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Post by jamesscott on Jan 9, 2017 9:40:58 GMT
Does anyone know the archive status of this 1969 BBC English Language Instruction serial? It was made for overseas broadcast, in twenty-six 14minute episodes . it starred Juliet Harmer, Simon Williams and Allan Lee and was in the form of a SciFi serial.
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Post by John Green on Jan 9, 2017 9:59:35 GMT
It sounds hopeful, inasmuch as the wiki review is in the present tense:
"Slim John has extraordinary strength. The plots revolve around the other robots trying to eliminate him, and often include the fact that Slim John and the other robots have limited amounts of power available and need to recharge themselves regularly. Short grammar lessons are transmitted to all the robots at regular intervals via their hand-held communication devices (anticipating personal digital assistants by more than 30 years). These short lessons are presented not only to the robots (including Slim John), but in full screen to the viewers.
The serial was an educational tool used for English language instruction. It was supported by books and records as an English teaching method. The series was broadcast for years all over the world, in Turkey, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Brazil, Yugoslavia and other countries. Hungary, Poland and Romania were the only Eastern Bloc countries to show the serial, with an enormous response, in the 1970s."
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Post by jamesscott on Jan 9, 2017 10:04:25 GMT
I sounds hopeful, inasmuch as the wiki review is in the present tense: "Slim John has extraordinary strength. The plots revolve around the other robots trying to eliminate him, and often include the fact that Slim John and the other robots have limited amounts of power available and need to recharge themselves regularly. Short grammar lessons are transmitted to all the robots at regular intervals via their hand-held communication devices (anticipating personal digital assistants by more than 30 years). These short lessons are presented not only to the robots (including Slim John), but in full screen to the viewers. The serial was an educational tool used for English language instruction. It was supported by books and records as an English teaching method. The series was broadcast for years all over the world, in Turkey, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Brazil, Yugoslavia and other countries. Hungary, Poland and Romania were the only Eastern Bloc countries to show the serial, with an enormous response, in the 1970s." If it was sold that widely it almost certainly exists. |
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Post by Barry Hodge on Jan 9, 2017 22:27:27 GMT
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Post by John Green on Jan 9, 2017 23:11:18 GMT
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Post by Ian Wegg on Jan 10, 2017 11:28:26 GMT
I sounds hopeful, inasmuch as the wiki review is in the present tense... That's standard Wikipedia usage. The logic being that if it was a TV serial then it must still be, irrespective of its archive status. See (for example) present tense |
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Post by John Green on Jan 10, 2017 13:53:20 GMT
I sou nds hopeful, inasmuch as the wiki review is in the present tense... That's standard Wikipedia usage. The logic being that if it was a TV serial then it must still be, irrespective of its archive status. See (for example) present tenseI thank you for that, Ian, and my great-great grandparents thank you too. |
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Post by Jeff Leach on Jan 10, 2017 19:45:49 GMT
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Post by John Green on Jan 10, 2017 21:16:37 GMT
Oh, that's clever, Jeff. I didn't think it was even worth looking. It must be released immediately, of course. |
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Post by Pete Morris on Jan 10, 2017 23:52:37 GMT
If it was sold that widely it almost certainly exists. Cough cough marco polo cough |
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Post by jamesscott on Jan 11, 2017 4:30:11 GMT
If it was sold that widely it almost certainly exists. Cough cough marco polo cough Have a Marco Polo mint |
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Post by jamesscott on Jan 12, 2017 21:33:50 GMT
CALLING BFI/NETWORK release slim John do it do it do it do it
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