The Ultimate Monty Python's Flying Circus Complete Series Blu-ray Box Set is Live

A new, limited edition Monty Python's Flying Circus complete series Blu-ray box set has launched, and it appears to be everything fans could have hoped for in a 50th anniversary release.

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Complete Series: Norwegian Edition is available to pre-order on Amazon now for $114.90 (18% off) with a release date set for November 12th (if it sells out, you can also grab it via TCM). This seven disc, region-free set includes the entire original television series with painstakingly restored sketches that have been released completely uncut for the first time. It also includes previously unseen outtakes, film inserts, and studio recordings. The official description and feature list is available below. Clearly, no stone was left unturned:

"Years in the making, Network is proud to present the entire original television series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, fully rejuvenated for the first time. Sketches, some edited for timing, taste and copyright reasons, have been carefully restored to their intended length and the majority of Terry Gilliam's animations have been newly scanned in High Definition and restored to a specification way beyond their original format. Hitherto unseen outtakes, film inserts and studio recordings have been retrieved, adding yet another dimension to this exclusive release. This is the ultimate television restoration and a must for every generation of Python fan."

"After nearly a decade of research and planning, this is a ground up restoration by Network's award-winning in-house team working from the best available materials - from first generation 2-inch videotape masters to surviving negative and print film material, scanned in 2K. The wildly varying picture sources have been graded scene-by-scene and intensively cleaned up. State of the art upscaling of Standard Definition videotape has been deployed with careful use of noise reduction for both video and film grain, resulting in a vastly improved viewing experience all round on Blu-ray High Definition format, far exceeding anything previously available."

Features:

• 7 discs featuring all 45 episodes presented series-by-series, for the first time totally uncut and beautifully restored from original film and videotape elements.
• Limited exploding box Norwegian Blu-ray edition
• Each of the four series comes individually packaged with a book by Andrew Pixley (four books in total) detailing an exhaustive episode-by-episode production history.
• Previously unseen outtakes
• Extended scenes and sketches
• Restored-to-full-length sketches including Ursula Hitler, Cartoon Religions, A Book At Bedtime and more.
• Rare promo films
• And more to be announced…

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