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Post by maxstenner on Dec 26, 2021 21:44:21 GMT
My guess would be ATV’s The Larkins, of which all 6 series (starting 1958) still survive. What is it?
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Post by John Green on Dec 26, 2021 21:54:22 GMT
Ah. I think we're going to have to distinguish between 'series', as in the US 'seasons', and series, as in 'the entire series of...', meaning every episode made of a show. The British mode of calling both 'series' can be confusing, so we end up with "They've found all of series 8, so now they have the entire series."
Easiest for a show that lasted only one series (i.e. season)to exist complete, of course.
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Post by jamesvincent on Dec 27, 2021 21:43:40 GMT
Nah, there are loads older than that, off the top of my head The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is from 1956 and is all available on DVD etc. the second series in in colour too, the first full colour UK TV show I think.
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Post by maxstenner on Dec 28, 2021 13:10:22 GMT
Found another; Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-1958) survives in full and has been issued on DVD
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Post by Richard Marple on Dec 28, 2021 14:02:54 GMT
I was also thinking the early filmed ITV series might be the oldest intact show.
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Post by John Wall on Dec 28, 2021 14:42:35 GMT
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Post by Jeff Leach on Dec 28, 2021 19:52:46 GMT
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Post by Jeff Leach on Dec 28, 2021 20:04:26 GMT
Then it's possible that Inspector Morley, Late of Scotland Yard (1952) does exist complete - A strange one in that it was a British produced series, but wasn't screened in the UK in the first few years following it's production (maybe later) It was theatrically released as two features and one featurette as I told, it was shown in America, complete (13 episodes). missingepisodes.proboards.com/thread/12035/discovery-inspector-morley-late-scotland |
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Post by Nicholas Fitzpatrick on Jan 8, 2022 1:04:24 GMT
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