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Post by John W King on Jun 29, 2009 7:52:44 GMT
I am currently transferring most of my old VHS tapes onto DVD and finding some lost personal treasures:- e.g. That's TV entertainment - BBC at 50, Aspel and Company - Paul McCartney, Tracy Ulman and Michael Aspel singing That'll be the day. Selections from BBCs Lime Grove Day.
The dilemma I have is that I will need to dispose of these old tapes...... How can I be certain I do not have any thing "missing"? (I started with VHS in 1985 but began in 1980 with V2000).....After transferring to DVD do I simply send my tapes to landfill or do I list on this forum what I have recovered? I am, of course, talking about material that I know hasn't been commercially released or I am certain does still exist. I am mainly talking about live transmissions, one off programmes rather than series. I doubt if I have anything really missing but I'm not certain. I think I still have to transfer Top of the Pops at 25, TotP '67, some Nationwide Dr who interviews, BSB Doctor Who week end (special interviews etc.) and at least 400 - 500 other videos!
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Post by John W King on Jun 26, 2009 9:14:08 GMT
I've recently been trying to get the I'm Sorry I'll Read that again volumes 1- 4 on CD (BBC Audio Collection) but everywhere I look (Waterstones, Play.com) it seems to be unavailble. Amazon do have it for the woefully exorbitant price of £89.00++++
Has this item been discontinued? It was only issued in 2007.
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Post by John W King on May 28, 2009 7:29:00 GMT
I'm probably too late to have it included on the upcoming DVD release ..... but way back in 1969 I made a direct line recording onto open reel of the soundtrack to "The War Games". At the end of the 10th and final episode the announcer says over publicity still of Jon Pertwee:-
"Doctor Who will return in the new year with Jon Pertwee as the Doctor." The screen faded to black for a moment before a strange saucer like spaceship rushed onto the screen and then disappeared. "Starting next Saturday is a new series set in space. Star trek begins next week on BBC 1 at 5.15 (I think)"
I recently unearthed the tape in my loft. The continuity announcement is preserved in lo-fi quality at 1 and 7/8ths i.p.s.
The recording was made using a phono socket that my brother had connected to the TV set.
As I say, probably too late to include on the new DVD release unless they already have it.
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Post by John W King on Apr 14, 2009 15:01:11 GMT
Ian, Many thanks for that news (to me) about Paul of Tarsus. I only assumed it was missing because I had seen no mention of it. I had never seen any clips of it on retrospective programmes. I remember it received much praise when it was first shown and was repeated at least once if not twice. And I wholeheartedly agree - please BBC release this on DVD....soon!
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Post by John W King on Apr 14, 2009 8:45:58 GMT
oh all right I will go on but only for another 5 programmes:- 1) Freewheelers (missing episodes) 2) Paul of Tarsus (with the marvellous Patrick Troughton) 3) Vendetta 4) Not in Front of the Children 5) All Gas and Gaiters.
That's it. For now.
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Post by John W King on Apr 14, 2009 8:39:22 GMT
My list of missing episodes includes a number of childhood favourites:- 1) Triton (1961) (all 4 episodes) 2) Triton (1968) (all 4 episodes) - at one time I had recorded the soundtrack on open reel tape but it seems to have been erased! 3) Pegasus (all 4 episodes) 4) The long Way Home - episode 2 (so the whole complete series could be released on DVD... 5) Missing Adam Adamant 6) The Monsters (all 4 episodes) 7) The Big Pull (all 6 episodes) 8) Counterstrike - missing episodes 9) Doomwatch - missing episodes 10) Gnomes of Dulwich - I remember it as being funny!
I could go on (Dr Who) .... but I won't...... for now.
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Post by John W King on Oct 28, 2008 8:54:52 GMT
Thanks for the replies. 1) The Hobbit - is the commercially available radio 4 adaptation from 1968 with Paul Daneman 2) The War of the Worlds - was made commercially available last year on CD and was again a Radio 4 adaptation from the late 1960s 3) John Lennon - I don't think I have ever listened to this tape since I recorded it. As a Beatle fan I found that time very traumatic. I remember first thing in the morning (before 07.00?) my father coming up with a cup of tea and saying John Lennon was dead. I immediately turned on my radio and set my open reel going and captured the news headlines. I then recorded several events through out the day from TV and Radio. Nationwide was infact cut to a very short programme and Help! was rescreened. 4) Thanks for the Apollo 11 listings. It looks as though the Beeb have most of my stuff.
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Post by John W King on Oct 27, 2008 10:31:03 GMT
I've never quite understood what repeats are shown on which Channel. I've had Sky since they introduced UK Gold and Granada Plus many years and these 2 channels alone repeated some of the very best of TV with complete runs of Duchess of Duke Street, Onedin Line, Family at War, Sam and even the best years of Coronation Street. But in recent years it has got worse. As some people have said BBC 4 has been quite good but they show the repeat once and that's it so if you miss it it's gone! Anyway..........I have at times thought one solution to see old B & W programmes ought to be............ UK SILVER - a channel showing only B & W programmes . Even if it only broadcast in the twilight hours it could open up the archives to lots of really old programmes. It could include classic Doctor Who (Harnell and Troughton), Any surviving Z Cars, Dr Finlay, Original Forsyte Saga, Dixon, Early Coronation Street..................the Lone Ranger and other film series (as opposed to "video" TV). There must be enough in the archives to fill the schedules to be broadcast between say 01.00 and 06.00 - instead of Teleshopping!
