Category Archives: Releases
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
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
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
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
Filed under Books, Doctor Who, Releases
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
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
Filed under Journalism, Releases
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
Filed under Television, Releases, Discoveries, Restoration, Telesnaps
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
