Books
Kaleidoscope Publishing exists to promote the appreciation of British television in general and particularly ‘classic’ television programmes that many of us remember from years gone by.
“...a very enterprising group of people in the midlands called Kaleidoscope who specialise in looking at old programmes, gettings copies that everyone thinks have long disappeared and they find them and restore them, and they do credits lists for people like me.” Alan Plater, CBE.
To this end we have published a number of guides to British television archive holdings. These guides include exhaustive information on the number of archived programmes and the format(s) that they are held in. We have created this website as a means by which visitors can get a flavour of just why our guides have been described as “invaluable resources for anyone wishing to research, or even with a general interest in, British television”.
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The Ads Show
DVD of TV series about the history of advertising, with a humourous twist.
1 copy left before all stock is gone.
£400.00
Sound and Vision
The definitive history pre-war television.
All transmissions pre war.
Seven volume set. Hardback.
£200.00
Pipkins
All the episodes recorded off air by Nigel Plaskitt and other stars.
Extras:
New menus
Material recorded at Kaleidoscope events
New menus and links recorded by Hartley Hare
New insight from Hartley Hare into his career
ITV held episodes
MBW Online footage
18-disc set.
In stock.
£80.00
The Complete Sacred Geometrical Works of Joan Moore
The drawings of Joan Moore, all in one volume. Includes new material.
£49.99
The Thrilling Adventures of Sexton Blake
Often referred to as ‘The poor man’s Sherlock Holmes’ or ‘The schoolboy’s detective’, Sexton Blake has thrilled generations across the world for well over a hundred years.
£39.99
The Missing Adventures of Sexton Blake
Often referred to as ‘The poor man’s Sherlock Holmes’ or ‘The schoolboy’s detective’, Sexton Blake has thrilled generations across the world for well over a hundred years.
£39.99
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Sound and Vision - Individual Volume purchase
Definitive guide to pre-war television, grouped in years. Seven volumes to choose from.
Please state which volume you want at checkout.
Volumes 1-5 are actual information.
Volumes 6-7 are Appendices A and B.
£35.00
The Best of Times
Brian Tesler’s professional career encompassed TV’s entire post-war evolution from a single-channel BBC to the explosion of satellite and cable channels in the 1990s. Programmes were always at the heart of his career and this is a brief summary of their importance to it.
£27.99
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The Comedy Makers / Greatest TV Sitcoms
An exclusive DVD/Book set for TV Brain.
A 1970 Dutch Tv documentary that followed the making of BBC and LWT sitcoms.
Come behind the scenes on Steptoe and Son, Please Sir and Hark at Barker to name but three.
Combined with a new book examining the greatest sitcoms. This is a superb reference tome, a huge book with photos.
£26.99
Bending the Willow
Beautiful hardback book released during the 1990s.
Now updated by the author and re-released with new photographic content.
Eagerly awaited by Sherlock Holmes fans worldwide. A stunning portrait of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
Order from our store
£26.99