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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 12, 2008 11:35:25 GMT
Have any significant recoveries of British television been made in the USA? Just wondering. There are a lot of broadcasters over there from large networks to small local regional channels, and some of them would have been screening old British shows I guess. So have their archives ever divulged any lost British TV?
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Post by Simon Winters on Jul 12, 2008 12:47:20 GMT
A couple of probably missing editions of Rediffusion's 'Hippodrome' have turned up in the USA, as have some editions of ATV's 'Showtime' and at least one Palladium Show, althought not sure if these were all missing.
Also, the colour Rediffusion play 'The Human Voice' is on dvd commercial release in USA (on the Broadway Theater Archive collection) and as far as I know this play does not survive in the official UK archives. It is on NTSC videotape.
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Post by Peter Elliott on Jul 12, 2008 12:51:12 GMT
A lost episode from the first series of "The Avengers" turned up in the UCLA archive a few years ago.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 12, 2008 13:20:09 GMT
Ah yes, I recall that Avengers episode now.
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Post by Reg Long3 on Jul 12, 2008 14:32:21 GMT
'The Reunion' with Alfred Burke a 1955 ITV playhouse show, has recently been found in the US, where it was a B movie.
Quite notable by the fact it may be from a bunch of plays that were made in 'High Definition' ? IIRC.
The producers were considering making feature films using the television studio method to save money. To do this they used specially built PYE 1000 line capable cameras IIRC but trialed them at 750 lines then telerecorded onto film... something like that anyway.
The Rediffusion play 'Dial M for Murder' with Lawrence Harvey is thought to reside in the US
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Post by Steven Sigel on Jul 12, 2008 15:00:31 GMT
There have been some finds in the US. Most of them probably made their way here from the UK or Australia.
For instance I found an episode of "Androcles and the Lion" w/ Julian Glover in the US, as well as some missing "Monty Python" footage...
I also once ran across an almost complete run of "The Cheaters" which turned out to have some missing episodes. (Someone in the UK has the prints now).
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Post by Robbie Denning on Jul 12, 2008 15:08:36 GMT
The episode from the first series of Not Only But Also featuring Peter Sellers that turned up in 2003 was found in the US,in the museum of moving image in New York i believe.
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Post by RWels on Jul 12, 2008 19:00:35 GMT
Some episodes of "Up Pompeii"... I think.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2008 21:58:36 GMT
All of Moonbase 3.
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Post by lfbarfe on Jul 12, 2008 22:06:46 GMT
How about the complete 'Beyond the Fringe', as recorded by the BBC, which had been kept by the show's Broadway producer Alexander Cohen?
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Post by W Olding on Jul 13, 2008 12:03:02 GMT
All very interesting... And I'm sure, more to come, bearing in mind, the size of the US...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2008 17:08:23 GMT
Quite a bit of stuff has been retrieved from Canadian TV too.
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Post by Peter Elliott on Jul 13, 2008 17:42:16 GMT
Quite a bit of stuff has been retrieved from Canadian TV too. Yes... most of "Doomwatch" from what I recall to name just one show. |
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