DIRECTORS JOHN BRUCE AND DARROL BLAKE TO
ATTEND KALEIDOSCOPE'S SEPTEMBER EVENT
Kaleidoscope is pleased to welcome veteran directors Darrol Blake and John Bruce to our event on Saturday 6th September 2008. John Bruce has been behind the camera on many popular and acclaimed series, including Crown Court, Strangers, Second City Firsts, Tales of the Unexpected, Play for Today and more recently The Bill, Casualty and Agatha Christie's Poirot. Starting out as a designer, Darrol Blake created the original Blue Peter set and worked on Quatermass II and Adam Adamant Lives!; as a director his credits include Coronation Street, Paul Temple, The Onedin Line, Doctor Who, Doomwatch, Ace of Wands, Crossroads, Tucker's Luck, Brookside and The Tomorrow People. Appearing together on stage, our guests will provide a fascinating insight into directing popular television through the decades.
Examples of Darrol Blake and John Bruce's work will be showcased throughout the day, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Shadows and Z Cars. Other highlights include Rime of the Ancient Mariner, an early John Ryan animation in the style of Captain Pugwash, Wolfshead, a version of Robin Hood untransmitted in the UK and Leap in the Dark with Juliet Harmer and Lalla Ward, rescheduled from our June event. There are unique chances to see the other version of Goodbye to ABC broadcast in the Midlands region and episode two of the still untransmitted Raiders of the Lost Archive series.
The event takes place on Saturday 6th September 2008 at our usual venue, Stourbridge Town Hall, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK between 12:00 noon - 7:00 pm. Admission is free, but voluntary donations to our designated charity, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution are encouraged.
Full details of the day's activities can be found here.
Hope to see some of you there.
BLUE PETER
GOES GOLD!
A Celebration of 50 Years of Blue Peter, 20 Years of Kaleidoscope and
the publication of our new book "Blue Peter - Inside The Archive" by Richard Marson
Hosted by Kaleidoscope Events in The David Lean Room, BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LN
Saturday 25th October 2008, 12:00 - 7:00 pm
Guests: Biddy Baxter, Edward Barnes, Matt Baker, Janet Ellis, Sarah Greene, Simon Groom,
Tina Heath, Simon Thomas and David Cooke
Join us to see:
The earliest surviving footage
Auditions
Out-takes and intros, live television at its best
The Quest
Val Meets the VIPs
On safari with the Royal Family
Famous moments including Lulu, J.K. Rowling, Pan's People and Noggin the Nog
Old continuity, trailers, spoofs and globes found on surviving mastertapes
Untransmitted: "John Bull", the 1968 spin-off that never happened
Personal moments chosen by our guests
Christmas at the Club Blue Peter
Many unique and unforgettable compilations
Places are now available for this fantastic day. Please note that entry is by ticket only. The following types of ticket are available:
Free Entry Ticket - to reserve a seat and take part
VIP Ticket (£35) - to reserve a seat, take afternoon tea with the guests and receive a signed copy of our new book
Couples VIP Ticket (£55) - two seats, two lots of tea, one signed book
Our new book "Blue Peter - Inside the Archive" by Richard Marson is published on the same day and guests will be available to sign copies.
Free Entry Tickets may only be booked by post - we are not accepting email bookings. Please write to the address below, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
VIP and Couples VIP Tickets may be booked online (using PayPal) at Kaleidoscope Publishing. Alternatively, please write to the address below enclosing a cheque/P.O. for the appropriate amount made payable to Kaleidoscope Publishing.
Send for tickets to:
C Perry
Kaleidoscope Publishing
93 Old Park Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 3NE
United Kingdom
Limited places are available and demand for this event has already been high, so book now to avoid disappointment.
Smart casual dress only please.
No food or drink can be eaten on the premises unless provided by BAFTA.
Hope to see some of you there.
KALEIDOSCOPE EVENT
DATES FOR 2008
Welcome to Kaleidoscope's twentieth anniversary year!
We will be staging our usual quarterly events on the following dates:
Saturday 6th December 2008 - programme details to be announced.
They will all take place between 12:00 noon - 7:00 pm at our usual venue:
Amblecote Room
Stourbridge Town Hall
Stourbridge
West Midlands
UK
Admission to the events is free but voluntary donations to our chosen charity are encouraged. Kaleidoscope is once again supporting the Royal National Lifeboat Institution throughout 2008.
Additionally, Kaleidoscope is pleased to prevent Blue Peter Goes Gold!, a special fiftieth anniversary tribute to a much-loved British television institution. This event will take place at The David Lean Room, BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LN on Saturday 25th October 2008 between 12:00 - 7:00 pm. For further information about this event, please see the details above.
Hope to see some of you at the events this year.
