Dutch DVD releases

[The Workaholic]

I don't know exactly how it works, but the player adjusts/controls the speed of the rotating video head drum to be able to "read" exactly 25 frames per second. Your television can not play 24,5 or 26 frames per second.

[Frankymole]

Of course, it does not differ from player to player. An American Avengers episode runs 52 min. approx., whereas a European episode only runs 50 min. The episodes of the first three seasons were videotaped. Hence, there is no difference in speed.

But the videotapes did not survive. They had been telerecorded, i.e. filmed by pointing a film camera at a video playback on a projection screen. Then they only existed as film negatives, until new positives were struck in the 1990s - and it is these films which were then mastered for VHS and DVD releases. The original videotape information from the 60s was long-lost, the tapes being reused in the 60s themselves.

[Peter Motte]

Watched today: Brief for Murder,
from 10.10 till 11.02, that is from the moment the ABC-screen appears (those three dishes) and the final ABC-screen disappears.
So, that makes 52 minutes.
And, the box mentions "PAL".
So, 52 minutes is rather long. I don't think they have cut anything.
By the way: if they would have cut something, what would they have cut? It looks to me as if cutting parts would actually be much more costly than just ram the original full length on disc.

I've just watched Death A La Carte and it is approximately 51:15 minutes long (including intro and Weinberg endcredits).

Today I watched Cathy Gale episode "The Medicine Men". It went from 10.26 till 11.17, which makes 51 minutes.

Cathy Gale with an eye patch looks like Nadine in Twin Peaks with an eye patch.

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Last watched: "The Medicine Men"

[Peter Motte]

Cathy Gale episode: "The Grandeur that Rome was"
Time: from 9.06 till 9.56, so total viewing time: 50 minutes.

The scenario was slightly familiar. Maybe they used it later on for a Tara King episode?
I don't think I remember Emma Peel's episode "Silent Dust".

[Allard]

Thank you very much for your timing of the episodes. I now have enough to go on, thank you very much for your help.

[Rodney]

Season 3 episodes - according to my father's camera scripts - lasted 51 minutes 25 seconds.

[Peter Motte]

Thank you very much for your timing of the episodes. I now have enough to go on, thank you very much for your help.

My pleasure.

[Peter Motte]

Thank you very much for your timing of the episodes. I now have enough to go on, thank you very much for your help.

Now I'm on it, I can't stop it anymore:
The Golden Fleece, from 10.12 - 11.03 makes 51 minutes.

The odd thing is my father had the impression that it was shorter than the other ones.
I knew it couldn't be, as tv-formats don't make "short and long" episodes of the same series, but I also had the impression it went faster.
I also had that feeling with the previous installment, "The Grandeur that Rome was".
Toi me that means the story telling in those episodes improved.

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Last watched: Cathy Gale episode "The Golden Fleece"

[Peter Motte]

"Don't Look Behind you": 20.049-21.40 = 51 minutes.
Be aware: that's from the beginning of the ABC-sign till it appears again, but there's some text following, so it might be half a minute or even a minute lopnger.

This is an epiosde I'ld like to compare with Emma Peels' "The Joker".

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Last watched: Cathy Gale, ""Don't Look Behind you

[Philippa]

This is an epiosde I'ld like to compare with Emma Peels' "The Joker".

Quite obvious, since "The Joker" is a remake of "Don't Look Behind You"