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SATURDAY 20th NOVEMBER 1999
11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
UNITED SERVICES CLUB
GOUGH STREET
BIRMINGHAM
UK
ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS - KALEIDOSCOPE IS BACK!
The UK's premier and longest-standing general classic TV events return
After a healthy break to give the brain cells time to rest, Kaleidoscope returns on Saturday 20th November. Still supporting the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, we have moved location to a new venue in central Birmingham.
The Birmingham United Services Club is situated in Gough Street, across the dual-carriageway and opposite the Alexandra Theatre and Andromeda Bookshop; also just around the corner from the Nostalgia & Comics shop in central Birmingham. A free car park is augmented by street-parking and an NCP multi-storey opposite the venue. Birmingham New Street railway station is just five minutes walk away as are many local bus-stops.
From 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. we will be screening complete shows and specially selected clips, including material missing from television archives. Once again there will be no admission charge, but ticket reservations are essential to enter our new venue, home to many functions. The BUSC was recommended to us by Central Television who use it frequently. Anyone who's ever been to one of our events before knows our high standards and we aim to be better than ever.
In the year that he will celebrate his sixtieth year as a professional actor, Alfred Burke is remembered for many roles on film, stage and the small screen but none more so than Frank Marker, the shabby anti-hero of Public Eye, a role he played for ten years throughout the top-rated series. This compelling portrayal of television's most true-to-life enquiry agent dominated every single episode, received unanimous critical acclaim, awards, and made him a household name. Other television appearances have included Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Avengers, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Danger Man, a memorable turn in Treasure Island as Long John Silver, Nigel Kneale's Ladies' Night, Number Ten (as Pitt the Elder) and a highly acclaimed portrayal of Rev. Patrick Bronte in The Brontes of Haworth. Alfred recreated this role in a one man show that he also co-wrote, and, for trivia buffs, he also wrote a television play in the early sixties, Where Are They Now?, under the pseudonym Frank Hanna. His incredible television career is complemented by many roles on film and stage, most significantly in the case of the latter, a long and much-celebrated association with the Royal Shakespeare Company which still continues today.
Alfred Burke has also enjoyed renewed fame for his involvement with Public Eye over the last few years thanks both to Kaleidoscope's long tradition of supporting the series and a popular repeat run on UK Gold. We are pleased to announce that Alfred will be introducing a special Public Eye episode from the definitive Brighton series at this year's event, "A Fixed Address", which was omitted from UK Gold's re-run and thus will not have been seen widely for nearly thirty years. It has also recently come to light that "A Fixed Address", the last episode of that series, was originally made as an experimental colour recording, although as with the rest of that season, it was ultimately broadcast in monochrome. Enjoy seeing this episode in full and glorious colour at The Main Event for the first time ever in public, introduced live by the star of the series himself!
Alfred Burke will also be available to sign autographs during the day, and is happy to chat to people about his long and varied career. On all of his previous appearances, he has enchanted the audience , and, as anyone who has seen him before will testify, he is a guest definitely not to be missed.
See a rare episode of Public Eye in colour for the first time,
introduced live by Frank Marker himself!
A lot of the format is new and experimental for Kaleidoscope this year, but we are still proud to welcome back an old favourite. Making his third appearance at The Main Event will be internationally-renowned actor ALFRED BURKE, who is very much looking forward to supporting Kaleidoscope once again.
TONY CURRIE - television executive, continuity announcer and noted expert on the industry - returns to The Main Event to give another entertaining audio-visual presentation compiled specially for the day.
Regulars at Kaleidoscope events will doubtless remember Tony's celebrated Things You Never Thought You'd See Again lecture from 1996, an extravaganza of rarely-seen delights which enthralled the entire audience and ultimately went down as one of the highlights of that year. As well as his expertise, Tony's enthusiasm for the subject is well-known.
Tony is currently prolific among the continuity staff at BBC Scotland, where you can hear his dulcent tones across the airwaves of BBC Choice and BBC Radio Scotland as well as the two mainstream BBC channels north of the border.
This year's presentation from Tony Currie is titled Branding the Sixties and will be a look at the way the ITV stations created their on-screen identities through animations, music and announcers. Station opening sequences, idents and blokes with wide lapels (including Tony himself!) will take you back to an age of innocence when Martin Lambie Nairn was just a schoolboy, and a dog was a little animal that barked.
To accompany his presentation, during the lunch-break, Kaleidoscope will screen a complete set of Thames Television idents. These include early promotional idents that were never used, familiar scenes of Tower Bridge, as well as the lesser-known Thames by moonlight; movie and sports titles and all the nostalgic closedown promos shown in the last week of Thames' broadcasting days.
