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Finding the unfindable

  • 17-11-2013 12:19am
    #1
    ElvisChrist6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 595 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know if you were to write to RTE, would they sell you a copy of an old program should they have the tapes (which they mostly should) that is impossible to find otherwise? Any other ways of going about it?


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  • #2
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,610 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    You may laugh at this , but in RTE back in the day , they used to "reuse" tapes.
    By which I literally mean write over an old program with a new one.
    You're best bet is to send in an email but dont be surprised if they dont.
    Youll have better luck if it was a commissioned program as opposed to an rte itself produced program.


  • #3
    ElvisChrist6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 595 ✭✭✭ElvisChrist6


    horgan_p wrote: »
    You may laugh at this , but in RTE back in the day , they used to "reuse" tapes.
    By which I literally mean write over an old program with a new one.
    You're best bet is to send in an email but dont be surprised if they dont.
    Youll have better luck if it was a commissioned program as opposed to an rte itself produced program.

    That's why I said "Should" as this was from the 21st century, I'm assuming they didn't do it then! :P Thanks for the response anyway. So there's a chance to get a copy from that?


  • #4
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    horgan_p wrote: »
    You may laugh at this , but in RTE back in the day , they used to "reuse" tapes.
    By which I literally mean write over an old program with a new one.
    You're best bet is to send in an email but dont be surprised if they dont.
    Youll have better luck if it was a commissioned program as opposed to an rte itself produced program.

    There's plenty of BBC stuff lost forever too. They don't have the complete original likely lads series. I seem to remember them putting out an appeal for people that had recordings of stuff they'd lost a couple of years back.


  • #5
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,610 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    ElvisChrist6 wrote: »
    That's why I said "Should" as this was from the 21st century, I'm assuming they didn't do it then! :P Thanks for the response anyway. So there's a chance to get a copy from that?

    When it comes to RTE assume nothing


  • #6
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,610 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    There's plenty of BBC stuff lost forever too. They don't have the complete original likely lads series. I seem to remember them putting out an appeal for people that had recordings of stuff they'd lost a couple of years back.

    Theres a few Doctor Who eps gone as well I read.


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  • #7
    aphex™
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭aphex™


    RTE have fully digitised their archives AFAIK. Best to get in touch with them and report back here.


  • #8
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    RTE has a large archives section. However, shows like Wanderly Wagon, many GB era Late Lates and some Radharc documentaries are lost. As above posters said, this is a common occurrence in many broadcasters. You often hear of lost Doctor Who episodes showing up in someones attic, for instance. Top of the Pops is another show that has patchy archives.


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