KALEIDOSCOPE WELCOMED JULIET HARMER
AND DAVID "DIDDY" HAMILTON IN JUNE
Kaleidoscope was pleased to welcome two interesting and unusual guests to our summer event, David "Diddy" Hamilton and Juliet Harmer. In a remarkably varied career encompassing roles as diverse as continuity announcer, disc jockey, television presenter and match announcer for Fulham FC, David Hamilton has lots of memories of the industry going back decades. He talked at length about his time in the business, providing us with a highly entertaining appearance. Best known for her starring role as Georgina Jones in Adam Adamant Lives!, former actress Juliet Harmer still has enduring appeal many years later. She joined us on stage for an illustrated retrospective of her acting career and proved to be a charming and captivating guest. Examples of both guests' work was shown at the event throughout the day.
Other screening highlights included the first episode of Roger Marshall's Travelling Man in which the enigmatic Lomax began a desperate search for his missing son against the backdrop of England's canals, and supernatural chills with Dramarama: Spooky. The second viewing area showcased some of the programmes returned through the Raiders of the Lost Archive campaign of 2007 which Kaleidoscope supported. Alfred Burke, Eric Portman and Michael Gough appeared together in "The Last Reunion", an episode of ABC (ATV) Playhouse and Cliff Richard could be seen in an acting role in Playhouse - "A Matter of Diamonds". Mrs Wilson's Diary, with Nigel Hawthorne and On the Buses' Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis featured previously unseen footage.
We were also able to present a late addition to the programme in the form of Goodbye to ABC, the northern version of ABC Television's final programme, celebrating the work of the broadcaster. David Hamilton presented the programme and held the only surviving copy, on two inch videotape. Restored only a week before the event, Kaleidoscope were pleased to screen this programme to an audience for the first time since 1968. We would like to thank David Hamilton for his assistance in recovering this lost television treasure.
The event took place on Saturday 7th June 2008 and was again in support of our designated charity, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. £98.37 was raised on the day bringing the overal total raised by Kaleidoscope since 1994 to £9,446.41.
Sue Coombes, Honorary Secretary of RNLI Stourbridge Branch, said:
"I can confirm that £98.37 was raised at the Kaleidoscope event on Saturday, 7 June bringing the total raised since 1994 to £9,446.41 - brilliant!"
David Hamilton was charming and Juliet Harmer was delightful, and both very supportive of the RNLI.
With very sincere thanks for all your help and support on behalf of the RNLI - it is appreciated."
Kaleidoscope was pleased to welcome the prolific writer Jeremy Paul to our first event of the year. One of television's foremost writers for decades, Jeremy Paul has been responsible for much notable original work, contributions to many popular ongoing series and well-regarded literary adaptations. His credits include "The Flipside of Dominick Hide" and "Another Flip for Dominick" for Play for Today, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A Little Princess, Blackmail, Out of the Unknown, Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Matchgirl, Jemima Shore Investigates, The Gold Robbers, Redcap, Upstairs Downstairs and The Duchess of Duke Street. Many of these were showing at the event throughout the day to complement Mr. Paul's appearance on stage, where he gave a fascinating insight into his work on many well known series, the changes in the industry over the years and the writing process.
Other highlights of the programme included two episodes of Second City Firsts from BBC Pebble Mill, one written by Alan Bleasdale and the other recently recovered by Kaleidoscope from Philips 1500 format; Television in School, an Associated-Rediffusion documentary in colour on schools programming of the day; another special presentation of vintage trailers, advertisements and continuity; Graeme Garden attempting to keep order as stars from Swap Shop and It Ain't Half Hot Mum take a Star Turn Challenge and the rarely seen Alf Garnett sequel Till Death... which finds Alf and Else living in Eastbourne. Comedy fans could also enjoy Ronnie Corbett in the recently discovered sole surviving episode of The Corbett Files while an historic What the Papers Say featured early press coverage of the Falklands War.
The event took place on Saturday 1st March 2008 at our usual venue, Stourbridge Town Hall, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK between 12:00 noon - 7:00 pm. Once again in support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, voluntary donations from the day raised £121.79, bringing Kaleidoscope's overall total for this worthy cause since 1994 to £9,348.04
Sue Coombes, Honorary Secretary of RNLI Stourbridge Branch, said:
"Thank you all for another superb day on Saturday - it was great to see so many people there. Jeremy Paul was fantastic - another really charming, modest man who was very supportive of the RNLI.
You will be pleased to know that £121.79 was raised from the buckets bringing the total raised by Kaleidoscope since 1994 to £9,348.04. We, and the RNLI's lifeboat crews, are very grateful as we face what will no doubt be another very busy year for the service.
Thank you all again - we really do appreciate your continued support."
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