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Missing Believed Wiped: Searching for the Lost Treasures of British Television (BFI Film Classics)
£28.50
A volume for collectors and enthusiasts of British television that explores the history and destruction of celebrated British television programmes. It lists in detail some of the most important missing material, such as ‘A for Andromeda’, ‘Dr Who’, ‘The Avengers’ and ‘The Likely Lads’.
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| Publisher | British Film Institute, 2001st edition (1 Oct. 2001) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 140 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0851708668 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0851708669 |
| Dimensions | 18.9 x 1.04 x 24.87 cm |
by Ian
A wonderfull read of black and white tv and bfi attempts to restore the archive of classic british si-f & comedy shows
by Mr. C. J. Iredale
I bought this in London a few years back and have returned to it as a source of reference on many occasions. In a nut-shell, both the BBC and ITV went through a process in the early 70s of either junking tapes of screened tv programmes or re-using them, seeing little value in the material they were destroying. Of course, in these enlightened times, we know the value of this material and can measure it in the emotions such a myopic process carried out back then now envokes. This lists the majority of the most desired programmes now unlikely to be seen again. Unlikey, as some may have been copied and may currently be languishing in the vaults of foreign studios. Dick Fiddy has done a wonderful job; it would be nice to see an update as more are found (hopefully).
by Mavic Chen
Purchased this in the mistaken belief that from the BFI I might be getting a book with some insight, and comment -instead I got a collection of lists readily available on-line and very little else. Sad to say, this item is really not worth the effort even if it were being given away.