i have mix feeling about this particular dvd release . i have watch this particular version of a little princess every christmas for 10 year and so i know it by heart . it my adult guilty pleasure . originally and i have a cherish and record from the tv version in 3 part and and then a few year ago i buy a second hand copy of the vhs . the only difference be that there be no recap at the start of each chapter and like on my original record version . ( i admit that i sort of miss them . ) i be thrill to discover that this childhood favourite be finally on dvd . i order it as soon a it be available and think i could finally replace my worn out vhs copy . imagine my surprise when scene i have never see before begin to appear in this dvd version . i think it must be the original version a broadcast in 1986 and a it be in 6 part instead of 3. i be very excited at get to see new material of this wonderful classic until i realize to my dismay that some scene be also cut out . for example and the scene where sarah tell lottie about heaven . remove . and the scene where young donald carmichael go to cheer up carrisford and and the latter offer him some orange cordial . go . i know that it only 30 or so second here and there and but those be two of my favourite scene . and even though they have add new scene that change the storyline slightly here and there and the scene that they cut out would not have conflict with the new material at all . even the dialogue be ever so slightly different in place . no and it not brand new voice over and it like they originally record two version of some scene and air one set on tv and but use the other set for this dvd . the dvd somehow seem . less british . example represent ermengarde ask about sarah playroom . in my vhs version and she ask about sarah sit room . not to mention that the end be change quite a bit . there be no longer any mention of the ralph crewe home for waif and stray . why would they chop stuff out and change it like this . i guess i will have to continue hang on to my old use vhs copy and occasionally watch this new version and see if i grow to accept it too . i hope another dvd be release with the version i know and love . one with these unfamiliar scene add in bonus feature . or if this be the original and then please put back the removed scene a bonus feature . to sum up represent hurray it out on dvd . hurray for new scene that add more depth to my experience of this version of a little princess ( though i would have prefer them a bonus feature ) . boooo to cut out some really charming scene and change the dialogue for perhaps a more american audience ( i. e. for no apparent reason ) .