Nah it's alright, I'm looking to get it in its entirety, I find getting the individual volumes to be a real headache. Thanks anyway.

Btw, where did you order yours from and for how much? Though I suppose it's pointless asking how much because the GBP has gone way down in the last few months.

Ebay (Aus) about £390 just under a year ago.It was cheap as Volumes 1 & 2 were Missing from the set Not sure if the seller lost them or if it was a manufacturers Mistake. I purchased volume 1 (Uk) 1-32 and then I had the lot anyway :)

Our review of the second volume is now online...

http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd...-volume-2.html

Nick & I have finally gotten the hang of inserting captions when you hover over the pictures... ;)

Kev W

I have all 692 Aus Volumes But I will be buying The Edna pearson episodes "IF" the Uk release gets that far as we do not have that law meaning said eps will be cut.

The Uk seem to be slow and have no fixed release schedule Like once a month etc Like Aus did, with the over hanging uncertainty for the Uk buyers of getting anymore even if so not all.

I picked up a copy in HMV today and looked at it, I am glad to see the artwork on The Uk Volume 2 is now releveant to episodes inside.

Uk Vol 1 had pictures of the freak In The great fire Joan don't even come into it till Ep 287 & the fire 326!!, hardly useful to episodes 1-32 :confused:

Anyway I noticed on Uk Vol 2 Jean Vernon which is relevent Eps 47-52, and Doreen's bloody Nose after Bea clouts her, For thoose who do not have the Aus set like myself, I recommend The Uk set 2, It contains some great episodes including the arrival Of Fletch,Po Face & Judy Nunn (Ailsa Stewart) Playing Joyce martin and that Excellent Troublesome Money Storyline that runs from 40-47

Episodes 41-44 have been cleared by the BBFC as PG's today. I think Volume 3 might be on it's way! I knew I should have held off buying the Aussie release, I'm onto episode 603 now.

Episodes 65-96 of Prisoner Cell Block H have been passed by the BBFC this week, so the third volume must be coming out on Region 2 soon.

Early November WaveCrest, sales of the previous volumes are steady apparently so there may be more volumes to come.

Did you get the feedback you needed Jamiouse? I had passed on your comments but as I'm not working on the titles couldn't push much.

There are three Prisoner Cell Block H cast members appearing at Memorabilia in November for the show's 30th anniversary:

Val Lehman
Gerard McGuire
and Fiona Spence.

I'm hoping they can get Maggie Kirkpatrick to attend as well.

Not a bean Almar, it's very confusing with this 'Edna Special' nothing has been officially announced it was mentioned on the OTI Website and another forum member picked up the release date on Amazon. If the 'special' is covering the censored Edna Pearson episodes it should be about 5-7 episodes in total which would have a much longer running time than 220 minutes. It's all very silent on the Special front, even the Noble PR website hasn't got any info yet. It appears that Freemantle are doing there own sweet thing.

hi,i also loved cell block and would love to own the lot but they are so expensive!
why?

Because there is 692 episodes to fit in?

Also it's expensive to make the sets - the BBFC needs fees per disc - so that jacks it up but share your love of the show on here Dis because we'll be expanding this section and over time you'll have a chance to win sets - and that won't cost you a penny! ;)

I have the Australian complete box set.

It took a lot of saving. And saving some more. And then saving somemore. :lol:

It took a long time. Just as I thought I was getting closer to being able to afford it, I would get a bank charge or something and be set back. :rolleyes:

I think it might have taken a year or 2 of saving.

But I got it eventually. :)

692 episodes? Bloody hell cobber! That's a lot of Prisoner!

There's a part of the new Prisoner forum section that says "get involved with the DVD release"

What's that about?

Hold your breath and keep your fingers crossed as all will be revealed soon!:)

Hopefully tomorrow/Wednesday - meanwhile if you know any Prisoner fans - get them to join up so they can get stuck in as soon as we make the announcement... ;)

Looking forward to this news! I was gutted when the set was delayed til later this month. My partner and I inhale them as soon as they arrive! Can't wait to find out who clobbered Bea...

