From James Griffin:

The phrase “outrageous fortune” comes, of course, from HAMLET. In fact all the episode titles are taken from the text of HAMLET – it is truly the gift that keeps on giving.

What we do is we go to a searchable on-line version of the play and enter a word that is key to a theme of the episode – say, for example, “mother” or “sister” or “lust” or “greed” or whatever. The marvel that is the internet then gives us various options from within the text. Sometimes it takes a bit of searching but we’ve managed to find a title we’re happy with every time thus far.

It is a fun game that can take many hours and can also lead to much debate. This probably proves that we, not you, are the ones in need of getting a life.

Hi Kleis,

In this case, a multizone DVD player is your best option. Series four is zone 4, due to licence agreements not extending to certain territories.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Hi Clair,

Best to contact Arena/Foxtel as it’s up to them to decide when to play it. We just make it!

Hope it comes along soon. The series five DVD is released in NZ on October 15th so you can purchase this online if you get desperate…

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