Fox, Patrick Macnee, Oskar Werner, Gena Rowlands, Herb Jefferson Jr.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: An Exercise in Fatality, Negative Reaction, By Dawn's Early Light, Troubled Waters, Playback, A Deadly State of Mind.
Comment: Fourth season of six Columbo movies.
Directed by Harvey Hart, Ted Post, Patrick McGoohan.
Starring Peter Falk, Janet Leigh, Maurice Evans, Sam Jaffe, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hector Elizondo, Sal Mineo, Kenneth Tobey, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick McGoohan, Leslie Nielsen, Vito Scotti, Ricardo Montalban, Enrique Lucero, Robert Loggia, Nehemiah Persoff.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Forgotten Lady, A Case of Immunity, Identity Crisis, A Matter of Honor, Now You See Him, Last Salute to the Commodore.
Comment: Fifth season - six more Columbo movies.
Directed by Bernard L Kowalski, Robert Douglas, Sam Wanamaker.
Starring Peter Falk, William Shatner, Bert Remsen, Walter Koenig, Joyce Van Patten, Celeste Holm, Eloise Hardt, Theodore Bikel, Sorrell Booke, Samantha Eggar, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ruth Gordon, Mariette Hartley, G D Spradlin, Nicol Williamson, Kim Cattrall.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Fade In to Murder, Old-Fashioned Murder, The Bye-Bye Sky-High IQ Murder Case, Try and Catch Me, How to Dial a Murder, Murder Under Glass, The Conspirators, Make Me a Perfect Murder.
Comment: Sixth and seventh seasons of Columbo - 8 total movies.
Starring Peter Falk.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Columbo Goes to the Guilltine, Murder Smoke and Shadows, Sex and the Married Detective, Grand Deceptions, Murder A Self Portrait
Comment: More of the entertaining detective.
Directed by Mick Jackson.
Starring James Burke (Host).
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Trigger Effect, Death in the Morning
Comment: Possibly the best documentary series ever made - effortlessly educates and entertains. Available only from ambrosevideo.com
Directed by Mick Jackson.
Starring James Burke (Host).
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Distant Voices, Faith in Numbers
Comment: Possibly the best documentary series ever made - effortlessly educates and entertains. Available only from ambrosevideo.com
Directed by Mick Jackson.
Starring James Burke (Host).
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Wheel of Fortune, Thunder in the Skies
Comment: Possibly the best documentary series ever made - effortlessly educates and entertains. Available only from ambrosevideo.com
Directed by Mick Jackson.
Starring James Burke (Host).
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Long Chain, Eat Drink and Be Merry
Comment: Possibly the best documentary series ever made - effortlessly educates and entertains. Available only from ambrosevideo.com
Directed by Mick Jackson.
Starring James Burke (Host).
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Countdown, Yesterday Tomorrow and You
Comment: Possibly the best documentary series ever made - effortlessly educates and entertains. Available only from ambrosevideo.com
Directed by Adrian Malone.
Starring Carl Sagan.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean, One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue, Harmony of the Worlds, Heaven and Hell, Blues for a Red Planet, Travelers' Tales, The Backbone of Night, Journeys in Space and Time, Encyclopedia Galactica, plus extras and updates
Comment: I only ever saw one or two episodes back in 1980. I can finally catch up now!
Directed by David Croft, Harold Snoad, Bob Spiers.
Starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, Arnold Ridley, Bill Pertwee, Colin Bean, Edward Sinclair, Frank Williams, Harold Bennett, Ian Lavender, John Laurie, Talfryn Thomas.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Day the Balloon Went Up, Sons of the Sea, Don't Forget the Diver, Asleep in the Deep, Boots Boots Boots, A Soldier's Farewell, Big Guns, Menace from the Deep, The Bullet is Not for Firing, Mum's Army, Put That Light Out, The Test, 6 more
Comment: Ranges from very funny to mildly amusing, but the image quality is very poor. Three disc box set.
Directed by Terry Bishop, Ralph Smart, Charles Frend.
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: View From the Villa, Time to Kill, Josetta, The Blue Veil
Comment: The first four half-hour episodes of the excellent spy series.
Directed by Peter Graham Scott, Ralph Smart, Charles Frend.
