Vision On

[B Thomas]

Just wondered if anyone knows the current archive status of this show. Had a huge impact on me as a kid.

[Gareth R]

It's all detailed in Kaleidoscope. From memory, quite a bit of the 60s stuff is missing, but most of the 70s stuff survives.

[Laurence Piper]

The Kal guide seems to suggest that it's all complete from 1970 onwards (a few early ones on b/w vt) and just a handful from before this, going back as far as about 1966/67 or thereabouts (sorry, I don't have the book to hand). Perhaps resident archive expert Andrew Martin can add more inside info?

[Jason]

Is the `Proff` still around?

[Richard Bignell]

Jason said:

Is the `Proff` still around?

You better take a look at...

www.its-prof-again.co.uk/

Richard

[B Thomas]

So most of it still exists then? Kewl. I think I started watching from the last of the B/W stuff so I guess most of what I saw may well still exist...

[Gareth R]

Laurence said:

just a handful from before this, going back as far as about 1966/67 or thereabouts

I'm guessing that at least part of one edition of the proto-Vision On "For Deaf Children" still exists, because of the very brief clip of the title sequence used in "In Front Of The Children", and I think that was from the first half of the 60s.

[andrew martin]

There are three editions of "For Deaf Children" held by the BBC.

For "Vision On", the following exist:

7/9/65 - untransmitted insert "Lebanese Dancing"
21/9/66 - film inserts
28/9/66 - film inserts
12/10/66 - complete programme, 16mm telerecording
5/7/67 - complete programme, 16mm telerecording
12/7/67 - complete programme, 16mm telerecording
3/1/68 - complete programme, 16mm telerecording
21/2/68 - insert (16mm telerecording)
10/6/69 - B/W VT
8/7/69 - B/W VT
22/4/70 - B/W VT
29/4/70 - B/W VT
20/5/70 - B/W VT
3/6/70 - B/W VT
22/9/70 - Colour VT
29/9/70 - Colour VT
6/10/70 - Colour VT
13/10/70 - Colour VT
20/10/70 - Colour VT
27/10/70 - Colour VT
3/11/70 - Colour VT
10/11/70 - Colour VT
17/11/70 - Colour VT
23/2/71 - Colour VT
02/3/71 - Colour VT
09/3/71 - Colour VT
16/3/71 - Colour VT
23/3/71 - Colour VT
6/4/71 - Colour VT
13/4/71 - Colour VT
20/4/71 - Colour VT
27/4/71 - Colour VT
27/07/71 - Best of Vision On - Colour VT
03/08/71 - Best of Vision On - Colour VT
10/08/71 - Best of Vision On - Colour VT
17/08/71 - Best of Vision On - Colour VT
24/08/71 - Best of Vision On - Colour VT
31/08/71 - Best of Vision On - Colour VT
14/12/71 - Colour VT
21/12/71 - Colour VT
04/01/72 - Colour VT
11/01/72 - Colour VT
18/01/72 - Balloons - Colour VT
25/01/72 - Boats - Colour VT
01/02/72 - Colour VT
08/02/72 - Colour VT
15/02/72 - Flying - Colour VT
22/02/72 - Paper - Colour VT
29/02/72 - Machines - Colour VT
07/03/72 - Holes - Colour VT
21/03/72 - Light - Colour VT
28/03/72 - Rubbish - Colour VT
04/04/72 - Boxes - Colour VT
05/12/72 - Puddle and Pools - Colour VT
12/12/72 - Spots - Colour VT
19/12/72 - Animals - Colour VT
02/01/73 - Lines - Colour VT
09/01/73 - Doors - Colour VT
16/01/73 - Wheels - Colour VT
23/01/73 - Bricks - Colour VT
30/01/73 - Balance - Colour VT
06/02/73 - Metal - Colour VT
13/02/73 - Weather - Colour VT
20/02/73 - Nets - Colour VT
27/02/73 - Clocks - Colour VT
06/03/73 - Pipes - Colour VT
13/03/73 - Uniforms - Colour VT
20/03/73 - Numbers - Colour VT
27/03/73 - Water - Colour VT
01/01/74 - Coils and Springs - Colour VT
08/01/74 - Opposites - Colour VT
15/01/74 - Signs and Signals - Colour VT
22/01/74 - Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long Legged Beasties and Things That Go Bump in the Night - Colour VT
29/01/74 - Triangles - Colour VT
05/02/74 - Waves - Colour VT
12/02/74 - Food - Colour VT
19/02/74 - Windows - Colour VT
26/02/74 - Drips and Drops - Colour VT
05/03/74 - Humps and Lumps - Colour VT
12/03/74 - Air - Colour VT
19/03/74 - Growing - Colour VT
26/03/74 - Bags - Colour VT
02/04/74 - Spikes - Colour VT
09/04/74 - Strips and Stripes - Colour VT
16/04/74 - Circles - Colour VT
31/12/74 - Reflections - Colour VT
07/01/75 - Chains - Colour VT
14/01/75 - Containers - Colour VT
21/01/75 - Steps - Colour VT
28/01/75 - Liquid - Colour VT
04/02/75 - Building - Colour VT
11/02/75 - Points - Colour VT
18/02/75 - Space - Colour VT
25/02/75 - Games - Colour VT
04/03/75 - Squares - Colour VT
11/03/75 - Covers - Colour VT
18/03/75 - Branches - Colour VT
25/03/75 - Dark and Light - Colour VT
01/04/75 - Litter - Colour VT
08/04/75 - Zig-Zags - Colour VT
22/04/75 - Wood - Colour VT
10/02/76 - Weight - Colour VT
17/02/76 - Sea and Sand - Colour VT
24/02/76 - Pathways - Colour VT
02/03/76 - Snow - Colour VT
09/03/76 - Shadows - Colour VT
16/03/76 - Birds - Colour VT
23/03/76 - Tubes and Tunnels - Colour VT
30/03/76 - Glass - Colour VT
06/04/76 - Back and Forth, Up, Down and Sideways - Colour VT
13/04/76 - Curves - Colour VT
20/04/76 - Time - Colour VT
27/04/76 - Engines - Colour VT
04/05/76 - Hard and Soft - Colour VT
11/05/76 - Countryside - Colour VT

Obviously there were other editions which I have not listed (as they don't exist) - the last missing episode is in 1972.

[Monty Burstein]

We used to get "Vision On" in the US[Boston].Ididn't know it pre-dated the 70s.

[Humphrey Umbrage]

richardbignell said:

Jason said:

Is the `Proff` still around?

You better take a look at...

www.its-prof-again.co.uk/

Richard

..and this:

www.pps-tv.co.uk/pps12.htm#In Search Of The Prof