The dulcet tones of Redvers Kyle announcing Rediffusion’s coverage of Wimbledon 67. Around a year later Redvers would be oop north announcing for the fledgling Yorkshire Television.
The report of the 'Joint Committee on Censorship of the Theatre' (HC 503/HL 255 1966-67), which is discussed in 'This Week - The Arts' was ordered to be printed on 19 June 1967 so it must have been that week. Incidentally this appears to be the only remaining footage from the ABC series 'Hancock's' - Tony Hancock's last UK work.
No we are very lucky to have this little clip. ITV treated this series badly - moved around the schedule, sometimes on Tuesdays and sometimes on Wednesday, sometimes before 9 and sometimes after 10.
The same thing happened in the U.S.--ads for those, along with ones for smokeless (chewing) tobacco continued for years after cigarette commercials ended.
SAd that Hancock had reduced himself (yes, his downfall was self-inflicted) to this rubbish and to realise that he had a year to live. A waste of a magnificent talent.
Interesting to see a clip of Hancock's , his last and disastrous ITV series. Drink had got the better of him by 1967 and he had only a year left before he took his own life.
I always maintain Hancock could have been saved and helped, but by 1967, he was beyond help. Neither the BBC or ITV wanted him, by 1968, it was a question of when, rather than if. In the final Australian special he did, he looked 64 rather than 44, he was in bad shape too. The Australian special, which the makers tried to salvage from the abandoned series, should have been shelved forever, like Jerry Lewis' The Day The Clown Cried. They had good intentions, but it didn't work, it was bad to begin with.
I wouldn’t have thought so. Back then copyright remained with the individual ITV companies, therefore Hancock’s ABC show remained with them, The Arts with Rediffusion. When both companies merged to create Thames the copyright of such shows stayed with the parents of the two, Associated British Cinemas (Television) Ltd and Rediffusion Television. They were not transferred to Thames. Neither of these remain in existence today and their libraries are largely broken up, with copyrights scattered everywhere, eg Canal+ own ABC’s The Avengers. Whoever owns this stuff, it is not ITV plc.
Not all ABC stuff went to Canal+ The Avengers certainly did but Callan went to Thames as they continued the series, however so much of the archive of both channels are lost its hard to say who would claim them now, plus I think all programmes would be over 50 years old so barring The Avengers they'd either go to Fremantle (who own Thames now) or ITV Plc, if not them then it would go to the BFI I imagine, depending if it was of any use to them
Love the logo between the ads, Westward TV had a rotating hexagon.
The dulcet tones of Redvers Kyle announcing Rediffusion’s coverage of Wimbledon 67. Around a year later Redvers would be oop north announcing for the fledgling Yorkshire Television.
The report of the 'Joint Committee on Censorship of the Theatre' (HC 503/HL 255 1966-67), which is discussed in 'This Week - The Arts' was ordered to be printed on 19 June 1967 so it must have been that week.
Incidentally this appears to be the only remaining footage from the ABC series 'Hancock's' - Tony Hancock's last UK work.
Z-Cars and Film actor John Slater on the Special K advert.
250 calories the lot plus all that added sugar.
3:30
Logo ABC
Was looking for the Rediffusion logo.
7:02
Logo Rediffusion
Don't think this series of Tony Hancock's show for ABC survived
No we are very lucky to have this little clip. ITV treated this series badly - moved around the schedule, sometimes on Tuesdays and sometimes on Wednesday, sometimes before 9 and sometimes after 10.
This is interesting this
It's kinda bizarre that the ITA banned advertising for cigarettes in 1965 but not cigars or pipe tobacco...
The same thing happened in the U.S.--ads for those, along with ones for smokeless (chewing) tobacco continued for years after cigarette commercials ended.
Colm O’roucke should make playlists of these old regions
Camera pointed at TV?
Does anyone know the song for the Doncella ad before This Week, The Arts?
6:15
Mujtaba Kamran no it probably made specifically for it
What a find!
8:00pm one of my favourite Avengers episodes!
5:43 SMARTIES
Less than a tenner for the Polaroid Swinger camera fifty years ago. Same price as a Black & Decker power drill.
SAd that Hancock had reduced himself (yes, his downfall was self-inflicted) to this rubbish and to realise that he had a year to live. A waste of a magnificent talent.
Toby Hancock will forever remain one of the saddest tragedies in TV History
@@imrustyokay Tony, even.
First he fired Kenneth Williams and Sid James, then he fired Galton and Simpson, then he fired himself.
Interesting to see a clip of Hancock's , his last and disastrous ITV series. Drink had got the better of him by 1967 and he had only a year left before he took his own life.
I always maintain Hancock could have been saved and helped, but by 1967, he was beyond help. Neither the BBC or ITV wanted him, by 1968, it was a question of when, rather than if. In the final Australian special he did, he looked 64 rather than 44, he was in bad shape too. The Australian special, which the makers tried to salvage from the abandoned series, should have been shelved forever, like Jerry Lewis' The Day The Clown Cried. They had good intentions, but it didn't work, it was bad to begin with.
@@stuartkenny7430 he’s one of Britain’s comedy legends
@@alexmacleod3728
So are Monty Python but have you ever tried watching most of Series 4 of the Flying Circus? Absolute crap.
Copyright goes to ITV plc.
I wouldn’t have thought so. Back then copyright remained with the individual ITV companies, therefore Hancock’s ABC show remained with them, The Arts with Rediffusion. When both companies merged to create Thames the copyright of such shows stayed with the parents of the two, Associated British Cinemas (Television) Ltd and Rediffusion Television. They were not transferred to Thames.
Neither of these remain in existence today and their libraries are largely broken up, with copyrights scattered everywhere, eg Canal+ own ABC’s The Avengers. Whoever owns this stuff, it is not ITV plc.
Not all ABC stuff went to Canal+ The Avengers certainly did but Callan went to Thames as they continued the series, however so much of the archive of both channels are lost its hard to say who would claim them now, plus I think all programmes would be over 50 years old so barring The Avengers they'd either go to Fremantle (who own Thames now) or ITV Plc, if not them then it would go to the BFI I imagine, depending if it was of any use to them