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Post by Alex S on Sept 22, 2021 12:55:34 GMT
Thought this might be of some interest to the members here. Two BBC film recordings on reel-to-reel tapes, dated November 1979 of the sitcom "Are You Being Served" have recently surfaced on eBay. Could these possibly be of archival interest?
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Post by RWels on Sept 22, 2021 12:57:04 GMT
Reminds me of the similar(?) Allo Allo audio tape...
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Post by Rob Moss on Sept 22, 2021 19:46:01 GMT
Wasn’t AYBS entirely studio based..? When was there any film..?
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Post by John Wall on Sept 22, 2021 19:49:03 GMT
Wasn’t AYBS entirely studio based..? When was there any film..? In the movie version…… |
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Post by RWels on Sept 22, 2021 20:10:55 GMT
That was '77.
Series 7 was in '79 though, with episode six shown 23-11, and three at 2-11.
That all seems to fit with what's written on these boxes.
Perhaps the boxes with labelled "film" were simply at hand. "Fin." = "finished"?
It doesn't seem very valuable though. Five to ten years earlier, then it could just be a quality improvement in some case?
Well, it MIGHT be without laughter track. But I'm not sure the BBC might not still have that somewhere anyway, if they really wanted.
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Post by garygraham on Sept 22, 2021 23:13:28 GMT
A bit weird as the label looks like it's for an optical film soundtrack rather than 1/4" tape.
Did it have a studio audience? I noticed what seem to be dubbed laughs on The Good Life recently.
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Sept 23, 2021 4:53:00 GMT
Nowhere in the eBay listing does it mention film. It clearly states audio only 1/4 inch magnetic tape. It's just the labels stuck on the boxes that are confusing, although one does have 1/4 magnetic written over the top.
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Post by Peter Stirling on Sept 23, 2021 14:46:12 GMT
A bit weird as the label looks like it's for an optical film soundtrack rather than 1/4" tape. Did it have a studio audience? I noticed what seem to be dubbed laughs on The Good Life recently. Despite how they sound now BBC sitcoms of that era at least were all shot in front of an audience. |
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Post by Dan S on Sept 23, 2021 15:52:58 GMT
A bit weird as the label looks like it's for an optical film soundtrack rather than 1/4" tape. Did it have a studio audience? I noticed what seem to be dubbed laughs on The Good Life recently. Despite how they sound now BBC sitcoms of that era at least were all shot in front of an audience. The episodes aren't missing, so at best the audio might contain retakes or extra material, at worst you'd get the audio of the episodes as broadcast (if Fin means final version, as opposed to 'we've finished with this, you can chuck it away now', the fact it's also crossed out suggests the latter). |
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Post by George D on Oct 1, 2021 22:03:23 GMT
If it's like dr who, magnetic tape is superior to an optical track. Question is if we already have optical.
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Post by RWels on Oct 2, 2021 16:19:04 GMT
If it's like dr who, magnetic tape is superior to an optical track. Question is if we already have optical. Then again, this is 1979, not the sixties. But there might be something at the end of the tape, who knows. I did not check the current price but I wouldn't say this is worth very much. |
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Post by garygraham on Oct 3, 2021 14:48:58 GMT
Didn't they used to copy off audio to tape to mix it and then add back in the days of 2 inch video? Is V.H. Villiers House? BBC Enterprises HQ.
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Oct 3, 2021 18:14:46 GMT
Sold for £10.50 - three bidders. The first two had put in a maximum bid of £10 which l think was a more than fair price...
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