M*A*S*H: Season 8

Stand to attention as M*A*S*H Season Eight is released on DVD. Released in a three-disc collectible box set, this avant-garde and award winning eighth series includes 650 minutes of laughs.

As the troops valiantly battle the seemingly endless war, the medical corps at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital face their own obstacles of apathy and establishment. M*A*S*H Season Eight is particularly noteworthy for the two-part episode Goodbye Radar, which sees the departure of company clerk Radar O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff), the only ensemble member to have featured in the original film.

The departure of Radar sets the scene for the Emmy Award nominated episode 'Period of Adjustment' where a bumbling Klinger struggles to fill Radar's shoes. Gone but not forgotten, news soon arrives of Radar's visit to B.J. Honeycutt's (Mike Farrell) family, which devastates an already homesick Captain.

Loretta Swift was commended at the 1980 Emmy Awards for her role as Margaret Hotlips Houlihan in this season. Her most memorable episodes from this series include 'Are You Now, Margaret', where she is accused of being a communist sympathiser by a visiting congressional aide. Harry Morgan was also commended for his role as Colonel Henry Potter with a notable performance in 'Old Soldiers', where he receives news about the last of his compatriots from WW1.

Add the three-disc box set of M*A*S*H Season Eight to your collection this August, and revisit old friends at the 4077th for years to come.