Apparently,it was announced at MBW that an episode has been discovered.Anyone have more information?
Discoveries 88-95: The Ray Swinden Collection
After yesterday’s highly successful Missing Believed Wiped the BFI National Archive is delighted to announce this great news!
The bulk of the new material found by the BFI Curators this year has come from one source. BFI Curator Gosta Johansson oversaw the BFI receiving the 16mm b/w telerecordings of a private collector Ray Swinden. These are believed to be the missing items:
Fiction
88. Whacko! - The Empty Cash Box tx 1.12.59
89. Whacko! - The Old Lag tx 3.6.60
90. Whacko! - Jim’s Better Self tx 20.12.60
Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden; produced by Douglas Moodie (88 & 89), Eric Fawcett (90)
With Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Edwin Apps, Paul Norman, Wallas Eaton.
91. Bonehead - Dig That Treasure tx 19.8.61 (very poor condition, estimate 30% image/sound lost)
Written, produced and directed by Shaun Sutton.
With Colin Douglas, Paul Whitsun-Jones and Douglas Blackwell, Rex Garner, Joan Sanderson and Ivor Salter.
92. William - William and the Leopard Hunter tx 2.6.62
Based on books by Richmal Crompton, adapted by C.E. Webber. Produced and directed by Leonard Chase.
With Dennis Waterman (William), David Cole, Carlo Cura, Gillian Gostling; Lockwood West and Christopher Witty.
93. Captain Pugwash - Under Two Flags tx 10.5.64 (quite poor condition)
Written and drawn by John Ryan, produced and directed by Gordon Murray.
Peter Hawkins told the story.
Non-Fiction
94. The Dawn of Space Travels: an Illustrated Lecture by Donald Holms c 1958
Made by the BBC sometime after the first animals in space, but before Gagarin. Genome doesn’t find a tx date.
Footage provided by NRK and produced by Arne Okkenhaug.
95. Paper Images – c 1961(very poor condition)
Presenter in studio apparently talking about newspaper illustrations.
All are BBC programmes.
Thanks to Dick Fiddy for the information, and putting on a great MBW yesterday. All the BFI staff are doing great work curating the past and continuing to accept these donations.
