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Post by Angel Amezquita (Angelgreat) on Oct 12, 2023 18:05:48 GMT
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Post by Mike Goldwater on Oct 12, 2023 23:49:46 GMT
This is great news that another episode has been recovered, and a further episode that was incomplete is now complete in it's entirety again. It also sounds promising that a potentially better quality copy of 'The Phone' exists, than the already exisiting version that was recovered from a domestic recording back in 2001. All these recoveries are making my DVD boxset of the series look rather outdated.
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Post by Sue Butcher on Oct 13, 2023 4:33:02 GMT
At the last moment it's become a good year for vintage comedy.
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Post by sonnybh on Oct 13, 2023 20:32:53 GMT
It's good to know that episodes are still turning up.
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Post by Joe Haynes on Oct 14, 2023 13:14:25 GMT
These are amazing finds. easily In my top 5 most wanted. I can't believe this isn't being talked about more. After what felt like a few years of nothing, we have had some big hitters recently.
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Post by Alan Scott on Oct 14, 2023 15:47:46 GMT
This is very welcome news. Just over 20 years ago, only 2 complete episodes of the first run existed in the archives.
Sadly, with the demise of Network, the chances of a commercial release on DVD are extremely remote. Hopefully BBC4 will show them at some point.
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Post by John Green on Oct 14, 2023 18:33:44 GMT
These are amazing finds. easily In my top 5 most wanted. I can't believe this isn't being talked about more. I fokkowed the link, but wasn't sure that these were new finds, (Several dates were mentioned) not least because we've luckily had several Till Death announcements! |
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Post by Leighton Haberfield on Oct 15, 2023 8:45:50 GMT
Anyone know why it took five years to make this happen?
I am certainly not complaining, rather delighted in fact
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Post by brianfretwell on Oct 15, 2023 9:39:38 GMT
I read that it took a long time as they were 405 line domestic format recordings. Playing them back sucessfully must have been difficult with not many machines available and possibly several tries to get good results. Then they would have to be converted electronically to 625 line. Not an easy task or quick overall.
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Post by jamesvincent on Oct 15, 2023 10:50:49 GMT
I am surprised it can't be converted to a digital format from the tape then played on a computer (decoding the tape data). Perhaps there just isn't the need to write such software.
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Post by RWels on Oct 15, 2023 11:06:37 GMT
I am surprised it can't be converted to a digital format from the tape then played on a computer (decoding the tape data). Perhaps there just isn't the need to write such software. It's not a data tape. It's a video tape. Similarly, apparently you can't copy the 1s and 0s of a laserdisc, because it's a video signal, not data. |
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Post by John Green on Oct 15, 2023 13:38:46 GMT
This is very welcome news. Just over 20 years ago, only 2 complete episodes of the first run existed in the archives. Sadly, with the demise of Network, the chances of a commercial release on DVD are extremely remote. Hopefully BBC4 will show them at some point. Didn't Kaleidoscope release a late-in-the-day Doctor Findlay find? |
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Post by Gary Wilson on Oct 15, 2023 18:46:33 GMT
They have already confirmed they won't be doing a release of this, sadly. Didn't say why
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Post by richardwoods on Oct 16, 2023 8:44:20 GMT
Oh well, perhaps they will end up tagged as an extra on a DVD like the last one did with the film.
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Post by John Green on Oct 16, 2023 11:15:34 GMT
Oh well, perhaps they will end up tagged as an extra on a DVD like the last one did with the film. And the two Likely Lads episodes on that film's re-release. Hopefully, it's just Kal who said they won't be releasing it? I'd read it as any sort of disc release being ruled out. Hopefully, it is the former. |
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