How can I find out if a film or TV programme has been released on home video?
As far as the UK is concerned register is maintained by the Videolog organisation, the Videolog database of all video tapes in print. You can view it on the Moviemail site at http://www.moviem.co.uk It’s notable that around 20 per cent of all the titles in print in the UK are deleted each year, meaning that every month some 1,000 titles change status. Moviemail offers to obtain any British video tape in print; their phone number is 01432-262910, e-mail: enquiries (at) moviem.co.uk Another way to find if a tape has been released in the UK is to try the BBFC website at http://www.bbfc.co.uk . They have a fairly good search engine that will also tell you if any cuts have been made to the tape in order to gain a certificate. If tapes are deleted from a distributor’s catalogue then try Blackstar Video at http://www.blackstar.co.uk . They run a video search facility and are usually very good at locating deleted tapes. They also list a fair amount of older titles from the early to mid 1980s o
