Missing BBC Drama Series 1970-5

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The Purpose of this thread is to show just how few these are. Remembering that these are just Series and  one-off dramas are not included for this given period 1970-5 inclusive. (One-off dramas would be another 27 or so, so may put these on another thread in future, but 27 is still a small amount).
Also not included are Series which have episodes existing in the archive, which were made pre1970 and post 1975, even though all their episodes for the period
1970-5 are ME..for this Opening Post on this thread is just to show those Series that are completely Missing or Absent from the Archive from the period 1970-5,
but there is no reason why other people cannot post those other Series where all episodes are ME during 1970-5, if they choose to..

nb...I have made one exception, that being the Series Codename, where the 1969 Pilot exists, but the 1970 Series all 13 are ME..


okay, let's take a look



1. The Woodlanders BBC 2  45 minutes 15/2 -8/3/70 All 4 episodes Missing. Michael Goodliffe, Felicity Kendall, Ralph Bates.

2. Y Gwyliwr BBC Wales  25-30 minutes 23/2-18/5/70 All 13 episodes Missing. Dilwyn Owen.

3. Codename BBC 2  50 minutes 7/4-30/6/70 All 13 episodes Missing. Clifford Evans, Anthony Valentine, Alexandra Bastedo.

4. Villette BBC 2  45 minutes 31/-28/6/70 All 5 episodes Missing. Judy Parfitt, Peter Jeffrey, Bryan Marshall.

5. Brett BBC 1 50 minutes 19/4-23/8/71 All 19 episodes Missing. Patrick Allen, Robin Bailey, Hannah Gordon.

6. Long Voyage Out Of War 75 minutes  21/1-10/2/71 All 3 episodes Missing. Mike Pratt, Anne Stallybrass.

7. First Time Out BBC 1  duration ?  27/8-10/9/71 All 3 episodes Missing. Wherehouse La Mama. Incubus Theatre. Freehold.
 
8. George Bernard Shaw A Paradine Production for BBC2  16-18/9/71 All 3 episodes Missing. Max Adrian.=emailed Paradine 3/4/15.

9. Anne Of Green Gables BBC 1  45 minutes 20/2-19/3/72 All 5 episodes Missing. Kim Braden Elliott Sullivan Barbara Hamilton.

10. The Bitter Sands BBC 1 4 minutes 11/4-6/6/72 All 9 episodes Missing. Patrick Garland (reader).

11. Gweld A Siarad BBC Wales Schools  English subs 20 minutes 7/6-21/6/72 All 3 ME. Gwyneth Lewis David Lyn Ieuan Rhys Williams.

12. The Hole In The Wall BBC 1 25 minutes 8/10-19/11/72 All 7 episodes Missing. Peter Bayliss, Nigel Rathbone, Neil McCarthy.
 
13. The Visitors BBC 2  50 minutes 15/6-13/7/72 All 5 episodes Missing. Sarah Badel, James Maxwell.

14. Abracadabra Jos BBC 1 Wales 25 minutes 22/1-26/2/73  All 6 episodes Missing. David Lyn, Sharon Morgan, Margaret Esli.

15. For The Sake Of Appearance BBC 2 duration ? 1/5-5/6/73  All 6 episodes Missing. Intro Joan Bakewell. Factual programme-costume.

16. The New Road BBC Scotland for BBC 2 45 minutes 1/4-29/4/73 All 5 episodes Missing. David Mowat, Anna Kristen.

17. The Pearcross Girls BBC 2  50 minutes 4/3-25/3/73 All 4 episodes Missing. Penelope Wilton, Marion Mathie, Anthony Nicholls.

18. The Perils Of Pendragon BBC 2  50 minutes  18/1-15/2/74 All 7 episodes Missing. Kenneth Griffith, John Clive..also Missing 2/6/72
A Persistent Coffin [The Man Outside] Beth Morris.


These 18 are all listed on Lostshows.com. I wonder if anyone has any of these out there?

I have been advised that there is one other Series that is completely absent/Missing from the Archive, it has one of those funny 'marks' above the e in
Cheri to denote it's French, so I do not know if this Series is listed on Lostshows.com or not?

19. Cheri BBC 2   45 minutes 19/4-17/5/73 All 5 episodes are Missing. Yvonne Mitchell, Brenda Bruce, Peter Bowles.

[RWels]

Well #8 is from David Frost's company, so they might have kept copies.

[richardwoods]

Was the Anne of Green Gables from 72 the one with Elaine Stritch playing her Aunt. Must admit I am surprised this is missing, wasn't this repeated in the late 70's?

[williammcgregor]

Impressive research Simon

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Apr 3, 2015 11:28:53 GMT RWels said:

Well #8 is from David Frost's company, so they might have kept copies.

many thanks RWels..would you be able to find out if David Frost's company hold this entire series or liaise with Kaleidoscope about it please..

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Apr 3, 2015 11:45:17 GMT richardwoods said:

Was the Anne of Green Gables from 72 the one with Elaine Stritch playing her Aunt. Must admit I am surprised this is missing, wasn't this repeated in the late 70's?

many thanks Richard..once again uk imdb is our friend...it tells us that the girl playing the lead in Anne of Green Gables 1972 is Kim Braden. She also played the
lead in Anne Of Avonlea 1975 and uk imdb has a photograph of the dvd set which has been issued by the BBC...Lostshows says this exists complete. uk imdb I am
afraid does not list Elaine Stritch in either of the above 1972 or 1975, but under Elaine Stritch uk imdb has her playing Aunt Polly in Pollyanna 1973 which
Lostshows.com says exists complete.

but please keep researching for us, you never know what you may turn up

[richardwoods]

Ahh, that it. A severe case of miss-remembering and blending the 2 together.

