Lost Footage of Legends to Be Screened

Western Daily Press (October 21, 2009)

Author: Marcus Denby

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Summary

Avast collection of "lost" TV footage featuring the late comedians Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd and Benny Hill will be aired this weekend for the first time in 50 years.

The vintage clips include "priceless" extracts from The London Palladium Show, Hancock's Half Hour, Pete Murray's Open House and New Faces.

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Lost Footage of Legends to Be Screened

Until the early 1980s, both the BBC and ITV regularly wiped programmes after broad...

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