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Lovers, The Girl in Pink Pyjamas, Position of Trust, The Lonely Chair, The Sanctuary, An Affair of State, The Key, The Sisters
Comment: Eight more episodes of the excellent spy series.
Directed by Terry Bishop, Julian Aymes, Pennington Richards.
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Prisoner, The Traitor, Deadline, Colonel Rodriguez, The Island, Find and Return, The Girl Who Liked G.I.s, Name Date and Place
Comment: And more episodes of the great spy series - I prefer these earlier half-hour episodes over the later hour-long episodes.
Directed by Patrick McGoohan, Michael Truman, Anthony Bushell.
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Vacation, The Conspirators, The Honeymooners, The Gallows Tree, The Relaxed Informer, The Brothers, The Journey Ends Halfway, Bury the Dead
Comment: More episodes of the excellent spy series.
Directed by Don Chaffey, Charles Crichton, Robert Day.
Starring Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton, Dawn Addams, Niall MacGinnis, Patrick Newell, Jane Merrow, Peter Bowles, Francesca Annis, Ivor Salter, Joan Hickson.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Battle of the Cameras, A Room in the Basement, Fair Exchange, Fish on the Hook, No Marks for Servility, Yesterday's Enemies
Comment: Presented in US broadcast order, not UK. Six hour-long episodes, two disc box set.
Directed by Michael Truman, Quentin Lawrence, Don Chaffey.
Starring Patrick McGoohan.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 2/10.
Includes: The Professionals, A Date With Doris, The Mirror's New, Colony Three, It's Up to the Lady, Whatever Happened to George Foster?, The Galloping Major, The Colonel's Daughter
Comment: More episodes of the excellent spy series.
Directed by Quentin Lawrence, Don Chaffey, Peter Maxwell.
Starring Patrick McGoohan.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 2/10.
Includes: That's Two of Us Sorry, Such Men Are Dangerous, A Man to Be Trusted, The Affair at Castelevara, Don't Nail Him Yet, The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove, Have a Glass of Wine, You're Not In Any Trouble Are You?
Comment: More episodes of this excellent spy series.
Directed by Brian Cosgrove.
Starring David Jason, Terry Scott, Edward Kelsey, Brian Trueman.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Custard, Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind, The Duel, The Day of the Suds, The Bad Luck Eye of the Little Yellow God, The Four Tasks of Dangermouse (debut of Count Duckula)
Comment: Gotta love the world's greatest mouse detective! For lovers of British humor.
Directed by Brian Cosgrove.
Starring David Jason, Terry Scott, Edward Kelsey, Brian Trueman.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Rogue Robots, Who Stole the Bagpipes?, Trouble With Ghosts, Chicken Run, The Martian Misfit, The Dream Machine, Lord of the Bungle, Die Laughing, The World of Machines, Ice Station Camel, A Plague of Pyramids, Custard, 6 more plus extras
Comment: It's the sly pop culture references that make this one so much fun.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Invasion of Colonel K, Dangermouse Saves the World Again!, The Oddball Run-a-round, The Wild Wild Goose Chase, The Return of Count Duckula, Demons Aren't Dull
Comment:
Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, Roy Ward Baker.
Starring Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roeves, Ken Kitson, Gordon Kane, George Innes, Jeremy Sinden, Deborah Watling, Norman Chappell, Marilyn Galsworthy.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Dead Man's Shoes, Unsung Heroes, Just Like a Woman (first 3 of 13 episodes)
Comment: A terrific series revolving around an unexploded bomb disposal squad in London during the Blitz. First three episodes.
Directed by Jeremy Summers, Henry Herbert.
Starring Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roeves, Ken Kitson, Robert Longden, Gordon Kane, Robert Pugh, Kenneth Cranham, Judy Geeson, Iain Cuthbertson, Deborah Watling.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Cast Iron Killer, The Silver Lining, The Quiet Weekend (episodes 4-6 of 13)
Comment: Episodes 4-6 of the outstanding WWII drama.
Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, Douglas Camfield.
Starring Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roeves, Ken Kitson, Robert Longden, Gordon Kane, Robert Pugh, Kenneth Cranham, Judy Geeson, Iain Cuthbertson, Deborah Watling.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Digging Out, Bad Company, Seventeen Seconds to Glory
Comment: Episodes 7-9 of the outstanding WWII drama.
