Category Archives: Discoveries
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE FIND OF 2011?
LOOKING back on 2011, it’s unquestionably been a great year for missing episodes enthusiasts. From the finds that made headline news, such as the discovery of David Bowie’s legendary performance of The Jean Genie on Top of the Pops and … Continue reading
Filed under Discoveries, Missing Episodes Hunting, Opinion
Raymond of the Lost Archive new column
WIPED NEWS‘ intrepid episode hunter Raymond of the Lost Archive is back with another column, which you can read here.
Latest Raymond of the Lost Archive column
WIPED NEWS’S regular columnist has quite a few discoveries to share, as well a few tales to tell of his experiences trawling the archives. Read Ray’s latest column here.
Filed under Columns, Discoveries, Missing Episodes Hunting
Latest Raymond of the Lost Archive column
HE’S BACK! Raymond of the Lost Archive, Wiped News’ regular columnist, shares some of the latest discoveries he and others have been making in TV archives across the world. Read Ray’s latest column here.
Filed under Discoveries, Missing Episodes Hunting
Son Of Comic Kenny Windsor Locates Missing TV Debut on New Faces
A RETIRED comedian is set to receive an extra special Christmas present this year after his son tracked down a recording of his one and only TV appearance. Kenneth Elcocks went under the stage name of ‘Kenny Windsor’ when he … Continue reading
Filed under Appeals, Comedy, Discoveries, Finds, Interview, ITV, Television
Bath – Queen of the West
NOT all finds can be on the same scale as the recovery of a lost Doctor Who, Out of the Unknown, Hancock’s Half Hour or Top of the Pops, but nevertheless each discovery still counts. With that in mind, I … Continue reading
Filed under BBC, BFI, Discoveries, Journalism, Television
Unknown Chaplin Film Discovered
A LOST Charlie Chaplin film has been discovered at an antiques show in America. The 10-minute silent film – a Keystone comedy called A Thief Catcher – features the English comic actor in a cameo role. It is reckoned to … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Comedy, Discoveries, Screenings, Silent Era
Trove of Long-Lost Silent Films Discovered
YOU wait for one, then 75 come along at once… A trove of 75 ‘lost’ silent American films – including an early movie from acclaimed director John Ford – has been discovered in New Zealand. The New Zealand Film Archive … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Discoveries, Restoration, Silent Era
A Bird in the Hand…
AN EARLY episode of drama series The Troubleshooters has been returned to the BBC. The series two episode “Birdstrike”, from 1966, was handed over earlier this month after the intervention of Kaleidoscope. The classic TV organisation had been called upon … Continue reading
Filed under Discoveries, Television, Video
Weekly Round-Up – 25/04/10
EACH WEEK Wiped will be bringing you the best of the rest: smaller stories that might have passed you by, but are worth checking out all the same. So to begin… OPRHANED OUT OF THE UNKNOWN CLIPS ON YOUTUBE The … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Clips, Discoveries, Releases, Restoration, Television, Video, Weekly Round-Up
