Silver Spring, MD — A warm and witty empty-nester comedy, Fresh Fields, Set 2 debuts on DVD from Acorn Media on October 4, 2011. Broadcast continually on PBS since the mid-1980s, this International Emmy®-winning series stars fan favorite, BAFTA-nominee Julia McKenzie (Agatha Christie’s Marple) and Anton Rodgers (Lillie, May to December) as a happily married couple adjusting to middle age. Sharply written and brilliantly acted, the DVD 2-Disc Set includes series three and four of the charmingly domestic Brit-com celebrated by critics and fans alike ($49.99, www.AcornOnline.com). Fresh Fields aired for four series (1984-86), and the leads returned in French Fields (1989-91) for three more seasons set in France.

Anton Rodgers and Julia McKenzie return as William and Hester Fields, a middle-aged couple whose grown children have left home to start lives of their own. Hester is ready for a new life, too—and takes on everything from redecorating to catering. Staid William would much prefer that his life—and his wife—remain unchanged. Inevitably, he finds himself drawn into Hester’s self-improvement schemes, usually reluctantly but always with hilarious results.

Episodes: Do It Yourself, A Waiting Game, Moveable Feasts, Tipping the Scales, Crossed Lines, Alarums and Excursions, A Nose for Trouble, The Old Folks at Home, One Damned Ming after Another, Life Is Full of Ups and Downs, Takes Two to Tango, Caught in the Act, Brighton or Bust, and Happy Returns

Acorn Media previously released Fresh Fields, Set 1 (Series 1 & 2) as a DVD 2-Disc Set ($49.99) in February 2011.

Street: October 4, 2011 SRP: $49.99
DVD 2-Disc Set: 14 episodes - Approx. 342 min. - British comedy - SDH subtitles

Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media U.S. distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British television. 2011 releases include Upstairs, Downstairs: 40th Anniversary Edition; U.S. debuts of must-see new series Garrow’s Law, Vera, Identity, and Single-Handed; more episodes from New Tricks, Doc Martin, Murphy’s Law, Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Marple, George Gently, Murdoch Mysteries, Midsomer Murders; as well as the Blu-ray debut of Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition; and acclaimed documentaries from our Athena line. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.