Directed by Roy Ward Baker, Simon Langton, Douglas Camfield.
Starring Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roeves, Ken Kitson, Robert Longden, Gordon Kane, Robert Pugh, Kenneth Cranham, Judy Geeson, Iain Cuthbertson, Deborah Watling.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Butterfly Winter, Dead Letter, The Pier, With Love From Adolf (conclusion)
Comment: Episodes 10-13 of the outstanding WWII drama.
Directed by Ray Peck.
Starring Norma McMillan, Hal Smith.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Waterfall, The Parade, Officer Bob, The Dog Show, The New Skates, Cousin Barney, The Time Machine, The Mechanical Man
Comment: Eight episodes of the Art Clokey animated series produced by the Lutheran Church in America.
Directed by Joe Dante, Sam Pillsbury.
Starring Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow, Mary-Margaret Humes, Francis Guinan, Julie Condra, Louan Gideon, Belinda Balaski, Vincent Schiavelli, Gabriel Damon, Patrick LeBecque.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 1/10.
Includes: Foreverware, The Retainer, The ATM With the Heart of Gold, The Losers, Scariest Home Videos, Just Say No Fun, Heart on a Chain, The Dead Letter, Who's Who, The Lost Hour, Marshall's Theory of Believability, Tornado Days, 7 more
Comment: A terrifically imaginative series with a great sense of humor and of the bizarre.
Directed by Joe Dante, Sam Pillsbury.
Starring Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow, Mary-Margaret Humes, Francis Guinan, Julie Condra, Louan Gideon, Belinda Balaski, Vincent Schiavelli, Gabriel Damon, Patrick LeBecque.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 1/10.
Includes: Foreverware, The Retainer, The ATM With the Heart of Gold
Comment: A terrifically imaginative series with a great sense of humor and of the bizarre.
Directed by Henry Behar, Bob Schwarz, John Tracy.
Starring Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Judy Graubart, Lee Chamberlin, Skip Hinnant, Rita Moreno, June Angela, Irene Cara, Todd Graff, Danny Seagren, Hattie Winston, Douglas Grant, Melanie Henderson, Zero Mostel, Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Joan Rivers.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Episodes 1, 10, 14, 21, 26 (from 1971); 109, 131 (from 1972); 181, 285 (from 1973); 321, 379, 386, 391, 437 (from 1974); 453, 491 (from 1975); 72A, 110A (from 1976); 79B, 130B (from 1977), plus introductions and other extras
Comment: Four disc set covering the first and last episodes, plus 18 others
Directed by Christian Nyby, Bruce Bilson, Alan Crosland Jr.
Starring Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Kevin Tighe, Randolph Mantooth, Ron Pinkard, Dick Hammer, Tim Donnelly, Marco Lopez, Mike Stoker, Vince Howard, Deidre Hall, Patricia Mickey.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pilot movie, Mascot, Botulism, Cook's Tour, Brushfire, Dealer's Wild, Nurses' Wild, Publicity Hound, Weird Wednesday, Dilemma, Hang-Up, Crash
Comment: One of my all-time favorite tv shows, just brings me right back to being a kid. And it's a show with a remarkable history for doing real good in real life!
Directed by Christian Nyby, Bruce Bilson, Alan Crosland Jr.
Starring Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Kevin Tighe, Randolph Mantooth, Ron Pinkard, Dick Hammer, Tim Donnelly, Marco Lopez, Mike Stoker, Vince Howard, Deidre Hall, Patricia Mickey.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Decision, Kids, Show Biz, Virus, Peace Pipe, Saddled, Fuzz Lady, Trainee, Women, Dinner Date, Musical Mania, Helpful, Drivers, School Days, The Professor, Syndrome, Honest, Séance, Boot, Rip-Off, Audit
Comment: One of my all-time favorite tv shows, just brings me right back to being a kid. And it's a show with a remarkable history for doing real good in real life!
Starring Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Kevin Tighe, Randolph Mantooth, Ron Pinkard, Dick Hammer, Tim Donnelly, Marco Lopez, Mike Stoker, Vince Howard, Deidre Hall, Patricia Mickey, Kathleen Quinlan, Bobby Sherman.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Frequency, The Old Engine, Alley Cat, An English Visitor, Heavyweight, Snakebite, The Promotion, Insomnia, Inheritance Tax, Zero, The Promise, Body Language, Understanding, Computer Error, Inferno, Messin' Around, Fools, 5 more
Comment: One of my all-time favorite tv shows, just brings me right back to being a kid. And it's a show with a remarkable history for doing real good in real life!
