Independent British distributors NetworkDVD have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of
The Professionals: MkI, one of the most successful action thriller series ever made. The release will be available for purchase in the United Kingdom on March 31.
The Professionals is regularly re-run on television and has been released numerous times on DVD but it has never been digitally restored in High Definition - until now! Featuring brand new transfers from the original film elements,
The Professionals is presented here at a previously unseen level of quality - it really has never looked this good. The Professionals: MkI contains the first thirteen episodes from 1977/78, in their original production order.
Special Features:
- Brand new, transfers and restorations from the original negatives
- Brand-new, exclusive book written by archive television historian Andrew Pixley, fully detailing the history and production of the first thirteen episodes
- All episodes feature original Assault Course titles (and Cowley narration on the first three episodes)
- All episodes are presented in their original production order
- Brand-new Dolby 5.1 mixes along with original as-broadcast mono and music-only tracks
- Without Walls: 1996 Channel 4 documentary on The Professionals
- HD image galleries including shots of Anthony Andrews as Bodie
- Raw title sequence, original ad bumper and series two titles demo
- Additional footage from Everest Was Also Conquered and Look After Annie
- PDF material
- Number of Discs 4
- Sound 5.1 / Mono / English
- Subtitles English
- Region ABC
- Time 650 mins + extras