Two extra lacking sitcom episodes have been discovered: one that includes the nice Erik Sykes and the opposite a car for Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott.
Just a few weeks in the past, it was reported that misplaced episodes of Til Death Us Do Part and Hancock’s Half Hour had been discovered.
Now, it has been introduced that two extra sitcom episodes, lengthy since believed wiped, have been found within the assortment of a deceased non-public archivist by the organisers of the Film Is Fabulous! conference along with Leicester De Montfort University’s Television and Cinema Institute. (Funnily sufficient, the very same people who not too long ago unearthed a 104 year-old silent movie as soon as thought misplaced.)
Sykes and a… was Eric Sykes’ first sitcom and served as a precursor to the lengthy operating (and significantly better recognized) Sykes. In each iterations, he performed the ‘equivalent’ twin to Hattie Jacques. The newly found episode is from 1961, the fifth instalment of the third collection, referred to as Sykes And A Marriage.
The different sitcom is Hugh And I, which was written by John T. Chapman, with further materials by John Junkin, as a car for comedian actors Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott, who performed two mates sharing lodgings with Terry’s mom. The episode that has been found known as New Year’s Resolutions from collection three. It first aired in 1964.
A 1966 version of BBC drama Mogul was additionally found. All three prints might be returned to the BBC for digitisation shortly.
There are at the moment no plans to display screen or launch the episodes on house media.
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