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I said at the time this would probably be my favourite cover this year. I'm still waiting for a better one.

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It's a shame it doesn't look as good on site as it does in the flesh though.

The Film was a BBC production and starred Robbie Coltrane (Yeah, you're reading this right) as Francis Clunie, and ex Ultravox short-arse and Band-Aid mastermind Midge Ure as Mr McCurdie.

Unlike the comic version, this Clunie switched between other personalities such as Arnold Swarzenegger (should I just stop here?) and managed to totally lose the point of what the original story was about whilst maintaining a high level of sh*teness.

If anyone out there is really desperate or insane enough to want a copy of it, just let me know and I'll send one off to you. You'll regret it though.

[hello, i'm new here and this is my first message. am i the only one who reckons that the new dredd film is simply not going to happen? it just seems so unlikely to me. what do you lot think?]

"hello, i'm new here and this is my first message. am i the only one who reckons that the new dredd film is simply not going to happen? it just seems so unlikely to me. what do you lot think?"

Link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArgueWithScojo/" target="_blank">Discuss the new Dredd films

Booth's war was known as The Atomic War or second American Civil War apparently. It is not  supposed to be related to the Volgan conflict although I suspect Pat Mills may attempt to make it fit in as he later had Hammerstein fighting as a member of Booth's robotic Legion of the Damned.

After an emotional smackdown in which most of the supporting cast died trying to save the Prince of Wales, Bill Savage went off to Canada on the Royal hovercraft Britannia, vowing to lead the allied assault upon the filthy stinkin' Volg's and free good old Blighty from their tyranny.

I don't remember seeing him fighting alongside the ABC Warriors though, but the sight of a triumphant Savage holding a smoking ship-mountable rocket-launcher and grinning through a mouth of kicked out teeth has to rate as one of the finest images ever seen in 2k.

Oh, and I suppose he did have an excuse seeing as how the them dirty stinkin' Volg's killed his wife an' kid's.

The ABC Warriors were eventually the means to the Volgans defeat. As to how Bill Savage away with his foul-mouthed racism, well that's a lesson in how far we've come in regard to racial equality and political correctness since those days.

That second picture looks like someone out of shot is putting his head on another body as well!

That giggling must be infectious Ed, 'cos I seem to be doing the same now.

Rico was involved in an un-judicial liason (a shag on his cell floor) when a visiting female reporter became smitten by him. That's how Vienna managed to be conceived when her father was doing his time on Titan.

Bearing in mind that the stars of the strip are really more Dredd's world and it's inhabitants i.e. Mega-city one and it's citizens, the Cursed Earth and it's muties etc, do we really need the original Dredd?

You don't fool me "Beta", you're Dale Carnegie aren't you.

It's about ten years old but it's recently been aired on digital radio.

Thanks again for the help Ivore, but Wake has already gone to great lengths to provide me with a CD copy of the complete series.

There may be some other boarders out there who may benefit from the chance to download it though.

I'd also like to take the opportunity to say once more, it's great here isn't it.

Thanks for the help Ivore, it was indeed for the DD radio serial as I managed to tape all except part three when it was originally broadcast.

I'm considering lashing up my parents cable receiver to their audio equipment but I'm not sure gramaphones have scart sockets so I may be on a loser there.  

Anyway Wake's been brilliant and basically offered to send me a tape should I not manage to obtain it so here's hoping and thanks for the help again.