Stranger Than Fiction
Quite a few years ago I started a thread about this programme and surprisingly few Turnips remembered it. It even had a popular electric guitar theme tune at the time by Bert Weedon. I recall I could...
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william brown wrote: Thanks, Andrew, I guessed you may have some input here. You mention the BBC archive purges of the late sixties, etc. What did they physically do with such stuff if they didnt...
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I remember this programme and it began with the witch and cauldron and some ghostly music which then segued to the Bert Weedon intro music 'Stranger Than Fiction' aka 'The Big Guitar'. It is...
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Thanks, Tynesider. So if you saw one a few years ago (can you say how long approx?) then they cant all have been junked. What channel was it on - any idea?
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I was referring to an old episode of Fabian Of The Yard shown on, I believe, Channel 4 about 10 years ago. The programme was about police series and the cars they used. It featured Shaw Taylor. I...
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Why is everyone assuming Stranger than Fiction was on video at all? I suspect it was filmed. But in any case, what I am absolutely sure of is that the reason it was made was as a test programme for...
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Welcome To The Board, Bernard. You may well be right. I have mentioned earlier that I thought it may have been a film rather than the usual kind of transmission. I seem to have been wrong about the...
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Not wishing to stray off the subject but as someone mentioned 'Fabian of the Yard'.The episode shown some years back was part of a 'look back at 50's TV' series hosted by Dennis Norden.The series does...
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Bruce Seton's full title was Major Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercom, 11th Baronet. He appeared in 36 Fabian of the Yard episodes for showing on BBC TV between 1954 and 1956. These included The Purple...
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Hi, I too remember Stranger than fiction in the 50's. Definately the late 50's as I was out of primary school then. I can't remember how long iot lasted for, but it was one of my favourite programmes....
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Thanks for that further input about this long lost programme Jakabyte but I suspect many of these little quirky buildings and odd milestones, etc which were still around in the fifties may well have...
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There is a radio series called Stranger Than Fiction here: http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/63133158b1354cd5b4ec29927bf7fbd3 It then transferred to TV at some time or other here:...
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I remember this program and I also remember The Tall Story Club ... Anyone else remember it?
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http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/05bac3f956794c3385182fedcd9f0343 I recall that Barbara Mullen sometimes took part in this programme.
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I picked up a TV Mirror from ebay last week, dated 29 October 1955. In "Your Viewing Guide" - which just gave highlights not a full schedule - I came across the following:Sunday 30 OctoberStranger...
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Good find, Mirky. The Radio Programme Ray mentioned sounds like a different premise altogether. I believe the one you mention starting in October 1955 is definitely the one I and a few others here...
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The site location is at the top of the Whirligig banner William. I might also add that all you had to do was click on my links.
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Not quite sure what you mean by "My links" Ray, but your pointing out the site is up on the Whirligig banner is something unknown to me previously. And helpful! Reminder to self : Must spend more time...
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I have also been 'Genoming' WB and, as Eddie Cochran once sang, it's "Somethin' Else!!That's my spare time for the next decade spoken for!TV Mirror was incorrect! The first Stranger Than Fiction was...
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William I have no desire to patronise you but in my post #17 there are two lines in pink or mauve or whatever colour you see. These to my knowledge are known as links. You will see that within those...
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