What is the great wipe out ?
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Originally posted by JasonPalmer View PostWhat is the great wipe out ?
Some programmes have been returned, e.g. from overseas programme sales - a good example is (most of) Patrick Troughton's "Web of Fear".
Radio has also suffered and there are various groups trying to recover off-air recordings (e.g. RadioCircle) & from other sources (e.g. Transcription Service(s) discs).
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Originally posted by smittims View PostI suspect you're a Doctor Who? fan, Jason. I'm among the few still alive whom remembers seeing episode one the first time it was broadcast (1963?) (as well as the following week when it was repeated before episode two was shown). My favourite doctor was Patrick Troughton; sadly, his episodes are I think, the most affected by the great wipe out.
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I think another reason for 'the great wipe out' was that in order to avoid paying royalties or rights they agreed the programmes would be shown a limited number of times and then destroyed. In those days the BBC were more interested in live broadcasting than archiving. Many DVD releases of Black and White TV have come from 16mm. prints distributed to Commonwealth countries where they survived.
The BBC weren't alone in this practice, however short-sighted it seems to enthusiasts today. Austrian Radio were under a similar agreement with the Salzburg Festival. Most .DVD releases of Festival performances from the 1950s emanate from copies of tapes.
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Originally posted by eighthobstruction View PostBoat Story 2 deaths....a torture/blood fest'...and a maiming all in the first 20 minutes....yes John and daft/ dippy/inaccurate....no thanks...
....but I didn't like the New Shetland either.... Next to disappoint will be Kin....probably....
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Originally posted by smittims View PostI suspect you're a Doctor Who? fan, Jason. I'm among the few still alive whom remembers seeing episode one the first time it was broadcast (1963?) (as well as the following week when it was repeated before episode two was shown). My favourite doctor was Patrick Troughton; sadly, his episodes are I think, the most affected by the great wipe out.
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Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostI'm thoroughly enjoying the new series of 'Shetland' on Beeb 1 - plenty red herrings and lots of great scenery, and just the right mix of dark and light for me...unlike 'Boat Story', also on the Beeb, which is just too daffy and dark and violent for my liking.
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Originally posted by tim2017 View Post
I too watched Doctor Who from the first episode back on 23/11/1963. 60 years ago. Looking forward to The Daleks in colour today on BBC Four.
Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...
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