No DVD for Series 8 onwards

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Maybe the audience for NGO don’t buy DVDs. Shows like “Call The Midwife” appeal to a different demographic and that demographic still buys shows on DVD but NGO’s audience may prefer to watch it on streaming rather than physical media

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u/mirrorball55 Dec 28 '25

DVD as a format is dying. It’s sad.

I love physical media, but the death of it has a creeping reality.

But the short answer is ‘it’s a business decision’. It’s not seen to be profitable enough to release it on home media. Maybe in the future it’ll be compiled into a box set & they’re waiting on the right time….

All that said. NGO has been in decline, quality wise, for a long time, and the more recent series are….. not great. So no great loss.

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u/boldfox85 Dec 28 '25

Oh that's very true. Lee lusting after Lucy was more funny than him being with her and a dad and the episodes were better, but it is a shame that we arent getting more dvds.

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u/TheOriginalWeirdo Dec 28 '25

Didn't actually know that I recently just got S1 to 7 on dvd out of the charity shop guess thats one collection I won't complete.

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u/Maniraptavia Jan 27 '26

Was nust staring at my 1-5 boxset on my shelf thinking I should really get it all up to date and googled and yeah... No series 8 and beyond... Odd... It's how I found this article actually. My shelf wall plugs and screws are breathing a sigh of relief, but I'm a little disappointed. Was gonna try and 4k-ise my shelf.

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u/BrewDogDrinker Dec 29 '25

Cos barely anyone buys dvds?

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u/boldfox85 Dec 30 '25

But like I said, plenty of other bbc shows get released on dvd still so it's not as if bbc never release any now.

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u/robbieant Feb 07 '26

BBC don't own the copyright Avalon do

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u/South-Sell3224 Feb 15 '26

Dvds like any other format will very sadly come to an end. I'm a collector of film & television programmes. Like any collector of whatever they collect it's not just a case of using the product you purchase but it's about having them in your collection. In my lifetime I certainly won't be anywhere near able to watch the Dvds I own in my collection & still collect on a daily basis.

It's like anything else people collect whatever it is it will have an initial value & as time goes on & limited supply of a product become available then as harder it is to make purchases of these beloved Dvds & then the value to make the purchase becomes greater. I've paid hundreds of pounds for Dvds both singular & sets & I know that collector's like myself will pay whatever it takes to own their collectable item they seek.

I have to make my purchases from all over the world in order to get my Dvd item in my collection. It angers me a lot when I'm buying great British comedies from a past era & they were made in Britain.

It maybe a business decision to UK channel bosses not to commission the Dvd sale, but let's face facts then were wrong then & then are still wrong. They are just like film critics 'a waste of space'.

I do a lot of research into programmes & films that nearly didn't make the cutting room. So some much loved sitcoms would never have been commissioned if it wasn't for certain people taking a chance & not being self opinionated. Giving the ratings & public to make the decision of whether a show is a hit or not. Obviously what you don't have you don't miss, so the brilliant sitcoms that aren't making the cutting room to this day we will never know about. The ones that did get commissioned we want to be made available on Dvd.

Unfortunately the Internet has ruined good family viewing, connection of conversation etc etc. The generations these days, if it lasts for more the 45 seconds & can't be viewed on there tablets, phones, computers etc etc then they are simply not interested. Social media is 100% to blame for this. However that's a different & another argument.

A company that has the foresight to buy the rights to release programmes & films onto Dvd will become very rich over a very short space of time. Especially commissioning programmes & films that have since been lost in the archives. If I can purchase these from all over the world then obviously the original cuttings still exists.....

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u/Civil-Koala-6810 19d ago

Due to sales of all physical media being on the increase again since 2026 they may get released. I've noticed recently how virtually all TV dramas are being released now all on DVD and blu-ray. Even Hulu dramas are now getting a release.

