Cissy is a big fan of Sisi, but Tsutaya Discas has nothing in the way of Romy Schneider or even Helmut Berger. Amazon and the BBC to the rescue. 11 hrs and 50 minutes (plus bonus materials) of British television drama about the tempestuous reigns of Emperors Franz-Josef, Nicholas II, and Wilhelm II. Of course, only the first episode deals with Sisi, but hey, who wants to miss Patrick Stewart as Lenin?

Not having watched a minute of it yet, I cannot speak on the quality of the series, I just want to proclaim my happiness that Japan and Europe share DVD Region 2, and that orders from Amazon UK take only four days to get here. But would someone please fix the exchange rate ?