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TV (Not) on DVD Update: "Jonathan Creek"

Fans of British mystery series Jonathan Creek can finally retire their homemade VHS collections.

Since my initial post on which television series were sadly passed over for DVD treatment ("TV (Not) on DVD"), one of my picks will in fact finally make the leap to digital.

TVShowsonDVD is reporting that the first season of BBC mystery series (and Televisionary fave) Jonathan Creek, starring Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin, will be released Stateside on October 24th. The two-disc set will feature the two-hour pilot ("The Wrestler's Tomb," which co-starred a pre-Buffy Anthony Stewart Head as stage magician Adam Klaus) and the four episodes that comprise Season One ("Jack in the Box," "The Constituted Corpse," "No Trace of Tracy," and "The House of Monkeys"). The suggested retail price is $34.98.

Pre-order your copy today at Amazon before Jonathan Creek: Season One, er, disappears into thin air.
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Anonymous said…
YAY! I love "Jonathan Creek" and have been waiting forever for it to be released on DVD in the US. This news just made my day! (Yes, I am that much of a dork.) Thank you!
7/16/2006
Jon said…
And let's not forget, this will be the first chance we Americans will get to see the episodes uncut. Unless these DVDs are taken from the butchered BBC America versions ....
7/17/2006
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