Starring Seth McFarlane.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Death Has a Shadow, I Never Met the Dead Man, Chitty Chitty Death Bang, Mind Over Murder, A Hero Sits Next Door, The Son Also Draws, Brian: Portrait of a Dog, Peter Peter Caviar Eater, Holy Crap, Da Boom, Brian in Love, Love Thy Trophy, 16 more.
Comment: All 28 episodes from the first two seasons.
Starring Seth McFarlane.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Thin White Line, Brian Does Hollywood, Mr Griffin Goes to Washington, One If By Clam Two If By Sea, And the Wiener Is, Death Lives, Lethal Weapons, The Kiss Seen Round the World, Mr Saturday Knight, A Fish Out of Water, 12 more.
Comment: All 21 episodes from the third season.
Directed by Seth MacFarlane.
Starring Seth McFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, Seth Green.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: North By North Quahog, Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr High, Blind Ambition, Don't Make Me Over, The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire, Petarded, Brian the Bachelor, 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter, Breaking Out is Hard to Do, 4 more.
Comment: The first 13 episodes from season 4 of the revived series that should have never been killed in the first place.
Directed by Seth MacFarlane.
Starring Seth McFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, Seth Green.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: PTV, Brian Goes Back to College, The Courtship of Stewie's Father, The Fat Guy Strangler, The Father The Son and the Holy Fonz, Brian Sings and Swings, Patriot Games, I Take Thee Quagmire, Sibling Rivalry, Deep Throats, Peterotica, 3 more, extras
Comment: The next 14 episodes from the series.
Directed by John Howard Davies, Douglas Argent, Bob Spiers.
Starring John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: A Touch of Class, The Builders, The Wedding Party, Hotel Inspectors, Gourmet Night, The Germans, Communication Problems, The Psychiatrist, Waldorf Salad, The Kipper and the Corpse, The Anniversary, Basil the Rat
Comment: Poor packaging, and at least one unforgivable edit, but still a great show.
Directed by Danny Bilson, William A Fraker, Robert Iscove.
Starring John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Alex Désert, Biff Manard, Vito D'Ambrosio, Mike Genovese, Richard Belzer, Dick Miller, Lois Nettleton, Mark Hamill, Christopher Neame, Denise Crosby, Jeri Ryan, Jeffrey Combs, Bill Mumy, Joyce Hyser.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Out of Control, Watching the Detectives, Honor Among Thieves, Double Vision, Sins of the Father, Child's Play, Shroud of Death, Ghost in the Machine, Sight Unseen, Beat the Clock, Tina Is That You?, The Trickster, Be My Baby, 8 more plus pilot movie
Comment: This was a fun show, with a really talented cast. Entire series.
Directed by Ben Bolt.
Starring Paul McGann, Amanda Burton, Zara Turner, Karis Copp, Kathryn Howden,Tim Faraday, Ian Hogg, Adrian Rawlins, Geraldine Alexander, Christopher Villiers, Gwyneth Strong, Charlotte Curley, Mark Bagnall, Lloyd McGuire, Anna Keaveney, Edward Jewesbury.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Forgotten episodes 1-3
Comment: Three part serial, 51 minutes each episode; a labyrinthian mystery.
Directed by Yves Simoneau, Helen Shaver, David Straiton.
Starring Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Patrick Flueger, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Conchita Campbell, Samantha Ferris, Chad Faust, Richard Kahan, Laura Allen, Peter Coyote, Bill Campbell, Chilton Crane, Brooke Nevin, Ingrid Torrance.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pilot, The New & Improved Carl Morrissey, Becoming, Trial by Fire, White Light
Comment: The first season, comprised of the pilot and 4 additional episodes.
Directed by Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo, Peter Avanzino.
