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Cuts on DVD?

posted 18 years ago by Cantoris-2
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I'm almost certain that the TV series contained a couple of scenes or brief moments that for some strange reason never made it onto the DVD release.

After Alcock's death, Haworth said something like "Birth, copulation, and death. That's what life is, although our late headmaster never made much of a contribution to the second of these essentials."

I seem to recall also, in the last episode or two, that the Powlett-Joneses arranged a relationship between Bamfylde and an inner-city school in London, including an annual Rugby match between them.

I look in vain for either of these on the DVD. Have I been dreaming? Or is it true that these snippets were in the TV series and were cut. If the latter, are there other cuts?

[–] TrentinaNE 18 years ago

I recorded the series on VHS when it re-aired in the U.S. in 1982 and watched it many times. I don't recall either of the scenes you mention. Is it possible they were in the book and you've simply visualized them as part of the series?

[–] whitecrane 18 years ago

I'm fairly sure that the DVD is complete. The second scene you're referring to was not in TSTAMD, but in the Roy Marsden version of 'Goodbye, Mister Chips'. A superb production. Both series are connected in that Bamfylde is an expanded, deepened treatment of Brookfield. Cheers.

[–] imdb-3046 18 years ago

I watched the series when it was first shown on BBC2, ar which time I was in my early teens. The phrase "Birth, copulation and death" was used. I forget who by, but it seems to be in character for Howarth.