Only Fools and Horses - The 80s Specials - Blu-ray Forum

zicobones · 11-01-2021, 03:20 PM

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Only-Fools-...1%2CB07DVRBFN5

On Blu-ray for the first time – lovely jubbly! Includes collectors’ booklet, behind the scenes photo galleries, 5 exclusive double-sided art cards, plus both the original and writer’s cut versions of ‘A Royal Flush’ and a fully restored 4 minute scene in ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’.

Join Del, Rodders and the rest of the gang on a series of adventures. Uncle Albert takes to the seas once more in ‘To Hull and Back’, Del Boy makes a lasting impression when he joins a clay pigeon shoot in ‘A Royal Flush’, the highs and lows of romance are revealed in ‘Dates’, and ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’ to Margate sees the entire Peckham faithful get into all sorts of trouble.

Written and created by John Sullivan. Starring: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones, John Challis, Roger Lloyd Pack, Sue Holderness, Patrick Murray, Roy Heather, Paul Barber, Gwyneth Strong and Jim Broadbent.

Episodes:
- To Hull and Back (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/85)
- A Royal Flush (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/86)
- The Frog’s Legacy (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/87)
- Dates (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/88)
- The Jolly Boys’ Outing (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/89)

Bonus Features:
- A roller coaster of behind the scenes photo galleries and previously unseen footage.

cicada88 · 11-01-2021, 03:23 PM

Do you know if this is upscaled or HD film scan?

franzsanchez · 11-01-2021, 03:25 PM

Good news! About time we're able to buy an uncut version of the jolly boys outing. so annoying that the dvd version of the best ever episode was cut, especially when it is always broadcast uncut on tv

so the next question is will the entire uncut show be released on bluray? I guess it depends on how this boxset sells

zicobones · 11-01-2021, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by franzsanchez

so the next question is will the entire uncut show be released on bluray? I guess it depends on how this boxset sells

Hopefully this is to test the waters and it sells well enough

drush9999 · 11-01-2021, 03:27 PM

Uncut episodes!
That's great news

CouncilSpectre · 11-01-2021, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cicada88

Do you know if this is upscaled or HD film scan?

Back of the box says both, so it’ll be like Doctor Who, remastered film where available, upscaled SD where not.

drush9999 · 11-01-2021, 04:15 PM

We have to hope it's a Doctor Who quality upscale and not a Fawlty Towers quality upscale, but pre-ordered anyway as I want to retire my collection of bootleg uncut episodes from DVD-R hell.

zicobones · 11-01-2021, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by drush9999

We have to hope it's a Doctor Who quality upscale and not a Fawlty Towers quality upscale, but pre-ordered anyway as I want to retire my collection of bootleg uncut episodes from DVD-R hell.

Someone over on the roobarb's forum thinks its being Produced by 'The Ark'
who did the Blu Ray restorations of 'Day of the Triffids' and 'Smiley's People'.

Geoff D · 11-01-2021, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by drush9999

We have to hope it's a Doctor Who quality upscale and not a Fawlty Towers quality upscale, but pre-ordered anyway as I want to retire my collection of bootleg uncut episodes from DVD-R hell.

I rather enjoyed the Fawlty Towers BDs, not gonna lie. They could've gone easier on the noise reduction but at the same time the eradication of the composite dot crawl and moiré made it surprisingly watchable for me. And the actual HD film inserts look superb (though some are still upscaled, presumably because they couldn't find the OG film).

So if this Only Fools set is similar then I'll be happy with that. If it's betterer then great, that's a bonus.

mattyl149 · 11-01-2021, 05:39 PM

Hopefully these are fully uncut as there have been numerous cuts including ones for music rights issues

newgen2005 · 11-01-2021, 05:46 PM

Ordered. I am curious what the transfers will be like, as long as they are better than DVD ill be happy

Let's hope they are fully uncut, with intact music etc.

Drexlspivey · 11-01-2021, 07:08 PM

Can anybody with a uk address order this at the moment for some reason it can't be pre orderd .

cinescot · 11-01-2021, 07:16 PM

Nice to see the cut scenes being restored. From what I can recall, "A Royal Flush" was the most heavily cut. The version that's been available all these years is nearly 20 minutes shorter than the original. "To Hull and Back" was shot entirely on film.

mattyl149 · 11-01-2021, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cinescot

Nice to see the cut scenes being restored. From what I can recall, "A Royal Flush" was the most heavily cut. The version that's been available all these years is nearly 20 minutes shorter than the original.

The longer version was in the magazine DVD set they did. I'll still keep that set as there is an image across the spine and it's a nice collector's item, but I don't need to keep the standard releases of these episodes that I bought afterwards

The Hornets · 11-01-2021, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Drexlspivey

Can anybody with a uk address order this at the moment for some reason it can't be pre orderd .

Yes orderable with a U.K. address.
Standard Amazon policy these days to block preorders by those overseas.

Scottishguy · 11-01-2021, 07:39 PM

Will probably be a bit waxy.

We shall see.

Cosmo Valdemar · 11-01-2021, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattyl149

Hopefully these are fully uncut as there have been numerous cuts including ones for music rights issues

A Royal Flush was later re-edited (cut) by John Sullivan; Jolly Boys Outing was cut due to music rights, and To Hull and Back was later cut due to non-PC language.

