Further Ghosts of Christmas Past
Saturday 9th December 2006, 12:00 - 7:00 pm
Amblecote Room, Stourbridge Town Hall, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK
Free Admission
EVENT SCHEDULE
- 12:00 Parkin's Patch - "The Manchester Passenger". Before Heartbeat there was this gentle police series set in the Yorkshire countryside... created by Elwyn Jones in the format of Z Cars (Yorkshire, 1969).
- 12:25 Join the Blue Peter team in 1965 as they learn the origins of a Christmas song (BBC, 2min 44sec).
- 12:30 Winner Takes All - two celebrity teams including Edward Woodward, Honor Blackman and Diana Dors compete to take the charity prize (Yorkshire, 1977).
- 13:00 The Ghosts of Idents Past - continuity clips from 1977 including trailers for Count Dracula and A Christmas Carol.
- 13:10 Rainbow - join Zippy and Bungle for some classic seventies fun with the Christmas post (Thames, 1972).
- 13:30 The Shop of Ghosts - a 1977 ghostly short story read by Richard Todd (Tyne Tees, 1977).
- 13:41 Buffet Lunch - The Christmas test card plays while Kaleidoscope invites you all to celebrate the launch of our BBC Drama Guide by joining us for a buffet lunch.
- 14:00 Live on Stage - Verity Lambert. One of the leading figures in the industry for decades talks about her highly acclaimed career, illustrated by extracts from her work, including photographs from Doctor Who - "The Feast of Steven" and clips from Christmas specials such as Minder and Jonathan Creek.
- 15:30 Afternoon Tea
- 16:00 Kaleidoscope Grand Charity Auction 2006 - see separate listing below.
- 17:15 Pay up time! - The RNLI announce how much they have raised and we eat their Christmas cake!
- 17:45 The ITN News - the evening broadcast from 25th December 1981, complete with a surprise interruption and some very seasonal theme music! (ITN, 1981). Some Christmas trailers complete the package.
- 17:55 A Carol for Christmas - join Blue Peter for their traditional Christmas Eve children's choir (BBC).
- 18:00 When Santa came down the chimney he brought... music with Kenny Lynch; an extract from the 1967 BBC pantomime Cinderella featuring Jimmy Tarbuck as Buttons, Anita Harris and Basil Brush; some festive continuity from 1981 including the first transmission of K-9 and Company, followed by a Christmas number one from The Human League. The programme is brought to a conclusion with a merry carol from Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game team.
- 18.30 Corrie Christmas Memories - a special episode from 1974 where Annie Walker and Betty Turpin reminisce about previous Christmas Days on Coronation Street (Granada, 1974).
- 19:00 Closedown - The Wombles say "Adieu!"
All material at Kaleidoscope events is screened with the permission of the copyright holders
Further Ghosts of Christmas Past was in support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution once again and raised £574.63. We were also able to surprise the RNLI on the day with an extra £1,000 donation from ITV, generously provided
in recognition of the research work Kaleidoscope has done for ITV during the year.
Sue Coombes, Honorary Secretary of RNLI Stourbridge Branch, said:
"Once again the day - and especially the auction - raised an amazing amount of money for the lifeboat service for which we are truly grateful. Overall funds received amounted to £574.63 - £360 from the auction, £66.24 from Kaleidoscope Publishing, and £148.39 from donations. This brings the total amount raised since 1994 to £6,946.39 and £7,946.39 when the £1,000 from ITV has been added on - thank you so much for donating these additional funds to the RNLI - it is very generous of you and much appreciated. What an unexpected and very kind gesture on behalf of both ITV and yourselves."
[ Retrospective Event Review ]
Kaleidoscope Grand
Charity Auction 2006
In support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
01. Two DVDs of Strange Report released in Germany. The print quality is superior to the UK version, but the language track is in German. English subtitles are available.
02. Television by Francis Wheen. Rare hardback book.
03. Full Boost Vertical - The Supercar Story DVD.
04. Goodbye Again DVD. Comedy with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
05. Kennedy - DVD of the Central Television mini-series from 1983.
06. The Booze Cruise DVD box set.
07. A selection of novels and an annual from Thames Television series: Shadows, The Tomorrow People and an interloper from Scottish Television: Star Maidens.
08. Timeslip DVD box set.
09. The Best of ITV Wrestling DVD box set.
10. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (original series) DVD box set.
11. Jericho - modern ITV drama series on DVD.
12. Die Profis - donated by author Werner Schmitz, this is a new reference book on The Professionals published in Germany. Great photos!
13. Writing for Television by William Smethurst, book donated and autographed by the author.
14. Jupiter Moon episodes 1-40 on DVD, donated by William Smethurst.
15. Jupiter Moon episodes 41-60 on DVD, donated by William Smethurst.
16. Carry On Don't Lose Your Head original publicity brochure.
17. A selection of pop music research donated by Kevin Mulrennan on CD-Roms.
18. A poster of the alternative book cover for Forsyte and Hindsight autographed by James Cellan Jones.
19. The Beiderbecke Connection episode 1 post-production script, donated by Granada Yorkshire (Reserve: £10).
20. The Beiderbecke Connection episode 2 post-production script, donated by Granada Yorkshire (Reserve: £10).
21. The Beiderbecke Connection episode 3 post-production script, donated by Granada Yorkshire (Reserve: £10).
22. The Beiderbecke Connection episode 4 post-production script, donated by Granada Yorkshire (Reserve: £10).
23. Jonathan Creek sweatshirt, donated by Verity Lambert.
24. Jonathan Creek baseball cap, donated by Verity Lambert.
25. Shoestring - The Movie. One of only two copies held in the entire world. This copy has been donated by Robert Banks Stewart, the co-author Richard Harris holds the other script (Reserve: £50).
Thanks to everyone who donated items and made the Kaleidoscope Grand Charity Auction 2006 possible
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