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The set will hit the UK and Australia on May & June 12th respectively. Expect the current US seasons of both shows (Season 7 of "Buffy", Season 4 of "Angel" to hit DVD at the end of the year.

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Well, I'm shocked - a press release has lied to me! I've just received the Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Once More With Feeling disc, and - surprise, surprise - it does not have a 5.1 remix. The good news is that Fox has finally fixed a picture glitch that's been in every previous version (in the scene where the demon's messenger delivers the message that his master has kidnapped Dawn). Before you ask, yes, it is the extended forty-eight minute version, and, yes, it is in anamorphic widescreen!

I've also received the discs, but no notes, on the Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 6 DVD Collection. I've had a trawl through the discs, and this is what you're gonna get...

[Twenty-two episodes, with anamorphic (1.78:1) transfers and Dolby Digtal 2.0 audio, at 192kbps]

Commentary tracks on: Bargaining (Parts 1 and 2) (by writers Marti Noxon and David Fury); Once More With Feeling (by writer / director Joss Whedon, "This is pornography!" ; Smashed (by Drew Z. Greenberg); Hell's Bells (by director David Solomon and writer Rebecca Rand Kirshner); Normal Again (by director Rick Rosenthal and writer Diego Gutierrez); and on Grave (by director James A. Contner and writer David Fury).

Buffy Goes To Work (5'03" - a documentary to accompany Doublemeat Palace, this features interviews with cast and crew members who recollect some of the jobs they had before embarking on their chosen careers.

David Fury's Behind The Scenes of Once More With Feeling (28'17" - a terrific documentary that does what it says on the tin. Spend half an hour watching the cast rehearse their dance moves, record their vocals, and generally having a blast. This is the best bonus feature on any of the Buffy sets so far - although, shamefully it still doesn't have any tangible contribution from Dame Sarah Michelle of Gellar.

"This Is My Verse, Hello!" - Buffy Karaoke - three songs from Once More With Feeling, with on-screen lyrics so you can sing along at home. [The original soundtrack is intact, so it's not 'proper' karaoke. The three songs are I've Got A Theory / Bunnies / We're Together, I'll Never Tell and Walk Through The Fire. See the picture of Anya for an example of what the karaoke feature looks like]. Not just for nerds with no real life, oh no.

Trailers - well, try as I might, the only trailer I could find here was the one for the Kristy Swanson movie. Sure, there were loads of adverts here for other Buffy and Angel DVD box sets, but no other trailers...

American TV Arts and Science Panel Discussion (59'30" - a lengthy Q&A session with several key cast and crew members, including Joss Whedon, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan and Michelle Trachtenberg. It's very dark and murky, but no doubt this will be a triumph of content over presentation, and was definitely worth including.

Life Is The Big Bad - Season Six Overview (30'23" - the usual retrospective blend of clips and yapping heads.

Outtakes - much better presented than the ones that have appeared on the other recent sets, but still sanitized, and, at less than three minutes long, definitely something that leaves you hungry for more.

TV With A Bite (43'06" - an A&E documentary about the series, probably broadcast in the US between the sixth and seventh seasons. Lots of clips, plenty of interviews, including contributions from - gasp - Sarah her good self.

Oh, incidentally, Bargaining is presented as one eighty-five minute episode. [According to one of my correspondents, the two-part version of the Bargaining omits some footage, including a scene at the parent-teacher day where Buffy (ahem) is looking at the city of the future model. This scene is definitely on the DVD. There's been no attempt to fix an awkward edit in the scene where (SLIGHT SPOILER) Willow kills the deer].

The version of Once More With Feeling is the same as the one that's on the standalone disc. [Two To Go and Grave, which were originally transmitted as a single episode, are presented separately.]

All in all, this looks like a very, very solid set. Fans will get a real buzz from David Fury's Once More With Feeling documentary, which takes viewers behind the scenes with unprecedented frankness.

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