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[edit] Wiped?

"Some master copies of Rentaghost episodes were junked by Adam Lee of the BBC archives in 1993 on the assumption that they were 'no use' and that examples of some other episodes were sufficient. However, the BBC Enterprises had requested copies of the first three series a couple of years earlier and indeed they were showing at the time on UK Gold - these were later recovered by the BBC Archive."

I would appreciate some background information on these "junkings" - such the reasons behind them, and which other programmes were affected. Was this a decision made by Adam Lee alone or was this BBC policy at the time?

Most people are aware of the junking/wiping which took place in the 1960s and 1970s, mainly due to the "Missing Believed Wiped" campaigns which crop up every so often. Very few people know that BBC programmes were junked as recently as 1993, and it is inexplicable given the rise of home video and "nostalgia" TV. I imagine it's something that the BBC want to keep quiet about. 217.155.20.163 16:08, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rights and repeats

1. The "DVD" section states (albeit without references) that rights issues of various sorts are likely to preclude any further DVD releases. Surely this can't go on indefinitely? It's just ridiculous to have a situation where 1970s-era rights clauses are rigidly adhered to in the totally different media landscape of 2007. I wouldn't expect that to happen in my (admittedly non-TV) job. At this rate it'll be about 2100 before all the various copyrights have expired and the series can be released! Something has to give at some point, surely.

Copyright law (and associated legislation) doesn't have a "this is silly" clause, unfortunately! Some might say that Sonny Bono et al wouldn't have got anywhere otherwise... Having said that, if person X signs a contract on the basis that they'll have a veto on move Y, then unilaterally changing their contract to remove that veto would be asking for huge legal problems. (IANAL etc.) Loganberry (Talk) 22:40, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

2. I think I'm right in saying that at least some programmes were shown on Dick'n'Dom in Da Bungalow fairly recently. How did that get around the rights issue, and would it be possible to repeat the series again on broadcast TV? 86.132.138.205 03:12, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nadia Popov was Dutch?

Was Nadia Popov meant to be Dutch? Perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me but I thought she was Russian. Of course, in real life there are Dutch people who have Eastern European names because they are descended from emigrants - but it is not the kind of thing you would expect in a children's comedy show. 81.145.242.107 (talk) 12:21, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I thought she was Dutch, of the top of my head. Ged UK (talk) 18:35, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that she was probably Russian. The accent suggested that too. She was allergic to flowers so perhaps there were a lot of tulips to confuse us... Minirof (talk) 11:57, 12 March 2008 (UTC)