Friends season 4
season of television series
The fourth season of the American television sitcom Friends aired on NBC from September 25, 1997 to May 7, 1998.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
Courteney Cox as Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer as Ross Geller
Recurring cast
Helen Baxendale as Emily Waltham
Tate Donovan as Joshua Burgin
Giovanni Ribisi as Frank Buffay, Jr.
Debra Jo Rupp as Alice Buffay
Alison La Placa as Joanna
Michael G. Hagerty as Mr. Treeger
James Michael Tyler as Gunther
Teri Garr as Phoebe Abbott
Paxton Whitehead as Mr. Waltham
Laura Dean as Sophie
Paget Brewster as Kathy
Guest stars
Maggie Wheeler as Janice Litman
Elliott Gould as Jack Geller
Christina Pickles as Judy Geller
Jane Sibbett as Carol Willick
Jessica Hecht as Susan Bunch
Penn Jillette as Encyclopedia Salesman
Dan Gauthier as Chip Matthews
Rebecca Romijn as Cheryl
Taylor Negron as Alessandro
Sherri Shepherd as Rhonda, the tour guide
Tom Conti as Steven Waltham
Jennifer Saunders as Andrea Waltham
June Whitfield as the housekeeper
Olivia Williams as Felicity
Jane Carr as the ticket agent
Hugh Laurie as The Gentleman on the Plane
Richard Branson as souvenir seller
Anne Betancourt as The Saleslady
Christina Moore as Marjorie
Thea Mann as Sleep Clinic Worker
Sarah Ferguson as Herself
Episodes
Home media
The fourth season was officially released on DVD in region 1 on July 15, 2003 by Warner Home Video, as a 4-disc DVD Box Set. The release includes the extended versions of every episode with footage not seen on their original NBC broadcast. Special Features include 3 audio commentaries with executive producers Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kaufmann and David Crane, a video guide to season four's guest stars, a full-length documentary exploring the Friends phenomenon in other countries, a trivia quiz and video character bios. For region 2, the release included the original NBC broadcast version of the episodes, and not the extended versions unlike the region 1 release.
Season 4 was released on Blu-ray altogether with the rest of the series on the Complete Series releases; in this releases the episodes are presented in their original NBC broadcast versions and does not include the extra deleted scenes and jokes that were included in the DVD version. Additional audio and subtitle tracks are also included with this releases.
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