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Post by Gary Wilson on Oct 1, 2023 21:27:15 GMT
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Post by emjayf on Oct 1, 2023 23:37:35 GMT
I can't believe we have had no announcement of this find before? That would be amazing if all the lost episodes have suddenly turned up?!
MJ
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Post by Angel Amezquita (Angelgreat) on Oct 2, 2023 0:52:39 GMT
It's spreading fast.
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Post by Angel Amezquita (Angelgreat) on Oct 2, 2023 0:55:22 GMT
IDK how they found the missing 4 episodes. I know the first two episodes that were already in the archives were off-air copies made on the CV-2000 by Maurice Murphy. As for the other 4 that were just found, idk if they're also off-air or 16mm tele-recordings.
I suspect that Terry Burnett's collection could be related to this rediscovery.
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Post by richardlatto on Oct 2, 2023 6:42:37 GMT
IDK how they found the missing 4 episodes. I know the first two episodes that were already in the archives were off-air copies made on the CV-2000 by Maurice Murphy. As for the other 4 that were just found, idk if they're also off-air or 16mm tele-recordings. I suspect that Terry Burnett's collection could be related to this rediscovery. Not from Terry's collection. |
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Post by Joe Haynes on Oct 2, 2023 9:35:32 GMT
Having Booked the day off to do nothing, I have found something I will be doing today !
What an unbelievable find. With the 1948 show finds nearly completing the series and then this turning up complete, its been very exciting for Python fans!
Presumably, someone in the know could tell us how this was found? Fingers crossed for other series!
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Post by RWels on Oct 2, 2023 9:39:00 GMT
IDK how they found the missing 4 episodes. I know the first two episodes that were already in the archives were off-air copies made on the CV-2000 by Maurice Murphy. As for the other 4 that were just found, idk if they're also off-air or 16mm tele-recordings. I suspect that Terry Burnett's collection could be related to this rediscovery. No - those were regular copies. However episode 1 was originally recorded as two episodes, and those exist on CV2000. The latter two were re-edited into the first episode as broadcast. (All of these were 25 minutes, I'm not talking about any double episode. So the first episode "proper" contains about half of each of the two unused episodes.) |
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Post by RWels on Oct 2, 2023 9:40:40 GMT
Having Booked the day off to do nothing, I have found something I will be doing today ! What an unbelievable find. With the 1948 show finds nearly completing the series and then this turning up complete, its been very exciting for Python fans! Presumably, someone in the know could tell us how this was found? Fingers crossed for other series! There doesn't seem to BE anyone in the know! I mean I spotted a filmed insert at ITV some months ago but that was just a pre-credit quickie. So... I guess... no-one expected the Complete and Utter History...?  |
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Post by richardwoods on Oct 2, 2023 10:12:11 GMT
Incredible news! Makes you wonder if the original VT’s of the series have been sat in the ITV archive all along.
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Post by RWels on Oct 2, 2023 10:48:36 GMT
Incredible news! Makes you wonder if the original VT’s of the series have been sat in the ITV archive all along. First reports that I hear suggest it's film, so it may be "just" a telerecording. |
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Post by Gary Wilson on Oct 2, 2023 11:13:42 GMT
Yes, telerecordings.....for a series that apparently wasn't sold abroad!
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Post by richardwoods on Oct 2, 2023 11:20:41 GMT
Incredible news! Makes you wonder if the original VT’s of the series have been sat in the ITV archive all along. First reports that I hear suggest it's film, so it may be "just" a telerecording. I’m assuming black & white although the cover pictures suggest colour? |
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Post by emjayf on Oct 2, 2023 11:41:32 GMT
Yes, telerecordings.....for a series that apparently wasn't sold abroad! That is astonishing! I did think it had never been sold abroad! This is a find, if true, that I never expected back!! Also I didn't remember hearing about the 1948 returns! I bought that early 2000s DVD compilation but I hear there now is a much more complete version available now. Not bad for us fans of Python MJ |
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Post by RWels on Oct 2, 2023 12:19:52 GMT
Yes, telerecordings.....for a series that apparently wasn't sold abroad! Wasn't it sent to Hong Kong? |
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Post by RWels on Oct 2, 2023 12:20:53 GMT
I bought that early 2000s DVD compilation but I hear there now is a much more complete version available now. Not bad for us fans of Python MJ By the way, one "1948 Show" episode looks BETTER on that than it does on the BFI set... So keep both sets. |
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