Considered by many to be Britain's most gifted and remarkable filmmaker, Terence Davies' visually stunning, intensely personal films have impressed audiences the world over and seen him proclaimed by critics as one of contemporary cinema's true poets.

Collected together for the first time in one DVD set by the BFI, along with extra features and a booklet of essays, are The Terence Davies Trilogy (1976-1983), Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and Of Time and the City (2008). The set will be released on UK DVD on 16th November 2009 at the RRP of £39.99. The extra features are detailed below.

The Terence Davies Trilogy (1976-83)
Three dreamlike, profoundly moving and semi-autobiographical short films that follow the journey of Robert Tucker, first seen as a hangdog child in Children, then as a hollow-eyed middle-aged man in Madonna and Child, and finally as a decrepit old man in Death and Transfiguration. Framed in the original 1.33:1 aspect ratio with optional English subtitles for the hard to hearing, the extras are:

• Commentary by Terence Davies;
• Filmed interview with Terence Davies.

Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
An impressionistic view of working-class life in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool that stars Freda Dowie and Pete Postlethwaite. Through a series of exquisite tableaux Davies creates a deeply affecting photo album of a troubled family wrestling with the complexity of love. Framed 1,78:1 anamorphic and with optional HoH subtitles, the film has the following extras:

• Feature commentary by director Terence Davies;
• Filmed interview with Terence Davies;
• Filmed introduction with Art Director Miki van Zwanenberg;
• Original trailer.

The Long Day Closes (1992)
Bud's home is happy and safe, but his Catholic school is a harsh world where teachers administer lashings, and he is bullied and friendless. Once again Davies creates a dreamlike montage of memories, using gliding tracking shots and an artful layering of pop songs and religious music. With a 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer, optional HoH subtitles and these axtras:

• Feature commentary with Terence Davies and Director of Photography Mick Coulter;
• On-set interview with production designer Christopher Hobbs;
• Previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Terence Davies directing.

Of Time and the City (2008)
Davies revisits the city of his youth in this deeply personal BAFTA-nominated evocation of post-World War II Liverpool. Through the film's patchwork visual poetry, woven entirely from painstakingly researched archival footage, Davies explores an urban landscape that echoes his own troubled past to speak candidly of his childhood experiences. With a 1.77:1 anamorphic transfer, optional HoH subtitles and the following extras:

• The Making of Of Time and the City (2009) – in new interviews, Terence Davies and the film's producers and archive producer discuss the making of the film and the inspirations behind it;
• Listen to Britain (Humphrey Jennings, Stuart McAllister, 1942) the classic wartime documentary which helped inspire Of Time and the City, presented with a personal introduction by Terence Davies;
• Q&A with Terence Davies at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse;
• Original trailer.

You can read our review of the stand-alone release of Of Time and the City here.