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Post by richardwoods on Apr 25, 2024 9:28:18 GMT
Along with Weekend World possibly the best tv theme ever.
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 25, 2024 9:25:12 GMT
I wasn't sure if that was appreciated here because technically, it's a copyright grey area. But yes, that was the list that made me go, "with so many audio recordings, is there really no tape reel that covers this mute material"? Good point, sometimes you’ve just got to highlight the existence of material like this.
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 23, 2024 12:17:28 GMT
Has anything been heard about this? I am fascinated that it was on a 'computer tape' how does that work? A technical explanation please. Probably reused 1/2” computer tape wound on to 5” reel to reel spools. I believe computer tape, although apparently of lower grade, was cheaper and could give acceptable results for early home video. Tapes were extremely expensive back then.
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 3, 2024 18:08:18 GMT
Another wee bit of wiped - it's that 'Blue Peter for the pensioners' show again, Years Ahead featuring that most erst of erstwhiles Robert Dougall. How so? Is he really more erstwhile than anything else on the list? Well, as a child of the 60’s I would say that of course he was! 😉
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Post by richardwoods on Mar 31, 2024 17:31:34 GMT
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Post by richardwoods on Mar 30, 2024 15:56:15 GMT
Let’s hope so
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Post by richardwoods on Mar 11, 2024 8:58:20 GMT
I always think that the loss of all those Dixon episodes is desperately sad as it represents a great example BBC family TV during a time that I, and I suspect a lot of others on here were growing up. Not to mention all the effort, time and money that went in to making them of course. It was also always there during a period of major social change and provided a reassuring anchor for many older people during that time.
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Post by richardwoods on Mar 11, 2024 8:42:31 GMT
I used to use his forum back in the early 2000’s and found it an invaluable source of information. Sad to hear of his passing.
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Post by richardwoods on Jan 22, 2024 12:30:21 GMT
To start with the end: There was NO "extra" footage shown in the Netherlands when they aired I, Claudius: Zeus, by Jove. This concerns the scene, of course, where Caligula murders his sister in a fit of madness (one fit of many, or perhaps just one very long fit). Cuts were made at the last minute behind the director's back and an extra edit after broadcast. It was rumoured that a less edited version was shown in the Netherlands. Now first of all I must partly take responsability for keeping the idea alive in the first place. I occasionally mentioned it on message boards such as this. But it was reported, at the time, by director Paul Verhoeven in a newspaper article. That made it worth checking. People also reported details that they remembered seeing. But as mentioned above, it was a false hope. An off-air finally turned up in the Netherlands last year; but it was identical. So that's the end of that story. Only a UK off air tape might shed any light on what was edited after the premiere. (Maybe that was just the music and credits being matched better.) The only possible takeaway is that a scene like this can have a certain effect: Because a lot is implied, viewers will add that to their memory. I don't even think anyone lied deliberately. Secondly, it's still a horrible moment, and that probably led people to think they had seen the uncut version. I'm still glad that I followed up - thanks to M.F. for checking. Good bit of research, let’s hope an off air from the UK first broadcast turns up, unlikely as it is. Without wishing to start the debate off again, I’m convinced that the first screening was cut less but I do accept that the memory can cheat.
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Post by richardwoods on Jan 12, 2024 7:05:27 GMT
Don’t encourage him! 🤣🤣🤣. Only kidding 😉
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Post by richardwoods on Dec 14, 2023 14:55:56 GMT
One thing to note is how discoveries have changed in recent years.... When I started doing this in the latter part of the 2000s, and I hadnae got a Scooby of what I was doing I took advice from a lot of people; this was also around the time youtube started. A particular gent told me my discoveries were all 'rubbish' as they were on digital and not the original film/video tape. So for around six months I contacted uploaders to ask if they could send the original film/tape to whichever respective archive was appropriate. Most didn't reply. A significant percentage had disposed of the original film/tape for varying reasons and the digital copy was all that existed. I think there was only one case in which the actual film was returned. Anyway, I went back to the gent who was giving me advice and said 'look, most of these uploaders have disposed of the original film/tape, what do I do?'. He still maintained digital files were 'not good enough'. So I sent back a polite, but very sarcastic missive saying that should I ever find a Doctor Who and it was on a digital format only because the owner had transferred their film/tape because it was decaying, I'd take his advice word-for-word, reject it as 'rubbish' and bin it. He blocked me. That reminds me of my call to the BBC Treasure Hunt. “Yes, the radio programs you have are missing from the archive, but because they aren’t recorded at professional speed (15 IPS) and the content will no longer be suitable for broadcast, we don’t want them”. Not bad for missing children’s radio broadcasts recorded in high quality off FM.
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Post by richardwoods on Dec 14, 2023 14:41:23 GMT
Thanks Geoff, the TV Ark one is from the correct year & has the leaves. The main promo started in late summer from memory and had lively music running along with the leaves segmenting and going off screen. Clips of the new program offerings were then shown, with the leaves recombining and resegmenting between clips.
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Post by richardwoods on Dec 7, 2023 13:26:36 GMT
Slightly OT by a few months but does anyone know if the "Autumn on ITV" promo with the memorable "segmented leaves" and music survive. 1976 I think but could be a year out either way? Just in case anyone missed my question?
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Post by richardwoods on Nov 22, 2023 18:25:32 GMT
I'd be more interested if the country that phoned in the early 1990s, and which was told their copies were not wanted, really destroyed them or just left them somewhere under the stairs/propping up a table/for test film. But that sounds like one of the things that PM would check. Good point.
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Post by richardwoods on Nov 22, 2023 18:10:48 GMT
I wonder if an audio exists anywhere of the same concert that could be synched up?
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