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Post by underpressure on Oct 30, 2006 8:55:36 GMT
Were any episodes from this series taped? If so, are they available anywhere? I'm doing a research project about an actor who appeared in Kaleidoscope, Bryan Pearson, and I can't find too much information about the series. I'd love to get some stills or video of this guy in action, so if anyone has any idea of where I could get my hands on this, I'd really appreciate it!
L
elle.schneider @ gmail.com
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Post by B Thomas on Oct 30, 2006 9:37:59 GMT
I'm not aware that anything pre-'53 survives. I could be wrong of course but I seem to recall someone saying that "The Quatermass Experiement" (1953) was the BBC's first attempt to record a television programme - and even then only the first two episodes were recorded...
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Post by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2006 11:07:02 GMT
"Quatermass Experiment" was far from the first attempt to record a television programme - BBC engineers started experimental telerecorings in 1947, but recordings were few and far between in the early days and not even all that were made have survived. Videotape was not used by the BBC until 1957. There is no existing material from "Kaleidoscope", however, on either format.
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Post by B Thomas on Oct 30, 2006 12:31:19 GMT
"Quatermass Experiment" was far from the first attempt to record a television programme - BBC engineers started experimental telerecorings in 1947, but recordings were few and far between in the early days and not even all that were made have survived. Videotape was not used by the BBC until 1957. There is no existing material from "Kaleidoscope", however, on either format. Did they really? Well... I didn't know that - thanks Andrew. I've only heard of the discussions between the engineers in '53 for the Quatermass recording - apparently they were not too keen on the results... |
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Post by Andrew Martin on Oct 30, 2006 13:05:35 GMT
Indeed the "Quatermass Experiment" recordings were not deemed successful, which is why they didn't bother with the rest of the episodes. The technique was always being developed, but it was sufficiently advanced to record the Coronation, which was about a month earlier, and that is a good quality recording. Several recordings from 1947 still exist, mostly quite short, including part of the then Princess Elizabeth's wedding in November 1947.
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Post by L Schneider on Nov 9, 2006 9:06:26 GMT
Thanks guys, you've been really informative.
(If any of you guys come across still photos, please send them along! Anything visual I could find about this programme would be incredibly helpful!)
L
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