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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jul 23, 2022 20:22:15 GMT
I noticed that the quality of these programmes shown on BBC4 the other evening was quite ropey, looking like videotapes with dropout, inconsistent colour etc. I have no problem with this, and was glad to see the reminders of my teen television watching. However, does this mean that BBC are not now being so fussy about the quality of stuff they are broadcasting in the nostalgia slots? How much stuff is there which now might see the light of day without the requirement (and cost) of tidying them up to be of broadcast quality? Here's hoping! Although not really my cup of tea it was good to see the Second City Firsts. The drop out was particularly noticeable on the Toyah Wilcox episode but so what? I am grateful to see such material and it would be a petty mistake to complain about the quality - and I realize you are not complaining, just commenting Brian. Some of a 1970s drama The Roads to Freedom in the same BBC4 slot this Wednesday. Unfortunately, with the imminent demise of BBC4 the decision to show rare archive material has surely come a bit too late. Some interesting bits and pieces on the BBC Rewind channel mind you, but not too many complete shows there.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jul 3, 2022 13:19:04 GMT
I'm also seriously concerned about Granny Crombie. Must have been a really traumatic move at her time of life...........................
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jul 2, 2022 13:41:36 GMT
Never mind that - I need to know what happened at Xmas!
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jun 29, 2022 16:31:45 GMT
An unclaimed Christmas gift leads to a minor mystery at Caulton Court.
Where is the occupant of the apparently empty flat on the twelve floor ?
Sounds like a rather intriguing Christmas mystery!
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jun 26, 2022 20:07:38 GMT
It was actually quite a good idea reflecting the times. New residents moving into the block, meeting new neighbours albeit from a similar background. Thus introducing the cast not only to each other but also to the viewers. The fifteen minute format does seem a bit odd though. I was always aware of The Newcomers from the mid 1960s although could not really recall much about it. I had always assumed, by the title, it was set in a New Town which again would see new friendships/rivalries formed among the families. Having seen a couple of episodes it was of course centred around just one family relocating from London. Still think the New Town scenario would have worked though, again topical for the 1960s.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jun 20, 2022 11:01:23 GMT
Far too many trailers - particularly on the BBC. And whatever happened to the news headlines at the start of the bulletin? Now you get a headline followed by a 20 second quote - more so on ITV. I sometimes feel I heard enough and don't need to sit through the broadcast. This `previewing' has been happening in documentaries for a few years now when you get the highlights at the start followed by the production - basically a trailer within the programme itself. When I mentioned this to one producer as my pet hate he said this style of opening fact based programmes was expected to be phased out and that he had been under pressure on a previous documentary series of his to do just that but he stuck to his guns allowing a couple of minutes more archive footage to be included. I agree about the trailers Ronnie and that's interesting in what you say about your chat to a producer about 'previewing' Re the news headlines, I hate the (boom boom sound on the BBC between them telling you what's coming up on tonight's news) just get on with telling us the news ! also the fact that the TV news lasts for a set time. I'd rather that the news could be 5 mins or 10 mins or 40 mins depending on what's happening but no; because it's a set time so they need to include non news stories and introduce their spin into the proceedings. I think the issue was William that - as with all productions - it will go through several edits before meeting the required 59 minutes or whatever. This obviously means material they would have like to have kept is reluctantly cut. Then having reached the magic figure to be told to insert a `preview'at the expense of more material was annoying but he fought and won his case. Re the news - if News at Ten still had its bongs after each headline today it would be around 10.10 before we got started! Hope you caught The Lost Final last night.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jun 17, 2022 21:18:01 GMT
