Category Archives: Finds

April 29, 2012

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 →

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Filed under BBC, Comedy, Finds, Kaleidoscope, Television

Tagged as A Previous Conviction, A-R show, Associated Rediffusion, Donald Sinden, Frank Tregear, Freddie Jones, Kaleidoscope, Leslie Phillips, Our Man at St. Mark's, The Tim Disney Archive, Warren Mitchell

April 24, 2012

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 →

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Filed under Finds, ITV, Kaleidoscope, Releases

Tagged as David King, Delta Leisure Group, Endemol, Jack Hargreaves, Kaleidoscope, Out of Town, Simon Baddeley, Simon Winters, Southern Television

December 19, 2011

WHAT TO BUY THE MUSIC LOVER WHO HAS EVERYTHING: A COMPILATION OF PREVIOUSLY MISSING RECORDINGS

CHRISTMAS is just around the corner, and if you are stuck for a gift to buy – and the intended recipient enjoys rare pop gems from the golden era of British music – then the latest release from Top Sounds … Continue reading →

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Filed under Finds, Music, Releases, Sixties' Music

Tagged as Barclay James Harvest, Dee Time, Deep Purple, John Peel, lost sixties music, Love Sculpture, Nigel Lees, off-air recordings, Radio Tymes, Shapes and Sounds, Simon Dee, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move, The Yardbirds, Tomorrow with Keith West, Top Gear, Top Sounds, wiped BBC music sessions

December 13, 2011

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 →

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Filed under Appeals, Finds, Kaleidoscope, Missing Episodes Hunting, Radio, Television

Tagged as Benny Hill, Broaden Your Mind, BSB, Charles Norton, Dan Dare radio series, Frankie Howerd, Graham Webb, Jon Pertwee, Lindsay Anderson, Lost Shows Appeal, Lulu, missing episodes, No That's Me Over Here, Peter Sellers, Raiders of the Lost Archive, Ray Langstone, Sexton Blake, The Frost Report, The Old Grey Whistle Test, The Rolf Harris Show, Tim Disney Archive, TV and radio finds 2011, Where Do I Sit?, World of Beachcomber

September 7, 2011

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 →

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Filed under Events, Finds, Kaleidoscope, Screenings

Tagged as 13 Against Fate, 1984, Colin Edmonds, Derek Jacobi, Dr Knock. The Typewriter, Jane Merrow, Jeremy Brett, Kaleidoscope, Leonard Rossiter, Library of Congress BFI finds, Michael Gambon, Nigel Kneal, Stourbridge

June 29, 2011

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 →

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Filed under Finds, ITV, Releases, Science Fiction, Television

Tagged as ABC, Andrew Pixley, British sci-fi series, Conway Henderson, Doctor Who, early sci-fi TV shows, Eric Paice, George Coulouris, Gerald Flood, Journey into Space, Malcolm Hulke, Pathfinders, Pathfinders in Space, Pathfinders to Mars, Pathfinders to Venus, sixties TV shows, SOS From Venus, Sydney Newman

May 23, 2011

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 →

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Filed under BBC, Finds, Kaleidoscope, Television

Tagged as Gandalf, Ian McKellen, Kaleidoscope, Kipling, Patrick Troughton, Rudyard Kipling, Steve Birt, The Hobbit, The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, The Tomb Of His Ancestors, Tim Disney

May 10, 2011

AudioGo releases long-lost Dick Barton adventures

DICK BARTON – Special Agent rides again, with the release of two classic 1940s radio adventures recently unearthed in Australia. The complete serials, dating from 1949, were among 338 episodes of the hugely-popular show discovered in the vaults of the … Continue reading →

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Filed under Audio, BBC, Finds, Interview, Radio, Releases

Tagged as AudioGo, BBC, BBC Light Programme, Charles Norton, Clifford Cowley, crime shows, Devil's Galop, Dick Barton, Dick Barton - Special Agent, Dick Barton and the Cabatolin Diamonds, Dick Barton and the Paris Adventure, Douglas Kelly, Duncan Carse, Edward J. Mason, Geoffrey Webb, Gordon Davies, Jock Anderson, Moira Carleton, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Noel Johnson, Patricia Kennedy, radio serial, Richard Davies, Snowy White, William Lloyd

May 8, 2011

BBC Radio 4 Extra to air long-lost episodes of Life with The Lyons

A MASSIVE collection of Life with The Lyons episodes has come to light, with select shows set to be broadcast as a tribute to late series writer Bob Block. A Scottish collector and fan recently contacted the BBC after hearing … Continue reading →

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Filed under BBC, Broadcasts, Comedy, Finds, Radio

Tagged as Barbara Lyon, BBC Archive, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Bob Block, comedy, domestic sit-coms of the 1950s, early British radio comedy shows, early sit-coms, Life with the Lyons, Radio 4 Extra, Richard Lyon, Scottish collection

May 1, 2011

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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Category Archives: Finds

Hallelujah! Lost episode of Our Man at St. Mark’s recovered

Original Out of Town episodes to be released on DVD after recent rediscovery

WHAT TO BUY THE MUSIC LOVER WHO HAS EVERYTHING: A COMPILATION OF PREVIOUSLY MISSING RECORDINGS

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE 2011 & LOST SHOWS APPEAL FINDS

TV TREASURE TROVE COMES TO STOURBRIDGE

Pathfinders in Space finally comes to DVD

First TV appearance of Sir Ian McKellen found after 50 years

AudioGo releases long-lost Dick Barton adventures

BBC Radio 4 Extra to air long-lost episodes of Life with The Lyons

Some of Our Archives Were Missing repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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