Hub - Issue 32 Read online

  At last, a brand spanking new box set to replace the Carlton collections released a few years ago! Collected together for the first time over six dvds, Network (taking its lead from previous releases like The Sweeney) offers up a nice extras package, something they take great pains to do for many of their releases. P.J Hammond and producer/director Shaun O’Riordan don the headphones to provide two marvellously informative chat tracks for episode one of Assignment One and episode four of Assignment Six, the first and last episodes of the entire series. These, along with a fantastic 22 page Viewing Notes booklet, tell you all you need to know about how the series was created as well as behind the scenes factoids and stories. If you’re new to the series or haven’t seen it for years, it’s strongly recommended that you don’t read the booklet until you’ve watched the episodes as it contains spoilers for every story! Every disc contains script PDFs and a photo gallery of rare and unseen pictures specific to the story contained on that particular disc, while over on disc 6 we have the marvellously entertaining (yet woefully brief) 28 minute documentary Counting Out Time, featuring interviews with Hammond and O’Riordan as well as stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley, together for the first time in 25 years!

  This is one DVD that should be on every sci-fi fan’s Christmas list! Don’t be put off by its hefty £60 price tag: it’s worth every penny. If you're old enough to remember Sapphire and Steel the first time around then you’ll be pleased to know it’s as good now as it was when it began 28 years ago. If you’ve never seen it before then I strongly advise you to go out and buy it this very minute - you're in for one heck of a treat!

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