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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 14, 2012 8:07:35 GMT
I heard on the radio a couple of days ago that British Gas were offering free loft insulation for older folk and were now also adding free loft clearance into the bargain.As the only realistic place for finding missing episodes is in the loft of people who stored them there many years ago and have long since forgotten about their existance,it would be a good idea to try and liaise with British Gas to let us know if they find any film prints.I doubt if they would pay much attention to an individual request but if it came from the BBC or an approved orginisation then who knows! I would also suggest a "finders fee" and perhaps an article in any newsletter that BG sends its staff.
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 11, 2012 15:20:18 GMT
How about trying to get the BBC to do another "treasure hunt" style show, even without the finders fee?
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 10, 2012 13:25:10 GMT
Yes,i've been Alistair Gordon long before Lethbridge-Stewart used my name!
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 10, 2012 5:51:17 GMT
We persuade the BBC (or an independant production company) to commission a monthly programme called "missing episodes hunt".The first programme would announce a pool of £1 M to be shared by everyone who returned an episode during the programmes run (1 share per returned item, so if we got 4 items back with one person returning 3 they would get £750,000).It would then have some stories about previous episode recoveries and interviews.There would be an update programme every month as well as a website detailing what was missing and what had been recovered giving the "share value" of each item. Each update programme would follow up leads and show extracts of what had been recovered. The series would last for 12 monthly shows and the final show would be a prizewinners edition. This format would cover ALL BBC shows but would concentrate on warmly remembered classics and still popular shows like Doctor Who. I realise that the BBC would baulk at paying out £1M as well as admitting that they had destroyed our national heritage but the sum is not great if it produces 12 1 hour TV shows (if no recoveries then the money could go to charity). What do people think, and how could we get the show made?
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 9, 2012 5:25:47 GMT
How would you deal with those who respond to your advert by saying that they have an episode,please send money and i'll post it to you (ie they're lying and trying to con you).Also, to expect an impoverished S.Leone to post you an item in the hope of a reward is equally fanciful.Ideally you should have a contact in the country (say the British High Council) who could verify the tape on the spot and a money transfer could follow,then they would probably prefer to send it straight back to the BBC.
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 7, 2012 5:30:34 GMT
Only 98 votes so far, lets get the century in the next 6 hours!
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 7, 2012 5:27:53 GMT
1 million Leones= £142, average wage in S.Leone very low so even a small finders fee would be enough.
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 3, 2012 5:30:17 GMT
All i can remember of the Massacre is being bored stiff of it as a child as i longed for them to get back to fighting monsters.Would be great to see it again as an adult!
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Sept 24, 2012 9:27:42 GMT
.....And maybe taped it on VHS!
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Sept 23, 2012 12:33:33 GMT
I have read this forum with interest but notice that all posts refer to finding either Doctor Who or titles of adventures (eg Marco Polo), but what if they have simply been misfiled under the episode title (eg The Roof Of the World)? Is it not possible that they could be just lying in an archive unnoticed or am i being naive?
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