Michael Wood on Beowulf

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Originally Posted by Huscarl

Sadly, it has never been/never will be released on dvd/vhs, as Michael himself confirmed to me in a lovely email about a year ago.

Did he say why? The book is still available - I assume the Beeb weren't dumb enough to wipe the tapes? Can't think there'd be any third party issues (as with the DVD release of the Jackanory Hobbit, which I read somewhere was vetoed by the Tolkien Estate - along with the 'Tolkien in Oxford' documentary from !967-8).