marker

I have the commercial 1969 and 1971 series of Public Eye can anyone tell me if there are going to be any more series released, IMHO public eye was one of the finest shows ever made.

Cheers Marker

batman

I emailed Network about this sometime ago and they replied by saying that they had no immediate plans to release any more. Simply a case of watch and wait I suppose.

Bats.

"Do you know why fattries are called fattries .... it's because they are big and people make things in them."

marker

thats really a shame I suppose I will just have to live in hope that they will release another series in due course

Cheers Marker

penfold

You are far from being alone there....

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

Modular

I wouldn't be too surprised if you do see another release from Network in the future (next year maybe).

If their current 'web exclusives' programme proves commercially successful, then it's quite possible.

Remember, the only reason the releases stopped was disappointing sales.

penfold

Bear in mind that the last series they did release was a web exclusive....and then it stopped.

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

Mark Antony

I agree about Public Eye being a fine series. If you know of UKNova, there has been extensive uploads there, of episodes not released on DVD, including three re-discovered episodes, form the '60's.

Like many other series, it's a great shame many episodes were deleted from the vaults during that era.

tv.com has episode guides and quotes.

Modular

Oh indeed. But it was very much a one-off (at the time), and I don't think it was handled particularly well (do you remember the arguments for and against between regular Network purchasers).

I know plenty of people deliberately didn't buy it until it became available through the other online retailers.

This time around, the whole 'web exclusive thing' seems better thought out, and (if we assume the move proves successful for Network) I'd say there's a much better chance of another series showing up.

Only time will tell.

marker

well lets just hope that Network will bring out more of this wonderful well made and acted series in time, what I like so much about public eye is that its just so down to earth which then makes it just so believable, as to web exclusives I must admit I am hanging fire on buying Danger man 2 till it gets cheaper

Cheers Marker

Focus 2

I agree, a most excellent programme. Thankfully all the episodes made by Thames TV from 1969 survive intact and, as we know, the 1969 and 1971 series have been issued on two first class Network DVDs absolutely intact and unedited.

That of course leaves the remaining 1973 and 1975 series which have yet to see the light of day commercially. I understand UK Gold in the early days transmitted all colour episodes in the '90s which would include the above.

Three 1960s ABCtv made episodes survive on VT in addition to the two telerecorded episodes already issued on the released sets.

In addition, another superb potential extra is the "Armchair Theatre" production, "Wednesday's Child" which was made as a prelude to the episode, "My Life's My Own". This apparently survives on colour VT with Prunella Ransome taking on the role of Shirley Marlowe in place of Stephanie Beacham.

We can only hope!

Modular

Oh absolutely. Personally, I think Alfred Burke is such a good actor, and the role of Marker was one he was almost born to play.

Oh, no judgemant was intended on my part on whether people agree with web exclusives or not. Each of us votes in the direction our wallets take us!

If the current (and future) web exclusives prove successful for Network (and I hope they do), it's likely we'll see more releases (like Public Eye), as they'll be financially more viable to produce.

Mark Antony

A few episodes exist in audio only format. One of these was included in the boxed set release, anyone know where to find the others please?

marker

personally I think if the two remaining series were brought out I think they would sell extremely well indeed as this was such a popular program, I for one would buy them tomorrow if I could whatever the price.

Cheers Marker

Modular

As good a programme as it is (and as popular as it was in the day), it's still a minority title in 2007, and the remaining two series are unlikely to sell many more than the first two from Network I'm afraid.

marker

well one can never tell after buying the first and second series of the Power Game I well thought thats it it does not seen to be selling well, and people are not mentioning it very much, but hey presto the third series is scheduled to come out later this year I was very surprised about this as its a minority program compared to Public Eye.

Cheers Marker