today it will be shown in full at the bfi in the southbank as pa rt full at the bfi in the southbank of their believed to be missing series. including a crackly recording of the first ever tv appearance by pete postlethwaite at the age of 29. i still like it, sometimes. come on, local loonie hears voices from out of space. let's get on with it. one was a half—hour bbc play broadcast in 1975, in which he played a journalist investigating the possible arrival of an alien spaceship. the original was wiped, but the director held onto a video—cassette of the first edit, which has been restored. other discoveries include the only surviving episode of late—night horror, from 1968, which was cancelled by the bbc after 16 part series due to the number of complaints about it being too scary. and an episode of itv police drama no hiding place has turned up in a share earlier. in the 1960s it had audiences of 7 million, but only 20 of the 236 shows survived. this new find is from 1960 and features a guest appearance by patrick trout and asa guest appearance by patrick trout and as a grumpy priso

here at the bfi, conservation specialists are painstakingly restoring 138 films of some of britain's. one of them is of a young army officer crossing the vast expanse of the libyan desert by motorcar. ralph bagnold and his friends are on a journey that will take them into uncharted territory. bagnold was a pioneer of desert exploration. he was an army officer stationed in egypt. his expeditions involve striving thousands of miles into the blistering heat of the libyan desert. no—one had crossed it. no, no—one had crossed it, no—one had crossed it by car before. his son stephen has heard stories of these incredible expeditions, but it's the first time he's seen them. that's my father driving there, and you can see the bonnet is off, and you can see the pipe running from the radiator into the... that was a modification? that was the modification to prevent loss of water through evaporation, through the radiator. it was a journey that pushed bagnold, his men and the cars to their very limits. they had to take everything they needed to survive with them. it was all rationed, water, i thi

we can talk to dick fiddy who‘s a tv consultant at the bfi and involved in the project.t. yeah material turns up in all sorts of places — in archives abroad, in archives here, in facility houses. 0ne abroad, in archives here, in facility houses. one of the most common ways is turning up in the homes of people who worked on the programmes or in the hands of private collectors. you have situations where someone may be involved in the project literally at the end of the filming took the tape away with them at a time when things weren‘t akiefd in a formal way —— weren‘t akiefd in a formal way —— weren‘t archived in a formal way as they are now. that's right. there are certain reasons why people keep material, sometimes for their own cv, sometimes for continuity purposes, maybe you want to know what people were wearing. the technology meant they could use the official tapes again. very often those copies are the only ones that survive. let's talk about some of the specifics, the one called late night horror. it dates to 1968. that clip did look genuinely terrifying, tell us a

today, it will be shown in full at bfi southbank as part of their missing believed wiped series, whereiscovered tv is showcased, including a crackly recording of the first ever tv appearance by pete postlethwaite at the age of 29. i still like you, sometimes. come on. local loonie hughes voices from outer space. come on. get on with it. let's get it over with. one was a half—hour bbc play broadcast in 1975 from which he played a journalist investigating a possible arrival of an alien spaceship. the original was wiped but the director held onto the video of the first edit, which has been restored. other discoveries include the only surviving episode of late night horror from 1968, which was cancelled by the bbc after a 16—part series, due to the number of complaints —— after one 6—part series, due to the number of complaints about being too scary. screaming. and an episode of itv police drama no hiding place has turned up in australia. in the 1960s, it had audiences of 7 million, but only 20 of the 236 episodes survived. this new find is from 1960 and features a guest appearance by patr

today it will be shown in full at the bfi southbank as part of their missing believed wiped series, whereter space, get on with it. let‘s get it over with. one was a half—hour bbc play broadcast in 1975, from which he played a journalist investigating a possible arrival of an alien spaceship. the original was wiped, but the director held onto the video of the first edit, which has been restored. 0ther discoveries include the only surviving episode of late night horror from 1968, which was cancelled by the bbc after one six—part series, due to the number of complaints about it being too scary. screaming. and an episode of itv police drama no hiding place has turned up in australia. in the 1960s it had audiences of seven million, but only 20 of the 236 episodes survived. this one is from 1960 and features a guest appearance by patrick troughton as a grumpy prisoner, six years before hejoined dr who. they don‘t release nutcases you know, not even after seven years good conduct. you will do another seven, in a straitjacket! it‘s hoped events like this will encourage more people to come forwar

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