Are you new to the show? If so I'm jealous - what a great show to come to fresh - so many episodes and nearly all of them are brilliant! :nod:

I wish it was me! Can you imagine having 692 episodes of prisoner goodness to look forward too? I'm drooling at the thought.:cool:

They're certainly in for a treat, that's for sure!

I am, yes. I'm afraid it was a show that my mum, sister and Aunty would watch late on Friday nights and bundle me off to bed before the opening credits. The thing is I naturally assumed it'd be boring girl tv so I wasn't bothered. If only I'd known!

My partner had seen a few episodes already and picked up the first box set when we saw it going cheap at a car boot sale last year. I was completely ready to busy myself doing something else but from Frankie's amazing first scene onwards it had me.

From then on we've grabbed all the sets. We couldn't get enough of Lee-Ann Burke ragdolling off the roof!

Vol 7 is pre-ordered! :)

You are soooo lucky - you're getting to see these episodes fresh and new! That said Prisoner really stands up to repeat viewing - I've probably watched most of it three times through (STV, Channel 5 and then on DVD - after a VERY expensive flirtation with the video tapes in the 90s which quickly stopped) but now the good thing is I'm not missing a single episode and there are soooooo many! :)

I loved watching Blocky for the first time, on ITV back in the late 80s/early 90s. There were no spoilers to be had *anywhere*, and characters were often written out without warning, and in the most dramatic and heart-rending ways. I think it was the last truly unpredictable continuing drama I ever watched.

Even though I've now seen the whole series, though, I still find Blocky strangely compelling and addictive. It's so dark and so in-your-face, with such a high turnover of plotlines, it's pretty much impossible to *stop* watching it!

There's nothing else like it, anywhere.

Great post ^^ Sums up exactly my thoughts. It never seems to tire. Those of you watching for the first time are in for such a treat. Very jealous of you :pop2::pop2:

Or those of us who'll be watching it for the 2nd time after seeing it in the 80's and having hazy, but fond memories. :)

Completely and utterly jealous of you all... :)

So how many viewings of the whole epic are you on now then Badboy?

I think that there will be a lot of lucky people who will soon become Prisoner addicts after seeing an episode of one of the sets that a friend has bought. We all know that it doesn't take much to get hooked on this audacius aussie mana!

I know I can probably find the answer easily on tinternet, but i'll ask the fans here. So we're almost at volume 7. How many eipsodes are there per boxset? I can imagine there will be quite a few sets to get through the 600 odd episodes.

Absolutely! Now that the sets are easy to get, they're also the perfect gifts for friends who've never seen Prisoner too. I've converted a few mates now that way! ;-)

I think it's about 30 episodes a set Stephen.

32. The first 160 episodes are out now, with 161-192 due on Monday, and 193-224 in April. Which, rather wonderfully, means that Vol 7 will end on Vera's final episode, and Vol 13 will end on my favourite cliffhanger!

Looks like Prisoner fans have still got a lot of episodes to look forward to. I don't think the dvds would've sold as well if they had tried the same release strategy as the Australian dvds. The UK dvds seem to have it spot on.

I WANTED that Aussie suitcase when I heard about it but the price was so staggering it was a no-go and has remained so - the UK DVDs are far better as payment plans go! :happy:

Delighted about this forum
 

I am delighted that the DVD releases are getting a forum. I have been eagerly and anxiously awaiting news of when a new set is being released. Last year the number of box sets was slightly disappointing. Good to know that more are planned for this year. I also believe that set 7 is going to have some extras on it again. I think that some more publicity for the box set series would be a good idea.
Although not Prisoner related, there are other Australian TV series that I would like to see released on DVD. The SF series Phoenix 5 would be a good one and if it was released by the same company then perhaps an advert for that in SFX Magazine could also include an advert for the Prisoner series too. I would also like to see released on DVD - the 1965 TV series The Stranger( which was also an Australian SF series) and The Adventures of the Seaspray( another 60s series this time made in colour).

Delighted to have you here IanKmcL!

Many thanks for that kind welcome.

No probs, bud. You won't find a friendlier bunch of people than on here.