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Post by Richard Marple on Sept 8, 2016 17:23:41 GMT
What was the story behind Ulster making their "lollypop" logo from melted down film?
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Post by Peter Stirling on Sept 8, 2016 23:58:01 GMT
This is good news Peter! possibly Anglia (or Ulster TV) still have footage of Francie & Josie gathering dust in their archive? do you have the address for getting in touch with Anglia? They are still in Norwich AFAIK. However as you probably know around ten years ago in England nearly all the regional TV studios were shut down and all shows are from independents these days or just 'ITV'. ITV then plundered all the archives of the regionals and centralised their location. Anglia had a relatively large base at NR1 3JG where they had a studio and obviously room for an archive, but not sure if they moved to somewhere smaller as they only need to do regional news these days? A shot in the dark. Paul Hayes is a sage on the history of TV and radio in East Anglia and I believe he connections at Anglia TV? I only have his blogspot address though.. notanovelistyet.blogspot.co.uk/It was very difficult to get strong regional flavoured shows on the network in those days as people were generally more insular. Anglia tried it themselves with a soap called 'Weavers' Green' but that quickly came and went. However Corby Northants in Anglia's catchment area had a large ex pat Glaswegian population who worked at the steel works so you can see why they may have picked up Francie & Josie. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Sept 9, 2016 7:19:56 GMT
Thank you Peter I will try and contact ITV about Francie & Josie (you never know)
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Post by mikejones on Sept 25, 2016 21:55:01 GMT
I have heard of Francie & Josie well before this thread  ITV moved all its archive to Leeds, Manachester and London. It come from MR STV Tony Currie; the fire did not touch tapes, and STV were just wiping stuff as did many other ITV station did back then. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Dec 22, 2016 18:23:28 GMT
A friend of mine found this still of Francie & Josie from an ITV yearbook (not sure which episode it is from?) It could come from 1 of the 6 episodes that made up the 1962 series?..the blonde in the still could be Rikki Fulton's wife Ethel Scott?  |
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Post by williammcgregor on May 6, 2017 7:29:07 GMT
Is anybody on the forum familiar with Glasgow University Library? the reason I ask is they have scripts from the old Francie & Josie TV series. I have been thinking about taking a trip to Glasgow to the University Library and obtaining the missing scripts to hopefully put onto my thread. Here's what their web page states...
Special Collections and Archive Services
Scottish Theatre Archive
Thanks to the wife of the late Stan Mars, who
co-wrote “Francie & Josie”, we received 56 rare
scripts including seven episodes of “The Adventures
of Francie & Josie”, dating from 1958-1965.
Unsurprisingly many recordings of TV shows during
this era have been lost, only surviving in scripts.
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 6, 2018 8:05:11 GMT
 The picture above appeared in the Scottish Sun newspaper on the 2nd April it was part of a article about Glen Michael who appeared in all 32 episodes of "The Adventures of Francie and Josie." Glen said " No one ever knew I was in it because I always played characters like judges or an Army Sergeant." I'm trying to determine which episode the picture is from? (based on the information we have about the episodes on this thread) can anybody help me please? Glen Michael playing the role of an elderly man with an old fashioned nightcap on. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 23, 2018 16:16:52 GMT
Hope it's not too wee?  |
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Post by williammcgregor on Jul 9, 2018 10:31:14 GMT
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Post by williammcgregor on Jul 10, 2018 8:01:39 GMT
Review of "The So'jers" episode from the 1963 series...tx date in Scotland 2/10/63...   |
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 10, 2018 15:47:31 GMT
UPDATE23/02/65 episode "The Stowaways" pictures and information has been added to the 1965 series list on page 1 of this thread.  
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Post by tombeveridge on Oct 11, 2018 17:13:15 GMT
William, this is a bit racy for Francie and Josie! I must have missed this episode (as, if not, I'm sure I would've remembered it). Were you ever able to follow up on the scripts at the University of Glasgow?
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 11, 2018 17:33:53 GMT
Hi Tom,
I keep meaning to take a trip through to Glasgow University Library to check out the scripts....but have'nt so far. I must do it as this thread means so much to me.
So you have actually seen Francie and Josie?....I'm of an age 62 whereby I would have been old enough but I can't quite remember seeing it.
Who would have thought Francie and Josie being racy (Ding-Dong!)
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Post by tombeveridge on Oct 11, 2018 19:08:54 GMT
William,
It pains me to say I'm a whisker or two (grey whiskers at that) older than you, so can recall attempting to mimic Rikki Fulton's "Hullo rerr, china!" in the playground, but with a Fife accent. One memory is Francie in a spooky house being accosted by, he thinks, a monster (Frankenstein's monster) and reacting "It's horrid! It's ugly! Of course, it's Josie!
Shame that none of this stuff (and the One O'clock Gang) has survived.
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 11, 2018 20:58:15 GMT
Aye ma whiskers are grey noo as well ye Ken (tee hee) thanks for the playground recollection wish I'd heard it!....I wonder which episode Frankenstein's monster was in? ....and it really beggars belief that nothing is left.
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ITV moved all its archive to Leeds, Manachester and London. It come from MR STV Tony Currie; the fire did not touch tapes, and STV were just wiping stuff as did many other ITV station did back then. 
