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Old 03-12-2016, 18:01
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i have been viewing this site with great interest ,& have already made a long list of programmes worth digging up. starting from 1936 to 2009 its an array of information though i am currently working through 1958 using the BBC television service pages. though my question is ,whats my chances of getting such copies from the archives? few are on youtube,but others probably not? as for itv it only has an unoficial website ,with little on it ,so i have a plan b for that ,its the newspaper lib. alongside loads of others ,one key ep of tomorrows world comes to mind date november 5th 1993 which focuses on time travel ,i missed the ep ,& have waited years to get the full ep seen. though if anyone here can help ? let us know.
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Old 07-12-2016, 19:56
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just thought i'd come back to review this thread, & oh dear looks like i have hit a dead horse. ok its ether in the wrong place or no one was interested ,maybe time to take it down.
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Old 08-12-2016, 01:30
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I don't think archives exist for every TV show from the year dot. Back then, stuff was mainly live. Even recorded shows were often wiped when they needed to record a different show.

I worked as a tech in Electrical Engineering at a college in Yorkshire in the 70's and YTV used to give us their old video tapes (wiped). It was reel to reel, about 1" or more, and you didn't get all that long on a massive spool - tape speed was quite high. Video taping was therefore expensive, and YTV didn't re-use the tapes much before disposal - I guess any wear due to the helical scanning video head could cause unacceptable dropouts. So after a bit of use, YTV gave us their video tapes. This made VTR even more expensive to run.

I wasn't actually in the TV dept, so the above info is only stuff I picked up at tea beak etc.

TLDR - tape was expensive back in the day.
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Old 08-12-2016, 16:15
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I don't think archives exist for every TV show from the year dot. Back then, stuff was mainly live. Even recorded shows were often wiped when they needed to record a different show.

I worked as a tech in Electrical Engineering at a college in Yorkshire in the 70's and YTV used to give us their old video tapes (wiped). It was reel to reel, about 1" or more, and you didn't get all that long on a massive spool - tape speed was quite high. Video taping was therefore expensive, and YTV didn't re-use the tapes much before disposal - I guess any wear due to the helical scanning video head could cause unacceptable dropouts. So after a bit of use, YTV gave us their video tapes. This made VTR even more expensive to run.

I wasn't actually in the TV dept, so the above info is only stuff I picked up at tea beak etc.

TLDR - tape was expensive back in the day.
yes i can agree not alot from year dot was ever recorded or archived, i think the angle i will look at ,is to see what is ever avalible & go from there , just out of interest a few top listing i have as follows ,wheather they exsist or not ,will be anybodys guess ,but my list is very long ,but will keep as short as possible ;

footage of any channel launching from the itv start up days ,thats the regional varations etc.
childrens programmes ,anything that was probably kept 50s-60s

launch day of bbc schools tv service & the so called tuning signal & itv.

sky at night 1st ever broadcast.

1st ever live broadcast across the channel with richard dimbleby

1st tv broadcast of jupitor

this is just a small amount of what i found i genome ,as i continue to search i will find more . mostly of what i seek is somthing that was historical never before tryed ,or 1st broadcast of key shows . some are on youtube or possible other video sharing sites ,or possibly via order from the bbc ? if there was any saved continunity links from the 50s-60s or 70s that would be good . i did email BBC genome ,but yet to get a reply. thanks
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Old 17-12-2016, 16:22
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whats happened to genome? doesn't appear to be working?
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Old 18-12-2016, 16:01
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You might want to try things like the BFI Mediatheque or university libraries.
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Old 18-12-2016, 16:31
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You might want to try things like the BFI Mediatheque or university libraries.
why them & what do they do ? & who the BFI ? & acording to BBC genome on FB they think the site wil be back on monday ,but with my busy work schedule tomorrow i probably wont get acess till tuesday.
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Old 18-12-2016, 17:19
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Old 18-12-2016, 17:48
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well i look forward to seeing it come back ,as my last check was on feb 1959.
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Old 23-12-2016, 03:08
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if there was any saved continunity links from the 50s-60s or 70s that would be good . i did email BBC genome ,but yet to get a reply. thanks
Here you go: http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcone/1950s_idents.html
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Old 23-12-2016, 18:04
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thanks i will look at this in more detail later
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