[Susan Foreman]

'Britannia Hospital' (1963) - Blu-Ray pre-order available from Powerhouse direct - £15.99

Release date: June 29th

"Limited Edition Blu-ray (World Blu-ray premiere)

The concluding instalment in Lindsay Anderson’s Mick Travis trilogy, following If.... and O Lucky Man!, Britannia Hospital finds the filmmaker casting a sourly satirical eye over Thatcher’s Britain. With a phenomenal cast at his disposal – everyone from Alan Bates (Georgy Girl) and Joan Plowright (Time Without Pity) to Robin Askwith (Confessions of a Window Cleaner) and Mark Hamill (Star Wars) to Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) reprising the role of Travis – Anderson trains his sights on royalty, trade unions, the media, and scientific research in typically uncompromising fashion."

Special features:

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• The BEHP Interview with Lindsay Anderson (1991): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated director in conversation with Alan Lawson and Norman Swallow
• Healthy Reputation (2020): actor Robin Askwith recalls working with Anderson on If.... and Britannia Hospital
• Biles Apart (2020): actor Brian Pettifer discusses working with Anderson and reprising the role of Biles
• A Cut Above (2020): editor Michael Ellis reflects on the film’s production
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• Original theatrical trailer
• Original teaser trailer
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Peter Cowie, an archival interview with Anderson, extracts from the diaries of Anderson and screenwriter David Sherwin, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies