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Post by Paul Vanezis on Feb 13, 2010 15:41:27 GMT
Hi all,
A bit of early 2010 good news. On Monday this week, an edition of the BBC series 'Scene' entitled 'Let There Be Light' written by Alan Plater was returned to the BBC studios at the Mailbox in Birmingham. The film was one of three black and white 16mm optical sound films returned by the Media Archive for Central England at the University of Leicester, the other two being already surviving editions of Play School.
The films were supplied to the University by BBC Enterprises in the 1970's.
Regards,
Paul
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Post by davemachin on Feb 13, 2010 16:40:54 GMT
Thanks for telling us, Paul. A bit of good news. Can you say what the date of the episode is? Is Scene fairly complete in the archives or are many missing? I only know about the drama episodes which seem to mainly exist. Is this a rare drama missing item?
Dave
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Feb 13, 2010 17:52:48 GMT
Is this a rare drama missing item?Dave Well, it was missing, so I guess quite rare as there's only one copy! No idea of TX dates, but no doubt those details will be filled in when accessioned into the main archive. Paul |
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Post by Rob Moss on Feb 13, 2010 18:15:39 GMT
It raises the question of what else was supplied by BBC Ents to Universities - presumably these records have been checked where they still exist..?
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Post by Rich Cornock on Feb 13, 2010 18:40:38 GMT
according to lostshows.com
Out of an original total of 91 episodes, 4 episodes are missing and 5 others exist on formats inferior to the original.
22.01.70 Let There Be Light (missing)
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Post by cperry on Feb 13, 2010 18:55:51 GMT
Great news Paul. :-)
c
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Post by davemachin on Feb 15, 2010 12:39:19 GMT
Is this a rare drama missing item?Dave Well, it was missing, so I guess quite rare as there's only one copy! Paul Hi Paul. No, I meant is it a rare case of a Scene drama edition being missing (i.e. are most of the other drama orientated editions existing or are there others wiped too?). Dave |
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Post by Joe Haynes on Feb 15, 2010 13:30:36 GMT
Good to hear this has been found. We should make a list for all finds this year and keep it updated
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2010 15:08:22 GMT
Consider it done! It's in the general TV section.
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Post by Joe Haynes on Feb 15, 2010 17:48:06 GMT
Thanks alot Laurence. Its great to look back at the year. Also could you add The Goodies clip? Cheers
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Post by davemachin on Feb 17, 2010 10:48:03 GMT
What was the Goodies clip that was found, Joe? I have forgotten the details of this one if it was reported here.
Dave
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Post by Phil Leach on Feb 17, 2010 15:44:47 GMT
I'd like to thank Kaleidoscope for their Lost Shows website as it was via that source that I identified it as a missing 'Scene' when it came into MACE. Even for us working in 'the trade' it's not always easy to find out what's what in archive TV. So thanks guys.
Phil Leach
Media Archive for Central England
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Post by Joe Haynes on Feb 17, 2010 19:05:00 GMT
What was the Goodies clip that was found, Joe? I have forgotten the details of this one if it was reported here. Dave I believe it was found in australia just like last years clip. Its a scene about cereal. the episode exists but this scene didnt |
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Post by davemachin on Feb 18, 2010 14:26:47 GMT
Thanks Joe. I have just seen the details on the 2010 recoveries list in the thread on this forum!
Thank you too to Phil Leach for identifying the Scene edition as missing and managing to get it back to the BBC. We need more recoveries like this.
Dave
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Post by LanceM on Feb 18, 2010 15:30:30 GMT
As was stated in the aforementioned thread response by Phil Leach who stated his thanks to Kaleidoscope as well,as was their great search database which recognized this material to be missing from the archives through a search on lostshows.com.Many thanks to all here who are trying so tirelessly to research and attempt to recover this classic material for future generations! ;D
Thanks for posting news here in regards to this fascinating discovery.As has been mentioned elsewhere already,2010 is off to a great start with The Goodies footage being found in Australia,the Bus Stop TOTP 66 footage,No Hiding Place (1962,20min footage),add to that this edition of Scene,hope this trend holds thought the year!Great work to all involved here in all of these discoveries, as well is great as well that a thread section of the site has been set up to showcase recovered materials for 2010,sterling stuff as they say!Excellent work again here!
Cheers,Lance.
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