Murder, She Wrote DVD releases

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Universal Studios Home Entertainment has started to release Murder, She Wrote on DVD. So far, seasons one to eight are available in Region 1 and seasons one to seven in Region 2. Seasons have also been released in Region 4 and in several countries around the world dubbed in their respective language. For instance, France have released seasons one to six dubbed in French.

Contents 1 Special features 2 Cover art 3 Season releases 4 Other releases 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Special features

The first and second season sets lacked in any special features other than a preview of other Universal releases. But since season three all seasons have had some sort of bonus included (except for season five in Region 2).

The season three set includes the Magnum, P.I. crossover episode, "Novel Connection", but was originally going to include an episode from season 4.^[1] This is thanks to Gord Lacey from the TVShowsOnDVD.com website as he contacted Universal to see if the episodes could be switched. They e-mailed him confirming that the crossover episode would relpace the season 4 episode.^[2]

The season four set includes a bonus episode from season five, and the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons feature exclusive interviews with the cast and crew (the region 2 release of season five did not include the interview).

Like the first two seasons, season eight has no special features.

[edit] Cover art

Region 2 versions of seasons five and six have slightly different cover art to the Region 1 releases. Both have new pictures replacing the originals. Universal Playback have not given a reason for this, although the season six image may have been changed as the original picture was used on the back of the season one release in both regions.

The seasons seven and eight Region 2 releases have not received an altered cover art.

[edit] Season releases

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season
	Set Details			Special Features
	Episodes: 22 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of Discs: 3 (R1); 6 (R2, R4) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) Subtitles: English, French, Spanish (R1); English, Dutch (R2) Rating: Not Rated (R1); Parental Guidance (R2)			None
	Release Dates
	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	March 29, 2005	August 29, 2005	May 2, 2007

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Second Season
	Set Details			Special Features
	Episodes: 22 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of Discs: 3 (R1); 6 (R2) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) Subtitles: English, Spanish (R1); None (R2) Rating: Not Rated (R1); Parental Guidance (R2)			None
	Release Dates
	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	December 6, 2005	May 1, 2006	August 1, 2007

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Third Season
	Set Details			Special Features
	Episodes: 22 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of Discs: 3 (R1); 6 (R2) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) Subtitles: English (R1); None (R2) Rating: Not Rated (R1); 12 years and over (R2)			"The Great 80s TV Flashback" - Documentary about iconic 80s TV shows. "Novel Connection" - Bonus crossover episode from Magnum, P.I.
	Release Dates
	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	March 14, 2006	July 31, 2006	September 5, 2007

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Fourth Season
	Set Details			Special Features
	Episodes: 22 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of Discs: 5 (R1); 6 (R2) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) Subtitles: English (R1); None (R2) Rating: Not Rated (R1); 12 years and over (R2)			"Snow White, Blood Red" - Bonus episode from season 5.
	Release Dates
	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	October 17, 2006	March 24, 2007	September 5, 2007

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Fifth Season
	Set Details			Special Features
	Episodes: 22 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of Discs: 5 (R1); 6 (R2) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) Subtitles: English (R1); None (R2) Rating: Not Rated (R1); 12 years and over (R2)			"Origin of a Series" - Exclusive interviews with the cast and crew. (R1)
	Release Dates
	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	January 30, 2007	July 23, 2007	November 21, 2007

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Sixth Season
	Set Details			Special Features
	Episodes: 22 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of Discs: 5 (R1); 6 (R2) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) Subtitles: English (R1); None (R2) Rating: Not Rated (R1); 12 years and over (R2)			"Recipe for a Hit" - Exclusive interviews with the cast and crew. "America's Top Sleuths" - Documentary about the best American TV sleuths. (R1)
	Release Dates
	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	April 17, 2007	September 10, 2007	November 21, 2007

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Seventh Season
	Set Details			Special Features
	Episodes: 22 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of Discs: 5 (R1); 6 (R2) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) Subtitles: English (R1); None (R2) Rating: Not Rated (R1); 12 years and over (R2)			"The Perils of Success" - Exclusive interviews with the cast and crew.
	Release Dates
	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	October 9, 2007	March 31, 2008	April 30, 2008

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Eighth Season
	Set Details			Special Features
	Episodes: 22 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of Discs: 5 (R1); 6 (R2) Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) Subtitles: English (R1); None (R2) Rating: Not Rated (R1); 12 years and over (R2)			None
	Release Dates
	United States	United Kingdom	Australia
	April 1, 2008	June 16, 2008	July 2, 2008

[edit] Other releases

In the United Kingdom, Universal Playback has released several Murder, She Wrote multi-season box sets. The first of which includes seasons one, two and three. The set was released on November 20, 2006. On October 22, 2007, a season one to five box set was released. For some unknown reason season six was not included in the set even though the season was released in September of that year.

All the multi-season releases include the same features as the single season releases just repackaged and bundled together.

[edit] References

1. ^ Murder, She Wrote: Two bonus features on season 3 set. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
2. ^ Murder, She Wrote: Awesome change to season 3 set!. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.

[edit] External links

• Offical Murder, She Wrote DVD site
• NBC Universal - Murder, She Wrote DVD catalog

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