Universal Playback

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Universal Playback is a label of Universal Studios Home Entertainment in the United Kingdom, which specialises in releasing Region 2 DVDs of classic and cult television programmes. In particular, it has the rights to a number of well-known BBC sitcoms.

[edit] DVD releases

Title	Owner	Releases
Airwolf	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-3 + 1-3 boxset
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Universal Studios	Seasons 1 & 2
All Creatures Great & Small	BBC	Series 1-4
'Allo 'Allo	BBC	Series 1-5
American Gothic	Universal Studios	Complete series
The A Team	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-5 + 1-3 boxset, Complete series
A Touch of Frost	ITV	Series 1-5 + 1-5 boxset
Battlestar Galactica (1978 series)	Universal Studios	Complete series
Battlestar Galactica (2003 mini-series)	Universal Studios	Complete series
Battlestar Galactica (2004 series)	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-3 + 1 & 2 boxset, 1-3 boxset
The Bionic Woman	Universal Studios	Seasons 1 & 2
Columbo	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-7 + 1-5 boxset, 1-7 boxset
Galactica 1980	Universal Studios	Complete series
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Universal Studios	Seasons 1 & 2
House, MD	Universal Studios	Season 1-3 + 1-3 boxset
Keeping Up Appearances	BBC	Series 1-5 + Christmas specials, Complete series
Knight Rider	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-4 + Complete series
Las Vegas	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-4 + 1-3 boxset
Last of the Summer Wine	BBC	Series 1-6
Law & Order	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-5
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Universal Studios	Seasons 1 & 2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-4
Little House On The Prairie	Universal Studios (outside US)	Seasons 1 & 2
Magnum, P.I.	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-6 + 1-4 boxset
Miami Vice	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-5 + 1 & 2 boxset, Complete series
Monk	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-5 + 1-4 boxset, 1-5 boxset
The Munsters	Universal Studios	Seasons 1 & 2 + Complete series
Murder, She Wrote	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-6 + 1-3 boxset, 1-5 boxset
Northern Exposure	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-6 + 1-4 boxset, Complete series
The Office: An American Workplace	Universal Studios	Seasons 1 & 2
Playing the Field	BBC	Series 1-4
Poldark	BBC	Series 1 & 2
Psych	Universal Studios	Season 1
Quantum Leap	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-5 + Complete series
Saturday Night Live	Universal Studios	Season 1
SeaQuest DSV	Universal Studios	Season 1 & 2
The Six Million Dollar Man	Universal Studios	Seasons 1 & 2
Sliders	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-3
The Real Housewives of Orange County	Universal Studios	Season 1
Rich Man, Poor Man	Universal Studios	Books 1 & 2
The Rockford Files	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-4 + 1-4 boxset
Twin Peaks	CBS Paramount/Republic Pictures	Season 1
Xena: Warrior Princess	Universal Studios	Seasons 1-6 + Complete series

[edit] External links

Universal Playback website

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