(28-05-2010 07:37 AM)spooksdreamer Wrote:  

(25-05-2010 01:35 AM)JHyde Wrote:  Good news all Australian members! I had an email from Aunty today telling me that the rights to season 8 have been purchased but that scheduling hasn't been finalised.

So we shouldn't be more than a couple of months from airing. Huzzah!

Ah! Fantastic news!

Thank you thank you thank you (I wasn't keen on trawling the ABC messageboards for news). Hopefully they'll release the DVD like they did with series 7- the day after the first episode went to air!

(31-05-2010 11:02 AM)JHyde Wrote:  Just in case anyone was worried they wouldn't get the full version if they bought Region 4 DVDs.

Yeah, I've learned my lesson on that one. In haste, I bought the Region 4 DVD for Series 7 only to find there's no extras. Advice for all Aussies: wait for the official BBC version to come out - usually around the release date for the new series in the UK (currently given as October this year for S8).

Thanks for the ABC info, JHyde. Hopefully it'll be screened soon.

For all of the Aussies on the forum who haven't bought all the DVDs yet: JB HI-FI has a buy two get one free deal going on Spooks at the moment, and I think they're all the same price at $24.98. So for less than $50, you can get three seasons.

There's also lots of other good shows going on the same rate and deal.

I was in ABC Shop today, [the 11th Aug.] & it was confirmed that DVD Season 8 will be released end Oct/ early Nov. So for all of us in OZ, do hope this is correct.

I have series 8 on order from Amazon UK

Thanks, Arwen. In other words, about the expected time of the Series 9 release in the UK. Why do we have to wait so LONG? (no answer required).

I'm with you, Fidget. I have mine on order from Amazon UK too. Not buying in haste this time.

I'm hoping that the late release here means that we get extras this time around. Which is totally worth the wait for those of us without multi region players.

[slight aside] JHyde, there are some websites that give out the codes to allow a "non-multi-region" player to read multi-region. I found out about it a few years ago and used it on my DVD player. They give a list of manufacturers and models and list what codes to press on your remote to solve the problem. One time it was free, now I think they charge about $10US - but it's worth it. If you'd like to PM me, I can give you the link I used, but a search might find something better.

ANYTHING to watch the UK version!

I notice that New Zealand is about to get season 8 on pay tv. Maybe if we tell the ABC that New Zealand are beating us to it they might get a jump on it?

(24-08-2010 07:59 AM)JHyde Wrote:  I notice that New Zealand is about to get season 8 on pay tv. Maybe if we tell the ABC that New Zealand are beating us to it they might get a jump on it?

I doubt that would hurry them up unfortunately