There is some confusion around the fact that Dawn Of The Dead directors cut was on UK television on BBC 2 in mid 1997. The actual facts are that yes a version was shown on BBC 2, and yes it claimed to be the directors cut but it actually wasnt. It was somewhere inbetween being a directors cut and a foreign cut. What I mean is that it lasted 2 hours 17 minutes which is longer than most cuts but also signifcantly shorter than the UK directors cut which is listed as 2 hours 20 minutes but actually runs for around 2 hours 21 minutes. Various scenes were cut from this version which I will confirm here soon (after Ive watched it a few times!). Interestingly this version did have it's good side because it included a FULL interview with Romero about Dawn of the dead and also his plans for new zombies films (nothing certain), but the bit which I found most strange was at the very end of the credits when the bell rings out, there was actually a small animated logo which formed the famous
dawn of the dead logo (white zombie with blood on its face above the words dawn of the dead, very poor graphics!) and the zombie had a flashing head to match the bell rings. It may sound comical but I think that this and the interview should have been included on the UK directors cut! I actually dont have all of the interview so if you taped this BBC 2 version and have the full thing then please eMail me because I'd like a copy ;))). Overall I think it was good that Dawn was on UK TV without being heavily cut and I cant belive they got a full exclusive interview with him and extra animated logos! On the downside it was not as full as the UK directors cut.. and lets face it when it comes down to hard core Dawn fans 3 minutes is a L-o-n-g time to be cut! But hey Im glad because I didnt want just anyone to have the full directors cut! ;-)))