SILVER SPRING, MD; June 19, 2007 —Acorn Media announces the August 14, 2007 DVD release of The House of Eliott Complete Collection, including all 34 episodes of the award-winning BBC drama series. Set in Roaring 20s London, it’s the story of two beautiful and talented sisters, who fight their way out of destitution and succeed in the cutthroat world of fashion design.

The ultimate “costume drama,” The House of Eliott was a ratings blockbuster in the U.K. and won millions of new fans from runs on A&E, PBS, and BBC America. The series also won an Emmy® and BAFTA Award for costume design.

The creators of Upstairs, Downstairs (Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins) offer an addictive drama series set in the era of flappers and suffragettes. Louise Lombard (CSI, Hidalgo, Chancer) and Stella Gonet (Nicholas Nickleby) star as Evangeline and Beatrice Eliott, sisters born into wealth and privilege who must support themselves after their profligate father dies and leaves them penniless. They have no education or training, just a passion for fashion design. As suitors try to woo them and scoundrels try to trip them up, they make independent, exciting lives for themselves and the women they employ in their house of haute couture.

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE exclusive interview with Louise Lombard, production notes, 1920s fashion background, photo gallery, and cast filmographies.

Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British television. Acorn’s DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.