24

The new series of 24 had apparently been delayed due to the Hollywood writers strike. Normally the series is broadcast when only half of the episodes have been filmed and filming continues on the other half whilst the first half are aired. Obviously with the writers on strike this could have left a long break in between the first and second half of the series. On Tuesday 12th February the Writers Guild of America voted to end the strike. This means that 24 will now hopefully be gracing our screens again very soon.

If you don’t know what 24 is all about where have you been the last 6 years. 24 tells the story of Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), the ultimate CTU (counter terrorist unit) field agent who will do whatever it takes to protect his country, his president and the people closest to him. Taking place in real time, each series tells the story of one day with each of the 24 episodes lasting one hour (or 45 minutes if you take out the ad breaks).

The previous six series have seen assassination attempts, Jack’s daughter Kim (Elisha Cuthbert) kidnapped, his wife killed, a nuclear threat, a deadly virus, a kidnapped Secretary of Defense, Jack going in to hiding and being kidnapped by the Chinese as well as more twists and turns than you can ever see coming.

The first six series has seen 24 nominated for a total of 57 Emmy awards, winning for Outstanding Drama Series (2006) and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for star Kiefer Sutherland (2006). Season Six garnered a sixth consecutive Emmy nomination for Sutherland and second consecutive nomination for supporting actor Jean Smart for her role as Martha Logan, the wife of president Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin).

If you haven’t yet seen any or all of this mould-breaking TV the previous series of 24 are available to buy now from Cheap DVD Store. As there are six series which are available as single series DVDs as well as various box sets being available for the U.S., UK and Canada I will just provide links to results pages rather than individual products. Trailers will follow the product links.

For shoppers in the UK

24 on DVD - complete series’ starting at £12

For shoppers in the U.S.

24 on DVD - complete series’ starting at $14.67

For shoppers in Canada

24 on DVD - complete series’ starting at CDN$37.88

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Season 7

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