The Arthur Askey Show 1961.

[John Green]

I think I know the answer to this one,but...

Wikipedia says:
"Episode One" (11 Mar 1961)
"Episode Two" (18 Mar 1961)
"Pilbeam, the Journalist" (25 Mar 1961)
"Episode Four" (1 Apr 1961)
"Episode Five" (8 Apr 1961)
"Episode Six" (15 Apr 1961)
Six more episodes were made, but they were never transmitted. All twelve episodes still exist.

Lostshows says:

25.03.1961 Pilbeam The Journalist (missing)
08.04.1961 The Rhino's Night Out (missing)
15.04.1961 A Musical Evening (missing)
22.04.1961 The Sinister Neighbour (missing).

Any chance that Wiki's right?

[Ian Wegg]

Wikipedia is, like any other encyclopaedia, a collection of previously published information arranged by subject. Any fact is only as reliable as its original source, and in this case there is no citation.

There is a reference to www.phill.co.uk/comedy/askey/ which quotes the same information. You could try the contact form on that page.

[John Green]

Thanks,Ian. I'm actually a bit phobic about emails and such, but I could have a go. I wonder if the Wiki stuff was due to a previous misapprehension about the survival of the show?

[David Buck]

Nov 30, 2017 0:20:14 GMT John Green said:

I think I know the answer to this one,but...

Wikipedia says:
"Episode One" (11 Mar 1961)
"Episode Two" (18 Mar 1961)
"Pilbeam, the Journalist" (25 Mar 1961)
"Episode Four" (1 Apr 1961)
"Episode Five" (8 Apr 1961)
"Episode Six" (15 Apr 1961)
Six more episodes were made, but they were never transmitted. All twelve episodes still exist.

Lostshows says:

25.03.1961 Pilbeam The Journalist (missing)
08.04.1961 The Rhino's Night Out (missing)
15.04.1961 A Musical Evening (missing)
22.04.1961 The Sinister Neighbour (missing).

Any chance that Wiki's right?

Many years back I pointed out that the Kaleidoscope guide listed two series of the Arthur Askey show, and one series of Arthur's Treasured volumes - the episode titles for the Latter series were basically the same as those given for series two of the former suggesting that A.A.S. S:2 and Arthur's Treasured Volumes were one and the same - with all of Treasured Volumes listed as surviving

this was in the printed version of the comedy guide (or LE guide)

Is this the same issue - uncorrected after all this time?

[John Green]

Steve Davis has posted the news at Roobarb that "Arthur's Treasured Volumes was a series of one-episode sitcoms. At the beginning of each episode, Anthea Askey, Arthur's daughter, takes down a book from a shelf and the story begins....

Previously only one episode existed at the BFI National Archive. Tim Disney has now located the entire series at ITV."