The Orwellian nightmare - The Guardians DVD out now

THE GUARDIANS chilling vision of an Orwellian near-future was created by Rex Firkin and Vincent Tilsley, legends behind series such as The Prisoner and The Forsyte Saga and The Death of Adolf Hitler.

Unseen since its original airing in 1971 across the ITV regions, all 13 episodes are now available to buy for the first time on DVD on 1st February 2010, RRP £39.99.

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[coolinjapan]

I remember this when I was a nipper in England. great stuff!

Will somebody please post the series.

Thanks!!

[Professor6871]

@123WelshDan321 You might right about that. Since the riots in London last Thursday this vision of the future seems even more plusable. All this talk about now of using water canon or banning demo's is the slippy slope towards such a police state.

[123WelshDan321]

Looks like Britain under the Coalition.

[affectionatepunch]

This is quarmby...

[Professor6871]

I wonder if ITV 3 or 4 will show this sometime in the future.

[dukeofscouse]

His teeth aint half bad

[Professor6871]

@dukeofscouse Your might right the officer class uniforms in the series did look like a cross between Italian backshirt fasists and what bus conductor's wore in the 70s. I'd imagine showing this in Northern Ireland wouldn't of gone down when thearmy was ruling the provence a bit like this drama.

[Professor6871]

That's Windsor Davis of An't Half Hot Mum fame.

[dukeofscouse]

the uniforms, the ones worn by the officer class in the series look like a cross between an 1930s Italian blackshirt and a UK bus conductor, circa 1970. Love this series. It's a pity they didn't do a second season. FYI: this was also not shown in Northern Ireland, hmm, wonder why? ha ha ha.

[Professor6871]

Those black uniforms they wear look suspiciously like what the SS weared in WW2. Chilling stuff.