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Add MS 89284/1/14

Record Id:

040-003389418

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003389071

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100050955968.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 89284/1/14

Title:

Michael Palin Archive: 'It's Marty Feldman (BBC) Series 1 & 2'

Scope & Content:

Material relating to episodes of Marty (from 1969 called It's Marty), produced by the BBC, written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin, as follows:

'Opera Auditions' - typescript drafts of script with corrections, 3 May 1968;
'Airliner' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 4 May 1968;
'Bank Clerk' - typescript draft of script with holograph corrections) 25 May 1968;
'The Stunt Man Film' - typescript draft of script with corrections, incorrectly dated 17 Mar 1960 [1968];
'Chocolates' - typescript draft of script with holograph and typed corrections, 4 May 1968;
'The Mortgage' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 9 May 1968;
'Ursula' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 25 May 1968;
'Clothists' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 23 Sept 1968;
'The Last of the Big Game Hunters' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 23 Sept 1968;
'Supermidwife' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 24 Sept 1968;
'Home Movies' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 24 Sept 1968;
'Music Appreciation' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 26 Sept 1968;
'Guided Tour' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'Stately Home Sketch' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 5 Nov 1968;
'Driving Test', marked 'Show 3'- typescript draft of script with corrections, 10 Nov 1968;
'Quickie', marked 'Show 3' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'Restaurant Sketch' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 10 Nov 1968;
'Marriage Bureau' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 9 Dec 1968;
'The Novelist' - typescript draft of script with corrections, 10 Dec 1968;
'The Television Man' - typescript draft of script with holograph corrections, 23 Dec 1968;
'Football Intellectual' - typescript draft of script with holograph corrections, undated;
'Countdown' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'Table-Top Battle' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'Quickie' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'The Recruit' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'The Football Hooligan' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'A Smile, A Tear, and Marty Feldman. The Spy' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'Film Quickies' - typescript draft of script with holograph corrections, undated;
'The Walker Film' - typescript draft of script with corrections, undated;
'The Weapons Expert' - typescript draft of script with holograph corrections, undated;
'Colour Me Marty' - holograph notes and 2 typescript drafts of film information sheet and schedule, with holograph corrections, Apr-May 1968;
programme one - typescript list of sketches and their duration, 9 Dec 1968;
programme two - typescript list of sketches and their duration, 16 Dec 1968;
fourth recording - typescript list of sketches and their duration, 14 Dec 1968;
fifth recording - typescript list of sketches and their duration, 21 Dec 1968;
sixth recording - typescript list of sketches and their duration, 14 Dec 1968;
two press cuttings about the show, 7 May 1968;
letter from the BBC to Palin regarding an extension of his original contract for the show, 8 Aug 1997.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003389071
036-003389350
040-003389418

Is part of:

Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/1 : Michael Palin Archive: Projects

Add MS 89284/1/14 : Michael Palin Archive: 'It's Marty Feldman (BBC) Series 1 & 2'

Hierarchy:

032-003389071[0005]/036-003389350[0014]/040-003389418

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1968

End Date:

1969

Date Range:

1968-1997

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Originally inside hanging file with label 'It's Marty Feldman (BBC) series 1 & 2. May/June 1968 - Sept/Nov 1968.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

The file originally included a typescript draft of the script for the episode 'Convicts Film Sequence' of the Roy Hudd Show, 3 Feb 1967, moved to Add MS 89284/1/4 by the cataloguer.

The script for 'Opera Auditions' was originally found in Add MS 89284/1/15 and moved here by the cataloguer.

Names:

British Broadcasting Corporation, 1923-
Feldman, Martin Alan, aka Marty, comedian and scriptwriter, 1934-1982
Jones, Terence Graham Parry, actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter and film director; called Terry, 1942-2020