5/5 Memorable, nearly twenty years later
  by freshbakedmama
This production is so very long overdue for release on dvd in America. It's been so long now, I can't remember any details of plot, but I've never forgotten the rich experience of becoming absorbed in this magnificent historical tale. For twenty years, I've hoped to come across it again.

Why isn't it being released? Is there some kind of petition we could get up and who do we send it to? With the surge of interest in period drama that's followed the release in this decade of so many high-quality ones, there's never been a better time to introduce this masterpiece to a new audience!

5/5 American DVD overdue
  by Fonda Sarff (Kootenai, Idaho USA)
This is an incredible show which has remained unforgettable since first airing decades ago. It is well acted, intelligently written with sumpteous costumes and absorbing in it's dramatic characters. In addition it gives the viewer a glimpse of a part of history rarely taught in America despite having direct effects which echoed down the years to America's development.
Enjoyable entertainment which educates on the side. How could you ask for more? Other than an edition playable in America!

1/5 Buyer Beware!
  by Dr. J. Ruscheinski (Planet Earth)
Don't buy this for $200. It's available for around $90 from amazon.co.uk including shipping to the US. The guy offering it for $200 is trying to rip you off!

5/5 Wonderful For History Buffs
  by Sharon A. Hutchinson (Vineland, NJ United States)
I have always been fascinated by the English Civil War (which was a TRUE Civil War, unlike our own War for Southern Independence) and the series enthralled me from the first. I have never forgotten it, and have waited for it to come out in a DVD format that could be played in the US.

Alas, as I notice, the price is exceptionally high :( and out of reach at the moment. But if you have the cash and are an English History buff, as I am, don't hesitate to buy this wonderful and historically accurate (for the most part) look at both sides of this important conflict.

True to the high standards that most British series adhered to, I remember the wonderful costumes and attention to the most minute aspects of the time and its people made by all involved in this production. One truly is looking through a time capsule at one of the most important periods of British history. The acting, as usual, is superb. It is hard to pick a favorite character, since all draw you into the life of each individual and the sometimes heartwrenching loyalties that divided brother from brother, father from son, etc.

Meanwhile, I'll wait for someone, somewhere to offer it for a bit less, and continue to dream....

5/5 JWoznick
  by John Woznick (Pittsford, NY United States)
I saw this production years ago on Masterpiece Theatre and I was fascinated by it then. I thought that the telling of the story of the Engish Civil war through the eyes of a divided family was an extremely effective way of making the history of a complex time come to life. Like our own Civil War the tale seems one of romantic glory at first but becomes ever more grim and real as the war is prosecuted. The story is historically accurate with everything that I have read on the ECW. I have been checking over the months to see when the American format DVD will come out and hope we see it soon.