For all those Homicide fans in the UK that were suitably peeved when
ITV4 decided to axe the show recently, I have just found this
online.... it will be available on DVD from 26/2/07...

The must-see US Cop Drama
HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET
THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES
DVD Debuts on 26th February 2007

"Creatively cutting-edge TV…" The Independent
"Wonderful and oft-lamented TV Show…" Empire Magazine

The award-winning Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete First
Series debuts on DVD as a 4 disc-set from Fremantle Home
Entertainment. Featuring all 13 episodes, this exciting and tense
drama will be released on DVD for the first time in the UK on 26th
February priced £24.99 (RRP).

Recently shown on ITV4 having originally been broadcast in the 1990s
on Channel 4, Homicide: Life on the Street captures the gritty
reality of life for a team of homicide detectives in the front line
of crime fighting. The ensemble cast includes Ned Beatty
(Deliverance, Superman II), Andre Braugher (Poseidon), and Yaphet
Koto (Alien) as members of the squad who combat gangland killings,
serial murders and crimes of passion on the streets of Baltimore. The
officers use their team spirit, loyalty and humour to keep them sane.

At it's time, the show was unique in its style, featuring no car
chases and gunfights but focussing on the closing of cases and the
act of the crime that is usually never seen. Cases are kept track of
on a board, with open cases under the primary detective's name shown
in red ink and when the case is closed the red is replaced by black
ink.

The series was shot entirely with handheld cameras on location in the
Fells Point Community of Baltimore, MD and based on the
book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets," by David Simon who
spent a year with members of Baltimore's homicide unit making this
one of the most reality- based police drama that has ever aired on
television.

This must own TV series on DVD comes from a production team that
includes Oscar-winning Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Bugsy) and Emmy-
award winner Tom Fontana (St Elsewhere), this series has won 11
awards including an Emmy and is one of just two shows in TV history
to claim three Peabody awards.

Critically-acclaimed and a huge success with audiences (continuing to
run for 6 more series) Homicide: Life on the Street was regularly
hailed as the cop drama that paved the way for NYPD Blues, CSI and
other cop dramas.

Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete First Series
4 Disc DVD Box Set: £24.99 (RRP)
Release Date: 26th February 2007
Running Time: 13 episodes x 45 minutes
Certificate: 15
Starring: Ned Beatty, Yaphet Koto, Andre
Braugher,
Released by: Fremantle Home Entertainment

For further information contact:
Steven Pearson
Premier PR
020 7292 6466
steven.pearson@...