Pure Radio (Original title)
Date: 03 November 1977 (Television)Country: United Kingdom[Director]: Philip Donnellan
Synopsis: Documentary paying tribute to BBC Radio Features 1936-1964.Synopsis: A look at "the short happy life of radio features" at the BBC. Uses interviews, archive footage, photos, documentation and radio extracts to relate the history of BBC radio features and to point up their decline through a conflict between the commitment of the broadcasters and the intervention and control of management. Extracts from radio features include: FLIES SO-CALLED (1958) THE WAY WE LIVE NOW (1962) UNDER MILK WOOD (1953) ONE EYE WILD (1961) WOOL (1938) HARRY HOPEFUL (1936) SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA (1939) JUNCTION X (1944) THE GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS (1951) IN PARENTHESIS THE BIG HEWER: Radio Ballads Series (1961) THE DARK TOWER (1946) Also extracts from the WAR REPORT Series; and film footage from VOICES OF BRITAIN by John Grierson, DIARY FOR TIMOTHY and LISTEN TO BRITAIN by Humphrey Jennings, and A CITY SPEAKS, by Paul Rotha.
Genre: Documentary
Subjects: BBC, Radio broadcasting, World War II, Blitz, BBC Radio
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 03 November 1977Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:15-23:15Runtime: 57 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 03 November 1977not specified
Title: [Radio Times - v217 n2819 19 Nov 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen Digest December 1977
Title: [Screen Digest - December 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen Digest December 1977 Page: 236
Title: [Screen Digest - December 1977: no known title]Language: English
Description: Listed.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(10)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 57.28 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-1303268
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 57.28 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-1303269
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Video - BFI identifier: C-1015867
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 57.14 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1019501
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(6)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 57.28 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-1303268
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 57.28 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-1303269
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Umatic Low BandDuration: 57.14 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1015864
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Video - BFI identifier: C-1015867
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 57.14 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1019501
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1019502
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(4)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 2144 FeetTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-230464
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Duplicating Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-139359
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 2144 FeetTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-139357
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 2174 FeetTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-139358
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 03 November 1977 (Television)Country: United Kingdom[Director]: Philip Donnellan
Synopsis: Documentary paying tribute to BBC Radio Features 1936-1964.Synopsis: A look at "the short happy life of radio features" at the BBC. Uses interviews, archive footage, photos, documentation and radio extracts to relate the history of BBC radio features and to point up their decline through a conflict between the commitment of the broadcasters and the intervention and control of management. Extracts from radio features include: FLIES SO-CALLED (1958) THE WAY WE LIVE NOW (1962) UNDER MILK WOOD (1953) ONE EYE WILD (1961) WOOL (1938) HARRY HOPEFUL (1936) SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA (1939) JUNCTION X (1944) THE GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS (1951) IN PARENTHESIS THE BIG HEWER: Radio Ballads Series (1961) THE DARK TOWER (1946) Also extracts from the WAR REPORT Series; and film footage from VOICES OF BRITAIN by John Grierson, DIARY FOR TIMOTHY and LISTEN TO BRITAIN by Humphrey Jennings, and A CITY SPEAKS, by Paul Rotha.
Genre: Documentary
Subjects: BBC, Radio broadcasting, World War II, Blitz, BBC Radio
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 03 November 1977Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:15-23:15Runtime: 57 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 03 November 1977not specified
Credits
(19)
Production Company: BBC, Executive Producer: Barrie Gavin, Produced by: Philip Donnellan, Research: Amina Harris, Written by: Philip Donnellan, Script Consultant: David Lytton, Film Cameraman: Ken Morgan, Graphic Design: Bob Blagden, Editor: John Bland, 'War Report' Drawings by: Michael Barsley, Sound Recordist: John Bland, Dubbing Mixer: David Baumber, Film Source ('Voice of Britain'): BBC, Film Source ('Diary for Timothy'): Central Office of Information, Film Source ('Listen to Britain'): Central Office of Information, Film Source ('A City Speaks'): Manchester Corporation, Film Source: Imperial War Museum, British Movietonews
Cast
(28)
Philip Donnellan, Michael Cochrane, David Lytton, Frank Duncan, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Gretta Gouriet, John Sharp, Carleton Hobbs, Alan Burgess, Nigel Lambert, Helen Fry, Mary Wimbush, R.D. Smith, John Pierce, John Francis Dillon, Hugh Sykes, D.G. Bridson, Sue Thacker, Michael Barsley, Norman Turner, Molly Glasgow, Alan Ward, Charles Parker, Geoff Wooldridge, Douglas Cleverdon, Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Marius Goring (radio extracts)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: Radio Times v217 n2819 19 Nov 1977 Page: 78Title: [Radio Times - v217 n2819 19 Nov 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen Digest December 1977
Title: [Screen Digest - December 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen Digest December 1977 Page: 236
Title: [Screen Digest - December 1977: no known title]Language: English
Description: Listed.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(10)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 57.28 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-1303268
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 57.28 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-1303269
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Video - BFI identifier: C-1015867
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 57.14 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1019501
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(6)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 57.28 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-1303268
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 57.28 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-1303269
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Umatic Low BandDuration: 57.14 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1015864
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: Video - BFI identifier: C-1015867
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 57.14 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1019501
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1019502
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(4)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 2144 FeetTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-230464
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Duplicating Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-139359
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 2144 FeetTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-139357
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 2174 FeetTX date: 1977-11-03BFI identifier: C-139358
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film