I have a note from some time ago, about the existence of BBC World Service
edits of 'Just A Minute', posted by James Curry.
Can anyone add anything? I'm interested in the fact that a separate World
Service archive exists, which potentially contains an entire series of
transcription edits on vinyl discs, entirely separate from the ordinary
Transcription Services edits held by BBC Worldwide.
Potentially, this might mean a different set of episodes existing as World
Service edits; or possibly the same shows, but containing some rounds which
were not included in the ordinary TS edits.
Asking about World Service recently, I'm told that it's an entirely separate
archive, and has totally different rules. Will they hold different versions
of the shows? Was 'Just A Minute' specially edited for WS? To what extent
did World Service use the regular TS versions of the episodes?
I'd be interested if anyone can cast any light at all on any aspect of the
World Service's archives, or its archiving policy.
Steve
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Subject: [just-a-minute] 462 - Goose - a new edit
The ABC broadcasts are another thing entirely. While the World Service
is/was an international broadcast fully owned by the BBC, international
stations such as ABC picked up their copies from the BBC Transcription
Service (now BBC Radio International), the syndication arm of BBC Radio.
Historically, Transcription Service copies were shipped on records with a
limited total length, and so the episodes were edited down to fit that
length. In the case of Just a Minute (and I'm sure many other BBC quizzes
and comedies), they unfortunately would make that target by removing at
least one entire round from the show.
As such, there are now likely three edits for a lot of shows:
1. The original Radio 4/Home Service transmission version.
2. The World Service edit.
3. The Transcription Service edit.