A couple of weeks ago we
brought you word that Koch Vision is planning a July 8th DVD release of
Wire in the Blood - The Complete 5th Season. U.K.-based ITV is working on a full eight-part 6th Season to air in 2008, but between these seasons the show's storyline brought Dr Tony Hill (Robson Green) to Texas for the first time in a special production called "Prayer of the Bone" (which debuted in the U.K. in January, and aired on BBC America earlier this month):
Robson Green goes stateside for a special episode of Wire in the Blood. Made in America, the feature-length thriller, filmed in and around Austin, Texas, takes eccentric clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill (Robson Green) away from the familiar streets of Bradfield and pits him against the might of the US legal system, sweltering heat...and rattlesnakes.
The action begins as Tony Hill is invited to Luther in Texas as an expert witness in the case of an American man accused of brutally slaughtering his wife and young son and daughter. Iraq combat veteran Darius Grady (Brad Hawkins) has confessed to the crimes, but his defense team claims that his traumatic experiences in the war have left him with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that he killed his family while hallucinating - a mitigating factor that should spare him the death penalty.
The prosecution want Tony to help them prove that Darius’s supposed PTSD is a fraud. But, alone in a strange country without his usual team in support, Tony finds himself at the center of competing legal and political interests. He's insulted, threatened, framed and physically attacked. As the trial proceeds, Tony’s illicit investigation uncovers drugs scams and infidelity in the small town of Luther. But only when Tony questions all of his own assumptions does he start to uncover the tragic truth behind what really happened to Darius' family.
Koch Vision will present
Wire in the Blood - Prayer of the Bone as a special, separate DVD release. It will be available to purchase in the USA starting on
August 5th. Cost hasn't been finalized, but looks to be $19.98 SRP. Package art hasn't been made available yet, but stay tuned and we'll have it for you as soon as we can!
