Pennyworth: The Complete First Season out on Blu-Ray, DVD on Monday

By John Freeman on June 20, 2020

Alfred Pennyworth is at your service, as Pennyworth: The Complete First Season, the origin story of how Alfred Pennyworth came to work for Bruce Wayne’s father, arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from 22nd June in the UK, and is available to pre-order now.

A highly anticipated segment of the fan-favourite, DC Franchise, Pennyworth: The Complete First Season was directed by Emmy Award Nominated Danny Cannon (Gotham, CSI) and stars a stellar British cast including Jack Bannon (The Imitation Game, Endeavour) as London raised special-forces soldier Alfred Pennyworth, Ben Alridge (Fleabag, Our Girl) as Thomas Wayne, Bruce Wayne’s Father, and Paloma Faith (The Umbrella Academy) as the sadistic and twisted Bet Sykes.

Exploring the early life of the titular Wayne family butler, Pennyworth: The Complete First Season also stars Hainsley Lloyd Bennett (Catastrophe, Eastenders) as Bazza, a life-long friend of Alfred Pennyworth and a valued member of his security team and Ryan Fletcher (Mary Queen of Scots, Outlander) as DaveBoy, another one of Alfred’s close allies.

The DC origin series Pennyworth follows Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier in his 20s, who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne, who’s not yet become Bruce Wayne’s father.

• Pennyworth: The Complete First Season is now available to download and keep, and arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on 22nd June, pre-order your copy now (AmazonUK Affiliate Link)

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.