Category Archives: Releases

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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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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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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Look At The Sun – New Release from Top Sounds Record Label

LOOK AT THE SUN -Precious Seconds Thought Gone From The British Underground 1967 – 1970 is the new release from UK-based vintage British psychedelia and pop Label Top Sounds, packed with unreleased records and long-lost TV and radio performances. Continue reading

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Wiped! Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes

A NEW book examining how episodes of Doctor Who came to go missing, and then turn up again, is released this September. Wiped! Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes is written by Doctor Who Restoration Team member Richard Molesworth and published by … Continue reading

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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

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On The Margin CD Review

JUST a quick note to say you can read my review of BBC Audiobooks’ excellent On The Margin release over at comedy website Chortle. It’s a great release and is strongly recommended to those who like their humour with a … Continue reading

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Telesnap Treat For Avengers Fans

THE FIRST two seasons of The Avengers have been released by Optimum in what has to be the most comprehensive DVD release yet. Including all that remains of season one (1961)  and the entirety of season two – which saw … Continue reading

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More Missing Hancock Set For Release

THIS year is turning out to be a treat for fans of Hancock’s Half Hour, with two new releases featuring missing episodes set to hit the shops in time for Christmas. Hancock: The Lost Radio Episodes: Sid James’s Dad and … Continue reading

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No Longer On The Margin Thanks To BBC Audio

SKETCHES from acclaimed writer Alan Bennett’s first and only  full-blown comedy series are to be released in October by BBC Audiobooks. Six-part show On The Margin, which aired from September 9th to December 14th, 1966, featured satirical, political and musical … Continue reading

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