You’ll need about 24 hours to get through these two lovingly prepared discs, stuffed with more gear than a Happy Mondays’ dressing room. Disc one’s snappily designed menus link to a trailer, New Order video, a ‘Sleeve Notes’ option for pop-up on-screen info and a batch of additional scenes, many the equal of anything in the final cut.

Steve Coogan and producer Andrew Eaton’s commentary stays fairly low-key, but Tony Wilson’s is, predictably, hilarious. Bristling that the film unfairly turns him into a “pretentious twat”, his philosophy-quoting, name-dropping ramblings happily confirm it anyway. There’s also some class-A reminiscing from Shaun Ryder, grinning corpse Bez and many others. Sorted.

Disc two keeps the nostalgia flowing. From The Factory Floor shows assorted Factory bods riffing on the good old days over a screening of the film, while Wilson interviews Peter Saville about his acclaimed label artwork. Both features are really for anoraks only, and the mini-profile of Michael Winterbottom is sketchy. But these are minor quibbles over a DVD set capable of turning your front room into the Hacienda.

DVD Extras:

Tony Wilson Commentary, Second Commentary With Steve Coogan And Andrew Eaton,Artists Commentary, Sleeve Notes,
A Whos Who And Whats What White Rabbit Style Guide, 24 Deleted Scenes, Pills N Thrills And Bellyaches Interviews, Portrait Of A Filmmaker (Michael Winterbottom Documentary), Peter Saville Gallery Designs & Here To Stay New Order Music Video.