However, the back of this box states "The content was originally broadcast from 1985 - 1989 and reflects the language and attitudes of the time".

So, these specials seem to be uncut.

oddbox83 · 11-01-2021, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Scottishguy

Will probably be a bit waxy.

We shall see.

Hmmm...

Their love of high DNR levels isn't the only thing that can go wrong. Remember in addition the filmized VT on Triffids and the iffy grading on Tinker/Smiley?

Seeing their name attached to this has stopped me even thinking of pre-ordering.

It'd really rub salt in to see the series finally given the love it deserves on physical media only for the remastering to be slapdash and heavy-handed. My only hope is they've took on board previous criticism and improved things.

biglou114 · 11-01-2021, 08:37 PM

You got to be kidding me. I just bought the whole series in a used shop last week!

Scottishguy · 11-01-2021, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by biglou114

You got to be kidding me. I just bought the whole series in a used shop last week!

11-01-2021, 03:20 PM	#1
zicobones Active Member Member since:Apr 2011 Location:UK Blu-ray collection:119 DVD collection:4	Only Fools and Horses - The 80s Specials https://www.amazon.co.uk/Only-Fools-...1%2CB07DVRBFN5 On Blu-ray for the first time – lovely jubbly! Includes collectors’ booklet, behind the scenes photo galleries, 5 exclusive double-sided art cards, plus both the original and writer’s cut versions of ‘A Royal Flush’ and a fully restored 4 minute scene in ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’. Join Del, Rodders and the rest of the gang on a series of adventures. Uncle Albert takes to the seas once more in ‘To Hull and Back’, Del Boy makes a lasting impression when he joins a clay pigeon shoot in ‘A Royal Flush’, the highs and lows of romance are revealed in ‘Dates’, and ‘The Jolly Boys’ Outing’ to Margate sees the entire Peckham faithful get into all sorts of trouble. Written and created by John Sullivan. Starring: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones, John Challis, Roger Lloyd Pack, Sue Holderness, Patrick Murray, Roy Heather, Paul Barber, Gwyneth Strong and Jim Broadbent. Episodes: - To Hull and Back (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/85) - A Royal Flush (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/86) - The Frog’s Legacy (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/87) - Dates (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/88) - The Jolly Boys’ Outing (Originally Transmitted: 25/12/89) Bonus Features: - A roller coaster of behind the scenes photo galleries and previously unseen footage. Last edited by BigNickUK; 11-01-2021 at 05:57 PM.

11-01-2021, 03:23 PM	#2
cicada88 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2013 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:1	Do you know if this is upscaled or HD film scan?

11-01-2021, 03:25 PM	#3
franzsanchez Active Member Member since:Sep 2012	Good news! About time we're able to buy an uncut version of the jolly boys outing. so annoying that the dvd version of the best ever episode was cut, especially when it is always broadcast uncut on tv so the next question is will the entire uncut show be released on bluray? I guess it depends on how this boxset sells

11-01-2021, 03:27 PM	#5
drush9999 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2016 Location:Sutton Coldfield, England 4K collection:566 Blu-ray collection:6092 DVD collection:488 Trading Score:1	Uncut episodes! That's great news

11-01-2021, 04:15 PM	#7
drush9999 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2016 Location:Sutton Coldfield, England 4K collection:566 Blu-ray collection:6092 DVD collection:488 Trading Score:1	We have to hope it's a Doctor Who quality upscale and not a Fawlty Towers quality upscale, but pre-ordered anyway as I want to retire my collection of bootleg uncut episodes from DVD-R hell.

11-01-2021, 05:39 PM	#10
mattyl149 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 Location:Old Hill, West Midlands 4K collection:494 Blu-ray collection:8413 DVD collection:1045 Digital collection:133 Blu-ray reviews:1	Hopefully these are fully uncut as there have been numerous cuts including ones for music rights issues

11-01-2021, 05:46 PM	#11
newgen2005 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Guernsey 4K collection:86 Blu-ray collection:739	Ordered. I am curious what the transfers will be like, as long as they are better than DVD ill be happy Let's hope they are fully uncut, with intact music etc.

11-01-2021, 07:08 PM	#12
Drexlspivey Member Member since:Apr 2012 4K collection:796 Blu-ray collection:4471 DVD collection:416 Trading Score:1	Can anybody with a uk address order this at the moment for some reason it can't be pre orderd .

11-01-2021, 07:16 PM	#13
cinescot Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2017 Blu-ray collection:513 DVD collection:122	Nice to see the cut scenes being restored. From what I can recall, "A Royal Flush" was the most heavily cut. The version that's been available all these years is nearly 20 minutes shorter than the original. "To Hull and Back" was shot entirely on film.

11-01-2021, 07:39 PM	#16
Scottishguy Banned Member since:Apr 2019 4K collection:134 Blu-ray collection:1988 DVD collection:26 Trading Score:1	Will probably be a bit waxy. We shall see.

11-01-2021, 08:37 PM	#19
biglou114 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:NYC 4K collection:510 Blu-ray collection:3141 DVD collection:746 Trading Score:3	You got to be kidding me. I just bought the whole series in a used shop last week!

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