First off, our friend below from Aussieland, is not correct.  This IS the performance that aired here on Masterpiece Theatre in 1999 (it like other stuff on the WGBH label includes Russell Baker's openings and closing (singular as he did not do a closing for part 1).  There is another BBC release from 1981 also on DVD which I do not know anything about.  This version came out around the time the "modern version" shown on the big screen with Gwyneth Paltrow came out which takes place in modern Miami.  Suffice it to say, this is the second time Masterpiece Theatre aired a true representation of this classic while the big screen put out a flop (the first time was Moll Flanders in 1996 which sad to say the single disc copy I bought here at Amazon is no longer in print and who knows how the double disc rerelease is doing).  Ioan Gruffudd as Pip is as great as his performance in Hornblower.  It also tells most of the story which several of the big screen versions leave out.  If you are building a library of "Masterpiece Theatre" classics, then (even though it only aired in 99) this belongs in that library.