At last: a collection celebrating the true comic craftsmanship of SteveCoogan! From Alan Partridge to Duncan Thicket and from Pauline Calf to Tommy Saxondale, the award-winning Coogan's outrageous, perfectly observed, comic alter egos have provided many of the funniest moments on British TV.
This fantastic collection has them all...not just his iconic Partridge, Paul Calf and Tony Ferrino, but also cherished, one-off gems like Nathan Blaze, Gareth Cheeseman and Ernest Moss. This 13-disc set contains all the episodes from: Knowing Me Knowing You, Knowing Me Knowing Yule, I'm Alan Partridge, Seasons 1 & 2, Saxondale, Seasons 1 & 2, Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, Coogan's Run, Paul and Pauline Calf's Video Diaries, Paul and Pauline Calf's Cheese and Ham Sandwich and The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon.
One of our readers, Connor Ratliff, sent us an e-mail telling us we had overlooked something rather important! It happens from time to time, of course, and we're grateful to Connor for the heads-up about it. His message said, "
Just thought I'd mention this, since I get my TV DVD news from your site but I hadn't seen any mention of this: The Steve Coogan Collection from BBC includes not only the complete Alan Partridge (including the second series, which is new to R1) and Saxondale, but also his other UK TV work like Coogan's Run and Tony Ferrino that hasn't been available in R1, all in one box set."
He's right on the money, of course: the BBC and distributor Warner Home Video released
The Steve Coogan Collection just a week ago, on
November 17th, and we completely missed talking to all of you about this 13-DVD set with all the valuable gems of Coogan's TV career on it. Besides the episodes outlined in the above description, you'll also get great extras such as the Original
Knowing Me, Knowing You Test Shoot; Alan Aid:
Comic Relief ‘95; "TV Spots"; Impoverished scenes; Bios and Photo Galleries; Commentaries; Jingles; Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes; Making-of Featurettes; Production Notes; Interviews;
Paul and Pauline Calf Live on
Saturday Zoo; and Introducing
Tony Ferrino: Who and Why?
The second series (season) of
I'm Alan Partridge is presented in 16x9 widescreen, as is
Saxondale and
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible. Everything else comes in full screen video. The sound is presented in English, in various audio formats (not specified in the material we've seen; sorry), and English Subtitles are also included. Running time is 1523 minutes. Cost is $129.98 SRP. Here's the package art:
