Finds since 1997

[John R]

Whilst everyone waits for the updated Kal guide books, maybe a thread could be set up (and pinned to the top of the forum) where all recent finds are listed, even if only for curiosity value?

These are the ones I've noted - can anyone add any more or corrections? I know some (like Scott On) might be made by searching the forum, but I'm feeling lazy at the moment!

COMEDY:

Till Death Us Do Part:
Arguments Arguments (16mm)
The Phone (off air 405-line 1" tape)
Aunt Maud (off air 405-line 1" tape)
Alf's Dilemma - missing several mins

All Gas And Gaiters:
Pilot (16mm)
First episode (16mm)
The Bishop Sees a Ghost (16mm)

Benny Hill:
a BBC episode on 16mm

Bless This House:
Missing b/w episodes were stored elsewhere (and now on DVD)

Citizen James:
Bread
and some other eps

Dad's Army:
Operation Kilt (16mm)
Battle of Godfrey's Cottage (16mm)

Dustbinmen:
Some episodes only on 16mm, not VT

Father Dear Father
b/w episodes all stored elsewhere at Pearson/Fremantle

The Goodies
Come Dancing on b/w VT (better than 16mm copy)

Not Only... But Also:
20/3/65 episode (16mm)
2nd Australian episode (16mm with last two sketches missing)

Q5:
Still just the 2" episode and two telerecordings? Or was another telerecording found?

Scott On:
Seven 16mm episodes

DRAMA:

Adam Adamant Lives:
D for Destruction (16mm)

The Avengers:
Hot Snow (reel 1 of 3 on 16mm)
Girl on a Trapeze

Barlow:
First three episodes on colour 16mm, not telerecordings (??)

Blackmail:
The Cream Off The Top
Cobb

Boyd QC:
The Case Of The Lazy Eye
Inside Job
Jellied Eels, They're Luvly

The Cheaters:
Intent To Defraud
The Weasel

Dixon of Dock Green:
film inserts for an episode about a blind boy

Jango:
Treacle on Three Fingers

No Hiding Place:
Some episodes recovered on 8mm and 16mm (??)

Out of the Unknown:
Title sequences to missing series one episodes
Little Black Bag - segments on 2", poor colour

Paul Temple:
German 35mm colour telerecordings (dubbed and re-edited)

Play for Today:
Cotswold Death - exists on film and quad transfer
The Commitments - VHS (returned by Mausoleum Club poster) and part on U-matic

Second City Firsts:
some episodes recovered from 1/2" reel to reel (?)

Sherlock Holmes (Douglas Wilmer):
Bruce-Partington Plans - incomplete (what's missing?)

Thirteen Against Fate:
The Son (16mm)
The Lodger - incomplete (half missing)

Thriller:
thriller.shorturl.com - most episodes can be remade in PAL in ATV format (five can't?)

Z-Cars:
A Straight Deal (16mm)

ALSO: A police series recovered from Canada (which one?)


CHILDRENS:

Sky (HTV):
All on 2"

King of the Castle:
Ep 3 on VHS, others on 2"

Georgian House:
Only first and last eps exist, on 2"

The Adventure Game:
Some episodes recovered on VHS or Betamax.

[Dave Homewood]

Also: It Ain't Half Hot Mum episodes "A Star Is Born" and "It's A Wise Child", though both slightly incomplete.

[David Buck]

There's buckets more to add; that's the official collective noun for recovered missing episodes by the way ; will post some details when I have a moment but just for staters - two more episodes of the cheaters, all of fabian of the yard, eight episodes of ( the adventures of ) aggie, the first episode of the scarlet pimpernel, one or two more no hiding place's, episodes of harry worth, one episode of morcambe and wise, corrected listings for arthur's treasured volumes which appears to exist in full, a big night out listed as junked which does in fact survive, 4 episodes of the black and white minstrel show held by bfi not listed by kal. , an episode of backpool night out, an episode of the hippodrome show, an episode of hugh and I & several episodes of sailor of fortune in french, oh and an episode of richard the lion heart, not to mention the one episode and various clips of doctor who etc.

re : canadian police series - do you mean r.c.m.p. a cbc/bbc co-production which survives in full in the canadian national archive?.

