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Post by robkeeley on Mar 10, 2024 8:46:41 GMT
A bit off target, but TPTV showed the 1963 episode 'Before the Ball' last night which ended on a cliffhanger (Andy shot) and then I discovered part two, 'The End of the Trail' doesn't exist! Could any Dixon aficionados tell me how it ended, please?! Many thanks.
(I'm aware Andy survived.)
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Post by John Green on Mar 10, 2024 12:00:57 GMT
Good question, Rob. I'm guessing that Andy doesn't hallucinate that he's in 2024!
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Post by Jon Preddle on Mar 10, 2024 21:37:08 GMT
Does anyone know why so little survives? Was it not sold overseas? Thanks Graham Yes, it would've helped if it had been picked uo overseas, but I believe it never was. The first 13 episodes from Series 16 were acquired by NZBC / New Zealand in late 1970, but only 11 of them went to air over 1971 to 1972 (although the prints were held, Obsession and Notify if Found were not screened). Eps 1,2 and 13 were also repeated. The two unaired eps were destroyed in 1971, Copper's Luck was sent to Australia in 1972, while all the others were destroyed in 1974. |
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Post by richardwoods on Mar 11, 2024 8:58:20 GMT
I always think that the loss of all those Dixon episodes is desperately sad as it represents a great example BBC family TV during a time that I, and I suspect a lot of others on here were growing up. Not to mention all the effort, time and money that went in to making them of course. It was also always there during a period of major social change and provided a reassuring anchor for many older people during that time.
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Post by John Green on Mar 20, 2024 11:25:13 GMT
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Post by alanreilly1978 on Mar 23, 2024 8:07:34 GMT
Yes,now only another 399 missing episodes to find,but as they were transmitted in 1954 probably live as well then junked afterwards,bit of a long shot typical bbc.
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Post by John Green on Mar 23, 2024 10:52:21 GMT
Always remembering that thousands of shows that were transmitted live, here and in the US survive as kinescopes/telerecordings.
"An early television recording made by filming the picture from a monitor screen; a kinescope."
Wiktionary
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Post by Peter Stirling on Mar 23, 2024 11:29:23 GMT
Always remembering that thousands of shows that were transmitted live, here and in the US survive as kinescopes/telerecordings. "An early television recording made by filming the picture from a monitor screen; a kinescope." Wiktionary Yes off topic but even The Twilight Zone went onto VT/kinescope for maybe a season?. Rod Serling (always battling the networks) was not happy about this cost-cutting arrangement and normal service was resumed. Be interesting if these have survived as some had said it brought a unique mood to the stories involved but for the majority, it was a definite no-no. Apparently, they utilized the first gen color cameras in B/W to maybe try and recover some money on the cameras which had proved fickle and unstable in color. . |
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Post by John Green on Mar 23, 2024 20:33:55 GMT
Oops. 'Duffy' is next Saturday. I was too eager! |
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Post by John Green on Mar 27, 2024 0:31:07 GMT
" New episodes of Dixon are being found all the time – so do keep your eye on the schedules." renownfilms.co.uk/Eh? Or even: Huh? |
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Post by richardwoods on Mar 30, 2024 15:56:15 GMT
Let’s hope so
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Post by davidstead on Mar 30, 2024 18:03:22 GMT
I wasn't all that impressed by Renown's own website either!
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Post by Gary Wilson on Mar 31, 2024 11:46:28 GMT
Always remembering that thousands of shows that were transmitted live, here and in the US survive as kinescopes/telerecordings. "An early television recording made by filming the picture from a monitor screen; a kinescope." Wiktionary Yes off topic but even The Twilight Zone went onto VT/kinescope for maybe a season?. Rod Serling (always battling the networks) was not happy about this cost-cutting arrangement and normal service was resumed. Be interesting if these have survived as some had said it brought a unique mood to the stories involved but for the majority, it was a definite no-no. Apparently, they utilized the first gen color cameras in B/W to maybe try and recover some money on the cameras which had proved fickle and unstable in color. . 6 episodes to be exact. Including the classic Christmas episode Night of the Meek. The limitations really hurt the episodes. All were recorded on vt and all retained as original vt. All released on official season sets and broadcast since. |
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Post by alanreilly1978 on Apr 10, 2024 21:40:52 GMT
Also cannot believe that they were wiping episodes that were even made in colour 1970-75,even if they could find them episodes it would be a start,looking at it
now it's ever so quaint for bbc lol.
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Post by sonnybh on Apr 12, 2024 21:20:09 GMT
Also cannot believe that they were wiping episodes that were even made in colour 1970-75,even if they could find them episodes it would be a start,looking at it now it's ever so quaint for bbc lol. I presume early colour video tape was expensive & often reused if the contents weren't considered essential to preserve. |
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