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VIDEO CASSETTES
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 - Precision Video

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF JOE 90

The first commercially available Joe 90 home video, released by Precision Video. Sadly, this is an American-produced compilation feature. Episodes unceremoniously hacked together are #1 The Most Special Agent, #3 Splashdown, #21 Attack Of The Tiger and #14 Arctic Adventure. These four episodes became available to buy uncut for the very first time with the September 2002 DVD and VHS releases in the UK.

Running time 90 minutes approx.
PAL* VHS  VITC 2096  Un-certificated (1981)
Also available on Betamax BITC 2096

*Converted from NTSC original

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF JOE 90

Family Home Entertainment (f.h.e.) re-released the same tape in America in 1985, in a nice oversize box.

Running time 90 minutes approx.
NTSC VHS  F4118  (1985)

The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 - f.h.e.
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 - Channel 5

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF JOE 90

British video company Channel 5 began to re-issue the old Precision Video tapes at a budget price, before going on to release the remaining episodes from the series.

Running time 90 minutes approx.
PAL* VHS  CFV 02972  Certificate PG (1986)

*Converted from NTSC original

JOE 90 VOLUME 2

Episodes:
#02 Hi-Jacked
#06 International Concerto
#04 Operation McClaine

At last, complete episodes! Unfortunately, transfers from 16mm prints, so not as sharp and bright as they could be. But nice to see the proper opening and closing title sequences.

Running time 78 mins approx.
PAL VHS  CFV 05792  Certificate U (1986)

Volume 2 - Channel 5
Volume 3 - Channel 5

JOE 90 VOLUME 3

Episodes:
#07 Big Fish
#09 Relative Danger
#08 The Unorthodox Shepherd

Running time 75 mins approx.
PAL VHS  CFV 06002  Certificate U (1987)

JOE 90 VOLUME 4 (NOW! 4 EPISODES)

Episodes:
#11 King For A Day
#10 Business Holiday
#13 Most Special Astronaut
#05 Three's A Crowd

For some reason, Most Special Astronaut had the "time elapse zooms" removed, and replaced by video still-frames. No idea why - but the BBC screening in the 1990s had the same problem, so it presumably came from the same source tape.

Running time 100 mins approx.
PAL VHS  CFV 07142  Certificate U (1987)

Volume 4 - Channel 5
Volume 5 - Channel 5

JOE 90 VOLUME 5

Episodes:
#12 Double Agent
#15 The Fortress
#17 Project 90
#16 Colonel McClaine

Running time 100 mins approx.
PAL VHS  CFV 01342  Certificate U

JOE 90 VOLUME 6

Episodes:
#20 Lone-Handed 90
#18 The Race
#19 The Professional
#22 Talkdown

Running time 100 mins approx.
PAL VHS  CFV 04422  Certificate U

Volume 6 - Channel 5
Volume 7 - PolyGram Video

JOE 90 VOLUME 7

Episodes:
#23 Breakout
#26 Child Of The Sun God
#27 Trial At Sea
#30 Viva Cordova

Oh blimey. The Channel 5 label is no more, and the tapes are now branded as "PolyGram Video" - and have had a slight cover re-design. Still, it's not too bad. Kind of matches the rest...

Sylvia Anderson gets a mention on the front cover for the first time.

Running time 100 mins approx.
PAL VHS  CFV 05602  Certificate U

JOE 90 VOLUME EIGHT

Episodes:
#24 Mission X-41
#25 Test Flight
#28 See You Down There
#29 The Birthday

Just when you thought you could put up with the cover design of Volume 7, PolyGram put a huge spanner in the works and have a complete redesign for the entire set - meaning that if you'd bought the original versions, the last video in the set sticks out like a sore thumb on the shelf. Thanks for that.

Sylvia is dropped, and Joe 90 is just "A Gerry Anderson Production" again.

Running time 100 mins
PAL VHS  084 828 3  Certificate U

Volume 8 - PolyGram Video

The re-issues by PolyGram Video were more or less straight re-packages of the Channel 5 versions, with the same episodes appearing on each volume. Originally released on May 11th 1992, they were deleted on June 3rd 1994.

