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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Nov 5, 2013 13:57:19 GMT
It's nice to be back - albeit briefly....
I expect this is known about, but....I was surprised to see this being listed separately in Wessex.... ""FindingNo AV763/17/V1 Title Freewheelers: Series 3, Episodes 8-11 Date 1960s Description Film inserts for drama series Extent 1 disc""
This may be nothing, but I thought I may as well mention it.
Regards, Ray.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Nov 5, 2013 14:02:00 GMT
Here's everything in Wessex:-
"FindingNo Title Date Full details AV763/13/1/V1 Freewheelers: Menace, Episode 1 1960s Full details AV763/13/2/V1 Freewheelers: Menace, Episode 2 1960s Full details AV763/13/3/V1 Freewheelers: Menace, Episode 3 1960s Full details AV763/13/4/V1 Freewheelers: Menace, Episode 4 1960s Full details AV763/13/6/V1 Freewheelers: Recipe for Danger, Episode ? 1960s Full details AV763/15/1/V1 Freewheelers: Recipe for Danger, Episode 1 1960s Full details AV763/17/V1 Freewheelers: Series 3, Episodes 8-11 1960s Full details AV763/13/7/V1 Freewheelers: Recipe for Danger, Episode 2 1968 Full details AV763/13/8/V1 Freewheelers: the Big Freeze, Episode 2 1968 Full details AV763/14/3/V1 Freewheelers: The Big Freeze, Episode 3 1968 Full details AV763/14/4/V1 Freewheelers: The Big Freeze, Episode 4 1968 Full details AV763/15/3/V1 Freewheelers: Recipe for Danger, Episode 3 1968 Full details AV763/15/4/V1 Freewheelers: Recipe for Danger, Episode 4 1968 Full details AV763/16/V1 Freewheelers: Series 2, Episode 8 1969 Full details AV763/18/V1 Freewheelers: Series 4, inserts 1970 Full details AV763/19/V1 Freewheelers: Series 7, inserts 1972 Full details AV763/20/1/V1 Freewheelers: Series 8, inserts 1973 Full details AV763/20/2/V1 Freewheelers: Series 8, inserts 1973 Full details AV763/20/3/V1 Freewheelers: Series 8, Episode 8 1973"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 14:57:05 GMT
Yes, these will probably be the film inserts saved by Mike Wormersley, who worked on the series. I believe most (?) of the inserts for missing stories exist in this way but didn't know that any were residing with Wessex! Thanks for the info, Ray!
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Post by Rob Moss on Nov 5, 2013 15:08:49 GMT
Actually, many of these are b/w telerecordings of the complete episodes, some of which were screened at a Kaleidoscope event courtesy of Mike Womersley a few years back.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 15:16:59 GMT
Yes, the series 1 episodes (all) plus episode 8 of series 2. The rest are inserts, it seems. Particularly interested in the stuff for series 3 and 4 as they're otherwise completely missing.
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Post by Ian Wegg on Nov 5, 2013 17:35:49 GMT
Yes, the series 1 episodes (all) plus episode 8 of series 2. The rest are inserts, it seems. Particularly interested in the stuff for series 3 and 4 as they're otherwise completely missing. Indeed, I have seen them and the quality is very good as well as having complete soundtrack. Freewheelers had a decent amount of location filming per episode so it's reasonably easy to follow the story from the clips. Sadly nothing there from the motor racing themed series 5, filmed at Thruxton with Mind Your Language's Richard Montez as the villain. ~iw
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 17:43:59 GMT
Thanks for that info, Ian. I'm pleased they're good quality and have sound. I'd hope a proper release of series one will happen eventually (with the sole surviving series two episode plus all the orphaned inserts as extras)!
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Post by Ian Wegg on Nov 5, 2013 18:55:13 GMT
Rereading it, I see my post was a little ambiguous.
Just to clarify, it is the series 3 and 4 inserts that I watched at Wessex. I haven't seen their copy of series 1 or the series 2 episode so I can't vouch that their quality is any better than the rather scratched versions that occasionally pop up.
I agree, a DVD release of all the extant early episodes would be great.
(Thanks to Ray for bringing it up, good to see you here).
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Post by John Green on Nov 5, 2013 21:02:36 GMT
Yes, the series 1 episodes (all) plus episode 8 of series 2. The rest are inserts, it seems. Particularly interested in the stuff for series 3 and 4 as they're otherwise completely missing. Indeed, I have seen them and the quality is very good as well as having complete soundtrack. Freewheelers had a decent amount of location filming per episode so it's reasonably easy to follow the story from the clips. Sadly nothing there from the motor racing themed series 5, filmed at Thruxton with Mind Your Language's Richard Montez as the villain. ~iw Whenever I read about film inserts,I picture (silent?) long-shots of people walking across muddy fields.Obviously,there are film inserts and film inserts.
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Post by Robert Lia on Nov 6, 2013 1:09:03 GMT
I've seen really dark and scratchy copies of the series 1 and 2 episodes, one hopes that there are better copies of them out there
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 11:14:01 GMT
The prints circulating were not been transferred to video properly anyway (only one step up from projecting on a sheet and videoing it, from the way things look, although I expect they were only meant as rough viewing copies anyway). The other thing is that's there's much which can be done to clean films up anyway. They could probably look quite good if someone was prepared to spend the time and money (the big issue).
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Post by John Green on Nov 6, 2013 12:33:14 GMT
I so wanted to enjoy the DVD of Freewheelers,but couldn't.
Does anyone know if there was any filming in my old home-town of Southampton?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 13:19:28 GMT
Ian will probably know more about this but I think there was a lot of filming around Southampton over the run of the series (particularly the harbour area?). Is that a Southampton to IOW ferry that the action takes place on in parts of series 6?
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Nov 6, 2013 20:07:43 GMT
Well thats great news about the inserts for seasons 3 and 4 - I was not aware of this. Although I'd love to see it I can't say I'm holding my breath for another Freewheelers DVD anytime soon. Its now four years since the release of Season 6. Season 7 was supposed to be forthcoming - listed on play.com at one point as a future release, but later removed. Now I may be wrong but I am assuming there were no further DVDs due to poor sales for Season 6? Perhaps someone on here can confirm this or otherwise advise why Season 7 never saw the light of day. Regarding location filming there was an excelent article in Timescreen by (I think) Andrew Pixley many moons ago and IIRC there was a substantial ammount of recording at the Southampton Polytechnic. I will have the issue somewhere.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 8:27:42 GMT
The Freewheelers ... for years I've been trying to remember the name to this series ... I used to watch it as a kid in Germany. What a great forum site this is.
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