Kaleidoscope Christmas Event and Grand Charity Auction 2008
Saturday 6th December 2008, 12:00 - 7:00 pm
Amblecote Room, Stourbridge Town Hall,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK
Free Admission
- 12:00 pm Welcome to Southern Television - the station opener for Christmas Day 1981.
- 12:01 pm The Glories of Christmas - a galaxy of stars including Roy Barraclough, Bob Monkhouse, Dora Bryan, Les Dawson, Gerald Harper, John Laurie, Patricia Phoenix, Patrick Troughton and Richard Todd make Christmas Day really
special in this show from 1974.
- 1:00 pm Whodunnit - "A Piece of Cake". Festive mystery quiz hosted by Jon Pertwee and featuring William Russell, Nicola Pagett, Eamonn Andrews, Hughie Green and Leslie Crowther (tx: 26.12.1974).
- 1:40 pm Unwrap your Christmas presents.... 2008 has seen the arrival of the Bob Monkhouse Collection and Kaleidoscope has been exploring the many old recordings made on open reel-to-reel VT tapes by the great entertainer. We have also been boosted by tapes given us by other collectors. Today we unveil the sensational results - some great footage. See it first here, unwrap our Christmas present at 1:40.
- 2:00 pm Break
- 2:15 pm Kaleidoscope Grand Charity Auction 2008 - a selection of items donated by our guests, supporters and attendees throughout the year are up for grabs in our annual charity auction, with all proceeds going to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Please note we will be accepting bids in person only.
- 3:00 pm A Christmas Carol - an award-winning animated version of Charles Dickens' masterpiece, produced by Anglia Television in 1970.
- 4:00 pm Afternoon Tea
- 4:30 pm Christmas Peter - Festive highlights from Blue Peter through the decades in this unused compilation from our recent Blue Peter Goes Gold! event.
- 5:20 pm ITN archive footage of Westward and Southern Television being told they had lost their franchises,
whilst at the Christmas party! Followed by some trailers for ITV's Christmas line-up in 1976.
- 5:30 pm Pop Goes Christmas - Festive special from 1983 in which contemporary artists including Dexy's Midnight Runners, David Essex, the Nolans, Musical Youth, Shakin' Stevens and Toyah sing traditional Christmas songs.
- 6:00 pm Ghost in the Water - a brilliant BBC ghost story from 1982, directed by former Kaleidoscope guest Renny Rye. A school project leads Tess and David to investigate the tragically short life of Abigail Parkes, but all is not as it seems... The filming locations used in this story are all within a few miles of our venue (tx: 31/12/1982).
- 6:55 pm Closedown - a few trailers and adverts before David Hamilton wishes us all goodnight from Thames Television (tx: 1978), followed by The Wombles playing us out as usual!
All material at Kaleidoscope events is screened with the permission of the copyright holders
This Kaleidoscope Event was in support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution once again
and raised £907.70, bringing Kaleidoscope's overall total for this worthy cause since 1994 to £11,638.57.
Sue Coombes, Honorary Secretary of RNLI Stourbridge Branch, said:
"What a great end to the year! Saturday's Kaleidoscope was fantastic - the items you showed were brilliant (even if some of them did make us feel a bit old!) and brought back lots of memories from the past. We all thoroughly enjoyed Ghost in the Water - we'd never seen it before - how times and places have changed.
As for the auction - what can I say! Amazing! Well done! A huge THANK YOU to all those who donated items and bid for them.
As you know, the auction raised £705.50, and there was a further £202.20 in the buckets, a total of £907.70, bringing Kaleidoscope's total funds raised since 1994 to a staggering £11,638.57.
We are very, very grateful to you and your supporters for these funds without which the RNLI's volunteer crews could not continue to do what they do - save lives at sea.
There was, as usual, a great turn out on Saturday and it was good to see so many familiar - and new - faces there. Everyone is so friendly and generous - and the donation of cakes was an added bonus. Thank you all."
[ Retrospective Event Review ]
KALEIDOSCOPE GRAND
CHARITY AUCTION 2008
In Support of the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Please note we accept bids in person only
- 01. A metal sign of the Blue Peter ship that was on the old entrance to the Blue Peter production office.
- 02. A photocopy of an original script for Blackmail: "Cobb" by Jeremy Paul, donated by the writer.
- 03. Various signed postcards of Blue Peter presenters and publicity postcards (too many to list).
- 04. A large signed photograph of Katy Hill, Konnie Huq, Start Miles and Richard Bacon on Blue Peter.
- 05. A large signed photograph of Katy Hill, Tim Vincent, Stuart Miles and Diane-Louise Jordan on Blue Peter.
- 06. Some original 1970s BBC stationery from the Blue Peter production office.
- 07. The Actor Speaks CDs: Paul Darrow and Jacqueline Pearce (one CD each).
- 08. The Persuaders! French DVD Set (with bonus "The Files of Judge Fulton" disc). Region 2 PAL (subtitles can be removed on some players, but not all).
- 09. Pogle's Wood: "The Trouble with Magic" CD-ROM featuring new narrations by Oliver Postgate of stories not made for television, set to Peter Firmin illustrations.
- 10. A poster for the stage version of This Morning With Richard Not Judy, signed by Richard Herring.
- 11. Several sets of classic BBC DVDs.
- 12. TV Century 21 (Thunderbirds covers #1 - 5 comics) - Nos. 12, 57, 86, 88, 90.
- 13. TV Century 21 (Thunderbirds covers #2 - 5 comics) - Nos. 92, 99, 103, 136, 223.
- 14. TV Century 21 (Fireball XL5 and Stingray covers - 6 comics) - Nos. 19, 68, 71, 84, 94, 147.
- 15. TV Century 21 (Captain Scarlet covers - 3 comics) - Nos. 150, 154, 163.
- 16. An original picture by Bob Broomfield, framed, as used in Blue Peter depicting a French court scene.
- 17. An original picture by Bob Broomfield, framed, as used in Blue Peter depicting a Co-op horse and cart.
- 18. An original picture by Bob Broomfield, framed, as used in Blue Peter depicting a tavern scene.
- 19. A set of TVS transmission slides for a variety of 1980s films and TV plays.
plus any surprise items brought along on the day by our attendees.
Many thanks to our guests, supporters and attendees who donated items to the auction.
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