I'm curious as to whether any of the 26 episodes of the "Good Evening" TV series made in 1967 for ATV survived.

British TV had a penchant for routinely wiping any and all video tapes of something as "unimportant" and "transitory" as pop music and pop culture - and recycling the tapes.

(It was not until the late 1970s that broadcasters realized that they were wiping history - and future revenues.)

Some BBC material from the late 1960s survives - but there is no rhyme or reason as to what was preserved.

So - did any of the 26 shows survive? Either in the archives of ATV (now owned by Granada) or in private hands?

And if so - is there an indication of which of the shows still exist?

Thanks

When the series ended I selected certain sequences and had them copied onto film.
The problem was - most of what I chose at the time were "significant" pieces (such as Bernard Levin on the Vietnam War) which are totally boring and unimportant now.
The frustrating thing is that the fascinating interviews (with Sandie Shaw, who I was dating at the time) only have the last (or first) few seconds before a huge chunk of dreary "socially or politically important" stuff!
Then, as now, we were fooled by the media that these events and commentary were important, whereas entertainment is FAR more evocative of the period and much more informative as to the era.
I too would love to see entire programmes.

Thanks for the rapid response!

Well I'm sure Arianna Huffington (nee Stassinopoulos) would enjoy seeing the Bernard Levin clip! - but like you - I think the rest of us would have enjoyed Miss Goodrich. 1967 was the year she was named as "the other woman" in a divorce case and a judge branded her "a slut" or "scarlet woman" from the bench. Made the Evening Standard as I recall. And probably everything else. She survived the insult - and rose above it.

Did you have any of the musical performances transferred to film?

Have you made any enquiries over the years as to whether any of the series survived on videotape? In recent years - those TV stations have belatedly dredged their archives and started logging poorly marked boxes and cans. Eager to find clips they can license for documentaries etc.

cheers