One thing I remember about their programes that were shot on location was that they allways looked badly filmed.
I am thinking off Black Beauty,Orlando,Worzel Gummidge and there were lots of others.
Was this because they were shot on video?
In those days most of the location shots were filmed on 16m/m film and 'rushed' back for processing. A cinema film is shot on 35 m/m or 70m/m but today on video. By the time the 16m/m film was 'blown up' onto the TV screen it brought up all the degradation.
Thank you for the reply.
Southern TV really.
Members may have noted several films that used to be televised on Film 24 are appearing on Movies For Men channel, particularly Dangerous Knowledge, High Tide and The Capone Investment . Nice little gems of what a local TV company could do, yes, slower paced but still gives our TV in the corner a purpose and some use. Question to forum is this: Apart from the three titles mentioned were there any others in this 'series' I could look out for?
This is a good link to programmes made by Southern TV .....
linK: http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/itvsouth/s...rogrammes.html
Southern TV really.
Members may have noted several films that used to be televised on Film 24 are appearing on Movies For Men channel, particularly Dangerous Knowledge, High Tide and The Capone Investment . Nice little gems of what a local TV company could do, yes, slower paced but still gives our TV in the corner a purpose and some use. Question to forum is this: Apart from the three titles mentioned were there any others in this 'series' I could look out for?
Dangerous Knowledge was very typical of the period (noted the flared trousers!), in the style of Paul Temple (BBC, starring Francis Matthews). Anglia tv had a similar production style in the 1970s.
I recall that Southern also produced a tv movie (Richard's Things ?) starring Liv Ullman which I would like to see again.
Fasinating to see Elizabeth Bergner (1930s star in a fairly minor role), and sad to think that this was John Gregson's last screen role - he had passed away by the time Dangerous Knowledge was first broadcast.....
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You're the second person in recent memory who's mentioned this Liv Ullman production (the other person was on IMDb methinks). It is available, see link http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richards-Thi...ard%27s+thingsOriginally Posted by julian_craster
I did not know that that was John Gregson's last screen role. A consummate actor who covered his ill health well.
Richard's Things yes I remember that. Wife meeting mistress over the body of her late husband then schemed a very clever revenge I think. I believe that may be a fourth title, I had not noticed it was a Southern production at the time but yes the style is a clue. Thank you for the reply.
Richard's Things was produced on 35mm film, and had Freddie Young (no less...! ) as DOP, so Southern clearly had international sales for movie theatres in mind - it played in film festivals and probably sold well in Europe.....
So it should sell. As soon as you mentioned the title the film, plot, style etc was there. So, for me it is memorable. What a shame all those local TV outfits had to die, the string of good programmes they were able to produce denied to us now. Once again thanks, nice chatting to you.
What a shame all those local TV outfits had to die, the string of good programmes they were able to produce denied to us now. Once again thanks, nice chatting to you.
I agree....
People were proud of their regional ITV companies in the 1960s and 1970s, and there was an individuality about them - Anglia and Southern were in many ways similar but companies like Granada and ATV had different profiles....
Much to the irritation of ATV's Lew Grade, Anglia used to produce at least one 90 minute play for the ITV network every month. with major stars such as Laurence Harvey and Anna Neagle (due to the film contacts of Anglia's John Woolf).
It is not clear how many tapes of these survive...
Lew Grade managed to kill off Anglia's Weaver's Green (a tv equivalent of radio's The Archers) on the network, but I understand that tapes of all the episodes survive in the archives...(Network, please take note.......)
Now, ITV is just one homogenous mess......
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