Saul fans? And where can I find the longer European/Int'l versions?

I still miss "Nero Wolfe" too! Thank goodness for DVDs.

There is *one* episode of the longer international versions of "Nero Wolfe" available on DVD.

The Australian company, Magna Pacific has released two "collections" of "Nero Wolfe," and "Nero Wolfe Collection Two" includes the longer international version of "Prisoner's Base" though the other episodes on "Nero Wolfe Collection Two" (and those on "Collection One") *are not* the longer international versions.

"Nero Wolfe Collection Two" is available at http://www.gumboot.co.nz/Product.asp?p=1&i=23291

I'm with you on Saul Panzer and Conrad Dunn. They're perfect, both of them. I'm a big Saul fan and I wish there'd been more of him in the second season.

If you have any friends or relatives in the UK, BBC2 has been on a roll recently, running the widescreen international versions of A Nero Wolfe Mystery (called The Nero Wolfe Mysteries there) in an early-hours time slot. The schedule appears on the BBC Web site a week ahead of time.

"Death of a Doxy" aired on BBC2 January 12. "Wolfe Goes Out" — a full-length feature that splices together "Door to Death" and "Christmas Party" — was shown January 24. "Wolfe Stays In" — a 90-minute film that merges "Eeny Meeny Murder Moe" and "Disguise for Murder" — was shown January 31. All three films have additional scenes, since they're shown without commercial interruption when they air abroad and were specially edited for international broadcast.

The BBC site now lists the 90-minute version of "The Next Witness" -- yes, twice as long as the episode we've seen here -- airing February 7. "Motherhunt" airs February 14; the 90-minute version of "Poison a la Carte" is on February 21.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007t14p/upcoming

We all want to see the longer versions that air overseas. We'd love to buy them, and it's incredibly frustrating. The best thing would be if Jaffe/Braunstein Films would just give us all a break and work out a complete DVD release. Let us buy all of the episodes in widescreen, with the scenes we've missed here in the U.S. and Canada. It must be possible, somehow.

Living in the UK, I too am desperate to see the release of the series on DVD for other regions. I have seen the episodes on BBC2 over several years but not kept my tapes of them. The series and most of the characters mirror my impressions of them from reading - and re-reading - the books, of which I have all bar 4 of the complete set. I first read many of them some thirty years ago and was delighted to see how carefully the TV series kept to the original Rex Stout writings. My favourites are Archie, Saul and Fritz and my favourite episode of those I have seen on BBC2 is 'The Silent Speaker'.

wow, i'm a saul panzer, aka conrad dunn fan also! i think he simply smoldered through his non-verbal communication on the show; such a handsome man.

i do realize that nero and archie were the main characters, but even fritz got a chance to be the center of a mystery and show more integral elements of character. i wonder why saul never got a chance to stretch his character interpretation skills further? of course, it could be that they cancelled the damned show in the middle of the 2nd season, thereby never giving saul a chance to grow! incurable imbeciles at A&E - criminy.

i sure do miss the show, and conrad dunn. any word on what he's doing now?


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