All guests and programmes are now confirmed
11.00
Mr Rose - a second season episode
11.50
Dad's Army Public Information Films
11.55
Adam Faith in Seven Deadly Sins - "In The Night"
12.30
Rainbow - Episode 1
12.50
Pipkins - "An Old Glass Door"
13.05
Hickory House - "Humphrey's Flower"
13.25
Lunch, accompanied by Thames TV idents
13.50
A short extract from a BBC 1938 programme
14.00
Branding the Sixties - an audio-visual presentation by Tony Currie
15.30
The Likely Lads - "Last of the Big Spenders"
followed by presentation of film print to the BBC Archives
16.10
Public Eye - "A Fixed Address" introduced by Alfred Burke
17.00
Countdown - Episode 1
17.30
Clip - Till Death Us Do Part - "The Dog"
17.35
Smith - "Not Nubbed Yet" produced by Pamela Lonsdale
18.00
Jango - "Treacle On Three Fingers"
18.25
All Star Comedy Carnival - "The Dustbinmen"
18.35
Pipkins - "Johnny's Flat, Hartley's Office"
19.00
Whodunnit? - "Pop Goes The Weasel"
19.40
Callan - "The Little Bits and Pieces of Love"
20.30
A Tribute To The BBC - Granada documentary
Including extracts from missing Second City Firsts plays
21.00
Closedown
Bringing more choice and variety for 1999, enter The Kaleidoscope Time Machine which is situated in our second viewing area. Marvel at early technology as displayed by Terry Martini, who will explain the earliest forms of videotape recording and results. Then travel back through time by choosing from a range of programmes you can watch.
For your delectation and delight we give you the opportunity to solve a murder with J. G. Reeder, or rescue a Hanged Man from the gallows, Carry On Again at Christmas in 1970 or find out why It's Dark Outside. Made in Yorkshire gives you the chance to join Michael Parkinson on the building site that became Yorkshire TV or hitch a lift with Richard Beckinsale in an early play. Hartley Hare is up to more mischief in Pipkins, whilst two children discover that it is the "Time of the Ice Box" after crawling through a Timeslip. Alternatively, why not watch an untransmitted episode of No Hiding Place which finds Lockhart investigating "A Home Posting" in the army.
Six years of tense negotiations resulted in Kaleidoscope's Neil Ingoe buying a series two episode of The Likely Lads which had been missing since 1967. Making stars of James Bolam and Rodney Bewes, "Last of the Big Spenders" also has an early appearance by Wendy Richard. You had the chance to see a taster of this treat at Missing Believed Wiped, do come for the main course at The Main Event. The screening will be followed by the presentation of the film print to staff from the BBC Archives.
We are delighted to screen two early examples of this popular ATV children's series. A fan of the series recorded many early episodes on a Philips 1500 machine which have now been transferred onto professional video tape. Other missing episodes from Pipkins can be seen in our second viewing area. Former Kaleidoscope guest Hartley Hare commented "I am delighted at this discovery, when will I receive the royalties?"
Written by series creator James Mitchell, "The Little Bits And Pieces Of Love" is another classic mission that sees security agent David Callan assigned to retrieve an eminent scientist from East Germany. This, the fourth episode of season two, is the last of three instalments we acquired from the British Film Institute in 1994, and has not been broadcast on television since 1969. The edition also includes an original trailer for the following week's Callan, titled "Let's Kill Everybody".
When comedy enthusiasts contacted the writers Galton and Simpson to see if they had any missing television material, they looked at two old Shibaden videotapes of Hancock's Half Hour repeated in 1969. The Hancocks were unremarkable, but the tapes had formerly been used to record Till Death Us Do Part. What remained on the end of one tape was the last five minutes of "The Dog" - a second season adventure for Alf when he acquires a stray pet. Converted from 405 line VT, the sequence is a great example of Johnny Speight's famous sitcom.
Jango is a Professor of Criminology, a scruffy private eye with a passion for catching criminals. A unique role devised and played by Robert Urquhart. All material was thought to be wiped, but thanks to a keen film collector this edition - "Treacle On Three Fingers" - remains on 16mm film.
The children's books of Leon Garfield have provided rich dramatic entertainment to many television companies. This historical tale takes us back to a time when thieves were hanged, the gentry controlled England and poverty was a way of life that could not be escaped from. Made by Pamela Lonsdale shortly before she produced Ace of Wands, this is a rare example of a Thames children's historical serial from the 1970s.
The music may be the same, but there is little else about the first episode of Rainbow that is familiar. Zippy has been joined by Moony and Sunshine and Geoffrey is nowhere to be seen. Join David Cook, John Leeson, Peter Hawkins - and an early Magpie presenter - for this, the very beginning of the much-loved Thames children's series, produced by Pamela Lonsdale of Ace of Wands fame and directed by Roger Price, the creator of The Tomorrow People.
For all those game-show buffs out there, why not pit your wits against Richard Whiteley in the first ever edition of Countdown? In the days before Channel 4 broadcast in the mornings, it became a cult favourite. This episode was the first complete programme to be seen on Channel 4. However, contrary to popular opinion, Carol Vorderman was not the first woman to appear on the channel - see the evidence here.
Kaleidoscope is a voluntary organisation, formed in 1988, of dedicated vintage television enthusiasts. All proceeds from our events are given to charity; in 1999 Kaleidoscope are once again supporting the Royal National Lifeboat Institution who will be there in person to accept your donations. Due to our copyright agreements with the supporting television companies, entrance to The Main Event is FREE. Doors open at 11 a.m. All guests and programme items are now confirmed.
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