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Post by John Wall on Sept 22, 2023 17:26:22 GMT
I'm curious if a list of employees could be assembled that worked the area where films were disposed and a neutral party reach out to them. Even if it's an add in a retired employee newspaper. But something to let them know, what was in the skip is appreciated now. Of interest to your query, William Russell once mentioned in DWM that he witnessed one employee leaving Broadcasting House with a wheelbarrow's worth of 16mm films, telling him nobody wanted them. He felt certain that a lot of this activity took place. I think that’s probably a bit of an exaggeration.
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Post by sonnybh on Sept 22, 2023 20:42:48 GMT
Does anyone know if the employee who swiped the first episode of Z Cars took anything else?
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Post by Tim Burrows on Sept 22, 2023 21:14:53 GMT
Does anyone know if the employee who swiped the first episode of Z Cars took anything else? Weren’t they found in Cyprus?
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Post by John Wall on Sept 22, 2023 22:17:55 GMT
Does anyone know if the employee who swiped the first episode of Z Cars took anything else? Weren’t they found in Cyprus? The employee or the episode?
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Post by sonnybh on Sept 23, 2023 13:04:13 GMT
Does anyone know if the employee who swiped the first episode of Z Cars took anything else? Weren’t they found in Cyprus?
This was around the time of the last series in 1978, but in the 1980s Paul Vanezis found the first few episodes in Cyprus.
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Post by andyparting on Sept 23, 2023 13:24:15 GMT
Weren’t they found in Cyprus? The employee or the episode? The wheelbarrow.
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Post by RossL on Sept 28, 2023 18:31:39 GMT
That’s rather miserable, you’d think they could send something saying that someone would like to contact them and giving the details. They could then choose whether they wanted to be contacted. John, the GDRP / data privacy laws are VERY strict - you can only hold data on someone as long as you have good reason to hold it. Once you have finished with the data not only are you not allowed to use it for anything else **you have to delete the data** Forget the idea of using pensions data or any other address data held by the BBC for sending letters asking about lost tv episodes. Its not going to happen, not because of anyone being awkward - but because legally its forbidden & the fines are big for breaches.
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