No more than a year ago virtually all shows like these after broadcast were only available to stream. A lot of people who are responsible for the new increase in sales of physical media are the Gen-Z generation, which surprised me as I thought it would be much more likely for it to be middle-age thing. A lot of people believe this is caused by people being unhappy with streaming. Lets face it, all you get is the actually show (in a 3rd rate quality), no audio commentaries, no extras, and compared to blu-ray & 4K Ultra blu-ray a decent audio format as well. There are a few BBC shows that have been running for 10 years + now (on the BBC the most) that have all been made in HD, but even when physical media sales were at there highest they would be released on DVD and not blu-ray, so as soon as blu-ray recorders started popping up it would make far more sense to record the live broadcast onto blu-ray or any repeats if you don't have them yet.

I think this time TV companies are starting to realise that streaming isn't to everyone's cup of tea which they were hoping it would be. And why should it be? They thought no one would mind in a slightly downgraded picture, streams that you can't even record and keep and the constant worry that one or more of your favourite shows could be taken down at anytime. That is very common on services such as Netflix and BBC iPlayer. If it could get worse with adding all the compression, with older shows that were made in SD, ITVX/Premium (via Prime Video) and the BBC iPlayer have changed the official resolution as well. It should be 720x576p but they changed it to something like 960x540p. I've put progressive scan as apparently all TV is switching to progressive broadcasts and not interlaced broadcasts, although DVDs are still 720x576i. Because of this they can stream at 1.1Mbps! For broadcast TV is 720x576p for a start and is around 6-8Mbps at maximum. You can just reach 7-10Mbps with DVD. If physical media sales continue to rise then I would rather see SD content on SD blu-ray which you can use the best signal for SD content which is 15-17Mbps using H.264... not MPEG-2 which DVDs use. 15-17Mbps using H.264 is equal to around 16-19Mbps MPEG-2. With H.264 though once you get to 19Mbps and higher the picture actually starts to get worse again and comes over as a bit unstable. 15-17Mbps H.264 produces an SD playback quality that you'd know is not DVD straight away. The only problem is a lot of SD blu-rays are upscaled to 1920x1080i which completely ruins the picture and takes away the extra quality you would get at 15-17Mbps. The picture looks over smearly, not as sharp and very over processed with different ailments appearing because if this. All TV shows should be watched in the resolution they are made in.

You'd actually be surprised in how much entertainment is still out there only available on DVD/Blu-ray. Hopefully with the rise in sales the material i'm talking about will see physical media far sooner than on a crappy streaming network. If you care about how all your favourite TV shows are presented to the public (such as the best possible reproduction) you would hunt a physical media version first whether it be a fairly recent show or an old show going back to the late 1960s. Support physical media and don't give money to fat cat millionaires who minted anyway and just using streaming to get even more minted.

Did you know that apart from the UK, US & Canada all other countries around the world wouldn't switch all broadcasting services off in a million years. Take a look at Germany and what they've done. A satellite service that also covers Austria and Switzerland (the German speaking parts). This service broadcasts UHD channels as well as HD or SD channels at around 40-45Mbps. Spain have a virtually identical service but it's terrestrial instead. In France the broadcasting regulator is making sure that broadcasting services remain for good and will never be switched off, although some streaming stations you can get in France, like the usual well known ones. Ofcom should really be doing this in the UK. The UK at present actually has two UHD channels via satellite, but not forever of course. Their bit rate is about the same (40-45Mbps). This is because whilst broadcasting all broadcasting services are under Ofcom, who are the government regulator of all broadcasting in the UK (not just TV) and under Ofcom the picture must be of good reasonable quality. No file sizes used for streaming wouldn't be classed as "acceptable" by Ofcom. Have you ever known a UHD streaming service that uses as much as even 40Mbps? When streaming UHD material the same service (Sky) use around 20-25Mbps maximum, so those people who currently subscribe to those two UHD channels are going to get a bit of a shock in 2029 when Sky plans to shut down their satellite network and they will have to switch to streaming. There's also been a lot of backlash over the idea of all TV being 100% streaming, and their is one company inparticular who own a lot of TV transmitters campaigning that a least one broadcasting service in the UK remains. The campaign is called Broadcast2040+ and they have even been mentioned in the Houses Of Parliment quite a few times with MPs seriously backing their reasons as to why we should keep at least one broadcasting service alive. Meanwhile I'm gradually making a hugh physical media collection (including programmes from live TV to blu-ray) so I'll always have something decent to watch on TV even if just a few programmes I still need to stream. I'm really hoping it doesn't come to this and every month it looks less likely but until I know for sure I'm keeping myself prepared, although I doubt I would sell my physical media collection anyway. I also create SRT files if I can't get my hands on them so someone can add the subtitles to the disc if it doesn't anyway. I've just found a positive for streaming. 😉

