The Likely Lads and Till Death Us Do Part Missing Episodes!

❉ Network announce lost episodes of two classic Britcoms, coming to DVD and Blu-ray alongside the big screen spinoffs.

The Likely Lads

Network Distributing have discovered two episodes of The Likely Lads, thought lost for decades, now returned to their rightful place in the canon of this much-loved situation comedy, writes Martin Cater.

A Star is Born and Faraway Places haven’t been seen since they were last broadcast by the BBC in 1967. Originally transmitted as part of the second series in 1965, the episodes were shown three times in all, before dropping out of sight. Now, two 16mm telerecordings have surfaced, and Network Distributing report that they will both be included as special features on Network’s forthcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of the 1976 movie The Likely Lads.

The film itself has been newly remastered from the original negatives and has never looked or sounded better. The two episodes have also been transferred in High Definition, to get the best possible quality from these rare film prints. To borrow some sales patter from Extralite washing powder salesman Terry Collier: ‘into the light… shining bright… up your nose, fresh as a rose’.

A Star is Born sees Bob and Terry making a bid for stardom… on a very small scale. Can you imagine Terry as Donovan, playing frying-pan banjo? Or Bob reciting The Lion and Albert?

Faraway Places has the lads making plans for their summer holiday… but the need to earn extra cash sends them to the labour exchange in search of daytime work while they’re on nights at the factory…

The discovery of any lost television series is an event to be celebrated… so Network Distributing will be making an event of it, with a public screening of the film and episodes, plus a very special guest Q&A with series writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Watch this space for further announcements.

Till Death Us Do Part

Network’s DVD and Blu-ray release of the 1968 film Till Death Us Do Part is not only superbly restored in high definition… it comes with the added bonus of a lost episode. Sex Before Marriage was broadcast only once by the BBC before disappearing into oblivion… from which it re-emerged recently in the form of a 16mm telerecording, included as a bonus feature on this upcoming release, writes Martin Cater.

There’s an exclusive preview below, and the film+episode is available to pre-order now, for release on 28 January.

The Likely Lads is available to pre-order on Blu-ray and DVD now.

Till Death Us Do Part  is available to pre-order now, for release on 28 January.


❉ News source: Network Distributing

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