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Post by Oztraylia on Jun 30, 2004 13:39:56 GMT
Hi People, Just a quick question. How many episodes of Billy Bunter are still in existence. I'm not certain from the details on the main site. Cheers.
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Post by William Martin on Jun 30, 2004 14:49:39 GMT
about 13 according to the bbc web site there were 51 made and 38 are listed as missing on this site
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Post by andrew martin on Jun 30, 2004 15:50:07 GMT
Actually there are 8 existing - 6 from 1956, and one each from 1959 and 1960.
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Post by john40dalek on Jul 1, 2004 6:09:50 GMT
Actor name Gerald Chapman - Billy Bunter also in Comic.
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Post by penny garlick on Jul 2, 2004 19:58:26 GMT
Didn`t Gerald Campion play Billy Bunter?
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Post by john40dalek on Jul 2, 2004 22:27:35 GMT
Sorry wrong name, should name is Gerald Champion play as Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School in 1959
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Post by William Martin on Jul 3, 2004 13:20:17 GMT
Actually there are 8 existing - 6 from 1956, and one each from 1959 and 1960. would that be a whole series from 56?
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Post by andrew martin on Jul 11, 2004 10:07:14 GMT
Yes, it's the entire 3rd series.
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Post by William Martin on Jul 12, 2004 15:22:15 GMT
does tis say anything about the method of bbc disposal?, did they junk them in some kind of order(with the third last), or was the 3rd series stored in a different place to the others?
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Post by andrew martin on Jul 12, 2004 16:07:17 GMT
I've often wondered whether these things are significant - it may be that they were just never cleared for junking, but it could have been an oversight rather than a deliberate move. Earlier series might never have been recorded, but why these were kept and most of the others weren't is a mystery. It's like the few episodes of early "Dixon of Dock Green" that survive - from the same year (and possibly the same producer, come to think of it) - no idea why they were kept and others weren't. Because there was no archival policy, the early survivals are sporadic, idiosyncratic, and perplexing!
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Post by William Martin on Jul 12, 2004 16:20:35 GMT
rather like dr who that seems to have been destroyed in reverse order, but as you say, perplexing.
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Post by andrew martin on Jul 12, 2004 17:09:55 GMT
Though there is a difference between the destruction of things like Dr Who (and many other things), that is to say the Enterprises telerecordings, and the junking and wiping of film and VT masters, which to a large extent were done as people went along, once repeat possibilities had been exhausted in the UK. I'm often more surprised at what has survived than what hasn't - I just wish there had been an archival policy earlier so that even if more hadn't been kept, there would have been more logic to it - though to be fair a lot of things that aren't valued by cult/popular tv fans do survive, such as news film stories (as opposed to bulletins) and current affairs.
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