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Post by Jay Tennet on May 2, 2010 16:35:37 GMT
I've just been watching the making of featurette on Doctor Who "Underworld", and started looking up info on Alan Lake who appeared in the story. On the less-than-reliable Wikipedia, it mentions that Alan Lake met Diana Dors on the set of a TV series called "The Inquisitors" in 1968, but I can't find anything anywhere relating to the series.
Can anyone shed any light?
Thank You!
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Post by johnstewart on May 9, 2010 15:52:28 GMT
Perhaps it was a European or U.S. series which might explain the lack of info over here anywhere.
The only other thought might be that if it was an obscure ABC or Rediffusion series it might prove difficult to trace on paper due to the early loss of franchise in '68? I.E. the NFA is generally the only holder of actual Rediffusion shows; and the ABC stuff has had copyright problems. I would guess a lot of the paperwork went the same way as the shows at the end of franchise.
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Post by Mark Smith on May 9, 2010 19:00:13 GMT
I've just been watching the making of featurette on Doctor Who "Underworld", and started looking up info on Alan Lake who appeared in the story. On the less-than-reliable Wikipedia, it mentions that Alan Lake met Diana Dors on the set of a TV series called "The Inquisitors" in 1968, but I can't find anything anywhere relating to the series. Can anyone shed any light? LostShows.com has the only reference I can find online, and all four episodes are missing. www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=b7b432be-96a4-4983-837b-a46baf1239b6 |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2010 19:44:25 GMT
The only other thought might be that if it was an obscure ABC or Rediffusion series it might prove difficult to trace on paper due to the early loss of franchise in '68? I.E. the NFA is generally the only holder of actual Rediffusion shows; and the ABC stuff has had copyright problems. I would guess a lot of the paperwork went the same way as the shows at the end of franchise. I think i'm right in saying that the BFI have a lot of the existing Rediffusion paperwork now, John. |
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Post by cperry on May 10, 2010 6:27:15 GMT
All the (few) details on this show are in our ITV Drama Guide,. The new e-version will be out shortly and can answer your queries.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2010 7:11:21 GMT
I might be buying this. How much is it, Chris?
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Post by Peter Stirling on May 10, 2010 9:56:23 GMT
Was this series ever transmitted?
This always makes you ask the same question..
What on earth happened to the Rediffusion archive?
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Post by cperry on May 10, 2010 12:43:06 GMT
Email me your email address Peter and I'll send you our article on the fate of A-R.
Book will be around £30, not bad for the equivalent of 9 paper volumes.
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Post by Ken Griffin on May 10, 2010 14:55:08 GMT
It might be worth someone posting up an explanation as a sort of FAQ. I would but I haven't the faintest idea what happened to the A-R archive. I have a decent handle on what happened to the ABC one but I have so many unanswered questions about A-R!
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Post by Peter Stirling on May 10, 2010 15:34:52 GMT
My question was actually rhetorical Ken just an expression of annoyance
... as Chris has probably explained several times here the few facts that are known.
But every time a new programme is discovered in paperwork, you realise just how big this archive was and wonder what the mindset was, that could not careless where it ended up in July 1968 .. I mean surely there must have been people there who were proud of their work or even wanted to sell it on by claiming copyright?
Stella Richman an AR producer saved 'Robert' presumably because it was a stand out story and on 16mm which could be easily projected in her own home?...but what of the fate of hundreds of videotapes?
The notion that they had a couple of tapes and reused them again and again might have been true for 1958 but not 1968 when tape stock prices had come own considerably.
So we have just been around the block again Ken but it gives a bit of comfort LOL
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Post by gileshill on May 11, 2010 6:30:01 GMT
Email me your email address Peter and I'll send you our article on the fate of A-R. Can anyone ask for a copy of this please? |
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Post by gileshill on May 11, 2010 6:48:39 GMT
Stella Richman an AR producer saved 'Robert' presumably because it was a stand out story and on 16mm which could be easily projected in her own home?...but what of the fate of hundreds of videotapes? The notion that they had a couple of tapes and reused them again and again might have been true for 1958 but not 1968 when tape stock prices had come own considerably. Don't a couple of AR tapes (from a costume drama, but not the whole series) survive at the BFI, similar to how some ABC tapes survive? Maybe they had a chance to cherrypick at both archives at some time or other? |
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Post by cperry on May 11, 2010 6:52:55 GMT
Hi Giles
Feel free to PM me your email address for the very good John Johnson article.
For many years the BFI refused to take VT and would only accept telerecordings. Any ABC or A-R VT have survived more by chance. I am aware of only two shows made by A-R on VT that survive - Women In Love (found at Thames) and London A new Look (untx, held by BFI). Does anyone know of any more?
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Post by gileshill on May 11, 2010 7:51:18 GMT
Hi Giles Feel free to PM me your email address for the very good John Johnson article. Thanks. Women In Love was the one I was thinking of. I knew it was some DH Lawrence that Ken Russell later adapted but didn't think it could be that one as it would have been too raunchy! But does finding it at Thames imply they took AR's tapes at one point? |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2010 8:15:43 GMT
For many years the BFI refused to take VT and would only accept telerecordings. Any ABC or A-R VT have survived more by chance. I am aware of only two shows made by A-R on VT that survive - Women In Love (found at Thames) and London A new Look (untx, held by BFI). Does anyone know of any more? c The only others that survive are some late '50s programmes made by Jack Hylton Productions for A-R (which reside with the BFI), although were not actually made BY A-R. Also, there are a couple of Rediffusion colour productions from '66 and '67 shot at Wembley on 525 line colour VT that reside in the US (e.g. The Human Voice, which was brought out on DVD a few years ago by Broadway Theatre Archive, and a production of Dial M For Murder, which resides at UCLA). These were transmitted in the UK too but only in b/w. Hope this helps. |
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