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Post by stevej on Sept 29, 2018 9:09:02 GMT
I picked up this series in the recent Network sale at a suitably tempting price and it's really very good. I assumed they would be cheap'n'cheerful half-hour episodes along the lines of Crossroads, but it's a very different kettle of fish indeed, with one-hour (well, 50 minute) editions allowing the stories space to properly develop. They even built a (very convincing) outdoor set for it, with fascinating photos of it's construction included in the image gallery on the dvd.
The dvd set comprises the first series from 1967, which is apparently all that survives. All the episodes are telerecordings, yet I'd swear I've seen a clip from it on videotape. In fact I'm sure it was included on the 1980s compilation 'The Elstree Story'. I believe I read somewhere that quite a proportion of archive material used in this was subsequently junked, which seems a bit perverse.
My question therefore is whether 'Market In Honey Lane' - or at least one episode from it- had survived on tape up until that point? Does anyone know more?
Steve
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Post by John Green on Oct 3, 2018 14:24:26 GMT
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Post by stevej on Oct 3, 2018 19:17:38 GMT
Excellent, thanks for the links John.
Incidentally the photo gallery on the dvd set has pictures of the outdoor set after a fire in 1968 - frustratingly there are no details as to whether this was accidental or done as part of a storyline, as it would have been from the time of one of the subsequent 'Honey Lane' series which of course have been wiped!
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Post by John Green on Oct 3, 2018 20:21:28 GMT
The only synopsis on IMDB is for S3 Ep.4 'Flashpoint' "A bomb explosion at a local strip joint sees the market traders rally around to help the injured." Though I don't suppose that helps. (Sounds interesting,though!).
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Post by John Green on Oct 3, 2018 22:36:54 GMT
Excellent, thanks for the links John. Incidentally the photo gallery on the dvd set has pictures of the outdoor set after a fire in 1968 - frustratingly there are no details as to whether this was accidental or done as part of a storyline, as it would have been from the time of one of the subsequent 'Honey Lane' series which of course have been wiped! Under 'Triva',IMDB notes: "During filming a scene of an explosion part of the set caught fire and actors there said their reactions was not acting." so it was both! |
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