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Post by Mark Brown on Dec 4, 2006 15:36:52 GMT
I am trying to find out about one of the BBC Christmas Tapes that was
aired between 1979-84.
Basically in one of these tapes they did a sendup of the Royal Family
which was leaked to The Sun who did a piece about it that created a bit
of a stir.
I've almost googled myself to death trying to find out anything at all
about it, all we really need is a date so that we can look up the
article through The Sun archive (otherwise you have to pay for a researcher
at The Sun to find out for you).
If you have any ideas I would be most grateful.
Many thanks,
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Post by Col on Dec 4, 2006 17:51:20 GMT
send me an email at skaro1963@aol.com
regards
Col
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Post by Dan S on Dec 8, 2006 1:39:33 GMT
I am trying to find out about one of the BBC Christmas Tapes that was aired between 1979-84. None of them were aired, the vt engineers made the videos for their own amusement and played them at their xmas party. The one you're thinking of was "White Powder Christmas" (1978) in which they edited an interview with Princess Anne to make it look like she was being interviewed by David Coleman and talking about sex. The Sunday People got hold of a copy of the video and the front page of the 31 Dec 1978 issue bore the headline "ANNE TELLY SPOOF SHOCK FOR BBC". The following years Christmas tape, "Good King Memorex" (1979) included a spoof commercial for the Sunday People and all the vt engineers in the video were wearing t-shirts with the front page printed on them. |
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Post by RWels on Mar 7, 2008 11:48:32 GMT
So if you are looking for bloopers from a specific series, it would be a good idea to check the xmas tape from that year?
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Post by Robert Manners on Mar 7, 2008 16:30:20 GMT
So if you are looking for bloopers from a specific series, it would be a good idea to check the xmas tape from that year? Well only for the first few years, as they changed styles by 1984 so you got more in house jokes ans sendups ;D |
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Post by eric lawton on Mar 7, 2008 16:48:31 GMT
How many of these are "floating around"? Ive got 4 or 5 from the late 70s / early 80s, but I believe theres about 20+ years worth doing the rounds. LOVE some of the clips in these compilations. The "Legs and Co" clip with the VT Boys being possibly my favourite.
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Post by jonny on Mar 7, 2008 18:34:22 GMT
yeh the nice legs shame bout the face one!!
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Post by Dan S on Mar 8, 2008 15:33:52 GMT
How many of these are "floating around"? I'd like to know that too? When was the first one and when was the last? It seems that 1978 & 1979 are the most widely circulated because of the Dr Who clips they contain. |
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Post by Peter Bradford on Mar 9, 2008 8:52:57 GMT
yeh the nice legs shame bout the face one!! nice legs, shame about the chroma phase... if i recall? |
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Post by Robert Manners on Mar 9, 2008 23:40:38 GMT
well at my house I have all 20 tapes 1978 -1998, there was no tape for 1983 ~ never found out why!
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Post by Robert Manners on Mar 9, 2008 23:59:48 GMT
In case anyone is interested, here's the list of tapes produced by the BBC VT department (now post production) over the 20 years:-
1978 - White Powder Christmas
1979 - Good King Memorex
1980 - LITTLE PARCELS
1981 - VT XMAS PARTY TAPE!
1982 - FLASH FRAMES
1983 - (no tape)
1984 - KEVINS NEW JOB!
1985 - REVENGE FROM OUTER-SPACE
1986 - MAN IN A RAINCOAT
1987 - VT CHRISTMAS NEWS / QUESTIONABLE SPORTS
1988 - ARENA THE CHRISTMAS TAPE STORY
1989 - SEX, LIES, & CHRISTMAS TAPE - THE SPECIAL EDITION
1990 - CHANNEL 19 BBC BASEMENT
1991 - CHANNEL 19 BBC BASEMENT II (the “II†suffix is just for identification and doesn’t appear on screen)
1992 - POST PRODUCTION CHRISTMAS TAPE 1992 (no real on-screen title, this is from the clock)
1993 - GRIM FAIRY TALES
1994 - DICK! A MAJOR CONSPIRACY
1995 - FUN NIGHT
1996 - “DIGITAL WONDERLANDâ€
1997 - NOT THE 24 HOUR NEWS
1998 - THE A TO Z OF CHRISTMAS TAPES
These are from the VT countdown clocks
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Post by jeffbooth on Apr 5, 2014 16:45:49 GMT
[Trading request deleted.]
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Post by peterhuffman on Aug 10, 2014 4:55:57 GMT
In case anyone is interested, here's the list of tapes produced by the BBC VT department (now post production) over the 20 years: Apologies for the bump - wasn't there a sort of proto-Xmas tape produced at Lime Grove sometime in the mid-60s? |
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Post by Rob Moss on Aug 10, 2014 9:14:08 GMT
No trading on the forum, please. Any questions about this, please send me a Private Message, as that's ANOTHER WAY TO TALK TO OTHER MEMBERS ABOUT THINGS.  |
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Post by RWels on Aug 10, 2014 15:09:30 GMT
Apologies for the bump - wasn't there a sort of proto-Xmas tape produced at Lime Grove sometime in the mid-60s? A website I can't immediately remember the address of said that it started with film and only later became VT. Of course, of the film there was only ever 1 copy so those are unlikely to survive. |
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