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Post by Robert Manners on Apr 23, 2007 0:35:36 GMT
When episode six "Out of Mind" that was originally scheduled for broadcast on 13/10/1969, was dropped from the schedules and was never rescheduled. It was subsequently, destroyed during the BBC's archive purge and thus has never been broadcast. Does anyone know if it was tele-recorded by BBC enterprises for overseas sales and if so therefore could it have found its way back to an individual or be in a TV station archive out there some were still. I know that some of the above is wishful thinking however just to know it was made available and sold to some countries by BBC Enterprises is enough rather than it just been made then wiped  |
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Post by hartley967 on Apr 23, 2007 10:34:52 GMT
The production is a shambles so I might be wrong- but very doubtful it had overseas sales? let alone finish its transmission run.
The directing is atrocious, the title sequence for a start looks like an ad for Shell or Esso rather than the BBC's answer to UFO.
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Post by Robert Manners on Apr 23, 2007 13:24:51 GMT
The production is a shambles so I might be wrong- but very doubtful it had overseas sales? let alone finish its transmission run. The directing is atrocious, the title sequence for a start looks like an ad for Shell or Esso rather than the BBC's answer to UFO. The four episodes that survive in the BBC archives have the ‘Distributed by BBC Enterprises’ world logo at the end of them so this would imply that they were originally made to support the overseas sales market at the time. With this in mind I would have thought the other episodes would have been film recorded too from the original 2” Quad 405 line low band videotapes. Due to “Out of Mind" been originally scheduled for broadcast on 13/10/1969 then dropped from the schedules I was not sure if it was film recorded for BBC Enterprises. I have read of and known of occurrence were a program has had a 16mm tele-recording made of it at least a month in advance of its UK transmission for example Adam Adamant lives ‘A Sinister Sort of Service’. So with this in mind it could have been sold to customer of ‘Enterprises’ in advance of it been dropped from the schedules. < The production is a shambles> I would agree it’s not what you would call a series with excellent polished production values, however with regards to your statement < very doubtful it had overseas sales> You could be correct however general viewing does seem to show that this would not have been due to Enterprises not having prints of the first four episodes at least!  |
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Post by LanceM on Apr 27, 2007 4:30:35 GMT
For those who have never heard of this series, and would like to make up their minds for themselves here is the first 9 minutes of the first episode of Counterstrike: King's Gambit as seen on TV screens in 1969: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgFfSHZ7o6gI think it looked neat, would like to see the other existing episodes. Do any standalone clips or segments exist for this series ? Hope you enjoyed the clip. Lance. |
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Post by William Martin on Apr 27, 2007 10:17:31 GMT
nice, by the way was it made in black and white? as the broadcasts would have just preceded the start of colour on bbc1.
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Post by Andrew Martin on Apr 27, 2007 15:36:35 GMT
Yes, it was one of the last BBC drama series made in b/w, which was probably one reason the postponed episode was never shown.
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Post by Andrew Martin on Apr 27, 2007 15:37:55 GMT
Do any standalone clips or segments exist for this series ? Hope you enjoyed the clip. Lance. No, just the first four episodes are known to exist, no clips, trailers etc. |
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Post by Robert Manners on Apr 29, 2007 14:20:13 GMT
Yes, it was one of the last BBC drama series made in b/w, which was probably one reason the postponed episode was never shown. Did the postponed episode ever get film recorded for overseas sales Andrew or would it sadly have just been wiped or lost when its videotape became of no use anymore? |
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Post by Andrew Martin on Apr 29, 2007 17:29:21 GMT
I imagine the whole series would have been made into telerecordings if the first four were (and the non-transmission of that episode in the UK might not have any bearing on its saleability), the programme file in BBC Written Archives would possibly mention that, but I'm afraid I don't have easy access to those details.
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Post by Robert Manners on May 1, 2007 17:17:32 GMT
<the programme file in BBC Written Archives would possibly mention that, but I'm afraid I don't have easy access to those details> Andrew you have spoilt it for me now, I thought there was no avenue closed to a man like you! what can I say now  |
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Post by Andrew Martin on May 1, 2007 18:36:37 GMT
Well, I could either phone Caversham up and ask them to research it for me (expensive, and I'm not really allowed to spend the licence payers' money like that) or I could spend my own money going there and checking the details out - not something I do every day I'm afraid, but next time I'm due to go there I'll try to remember to have a delve in the files...
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Post by Robert Manners on May 3, 2007 18:00:38 GMT
Well, I could either phone Caversham up and ask them to research it for me (expensive, and I'm not really allowed to spend the licence payers' money like that) or I could spend my own money going there and checking the details out - not something I do every day I'm afraid, but next time I'm due to go there I'll try to remember to have a delve in the files... See I new you were best really and was only trying to make you reveal your true powers of research  |
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Post by Robert Manners on Sept 26, 2012 18:01:09 GMT
Do any standalone clips or segments exist for this series ? Hope you enjoyed the clip. Lance. No, just the first four episodes are known to exist, no clips, trailers etc. Shame nothing new has popped up over the last few years. |
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Post by Richard Bignell on Sept 26, 2012 18:10:03 GMT
There were a number of 1968/69 dated BBC 1/4" location sound reels from Counterstrike sold on eBay last week.
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Post by Robert Manners on Sept 26, 2012 18:17:47 GMT
never spotted the listing, odd one to see pop up on ebay to for a series with very little else to support it.
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