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Post by Ken Griffin on Jul 5, 2014 22:45:03 GMT
I did read somewhere that the UTV "lollipop" logo was made from melted down film, I wonder was lost by doing this. That's an urban myth. The silver used was apparently sourced from UTV's film processing operations but it would have come from the photographic fixer rather than any film. Processed colour film has no appreciable silver content. While B&W film does contain silver, the station viewed its old B&W material as a valuable stock footage resource and was kept in its film library. The lollipop does apparently still exist but I have never seen it. |
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Post by John Green on Jul 5, 2014 23:08:25 GMT
I have an agent embedded within the organization who I hope will be able to tell us more.I'll email 'Mr.Mole' about the lollipop tomorrow...
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Post by christian bews on Jul 5, 2014 23:12:06 GMT
I remembered as a youngster I got from UTV in the post some car stickers which I put on my bedroom with an animated version of the 'lollipop' logo.
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Post by Ken Griffin on Jul 6, 2014 21:07:09 GMT
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Post by Phil Leach on Jul 7, 2014 11:46:43 GMT
ENGLAND, THEIR ENGLAND (ATV) – ##.##.## The John Otway Story ##.##.## A Chance for Thomas [NTSC] Excellent list! As far as I know these two ATV films made by Albert Wallace weren't broadcast under the England Their England title which was used for a series of ATV regional documentaries some of which later got network repeats. These two are ATV network films. The John Otway story was a stand alone documentary broadcast as Stardust Man: The John Otway Story on 22 March 1979 and the other one in a series titled 'Year of the Child' on 27 November 1979. Wallace did indeed make an number of England Their England films: Here to Stay (25 April 1978); Robin and Joan (22 February 1979); and An Order from America (29 March 1979). |
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Post by John Green on Jul 7, 2014 14:36:03 GMT
ENGLAND, THEIR ENGLAND (ATV) – ##.##.## The John Otway Story ##.##.## A Chance for Thomas [NTSC] Excellent list! As far as I know these two ATV films made by Albert Wallace weren't broadcast under the England Their England title which was used for a series of ATV regional documentaries some of which later got network repeats. These two are ATV network films. The John Otway story was a stand alone documentary broadcast as Stardust Man: The John Otway Story on 22 March 1979 and the other one in a series titled 'Year of the Child' on 27 November 1979. Wallace did indeed make an number of England Their England films: Here to Stay (25 April 1978); Robin and Joan (22 February 1979); and An Order from America (29 March 1979). Very interesting,but I'm still wanting to know why 'A Chance for Thomas' is NTSC! I must try downloading that list... |
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Post by Ken Griffin on Jul 7, 2014 16:13:31 GMT
Very interesting,but I'm still wanting to know why 'A Chance for Thomas' is NTSC! I must try downloading that list... If it's any consolation, I don't have a clue either. |
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Post by John Green on Jul 7, 2014 21:19:16 GMT
Very interesting,but I'm still wanting to know why 'A Chance for Thomas' is NTSC! I must try downloading that list... If it's any consolation, I don't have a clue either. The United Nations''Year of the Child' was a pretty big thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_the_Child I suppose it's possible that there might have been a symposium where different nations' documentaries were shown,or it could just have received a showing in the U.S.? I don't suppose the U.N. keeps any sort of associated archive? |
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Post by John Green on Oct 6, 2015 1:26:40 GMT
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Post by John Green on Oct 6, 2015 18:03:01 GMT
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Post by Ken Griffin on Sept 25, 2016 21:13:57 GMT
I'm resurrecting this old thread because several of the rediscovered programmes are now available as free HD streams via the NI Screen Digital Film Archive. These are: Ulster Richer and Rarer (1960)A special film made by Lord Wakehurst, the Governor of Northern Ireland, to mark the first anniversary of Ulster Television. It was shot in Colour but only ever screened in Black and White. You can see it here. The Scandalous Parson (1967)Originally transmitted in October 1967, the earliest surviving Northern Irish television play depicts an imaginary confrontation between the 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift (Neil McCarthy) and a modern day TV interviewer (David Mahlowe). You can see it here. Both are worth viewing if only for the curiosity value and to encourage NI Screen to sort out the release of more rare material from the UTV Archive. |
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