Video Collection International

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Video Collection International
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fate = Merged with Strand Home Video
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foundation = 1984
defunct = 2006 (Estimated)
location = United Kingdom
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parent = VCI/PolyGram Video Holdings
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Video Collection International is a video company based in the UK. It was formed in 1984 and established in 1985. Originally part of the Prestwich Group, based in New Southgate, London, it was subject to an MBO (management buyout) headed by Steve Ayres CEO and Paddy Toomey (ex Woolworths) as MD. The vision of 'Sell Through Video' was born with the strong Woolworths association driving the retail sales.

With these individuals at the helm, the company expanded rapidly, securing the market lead in retail video sales throughout the late 1980s into mid 1990s

The company mainly served as a publisher for ITV television programmes which later launched the "Central Video", "Thames Video", and "Channel 4 Video" labels in the process. In the early 1990s, it launched the "Cinema Club" label, which mainly consigned of re-releases of films from the late 1960s/early 1970s, which would normally be from Columbia TriStar.

After suffering financial losses in 1995 it received an overhaul and the company name changed to "VCI" and with it the Central Video label was discontinued; Cinema Club was discontinued in 1999 and was re-established under the "FilmFour" name. In 1998, it began releasing DVDs. The company split into two arms; publishing (VCI) based in Dean Street, London, and VCI Distribution, which also handled third party distribution for 'labels' outside its own stable, based in Watford and the old premises in New Southgate

Soon after, Thames Video was discontinued and the "Granada Media" label was introduced and would soon appear on most VCI titles, whereas Channel 4 Video (or also called "4 DVD") became a separate company.

Following the formation of ITV plc in 2004, the Granada Ventures division was created. In 2006, Granada Ventures launched the ITV DVD label in place of Granada. VCI, by now, had become part of the Woolworths Group. BBC Worldwide and Woolworths Group merged VCI with BBC Video to create 2entertain Video, part of their new joint venture company 2entertain.

