What is your ideal recovery?

[davemachin]

As the topic of the moment is the big news regarding something important to be announced, I thought it interesting to know what others most wanted missing tv items would be if it was possible to rediscover them. Within reason of course. I have listed a few of those I would like to see found. I know lists like this have been done many times but it is a bit of fun and interresting to learn what people think is the most important missing television!

Mine would include some sixties Top of the Pops, some Troughton Dr Who, Out Of The Unknown and series 1 Doomwatch. Also some early Callans and Public Eyes.

Dave

[Mark Brown]

OK, here's mine.

Troughton Who, preferably ones that complete half existing stories so that they can live a full and meaningful life again.

The Dad's Army episodes.

The missing episode of The Long Way Home.

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

Missing Episodes of:- TOTP, Do Not Adjust Your Set, RSG, Tiswas, LNLU, Lift Off, OGWT, Til Death Do Us Part, the Big Match, Tomorrow's World and 45. There are many others. That's just a few off the top of my head!

Does the film of Kenneth Tynan saying 'f#ck' on TV in 1965 exist? I suppose any 'first' would be important! But it's all important to me....

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

Dad's Army, there's another one....Z Cars....there are loads!

[Alan Hayes]

Any missing Doctor Who, missing Series 1 episodes of The Avengers, Elizabeth Shepherd Emma Peel footage... they'd be my priority.

Public Eye, Callan, Nigel Kneale stuff (The Road, The Creature, Sex Olympics in colour), Top Secret... Missing Cartier plays.

[Alan Hayes]

Let's add A for Andromeda and missing Armchair Theatre plays to that list, too... And probably a dozen more that have slipped my mind... The Plane Makers Series 1!

[Deleted]

Ooooh, loads! But some of the main ones for me:

REDIFFUSION PROGRAMMES GENERALLY
'60s TOTP
COLOUR ME POP
READY STEADY GO
ACE OF WANDS: at least one complete example from series 1 or 2
DR.WHO: Troughton
NOT ONLY...BUT ALSO
ON THE MARGIN
WHERE WAS SPRING?
OUT OF THE UNKNOWN: any but series 3 particularly
CALLAN: ABC episodes
PUBLIC EYE: ABC episodes
ARMCHAIR THEATRE
THE WEDNESDAY PLAY
THE BEAT ROOM
THIRTY MINUTE THEATRE
THE ROAD
FIVE O CLOCK CLUB: at least one example

[davemachin]

All these choices remind me of more of my own. I had forgotten about A For Andromeda and Ace Of Wands, both of which I would like to see again. Andromeda was a kind of seminal serial of it's time and important in tv terms. Often though it is a mixture of the important and trivial that we want to preserve!

Dave

[Deleted]

Quite right Dave. I'd be fascinated to see an episode of Peter Cook's short-lived chat show Where Do I Sit? but i'm sure it would be a big let-down and bore. So I can't say it needs to occupy a space in any "most wanted" list of mine when there are so many other choice items that should take priority!

[John Wall]

I don't disagree with much of the above. However, I think that recoveries that complete things would be really nice as that would make them more attractive for a potential DVD release.

[Bernie King]

Any missing Who in any shape or form, Timeslip in colour, and any of the Thames/Southern/Rediffusion/early LWT stuff especially Freewheelers. Also any Beatles (and solo) stuff. Oh I'm just SO demanding!! :-)

Bernie

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

Beatles and solo stuff - yes I totally agree with that one. Quite a few missing interviews, not to mention the Wings TOTP appearance and Ringo's appearance on 'With a Little Help From My Friends', 24/12/69 (although the unique audio for his song only exists). And there's a fair bit of missing Who as well.

[Alan Turrell]

My recoveries would be as follows.
Top of the pops
Dr who {Pat Troughton}
Out of the Unknown
Adam Adamant Lives
Ready steady go
Thank your lucky Stars
Colour me Pop
Five o' clock club

[Greg H]

In a dream world, the material I would most like to see recovered would be:

any Troughton who, prefereably season 5 stuff as I suspect that this was one of the pinacles of who, judging from the audios.
A for andromeda episodes, a complete run would be infinitely excellent.
Missing Hancock's half hour episodes, im not fussy which ones, ive never seen a bad one.
The Quatermass experiment.
The road, nige kneale.
1930s and 1940s BBc material in general, it would be very interesting to get more of a flavour of what this unrepresented era was actually like.
Series one avengers material, but especially the first 2 parter completed and episodes featuring steed.
Nigel kneale's the abominable snowman

And if we are including films, London after midnight, any of the missing Murnau films, and silent horror and fantasy films in general.

Wheres father christmas when you need him??

[Joe Haynes]

In Order of Preference:

Dr Who - Any Troughton of any episode of The Daleks Masterplan
Buddy Hollys Appearance at the London Palladium
Ace of Wands
A for Andromeda
Adam Adamant
Dads Army
Top of the Pops
Z- Cars (only the 60s stuff interest me)
Marc Bolan on RSG
Dylan in the Madhouse
Avengers