ARE ANY OF THESE SHOWS
AVAILABLE ON DVD OR VHS?
Very few. DVD
series releases have been limited to Skippy, Whiplash and The Adventures Of Long John Silver.
Serials and
mini-series from the era that have been released so far include Seven Little Australians,
My Brother Jack and Power Without Glory. The Lost
Islands has been released on DVD in France, and a few episodes of
Homicide and Whiplash have been released on
VHS video in the past. Slightly later stuff, just outside the
time-frame covered by this website, such as Against The Wind,
Father Dear Father In Australia, Doctor Down Under, The Last Outlaw and
Ride On Stranger have also been released on DVD. There is an
abundance of more recent stuff from the 90s and 00s, but unfortunately
classic
Australian nostalgia has so far been largely neglected for DVD
release.
ARE ANY OF THESE SHOWS
PLANNED FOR DVD RELEASE IN THE FUTURE?
I don't know. I can only suggest
checking the 'coming soon' sections of retailer and distributor
websites.
CAN YOU GET COPIES OF THE
SHOWS FOR ME?
No I cannot, and I
don't know where you can. There is only one possible exception - there
are fans out there who have some stuff in their private collections,
which they may make available to trade if you have something juicy to
offer them in return, but they will not sell or give away stuff. So if
you have an old recording of something, let me know and I will ask
around. Otherwise, forget it.
WHY DON'T YOU PUBLISH A BOOK?
Maybe one day I will. However, all research
is not yet complete, so it will still be quite sometime, if ever, before a book is published. In the
meantime, available information will be posted on this web site.
WHY ARE THESE SHOWS NOT BEING SCREENED
ANYMORE?
Some are: WIN-TV are currently playing
Division 4 and Matlock Police in an early morning timeslot. Young Ramsay has
been recently played, Alvin Purple has been shown on pay-TV, and Spyforce
and Skippy still turn up
spasmodically at weird times in the middle of the night.
Most other shows are not
seen for a number of reasons. Quite a few
need to be transferred
to a modern broadcast format. Also, in many cases the stations no longer own the rights to the
shows. Consequently the ratings they would attract would not be sufficient to justify the
expense of acquiring new rights, especially when cheap American programs are readily
available. In some cases residuals - their cost, and the time and
effort in administering them - and/or the rights to the soundtrack
music can be a stumbling block.
WILL YOU BE PROVIDING ACTOR BIOGRAPHIES?
No. Interviews
that originally appeared in TV Eye are featured, however the purpose of this site is to cover
actual programs, not individual acting careers. There are a number of books and web
sites that cater for star-struck fans, and there is no need for the information to be
repeated here.
THERE ARE SOME SERIES
THAT YOU HAVE NOT COVERED. WHY NOT?
There are a small number of series
(self-contained episodes) that obviously fit the parameters of this
site and should
be included, but they have not been. This is simply
because I have not been able to find out enough about them.
WHY AREN'T YOU COVERING MINI-SERIES, SERIALS
AND SOAP OPERAS?
Mainly because the work
load would be too great and I need to draw the line somewhere.
WHY DON'T YOU JAZZ UP
YOUR PAGES WITH VISUAL EFFECTS?
Maybe it will happen one day.
Readers who want information are generally unappreciative of their
bandwidth being consumed by 'bells and whistles'.
At this point in time
I prefer to place the emphasis on content rather than appearance.
WILL YOU POST THEME TUNES
OR VIDEO CLIPS ON THE SITE?
I have no plans to do so, due to copyright
problems and bandwidth limitations.
HAVE THE DIVISION 4 AND
MATLOCK POLICE EPISODES CURRENTLY PLAYING ON WIN-TV BEEN EDITED?
Yes, but not to any great extent.
There has been the odd scene or line of dialogue cut, but usually the only editing
has been the repositioning of
the commercial breaks, removing the 'return-from-commercial'
integration, and replacing the original
network logo on the end credits.
WHY DIDN'T WIN-TV PLAY
DIVISION 4 EP. 102A AND MATLOCK POLICE EP. 194?
How am I supposed to know?
