Thursday, 3 February 2022

PETER CUSHING'S '1984' ORWELL / BBC CLASSIC DRAMA GETS BLU RAY AND DVD RELEASE FOR NIGEL KNEALE CENTENARY YEAR!


NEWS: It's one of the most requested BBC productions to be available on blu ray! It’s presented here for the very FIRST TIME on Blu-ray and DVD and released to coincide with Kneale’s centenary. Experience Orwell’s haunting vision of a world dictated by tyranny and propaganda; Big Brother is watching!! 
 

ADAPTED by Nigel Kneale (The Quatermass Experiment), 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' broke new ground for television drama when first broadcast in 1954. Featuring a stunning central performance from Peter Cushing as the doomed Winston Smith, this highly influential small screen landmark has been newly restored by the BFI using original film materials from the BBC archive. This available for pre-order NOW! - Marcus
 


EXTRAS!
Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition with newly recorded commentary by Jon Dear, also featuring Toby Hadoke and Andy Murray 
 
Nigel Kneale: Into the Unknown (2022): writer, actor and stand-up comedian Toby Hadoke in conversation with Kneale biographer and programmer Andy Murray. Together they try to unpick who Nigel Kneale was, what he did and why his work still matters in 2022
 
Late Night Line-Up (1965, 25 mins): excerpt from a rarely seen episode of the BBC series featuring Nigel Kneale, Peter Cushing, Yvonne Mitchell, Andre Morell and Rudolph Cartier 
 
Ministry of Truth (2022): Oliver Wake is interviewed by the BFI’s Dick Fiddy as he dispels some of the myths surrounding the production and looks at the controversy it caused 
 
Illustrated booklet with new writing by Oliver Wake and David Ryan Newly commissioned sleeve art by Matt Needle
 *All extras are subject to change*
 
Released 11 April 2022
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW HERE! !
 


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