Brassed Off

Region B

Led by the passionate Danny (Pete Postlethwaite) the band plays on. Danny has his pride and his trombonist son, Phil (Stephen Tompkinson), has his problems. Problems which not even My Chuckles, the clown, can’t seem to help solve. With the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall looming, can they hold it all together and secure a famous victory for Grimley?

• Presented in High Definition 
• Newly recorded audio commentary by Scott Harrison 
• Toilet Breaks and Brass Band Shame (2026, 16 mins): a newly recorded interview with writer and director Mark Herman 
• Interview with Tara Fitzgerald (2026): a newly recorded interview with the actress  
• Unusual Ground Floor Conversion(1988, 12 mins): Mark Herman’s early short film starring Adrian Dunbar (My Left Foot, The Crying Game) as a writer who becomes increasingly frustrated by his upstairs neighbour 
• Archive interviews (1997, 10 mins): a series of short interviews recorded on location  
• Balletomines (Mining Review 7th Year No.12) (1954, 3 mins): a group of burly Yorkshire miners form a ballet-dancing troupe to raise money for charity 
• The Big Meeting (1963, 26 mins): Sam Watson, former General Secretary of the Durham Miner's Union, explains the origin of the Durham Gala Day and its purpose 
• 40 Years On(1978, 19 mins): the changes in coal mining which have taken place during one man's working lifetime 
• Newly created optional English descriptive subtitles 
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Johnny Mains, plus writing by the film’s producer Steve Abbott and by Mark Herman on his short film Unusual Ground Floor Conversion