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The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, like many other television shows, have been released as home video products, albeit in a limited fashion. Licensing issues currently hold up release of either show on DVD in the US.

Contents 1 Overview 2 MCA DiscoVision Releases 2.1 1978 2.2 1979 3 VHS 3.1 1986 4 DVD Region 1 5 International DVD 5.1 Anthologies (United Kingdom - Region 2) 5.2 Boxed Season Sets (United Kingdom - Region 2) 5.3 Germany - Region 2 5.4 Italy - Region 2 5.5 France - Region 2 5.6 Future Releases 6 Links

[edit] Overview

Home Video releases of the two shows in the US date to their final year on television, 1978, with the release of several episodes on the DiscoVision format, later called LaserDisc (an analog predecessor to DVD) over the next year and a half.

This was followed by a one-shot VHS release of the original "Bionic Woman" two-parter in the mid-1980s. However, due to complex licensing issues related to the original novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, no official, comprehensive series release has ever occurred in North America, either on the VHS format or, to date, the DVD format. In the United Kingdom and elsewhere, where licensing differs, Universal has released the first two seasons of each series on DVD; these were preceded by several "Anthology" releases as well as a wider VHS release before that.

To date, the only bionic series to be released to home video in its entirety has been the 2007 Bionic Woman remake series, which was released to DVD in Region 1 (North America) in March 2008, and Region 2 (Europe) in May 2008; the 2007 series by design did not use the material or characters under license from Caidin's estate.

[edit] MCA DiscoVision Releases

[edit] 1978

• The Secret of Bigfoot
• The Bionic Woman (episode)

Both releases are in "movie form", joining the 2-parters into one.

[edit] 1979

• The Six Million Dollar Man (Pilot) note- labelled "Cyborg: The Six Million Dollar Man"

[edit] VHS

[edit] 1986

• The Bionic Woman (episode) (reissued 1996)

[edit] DVD Region 1

There are currently no DVD releases in region 1 of The Six Million Dollar Man or The Bionic Woman. Issues surrounding the rights to Martin Caidin's novels have continued to hinder a release of either show on Home Video in the US. The 2007 Bionic Woman series was released in its entirety in March 2008.

[edit] International DVD

[edit] Anthologies (United Kingdom - Region 2)

• The Six Million Dollar Man Volume 1

Contains: The Secret of Bigfoot, The Seven Million Dollar Man

• The Six Million Dollar Man Volume 2

Contains: Day of the Robot, Run, Steve, Run and Return of the Robot Maker

• The Six Million Dollar Man Volume 3

Contains: Hocus-Pocus, The Price of Liberty and The Bionic Criminal

• The Six Million Dollar Man Volume 4

Contains: Population Zero, Doomsday, and Counting and Survival of the Fittest

• The Bionic Woman Volume 1

Contains: Black Magic, Motorcycle Boogie and The Jailing of Jaime

• The Bionic Woman Volume 2

Contains: Welcome Home, Jaime and Angel of Mercy

• The Bionic Woman Volume 3

Contains: The Vega Influence, In This Corner, Jaime Sommers and Jaime and the King

[edit] Boxed Season Sets (United Kingdom - Region 2)

• The Six Million Dollar Man - The Complete Season One

Contains all thirteen episodes of season one, plus all three syndicated edits of the pilot telefilms. (however, Operation Firefly is missing the boat-whittling scene)

• The Six Million Dollar Man - The Complete Season Two

Contains all 22 episodes of season two - The Bionic Woman is in "movie form," with both parts edited together, losing a small part of Part II in so doing.

• The Bionic Woman - The Complete Season One

Contains all thirteen episodes of season one, plus Welcome Home, Jaime (originally part of The Six Million Dollar Man's 3rd Season).

• The Bionic Woman - The Complete Season Two

Contains 21 of the 22 episodes from the second season, plus Kill Oscar (Part II). Missing is the premiere, The Return of Bigfoot (Part II), syndicated for years as part of The Six Million Dollar Man's fourth season (where Kill Oscar (Part II) originated).

[edit] Germany - Region 2

The German release of The Bionic Woman currently covers Season Three, the only release to do so. Further, its quality is unquestionably the best attention that either series has been paid on Home Video to date, with high quality transfers and packaging that includes a welcome insert with many pictures.

[edit] Italy - Region 2

The Italian release of The Six Million Dollar Man is the first to cover Season Three. It contains an English soundtrack, and unedited episodes, yet it does not include The Secret of Bigfoot (either part). It maintains the syndicated practice of omitting Welcome Home, Jaime, as well.

[edit] France - Region 2

In France four of the five Six Seasons have been released as boxes, while the individual "single" releases have covered The Six Million Dollar Man entirely on DVD, the only market so far to do so.

Unfortunately for English speakers, the releases do not include an original English soundtrack, with the exceptions of three movie events, The Bionic Boy, The Thunderbird Connection and The Lost Island, each of which includes the original audio (the edits are the two-part versions). Most of these releases have tracked with the syndicated release format, with notable exceptions: Wine, Women and War is in its TV Movie form, and Welcome Home, Jaime, is included. Finally, the Season Four boxed set, the first box of this season, includes Kill Oscar (Part II), albeit with the credits from The Bionic Woman.

France has released Mission Bionique along with The Moving Mountain single release, making this the first appearance of a reunion film on DVD.

[edit] Future Releases

There are no known future releases at this time.

[edit] Links

• A comprehensive listing of international releases can be found at [The Bionic Woman Files]
• David Lambert explains the details of the impasse which has held up the US release of the shows on DVD [Here]