Starring Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, Dick Clark, Leonard Nimoy, Tom Kenny, Pamela Anderson, Ron Popeil, Beastie Boys, Dan Castellaneta, Ted Lange, Dawnn Lewis, Claudia Schiffer, John Goodman, Conan O'Brien, Bob Barker.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Space Pilot 3000, The Series Has Landed, I Roommate, Love's Labours Lost in Space, Fear of a Bot Planet, A Fishful of Dollars, My Three Suns, A Big Piece of Garbage, Hell is Other Robots, A Flight to Remember, Mars University, 2 more
Comment: First 13 episodes of the excellent animated series, commentaries for each, animatic, script, storyboard for pilot, featurette, deleted scenes, concept art gallery.
Directed by Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo, Peter Avanzino.
Starring Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, Dick Clark, Leonard Nimoy, Tom Kenny, Pamela Anderson, Ron Popeil, Beastie Boys, Dan Castellaneta, Ted Lange, Dawnn Lewis, Claudia Schiffer, John Goodman, Conan O'Brien, Bob Barker.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: I Second That Emotion, Brannigan Begin Again, A Head in the Polls, Xmas Story, Why Must I Be A Crustacean In Love?, The Lesser of Two Evils, Put Your Head On My Shoulders, Raging Bender, A Bicyclops Built For Two, A Clone of My Own, 9 more
Comment: 19 more episodes of the excellent animated series, commentaries for each, animatic, script, deleted scenes, concept art gallery.
Directed by Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo, Peter Avanzino.
Starring Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, Dick Clark, Leonard Nimoy, Tom Kenny, Pamela Anderson, Ron Popeil, Beastie Boys, Dan Castellaneta, Ted Lange, Dawnn Lewis, Claudia Schiffer, John Goodman, Conan O'Brien, Bob Barker.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Amazon Women in the Mood, Parasites Lost, A Tale of Two Santas, The Luck of the Fryrish, The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz, Bendless Love, The Day the Earth Stood Stupid, That's Lobstertainment!, The Cyber House Rules, 13 more, many extras.
Comment: 22 episodes from season 3 of Futurama.
Directed by Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo, Peter Avanzino.
Starring Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, Dick Clark, Leonard Nimoy, Tom Kenny, Pamela Anderson, Ron Popeil, Beastie Boys, Dan Castellaneta, Ted Lange, Dawnn Lewis, Claudia Schiffer, John Goodman, Conan O'Brien, Bob Barker.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch, Leela's Homeworld, Love and Rocket, Less Than Hero, A Taste of Freedom, Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV, Jurassic Bark, Crimes of the Hot, Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles, The Why of Fry, 8 more
Comment: 18 more episodes, commentaries, deleted scenes and a lot more.
Directed by Jim Franklin, Bob Spiers.
Starring Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, George Baker, Beryl Reid, Richard Wattis, Michael Aspel, Corbet Woodall, Milton Reid, Alfie Bass, Eddie Waring, John Cleese, Arthur Ellis, Michael Barratt, Patrick Moore.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Tower of London, Gender Education, Kitten Kong, The Goodies and the Beanstalk, Kung Fu Kapers, Lighthouse Keeping Loonies, Earthanasia, Saturday Night Grease
Comment: Eight episodes of the classic BBC comedy series, spanning the years 1970-1980.
Directed by Jim Franklin, Bob Spiers.
Starring Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Joan Sims, June Whitfield, Philip Madoc, Corbet Woodall, Sheila Steafel, Frank Windsor, Michael Barratt, Jane Asher, Frank Thornton, Patrick Moore.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Radio Goodies, Come Dancing, The Movies, South Africa, Gunfight at the OK Tearooms, The End, Scoutrageous, Punky Business
Comment: Eight episodes of the classic BBC comedy series, spanning the years 1970-1980.
Directed by Don Leaver, Peter Sasdy, Alan Gibson.
Starring Jon Finch, Prunella Gee, Patricia Quinn, Kevin Stoney, Julia Foster, Denholm Elliott, Lucy Gutteridge, Gareth Armstrong, Geoffrey Beevers, Janet Fielding, Emma Ridley, Peter Cushing.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Witching Time, The Thirteenth Reunion, Rude Awakening, Growing Pains, The House that Bled to Death, Charlie Boy, The Silent Scream, Children of the Full Moon, Carpathian Eagle, Guardian of the Abyss, Visitor From the Grave, 2 more
Comment: All 13 episodes of the anthology series, mostly good, some excellent (like Silent Scream).