The videos in the Video Collection

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*"110 Goals Italia Style"
*"A Christmas Without Snow"
*"A Hard Day's Night"
*"A Man For All Seasons"
*"About Last Night"
*"Adventures of a Taxi Driver"
*"Agatha Christie's Poirot"
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*"ALF"
*"Alias the Jester"
*"Ali G - Bling Bling"
*"Ali G, Innit"
*"Amazing Spider-Man"
*"American Football - Most Memorable Games Of The Decade"
*"An Evening with Glenn Campbell & The Royal Philharmonic"
*"And God Created Woman"
*"Anyone for Denis?"
*"Apocalypse Clarkson"
*"Around the World with Hayley & Lauren"
*"Around the World with Willy Fog"
*"Auf Wiedersehen Pet"
*"Bachelor Mother"
*"Back to Bataan"
*"Bad Timing"
*"Barry Sheene's Six Of The Best"
*"Baywatch"
*"Beadle's About"
*"Beat the Carrott"
*"Beat the Devil"
*"Bee Gees - One For All Tour"
*"Before and After"
*"Best and Marsh On-stage and Uncut!"
*"Big Daddy"
*"Big Ron Bites Back"
*"Birds of a Feather"
*"Bless This House"
*"Blithe Spirit"
*"Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice"
*"Bob & Margaret"
*"Bodytalk"
*"Born Free"
*"Bo Selecta"
*"Brassed Off"
*"Brazil '70 Team of the Century"
*"A Breed Apart"
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*"Brum"
*"Bugsy Malone"
*"Buster"
*"Button Moon"
*"Campbell's Kingdom"
*"Candyman"
*"Can't Hardly Wait"
*"Capital City"
*"Care Bears"
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*"Carefree"
*"Carry On Abroad"
*"Carry On Again Doctor"
*"Carry On At Your Convenience"
*"Carry On Behind"
*"Carry On Christmas"
*"Carry On Dick"
*"Carry On Doctor"
*"Carry On Emmannuelle"
*"Carry On England"
*"Carry On Girls"
*"Carry On Henry"
*"Carry On Up The Jungle"
*"Carry On Up The Khyber"
*"Carve Her Name with Pride"
*"Charles Dickens Great Expectations"
*"Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers"
*"China Girl"
*"Charlie Muffin"
*"Cirque Du Soleil Saltimbanco"
*"Clarkson - Hot Metal"
*"Clarkson - No Limits"
*"Clarkson - Shoot-Out"
*"Clarkson's Top 100 Cars"
*"Classic British Cars"
*"Cliff Richard And The Shadows - Thank You Very Much"
*"Cliff Richard - Live in the Park"
*"Cliff Richard - The 40th Anniversary Concert"
*"Cliff Richard - The World Tour"
*"Cockleshell Bay"
*"Cold Feet"
*"Complete Tummy Programme"
*"Convict 99"
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*"Count Duckula"
*"Countess Dracula"
*"Crackerjack"
*"Crapston Villas"
*"Crazy as Hell"
*"Creepy Crawlies"
*"Crystal Gale In Concert"
*"Custer of the West"
*"Dad's Army"
*"Dallas"
*"Dangerous Minds"
*"Dark Waters"
*"Dastardly and Muttley"
*"David Blanie - Above the Below"
*"David Blaine - Showman"
*"David Beckham - Football Superstar"
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*"Death Wish 2"
*"Death Wish 3"
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*"Dickens Of London"
*"Dickie Bird - A Bird's Eye View Of Cricket"
*"Dionne Warwick In Concert"
*"Doctor at Large"
*"Doctor at Sea"
*"Doctor Fischer of Geneva"
*"Doctor in Clover"
*"Doctor in Distress"
*"Doctor in the House"
*"Dodsworth"
*"Dogma"
*"Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds"
*"Do You Remember Love?"
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*"Drop Dead Fred"
*"Drop the Dead Donkey"
*"Duel in the Sun"
*"Dumb & Dumber"
*"Easy Rider"
*"East is East"
*"El Cid"
*"Elvis (1979 film)"
*"Elvis The Movie"
*"Emmerdale Revenge"
*"Eric Sykes Silent Classics"
*"Exterminator 2"
*"Eyes of Fire"
*"Fair Wind to Java"
*"Fatal Vision"
*"Flatliners"
*"Flying Down to Rio"
*"Flying Leathernecks"
*"Flying Tigers"
*"Follow the Fleet"
*"Foreign Correspondent"
*"Frank, Lisa & Sammy"
*"Frankie Dettori - Horsing Around!"
*"Frankie Dettori Rides Again!"
*"Frankie Howerd On Campus"
*"Frankie Muir's What-A-Mess"
*"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe"
*"Fright Night"
*"From Here to Eternity"
*"Gandhi"
*"Geoff Boycott's Greatest England Team"
*"George and Mildred"
*"Get Along Gang"
