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Post by George D on Feb 9, 2016 18:25:17 GMT
I wish them the best. I personally have interest in audio of missing shows and I believe many here do also.
Sadly it's not more as they are very enjoyable and a way to enjoy missing shows
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Post by RWels on Feb 9, 2016 22:21:42 GMT
I wish them the best. I personally have interest in audio of missing shows and I believe many here do also. Sadly it's not more as they are very enjoyable and a way to enjoy missing shows Well, the only thing we can do is keep our eyes peeled, and collect what we can (return it, but also keeping a copy yourself). Over the past months I've tried to explore if radio show collector groups wouldn't have some more TV audio, but I didn't get very far.
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Post by Joe Haynes on Feb 10, 2016 16:50:37 GMT
It makes you wonder why nearly all of Doctor Who survives as audio recordings but we only have 1 missing Dads army episode in that format.
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Post by Richard Marple on Feb 10, 2016 17:05:00 GMT
I've thought the same about some other TV shows.
Quite a few editions of the pre-python comedy shows have turned up on audio recordings.
I presume no episodes of United, Compact & the like have ever been found from home tapings.
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Post by RWels on Feb 10, 2016 19:38:03 GMT
Quite a few editions of the pre-python comedy shows have turned up on audio recordings. But mostly the ones that are not too visual. No Complete and Utter History, and not many DNAYS. Episodes of The 1948 Show on the other hand were recorded and kept by at least 4 people (although only one taped all of them). It makes you wonder why nearly all of Doctor Who survives as audio recordings but we only have 1 missing Dads army episode in that format. Yes I've been wondering about that too. They go back as far as 1964. Meanwhile, except for one, we have no copies of the missing Sherlock Holmes episodes even though you'd really expect someone to tape that. Sherlock Holmes is such a perennial favourite after all. I'm afraid the answer is that nobody never went looking for it. There was never any effort to find anything but Doctor Who. I'm sure tons of homerecorded TV audio must have been recorded, then later thrown away in the last 60 years simply because no-one considered it could be missing, or wanted. And that last bit is not so strange because sadly, it isn't wanted. The BBC and BFI will turn down most offers of TV audio. Well, the BBC has come round a bit. I myself keep copies of whatever I found, and return it to them as well. Non-BBC stuff I just keep (no-one wants it back). To play the devil's advocate, I don't even blame them that much. Most people won't have had a line-out, so quality is not guaranteed, and a lot of things would not work without picture so then what's the use. I've said all of this before - the thing is, there are a few programs that survive with picture but no sound, and there it would be really interesting if only more were done in this area. This one on the main site for example.
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Post by Richard Marple on Feb 10, 2016 23:15:35 GMT
I've mentioned before someone used to timeshift some 1960s-70s chat shows by recording the just the sound, but listening to them afterwards was confusing if a visual gag occurred.
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Post by stevefreestone on Feb 11, 2016 13:56:07 GMT
I'm always nervous at interviews done "in character", a.k.a.Why We Pay Writers. Steve Coogan does OK!
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Post by Rob Moss on Feb 11, 2016 15:05:00 GMT
a.k.a.Why We Pay Writers. Steve Coogan does OK! Isn't Steve Coogan his own writer though..?
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Post by RWels on Feb 11, 2016 15:57:26 GMT
Isn't Steve Coogan his own writer though..? Then, does he pay himself? But that would just mean extra income tax that could have been avoided.
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Post by Richard Marple on Feb 11, 2016 20:48:31 GMT
Isn't Steve Coogan his own writer though..? Then, does he pay himself? But that would just mean extra income tax that could have been avoided. Steve Coogan does like to pay his fair share of tax, as mentioned on one of the Alan Partridge DVD commentaries on an episode where Alan is visited by the tax inspectors.
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