Post by Richard Moore on Feb 5, 2007 15:22:13 GMT
Hi all,
In my seemingly never ending quest to find all the existing footage of Matt Monro for his daughter, i've come across a couple of things that I can't explain.
Basically she has all of his contracts and work diaries from througout his career.
The problem is that i have two dates for the Morecambe and Wise show that don't tally with any information i can find.
The dates are 27/3/68 and 25/2/69 (these SHOULD be recording dates)
Now the problem is this. 27/3/68 was in between series and their transition to the BBC. No M&W shows were broadcast on that day and It's not a very early recording for the (missing) first BBC series, as there is a separate contract for that recording.
25/2/69 is only a few months after Eric's heart attack. The second BBC series would be recorded until later in the year and due to Eric's health only 4 shows instead of 6/7. so this seem like an unlikely date too!
Apparently Matt's paper work was kept maticulously by his wife and any cancelled recordings noted. - Nothing is noted for these two dates.
Does anybody out there have any ideas about this? Matt's widow is absolutley certain that he appeared in at least three shows, but I can only find one from 1969 BBC and one from 1971
Anybody have any theory's here? Could there have been a show recorded at some point that was never broadcast - and is therefore lost - for instance?
Any Help greatly appreciated
Richard
In my seemingly never ending quest to find all the existing footage of Matt Monro for his daughter, i've come across a couple of things that I can't explain.
Basically she has all of his contracts and work diaries from througout his career.
The problem is that i have two dates for the Morecambe and Wise show that don't tally with any information i can find.
The dates are 27/3/68 and 25/2/69 (these SHOULD be recording dates)
Now the problem is this. 27/3/68 was in between series and their transition to the BBC. No M&W shows were broadcast on that day and It's not a very early recording for the (missing) first BBC series, as there is a separate contract for that recording.
25/2/69 is only a few months after Eric's heart attack. The second BBC series would be recorded until later in the year and due to Eric's health only 4 shows instead of 6/7. so this seem like an unlikely date too!
Apparently Matt's paper work was kept maticulously by his wife and any cancelled recordings noted. - Nothing is noted for these two dates.
Does anybody out there have any ideas about this? Matt's widow is absolutley certain that he appeared in at least three shows, but I can only find one from 1969 BBC and one from 1971
Anybody have any theory's here? Could there have been a show recorded at some point that was never broadcast - and is therefore lost - for instance?
Any Help greatly appreciated
Richard