Talking about places were lost TV eps may be found,does anyone have any idea of what exactly went on when Rediffusion kicked the bucket in 1968 and what happened to their libary?
I have it on good authority that it was all dumped in the basement of the IBA HQ-at last years MBW an A-R filmed docu about the Barrow Poets was shown.
This was one of the films that was being thrown out by Rediffusion when they ceased braodcasting but whoeve was in charge of seeing what should be kept and what should end up in the back of "thunderbird 3",ie corporation dustcart,they got in touch with the producer and asked if she wanted the film as a souviner.
Luckily she accepted the offer of the print which is why it survives today.
But even though A-R shows like Riveria Police,Ratcatchers,and the one with William franklin that was shot on location in Rio de Janerio,has anyone ever bothered to contact these overseas TV stations to see if they have missing shows in their archives?
I know there has been something like this happen in the past,but probably not enough attention has been paid to searching out every nook and cranny.
Or perhaps there locked away somewere in a disused victorian underground khazi that was last used during the boer war.
And some of these old deep level London transport built bomb shelters from the last war that are now used as storage facillites for documents and films/VT's-do we really know whats being kept down there?
I know Thames/fremantle use the Goode Street shelter to store a lot of there programs,but it's not the sought of place you can get acess to.
Anyway,keep looking in those toilets,you never know what you may find when your working in the dark down below-and please lift the seat up before checking for any film cans.
You may end up being flushed with sucess.
Hang on,wer'nt some good deals done in the gents khazi at ATV house in the good old days,or is that just a bog standard rumor?
And I'll be back right after this ad for Domestos-that's actually a Greek house cat,not a toilet bleach by the way!TTFN!