Britain's main commercial broadcaster owns a large film library inherited through Granada and Carlton, including the Rank Organisation catalogue. Its home video arm, ITV Studios Home Entertainment, has issued UK Blu-rays of restored British classics such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, mastered from the Film Foundation's 2012 4K restoration, and David Lean's Great Expectations, whose restoration reviewers found uneven.
ITV
3 films on Best Blurays
Best video release:
3 in HD
How we pick the best ITV releases
Director: David Lean
1 for audio only
The best audio is ITV's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
Audio Notes:
All HD and 4K sources use the same 2009 restoration. Criterion's master (also used by Imprint) is a bit more rolled off, though the difference is minor.
Best Video & English-Friendly:
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