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Post by Richard Tipple on Apr 8, 2014 10:09:00 GMT
Michael Leeston-Smith is dead (according to Toby Hadoke on another forum). He didn't say when he had died. 12 years ago, apparently. The news never went public. Also, I wasn't sure about Henric Hirsh, but sadly he's also no longer with us.
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Post by M J Fouldes on Apr 14, 2014 12:35:25 GMT
The sad news of Christopher Barry's passing got me looking at the list directors of missing episodes who are still with us: - Waris Hussein
- Derek Martinus
- Michael Leeston-Smith
- Paddy Russell
- Bill Sellars
- Tristan DeVere Cole
I remember reading when the RT knew Barry Letts was fading fast they did a lot of work with him well in advance of the DVD schedule knowing that time was running out. With that in mind, does anyone know whether there has been any effort to try and similarly "bank" material regarding their currently missing episodes in the hopes that they will be found or else animated someday? Interviews, commentary tracks, that sort of thing. Leeston-Smith is quickly approaching 100 and the Wikipedia page says Derek is in poor health. I imagine the RT could have asked Paddy about "The Massacre" while they had her in for Dinosaurs and Pyramids, but they may not have been thinking that way at the time. The same goes for people like Victor Pemberton, Jean Marsh, Peter Purves, etc. I know William Russell has been interviewed multiple times already, but did they touch on "Marco Polo" or "The Crusade" while they were at it? The interviews that Loose Cannon have done are nice and have steadily improved in professionalism, but I think it would be a shame if that turned out to be the only unique material acquired for some of these stories. Of course since you first posted this we've sadly lost Derek Martinus. It seems recently we've had a lot pass away around the same time. Sad stuff but that's life I suppose. Cheery stuff eh? MJ
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