Maelstrom on DVD
For a long time my only copy of Maelstrom was one taken from Michael Bird's video recording, made when the series was broadcast by the BBC back in 1985. In 2005 I upgraded to a perfect digital copy on a "region free" DVD recorded for me when the series was screened in Finland.
Finally in March 2007 came the news that Maelstrom had been released commercially in Scandinavia.
Espen Fjerdingen told me that it was a co-release
by Buena Vista Norway and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).
It had Norwegian menus, English language audio and Norwegian subtitles.
It comes on two discs with three episodes on each disc.
My contact mentioned a number of suppliers
DVDSTRAX
Playx.no
Typical price is NOK 149 (about £12) but it is not clear if folk outside Scandinavia can order from these stores.
In December 2007, Anna Pereboom wrote from Holland to say that a DVD version had finally been released there.
It was on sale in the Blokker chain for 12.99 euro's under the Dutch title of "Maalstroom" and boxed the same as the 'doll' version above.
If you have any problem tracking down a copy then just e-mail me.
Inevitably copies started to appear on e-Bay (often grossly over-priced) and curiously there appeared to be two versions - in addition to the one described above there was also a three disk set (right).
If anyone has that version I would be interested to discover what differences (if any) there are.