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Forgotten Television Drama

Uncovering the lost history of British TV drama.

  • By John Hill, Lez Cooke, Billy Smart
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • Roughly four posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

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Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2022 8
2023 13
2024 4

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

The Play on One (BBC1 1988-91): The ‘Forgotten’ Afterlife of Play for Today (BBC1 1970-84)
by John Cook Conventionally it is accepted that Play for Today died forty years ago, in 1984. In the spring of that year, the recently appointed Head of BBC TV Plays, Peter Goodchild, decided to …
On , by john hill, 5,660 words
Kaleidoscope: The Play’s The Thing
Kaleidoscope, the classic TV organisation, is holding a day event on the Television Play at the Midlands Art Centre (MAC) in Birmingham on Saturday 7 September 2024, 10.00-5.30pm. The event will include screenings of plays …
On , by lezcooke, 300 words
Adaptations of Henry James on British television 1948-2009: A Chronology
The 1977 Play of the Month adaptation of Henry James’ The Ambassadors, starring Paul Scofield and Lee Remick, is being screened on BBC4 tonight, its first broadcast on British television for 46 years. Scheduled at …
On , by billysmart, 1,104 words