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The film is presented in the original 16:9 widescreen ratio and in 1080p high definition, as filmed, and it looks a fantastic pin-sharp transfer, as you’d expect, evoking the early 19th Century period, brilliantly showing off the special FX, be they moving statues, horses rising from the sand or tornadoes. I watched this on a Panasonic 50″ Plasma TV.
The sound is in basic Dolby ProLogic and it’s a shame no Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack was created for this series, since the swirling sound FX would’ve been fantastic for jumping around the speakers, giving split-surround effects. Hence, the aural soundscape feels a bit flat by comparison to what could’ve been achieved.
The extras are as follows. There’s not a great deal but it’s good for a TV series to bring you something whereas most tend not to bother:
- The Making of Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell (25:00): Chat from key cast and crew members, mixed in with clips from the drama as well as some behind-the-scenes clips. It’s pretty much what you’d expect from a ‘making of’ but it serves the programme well and gives a good flavour of the show. Obviously, it contains spoilers as some of the clips are well into the series.
- Deleted Scenes (11:04): 6 of them, here. Worth a look, but nothing that needs to be added back into the show.
- Bloopers (1:11): Short but hilarious, particularly the last two 🙂
- Making-of shots Episodes 1 and 2: Split into two separate pieces for each episode (1:22) and (2:16), they’re worth pausing and flicking through frame-by-frame if you can as they’re brilliantly done.
- Picture Gallery (2:42): Stills from the programme.
- Picture Gallery: Behind The Scenes (1:42): Stills from… behind the scenes, as you’d expect.
There are subtitles in English and just a handful of chapters with 6 per episode. The menu mixes clips from the programme with the closing credits theme.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is available from tomorrow on Blu-ray and DVD, and click on the packshot for the full-size image.
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Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 7*60 minutes
Studio: RLJ Entertainment
Warner Home Video
Year: 2015
Released: June 29th 2015
Chapters: 6 per peisode
Picture: 1080p High Definition
Sound: Dolby ProLogic (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Widescreen: 16:9 (1.78:1)
Disc Format: 2*BD50
Director: Toby Haynes
Producer: Nick Hirschkorn
Writer: Peter Harness (based on the novel by Susanna Clarke)
Sound: Benoit Charest and Benoit Groulx
Cast:
Jonathan Strange: Bertie Carvel
Mr Norrell: Eddie Marsan
The Gentleman: Marc Warren
Arabella: Charlotte Riley
Lady Pole: Alice Englert
Sir Walter Pole: Samuel West
Childermass: Enzo Cilenti
Vinculus: Paul Kaye
Segundus: Edward Hogg
Stephen Black: Ariyon Bakare
Drawlight: Vincent Franklin
Lascelles: John Heffernan
Honeyfoot: Brian Pettifer
Dr Greysteel: Clive Mantle
Flora Greysteel: Lucinda Dryzek
Laurence Strange: Vernon Dobtcheff
Henry: Robert Hands
Mrs Wintertowne: Phoebe Nicholls
Mr Bickerton: William Chubb
Foxcastle: Martyn Ellis
The Raven King: Niall Grieg Fulton
Mr Bickerton: William Chubb
Mr Gatcombe: John Phythian
Miss Redruth: Sarah Winter
Lord Liverpool: Richard Durden
Jeremy Johns: Steve Jackson
Lucas: Robbie O’Neill
Davey: Freddie Hogan
Houlston: Colin Meredith
Lady at Party: Katy Maw
Man at Party: Darren Southworth
Landlady: Christine Dalby
Landlady’s Daughter: Annie Lovett
Beadle: Glen Mortimer
Shepherd: Alastair Barley
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