A behind-the-scenes photograph from a TV production, likely from the 1970s or 1980s based on the film equipment and overall aesthetic. The scene shows actors in period costume - what appears to be Victorian or Edwardian era clothing - standing outside a Georgian-style building with the number "165" visible above the door. The costumes suggest this might be from a period drama or historical film. There's a woman in a maid's uniform with a white cap, men in formal Victorian attire including one in what looks like a naval uniform, and others in period-appropriate clothing.

Kaleidoscope: Missing Believed Wiped

About Kaleidoscope: Missing Believed Wiped

TV archivists Kaleidoscope have once again been busy little bees and unearthed another selection of classic TV which was ‘missing believed wiped’.

Expect a lost edition of This Is Your Life, the untransmitted edit of the very first Poirot mystery to be broadcast on television in 1962 and a Q&A with special guest Michael Newport, an actor best known for the BBC 1968 version of Treasure Island.

10am: Michael Newport Q&A
Our first guest, an actor best known for his work on Late Night Horror and Treasure Island.

10.45am: The Rag Trade - Baby Dolls
BBC production originally transmitted in 1963.

11.15am: The Golden Shot

12.05pm: Half Hour Story – George’s Room
A Rediffusion Television production originally transmitted in 1967, directed by acclaimed director Alan Clarke.T his episode was made in Electronicam colour as an engineering experiment. It was a film camera with a small video camera attached to it, so the director saw an electronic image from each camera in the gallery and was able to cut between them as normal. This original version has been unseen since 1967.

12.30pm: Lunch

1pm: Missing Believed Wiped - Northern Ireland
NI historian Ken Griffin introduces lost gems from across the sea, including Sean the Leprechaun and Pat Macnee talking The Avengers in 1964.

2pm: The Life of Clive

3pm: Afternoon Tea

3.20pm: Dudley Zoo/ATV Today
TV historian Simon Winters introduces two lost factual gems. Suppertime at Dudley Zoo and a promo for ATV Today in colour.

3.30pm Redifussion
Rare continuity and presentation from London 1961-1968

3.40pm: Hercule Poirot
Untransmitted NBC pilot for a series that was never made.

4.05pm: Magpie – Warrior Queen
Behind the scenes making Thames TV’s drama series.

4.30pm: Those Wonderful TV Times

5pm: This Is Your Life - Colonel Alastair Pearson
Key individuals and anecdotes from the life of Colonel Alastair Pearson, commander of 1st Parachute Battalion 1942 - 1943. Includes footage of the Pegasus Cafe in Normandy, home movies of Pearson and a performance of the regimental march 'Colonel Alastair Pearson'.

5.30pm: Closedown

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Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.

MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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