19 May 2005

The monastery; the reply

I wrote to the Beeb about the likely availability of the monastery on DVD and got this reply:
"Thank- you for your interest in The Monastery series.
The series is not yet commercially available on either DVD or VHS but we may be able to send you copies for your own use at a charge of £75 for the three programmes.
We expect the series to be repeated on BBC 2 in the next year and it may be broadcast on the BBC’s digital services, BBC3 or BBC4 over the next 5 years.
The international rights have recently been acquired by BBC Worldwide, so we expect it to be shown on BBC America and other public service channels abroad over the next year. There are no current plans for commercial video and DVD sales, though this may of course change as there has been considerable interest.
If you’d like more information about the series, please see the BBC website – www.bbc.co.uk/religion or Worth Abbey’s own site, www.worthabbey.net. The community welcomes contact from those interested in spiritual guidance.
The BBC Action Line number at the end of the programme is 0800 068 8456.
"
This was from Jonathan Hall
tigeraspectproductions, 7 Soho Street, London

I presume that these are the actual production company
So I think the best option may be to look out for the repeats at copy them. £75 is a bit steep. ... but we could prya for such a good resopnse that making a DVD commercially availbale seems to make sense.
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