The New Incomplete Complete and Utter History of Britain: DVD + BD set

Vereinigte Königreich Edition, Blu-Ray/Region B DVD: TON: Englisch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Englisch ( Mono ), BONUSMATERIAL: Blu-Ray & DVD Combo, Broschüre, FormMannschaft Interview(s), Foto-Galerie, Kasten-Satz, Produktion Anmerkungen, Satz 3-DVD, Szene Zugang, Wechselwirkendes Menü, SYNOPSIS: Written by and starring Michael Palin and Terry Jones, The Complete and Utter History of Britain was among a handful of series that formed a template for Monty Python's Flying Circus. This series offered a typically Pythonesque look at British history - as if television had been around to cover events as they unfolded. Thus we find Richard the Lionheart relating his exploits in the Crusades in the manner of a laddish holidaymaker and William the Conquerer engaging in post-match analysis (following an unspectacular scuffle in which King Harold is finally felled by a baguette). Studio sketches and filmed inserts are interspersed with the meandering insights of historian Professor Weaver (Roddy Maude-Roxby), with links by faintly bemused continuity presenter Colin Gordon. Sadly incomplete in the archives, this set contains all remaining episodes along with the film inserts which Terry Jones has kept safe for nearly fifty years. ...The New Complete and Utter History of Britain - 3-Disc Box Set ( ) (Blu-Ray & DVD Combo)

Written by and starring Michael Palin and Terry Jones, The Complete and Utter History of Britain was a formative influence on television comedy and Monty Python's Flying Circus in particular. Made in black and white in the same year that Python became part of the national consciousness, this rarely seen comedy takes a typically skewed look at British history and reports historical events as if television had been around to cover them at the time! And so we find Richard the Lionheart relating his Crusading exploits in the manner of a laddish holidaymaker, medieval adverts and film trailers, and William the Conquerer engaging in post-match analysis (following an unspectacular scuffle in which King Harold is finally felled by a rogue baguette...).

In 2013, Palin and Jones revisited their series for this release. Taking the roles of joint narrators they comically, and seamlessly, link back to the best of the existing material shot by their younger selves in 1969 to create a brand-new feature: The Incomplete and Utter History of Britain 2013!

THIS SET INCLUDES (on both Blu-Ray and DVD):

[] 50-minute feature containing new linking material by Palin and Jones
[] Interview with producer Humphrey Barclay
[] The first two episodes as transmitted (the only ones still to exist)
[] The first two episodes as recorded (includes untransmitted sketches)
[] All existing film insert material
[] Brand-new booklet by archive television historian Andrew Pixley
[] Extensive image gallery
[] Script and production paperwork PDFs