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Add MS 89284/1/9
- Record Id:
- 040-003389395
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100050944575.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89284/1/9
- Title:
- Michael Palin Archive: 'Twice a Fortnight (BBC)'
- Scope & Content:
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Scripts for the following episodes of Twice a Fortnight, produced by the BBC, written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin:
- 'Butler Trials' - typescript draft with corrections, 21 Mar;
- 'Heroes and Villains (Film)' - typescript draft with corrections and clean copy typescript, 18 Oct;
- 'Bergman Quickie' - typescript draft, undated;
- 'Home Movie' - typescript with holograph corrections, undated;
- 'The Battle of Hastings - Made Easy' - 1 typescript draft with corrections and 2 clean copy typescripts, undated;
- 'The Term's Arrangements' - typescript draft with corrections, undated;
- 'The Lady M.P.' - typescript draft with corrections, undated;
- 'The Horrible Crime (Film)' - typescript draft with corrections and clean copy typescript, undated;
- 'Minicops Film' - clean copy typescript, undated;
- 'A Film Quickie or Nip Quickie' - clean copy typescript, undated;
- 'The Door Film' - typescript draft with corrections, undated;
- 'Film Quickies' - typescript draft with corrections, undated;
- 'Down to the Beach' - typescript draft with corrections and clean copy typescript, undated;
- 'Dracula' - typescript draft with corrections, undated;
- 'Man Valley Film' - 2 typescript drafts with holograph corrections, undated;
- 'The Regimental Dinner' - typescript draft with corrections, undated;
- 'Superman' - typescript draft with corrections, undated;
- 'The Fly Film' - typescript draft with holograph corrections and annotations and doodles, undated;
- 'Athletics Quickies' - manuscript draft in unknown hand.
The file also includes: holograph and typed notes for films; revised schedule and film casting for Twice a Fortnight from 2 Oct to 24 Dec; press cutting from Radio Times, 19 Oct; typescript draft of scripts for 'William Tell Quickie', 'Film Short', 'Film', 'The Singing Commentators', 'Autador', all by Eric Idle; typescript draft of scripts for 'The Regimental Dinner' and 'One for the Intellectuals' by Graeme Garden.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389071
036-003389350
040-003389395 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/1 : Michael Palin Archive: Projects
Add MS 89284/1/9 : Michael Palin Archive: 'Twice a Fortnight (BBC)' - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389071[0005]/036-003389350[0009]/040-003389395
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1967
- End Date:
- 1967
- Date Range:
- 1967
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Originally inside hanging file with label 'Twice a Fortnight (BBC) Sept-Dec 1967'
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- British Broadcasting Corporation, 1923-
Garden, David Graeme, comedian, actor, author, artist and television presenter, b 1943
Idle, Eric, actor and writer, b 1943,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121367272
Jones, Terence Graham Parry, actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter and film director; called Terry, 1942-2020