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Post by Gary Wilson on May 2, 2022 16:47:48 GMT
Surprised nothing's been mentioned about this, very carefully worded, preorder?
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Post by John Green on May 2, 2022 21:09:30 GMT
Over four hours of never before released episodes of 'The Morecambe and Wise Show'. Lost for over fifty years, now available for the first time on DVD.
In 1968, the BBC broadcast the very first series of 'The Morecambe and Wise Show'. One of the BBC's first ever full colour comedy series, the programme would run for another nine years, quickly becoming one of the most beloved BBC television shows of all time.
Sadly, none of the eight episodes that made up series one of 'The Morecambe and Wise Show' were ever archived. And until recently, they were thought lost forever. However, after more than a decade of patient archive research and restoration, the series is now available to enjoy again. Four complete episodes have been recovered on film, with the other four surviving as high-quality audio-only recordings. Following extensive restoration all eight episodes are presented here on DVD for the very first time.
Also included is an extensive collection of additional special features, all previously unreleased. They include a once lost one-off special episode from 1970; an unbroadcast 1972 studio tape; a specially shot BBC 2 trail; two rare 1960s BBC interviews; deleted scenes and featurettes.
Due to the nature of the archive material, sound and picture quality will vary.
Best Sellers Rank: 124 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)
11 in Comedy (DVD & Blu-ray)
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Post by Gary Wilson on May 2, 2022 21:21:38 GMT
Thanks John.
So. If the "lost one off special" 1970 series 4 episode (a few months after the 4th series proper...and 1st one shown on BBC1) discovered by Gary Morcambe is listed as an extra, that means 4 'complete' series 1 episodes are included!
The two found by Phil Morris and colorized
The partially complete edited episode previously released (in b/w) on series 2 set ..probably now colorized (but with edited bits reinstated?)
So if we include the above to be 3 "complete" ones, what is the fourth!
Completed recovery on damaged ep2 or
2nd copy of ep2 (Morris suggested he maybe had a better copy at the time), or
Further recovery of another series 1 episode?
Speculate away......but it looks like we're getting another M&W episode! BFI event will no doubt reveal all.....
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Post by Gary Wilson on May 4, 2022 6:47:30 GMT
So it's clarified, we are getting the recovered ep2. In the best that can be done with it (and too poor to colourise). So we now have half of series 1 surviving. Excellent
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Post by RWels on May 4, 2022 8:31:24 GMT
The one scanned by laser? Ha! So they completed that?  |
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Post by Rich Cornock on May 4, 2022 11:17:18 GMT
The one scanned by laser? Ha! So they completed that? That will be interesting. Judging by the state of the source material I guess the recovered images aren't good enough to broadcast but will make an interesting dvd feature |
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Post by Gary Wilson on May 4, 2022 11:58:12 GMT
I'd expect some further stabilising has been done, but yes not broadcast quality I'd assume. Certainly not colourised (process probably loses chroma dots, if they existed, so only option expensive hand colourisation with a source that isn't great in first place)
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Post by RWels on May 4, 2022 18:06:44 GMT
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Post by darrenlee on May 5, 2022 8:13:22 GMT
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Post by tom rogers on May 5, 2022 10:16:10 GMT
Genius.
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Post by Gary Wilson on May 6, 2022 12:12:25 GMT
I'm kind of hoping some further stabilising or other work has been done since that early clip. But maybe not. I'm sure it took a while to even extract all the images.
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Post by Paul Vanezis on May 6, 2022 13:21:15 GMT
I'm kind of hoping some further stabilising or other work has been done since that early clip. But maybe not. I'm sure it took a while to even extract all the images. That film stayed in my fridge for about a year. Both the BFI and the BBC took one look at it and said 'no chance'. Personally, I think they were right! Paul |
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Post by RWels on May 6, 2022 16:16:36 GMT
I'm kind of hoping some further stabilising or other work has been done since that early clip. But maybe not. I'm sure it took a while to even extract all the images. That film stayed in my fridge for about a year. Both the BFI and the BBC took one look at it and said 'no chance'. Personally, I think they were right! Paul But as a technological feat, it's amazing. This kind of thing could also be used to read burnt scrolls from Pompeii & neighbouring villages. |
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Post by Gary Wilson on May 7, 2022 5:57:31 GMT
That film stayed in my fridge for about a year. Both the BFI and the BBC took one look at it and said 'no chance'. Personally, I think they were right! Paul But as a technological feat, it's amazing. This kind of thing could also be used to read burnt scrolls from Pompeii & neighbouring villages. That helps manage expectations, thanks Paul. If the BFI and the BBC said no chance, who stumped up the cash and resources to continue with the (presumably expensive) recovery work? Do we have altruistic fans to thank yet again for their dedication and perserverance? |
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Post by Paul Vanezis on May 9, 2022 13:06:19 GMT
That helps manage expectations, thanks Paul. If the BFI and the BBC said no chance, who stumped up the cash and resources to continue with the (presumably expensive) recovery work? Do we have altruistic fans to thank yet again for their dedication and perserverance? No idea. A question for Charles Norton I think! Paul |
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