*"Girls On Top"
*"Gladiators"
*"Glengarry Glen Ross"
*"Gobots"
*"Golfing & Putting To Perfection"
*"Good Morning Vietnam"
*"Goodnight Sweetheart"
*"Great Sporting **** Ups!"
*"Gregory's Girl"
*"Groundhog Day"
*"Gulliver's Travels"
*"Gunning for Glory"
*"Hale and Pace"
*"Hamburger Hill"
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*"Heathers"
*"Heidi"
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*"Hellraiser"
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*"Help!"
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*"He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"
*"Herge's Adventures of Tintin"
*"High Noon"
*"Hollywood Rebels"
*"Honor and Glory"
*"Hornblower"
*"House of the Long Shadows"
*"House of Usher"
*"In Company With Claire Rayner - Getting Married"
*"Indiscreet"
*"Iron Eagle"
*"Ironheart"
*"Inspector Morse"
*"Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
*"It's a Wonderful Life"
*"Ivor the Invisible"
*"James Brown & Friends"
*"Jane Fonda's New Workout"
*"Jane Fonda's Prime Time Workout"
*"Jeremy Clarkson - At Full Thorttle"
*"Jeremy Clarkson - Head to Head"
*"Jeremy Clarkson - Unleashed On Cars"
*"Jerry Maguire"
*"Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video"
*"Junior Golfer"
*"Kajagoogoo - Video EP"
*"Kalifornia"
*"Kidnapped"
*"Kim Wilde"
*"King Lear"
*"King of New York"
*"Kramer vs. Kramer"
*"Kylie Minogue"
*"Lassie's Great Adventure"
*"Last Action Hero"
*"Le Mans '87"
*"Let It Be Allright on the Night"
*"Lilac Dream - Shades Of Love"
*"Lifeforce"
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*"Lizzie's Lifestyle"
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*"Look Who's Talking Too"
*"London's Burning"
*"Love Is Never Silent"
*"Love Hurts"
*"Love Thy Neighbour"
*"Loving You"
*"Lovejoy"
*"Magical Mystery Tour"
*"Maigret"
*"Making Michael Jackson's Thriller"
*"Malta Story"
*"Manchester City - 200 Great Goals"
*"Manchester United"
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*"M.A.S.K"
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*"MAZE Featuring Frankie Beverly Live In New Orleans"
*"Mapp and Lucia"
*"Megaforce"
*"Men Behaving Badly"
*"Metropolis"
*"Molly's Gang"
*"Megaforce"
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*"Michael Jackson - Special Double Video Collection - The Legend Continues & Making Michael Jackson's Thriller"
*"Minder"
*"Moonlighting"
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*"Moschops"
*"Motty Takes The Mike!"
*"Mr Bean"
*"Mr. T"
*"Murder My Sweet"
*"My Best Friend's Wedding"
*"National Lampoon's Class Reunion"
*"Noel Edmonds - Gotcha!"
*"Nicholas and Alexandra"
*"Night Games"
*"Northwest Frontier"
*"Notorious"
*"Now That's What I Call Music"
*"Nursery Play Rhymes"
*"Oliver!"
*"On the Buses"
*"On The Night of the Fire"
*"Operation Petticoat"
*"Orm and Cheep"
*"Outside Edge"
*"Paper Tiger"
*"Papillon"
*"Peak Practice"
*"Peter-No-Tail"
*"Philadelphia
*"Pimpernel Smith"
*"Pin..."
*"Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night"
*"Plastic Man"
*"Please Sir!"
*"Porterhouse Blue"
*"Portrait of Jennie"
*"Portraits in Chinois"
*"Precious Pupp"
*"Press Gang"
*"Pussy in Boots"
*"Queen We Will Rock You Live In Concert"
*"Queer As Folk"
*"Quest for Love"
*"Radio Days"
*"Rainbow"
*"Ransom"
*"Rebecca"
*"Reilly, Ace of Spies"
*"Revenge of the Ninja"
*"Richard III"
*"Right to Die"
*"Ring of Bright Water"
*"Rio Grande"
*"Riverdance - The New Show"
*"Rocky Mountain Opry"
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*"Rosemary Conley's Complete Flat Stomach Plan"
*"Rosemary Conley's Flat Stomach Plan"
*"Rosemary Conley's New You Plan"
*"Rosie and Jim"
*"Roy Orbison and The Candy Men Live"
*"Ryan Giggs Revealed"
*"Sands of Iwo Jima"
*"Scooby Doo"
*"Scoop"
*"Scruffy"
*"Sealab 2020"
*"Sea of Sand"
*"Sesame Street"
*"Seven Dials Mystery"
*"Side Streets"
*"Silver Dream Racer"
*"Silverhawks"
*"Sinbad The Sailor"
*"Sixites Sensations - 17 Number Ones"
*"Skeleton Coast"
