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It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series) an interview with Robert Wagner, and a special feature length cut of the pilot episode. The DVD set was promoted in commercials broadcast on Antenna TV, which featured Wagner publicizing the DVD set. Entertainment One would later release The Complete First Season as a standalone DVD set on October 2, 2012; this set also had the feature-length pilot episode. In Region 2, March 2017 saw the complete series released under its German title "Ihr Auftritt Al Mundy" with both German and English soundtracks included. In Region 4, Madman Entertainment has released the entire series on DVD in Australia and New