Night Mail receives outstanding reviews!
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We are delighted that the new, digitally re-mastered Collector's Editor of Night Mail, released in December 2007, has had some excellent reviews. The DVD was produced as a result of a partnership between the BPMA, the British Film Institute and Royal Mail.
The Observer - "a celebration of dedicated men at work, a hymn to the power and beauty of steam locomotives"
Daily Telegraph - DVD of the week "a thrilling record of the nation through a collectivist tribute to the Travelling Post Office"
The Guardian - 4****stars "they used to bury time capsules, but it's nicer to have one on the shelf"
Financial Times - 4****stars "a real nostalgic treat... rightly hailed as a classic"
Metro - 5*****stars "a little black and white gem"
Buy the Night Mail Collector's Edition DVD
The new Collector's Edition DVD is available to purchase through the BFI shop or from the BPMA shop.
BFI Film Classics book Night Mail, a vivid appreciation of the film by journalist and historian Scott Anthony, is also available to buy through the BFI shop.