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Post by John Green on Dec 20, 2012 20:08:58 GMT
Simon,I could see West Country Tales being popular,except for the title.I expected something like Thomas Hardy.I checked the clip on Youtube and it turns out it's based on true stories horror!
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Post by simoncurtis on Dec 20, 2012 22:11:08 GMT
Thats right. They're more M R James than Thomas Hardy. I've only seen a few episodes and they certainly gave me the willies.
I read that the BBC wiped all but two episodes. Thats been discussed on here more than once. I think they were shot entirely on film, so i was hoping that the b.f.i or another film archive might hold a full set
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Post by John Green on Dec 20, 2012 23:19:17 GMT
Well,the bloke on Y.....e has chunks of seven of them viewable,and they look pretty good!
Lostshows has them all existing.
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Post by simoncurtis on Dec 21, 2012 1:22:30 GMT
Does that mean they exist as originals or domestic off-airs ?
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Post by John Green on Dec 21, 2012 1:31:06 GMT
There's a good bit of discussion here: www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/british-television/86643-west-county-tales.html Well,half a dozen posts over as many years.It seems to have gone from thinking that most or all were wiped,to discovering that very nice copies were circulating,to figuring out that they were derived from the BBC archive. Lostshows seems to reckon that they exist in no-problems format. |
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Dec 21, 2012 9:17:40 GMT
Mrs Thursday
Weavers Green
Knock On Any Door.
The Protectors ABC 1964
The Villains Granada 1964-5
It's A Woman's World Granada 1964...the 4 existing episodes out of 5 made..Dora is Missing.
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Post by Simon Exton on Dec 21, 2012 10:32:02 GMT
More Armchair Theatre, The Man in Room 17, Object Z and The Odd Man would be top of my list.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2012 13:04:11 GMT
Does that mean they exist as originals or domestic off-airs ? West Country Tales should all exist in the archives, Simon. My Kal listing says so and I don't think there's a reason to think any were missing. This is a BBC series though and Network (generally speaking anyway) tend to release ITV shows, which was why I limited my suggestions to companies that have a deal with Network (I'd like to be be proved wrong and find that they release more BBC stuff eventually though!). |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2012 13:29:58 GMT
Still talking about ITV but with reference to the more problematic stuff, all of my own personal priorities for release now would be Rediffusion material. So that would include:
No Hiding Place (22 episodes existing by my reckoning)
Half Hour Story (17 episodes)
Object Z (complete - plus one episode of the sequel existing)
A Man Of Our Times (7 episodes)
Devil In The Fog (complete)
Blackmail (7 episodes)
Seven Deadly Sins / Virtues (4 of each)
The Frost Programme (13 editions - only two and a half editions have been released so far)
This Week (many exist)
Mountbatten (complete)
The Lover (standalone single play)
At Last The 1948 Show (about 6 or 7 complete shows plus chunks of most of the others, bolstered by audios to fill the gaps)
Ready Steady Go (quite a bit of footage although the rights are not held by the owners of other Rediffusion material, obviously; this series would likely be released by a company other than Network)
Star Performance (4 existing)
Orlando (4 or 5 episodes)
Single Plays (various Rediffusion plays exist from across the years from series such as Play Of The Week etc. These could be released as themed sets and would include important examples such as Entertaining Mr.Sloane, The Bonegrinder and The Erpingham Camp).
With the other shows where only a handful survive (e.g. Crane, The Informer, The Rat Catchers, Our Man At St.Marks, Sanctuary etc.), I'd bring these out as samplers. The same goes for other genres such as game shows (Double Your Money and Take Your Pick) and schools / children's programmes. There is actually a fair bit of Rediffusion material out there and it would be good to make it accessible, in order to give an important company fair representation alongside all the other ITV brands!
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Post by simoncurtis on Dec 22, 2012 17:43:20 GMT
There's a good bit of discussion here: www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/british-television/86643-west-county-tales.html Well,half a dozen posts over as many years.It seems to have gone from thinking that most or all were wiped,to discovering that very nice copies were circulating,to figuring out that they were derived from the BBC archive. Lostshows seems to reckon that they exist in no-problems format. Thanks for the info, Laurence and jgreen. They were made in 1982/83 so i never fully believed that they had been wiped/junked, but this is the bbc we're talking about, so it wouldn't have surprised me if they had been |
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Post by Peter Stirling on Dec 22, 2012 21:33:51 GMT
With the other shows where only a handful survive (e.g. Crane, The Informer, The Rat Catchers, Our Man At St.Marks, Sanctuary etc.), I'd bring these out as samplers. Good idea Lawrence,I bet one DVD would cover an ep of many of those lost series? and I am sure big sellers would be themed DVDs like say a collection of Orton,Pinter etc plays and TV plays starring James Mason for example? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2012 11:09:12 GMT
Yes, that was my thinking too. There are plays by Pinter, Orton and Potter in the existing Rediffusion material, as well as others. These would all contribute very nicely to a significant DVD set.
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Post by John Green on Dec 24, 2012 18:39:40 GMT
I dunno.It sounds very BFI to me.A Noel Coward collection on the other hand...or Wilde.
With the release of a single play starring Michael Caine it seems as though Big Names might be the answer,or maybe (much as I hate the term) a reto-themed collection of Kitchen Sink or Swingin' Sixties dramas.
Could anything sound more stodgy to the general public than 'Armchair Theatre'?
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Post by John Green on Jan 16, 2013 0:07:52 GMT
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Jan 16, 2013 8:41:14 GMT
Laurence..further to your Rediffusion List there are 4 other Rediffusion Shows not included in your above list..these being
The Gamblers 4 eps in archive 1967-8
The Hidden Truth 2 eps in archive 1964
The Dickie Henderson Show 11 eps in archive
Send Foster 1 ep in archive 1967
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