The Dustbinmen (Granada TV)

[Andy Howells]

I recently transferred some recordings I took from Granada Plus a few years back onto DVD from their Sunday morning Two tone Telly segment which ran some classic Black and White comedies like The army Game, Please sir (first Series) and The Dustbinmen.

I'm slightly intrigued by The Dustbinmen episode in the run which appears to introduce the characters as this was broadcast in colour whereas all subsequent episodes were broadcast in Black and white. Was this made in colour then the colur prints lost?

Also I notice from Lost Shows website there are six missing episodes from this series, rare for a Granada produced series (I also checked and Pardon The Expression appears to exist in its entirety!).

I liked the formula of broadcasting some old shows from this era on a Sunday morning and wish ITV4 would do it with these or other shows from the same era, apart from their ITC drama output we rarely see any classic comedy (except for On the Buses and Rising Damp).

[cperry]

I would reread Lost Shows. All episodes exist but six editions are only telerecordings on 16mm. The original 2" no longer survive.

c

[Andy Howells]

Thanks Chris

[John Green]

Feb 14, 2009 9:49:54 GMT cperry said:

I would reread Lost Shows. All episodes exist but six editions are only telerecordings on 16mm. The original 2" no longer survive.

c

I thought there was a newer thread on the series, but can't find one.

Chris Perry's assertion that "All episodes exist", is right. Which makes it all the more irritating that Network are still descibing their set (which has "All three complete series-20 episodes emblazoned on the top) as comprising "all remaining episodes (two episodes are missing from the final series), the pilot play and the Christmas Special sketch.". all remaining episodes (two episodes are missing from the final series), the pilot play and the Christmas Special sketch. networkonair.com/all-products/31-dustbinmen-the-the-complete-series

The set gives no episode-titles, though IMDB do, giving a different running-order! Network, possibly to make up for a lack of episode-titles, give each one five chaper-breaks... each of which is given a title on the inner-sleeve! The lucky pilot, running a bit under half an hour, has ten chapter-breaks, each one named.

[Peter Stirling]

Nov 21, 2020 18:42:44 GMT John Green said:

Feb 14, 2009 9:49:54 GMT cperry said:

I would reread Lost Shows. All episodes exist but six editions are only telerecordings on 16mm. The original 2" no longer survive.

c

I thought there was a newer thread on the series, but can't find one.

Chris Perry's assertion that "All episodes exist", is right. Which makes it all the more irritating that Network are still descibing their set (which has "All three complete series-20 episodes emblazoned on the top) as comprising "all remaining episodes (two episodes are missing from the final series), the pilot play and the Christmas Special sketch.". all remaining episodes (two episodes are missing from the final series), the pilot play and the Christmas Special sketch. networkonair.com/all-products/31-dustbinmen-the-the-complete-series

The set gives no episode-titles, though IMDB do, giving a different running-order! Network, possibly to make up for a lack of episode-titles, give each one five chaper-breaks... each of which is given a title on the inner-sleeve! The lucky pilot, running a bit under half an hour, has ten chapter-breaks, each one named.

Did they include the real pilot? which was this www.imdb.com/title/tt0391490/reference
That was a stand alone play that ran over an hour.

[John Green]

Yes, the real pilot's there. I really should have checked, given the number of chapter-breaks!