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Add MS 89284/2/8
- Record Id:
- 040-003397788
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056372024.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89284/2/8
- Title:
- Michael Palin Notebooks 15 and 16: Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Complete and Utter History of Britain
- Scope & Content:
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- Notebook 15 (WH Smith students notebook, 39 pages) marked 'Do Not Adjust Your Set A Bit Vol III', with holograph notes and drafts of sketches, mainly for Do Not Adjust Your Set. Headlines include: 'Interview/The Good Manners', 'Opening', 'V. Confidential', 'Conductress', 'Sport', 'Butler', 'Picnic', 'Sneezing Orchestra'. The notebooks also includes doodles.
- Notebook 16 (red Silvine Students notebook, 51 pages) marked 'Do Not Adjust', with notes and drafts of sketches, mainly for Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Complete and Utter History of Britain - manuscript in Terry Jones and Palin's handwriting. Headlines include: 'Pepys Show', 'Sport', 'The Picnic', 'Doctor's Surgery', 'Defence Material', 'The Spy Sketch', 'Ivor Clarke: Cooking to Music', 'Shopping Guide', 'Industry', 'Do-it-Yourself Shop', 'The Flower Game', 'Dentist Quickie', 'Parish Council Interview', 'Restaurant'. The notebooks also includes doodles.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389071
036-003391163
040-003397788 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/2 : Michael Palin Archive: Notebooks
Add MS 89284/2/8 : Michael Palin Notebooks 15 and 16: Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Complete and Utter History of Britain - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389071[0006]/036-003391163[0008]/040-003397788
- 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:
- 1969
- Date Range:
- [1967-1969]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)