DVD Releases
A two-disc DVD of the Number 96 feature film (with commentary), plus And They Said It Wouldn't Last, was released in July 2006. The DVD included archive footage of one of the Spirit of 96 train journeys, and a new documentary The Final Years, which featured clips from the series and new (2006) interviews with actors Elaine Lee, Sheila Kennelly, Wendy Blacklock, Deborah Gray, series creator, David Sale and TV historian, Andrew Mercado. Disc 1 also appears in a collection of Australian movies, Ozploitation: Volume 4.
A DVD set of the complete The Pantyhose Strangler storyline was released in September 2008. Comprising 32 episodes on four discs, it started with Episode #649 (originally aired 1974-11-04) and culminated with #680 (original airdate 1975-01-27) and included a stills gallery and a new commentary with actor Chantal Contouri.
On 13 March 2010, another batch of episodes was released on DVD. Again comprising 32 episodes on four discs, Aftermath of Murder included episode #681 (original airdate 1975-01-28) through to #712 (original airdate 1975-03-12), archival Christmas messages from 1975, and new commentaries with actors Elisabeth Kirkby and Carol Raye.
Celebrating the series' 40th anniversary on DVD was The Beginning and the Bomb (March 2012), which includes a selection of sixteen surviving black and white episodes (#1-10, #13, #31, #33-35 and #450) plus the complete, sixteen-episode Mad Bomber storyline in colour, Episodes #832 (originally aired 1975-08-27) to #847 (original airdate 1975-09-16). The set includes archival audio interviews with actor James Elliott and director Peter Benardos, and a new audio commentary with The Hon Michael Kirby, AC CMG, and TV historian Andrew Mercado.
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