KOOL TV WANTS ON BLU-RAY: 'THE WEST WING'

We the People. The wonderful cast of THE WEST WING. Images: WARNER BROTHERS.

As American presidential electoral fever escalates and the candidates and their gleaming beautiful smiling wives (plus their legions of Spin Doctors and Lobbyists) begin making the rounds of promises, shaking hands and kissing babies, I thought it'd might be nice to tribute the event with a classic picture of the main cast of the wonderful political fantasy drama THE WEST WING, created by the talented Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin back in 1999. Lasting seven quality seasons up to 2006 and consistently displaying the finest writing/producing in Hollywood TV, realised by a wonderful cast bringing us a winning and sophisticated mixture of politics and heart-of fascinating if sometime flawed White House crew trying to do the right things in the face of so many of the worlds many problems- it's a show that I think many of today politicians could still learn a lot from in the ideals and trust department. Surely, even now and for the most part, Martin Sheen's charismatic, determined and quirky President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlett remains the ultimate romanticised political hero/safe pair of hands vision of the iconic position that the world, not just America, would like to have as its commander-in-chief.

Title sequence: The West Wing - Opening Titles in High Definition - YouTube

A man to trust. Martin Sheen as President Bartlett.

OK, so you can get the entire series in very cheap collection sets these days, but what about a Blu-ray release (not just in HD online, as it is in the US)? And, having not been seen on terrestrial or digital UK television in a while now, I think the show is deserving of a complete re-run regardless- which I'm sure new audiences will surely enjoy. How about it, SKY ATLANTIC or MORE4?

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The entire seven seasons of THE WEST WING are available from WARNER BROTHERS DVD.