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Post by ajsmith on Aug 30, 2009 17:10:02 GMT
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Post by Alan Turrell on Aug 30, 2009 17:59:49 GMT
Such a shame yet another real star from the 60s has gone and 74 isn't that old it's strange how so many stars from those days don't live to a ripe old age. It's also a shame so little of his shows remain i for one will really miss him god bless you simon.
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Post by newnamegeorge1 on Aug 30, 2009 18:51:39 GMT
They did use once again the fateful Lazenby interview as the source of his demise. Does anyone have any evidence of this infamous exchange? I know Dee footage from ITV is very rare, but i would personally love to see this clip
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Post by Robert Manners on Aug 31, 2009 0:40:12 GMT
The Robert Morley interview must be a clip only, I know there is an episode from 1968 that features 'Lionel Jeffrey's' and other guests like 'Susannah York' while the music is provided by 'the equals' singing 'softly softly'. and 'Wayne Fontana' of the mind benders fame sings 'When love calls' and a young snake owner 'Graham Leaske' also appears on the show and talks about his snakes.
I have read that this particular episode is the only one that remains in the BBC archives, which is a pity because 'Dee time' was a popular chat show. Has anyone seen this since its original broadcast and is this truly the only full episode the BBC have?
very bad if so!!!
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Post by ajsmith on Aug 31, 2009 4:52:01 GMT
The Robert Morley interview must be a clip only, I know there is an episode from 1968 that features 'Lionel Jeffrey's' and other guests like 'Susannah York' while the music is provided by 'the equals' singing 'softly softly'. and 'Wayne Fontana' of the mind benders fame sings 'When love calls' and a young snake owner 'Graham Leaske' also appears on the show and talks about his snakes. I have read that this particular episode is the only one that remains in the BBC archives, which is a pity because 'Dee time' was a popular chat show. Has anyone seen this since its original broadcast and is this truly the only full episode the BBC have? very bad if so!!! It was shown as art of BBC4s 60s season in 2004. I saw it then. |
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Post by LanceM on Aug 31, 2009 5:35:12 GMT
So Very sad to hear of this loss, such a great presenter now gone.One of the first voices to be heard on the infamous Radio Caroline in 1964. I had only seen the odd clip appear from Simon Dee.Agreed,any Dee material, including ITV material seems to be quite rare indeed.Looking at the Kal powered Lostshows.com database, which states 149 out of 151 are missing, so now know at least two episodes survive from "Dee Time".A very poor survival rate, sadly there (Update: Was previously unaware of the live nature of this series,are quite right Ian,is amazing that anything has survived,but ever the more glad in seeing that not only one, but two editions of Dee Time exist) as the acts that appeared on his show looked amazing.Such as 1st edition of Dee Time from 04/04/67 with Lance Percival and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (anyone happen to know what tracks were performed on this particular show?Just curious).The Tremeloes,Lulu,Manfred Mann,The Move,The Kinks,The Turtles, The Small Faces,Matt Munroe,Bob Monkhouse, Herman's Hermits,The Bee Gees, The Fortunes,P.J.Proby,Eric Burdon and The Animals,Harry Secombe,Procol Harum,Rolf Harris,Dick Emery, The Dave Clark Five,The Alan Price Set,Billy Fury,Tony Blackburn(1968),Sandie Shaw, and many more.Is saddening seeing so many acts missing from the archives. From a show which had a peak viewing audience of around 15 million people in 1967-1969.
If looking at the BBC News release on this sad event as initially posted by ajsmith, the clip for the Lionel Jeffreys interview is at least posted on the BBC release there as one of the attached video clips. There is also the interview with Tony Blackburn on his passing, where he recalls fond memories, and states the immense loss of a truly unique presenter.
Cheers,Lance.
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Post by Ian Wegg on Aug 31, 2009 6:42:07 GMT
I had only seen the odd clip appear from Simon Dee.Agreed,any Dee material, including ITV material seems to be quite rare indeed.Looking at the Kal powered Lostshows.com database, which states 149 out of 151 are missing, so now know at least two episodes survive from "Dee Time".A very poor survival rate Don't forget Dee Time was a live broadcast. It's not quite true to say it has a poor survival rate or that the shows are missing as they were never recorded in the first place. It's a shame that there is so little to watch today but really it's surprising that there is anything at all. ~iw |
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Post by adriane17 on Aug 31, 2009 6:46:11 GMT
A real icon of the 1960s. The first voice on Radio Caroline; Smiths Crisps; etc; etc...
Clearly Henty-Dodd (you can see why he became Dee) was a complex personality but he certainly had talent. I was in the audience for the recording of the one-off comeback (!?) show of a few years back and it was evident that he still had it although it was a pity that there seemed to be something stronger than water in his glass by the time the recording came to an end..