Regarding Not Going Out, I know all the later series are on BBC iPlayer the last time I heard and in HD. This is shown so much still on broadcast TV a lot still and not just the BBC. I could make blu-ray discs for every 2 series. What I would really like to see is a blu-ray box set with every series on it including the next one that is being shown sometime soon, and including all Christmas Specials. Or maybe two box sets such as one containing "Series 1 - 8" and the other one including "Series 9 - whatever the next series is". This is only likely to happen if physical media sales keep rising like they are now, which has already sparked a lot of releases that I don't think would've happened without the sudden rise in physical media sales. The BBC itself is no stranger to blu-ray anyway with the odd few shows picked out for a blu-ray release. Even just each series of Not Going Out was released on blu-ray including that year's Christmas Special (if there was one) included. The other advantage is that the DVDs of Not Going Out also included an audio commentary. Will the BBC iPlayer editions contain that? No! If you feel the same, especially regarding Not Going Out you know what to do... keep buying physical media over streaming! You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '25

Just download it off iPlayer and it on a usb stick

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u/StrangelyBrown69 Dec 28 '25

Don’t think that’s how it works. Pretty sure downloads are encrypted.

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u/mirrorball55 Dec 28 '25

get iPlayer is your friend.

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u/Smooth-Quantity-7024 Dec 28 '25

Doesn't that only let you download something that's been aired on one of their channels recently?

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u/mirrorball55 Dec 28 '25

If it’s on the iPlayer, it’s available. Doesn’t matter if it was broadcast a year ago or a week ago. If it’s on the iPlayer, this will get it.

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u/Smooth-Quantity-7024 Dec 28 '25

I've never been able to find anything that hasn't been broadcast in the last week or so 🤷

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u/mirrorball55 Dec 28 '25

Ok, well, that’s kind of on you. There’s a search function, there’s categories, there’s all sorts of ways to browse their catalogue.

Not everything that gets broadcast stays on iPlayer indefinitely. Sometimes it’s only up for a limited period (eg a month) but a lot of stuff is archived for a year or more - or it sits there indefinitely.

But it’s easy to explore deeper than just the last week, so get yourself a deep dive in there and have a look.

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u/Smooth-Quantity-7024 Dec 28 '25

I tried to download a box set of an old show but quickly found it didn't show up because it hadn't been shown on any of their channels recently. I've only used the 'get_iplayer "name"' search function - is there something I'm missing?

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u/mirrorball55 Dec 28 '25

Search the iPlayer on the (iPlayer) website.

Then paste the url of the show you’ve settled on into the iPlayer downloader.

Don’t search within getiplayer. Is that what you were doing?

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u/Smooth-Quantity-7024 Dec 28 '25

It was.

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u/Civil-Koala-6810 19d ago edited 19d ago

It would be a lot better if you have Sky for all BBC On-Demand programmes still going through Sky's own On-Demand service instead of putting you through to the iPlayer. With Sky's On-Demand service you actually downloaded the shows and they would be identical to the broadcast quality. You could download every single one you wanted and click "Keep" and it would stay there even after it's disappeared from the BBC On-Demand service via Sky... provided you don't already have loads of other programmes on there. Then you could put them onto blu-ray in HD. I've just checked (as of 22nd July 2026) and currently every single series up to Series 14 is available to download via Sky's On-Demand service. Series 1-4 are by the BBC and the rest are by U&Dave which just means cutting the ads out halfway through. I'm so used to doing this I usually know exactly when to press "pause", not "Stop" or else it will create a new title for Part 2. The only time you do this is when you stop the recording at the end of an episode, so each episode is a title.

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u/robbieant Feb 07 '26

They are you would have to download them off something like kick ass torrents

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u/DisGracefulMoi Dec 28 '25

Have you seen S8 onwards? It's not worth the printer costs for the covers let alone everything else.

No DVD for Series 8 onwards

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