On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The UK DVD release of Downton Abbey is 6 hours and 4 minutes (plus a few >> seconds). That'll include full credits. >> >> "Jon88" at Televisionary calculates the PBS runtime to be about 5:45. Which >> leaves about 19 minutes missing over the four episodes. So still cut, >> although perhaps not as much as other series? > > Actually, I'm Jon88, and I was being overly generous at the time with > that calculation. Since then, I've seen (and clocked) the Masterpiece > broadcasts. 5:20 is what we saw; depending on how much "previously > on," "coming up" and credits appear on the discs, the difference > between actual story aired and cut for PBS is yet to be determined.
The UK version of Downton Abbey is available for sale at iTunes @14.99 for the series. I added up the run time for the seven episodes and it comes to 6:07:31. PBS said that they moved some scenes to convert the seven episode UK series to four episodes for the US. An enterprising individual could buy the series, watch it, and then he or she could report if there were any differences noticeable enough to state that the US version is flawed or incomplete. Since this thread is about the Sherlock series I also propose a new thread. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
