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Post by maxormark on Sept 16, 2007 9:02:23 GMT
In the course of a decluttering session the other day, I came across a cassette tape I must have recorded as a teenager in the mid-70s with a one-off comedy drama called: "Hello. Are You There?"
Written by and starring Peter Jones, it's the story of a man trying to use a public phone to arrange an alibi with a friend over some marital indescretion. The comedy comes from a series of conversations on crossed lines as the Jones character gets increasingly desperate. It also stars Harry Taub, Miriam Margoyles and Victor Spinetti. The director was David Hatch.
I've tried to research this and come up with nothing and it makes me wonder if this is one of these famous "lost recordings".
On the B-side is another one-off comedy sketch show -- "Out Of My Head" -- by a guy from West Bromwich called Chris Allen. Others featured include Denise Coffey, Alison Steadman and Royce Mills. I've drawn a blank with that too.
I'd be interested if anyone has any more information on either recording or indeed any suggestions on what I should do with the tape itself.
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Post by Ed Brown on Sept 16, 2007 14:50:27 GMT
The Peter Jones recording looks to be a lost item. There is nothing in the BBC's programme catalogue under Peter's name that looks to be this programme. catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/contributor/1358There's nothing listed for Harry Towb, either, that might be this. catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/contributor/6028Alison Steadman's surviving radio work does not include the programme you mention, so this is apparantly a lost item too. catalogue.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/contributor/13641If you want to share these recordings, digitise them and upload them to usenet (alt.binaries.sounds.radio.bbc) or to the Internet Archive (www.archive.org). You could send a copy of the cassette to the BBC archives, addressed to: Treasure Hunt, BBC Sound Archive, PO BOX 30871, London W12 6GL
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Post by Richard Harrison on Sept 18, 2007 12:57:34 GMT
maxormark- I'd be very interested in doing a digital transfer of this (the BBC may well take an eternity to do anything). Please drop me an E-Mail at richtharr@freenet.co.uk Thanks! Richard. PS- Can sort you out with something of interest as well.
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