Category Archives: Discoveries
Guys And Dolls Clip Discovery
A MISSING performance from Top Of The Pops has been returned to the BBC after being spotted on the internet. Guys n’ Dolls performance of ‘If Only For The Good Times’ hails from a wiped 1976 edition of the BBC … Continue reading
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Long-Lost Lincoln Film Gets Premiere
A LONG-LOST silent movie about President Lincoln is to get its first screening in over 90 years after being discovered in a clear out. When Lincoln Paid was among seven fragile reels of nitrate film found by a contractor cleaning … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Discoveries, Restoration, Screenings
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
Filed under Broadcasts, Comedy, Discoveries, Radio
Missing Play back on the Scene
A MISSING play by veteran TV writer Alan Plater has been returned to the BBC after years hidden away in academia. ‘Let There Be Light’ (tx 22/01/70) in an early work from the Hull-born playwright and scriptwriter, whose notable works … Continue reading
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Get on the Bus for Missing Top of the Pops
A MISSING Top of the Pops performance featuring The Hollies in their heyday has come to light on Youtube. Standing in front of a distinctly groovy Sixties stage, the Manchester band perform “Bus Stop”, a hit single from the summer … Continue reading
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A Lost Scene From The Lost Tribe
THE TWENTY Tens are off to a good start with the discovery of a missing sketch from The Goodies, only months after footage from another episode emerged from Down Under. The newly recovered 30-second clip is a parody of an … Continue reading
Filed under Clips, Comedy, Discoveries
All In A Tiswas!
TWO previously missing editions of fondly-remembered Saturday morning kids’ show Tiswas have emerged, reports Tiswas Online. The discovery of the shows has delighted fans of the anarchic programme, presented by stars including Chris Tarrant, Lenny Henry, Bob Carolgees, John Gorman … Continue reading
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Sweet Dream For Tull Fans
FANS of classic rock band Jethro Tull are briefly living in the past thanks to the emergence on the Internet of a clip from a missing edition of Top of the Pops. A 32-second excerpt from the group’s November ’69 … Continue reading
Filed under Clips, Discoveries, Music
What A Bargain! Lost Chaplin Short Bought On Ebay
IT’S AMAZING what you can pick up on eBay for a pittance, as Morace Park discovered to his delight recently. For Park, an antiques dealer and inventor, has wowed the movie community by stumbling upon a previously unknown, uncatalogued film … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Discoveries, History
Clip Find Broadens Our Minds
A BRIEF sketch from one of the precursors to classic comedy show The Goodies has been discovered, restoring valuable seconds’ worth of footage to an almost completely erased series. The 10-second colour excerpt shows Tim Brooke-Taylor seated inside a house … Continue reading
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