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Post by johnstewart on Sept 15, 2008 19:21:22 GMT
Thanks for the response folks. I had a feeling the actual Meet the Kids programme would not exist but it was a shot in the dark. I know the programme was usually shown on Christmas Mornings on BBC 1 but I have feeling the programme I remember was broadcast at another bank holiday - probably whitsun 1968 because Rolf at the end of the clip turned to camera and said something like if you enjoyed that clip then the whole story will be shown on BBC 1 in a few weeks time. i.e. the full repeat following on from the Wheel in Space. I originally started this thread a) in the vain hope it might lead to the clip being recovered but b) because I have never seen it listed in any Who Histories. Of course the other programme that often showed clips was Points of View with Robert Robinson. The earliest clip I can remember was the fight sequence from the last episode of the very first story. The next was the end of episode 5 of the Daleks as Elyon was taken by a whirlpool. Ironically, POINTS OF VIEW has a better survival rate for the early period, though the featured story isn't missing. BTW see my previous post, one edition of MEET THE KIDS does exist but a much earlier example. |
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Post by johnstewart on Sept 15, 2008 19:35:52 GMT
I think Meet The Kids was the first programme on in the morning for a lot of those years in the '60s, John (and so nothing preceding it to record). So the only way for an excerpt to survive would be of the ending if the next show on was also a live one (and was t/r'd as it went out). I was thinking about this. The BBC did sometimes record big Church services, and some were transmitted on Xmas morning. Unfortunately the clip segment described would be bang in the middle of the show though. I had a vague memory that MEET THE KIDS operated sometimes as a sort of link to other programmes? I.E. It would be already started most of the years we turned on so may have started about 9.30 while we were still raking through the presents. I thought some years they said about 10.30, 'we're now taking a break a programme after which at 11.00 we'll be going over to - - hospital'. I.E. a link to a different hospital? It would increase chances of a bit turning up. For those who may never see the physical evidence of that period of the shows though I recall this. About 1966 - Leslie Crowther being handed over to waiting after a voice over announcement. Something like (smiling after looking out of corner of eye waiting for link); 'Hello and welcome to Great Ormond Street childrens Hospital. And today we'll be meeting some of those children who unfortunately cannot be at home this year for Christmas and hopefully cheer them up and make this Christmas a special one for them'. Crowther would be standing close to the screen from waist up; with the ward behind and usually a couple of beds with one with draped curtains round it. He would then walk over and the camera would cut to another from the side of the childs bed with him walking into shot with the mike. 'Hello! what's your name?' I recall him sitting on the edge of the bed looking down. And for some reason a boy with his head in bandages in dressing gown. There was also I think a link to other people 'we're now going over to Jimmy Tarbuck who's in ward 2 with some more children'. I seem to recall Tarbuck and Gerry Marsden helping out. I think they also taked to the nurses and Doctors about their work. It was electronic O/B and you could see natural light cast through a window. I recall sometimes it could be distressing or embarassing as the child would be grumpy and refuse to talk; fold their arms and turn over in front of the cameras. Crowther handled this very well 'Oh dear' then use humour. Others I recall like Jimmy Saville and Rolf Harris (c. 1969 - 70) laughed it off but were clearly embarassed. Leslie Crowther had a real way with kids and endearing audiences. |
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Post by johnstewart on Sept 21, 2008 19:42:19 GMT
I also sort of recall the typical clothes the presenters wore for these shows.
My minds eye seems to see Rolf Harris dressed in one of the same suit jackets or Naval breast buttoned blazer and tie he wore for 'Two little boys'.
Crowther always looked like one of those men typically seen on 1960s knitting patterns; dressed in plain knitted jumpers or cardigans. About 1967 I recall in CRACKERJACK he started wearing a suit and tie instead. For the Hospital programmes he was in a plainer jumper with a round neck which would hide the white shirt underneath bar collar so any tie wouldn't really be seen. He seemed very relaxed.
For some reason I do remember another of these in the 1970s where Jimmy Saville was dressed as Father Christmas; but suspect this was a 'Clunk click' or Jim'll fix it' special. (I.E. similar but not 'Meet the kids').
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Post by johnstewart on Oct 12, 2008 20:45:12 GMT
From memory, Meet The Kids was always a BBC programme. First thing on BBC-1 on Christmas morning, it kept that slot for many years! Just out of interest Laurence do you recall if the show had any proper titles? Did it continue to the 70s as I recall? |
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Post by Pete Seaton on Oct 13, 2008 9:33:24 GMT
became Noels christmas presents didn't it
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2008 14:19:50 GMT
From memory, Meet The Kids was always a BBC programme. First thing on BBC-1 on Christmas morning, it kept that slot for many years! Just out of interest Laurence do you recall if the show had any proper titles? Did it continue to the 70s as I recall? Not sure about the titles; probably basic captions at the start and straight in, i'd guess. If there were captions, I don't think they were anything prominent. Yes, I think it ran into the '70s, although my main memories of it are from the mid - late '60s era with Leslie Crowther. |
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Post by Peter Chadwick on Nov 3, 2008 10:02:42 GMT
Can you imagine being a kid stuck in hospital at Christmas?. Then bloody Jimmy Tarbuck turns up. Oh, the humanity!!. ''Hello, operator, can I have the number for Childline, please?''.
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Post by Eric Lawton on Nov 3, 2008 11:11:28 GMT
If Tarbuck was present, then Kenny Lynch cant have been far away.
If I'd seen those two approaching me on Christmas morning, I'd ask Santa to bring me 2000mls of Morphine and 150mg of Valium.
Seriously though, even watching that programme as a child, was embarrassing. The sort of show you watched through your fingers.
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