"W. Somerset Maugham" (1969) I wonder if anyone might have any of the 25 stories from this BBC series which ran from 1969-70? Only one episode is apparently lost from the two series, which is remarkable for the period! Plenty available to choose from in exchange, please drop me a PM if interested. Thanks :)
name='Harbottle']"W. Somerset Maugham" (1969) I wonder if anyone might have any of the 25 stories from this BBC series which ran from 1969-70? Only one episode is apparently lost from the two series, which is remarkable for the period! Plenty available to choose from in exchange, please drop me a PM if interested. Thanks :)
Haven't got any, but must say that this sounds fascinating...
And yes, those are quite remarkable statistics of survival for the time.
Good luck in the hunt!
Smudge
name='smudge']Haven't got any, but must say that this sounds fascinating...
And yes, those are quite remarkable statistics of survival for the time.
Good luck in the hunt!
Smudge
You got my hopes up when I saw a reply
Yes I stumbled over this one recently never having heard mention of it before, some terrific casts. Yet another series that would make a great DVD release that the BBC ignore
name='Harbottle']"W. Somerset Maugham" (1969) I wonder if anyone might have any of the 25 stories from this BBC series which ran from 1969-70? Only one episode is apparently lost from the two series, which is remarkable for the period! Plenty available to choose from in exchange, please drop me a PM if interested. Thanks :)
If anyone does have any copies I would be most interested to hear from them as I edited one of the episodes and we didn't have a recorder when it was Tx'd and I love to see it again. This particular story was called 'Flotsam and Jetsam' and was directed by Claude Watham.
Dave
name='DaveK']If anyone does have any copies I would be most interested to hear from them as I edited one of the episodes and we didn't have a recorder when it was Tx'd and I love to see it again. This particular story was called 'Flotsam and Jetsam' and was directed by Claude Watham.
Dave
Only Rain from the second series (1970) is lost apparently, so we can hope that the others might surface at some stage.
name='Harbottle']You got my hopes up when I saw a reply
Oops!!! Soz.
All done in the best possible taste, I assure you...!!
Smudge
Just time to post this. Happy Easter.
Series 1 preview (The Australian Women's Weekly, 26th August 1970)
That's Neil Stacy with Sarah Badel, not Jeremy Longhurst. I'd love to see these pictures come to life:
Fortunately, all the episodes exist in their original format (colour videotape).
So..... beggars the question WHY the hell haven't they been released ?
Er..... Network/Acorn ?
Answers on a postcard please !
Michael Bryant and Carroll Baker, stars of Rain, pose for the cameras (at a BBC rehearsal room I think), circa 1970:
From the same photocall (Daily Mirror, 7th May 1970):
A missionary and his wife [real-life partners Gordon Jackson & Rona
Anderson] are stranded ... with a woman called Sadie Thompson.
Let me see this please, BBC. An even better picture of the stars at Actors Creating Magic Together ... and Leaving It All Behind.
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