Simply Media are delighted to be partnering with leading TV archivists Kaleidoscope (The Classic Television Organisation) to release three rare and un-transmitted programmes on DVD for the very first time, featuring some of TV's greatest icons.
Steptoe and Son: The Offer
Released on DVD 13th August 2018
Released on DVD 13th August 2018
Steptoe and Son began in 1962 in the UK, and has since become a national institution.
In 1965, creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson were approached byJoseph E. Levine to make a pilot for the US. It was never optioned and a 35mm print was given to Ray Galton as a souvenir. That print of the US pilot lay undiscovered in Galton’s basement until Kaleidoscope discovered it during a film shoot.
Starring Oscar-nominee Lee Tracy (The Best Man) and Golden Globe-nominee Aldo Ray (From Here to Eternity), the unseen US Steptoe and Son pilot is now available on DVD for the first time.
Special Feature: Footage from the Kaleidoscope documentary The Native Hue of Resolution featuring Ray Galton and Tessa Le Bars.
Frankie Howerd: The Lost Television Pilots
Released on DVD 13th August 2018
Released on DVD 13th August 2018
A two-disc collection of rare television pilots starring revolutionary British comedian Frankie Howerd
Howerd was a huge success in Britain, but couldn't make his mark in other countries. These pilots, made in the 1970s, provide a rare insight into his work abroad.
This collection includes:Up the Convicts - Episode Three, The Gong Show – Pilot & The Frankie Howerd Show (CBC) - 2 Episode plus special feature: Collection of rare interviews with Frankie Howerd from Ryan’s Roost, The Mike Douglas Show and The Merv Grffin Show.
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