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Post by adriane17 on Jul 5, 2009 19:39:35 GMT
What of course we really want now is a release of the whole remaining monochrome material although judging by the BBC's track record we shouldn't hold our breath! Does anyone know if the BBC is actually considering it?
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Post by Mark Smith on Jul 6, 2009 0:23:05 GMT
I doubt it. It's so frustrating to see the likes of Network admirably exploiting the ITV archives (with their Granada Ventures deal), yet no one is doing an equivalent with the BBC archives. 2|entertain haven't even scratched the surface in terms of a product for which there is small but commercially viable market just crying out for material like this.  |
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Post by RWels on Jul 7, 2009 12:57:10 GMT
I saw The phone episode at the Missing Believed Wiped session at the BFI back when the DA episodes were recovered. Someone had painstakingly reconstructed it from an early video recording - it had been a labour of love as I think he said the tape heads were getting serious fluxing from the tape and he was literally recording it in 6 - 8 second segments (sorry I can't remember all the technicallities but it was literally a marvellous feat!) I think there were several jumps in the recording and i remember the soundtrack was certainly over the top - with elements of feedback in places - I think they said at the time it certainly wasnt broadcast quality in its present state but it was certainly enjoyed by all who caught this rare showing including myself! Till Closing Time exists as master b/w VT (unusually for the time). Peace & Goodwill must be what you are talking about as I think the copy was incomplete and even on VHS only at one point. Not sure if it ever was recovered in full though (possibly not), although a print (I think) exists. Till Closing Time was of course repeated on BBC4. They actually wanted to screen 'The Phone', but restoring it on the budget they had was pricey. Aunt Maud only exists in the BBC archive as an off-air audio. The original off-air video recordings of both Aunt Maud and The Phone are with Martin Loach. Martin did a camera copy in pieces which I edited together at Pebble Mill on a D3. That recording is in the BBC archive and the BFi have a betaSP copy of it. Martin still has the Aunt Maud master and his analog copy in 405. We did attempt to make a digital copy of this via a new box of tricks I had but that was only partially successful. I still have the bits, but it's not in the BBC archive. At some point I will do this properly. The actual recordings were made on a one inch Peto Scott format which was an industrial machine used in surveillance and film production. It was capable of recording both 405 and 625 lines, just like U-Matic. Regards, Paul So it was all done on a voluntary basis, without any budget? Wow. |
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