Issue 26 of Radio TellyScope was published in early January 2005


Radio TellyScope has now changed to a smaller page count bi-monthly from the larger quarterly issue published to date. The issue features the following items - click on the link to read the feature article in full:

• The Rise and Fall of Leonard Rossiter - David May looks at the life and career of the man who gave us both Reginald Iolanthe Perrin and Rupert Rigsby.

• Colonel March of Scotland Yard - Ray West starts his overview and guide to the Fifties mystery series starring Boris Karloff as the eponymous detective.

• The Rank Organisation - Malcolm Hunter looks at the latter history of the British film production and distribution company and its downfall within the industry.

• Missing: Believed Wiped 2004 - Richard Berry reviews the latest event at the BFI that showcases such archive treats as The Complete and Utter History of Britain, Masterspy and Out of the Unknown.

• Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - Gary Philips begins his overview of the BBC adaptions produced in the Eighties and Nineties starring the late Joan Hickson.

• Reviews - a roundup this issue of some of the DVD's and books making their way out into the market place

• Releases - up and coming releases on VHS and DVD

• Obituaries - the last roundup of losses from 2004; we remember the notables and some unsung heroes and heroines in their fields.

This issue's featured article available on-line is:

• Whatever Happened to the Single Play - it's become something of an endangered species in the form it once enjoyed. What happened, why - and was it for the best?

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