Lost TV: List of soundtrack recordings

[Andy Henderson]

After negotiation and permission, I've been able to post this list of the first half of Mike Hogg's soundtrack collection. The items at the end (marked 'Yes') were taken for the BBC Sound Archives. It's an impressive list and what is quite remarkable is the clarity of these. They sound superb. The list is as is and has been annotated by the archives:

08/11/64 The Royal Variety Performance - Held on 16mm film
recording
12/11/64 Top of the Pops - No holdings *
25/11/65 Top of the Pops (100th edition?) - No holdings *
25/11/65 The Val Doonican Show - No holdings, but we do have
16mm film recording for 25/11/67 *
26/11/65 Tito Gobbi (introduces Great Characters in
Opera-Scarpia) - Held on 35mm film recording
02/12/65 Top of the Pops - Promo VT of Beatles 'We can work
it out' only
02/12/65 The Val Doonican Show - No holdings *
06/12/65 Tonight in Person (The Seekers) - No holdings. Is
this the same as below?? *
06/12/65 Carnival is Over - No holdings. Is this the same as above??
06/12/65 Billy Cotton - Tribute to Glen Miller - No holdings.
Can't find TX in the Radio Times. Radio?*
23/11/63 Thank Your Lucky Stars (feat. The Rolling Stones) - ITV
2?/11/63 Kennedy's Funeral - Held on 16mm film recording
20/11/63 Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen - No holdings - not BBC
on that date.
22/11/63 Ready Steady Go (ITV?) - ITV
22/11/63 News of Kennedy Assassination - Could be ITV or BBC.
We don't have bulletin. *
02/11/65 Music On Two - No holdings *
04/11/65 The Val Doonican Show - No holdings *
06/11/65 Thank Your Lucky Stars (ITV?) - ITV
12/11/65 Gala Performance - No holdings*
13/11/65 Kathy Kirby (featuring Cliff Richard) - Not BBC on
that day. Was a series featuring Kathy Kirby at this time, but not weekly.
An edition went out 20/11/65 but not featuring Cliff. *
18/11/65 The Val Doonican Show - No *
20/09/65 Best of Both Worlds - Stanley Black and his
Orchestra - No holdings. Repeat from BBC2 of 28/6/64.*
28/03/6? Fifty Years of the RAF - Held on 16mm complete film.
28/09/65 Northern Bandstand (Besses O' The Barn Band) Radio?
- Radio programme, North Region. *
06/10/65 Cliff Richard and the Shadows (ATV) - ITV
??/06/65 Royal Philharmonic Society Concert (Radio-VHF1) - ?*
??/??/?? Top of the Pops (featuring Sandie Shaw/Cliff
Richard) - ? *
??/06/65 Best of Both Worlds - Robert Farnon and his Orchestra - Hold 16mm F/R for this title tx'd 10/01/65, repeated on 07/06/65
of prog from 01/11/64.
12/06/65 Joan Baez in Concert - Held on 16mm F/R
13/06/65 Cliff Richard and the Shadows (ITV) - ITV

25th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain - tx xx/xx/65 - Yes
The Black & White Minstrel Show - xx/10/63 - Yes
Look North - Signature Tune - xx/10/63 - Yes
The Springfields - Last show - 6/10/63 - Yes
The Beatles - Palladium - 13/10/63 (poss ATV)
The Black & White Minstrel Show - 20/10/63 - Yes
Top Of The Pops - 16/2/64 - Yes

[William Martin]

15th sept is battle of britain day and its usualy held within a day or so of that date so perhaps the battle of britain broadcast was around about this date.

[John Ridley]

Hello There

I find it quite suprising that the BBC sound archive did'ent take copys of the recordings of the 12/11/64 and
25/11/64 editions of Top of the Pops but considering what i've heard about the research staff at the BBC espeically at the TOTP office itself, i'm not totally aasstounded, the recording of The Royal Phillamonic from **/06/1965 probably would be from either the Home Service or the Light Programme as radio 1 i belive started in 1966 or 1968.

as for the News bulletins realating to the kennedy asssitantion i can relate one or two facts about the BBC coverage to you Early Bulletins before the Death was annouced were very short and were most likely confined to newsflash's (the programme on the air when the Death was annouced was TONIGHT with Cliff michellmore) This bulletin was presented by a news reader called John Roberts who said simply "The Voice of America has just announced that President Kennedy is dead" before the bulletin ended

I know very little about the coverage over on ITV some regions i understand closed down inculding TWW and WWN (Iris Jones being Continuity Annoucer that Afternoon acording to the Transdiffusion website) defering to the BBC news while Granada stayed on the air for its Scene At 6:30 regional news programme, The assaination was also covered on Rediffusion London and also i belive with Bulletins from ITN although im un-certain what the contents of these were i can tell you that itv annouced the death in a newsflash at 1900 half an hour behind the BBC.

Would it be possible to post some Notes of excatly what this tape contained in order that some one here might be able to identify it

[Andy Henderson]

Sorry, I've been away and couldnt reply earlier than this. Thanks for the extra info about the Kennedy material. Most of these tapes are not locked away out of easy reach, but I will try and find out more. The BBC did cherry pick, but then again, most of the archives do! Sometimes they need to be persuaded to take a film or tape (true!!).

[williammcgregor]

Does anyone know if, all the soundtracks listed above, are named on TV Brain against the missing episode please?

[williammcgregor]

The Val Doonican Show 4/11/65, 18/11/65, 25/11/65 and 2/12/65, all listed as Missing on TV Brain

Thank Your Lucky Stars 23/11/63 and 6/11/65 both listed as Missing

None of these mention that audio exists, so the above audio of these episodes might not be known about?