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Post by paulcooksley on Oct 18, 2018 11:00:34 GMT
With all the 60th birthday talk surrounding Blue Peter, I've dug back through a few threads on here and checked 'Lost Shows' to re-educate myself on the archive status - which, as we probably all know, is pretty good from around 1965-1966 onwards (thanks obviously to the fore-sight of Biddy Baxter)
Just trying to work out what the actual first surviving full edition is? Presumably from what I've tried to gather, is it1962?
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Post by Charles Daniels on Oct 18, 2018 12:16:57 GMT
I'd heard something about Blue Peter's archive status actually not being as good as it should be? Something about 2 installments per tape When the tape was backed up, only the 1st installment was actually backed up And the tape was then erased/junked/reused? Is that true? Or is it not Blue Peter but some other programme? Sorry to be so vague, but I'm not 100% sure on the details and curious to know more if anyone happens to have any clue what I'm rambling about  |
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Post by simonashby on Oct 18, 2018 13:29:16 GMT
I'd heard something about Blue Peter's archive status actually not being as good as it should be? Something about 2 installments per tape When the tape was backed up, only the 1st installment was actually backed up And the tape was then erased/junked/reused? Is that true? Or is it not Blue Peter but some other programme? Sorry to be so vague, but I'm not 100% sure on the details and curious to know more if anyone happens to have any clue what I'm rambling about I believe that there was one confirmed case of this - an episode from the mid 80s. The master is now a VHS copy. Not sure if it extends beyond that one case, however. I believe this was discussed in more detail on here a while back - noting the fact that some masters of 80s episodes are in fact telercordings! |
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Post by richardmarson on Oct 18, 2018 21:30:15 GMT
The first complete edition is from July 1963
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Post by ajsmith on Oct 19, 2018 5:47:20 GMT
How much is left from before that edition in terms of extracts?
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Oct 19, 2018 9:39:39 GMT
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Post by paul carney on Oct 19, 2018 13:44:27 GMT
There is footage of Petra's arrival on the show which I believe is from 1962.
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Post by richardwoods on Oct 19, 2018 16:44:53 GMT
Didn't they find all the Bleep & Booster cartoon shorts. I think they were available on DVD at one point?
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Post by richardwoods on Oct 19, 2018 16:49:00 GMT
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Post by Charles Daniels on Oct 23, 2018 8:05:41 GMT
I'd heard something about Blue Peter's archive status actually not being as good as it should be? Something about 2 installments per tape When the tape was backed up, only the 1st installment was actually backed up And the tape was then erased/junked/reused? Is that true? Or is it not Blue Peter but some other programme? Sorry to be so vague, but I'm not 100% sure on the details and curious to know more if anyone happens to have any clue what I'm rambling about I believe that there was one confirmed case of this - an episode from the mid 80s. The master is now a VHS copy. Not sure if it extends beyond that one case, however. I believe this was discussed in more detail on here a while back - noting the fact that some masters of 80s episodes are in fact telercordings! Really? Like full blown colour telerecordings? I thought telerecordings were pretty much dead in the water by the late 70s? |
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Post by simonashby on Oct 23, 2018 11:35:01 GMT
I believe that there was one confirmed case of this - an episode from the mid 80s. The master is now a VHS copy. Not sure if it extends beyond that one case, however. I believe this was discussed in more detail on here a while back - noting the fact that some masters of 80s episodes are in fact telercordings! Really? Like full blown colour telerecordings? I thought telerecordings were pretty much dead in the water by the late 70s? Just B/W. I believe the latest edition on this format is from 1981, although the latest record states that Blue Peter was last telerecorded in 1985 - I assume that a VT also exists. This was a topic that I touched upon a few years back and was surprised by the answer. Documentary makers were using TRs to edit VT segments into film productions into the early 90s, for assembly purposes only though - the proper VT would be edited in post production. If I remember correctly, an episode of Doctor Who: Survival (1989) was accidentally telerecorded when there was a tape mix up. |
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Post by lawrence mayes on Mar 10, 2019 19:34:01 GMT
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Post by richardmarson on Mar 10, 2019 22:06:36 GMT
That report was nonsense. A total misunderstanding.
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