[John R]

re : canadian police series - do you mean r.c.m.p. a cbc/bbc co-production which survives in full in the canadian national archive?.

That's the one!

[Drama Guide]

Hi

The updated Drama Guides should be on course for early next year. They will be split into TV company blocks, because the size is now considerable. Exact details have not been finalised yet.

The re-issued others will have archive holdings updated where known, but won't contain cast etc, because the Drama Gudie is still our major project.

More details once the fine print is sorted. Suffice to say lots of clips added as well as complete shows.

Chris Perry

[Karl Williams]

An obvious ommission from above is The Likely Lads - Last of The Big Spenders. One of the few missing programs found that has actually got an airing or ever likely too!!

[John R]

Guest-Karl said:

An obvious ommission from above is The Likely Lads - Last of The Big Spenders. One of the few missing programs found that has actually got an airing or ever likely too!!

Ah, but that was already listed in the Kal books because they thought it existed in a private collection. Well, that's my excuse for missing it out anyway - honest!

[Steve Birt]

Would be interested in knowing David more details of the recovered editions of Big Night Out and Blackpool Night Out if possible.

[Cliff Chapman]

It's late, so I may just have missed it being mentioned above, but in 1999, Doctor Who: The Lion was found in New Zealand (Episode One of the four-part story The Crusade.)

Are clips of interest?

There's a six minute section of Galaxy 4: Four Hundred Dawns that came to light in 1998. That's about a quarter of the episode.

Also recovered are many Australian censor clips in 2001 and 2002; brief but violent scenes from many Doctor Who Hartnell and Troughton stories, including a minute-long clip from Fury From The Deep and short snippets from The Smugglers, The Macra Terror, The Underwater Menace, The Wheel In Space and The Web of Fear.

Scenes from Power of The Daleks: Episode One were found as part of a trailer on a Programme As Broadcast recording only a few months ago.

[Laurence Piper]

And two (?) episodes of Complete & Utter History Of Britain on domestic video. Anyone care to clarify which of these now exist in total?

I'm interested in the above references to The Dustbinmen and Father Dear Father finds: I didn't know about these. Can anyone enlighten me as to what / where / who? Thanks.

[William Martin]

collective nowns

treasuretroves?
bonanzacatches?
gemtreasures?
boastacquisitions?

[David Buck]

Guest-Steve said:

Would be interested in knowing David more details of the recovered editions of Big Night Out and Blackpool Night Out if possible.

Sorry Steve - didn't read this post until today - the Big Night Out & Blackpool night out editions I mention are omitted from Kaleidoscope details rather than recoveries

Big Night Out - 29/02/64 - featuring the beatles ; exists at least in part - my own 16mm copy is edited down to exclude most non-beatles material but another copy must exist as an extract is used in "The Beatles Anthology"

Blackpool Night Out - 12/09/65 - is held by the BFI as it is listed in "A for Andromeda to Zoo Time" - this features Cilla Black , Ray Alan , The New Faces , Lionel Blair & Bob Sharples

[Laurence Piper]

Don't forget the 1/8/65 edition of Big Night Out featuring The Beatles performing six songs as well (large chunks used in the Anthology). Not sure if the other part of that show exists or not though. Does anyone?

[John R]

Guest-Laurence said:

I'm interested in the above references to The Dustbinmen and Father Dear Father finds: I didn't know about these. Can anyone enlighten me as to what / where / who? Thanks.

The Dustbinmen episodes were listed as existing on tape and sometimes in colour in the old Kal guide books, but Granada Plus repeats used b/w 16mm copies instead, which implies the tapes are gone. The supposedly missing Father Dear Father episodes were repeated in Australia a few years back, and it turned out they'd existed all along but in a different storage facility to the expected one (the people helping out Kal didn't know I suppose, so the old guides listed most of them as wiped).

[William Martin]

what about swislewick?(I think thats the right spelling)live comedy about Birmingham City Council from the the 50s or early 60s