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Post by William Martin on Jun 21, 2006 16:15:43 GMT
was there an unbroadcast epiosde of this? I hear it was cancelled for levels of violence but was this in mid series?
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Post by H Hartley on Jun 21, 2006 20:34:10 GMT
Dont think any of it was cancelled? but even after heavy editing a second series was decided against. The gang member having acid poured over his head then smoking and screaming was a bit steep for 1969.
The series that was cancelled with unaired episode/s was shown around the same time was 'Judge Dee' . The rumoured reason was despite good production values they decided to have westerners playing orientals ,which produced unintential hysterics amongst the audience...
I think Benny Hill was watching ?
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Post by William Martin on Jun 23, 2006 15:43:20 GMT
Right, thanks  Judge dee, I'n not that familair with it, were there a lot of faux Orientals in it? |
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Post by helpful h on Jun 23, 2006 18:20:36 GMT
well judge for yourself have a look here uk.imdb.com/title/tt0164265/Myself I cant quite get round Garfield Morgan being a Chinaman  However the dance sequences and costumes were thought to be quite astounding. Sadly all that apears to exist from this series is an episode that was actually transmitted 'day of the scavengers' in B/W plus a 16mm colour title film. |
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Post by Stephen Doran on Jun 25, 2006 17:25:29 GMT
was there an unbroadcast epiosde of this? I hear it was cancelled for levels of violence but was this in mid series? wasnt a young peter egan in this series? ;D |
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Post by williamM on Jun 26, 2006 13:16:44 GMT
well judge for yourself have a look here uk.imdb.com/title/tt0164265/Myself I cant quite get round Garfield Morgan being a Chinaman However the dance sequences and costumes were thought to be quite astounding. Sadly all that apears to exist from this series is an episode that was actually transmitted 'day of the scavengers' in B/W plus a 16mm colour title film. quite odd, my old school friend Ken Wong always found this sort of thing quite a laugh. on the colour thing was it in colour or b/w? |
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Post by h hartley on Jun 26, 2006 13:48:03 GMT
probably B/W with a move to colour if a second series had been commisioned.
Just read a comment at the IMDB, according to that there was too much choreography and not enough detective work, which also turned off audiences.
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Post by Greg H on Jun 26, 2006 13:49:02 GMT
As an odd aside they do this sort of thing in fillipino films as well. If you look for some of the vampire films that got a budget reissue from this part of the world, you get to see blacked up orientals its not only a western thing! |
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Post by Bent Halo on Jul 11, 2006 12:52:34 GMT
There ain't half a load of nonsense doing the rounds about BBH.
From the research I've conducted into the show, no cuts were made to the episodes. The great fuss was caused by the phial of acid being thrown into the villain's face during episode 1 and, really, nothing in subsequent scripts came close to that. However, the authorities did keep an eye on the scripts for later episodes - as yet unproduced - and vetted the completed programmes ahead of transmission.
As for transmission, regional providers were advised to schedule the show much later in the evening to appease complainants, but only two or three regions dropped it altogether. Most just buried it on another night in a death slot. All eight episodes were screened in most regions.
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Post by H Hartley on Jul 11, 2006 18:27:54 GMT
Well Mr Halo it was a very long.long time ago, and its good that you have access to such information to give a more accurate answer.
However the question on the thread was answered accurately IE it was not banned .
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Post by John S Miller on Jul 27, 2006 0:43:18 GMT
I think there was a misconception from the story that the switchboard was jammed with complaints following episode 1. After this, I think they eventually gave it a later time slot and dropped some episodes in certain areas.
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