Jim Clark Desert Island Discs
Posted:
Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:41 pmby 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
Re: Jim Clark Desert Island Discs
Posted:
Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:21 amby 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.
Re: Jim Clark Desert Island Discs
Posted:
Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:52 amby 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".
Re: Jim Clark Desert Island Discs
Posted:
Fri Oct 14, 2022 9:21 amby cliveyboy
The comedian Bob Monkhouse obsessively recorded TV programmes
When he died his massive video tape collection contained many supposedly lost forever TV moments.