Far too many trailers - particularly on the BBC. And whatever happened to the news headlines at the start of the bulletin? Now you get a headline followed by a 20 second quote - more so on ITV. I sometimes feel I heard enough and don't need to sit through the broadcast. This `previewing' has been happening in documentaries for a few years now when you get the highlights at the start followed by the production - basically a trailer within the programme itself. When I mentioned this to one producer as my pet hate he said this style of opening fact based programmes was expected to be phased out and that he had been under pressure on a previous documentary series of his to do just that but he stuck to his guns allowing a couple of minutes more archive footage to be included.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jun 6, 2022 14:25:54 GMT
Initially apparently only 15 minutes duration per episode. Found the theme here - soundcloud.com/transdiffusion/stvs-high-livingBased on that it does sound a bit too Brigadoon - possibly comedic? - for me, but like I said it seems to be fondly remembered when I enquire if anyone recalls the series.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jun 3, 2022 21:33:45 GMT
Not trying to steal Williams thunder.............. I don't recall the programme myself but whenever I mention it t to anyone of a certain age it appears to be fondly remembered. Yes there are no surviving episodes unfortunately, but..... When Missing Believed Wiped came to Edinburgh in 2013 Tony Currie was one of the speakers. I am fairly sure that it was High Living he was referring to when he said he knew of a former coleague who had one episode in their private collection.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on May 29, 2022 20:22:49 GMT
Not so long ago there were plans to make BBC4 an archive channel to make material more accessible to licence payers. Shortly after the announcement a columnist in Radio Times expressed her dissatisfaction at a repeats only channel and urged readers to contact the BBC to complain about the plans. Maybe she is happy now the channel will disappear from the schedules.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Mar 14, 2022 15:05:06 GMT
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Feb 1, 2022 11:51:07 GMT
I remember seeing the Pertwee/Yeti photo - or one from the same shoot - on the front page of the Daily Express long before Spearhead aired, so this ties in with Richards date of June 1969. Indeed I had it in a scrapbook for years which I can no longer find.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jan 27, 2022 15:13:36 GMT
What a bizarre thread. I can’t say that politics is a good thing to discuss here. It's not even about missing episodes. The five pages of this thread are pretty much dominated by around four individuals who clearly have strong feelings on the subject. Nothing wrong with that of course but there are plenty other places they could share or debate their views. Why not set up a group chat or chain email on some other medium where you can vent your feelings amongst yourselves? Ultimately it is of course up to the moderators if this continues.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jan 24, 2022 21:55:38 GMT
I'm not entirely unsympathetic to your opinion but labelling people vandals while calling things reputedly thus 'vandalized' or censored as 'just a' or not mattering is confusing. There used to be songs mocking various ethnic groups not by members of the those groups... they did have an effect upon society and are not played or performed anywhere for a reason. So... you want a discussion? Don't want a discussion? I can discuss, no problem, but suddenly you don't want one... or just from me? If people want to claim the musical part of Run For Your Life is well done that's fine, but like an old song in black dialect by a white singer, or any other racial dialect, it's words are entirely abusive, but based on the target's gender rather than race. Check the full words to it out sometime. The lyrics are one-note, contemporary (as in not 'folk'), make a point explicitly about not joking or meant in any way humourously but being borderline psychopathic, are demeaning and threatening of a woman's life that doesn't behave as desired, shows no self awareness or intention to cast the sentiments as abnormal or only part of something more (see There She Goes by Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground which has a shock to it that would hopefully cause reflection). I first came across the track in the early '80s and found the words genuinely shocking, especially from the group behind Sgt. Pepper's and Magical Mystery Tour which were practically children's albums. Er... the same childrens album which contains the lyric - `I used to be cruel to my woman and beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved....' ?
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jan 22, 2022 20:28:16 GMT
Only rumour I am aware of for that serial was printed by DWB in the mid to late 1980s. In the wake of a recovery - possibly Evil 2 and Faceless Ones 3 - the fanzine again highlighted the missing episodes. The editor received an anonymous letter from someone claiming to be in possession of Highlanders 2 and 4. They apparently had no plans to return them but would do so if another private collector surrendered two similarly missing episodes. I recall the episode numbers as it struck me they were the same as the surviving Moonbase prints.
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