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Post by robkeeley on Oct 4, 2022 19:20:51 GMT
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Post by John Green on Oct 4, 2022 19:32:41 GMT
"Many of the stars of television started on radio and so the discovery of their early appearances on radio can be really significant. Since most early home recordings are sound-only, we are partnering with The Radio Circle, run by expert radio historians, who have successfully restored many classic shows to the BBC, for broadcast on Radio 4 Extra."
Well Done The Radio Circle!
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Post by RWels on Oct 4, 2022 20:03:58 GMT
Fingers crossed, also for some more TV audio. Let's not forget there is a list of several dozens of items that have picture (video)... but for which no (English) audio exists anymore...
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Post by Stephen Byers on Oct 31, 2022 2:45:24 GMT
So what happens to episodes that contain risqué jokes or comments. Will be they butchered like numerous episodes already in the archives have been just to appease those alert to racial prejudice and discrimination, or consigned to the dusty archives never to be heard or seen again. I’m thinking of the likes of Alf Garnet or It Ain’t Alf Hot Mum et al? With even Dad’s Army being (edited) and episodes of the Navy Lark being banned FGS what hope is there of any newly discovered episode say of ISIRTA or Round the Horn ever being heard in complete form again? Certainly my collection of recordings stretching back over 50 years will not be getting returned anywhere to be butchered by those alert to racial prejudice and discrimination.
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Post by RWels on Oct 31, 2022 10:58:56 GMT
Finally there is some official attention again to locate missing programs, and restore, and broadcast them too. Some might say that's a good thing.
If you have missing programs, but don't want to return them, because they might be edited before transmission, well that's up to you. Personally I don't see how that is helping.
All of us must die one day, and usually the value of this kind of collection isn't recognised and the last known copy ends up in the bin. (And the suggestion that master tapes themselves would be censured is a myth, to be frank - ask Paul or anyone from the industry. The last thing we need is a topic hijack to discuss culture wars; there's plenty of more important problems in the real world.)
By the way, if you DO want these programs to live on, then there is always the option to share material in other ways, if you feel that they might be at risk.
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Post by Dan S on Oct 31, 2022 14:58:46 GMT
then there is always the option to share material in other ways, if you feel that they might be at risk. That's why I was asking in another thread about when something would be considered public domain. I was really wondering that if, hypothetically, one were to post something on archive.org for example, would the BBC leave you alone if you stayed before a certain date or would it be stamped on regardless. |
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Post by RWels on Oct 31, 2022 15:29:16 GMT
then there is always the option to share material in other ways, if you feel that they might be at risk. That's why I was asking in another thread about when something would be considered public domain. I was really wondering that if, hypothetically, one were to post something on archive.org for example, would the BBC leave you alone if you stayed before a certain date or would it be stamped on regardless. Worst case, they have it taken down. Even on youtube, a lot of material stays up for decades, that is either condoned or that nobody cares about. (Although it's not transparent for me why other stuff gets pulled.) If I were for example to find the missing minutes of Half Hot Mum, it's actually not totally impossible, then I'd seriously consider posting that in two or three different places, because it would just be a fragment. BUT FIRST OF ALL I WOULD RETURN IT TO THE BBC. For the letter of the law it would still be a copyright violation, so officially, none of what I just wrote is any excuse. |
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