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Post by Ian Wegg on Mar 24, 2011 15:23:30 GMT
Should I approach them re JH, or would you like to do it, Ian? Please go ahead Ray. They tend to focus a lot on both nostalgia and countryside issues so I think you should have some success. ~iw.
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Post by Ian Wegg on Mar 23, 2011 13:45:44 GMT
The Petersfield Post (and its sister paper the Bordon Post which is actually the more local) has followed up today with a further half-page article, this time with a couple of screen grabs. I've scanned it again here: www.wegg.org/downloads/Longmoor2.pdf~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Mar 3, 2011 18:26:03 GMT
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Post by Ian Wegg on Mar 2, 2011 14:20:52 GMT
The 1950 Alistair Sim / Margaret Rutherford film The Happiest Days of Your Life was shot at Liss. Although Romsey was normally Wexford's Kings Markham, Petersfield was also used for some scenes. Just before the newly built A3 bypass around Petersfield was opened they filmed a motorway pileup episode of London's Burning on it.
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Post by Ian Wegg on Mar 2, 2011 14:01:18 GMT
Does anyone have any idea how many 'Out of Town''s are left archived? I read that there are 28 or so existing, which is a low figure for something that ran for around 20 years or so. I have heard from KAL that there were 34 x 2" tapes in the old LWT archive but very little details of what is on them. Their whereabouts now ought to be the ITV archive in Leeds. I've read in a couple of places that "the last two series survive". I've constructed a draft episode list of the final 1980/81 series and this contained 21 episodes. Possibly the penultimate series was the more standard 13 episode run giving the figure of 34? There are three more in the NFTVA. The three Lacewing / Limehouse Old Country series were commissioned by Channel 4 and were all new. ... More generally, what would become of the masters of programmes commissioned by Channel 4? Are they held by Channel 4 or the independent company (in this case, long gone) who made them? To answer my own question, I have had a reply from Channel 4 that their "rights" to Old Country expired in 1988. I'm guessing that is a way of saying that they don't hold material they have no rights for. ~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Mar 2, 2011 13:35:03 GMT
Over the years this event has been the subject of several articles and much correspondence in my local paper ( The Petersfield Post). There a lot of people down here who remember it but I never imagined I'd ever be able to see it. The Petersfield Post today have dedicated half a page to an article on this film, including a link to the APTS YouTube channel. ~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Feb 17, 2011 17:28:28 GMT
The C4 series reused old Southern film inserts with Limehouse recorded Jack intros. It's these episodes which are out on dvd, not the original Southern ones. I'll admit until recently I thought that too (in fact I even say as much a few replies back) but I've discovered it's not true. The three Lacewing / Limehouse Old Country series were commissioned by Channel 4 and were all new. Stan Brehaut decided to stay with TVS so the filming was done instead by Steve Wagstaff. There is a full list of the episodes in the BFI database ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/11543. The few that have the same names as OOT episodes are still different programmes. On the Vimeo website, referenced above, are a couple of examples: Farm Sale and Cider Making - you can compare the OoT and OC versions. Apart from the subject matter they are completely different. I've only just realised this, hence my question. More generally, what would become of the masters of programmes commissioned by Channel 4? Are they held by Channel 4 or the independent company (in this case, long gone) who made them? ~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Feb 15, 2011 22:12:15 GMT
A related query about Jack Hargreaves' follow on series, "Old Country".
These were made in 1983 - 1985 by Lacewing / Limehouse Studios for Channel 4. I assume they still exist somewhere, does anyone know where they would be?
~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Feb 14, 2011 22:18:33 GMT
Excellent!
Over the years this event has been the subject of several articles and much correspondence in my local paper (The Petersfield Post). There a lot of people down here who remember it but I never imagined I'd ever be able to see it.
~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Feb 10, 2011 6:52:13 GMT
Absolutely agree. I have only had one VHS tape out of about 200 fail in over 30 years. Even the oldest and the most frequently used still play perfectly.
~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Feb 6, 2011 21:43:57 GMT
You're right it's not a shed, although it's not exactly a studio either. It is Meonstoke Village Hall which was hired for recording new link material for the video releases.
The original series were, of course, recorded in the Southern Television studios at Northam. An ex-Southern employee over on the m-club reported that Cliff Mitchelmore once had to broadcast the nightly news programme "Day By Day" from a corner of the "shed" due to a strike by scene shifters.
The three series of "Old Country" for Channel 4 were made at Limehouse Studios in London.
The only episode that was recorded in one of Jack's actual sheds was the special made for Meridian's "Southern Gold" programme in 1994, which was filmed at his home in Dorset.
~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Feb 5, 2011 19:22:47 GMT
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Post by Ian Wegg on Feb 3, 2011 17:41:45 GMT
As I'm sure you know, Jack reused the old films on his post-Southern series, such as Old Country on Channel 4 and the videos that were also broadcast as Out of Town in the eighties. He also used some old clips in his later original series including one each week in the penultimate series in 1980/81. Your second YouTube link is taken from Out of Town episode 6 which is available on DVD volume 2. That first link is interesting though. According to Jack's biography Ringwood Market was first broadcast in November 1976. It doesn't appear on the commercial releases. Jack's stepson (Simon Baddeley) has been uploading various episodes on his Vimeo channel at vimeo.com/channels/164955/. ~iw [edit]: The first clip is from the commercial release, it is from episode 7 Market Day
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Post by Ian Wegg on Feb 3, 2011 16:23:46 GMT
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Post by Ian Wegg on Dec 24, 2010 22:51:40 GMT
I don't claim to be an expert but I have transferred all my 8mm film by pointing a video camera at a screen. The results aren't bad but the two main problems are darkness at the edges where the light source is weaker, and a pulsating effect caused by the different frame rates. I don't see either on this clip.
I remember The Magic Boomerang very well, it was great to see this clip after all these years.
~iw
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