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Post by Alan Turrell on Apr 30, 2009 17:06:19 GMT
Does anyone here know if any of the black and white episodes of Jack hargreaves "out of town" survive the one's with Max bygraves singing the theme tune not the later one's that were done in colour.Thanks.
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Post by LanceM on Apr 30, 2009 19:35:46 GMT
Hello Alan, I was able to find this info on a "Out Of Town Theater" that ran in the mid 60's. Am not sure of this is the series you were thinking of, hope this is of some assistance to your inquiry: ( www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=f4b47b6a-1e74-473b-8526-9df6b4f6fa11 ) "OUT OF TOWN THEATER. Series 1 28.10.66 Seeing A Beauty Queen Home (missing) 04.11.66 The Great Kopalski (missing) 11.11.66 A Pretty Row Of Pretty Ribbons (missing) 18.11.66 Why Me? (missing) 19.03.67 A Nun's Tale (missing) 26.08.67 Campbell Of Kilmhor (missing) 09.09.67 The Picnic (missing) 23.09.67 Interview (missing) 30.09.67 Goodbye, That's All (missing) 07.10.67 The Dark-Eyed Charmer (missing) 14.10.67 Silence On The Battlefield (missing) 02.02.68 An Affair Has Been Arranged (missing) All 12 episodes are either missing or incomplete." I am unaware of any specific footage existing, would hope that at least some material still exists.Apologies cannot be of further assistance here. Cheers,Lance. |
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Post by Alan Turrell on Apr 30, 2009 19:44:34 GMT
Thanks for that Lance but unfortunately it's not the series i refer to i mean the country and fishing expert Jack hargreaves the earlier episodes that were made in black and white.
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Post by Ian Wegg on May 1, 2009 7:40:49 GMT
Say what you will,
The countryside is still
The only place where I could settle down
Troubles there are so much rarer
Out of town
Ah, happy memories. The show was 50% indoors, with Jack talking in his ‘shed’, and 50% outdoor countryside scenes filmed by Stan Brehaut. I’d guess there’s a chance that the films still survive somewhere but I doubt much, if anything, survives of the studio sections. The rare clips I’ve seen from b/w episodes have all been filmed sequences.
Even the colour episodes that are available on DVD aren’t the original broadcast programmes. Jack recorded new studio segments to go around the film clips (in Meonstoke village hall according to Wikipedia!)
~iw
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Post by cperry on May 1, 2009 9:15:58 GMT
Hi Alan
I think that all the episodes Lance refers to are black and white, they are the Jack Heagreaves series and they are missing.
However, that list is incomplete. We are unaware of any monochrome editions that survive, though some may be in private hands. We do have private copies of many of the later Out of Town that officially do not exist, but we have ex-Betamax off air dubs.
I hope that helps.
c
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Post by cperry on May 1, 2009 9:17:43 GMT
silly me, of course I'm talking rubbish and Out of Town Theatre is not the show you wanted to know about lol. That'll teach me to skim read. My apologies for my poor eyesight!
Seriously though, my point about Out of Town remains - none survive that early in official hands. We have some later dubs of eps.
c
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Post by Peter Stirling on May 1, 2009 13:12:42 GMT
I think someone said fair a few of his 10 minute filler films survive ? they were called country matters or something in some regions, usually shown in the afternoon if the racing ran short or there was spare time. His location cameraman the late Stanley Brehaut was thought to have kept a few. but if you miss Jack Hargreaves there is always Bob Fleming  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd0R8kLDjiU. |
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Post by Chris H on May 1, 2009 16:05:41 GMT
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Post by Alan Turrell on May 1, 2009 19:27:36 GMT
Thanks for the info,Christopher you me worried for a minute with those episode titles but what a shame none of these survive .Yet another classic old series gone and probably never to be seen again i wonder what old jack would say if he was still here.
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Post by johnstewart on May 7, 2009 19:46:14 GMT
OUT OF TOWN continued on Channel 4 and became 'Old Country'. As it was running up to the end of Southerns franchise there must be quite a lot post 69.
Regarding what Chris says this relates to that as far as many of us know the Southern Archive is pretty depleted generally pre 1970. I remembered its companion 'Country Boy' being repeated on Saturday mornings in the early 70s on London weekend.
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Post by Peter Bradford on May 9, 2009 9:40:23 GMT
OUT OF TOWN continued on Channel 4 and became 'Old Country'. As it was running up to the end of Southerns franchise there must be quite a lot post 69. Regarding what Chris says this relates to that as far as many of us know the Southern Archive is pretty depleted generally pre 1970. I remembered its companion 'Country Boy' being repeated on Saturday mornings in the early 70s on London weekend. Jack worked exclusively for Southern TV up until its demise at the end of 1981. After that he did record a similar programme, which he sold to Channel 4, it was recorded at Limehouse's studio in Docklands. |
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Post by simoncoward on May 14, 2009 18:38:05 GMT
There is at least one b/w clip of Out of Town which survives - it's used in the Dream Factory DVD documentary, but I don't know if it's part of a complete episode.
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Post by Ian Wegg on May 15, 2009 7:01:09 GMT
There are also clips in the Meridian nostalgia programme Southern Gold, including the opening seconds of Jack’s 1969 programme Country Visit.
Dream Factory contains a complete original colour Out Of Town whose two filmed segments, “mole catching” and “stagecoach”, both turn up again in the later rehashed DVDs. It’s interesting to compare the different commentaries.
~iw
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Post by Ian Wegg on Oct 27, 2010 7:50:26 GMT
I posted the following on M-club earlier this year: What remains of the original 16mm film sequences for Out of Town is now held in the South West Film and Television Archive in Plymouth. They also have audio tape recordings of many of Jack’s “shed” link material and film commentaries. The rights for these are held by the Hargreaves family.
They have embarked on a project to match up the tapes to the films with a view to a possible future DVD release. A sample of what they have achieved so far - an exploding bait box demonstrated off the coast of Littlehampton in the 1970s - can be seen at vimeo.com/tag:swfta
I've learnt this week that the SWFTA have turned up some copies of Jack's B&W programmes. I've no idea what format they are in. ~iw |
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Oct 27, 2010 8:23:59 GMT
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