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 double act had paid the sound engineer a few shillings at a time to make [...]
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February 21, 2010
Garage Find Brings Us Sunshine
December 24, 2009
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 26, with presenter Shaun Ley investigating the story of the BBC’s flagship show’s missing heritage.
For the [...]
August 29, 2009
‘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 performed by Horne and Williams (who starred together in hugely popular radio comedies Beyond Our Ken [...]
July 14, 2009
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’, was ITV’s contribution to the search for missing TV footage. Between 2006 – 7, researchers at [...]
February 19, 2009
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 the poet and architectural critic as he explored the Victorian heritage of Leeds.
However, the film never [...]