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Post by John W King on Oct 27, 2008 10:02:16 GMT
I have just posted the following under the Apollo 11 thread but I've copied it here for general readerage (new word!) as I have anumber open reel tape recorings I made from TV and radio from 1968 to around 1980 when I got a video recorder. So starting with Apollo 11.... I have open reel soundtrack recordings I made of the lift off, landing, the first step and part of the moonwalk made live at the time at 7.5 ips. taken directly from the BBC broadcasts. These were not repeats but recordings I made using a direct connection through a phono plug so there is no background noise. A few years ago I transferred these recodings onto CD. I had forgotten how electrifying the landing was. No music. Just the sounds of the astronauts' voices interspersed with those of James Burke and Patrick Moore. The drama of the real event as it happened is amazing. If these recordings are of any use please let me know. I for one will be watching this programme when it is broadcast. I still have copies of this newspapers from the time. To me this is the single greatest moment in the entire history of human achievement - the moment man actually landed and set foot on another planet (astral body). There will never be an event like this again (which is why I tried to record the key events onto tape). I only wish I'd been able to record the visuals as well.
Note:- I first began recording soundtracks from our TV around 1968. Amongst many recordings I have are:- 1) The Hobbit Radio 4 2) War of the Worlds (1969 Radio4) 3) Death of John Lennon (Radio and TV from the day) 4) Adam Adamant (part of Vintage Year for Scoundrels - my extract was release on the BBC Adamant DVD) 5) Several Dr Who Stories from War Games onwards
I did have Triton (1969) but somewhere along the line it appears to have disappeared.
There is a lot of other stuff but I'm not sure if these are of any import.
If any feels these recordings (soundtracks only) of any import to restoring the archives please let me know. When I moved house in 2001 I nearly junked the lot as I did with all my Video 2000 recordings from 1980. The video 2000 recordings included first time broadcasts of all Dr Who from Peter Davison's Era and the Faces of Doctor Who including coniuity announcements. All went to the local tip.
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Post by John W King on Oct 27, 2008 9:56:03 GMT
I have open reel soundtrack recordings I made of the lift off, landing, the first step and part of the moonwalk made live at the time at 7.5 ips. taken directly from the BBC broadcasts. These were not repeats but recordings I made using a direct connection through a phono plug so there is no background noise. A few years ago I transferred these recodings onto CD. I had forgotten how electrifying the landing was. No music. Just the sounds of the astronauts' voices interspersed with those of James Burke and Patrick Moore. The drama of the real event as it happened is amazing. If these recordings are of any use please let me know. I for one will be watching this programme when it is broadcast. I still have copies of this newspapers from the time. To me this is the single greatest moment in the entire history of human achievement - the moment man actually landed and set foot on another planet (astral body). There will never be an event like this again (which is why I tried to record the key events onto tape). I only wish I'd been able to record the visuals as well.
Note:- I first began recording soundtracks from our TV around 1968. Amongst many recordings I have are:- 1) The Hobbit Radio 4 2) War of the Worlds (1969 Radio4) 3) Death of John Lennon (Radio and TV from the day) 4) Adam Adamant (part of Vintage Year for Scoundrels - my extract was release on the BBC Adamant DVD) 5) Several Dr Who Stories from War Games onwards
I did have Triton (1969) but somewhere along the line it appears to have disappeared.
There is a lot of other stuff but I'm not sure if these are of any import.
If any feels these recordings (soundtracks only) of any import to restoring the archives please let me know. When I moved house in 2001 I nearly junked the lot as I did with all my Video 2000 recordings from 1980. The video 2000 recordings included first time broadcasts of all Dr Who from Peter Davison's Era and the Faces of Doctor Who including coniuity announcements. All went to the local tip.
I digress so I'll finish.
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Post by John W King on Sept 11, 2008 8:17:14 GMT
Thanks for the response folks. I had a feeling the actual Meet the Kids programme would not exist but it was a shot in the dark. I know the programme was usually shown on Christmas Mornings on BBC 1 but I have feeling the programme I remember was broadcast at another bank holiday - probably whitsun 1968 because Rolf at the end of the clip turned to camera and said something like if you enjoyed that clip then the whole story will be shown on BBC 1 in a few weeks time. i.e. the full repeat following on from the Wheel in Space. I originally started this thread a) in the vain hope it might lead to the clip being recovered but b) because I have never seen it listed in any Who Histories.
Of course the other programme that often showed clips was Points of View with Robert Robinson. The earliest clip I can remember was the fight sequence from the last episode of the very first story. The next was the end of episode 5 of the Daleks as Elyon was taken by a whirlpool.
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Post by John W King on Aug 28, 2008 10:06:51 GMT
Am I the only person to recall a long clip of the final Dalek battle scene from Evil of the Daleks being shown in a programme that I think was called "Meet the Kids"? It was a programme ussually shown at Bank Holidays when a celebrity would visit the children's ward of a major hospital. This particular edition I recall was hosted by Rolf Harris and I am fairly certain was shown sometime after the original broadcast of Evil but before the repeat the following year. Rolf asked a young boy what his favourite programme was and of course he replied Dr Who after which most of the battle sequence was shown. Did I imagine it? I expect the programme went out live so no copy was made to sit in a vault.
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