Category Archives: Finds
Hallelujah! Lost episode of Our Man at St. Mark’s recovered
A LOST episode of Our Man at St. Mark’s — the ’60s ecclesiastical comedy starring Leslie Philips — has been recovered after being bought on internet auction site eBay. Continue reading
Filed under BBC, Comedy, Finds, Kaleidoscope, Television
Original Out of Town episodes to be released on DVD after recent rediscovery
THE SOLE surviving episodes of Out of Town — the leisurely countryside series fronted by Jack Hargreaves — are set to be released on DVD . . . after being rediscovered at a BBQ. The shows, dating from the early … Continue reading
Filed under Finds, ITV, Kaleidoscope, Releases
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE 2011 & LOST SHOWS APPEAL FINDS
CLASSIC TV organisation Kaleidoscope has unveiled its latest list of finds made as part of its annual Raiders of the Lost Archives campaign, detailing all the missing British TV and radio material located in the last 12 months by the … Continue reading
Filed under Appeals, Finds, Kaleidoscope, Missing Episodes Hunting, Radio, Television
TV TREASURE TROVE COMES TO STOURBRIDGE
TV treasures lost for over 40 years will get a rare showing in Stourbridge this weekend. Acclaimed 1960s’ crime anthology series 13 Against Fate and star-studded dramas featuring the likes of Derek Jacobi, Leonard Rossiter and Jeremy Brett are among … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Finds, Kaleidoscope, Screenings
Pathfinders in Space finally comes to DVD
INFLUENTIAL early sixties TV sci-fi series Pathfinders is to be released on DVD for the first time after the one missing episode was discovered – in the ITV archives. Until recently it was long thought that episode 1 of Pathfinders … Continue reading
Filed under Finds, ITV, Releases, Science Fiction, Television
First TV appearance of Sir Ian McKellen found after 50 years
A LONG-LOST BBC drama starring a young Sir Ian McKellen in his first TV role has been found after nearly 50 years. The veteran actor, currently filming The Hobbit in New Zealand, couldn’t look more different to his role as … Continue reading
Filed under BBC, Finds, Kaleidoscope, Television
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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