Category Archives: Broadcasts
Some of Our Archives Were Missing repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra
A SELECTION of previously-missing radio shows including the untransmitted pilot of It Sticks Out Half a Mileare currently on the BBC iPlayer. Some of Our Archives Were Missing, presented by Stuart Maconie, offers a selection of shows previously thought lost, … Continue reading
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Newsnight on new cut of sci-fi epic Metropolis
IN advance of the UK-wide cinema re-release of restored silent sci-fi epic Metropolis later this month, BBC’s Newsnight has reported on how Fritz Lang’s masterpiece came to be reunited with 30 minutes’ of long-lost footage found in an Argentinian film … Continue reading
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Morecambe and Wise: The Garage Tapes
PREVIOUSLY lost recordings featuring celebrated comedy duo Morcambe and Wise are to be aired for the first time in over 50 years. Morcambe and Wise: The Garage Tapes documents the rediscovery of 45 hours’ worth of material – including episodes … Continue reading
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Garage Find Brings Us Sunshine
LOST recordings from the early career of legendary comedy due Morecambe and Wise have been unearthed in a garage. Around 45 hours’ worth of material was discovered by Ernie’s widow Doreen while preparing to move home six months ago. The … Continue reading
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Doctor Who Documentary
BBC Radio 4 is giving Doctor Who fans and missing episode enthusiasts in general a special Christmas treat on Boxing Day. The station is airing Doctor Who: The Lost Episodes in its regular Archive On 4 spot this Saturday, December … Continue reading
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‘Lost’ Kenneth Williams Script Gets Radio Airing
A NEW BBC production based on a ‘lost’ Kenneth Williams radio script gets its first broadcast this September. Twice Ken Is Plenty was written in 1966 by Kenneth Horne and his ghost writer, Mollie Millest, and was intended to be … Continue reading
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Forthcoming Raiders Of The Lost Archive TV Broadcasts
The final two parts of ITV’s Raiders of the Lost Archive are set to be broadcast this month – two years after the screening of the first episode. Raiders of the Lost Archive, dubbed ‘an indulgent trawl through the archives’, … Continue reading
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Forgotten Betjeman Film Aired For First Time
Former Poet Laureate John Betjeman (1906 – 84) made a number of BBC documentaries surveying the urban landscapes of Britain, but one remained unseen – until now. The half-hour programme, A Poet Goes North, was made in 1968 and followed … Continue reading
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