Jim Clark Desert Island Discs

[Spyder fan]

Thought to be lost for many years until found recently in a private audio collection

Jim Clark, desert island discs recording

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009y4xm

[richardcox_lotus]

Oooh. Great find

[Andy8421]

The BBC's engineering research and designs department was my first job on graduating. There was a program at the BBC of wiping used video and audiotape for reuse to 'save money'.

Countless hours of irreplaceable material was lost.

[reb53]

Indeed.
The same thing happened here in NZ.
A huge amount of material that , appropriately marketed, would nowadays be worth mega bucks, and provide a nice income stream for the foreseeable future.
No doubt the "managers" who oversaw it's destruction got bonuses for "saving money".

[cliveyboy]

The comedian Bob Monkhouse obsessively recorded TV programmes
When he died his massive video tape collection contained many supposedly lost forever TV moments.

[skyarch]

Gave me the chills