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Post by Richard Marple on Dec 20, 2011 17:53:05 GMT
Gerry Anderson has made a few pilots over the years, one being The Investigator. IIRC Dinky made some toys based on it, thinking it would be comissioned into a full series.
TV Cream once had a feature on pilots, I think I've still got a text copy on my hard drive.
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Post by Richard Marple on Dec 20, 2011 20:50:30 GMT
Here are the titles from the old TV Cream list of titles, I could post the whole things but I'm not sure if Graham Kibble-White & co would be too pleased if I did.
A KICK IN THE BALLOTS (1996)
COPPERFIELD'S COMEDY COMPANY (1984)
DEATH BY SPORT (1998)
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS (1975)
THE HECKLERS (1992)
THE INCREDIBLE ROBERT BALDICK (1972)
MAINLY FOR MEN (1969)
OLD FLAMES (1992)
OUT OF THE TREES (1976)
THE RINGO STARR SHOW (1970s)
SNOW SEVEN AND THE WHITE DWARFS (1975)
STARWATCH (late 80s)
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Post by RWels on Dec 20, 2011 21:49:27 GMT
OUT OF THE TREES (1976) THE RINGO STARR SHOW (1970s) OOTT has been recovered, but I thought the Ringo Starr Show was never even filmed? |
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Post by Richard Marple on Dec 20, 2011 22:15:43 GMT
I think some of them didn't get beyond a script & some pre-production, a bit like Terry Nation's attempt to give the Daleks their own show.
I'll have to have a look though again I remove the ones that didn't get off the drawing board.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Dec 21, 2011 8:50:13 GMT
With Ringo, it didn't happen. There was an NBC Ringo special, but he never went the way of Cilla and did a family-type series. I'm not even aware of a pilot - but then again, I wasn't even aware that Apple's 'Timothy Travel' and 'Hold It' had made it past pre-production until 2 years ago!
(Ray Langstone, runner-up Beatle Brain of Britain 1985 and 1990).....
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Post by Peter Stirling on Dec 21, 2011 9:04:07 GMT
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Post by RWels on Dec 21, 2011 16:22:50 GMT
With Ringo, it didn't happen. There was an NBC Ringo special, but he never went the way of Cilla and did a family-type series. I'm not even aware of a pilot - but then again, I wasn't even aware that Apple's 'Timothy Travel' and 'Hold It' had made it past pre-production until 2 years ago! (Ray Langstone, runner-up Beatle Brain of Britain 1985 and 1990)..... As far as I know there's just the script, published on "OJRIL". |
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Post by Vaughan Stanger on Dec 21, 2011 19:27:37 GMT
I remember seeing The Incredible Robert Baldick at the BFI (IIRC) quite a few years ago. Rather enjoyable. I could quite easily envisage a series based on that pilot.
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Post by robstickler on Feb 7, 2014 11:55:14 GMT
I remember seeing The Incredible Robert Baldick at the BFI (IIRC) quite a few years ago. Rather enjoyable. I could quite easily envisage a series based on that pilot. I would really love to see this. Read about it in Alwyn Turner's Terry Nation biography. There is (or was) a brief, out of sync clip on YouTube. Looks a lot of fun. |
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Post by John Green on Nov 14, 2023 12:28:46 GMT
Bindle - One of Them Days starring Alfie Bass was belatedly given a cinema release in 1969/70 and was reviewed in the Monthly Film Bulletin at the time. That's interesting Ray didnt know that -thanks- just found it, looks like they only ever made one ? Would have had an interesting music track with Albert (the prisoner) Elms I would have thought? - uk.imdb.com/title/tt1236232/maybe the big backers pulled out? As noted elsewhere, Bindle is being shown on TPTV at 7.45pm on Friday (the 17th). A clip here: www.tptvencore.co.uk/Video/TPPRGTPN0002?id=3b9d479a-b9ee-4190-90c7-68ef8eb4f958 |
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Post by John Green on Nov 18, 2023 17:53:07 GMT
Bindle is now on TPTC catch-up: www.tptvencore.co.uk/Video/Bindle?id=d9067fc8-b2f0-474e-903e-691de26a2e281966. Comedy. Directed by Peter Saunders. Stars Alfie Bass, Johnny Wade & Carmel McSharry. A brilliant comedy about an accident prone furniture remover and his friend. SUBTITLES AVAILABLE Directed by Peter Saunders Screenplay by Glynn Jones Produced by Arthur S. Ferriman Starring Alfie Bass Cinematography by Gerald Gibbs Edited by Peter Weatherley Production Company: Tannsfeld Productions. |
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