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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2010 8:32:54 GMT
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? You're obviously new to all this, Giles, as the topic has been covered many times previously!  The fate of the Rediffusion and ABC libraries is a subject very close to my heart. Thames seemed to keep hold of some Rediffusion material for a while (for transmission / repeating purposes or just because it wasn't handed back as - by that time, I guess - there was no company existing to hand it back to!) A few morsels have surfaced there over the years but not as much as one would have hoped for. Thames also stored ABC VT material till about 1976 as well, at which point it was unceremoniously junked as ABC didn't want non-film stuff. Chris will be able to tell you more about this awful incident though. |
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Post by richardfitzgerald on May 12, 2010 0:03:43 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. c I'm sure Chris won't mind me relaying the bare bones of what's in the guide regarding The Inquisitors since I originally supplied them to Kaleidoscope in the first place! To start with, the general assumption being made on this thread is incorrect. The Inquisitors was not a Rediffusion series, but instead one of the very first drama productions made by LWT right at the beginning of its franchise in the summer of 1968. Described briefly in the official LWT history as an attempt at an "Avengers beater", a cursory glance through the scripts instead suggests a series potentially 20 years ahead of its time that I can best sum up as a cross between The Professionals and Cracker. Lake played one of the two leads in the show, an ex-army interrogator called Garcia, now working with the Home Office on a freelance basis, and who in the episode The Peeling Of Sweet P Lawrence is called in to investigate a brutal gangland killing which is feared is the first move in a mafia takeover of organised crime in London. Dors guests as the only witness to the murder, a down-at-heel stripper who refuses to talk - Garcia's job to to get her to divulge what she knows. It's a terrific role for Dors and could possibly have completely relaunched her career as a serious actress if it had ever been shown - but Cyril Bennett cancelled the series after three and a bit episodes were recorded so it was never broadcast, replaced in the schedules by the very hurriedly mounted The Inside Man starring Frederick Jaegar, a superficially similar but much more conventional concept. Check out the second episode of the Dors biopic The Blonde Bombshell and you'll find a brief scene where she and Lake are rehearsing lines for that episode. The chances of any tape record surviving are almost certainly nil though it is possible production stills may exist. |
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Post by Peter Stirling on May 12, 2010 13:34:18 GMT
Wow!
blimey Richard!
what a fascinating post, thanks for sharing.
Looks like a lead that would have fitted Alan Lake like a glove and would have got LWT out of the rut of its artyfarty first impression/reputation.
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Post by gileshill on Jun 7, 2010 13:35:02 GMT
You're obviously new to all this, Giles, as the topic has been covered many times previously! The fate of the Rediffusion and ABC libraries is a subject very close to my heart. I know about ABC where Verity should have stashed some tapes in her garage but Rediffusion is something I have only just taken an interest in, yes. Until recently I didn't think much of them because there is so little material to see and some of the material out there isn't brilliant, like the worst No Hiding Place episodes: as I mentioned in another thread the No Hiding Place episodes used to turn up on Ebay to almost a collective groan, which didn't make me think quality. This year I've realised my mistake and am cramming my head with Rediffusion information! I'd even watch the "rubbish" No Hiding Place episodes again if I still had access to them, I might appreciate them more: it seems my initial lack of enthusiasm led the owner to part company with them and they aren't in "the usual places" yet either!  I hope the BFI will eventually reach an agreement with the owners to bring greater access to their Rediffusion holdings but I've read elsewhere that the rights owners are more £££££ than £ which is a terrible shame. By the way if Chris Perry is reading this can you please resend me the Rediffusion article? Nothing has turned up in my hotmail account so maybe the file size was too big? |
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The fate of the Rediffusion and ABC libraries is a subject very close to my heart.
I hope the BFI will eventually reach an agreement with the owners to bring greater access to their Rediffusion holdings but I've read elsewhere that the rights owners are more £££££ than £ which is a terrible shame.