Happy_Evil_Dude

So I picked up the US Camelot blu-ray last Black Friday for under twelve bucks and was pleased at a pretty sweet deal for a TV show I'd been meaning to check out.

Today however, I stumble upon this, the Canadian blu-ray which claims to be an "uncut edition", whereas the American one makes no such claims. Crap.

After a significant time ploughing through the Internet, I wasn't able to find much info on whether there's a difference or not. The blu-ray.com listing put the Canadian runtime at 515 mins (supported by Phase 4 Films' press release) and the American one at 450, but the cover of my blu-ray lists 515 as well.

So is there actually a difference here or did Phase 4 Films just want to add a sales gimmick and both releases are uncut? Does anybody know?

bsweetness

I'm pretty sure there's no difference. The same thing happened with The Tudors. In Canada the home video releases were billed as uncut, while in the U.S. nothing along those lines was stated. But the content of the episodes were identical.

Both aired on CBC in Canada, which is an OTA broadcast network, so there's a chance the episodes were originally presented with cuts to some of the sexual content in both shows. In the U.S., Camelot was on Starz and The Tudors was on Showtime, so there was no need for the original broadcast to have any cuts made to it. That's a complete guess on my part, but it could explain why the Canadian releases say uncut and the U.S. releases don't, but yet the content in the episodes is the same.

Hopefully someone can confirm it 100% for you, but I'm pretty sure there's no difference in the content of the episodes.

detective392

The US aired the show uncut as it was a cable show. In Canada I'm sure they had to cut some of the nudity and what not out which is why the home video release is uncut. No reason for the US BD to say uncut when it was never cut for US broadcast.

Happy_Evil_Dude

Hey thanks to both of you guys! Your explanations make complete sense and I am now relieved...phew!