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2009 16:53:44 GMT
Did Simon Dee keep some of his LWT shows on video? ".“No bank will give me an account now,” he tetched. “They say they don’t know who Simon Dee is. I give them videos of Simon Dee on LWT and they absolutely say no, they can’t accept that." "Simon agonises - This critic peers through her fingers at the horror of Simon Dee's return." By Caitlin Moran The Times. January 2, 2004. (Online) I had only seen the odd clip appear from Simon Dee.Agreed,any Dee material, including ITV material seems to be quite rare indeed. |
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Post by LanceM on Sept 1, 2009 0:36:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 10:13:35 GMT
There are two editions of Dee Time surviving although the other has no opening titles (which is probably why it hasn't been repeated, as the Lionel Jeffries edition has). There are also quite a few interview inserts surviving but it's pretty feeble considering Dee's show was such a platform for '60s artists and other famous names.
No editions survive of his LWT series. The only existing material is about 90 seconds of one show (title sequence and Dee's intro to camera, welcoming the audience / announcing his guests). This was found on the end of a broadcast dump tape at LWT, i'm told. It's always possible more material is out there somewhere, I suppose. A poor result for LWT though (considering that at least some of Frost's shows for that company have managed to survive).
Discotheque is a pilot programme for an unmade series. It's a pretty good format with strong guests and a shame a whole run wasn't attempted.
R.I.P. Simon.
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Post by Rich Cornock on Sept 1, 2009 18:37:11 GMT
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Post by Jeff Leach on Sept 2, 2009 19:14:11 GMT
So Very sad to hear of this loss, such a great presenter now gone.One of the first voices to be heard on the infamous Radio Caroline in 1964. I had only seen the odd clip appear from Simon Dee.Agreed,any Dee material, including ITV material seems to be quite rare indeed. Such as 1st edition of Dee Time from 04/04/67 with Lance Percival and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (anyone happen to know what tracks were performed on this particular show?Just curious).The Tremeloes,Lulu,Manfred Mann,The Move,The Kinks,The Turtles, The Small Faces,Matt Munroe,Bob Monkhouse, Herman's Hermits,The Bee Gees, The Fortunes,P.J.Proby,Eric Burdon and The Animals,Harry Secombe,Procol Harum,Rolf Harris,Dick Emery, The Dave Clark Five,The Alan Price Set,Billy Fury,Tony Blackburn(1968),Sandie Shaw, and many more.Is saddening seeing so many acts missing from the archives. From a show which had a peak viewing audience of around 15 million people in 1967-1969. Cheers,Lance. Interesting to note that Bob Monkhouse being one of the guests, giving the slight possibility that maybe this show could be contained in Bobs video archive as i believe he tried to keep any shows he appeared in. Hopefully we'll have a pleasant suprise at the Bfi in October |
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Post by johnstewart on Oct 9, 2009 14:28:02 GMT
I had only seen the odd clip appear from Simon Dee.Agreed,any Dee material, including ITV material seems to be quite rare indeed.Looking at the Kal powered Lostshows.com database, which states 149 out of 151 are missing, so now know at least two episodes survive from "Dee Time".A very poor survival rate Don't forget Dee Time was a live broadcast. It's not quite true to say it has a poor survival rate or that the shows are missing as they were never recorded in the first place. It's a shame that there is so little to watch today but really it's surprising that there is anything at all. ~iw I looked into this a few years back. It does seem that much of what would have been topical; such as the Davy Jones / Monkees interview and Hendrix appearence was in the first series or 1967 period. At that time it seems to be one of the proportion of the BBCs output which went out live to economise. There - might - have been some kind of though by someone that appearences by Hendrix or a topical pop act might be nice to have an example of; but probably along the line 'oh well they will be represented in other recorded programmes'; i.e. Late night line up. At that time 'Dee Time' was a current magazine show. By the later series it had become one of the BBCs most popular shows. Thats possibly why the decision was made to record a complete example though it may also have been for use in request shows like 'points of view'. During the 1968 and last series the technicians appear to have been briefed to record not just complete interviews but excerpts of specific comments. Editing these as the show was going out would have been difficult so I wonder if these were intitially recorded as VT off air then the required clips transferred to T/R. As these clips are very bizarrely edited they must have been specifically requested by a producer to be made; probably for the complilation they had slated for the end of the series. That one exists with no titles might be as an arbitrary instruction was made to start recording the show - somewhere - just to capture the desired interviews. At that time I would guess they did not know Dee was to be leaving; but just planned the special as the show was very popular by then. |
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Oct 9, 2009 14:59:51 GMT
Heard a rumour a few years ago a 68 one with Del Shannon turned up in Canada, but can't prove it.
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