*"Sleepless in Seattle"
*"Smith & Jones - One Night Stand"
*"Sooty"
*"Shape Challenge"
*"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"
*"Soldier, Soldier"
*"Something To Sing About"
*"Soul Power"
*"Spaced"
*"Space Ghost and Dino Boy"
*"Spellbound"
*"Spurs V RSC Anderlect UEFA Cup Final 1984"
*"St. Elmo's Fire"
*"Stand By Me"
*"Stanley and the Women"
*"Steve Davis - The Greatest Moment In Snooker 147 Break"
*"Street Fury II"
*"Straw Dogs"
*"Strictly Ballroom"
*"Super Mario Bros"
*"Superted"
*"Take Twelve Cooks"
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*"Tarka the Otter"
*"Teachers"
*"Ten to Midnight"
*"That Lucky Touch"
*"That Man Botham"
*"The Adventures of Black Beauty"
*"The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin"
*"The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers"
*"The Americano"
*"The Awful Truth"
*"The Basketball Diaries"
*"The Bells of St Mary's"
*"The Best Of Doctor At Large"
*"The Best Of On The Buses"
*"The Best Of The Ashes"
*"The Biko Inquest"
*"The Bill"
*"The Body Snatcher"
*"The Cable Guy"
*"The Caine Mutiny"
*"The Cannonball Run"
*"The Coneheads"
*"The Complete Skier"
*"The Darling Buds Of May"
*"The Detectives"
*"The Exercise Video With Lizzie Webb"
*"The Fall of the Roman Empire"
*"The Flintstones"
*"The Filth and the Fury"
*"The Fourth Protocol"
*"The Freedom Force (TV series)"
*"The Garden Of Allah"
*"The Get Along Gang"
*"The Glory Boys"
*"The Goodies"
*"The Grass is Greener"
*"The Greatest Ever Arsenal Team"
*"The Greatest Ever Leeds United Team"
*"The Greatest Ever Liverpool Team"
*"The Greatest Ever Spurs Team"
*"The Guns of Navarone"
*"The History of Mr Polly"
*"The Hoobs"
*"The Human Factor"
*"The Incredible Hulk"
*"The Jewel In The Crown"
*"The Karate Kid"
*"The Lady Vanishes"
*"The Magnificent Ambersons"
*"The Man Who Would Be King"
*"The Mask of Zorro"
*"The Mick McManus World Of Wrestling"
*"The Most Outrageous Jeremy Clarkson Video In The World Ever!"
*"The Naked Truth"
*"The New Adventures of William Tell/Robin Hood"
*"The Night of the Generals"
*"The Night Porter"
*"The October Man"
*"The Official History of Manchester United"
*"The Official History - West Ham United"
*"The Opposite of Sex"
*"The Outlaw"
*"The Paul McCartney Special"
*"The Peace Killers"
*"The Perils of Penelope Pitstop"
*"The Plank"
*"The Prince And The Pauper
*"The Professionals"
*"The Quiet Man"
*"The Raccoons"
*"The Riddlers"
*"The Rocking Horse Winner"
*"The Rose Cafe"
*"The Running Man"
*"The Sea Wolves"
*"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole"
*"The Shawshank Redemption"
*"The Smurfs"
*"The Spiral Staircase"
*"The Square Peg"
*"The Stanley Baxter Picture Show"
*"The Supergrass"
*"The Sweeney"
*"The Taming of the Shrew"
*"The Thirty Nine Steps"
*"The Twelve Tasks of Asterix"
*"The Uncanny"
*"The Unpredictable Michael Barrymore Live"
*"The Very Best Of Torvill & Dean"
*"The Wanderers"
*"The War Chronicles"
*"The Way Ahead"
*"The Way We Were"
*"The Wind In The Willows"
*"The Wombles" (1968)
*"The World at War"
*"The Worst Witch"
*"The Wrong Arm of the Law"
*"The Yards"
*"Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends (Narrated by Ringo Starr & Michael Angelis)"
*"Three Men and a Little Lady"
*"Thundercats"
*"Tiara Tahiti"
*"Tom, Dick And Harry"
*"To Sir With Love"
*"Too Late the Hero"
*"Top Cat"
*"Topsy and Tim"
*"Tots TV"
*"Treasure Island"
*"Trigger Happy TV"
*"Trouble in Store"
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*"Twins of Evil"
*"Underwater"
*"Up in the World"
*"Vampire Circus"
*"Van der Valk"
*"Velvet Goldmine"
*"Vinnie Jones - Great Balls of Fire"
*"Waltz of the Toreadors"
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*"Waterloo"
*"Wes Craven's New Nightmare"
*"What a Mess"
*"When Eight Bells Toll"
*"Who's The Greatest?"
*"Willow"
*"Winsome Witch"
*"Wizadora"
*"Women of Coronation Street"
*"Wuthering Heights"
*"WWF Wrestlemania"
*"Yogi Bear"
*"Young at Heart"
*"Young Guns"
*"Young Winston"
*"Zippy"