60s sci fi play repeated on BBC 4 early 00s (identification)

[ajsmith]

Hi,

I'm trying to identify a 60s BBC sci-fi play I remember seeing shown as part of a 60s season on BBC 4 in about 2002-4ish.

It was in Black and White.

The plot concerned a man who was offered the chance at rejuvenation by an institute or somesuch - that's about as much as I can remember!

The plot was reminiscent of the Out Of The Unknown episode 'Second Childhood' but it couldn't have been that as it' doesn't exist!

Also pretty sure it wasn't any of the existing OOTU episodes.

Can anyone help identify what this play might have been? It was repeated relatively recently so was probbaly watched (and maybe recorded) by others on this forum.

[ajsmith]

Think it was part of this themed evening

www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/03_march/24/bbc4_spring2004_summer.shtml

'A Night In The Sixties

For one night only, BBC FOUR takes its entire schedule back 40 years, with a complete 'dream evening' of Sixties classics.

From children's to news to entertainment - even the weather forecast - every component in A Night In The Sixties will be either authentic programming from across the decade or, where the original no longer exists, a loving re-creation.

Highlights will come from ITV as well as BBC ONE and the fledgling BBC TWO. (IC)'

I see they included ITV shows, so could have been from the non BBC shows. Was definitely British, studio-bound and multi - camera though.

[ajsmith]

Just had this identified on the Mausoleum Club by Bent Halo as 'The News Benders'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3LvtiV38X0

Of course it's in colour and has a completely different plot than I thought I recalled; just further evidence that the memory cheats!

[Alan Turrell]

I believe this was an episode of Thirty Minute Theatre i've seen a few of these in recent years and very good they are to,several of them have a sort of Out Of The Unknown type story.