There has been quite a lot of 'lost' material found of late;
Room at the Bottom in colour - this has been 're-colourised' rather than discovered. There are currently no plans to release the episode (although I am sure that's just a matter of time) but there is a mini-Dad's Army night scheduled for the 13th December on BBC2 where the colour version will be showcased. It is possible that the episode may also be shown as part of the BFI's 40th Anniversary celebrations on the 22nd December.
Christmas Night with the stars 1968 - an audio version of this 'lost' sketch has been returned to the BBC along with a newer, cleaner audio version of series 2's A Stripe for Frazer. As yet I have not heard any plans to make these recording publicly available, although I am sure in the course of time they will be. I have reported what I can on the podcast's blog - www.dadsarmypodcast.blogspot.com and of course it's always worth keeping an eye on the Appreciation Society's webpage www.dadsarmy.co.uk for the latest news.
All these finds have been confirmed by the DAAS with the exception of the Christmas Night story. We wait with baited breath! _________________ The Dad's Army podcast - a fortnightly downloadable radio show about Dad's Army www.dadsarmy.podomatic.com
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I had no idea that the audio track of the first CNWTS had been located. And when you say a cleaner version of A Stripe For Frazer - did they already have a copy of it??
To be honest, I sort of gave up on checking the DAAS and many related sites (including forums) as lately there seldom seems to be anything new to report or discuss.
I had no idea that the audio track of the first CNWTS had been located. And when you say a cleaner version of A Stripe For Frazer - did they already have a copy of it??
The Christmas Night sketch is the only story that has not been confirmed. The original announcement was made over on the P&C forum from a very reliable source and is still available at http://glassback68.proboards99.co...amp;action=display&thread=408 - and there was a brief mention of the discovery on the DAAS site which now appears to have been removed. Remains to be seen whether there's any substance behind the rumour.
With regards to A Stripe for Frazer - prior to this discovery I believe just the radio version existed - so this recording is a brand new discovery. Apologies for the confusion. _________________ The Dad's Army podcast - a fortnightly downloadable radio show about Dad's Army www.dadsarmy.podomatic.com
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The guy who recorded these two lost Dad's Army's seems to have recorded tons of till now lost material. There's a full list elsewhere on the Missing Episodes forum
Thanks Dave - fantastic new indeed. All four CNWS sketches now exist in at least one format. Hopefully the BBC will make the recordings available somehow - perhaps some kind of on-line content would be a good idea and perhaps make the material available to those outside of the UK.
I will update the blog and report that the story has now been confirmed.
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I know it's a pipedream but I would very much love to see the BBC recreate the visual content using animation - either in cartoon form or even better realistic CGI. It can be done these days, but they'd need a big budget. Too big is my guess.
But they have photos from rehearsals, the directors script notes, all the references form other epiodes giving them dimensions, colours, textures, etc. And with the technology that created the likes of Gollum or King Kong, we genuinely could see A Stripe For Frazer and The Choir Practise again, and Jones, Godfrey and Frazer all dressed as Father Christmas. And in full colour, so better than before. As I say, it's a dream. But I used to dream that these lost shows might turn up some day, and I also had a dream that some whizzo boffin might re-colour Room at the Bottom....
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