Gordon Murray's Rubovia series

[stearn]

Can anyone shed any light on this puppet TV series from the the late 50s/early 60s? Does it exist? Where? and does anyone have private copies? Pls email [e-mail]. Thks

[Laurence Piper]

Go to the Mausoluem Club site as there is a link via one of the threads there to a new website devoted to Rubovia. I remember this one myself!

[stearn]

Thanks for that Laurence, but the chap who wrote that is currently staying with me cleaing up 16mm prints of the Telegoons ready to transfer to DV!

[John Green]

There's a clip of what seems to be 'Knight for a Day' (though it's labeled 'King for a Day') on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XHQE7satc

Does the 1976 series survive?

[ikmclachlan]

Is this clip on youtube not the clip that was used either in the Windmill programme or the programme for young people which was on BBC2 and was run by Janet Street POrter. ? I would really like to see the surviving episodes released on DVD.

[John Green]

The IMDB page could do with a bit of work-it only lists 10 episode titles.(I must try logging-on again someday).

It's often the case that 'finds' on Youtube turn out to be from retro shows-it's the easiest way for people to get rare clips.I can barely hear the dialogue,but I see that one comment suggests that this is the 'Knight for a Day' episode,which is listed as lost.Unless it was remade? ('The Dragon's Hiccups' is shown for both 1956 and 1959).

For the record (ho ho) the BBC released an LP in 1977 of 'Two Complete Stories' from the later series: www.bbcrecords.co.uk/record.php?record=282&i=260

[johnpater]

I think the B.F.I. have a couple of episodes of this from memory. I can recall 1960s episodes pre-Camberwick Green etc and didn't realise there were any others later than that.

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

""Missing or incomplete episodes for programme RUBOVIA.
15.12.55 The Queen's Dragon (missing)
19.04.56 Clocks And Blocks (missing)
17.05.56 The Dragon's Hiccups (missing)
31.05.56 The Mystery Of Rubovia Castle (missing)
17.03.59 The Dragon's Hiccups (missing)
02.03.60 Something In The Air (missing)
24.05.60 Zara Knows All (missing)
09.08.60 Spray Fever (missing)
04.10.60 Chickweed Wine (missing)
17.01.61 Knight For A Day (missing)
21.03.61 Crafty Art (missing)
03.07.62 The Clock (missing)
17.07.62 Tunnel Trouble (missing)
02.10.62 Bees And Bellows (missing)
30.10.62 The Trap (missing)
01.01.63 The Clue (missing)
22.01.63 A Cranky Banquet (missing)
26.06.63 Sinister Visitor (missing)
13.08.63 Fire, Fire, Fire! (missing)
19.11.63 Calling All Trunks (missing)
03.12.63 The Troublesome Double (missing)
17.12.63 Bewitched Boots (missing)


Out of an original total of 38 episodes, 22 episodes are missing.""

I can't find any at the BFI, but there are 16 extant, somewhere.

[John Green]

Feb 9, 2015 0:55:17 GMT ikmclachlan said:

Is this clip on youtube not the clip that was used either in the Windmill programme or the programme for young people which was on BBC2 and was run by Janet Street POrter. ? I would really like to see the surviving episodes released on DVD.

I didn't see either of those programmes.While the clip-which is 5 minutes of a 20 minute show-is labelled 'King for a Day' someone comments that it's really 'Knight for a Day',a title which was used only once,and is listed as missing.It's quite possible that this is a known clip,and the rest of the episode is lost,but I thought it was worth asking.

[Pete Morris]

Here's the missing episode Fire Fire Fire at BFI

nwfaunionsearch.mmu.ac.uk/search.dhtml?fl.text=fire+fire+fire

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

And here's a clip:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XHQE7satc