Directed by Alan J W Bell.
Starring Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing Davey.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 9/10.
Comment: A terrifically entertaining series, not to be missed.
Directed by Bryan Singer, Peter O'Fallon, Newton Thomas Sigel.
Starring Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Robin Tunney, Alex Skuby, Robin Thomas, Wendy Gazelle, Scott Mechlowicz, Hedy Burress, Kenneth Choi, Ann Dowd, Lucinda Jenney, Stacy Edwards, Roxanne Hart.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pilot, Paternity, Occam's Razor, Maternity, Damned If You Do, The Socratic Method, Fidelity, Poison, DNR, Histories, Detox, Sports Medicine, Cursed, Control, Mob Rules, Heavy, Role Model, Babies & Bathwater, Kids, Love Hurts, Three Stories, Honeymoon
Comment: First season of 22 episodes of this great Hugh Laurie series.
Directed by Hollingsworth Morse.
Starring Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Roberto Gamonet, Sharon Baird, Joy Campbell, Angelo Rossitto, Johnny Silver, Jerry Landon, John Linto, Scutter McKay, Harry Monty, Andy Ratoucheff, Robin Roper, Felix Silla, Lennie Weinrib, Joan Gerber, Walker Edmiston.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Magic Path, The Wheely Bird, Show Biz Witch, The Mechanical Boy, Box Kite Kaper, The Golden Key, The Birthday Party, The Horse with the Golden Throat, The Stand-In, You Can't Have Your Cake, Dinner For Two Please Orson, 6 more, plus extras
Comment: All 17 episodes from the entire series run.
Directed by Herbert Wise.
Starring Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, Margaret Tyzack, John Hurt, George Baker, Patrick Stewart, Stratford Johns, Sheila White.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: All 13: A Touch of Murder, Family Affairs, Waiting in the Wings, What Shall We Do About Claudius?, Poison Is Queen, Some Justice, Queen of Heaven, Reign of Terror, Zeus By Jove, Hail Who?, Fool's Luck, A God in Colchester, Old King Log
Comment: Deserves its acclaim as one of the finest television productions in history. Three disc version of the box set.
Directed by Pennington Richards.
Starring Tim Turner, Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Lloyd Lamble, Adrienne Corri, Dennis Price, Edwin Richfield, Greta Gynt, Hazel Court, Zena Marshall, Michael Goodliffe, Eric Pohlmann, Peter Sallis, Derren Nesbitt, Derek Sydney, Rupert Davies, Edward Judd.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Secret Experiment, Crisis in the Desert, Behind the Mask, Shadow on the Screen, The Mink Coat, The Locked Room, Jailbreak, Blind Justice, Bank Raid, Strange Partners, Odds Against Death, Picnic With Death, Play to Kill, Point of Destruction, 12 more
Comment: I love this show! Very entertaining, very British. This release is a slight improvement over the previous individuals.
Directed by Pennington Richards.
Starring Tim Turner, Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Lloyd Lamble, Adrienne Corri, Dennis Price, Edwin Richfield, Greta Gynt, Hazel Court, Zena Marshall, Michael Goodliffe, Eric Pohlmann, Peter Sallis, Derren Nesbitt, Derek Sydney, Rupert Davies, Edward Judd.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Secret Experiment (1), Crisis in the Desert (2), Behind the Mask (3), Shadow on the Screen (7), The Mink Coat (8), The Locked Room (4)
Comment: I love this show! Very entertaining, very British.
Directed by Pennington Richards, Ralph Smart.
Starring Tim Turner, Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Derek Bond, Philip Friend, Jack Watling, Dermot Walsh, Willoughby Goddard, Walter Fitzgerald, Patrick Troughton, Griffith Jones, Faith Brook, Michael Ripper, Ronald Fraser, Honor Blackman, Olaf Pooley.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Jailbreak (10), Blind Justice (9), Bank Raid (11), Strange Partners (13), Odds Against Death (12), Picnic With Death (5)
Comment: I love this show! Very entertaining, very British.
Directed by Peter Maxwell, Quentin Lawrence.
