Post by Alex S on May 13, 2015 20:51:11 GMT
Hi all,
I am wondering what the current situation is in regard of Steptoe and Son archive. I understand that all but one of the episodes from Series 1 to 4 survive as 16 mm telerecordings. The only episode that does not is 'My Old Man's a Tory' which survives as a poor optical recording.
From Series 5 to 8, the whole of Series 7 and 8 survive as original master, colour recordings, along with two episodes of Series 6. The rest of the colour episodes only survive as low quality 405-line recordings except for 'A Winter's Tale' which was recovered in 2008 as a b/w telerecording.
I am wondering if, like the Dad's Army episode, Room At The Bottom, could A Winter's Tale be restored into colour using the chroma dots. If so, why has this not been done already?
Also, apart from this, do none of the colour episodes missing survive in any other form than the 405-line VT recordings? Could these not be restored in some way (audio restoration, picture improvements, etc.) to make them more watchable?
Many thanks
I am wondering what the current situation is in regard of Steptoe and Son archive. I understand that all but one of the episodes from Series 1 to 4 survive as 16 mm telerecordings. The only episode that does not is 'My Old Man's a Tory' which survives as a poor optical recording.
From Series 5 to 8, the whole of Series 7 and 8 survive as original master, colour recordings, along with two episodes of Series 6. The rest of the colour episodes only survive as low quality 405-line recordings except for 'A Winter's Tale' which was recovered in 2008 as a b/w telerecording.
I am wondering if, like the Dad's Army episode, Room At The Bottom, could A Winter's Tale be restored into colour using the chroma dots. If so, why has this not been done already?
Also, apart from this, do none of the colour episodes missing survive in any other form than the 405-line VT recordings? Could these not be restored in some way (audio restoration, picture improvements, etc.) to make them more watchable?
Many thanks
