Dissent and Disruption: The Complete Alan Clarke at the BBC on Blu-ray [read more]
One of the releases of the year
Already described as ‘The decade’s most exciting home entertainment release’, DISSENT & DISRUPTION: THE COMPLETE ALAN CLARKE AT THE BBC is now in sight, with the release date for the 13-disc Blu-ray box set and two DVD volumes confirmed for 30 May 2016. This much overdue collection finally brings together the long-unavailable BBC TV work of one of Britain’s greatest ever directors.
Amongst the twenty-three surviving stand-alone dramas included in the collection are such neglected classics as To Encourage the Others, Horace, Penda’s Fen, Diane, Contact and Christine. All titles have been restored, and all filmed productions have been remastered to High Definition. In addition, the collections contains an extensive array of extra features, including a new 12-part documentary, nine audio commentaries – including newly-recorded tracks with Gary Oldman, Janine Duvistski and Sean Chapman – David Leland’s 1991 introductions, archival BBC TV programmes, an interview with Clarke, and the first ever presentation of Clarke’s alternative cut of The Firm, assembled from his personal workprint, which was discovered in 2015.