Starring Tim Turner, Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Helen Cherry, Duncan Lamont, Lana Morris, James Raglan, Mai Zetterling, Geoffrey Keen, Colin Gordon, Hugh Latimer, Patricia Jessel, Derren Nesbitt, Barry Letts, William Lucas, Bruce Seton, Charles Gray.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Play To Kill (6), Point of Destruction (14), Death Cell (15), The Vanishing Evidence (16), The Prize (17), Flight Into Darkness (18)
Comment: I love this show! Very entertaining, very British.
Directed by Graham Linehan.
Starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Christopher Morris, Noel Fielding, Pete Deagle, Nancy Lodder, Peter Serafinowicz, Bennet Thorpe.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Yesterday's Jam, Calamity Jen, Fifty-Fifty, The Red Door, The Haunting of Bill Crouse, Aunt Irma Visits
Comment: Not the funniest thing ever, and I really don't care for episode 1, but it's definitely worth catching the whole run. This is the first series.
Directed by Wes Archer, Gary McCarver, Klay Hall, Monte Young.
Starring Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pilot, Square Peg, The Order of the Straight Arrow, Luanne's Saga, Hank's Got the Willies, Westie Side Story, Hank's Unmentionable Problem, Shins of the Father, Peggy the Boggle Champ, Keeping Up With Our Joneses, Plastic White Female, two more.
Comment: A great animated comedy, the first 13 episodes.
Directed by Wes Archer, Gary McCarver, Klay Hall, Monte Young.
Starring Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Stephen Root, Ashley Gardner, David Herman, Toby Huss, Jonathan Joss, Lauren Tom.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: How To Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying, Texas City Twister, The Arrowhead, Hilloween, Jumpin' Crack Bass, Husky Bobby, The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteburg, The Son That Got Away, Bobby Slam, The Unbearable Blindness of Laying, 12 more
Comment: A great animated comedy, the 22 second season episodes.
Directed by Wes Archer, Gary McCarver, Klay Hall, Monte Young.
Starring Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Stephen Root, Ashley Gardner, David Herman, Toby Huss, Jonathan Joss, Lauren Tom.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Death of a Propane Salesman, And They Call It Bobby Love, Peggy's Headache, Pregnant Paws, Next of Shin, Peggy Pageant Fever, Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men, Good Hill Hunting, Pretty Pretty Dresses, A Firefighting We Will Go, To Spank With Love, 14 more
Comment: Third season. Good stuff.
Directed by Wes Archer, Gary McCarver, Klay Hall, Monte Young.
Starring Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Stephen Root, Ashley Gardner, David Herman, Toby Huss, Jonathan Joss, Lauren Tom.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Peggy Hill Decline and Fall, Cotton's Plot, Bills Are Made to Be Broken, Little Horrors of Shop, Aisle 8A, A Beer Can Named Desire, The Hank's Giving Episode, Not in My Back-Hoe, To Kill a Ladybird, Hillennium, Old Glory, Rodeo Days, 12 more
Comment: Fourth season of more good humor.
Directed by Kyounghee Lim, Mike DiMartino, Adam Kuhlman.
Starring Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Stephen Root, Ashley Gardner, David Herman, Toby Huss, Jonathan Joss, Breckin Meyer, Lauren Tom.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Perils of Polling, The Buck Stops Here, I Don't Want To Wait For Our Lives To Be Over I Want to Know Right Now Will It Be Sorry Do Do Doo Do Do Do Do Doo Do Do Do Do Doo Do Do Doo, Spin the Choice, Peggy Makes the Big Leagues, 15 more.
Comment: Fifth season of more of the series that redefines stereotypes.
Directed by Tricia Garcia, Anthony Lioi, Allan Jacobsen.
Starring Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Johnny Hardwick, Stephen Root, Ashley Gardner, David Herman, Toby Huss, Jonathan Joss, Breckin Meyer, Lauren Tom.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Bobby Goes Nuts, Soldier of Misfortune, Lupe's Revenge, The Father the Son and JC, Father of the Bribe, I'm With Cupid, Torch Song Hillogy, Joust Like a Woman, The Bluegrass is Always Greener, The Substitute Spanish Prisoner, 11 more.
Comment: Sixth season of a show that is remarkably underrated.
Starring Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage, Ruth McDevitt, John Fiedler, Carol Ann Susi.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Ripper, The Zombie, They Have Been They Are They Will Be, The Vampire, The Werewolf, Firefall, The Devil's Platform, Bad Medicine, The Spanish Moss Murders, The Energy Eater, Horror in the Heights, Mr R.I.N.G., Primal Scream, 7 more
Comment: Easily in my top 10 favorite shows ever.
