Any hope for these shows?

[Parkes]

Hi all

There are progs that occasionally leap into my consciousness - mainly from the late 60s/early 70s.
Any info of the existence of these.............?

Kids from 47A
Anything You Can Do
Forest Rangers
You Must Be Joking
Roads to Freedom
Jensen Code
Smith

and from somewhat later.....

Boys from the Bush
Give Us a Break (Robert Lindsay snooker series)

Thanks

[dubs honest]

Kids from 47A - all on tape bar one on colour telerecording.
You Must Be Joking - all on tape, including an untransmitted pilot.
Roads to Freedom - all on tape.
Jensen Code - all on TR16 except one on tape.
Smith - all on tape.

and from somewhat later.....

Boys from the Bush - all on 16mm film.
Give Us a Break (Robert Lindsay snooker series) - all on tape.

Info - Kal 95 et al.

[Parkes]

Hi Dubs
Thanks for the info
I'm a novice at all this stuff.
TR16 ??

I love this place but its got to be the most frustrating site in the world . Why ? Well all these shows exist but we will never get to see them !! Thats a tease too far !!
Cheers, Parkes

[Dale Rumbold]

now that WAS a fantastic kids show, with the first appearance of the gorgeous Christine McKenna, later to star in the awful Flambards. Would LOVE to see that again (47A, not Flambards!)

[dubs honest]

Parkes -

TR16 - a monochrome 16mm telerecording.

ie - a 16mm camera pointed at a TV screen and recording a videotape, or live transmission on black and white film.

Not really a patch on an original broadcast quality videotape, but at least it survives.

BTW - this is from an ancient Kaleidoscope guide and some episodes might have been recovered in their entiriety from the great ATV Quad (broadcast colour VT) transfer programme.

[H Hartley]

Parkes said:

Hi Dubs
Thanks for the info
I'm a novice at all this stuff.
TR16 ??

basically means it was filmed off a TV monitor playing the master recording , thus TR stands for Tele- recording and 16 is the gauge of film that was used to film it.

BTW

i think the Forest Rangers is still playing somewhere to thi day

[H Hartley]

whoops! Dubs
didnt see yours , until i posted my reply

[Parkes]

Thanks for all your help, chaps.

I suppose my next question has to be................

If these shows all exist , how on earth do we get to see them ?
(Novice question !!)

[Parkes]

daley said:

now that WAS a fantastic kids show, with the first appearance of the gorgeous Christine McKenna, later to star in the awful Flambards. Would LOVE to see that again (47A, not Flambards!)

Yes , I had a huge crush on her too. I particularly remember falling in love with her when she played Wendy in a TV version of Peter Pan - a while after 47a.

[helpful Hartley]

Parkes said:

Thanks for all your help, chaps.

I suppose my next question has to be................

If these shows all exist , how on earth do we get to see them ?
(Novice question !!)

if your absolutely desperate , you could probably get a
VHS from the company that owns them now, but as a one off it would be costly and rough around the edges compared to a proper release.
Granada at the ITN archive owns the majority of your list I would think?
www.itnarchive.com/


Network Video has established itself as the main player in archive releases so check their site regularly and badger them for new material for release.
here..

www.networkdvd.co.uk/

[Parkes]

Hartley - you certainly live up to your name !!
Thanks so much for your help.
I really don't mind 'rough round the edges' - its the content I go for - Never mind the quality,feel the width !!
Thanks again
Parkes

[h Hartley]

Thanks Parkes its always nice to get a response to stuff people reply to whether its a brickbat or a bouquet .

update . the following companies should now own these


Kids from 47A
Jensen Code GRANADA
Forest Rangers


Roads to Freedom
Anything You Can Do BBC
Smith


You Must Be Joking FREEMANTLE

[Guest]

Isn't Forrest Rangers a Southern TV programme?

If so - it isn't Granada owned, but by Southern Star (an Australian company)

[H Hartley]

Guest said:

Isn't Forrest Rangers a Southern TV programme?

If so - it isn't Granada owned, but by Southern Star (an Australian company)

No guest

it ITC programme

[h hartley]

Guest said:

Isn't Forrest Rangers a Southern TV programme?

If so - it isn't Granada owned, but by Southern Star (an Australian company)

Forest Rangers (1963-65)
No Guest it was a co-production between Canadian Broadcasting Co and ATV network and guess what distributed by ITC.
On its huge success its creator Maxine Samuels got funding from ITC for Seaway.