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Re: Question re. "Kenneth Williams: In His Own Words"

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Clitheroe KidApr 30, 2008
 

 
The film footage of Just A Minute, featuring Kenneth Williams, was from a
pilot recording for a proposed transfer of the show from radio onto
television.

The proposed tv series was never made.

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From: thomaswake16 <thomaswake16@...>
To: <just-a-minute@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:31 PM
Subject: [just-a-minute] Question re. "Kenneth Williams: In His Own Words"


> Towards the end of "Kenneth Williams: In His Own Words" (which was
> repeated on BBC4 a couple of weeks ago), there appeared to be video
> footage of Just a Minute with Kenneth Williams and Clement Freud.
>
> Obviously this would have been before the TV series, so why was this
> particular footage filmed? Maybe for a television documentary? (Like
> the ISIHAC footage that was filmed for Humph's South Bank Show last
> year.)
>
> Also, I haven't been able to locate the dialogue in any of the
> transcripts. Of course I know that not all of them have been
> transcribed, and it may simply be a show that hasn't been done, but it
> got me thinking that it may have been recorded for some other purpose,
> particularly as the set looked a bit extravagant for simply recording a
> radio show. (I haven't been able to find any mention on the site of the
> subject mentioned, "compositions", either.)
>
> Any ideas, anyone? It's really got my curiousity all fired up.
>
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