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Gareth Thomas video tapes
Okay, there's obviously several interested parties.
I've been asked if I can convert to DVD (which would also allow copies for several people without further loss of quality).
I can only do this if someone else can do the converting/copying. I don't have the facility myself (I can't remember now who converted Morgan's Boy for me).
I might be able to find a friend who can do PAL to DVD. I don't currently have any friends who can do NTSC to DVD. (Knights of God, missing one episode, is NTSC which is why I've never been able to copy it for anyone)
I know someone who can do NTSC tape to DVD commercially, but it isn't cheap. I don't think the quality of the tapes would justify the cost. (No one was prepared to pay the NTSC cost on Morgan's Boy and that was the one I had at reasonable quality)
Amazon have used copies of How Green Was my Valley for just over 10 pounds (and I do mean the TV series not the film).
A list of what I have? Heavens... Here's an attempt. Baddiel's Syndrome, Children of the Stones, Stocker's Copper (excellent role), Visitor from the Grave, Shades of DArkness (I'm not sure if that is Gareth or Paul - some tapes have a bit of Paul on as well), Duel with an Teallack, Boon, Star Maidens (in German), David Copperfield, Animal Ark, Dogfood Dan, By teh Sword Divided (a couple of episodes, but I think I'm missing at least one with him in it. Nice romance though), Belle and Sebasian, Emlyn's Moon, Chestnut Soldier, Watercress Girl, Country DAnce, Who Pays hte Ferryman, Fight against Slavery, a few bits of London's Burning, Merlin the Magic Begins, Silver, KNights of God in NTSC (minus one episode), the missing episode of KNights of God in PAL, Warburton's bread advert, the witch's daughter, Maigret, Bergerac, Heartbeat, AFter the WAr, Families, a few convention clips, Hamlet (but that's still available commercially, so you can buy a copy), Casualty, Randall and Hopkirk, Sherlock Holmes (Naval Treaty), Shipman, Sutherland's Law. (I can't find Distant Shores, so maybe I loaned that to someone.)
I think that's all, though I may have missed a few. Condition varies from pretty good to abysmal. Stuff I recorded myself is the best. Sutherland's Law is the worst and is almost unwatchable. The whole collection varies from PAL to NTSC and I don't always know which format a particular tape is in.
There's often several programmes on each tape. THere's a great mixture of roles in the list. eg. His part in Emlyn's Moon isn't one of the really big ones, but it's pure Gareth. I've never seen a part that is closer to the man himself.
IF you don't know what a part is, check out http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/whoswho/other_role/Garethpl.cgi?M=TV (I'm afraid it's not uptodate with the last couple of years, but it has pretty good coverage of TV work until then) There's a bigger page that includes non-TV stuff as well but I didn't want to drown you.
So, can anyone convert to DVD? Assuming those wanting copies are prepared to chip in something for the cost and the effort involved.
I've been asked if I can convert to DVD (which would also allow copies for several people without further loss of quality).
I can only do this if someone else can do the converting/copying. I don't have the facility myself (I can't remember now who converted Morgan's Boy for me).
I might be able to find a friend who can do PAL to DVD. I don't currently have any friends who can do NTSC to DVD. (Knights of God, missing one episode, is NTSC which is why I've never been able to copy it for anyone)
I know someone who can do NTSC tape to DVD commercially, but it isn't cheap. I don't think the quality of the tapes would justify the cost. (No one was prepared to pay the NTSC cost on Morgan's Boy and that was the one I had at reasonable quality)
Amazon have used copies of How Green Was my Valley for just over 10 pounds (and I do mean the TV series not the film).
A list of what I have? Heavens... Here's an attempt. Baddiel's Syndrome, Children of the Stones, Stocker's Copper (excellent role), Visitor from the Grave, Shades of DArkness (I'm not sure if that is Gareth or Paul - some tapes have a bit of Paul on as well), Duel with an Teallack, Boon, Star Maidens (in German), David Copperfield, Animal Ark, Dogfood Dan, By teh Sword Divided (a couple of episodes, but I think I'm missing at least one with him in it. Nice romance though), Belle and Sebasian, Emlyn's Moon, Chestnut Soldier, Watercress Girl, Country DAnce, Who Pays hte Ferryman, Fight against Slavery, a few bits of London's Burning, Merlin the Magic Begins, Silver, KNights of God in NTSC (minus one episode), the missing episode of KNights of God in PAL, Warburton's bread advert, the witch's daughter, Maigret, Bergerac, Heartbeat, AFter the WAr, Families, a few convention clips, Hamlet (but that's still available commercially, so you can buy a copy), Casualty, Randall and Hopkirk, Sherlock Holmes (Naval Treaty), Shipman, Sutherland's Law. (I can't find Distant Shores, so maybe I loaned that to someone.)
I think that's all, though I may have missed a few. Condition varies from pretty good to abysmal. Stuff I recorded myself is the best. Sutherland's Law is the worst and is almost unwatchable. The whole collection varies from PAL to NTSC and I don't always know which format a particular tape is in.
There's often several programmes on each tape. THere's a great mixture of roles in the list. eg. His part in Emlyn's Moon isn't one of the really big ones, but it's pure Gareth. I've never seen a part that is closer to the man himself.
IF you don't know what a part is, check out http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/whoswho/other_role/Garethpl.cgi?M=TV (I'm afraid it's not uptodate with the last couple of years, but it has pretty good coverage of TV work until then) There's a bigger page that includes non-TV stuff as well but I didn't want to drown you.
So, can anyone convert to DVD? Assuming those wanting copies are prepared to chip in something for the cost and the effort involved.
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