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Re: thoughts on the TV recordings

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kj.naughtonDec 12, 2011
 

 
Hi all,

Funnily enough, BBC News are running a news story today about having discovered two missing episodes of Doctor Who.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16136521

My understanding is that before about 1978 the BBC did not have an archiving policy and routinely wiped both TV and radio shows that they didn't consider special enough to keep - probably due to the cost of magnetic tape.

Wikipedia has some articles which explain the "rationale", if you can call it that. Search for BBC Wiping. Although it is probably fair to say that this industry practice at the time, at least in the UK.

Cheers

kJ

--- In just-a-minute@..., "Dean" <dbedford@...> wrote:
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> Dean: AS Don mentioned the BBC archives for this period are not in good shape. A few years ago they asked publically for people to send them the first ever show â€" this was while it was widely available on the Internet. The shows that we have are largely via the ABC and every time they have gone back to the beginning and the missing shows are never there.

 
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