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Post by John Green on Jun 23, 2014 14:26:42 GMT
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Post by John Green on Jun 23, 2014 14:40:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2014 18:38:36 GMT
The original 1971 version was the one I watched at the time (and the version I would have preferred to be released) but I assume it no longer exists. From memory, the later 1980 version used the original filmed inserts of the episodic story with new studio framing sequences. I seem to remember too that there was new footage featuring the kids now older and reflecting on nine years earlier (?).
An interesting release and it seems the BFI are thinking outside the box a bit with their new SF-based TV releases.
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Post by John Green on Jun 23, 2014 19:36:25 GMT
Hopefully,this BFI quote helps:
Unavailable in any video format since its original broadcast outings, the BFI DVD edition of the cult children’s science fiction series will delight its many fans, who will remember the unmistakable face of its central figure, the alien boy Peep-Peep.
Across ten episodes, The Boy from Space follows a brother and sister, Dan and Helen, who encounter a young alien child who they name Peep-Peep. When Peep-Peep and his father are kidnapped by the terrifying Thin Space Man, it is up to Dan and Helen to follow a trail of clues to find their new friend.
Originally broadcast (in black and white) in 1971, as part of the BBC’s educational ‘Look and Read’ strand, The Boy from Space was re-broadcast in 1980 in a revised version featuring the characters Wordy and Cosmo. This long-awaited DVD edition includes the 1980 broadcast version, along with recordings from the original BBC Records spoken word vinyl release, and a specially-prepared, uninterrupted version of the original drama sequences.
Personally,I'm still a bit confused.For instance,is the album a soundtrack,narration,or what?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2014 20:58:38 GMT
I also remember the earlier Look And Read serial Len And The River Mob (1968) with George Layton, although it seems this one is wiped.
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Post by John Green on Jun 23, 2014 21:06:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 10:30:43 GMT
Yes, the incomplete ones are just some film inserts, I believe. So two complete episodes survive then - a bit better than I thought anyway!
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Post by Ben Rigsby on Jun 25, 2014 19:20:38 GMT
Amazon have now re-phrased this: "Specially-prepared, uninterrupted version of the original drama sequences"
to this: "Newly-created continuous drama presentation of the 1971 original narrative sequences".
Is this to say that the original 1971 version does survive in some form? I know the drama sequences survive otherwise it wouldn't have been re-shown in 1980.
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Post by John Green on Jun 25, 2014 19:37:13 GMT
If (and it's a big if) the 1971 version didn't have the characters and devices which were in the cutaways (if that's the word) it would seem easy enough to remove the later additions,even though original film was physically cut up and spliced to the new material?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 19:52:55 GMT
I've checked and the original version doesn't exist any more. The 1980 re-make uses the 1971 film sequences (plus new introductory opening with the kids now grown up, to lead into the earlier story) with new studio educational scenes inserted in the middle, as I suggested above. Nice though that there's an option to view all the original story material as a continuous stream (which is what I'd do). This, of course, implies that the original series still survived as late as 1980, when it was cannibalised to make the new version!  |
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Post by Ben Rigsby on Jun 25, 2014 19:58:27 GMT
Perhaps Amazon have misinterpreted it and it's actually "just" the 1980 drama sequences without the educational bits? But it does say "newly created" so perhaps BFI found another copy of the original? Anyway let's wait and see  |
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Post by John Green on Jun 25, 2014 19:58:55 GMT
Am I right in thinking that there are more Look and Reads which use the grownups-looking-back device? I like the sheep-rustling one,by the way.
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Post by Ben Rigsby on Jun 25, 2014 20:06:00 GMT
So do I! Loved the whole story (Watched it on CBBC) and even enjoyed the "missing" episode 6.
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Post by John Green on Jun 25, 2014 20:10:21 GMT
So do I! Loved the whole story (Watched it on CBBC) and even enjoyed the "missing" episode 6. There's a strange bit in that one.We cut back to the studio where they explain that the kids have been bound and gagged by the baddies.Cue male presenter saying to the female one "I wish you were bound and gagged!"! I'd love to see the out-takes... |
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Post by Ben Rigsby on Jun 26, 2014 1:23:04 GMT
So do I! Loved the whole story (Watched it on CBBC) and even enjoyed the "missing" episode 6. There's a strange bit in that one.We cut back to the studio where they explain that the kids have been bound and gagged by the baddies.Cue male presenter saying to the female one "I wish you were bound and gagged!"! I'd love to see the out-takes... I know the bit now! It's in episode 5. And it's Jill's mum who has been bounded and gagged. |
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