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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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
Wolfshead
A pilot for a 1969 LWT version of Robin Hood.
Discarded in favour of Catweazle, it was sold as a B-movie and never seen on UK terrestial TV.
Single disc.
£17.99
Jango - Treacle on Three Fingers
Sole surviving episode of a 1961 ITV detective series.
Based on the Television Playhouse 'Murder Stamp'.
Single disc.
£9.99
Colour Me... Hollies
A classic pop show, believed lost, found in the collection of its producer.
Sadly only kept in black and white, on film, now it is restored to its original colour look.
Extra:
French feature behind the scenes on the filming of the special.
Original monochrome version included.
Single disc.
In stock.
£24.99
The Work of John Ryan Studios
Two educational films made by John Ryan Studios in the 1960s and shown by ITV.
Extra: Unused footage from Tom and the Smugglers.
Please note there is no Captain Pugwash on this release. It is work made for ITV.
£18.00
Hamilton's Hot Shots DVD
David Hamilton trawls through 1950s music clips and links the material with his own anecdotes.
Extras include an interview with Pete Murray and Jackie Trent.
£10.00
Carry On Spying - The First Draft
Did you know that Sid James was supposed to the main lead star for Carry On Spying?
Here in full is the original unused 'Sid' script, with a brilliant introduction by Carry On expert Doctor Steven Gerrard from Leeds Beckett University.
Hardback with photographs.
£23.00
Public Eye - The Missing Episodes (Audio)
Some episodes of Public Eye and Mystery and Imagination are sadly missing.
But a few were recorded off air on audio only from the TV.
Tapes donated to Kaleidoscope many years ago from a collector in Oldbury, have now been cleaned up and presented on DVD for the first time.
Extras:
An introduction to Public Eye by Richard McGinlay
32 page colour booklet about Public Eye
Surviving clips from Public and Eye and Mystery and Imagination - Casting the Runes.
Scripts for the missing Public Eye episodes so you can read along with the audios.
Single DVD with booklet. Reversible cover. Public Eye one side, Mystery and Imagination the other.
£16.00