Volume 1 - PolyGram Video
PAL VHS  084 910 3
 Certificate PG
90mins approx

Volume 2 - PolyGram Video
PAL VHS  084 912 3
 Certificate U
78mins approx

Volume 3 - PolyGram Video
PAL VHS  084 914 3
 Certificate U
75mins

Volume 4 - PolyGram Video
PAL VHS  084 916 3
 Certificate U
100mins

Volume 5 - PolyGram Video
PAL VHS  084 918 3
 Certificate U
100mins

Volume 6 - PolyGram Video
PAL VHS  084 920 3
 Certificate U
100mins

Volume 7 - PolyGram Video
PAL VHS  084 922 3
 Certificate U
100mins

Volume 8 - PolyGram Video
PAL VHS  084 828 3
 Certificate U
100mins

Pocket Money Video - 1993 Pocket Money Video - 1995

POCKET MONEY VIDEO

One of several similar "budget" tapes released in 1993 by PolyGram Video Ltd., this contains Joe 90 episode #29 The Birthday, and the Supercar pilot episode Rescue. The picture of Joe on the cover and spine is so dark you can hardly make the character out. The original "yellow box" version was deleted on February 1st 1995, but was re-released with a different cover design six months later on August 14th 1995 (and deleted on July 16th 1996).

With a running time of approximately 60 minutes, this is billed as "An hour or more of magical fun!" This "hour" includes 10 minutes of trailers.

PAL VHS   087 568 3   Certificate U.

JOE 90 BUMPER VALUE PACK VOLUME 1

To coincide with the BBC screenings in 1994, PolyGram re-issued the entire series on four "bumper" tapes. Sadly, the first volume also featured the The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 compilation, and not the individual episodes. Thankfully, these tapes do not feature the "new" Joe 90 logo that blighted the BBC versions - but they do have yet another logo on the boxes!

Episodes:
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90 (US compilation of #1 The Most Special Agent, #3 Splashdown, #21 Attack Of The Tiger and #14 Arctic Adventure).
#02 Hi-Jacked
#06 International Concerto
#04 Operation McClaine

Running time 2hrs 48 mins approx.
PAL VHS  6324903  Certificate PG

Joe 90 Bumper Value Pack Volume 1
Joe 90 Bumper Value Pack Volume 2

JOE 90 BUMPER VALUE PACK VOLUME 2

Episodes:
#07 Big Fish
#09 Relative Danger
#08 The Unorthodox Shepherd
#11 King For A Day
#10 Business Holiday
#13 Most Special Astronaut
#05 Three's A Crowd

Running time 2 hrs 55 mins approx.
PAL VHS  6324623  Certificate U

JOE 90 BUMPER VALUE PACK VOLUME 3

Episodes:
#12 Double Agent
#15 The Fortress
#17 Project 90
#16 Colonel McClaine
#20 Lone-Handed 90
#18 The Race
#19 The Professional
#22 Talkdown

Running time 3 hrs 20 mins approx.
PAL VHS  632 464 3  Certificate U

Joe 90 Bumper Value Pack Volume 3
Joe 90 Bumper Value Pack Volume 4

JOE 90 BUMPER VALUE PACK VOLUME 4

Episodes:
#23 Breakout
#26 Child Of The Sun God
#27 Trial At Sea
#30 Viva Cordova
#24 Mission X-41
#25 Test Flight
#28 See You Down There
#29 The Birthday

Running time 3 hrs 20 mins approx.
PAL VHS  632 466 3  Certificate U

JOE 90 BUMPER VALUE PACK BOX SET

The four Bumper Value Packs were also available in a rather uninteresting box set. Hardly a design classic, it is - a yellow box with the four tapes in.

Running time 12 hrs 23 mins in total
PAL VHS  6332703  Certificate PG

Bumper Value Pack Box Set

The individual tapes were re-released with almost identical packaging by PolyGram's 4Front Video label on September 16th 1996, to coincide with the series' screenings on the cable and satellite channel Bravo (catalogue numbers 043 630 3, 043 632 3, 043 634 3 and 043 636 3). These tapes were deleted on January 19th 1998.

Gerry Anderson Classics

GERRY ANDERSON CLASSICS

"Two classic series are show-cased from the master of fantasy Gerry Anderson"

Released by PolyGram Video in 1995, this tape features the Thunderbirds episode Pit Of Peril and the Joe 90 episode Double Agent.

Running time 110 minutes approx.
PAL VHS   6365123   Certificate U

ANOTHER NIGHT IN TV HEAVEN
VOLUME 2

"Classic Nostalgia from the Great British TV Archives"

Released on November 13th 1995 by PolyGram Video (deleted March 9th 1998), this tape included the Joe 90 episode Breakout.

Running time 172 minutes approx.
PAL VHS   6369863   Certificate PG

Another Night In TV Heaven Volume 2

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