[RWels]

Apr 3, 2015 13:12:47 GMT @simonmoreby said:

Apr 3, 2015 11:28:53 GMT RWels said:

Well #8 is from David Frost's company, so they might have kept copies.

many thanks RWels..would you be able to find out if David Frost's company hold this entire series or liaise with Kaleidoscope about it please..

Ho there, I think you overestimate my importance a bit. I wouldn't have a clue how/how/where to contact them.


Meanwhile, how big are the chances any of these programs were shown abroad?

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Apr 3, 2015 13:55:42 GMT RWels said:

Apr 3, 2015 13:12:47 GMT @simonmoreby said:

many thanks RWels..would you be able to find out if David Frost's company hold this entire series or liaise with Kaleidoscope about it please..

Ho there, I think you overestimate my importance a bit. I wouldn't have a clue how/how/where to contact them.


Meanwhile, how big are the chances any of these programs were shown abroad?

many thanks again RWels, we value all your 'posts', so you are just as important as any of us.  . I emailed Paradine Productions last night, they are London
-based, to politely ask them if they are fortunate enough to hold the 3 episodes that make up the Series..George Bernard Shaw, if and when there is a reply, I
will advise. 

that's a very good question, RWels, about the chances of these programmes being shown abroad, I wonder if any Member/Guest can look into this for us and
advise us here.
I have been advised that there is One More Series that is completely absent/Missing for this given period 1970-5, so I have added it to the 18 above, in the
First Post on this thread..

[John Green]

Apr 3, 2015 13:20:11 GMT @simonmoreby said:

Apr 3, 2015 11:45:17 GMT richardwoods said:

Was the Anne of Green Gables from 72 the one with Elaine Stritch playing her Aunt. Must admit I am surprised this is missing, wasn't this repeated in the late 70's?

many thanks Richard..once again uk imdb is our friend...it tells us that the girl playing the lead in Anne of Green Gables 1972 is Kim Braden. She also played the
lead in Anne Of Avonlea 1975 and uk imdb has a photograph of the dvd set which has been issued by the BBC...Lostshows says this exists complete. uk imdb I am
afraid does not list Elaine Stritch in either of the above 1972 or 1975, but under Elaine Stritch uk imdb has her playing Aunt Polly in Pollyanna 1973 which
Lostshows.com says exists complete.

but please keep researching for us, you never know what you may turn up

Shame about this one.Kim Braden,though born in London,was the daughter of Canadians Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly,so her accent should have been OK! She was on the cover of the 1972 reissue of the book www.amazon.co.uk/Anne-Green-Gables-L-M-Montgomery/dp/B0012OU8Z0/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1428184058&sr=1-2
I wonder if this was ever shown in Canada,or would that have been too coals to Newcastle? Still hope that shows such as this and 'Whiteoaks' will turn up in the countries in which they are set. lostshows.com/default.aspx?search=jalna

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John, you are a mine of information, I've learnt 2 things, never knew Kim Braden was the daughter of Bernard and had no idea that Jalna was on Lostshows, to be
honest, never heard of Jalna, but glad you are aware of it and have it in mind

[John Green]

Have I discovered a chance to be pedantic? 'The Perils of Pendragon' was a comedy-a sort of early 'Open All Hours' it seems: www.imdb.com/titl

Some of the Genome pages could do with a bit of work: genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6b722c9e28f94938add0425c0bf25b9d

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Apr 5, 2015 0:05:58 GMT John Green said:

Have I discovered a chance to be pedantic? 'The Perils of Pendragon' was a comedy-a sort of early 'Open All Hours' it seems: www.imdb.com/titl

Some of the Genome pages could do with a bit of work: genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6b722c9e28f94938add0425c0bf25b9d

yes John, you may have raised an interesting point here, it would be good to hear Chris Perry's take on this, as to why it is considered Drama rather than Comedy, there maybe a reason that we cannot see at the moment?

[John Green]

Apr 5, 2015 9:24:27 GMT @simonmoreby said:

Apr 5, 2015 0:05:58 GMT John Green said:

Have I discovered a chance to be pedantic? 'The Perils of Pendragon' was a comedy-a sort of early 'Open All Hours' it seems: www.imdb.com/titl

Some of the Genome pages could do with a bit of work: genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6b722c9e28f94938add0425c0bf25b9d

yes John, you may have raised an interesting point here, it would be good to hear Chris Perry's take on this, as to why it is considered Drama rather than Comedy, there maybe a reason that we cannot see at the moment?

Running at 50 minutes,it's not a half-hour sit-com (ta-dah!).One episode was held back-it was finally shown,surely?-because of an impending general-election www.imdb.com/title/tt0216496/

There are single-line comments from the papers here: johnclive.net/actor/perilsreviews.php including a comment that John Clive is a character-actor" good enough to warrant his own programme".(This'll be in regard to the pilot).Behind-the-scenes photos are promised at the johnclive site,if you can find them.

[John Green]

Apologies.It's a bit hit-and-miss using the keyboard today.Lostshows clearly has the final episode 'Marks and Sparks' broadcast a few weeks after the penultimate one.

Added: I've finally spotted that far from re-using the pilot as the first episode of the full season,'A Persistent Coffin' was remade as the third episode of the run.If that's right?