Biographer of Doomwatch, Kit Pedler, Douglas Camfield & John Levene's ghost Follow link for articles on lost television.
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
I go Softly Softly & document how the BBC1 police series programme gradually prepared the ground for its new format in 1969 Softly Softly Task Force - now in colour and in Thamesford! This week: Exit Harry Hawkins! ⬇️
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Interesting discussion on something I've always avoided watching for some reason, but will probably will do tonight! Contains spoilers and no mention of the Cecil King plot!
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If you missed the latest episode of VISION ON SOUND you can still listen to it via this link:-
open.spotify.com/show/2MlIRF…
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I go Softly Softly & document how the BBC1 police series programme gradually prepared the ground for its new format in 1969 Softly Softly Task Force - now in colour and in Thamesford! This week: Exit Harry Hawkins! ⬇️
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
The legends at @penswordbooks have shared my interview for BBC Cambridgeshire, where I discuss ghostwriting Barry Appleton's true crime memoir Twentieth Century Cop 🔫🚓🚨 Grateful for shares 🙏 @TheBillaton @PSHistory youtube.com/watch?v=3Uy5zn8b…
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
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I do seem to have "form" doing those replica newspaper and magazine covers even if they usually barely trouble the scorers...
Anyway, this SHOREDITCH ADVERTISER joke pretty much ran its course in Feb 2023.
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
Have updated our page on #BarbaraMurray and THE ESCAPE OF R.D.7 to include a link to @mpseely 's revelatory articles on the surviving scripts wymark.org.uk/barbarard7.htm… - michaelseely.substack.com/p/…
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Final episode of The Escape of R.D.7 is now up on substack. Will Dr Hastings find a cure for a virus she inadvertently created and spread? Will the Design Department get scripts sent to them on time? Will the press ever review a BBC drama they actually like? Link ⬇️
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
Never mind the weather, here's what might have happened in The Escape of R.D.7 back in 1961. No camera script survives but a rehearsal script does with significant changes to the plot & featuring characters who never appear!
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
To read Oliver Crocker’s full interview with Darren Payne, which includes information on the six episodes of Late Night Horror, please visit:
filmisfabulous.org.uk/lost-l…
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
Ep 3 of The Escape of R.D.7 is now on the substack - the press get wind of a scandalous liaison between Dr Anna Hastings and a young lab technician. If only they knew the truth... and a mysterious virus has reached London and is claiming lives.
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
Last year I released my Doctor Who BBC Video about the Fox Movie. In it I told you all that I knew the negatives existed! I'm glad that in a few short weeks we will be able to see it in 4K!! Here is the video of why this story means so much. youtube.com/watch?v=wgrStro-…
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
Up now on the stack of subs, part 2 of lost BBC serial The Escape of R.D.7. Dr Anna Hastings has 'kidnapped' a young lab technician who has been infected with a virus she has been working on to kill rats. But will it kill him? And can he trust her motives? michaelseely.substack.com/p/…
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
Today I pay my respects to John Nolan who passed away a few weeks back. It gives me an excuse to view the final episode of S2 of DOOMWATCH "Public Enemy" which also has Trevor Bannister. For so many years, I only knew Mr. Bannister from ARE YOU BEING SERVED? and when I really started getting into British television, I was able to see the breathe of work and variety of role he played. Radio Times coverage attached. #Doomwatch #BBC #GerryDavis #KitPedler #JohnNolanRIP
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Michael of Saturday Morning Press retweeted
Part One of The Escape of RD7 for your inspection.
open.substack.com/pub/michae…
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