Directed by Dennis Steinmetz, Bob Lally.
Starring Spencer Milligan, Wesley Eure, Kathy Coleman, Ron Harper, Phillip Paley, Walker Edmiston, Sharon Baird, Joe Giamalva.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras 6/10.
Includes: The Stranger (ep 6), Tag Team (ep 5), The Search (ep 11), The Paku Who Came to Dinner (ep 10)
Comment: A great show, always was a memorable favorite! I want more episodes now! And the extras are quite nice, unexpected for such a disc really.
Starring Wesley Eure, Spencer Milligan, Kathy Coleman, Philip Paley.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: Cha-Ka, The Sleestak God, Dopey, Downstream, Tag Team, The Stranger, Album, Skylons, The Hole, The Paku Who Came to Dinner, The Search, The Possession, Follow That Dinosaur, Stone Soup, Elsewhen, Hurricane, Circle
Comment: The awesome 1974 classic on DVD at last! Thank you Rhino!
Starring Wesley Eure, Spencer Milligan, Kathy Coleman, Philip Paley.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 9/10.
Comment: Season 2 follows hard on the heels of season 1!
Directed by Rick Bennewitz, Bob Lally, Joseph L Scanlan.
Starring Ron Harper, Wesley Eure, Kathy Coleman, Philip Paley, Jon Locke, Scutter McKay.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Aftershock, Survival Kit, Orb, Repairman, Medusa, Cornered, Flying Dutchman, Hot-Air Artist, Abominable Snowman, Timestop, Ancient Guardian, Scarab, Medicine Man
Comment: Things start to go spectacularly wrong for what was an outstanding show once.
Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax.
Starring Martin Shaw, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Stephen Moore, Susan Woolridge, Hugh Grant, Max Von Sydow, Sylvester McCoy.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Poles Apart, Minor Diversions, Leading Men, Gentlemen and Players, The Glories of the Race, Foregone Conclusion, Rejoice
Comment: A terrific miniseries based on the race between Scott and Amundsen to the South Pole
Directed by Carol Banker, Rob Bowman, Bryan Spicer.
Starring Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Stephen Snedden, Zuleikha Robinson.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pilot, Bond Jimmy Bond, Eine Kleine Frohike, Like Water For Octane, Three Men and a Smoking Diaper, Madam I'm Adam, Planet of the Frohikes, Maximum Byers, Diagnosis Jimmy, Tango de los Pistoleros, The Lying Game, 2 more, plus an X-Files episode, more
Comment: The was a really fun series with great characters (except Yves Adele Harlow, played by Billy Zane in a wig).
Directed by J J Abrams, Jack Bender, Kevin Hooks.
Starring Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan, Maggie Grace, Harold Perrineau Jr, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Malcolm David Kelley, Daniel Dae Kim, Ian Somerhalder, Naveen Andrews, Terry O'Quinn, Yunjin Kim, Emilie de Ravin.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pilot (pt 1), Pilot (pt 2), Tabula Rasa, Walkabout, White Rabbit, House of the Rising Sun, The Moth, Confidence Man, Solitary, Raised By Another, All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues, Whatever the Case May Be, Hearts and Minds, Special, 10 more
Comment: First season of the show I really wanted to watch but never found the time.
Directed by Anton Leader, Alex Singer, Leo Penn, Sobey Martin.
Starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright, Jonathan Harris, Bob May, Dick Tufeld, Don Forbes, Warren Oates, Richard Basehart, Byron Morrow, William Bramley, Don Matheson, Michael Rennie, Kurt Russell.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Reluctant Stowaway, The Derelict, Island in the Sky, There Were Giants in the Earth, The Hungry Sea, Welcome Stranger, My Friend Mr Nobody, Invaders From the Fifth Dimension, The Oasis, The Sky is Falling, Wish Upon a Star, The Raft, 18 more
Comment: Eight disc set with all 29 episodes of the B&W first season, plus the unaired pilot. The stories can be rather boring, unfortunately.
Directed by Nathan Juran, Don Richardson, Harry Harris.
Starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright, Jonathan H