Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years

[darrenburnfan]

I've just had a look around and it's not mentioned on amazon.co.uk; HMV Online or Play.com, so it must be a MovieMail UK exclusive.

[Dan Hunter]

name='darrenburnfan']Yes, I pre-ordered mine from MovieMail UK a month or so ago. But I don't know if I'll ever get it, as by September 7th, the Royal Mail may be on a national strike. It certainly looks like things are going that way at the moment. I really can't see how MovieMail can send me this box set if all the postal workers are out on strike. But I don't suppose they'll have any trouble taking the £26:99 out of my credit card account for it.

Just to let you know that we only charge your card when the DVDs are despatched. At the moment there's no confirmation of a national strike, but if it occurs it should only mean a delay of a couple of days.



Dan

[darrenburnfan]

Thanks, Dan. I had visions of it disappearing en-route. At least, if there is a national strike, you can't really despatch it until it's over, as who at Royal Mail would there be to collect it? We shall just have to wait and see what transpires and hope for the best. If the worst comes to the worst, I for one would be willing to pay extra for postage for it to be sent to me by special courier, if that could be arranged. I remember back in 1971 when the Royal Mail were out on a national strike for six weeks. I certainly hope it doesn't come to that this time around.

[macca8125]

churchill was great, i'll be pre ordering it even if its just to hear some of his quotes!

[darrenburnfan]

I've just noticed that it has disappeared off the MovieMail UK website. I have emailed them to ask if the September 7th release is still going ahead. I don't know when I'll receive a reply though, what with it being a holiday weekend and all.

[darrenburnfan]

Having had no reply by email from MovieMail UK, I phoned them up. They tell me that due to circumstances beyond their control, the September 7th release of Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years has been cancelled. They say it may now come out sometime in 2010. I thought that the announcement of its release was too good to be true.

[Films2Door]

Churchill The Valiant Years: Apparently Sony UK are awaiting some clearances so have put back the release until “possibly” later in the year estimated Autumn 2010 Sony will release it via their Mail Order channels first, the likes of Movie Mail and Films2door etc.



I know Sony UK are working hard to get this released however please brace yourself that it may yet hit the rocks!



I will update as soon as a date is confirmed.

[JohnB_Toronto]

name='Films2Door']Churchill The Valiant Years: Apparently Sony UK are awaiting some clearances so have put back the release until “possibly” later in the year estimated Autumn 2010 Sony will release it via their Mail Order channels first, the likes of Movie Mail and Films2door etc.



I know Sony UK are working hard to get this released however please brace yourself that it may yet hit the rocks!



I will update as soon as a date is confirmed.

So we can live in hope! Well done

[darrenburnfan]

name='JohnB_Toronto']So we can live in hope! Well done

I second that. Let's hope they don't announce yet another release date and then cancel it again.

[Gerald Lovell]

Is this the series which was produced by Patrick Macnee prior to his returning to acting with THE AVENGERS?

[darrenburnfan]

Yes, I believe it was. His name was definitely on the credits, anyway.

[JohnB_Toronto]

I'm just bumping this one up to the top again to ask if anyone has heard of any further developments as far as us getting a definite release date?



I think there were quite a few of us looking forward to this one coming onto the shelves. It would be nice to know the project is still alive.

[Irongiant]

Any more news on this please?

[darrenburnfan]

name='Irongiant' timestamp='1282652701' post='467650']

Any more news on this please?

According to this DVD website, it's been further delayed and we could have to wait for it until either later this year or early in 2011.



http://www.films2door.co.uk/stock_pr...urton-dvd.html