Television Treasures The work being undertaken by the Film is Fabulous! team has been featured in the latest edition of ‘Best of British’ magazine. The article describes the episodes of vintage television screened at the ‘RECOVERED’ festival in May 2025.

Missing Episodes at Blackpool 2025 The Film is Fabulous! team, together with Dick Fiddy, the co-ordinator of the BFI’s annual Missing Believed Wiped event, will be screening missing episodes of vintage television at the Blackpool Film Collectors’ Convention 2025.

BFI: Associated-Rediffusion The centrepiece of the BFI’s event this weekend will be a screening of the ITV Playhouse episode: Each Wind That Blows (1960). This was recovered by the Film is Fabulous! team. More Info: shorturl.at/r6hiY

Missing Believed Wiped: Special Edition The Film is Fabulous! team are delighted to contribute three recovered gems to a special Associated-Rediffusion event. It will be held at the BFI Southbank on Saturday, 27th September 2025. More Info: shorturl.at/5V6gy

Archival Collaboration The Film is Fabulous! team work closely with a host of organisations. Foremost among these are the cinema and television historians at De Montfort University, Leicester (DMU).

Recovering Missing Material The Film is Fabulous! team have recovered missing episodes of vintage television, short films and lost silent features. These have been returned to the copyright holders or official archives for preservation purposes.

The History of Film Collecting The Film is Fabulous! team are interviewing elderly film collectors and former industry professionals, to capture their stories and the culture and history of film collecting in the U.K.

Missing Film Treasures By working closely with film collectors and their families, the Film is Fabulous! team have been granted access to numerous collections. Many of these contain rare and missing film treasures.

Preserving Film Treasures Film is Fabulous! is an organisation run by film collectors, cinema lovers and vintage television enthusiasts. It has five aims, to support private collectors in the U.K., and to preserve vulnerable film treasures.

Missing Believed Wiped: Associated-Rediffusion Special Saturday 27 September 2025 12:15 NFT1 Finds by the Film Is Fabulous! team make up a significant contribution to the programme. Including Tell Your Own Tale (1956), Each Wind That Blows (ITV Playhouse 60) and Boyd QC (58)

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Missing Believed Wiped: Associated-Rediffusion Special Saturday 27 September 2025 12:15 NFT1 Finds by the Film Is Fabulous! team make up a significant contribution to the programme. Including Each Wind That Blows (ITV Playhouse 60) Boyd QC (58) and Tell Your Own Tale (56)

Another Silent Movie Film is Fabulous! have recovered another silent movie: Haunted Hearts (1915) This US production is ‘mostly’ missing from the official archives.

Film is Fabulous! have supplied Talking Pictures Television with digital copies of three more missing episodes of The Vise: The Wrong Face (TX: 27/11/57) Money to Burn (TX: 20/11/59) The Broken Link (TX: 01/01/60)

The Vise was produced by the American-born Danziger brothers, and made in England. During the production the series evolved, with seasons 3 and 4 focussed on Mark Saber, the private detective, and 5 to 7 re-branded as Saber of London.

Film is Fabulous! has five key objectives, one of which is to champion the need for the material they find in private collections to be screened. This is being realised, as more of the recovered television episodes are being broadcast by Talking Pictures.

Missing Believed Wiped: Associated-Rediffusion Special Film is Fabulous! are delighted to contribute three recovered gems to the special edition of Missing Believed Wiped, which will be held at the BFI Southbank on Saturday, 27th September 2025.

Lot 6084 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm documentary and movies, which are offered from the late Terry Burnett’s collection: shorturl.at/kTFvL

Lot 6051 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm children’s cartoons, which are offered from the late Maurice Haynes’ collection: shorturl.at/XEMJq

Lot 6076 This auction Lot includes 7 x 16mm cartoon and short films, which are offered from the late Terry Burnett’s collection: shorturl.at/YiwFO

Lot 6044 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm educational films, which are offered from the late Maurice Haynes’ collection: shorturl.at/YXBQG

Eric Mival’s Film Collection Film is Fabulous! are pleased to announce that films from the private collection of Eric Mival, the former freelance editor, who worked for the BBC, MGM, and ITC, will be catalogued and preserved.

Lot 6026 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm educational films, which are offered from the late Maurice Haynes’ collection: shorturl.at/uGPhX

Lot 6090 This auction Lot includes 5 x 16mm documentary films, which are offered from the late Terry Burnett’s collection: shorturl.at/CeH6x

Lot 6025 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm wildlife films, which are offered from the late Maurice Haynes’ collection: shorturl.at/i4xXF

Lot 6087 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm film segment film reels, which are offered from the late Terry Burnett’s collection

Film Auction On the 28th August, Ewbanks, specialists in film and memorabilia, are holding their next auction. Among the films being offered are those from the late Terry Burnett, and Maurice Haynes’ collections.

Lot 6041 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm travel films, which are offered from the late Maurice Haynes’ collection: shorturl.at/BCRal

Lot 6075 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm documentary films, which are offered from the late Terry Burnett’s collection: shorturl.at/Cbeit

Lot 6050 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm cartoons, which are offered from the late Maurice Haynes’ collection: shorturl.at/dpAxz

Lot 6071 This auction Lot includes 8 x 16mm films of various types, which are offered from the late Terry Burnett’s collection: shorturl.at/7gDw1

Film Auction Ewbanks, the specialists in film and memorabilia, are holding their next auction on the 28th August. Among the films being offered for sale are those from the late Terry Burnett, and Maurice Haynes.

NEWS: Film Auction Films from two deceased film collectors are being sold at auction shortly. 16mm films, television and documentaries from Terry Burnett, and Maurice Haynes’ collection are being offered for sale.

INFO: What is a Missing Episode? To provide transparency, the Film is Fabulous! team have published their definition of a ‘missing episode’, together with lists of the items they’ve returned to copyright holders and official archives.

UPDATE: Glencannon on TPTV Film is Fabulous! recovered 8 episodes of Glencannon, a 1959 comedy series, in the late David Moore’s collection. Talking Pictures Television purchased these prints, and are now screening the series.

UPDATE: BFI Donation The Film is Fabulous! team are donating three episodes of ‘The Full Man’, made by Southern television in 1964, to the BFI Archive: War Poetry The Dramatist and Human Affairs The Novel Landscape and Background

A short silent movie, made by Edison Studios, has been found in a brick outhouse in the north of England. More remarkable is the fact that the film has spent the last sixty years in this dank haven. It is: 'The Actress' (1913)

Supporting Film Collectors An application has been submitted to the Charity Commission for Film is Fabulous! to become a charitable trust. The details of the application will be published soon.

UPDATE: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. on TPTV Film is Fabulous! are delighted that more episodes of vintage television, which the team have recovered from private film collections, are being broadcast by Talking Pictures Television.

Nitrate films were sought-after by private collectors, as demonstrated by the recent recovery of a silent short movie: The Servant Girl’s Legacy (1914) It is the earliest surviving film performance by Oliver ‘Babe’ Hardy.

70 years of Associated-Rediffusion The Film is Fabulous! team are delighted to contribute a number of recently recovered Associated-Rediffusion items to the upcoming celebration at the BFI Southbank on Saturday, 27th September.

Preserving Film Treasures The Film is Fabulous! team are being contacted on a daily basis about films (and other formats) in private collections. Indeed, people arrive at DMU with cars full of film.

More Than Just Film Max Robertson, the late BBC radio and television presenter, collected U-matic tapes and reel-to-reel recordings. There are episodes of the popular antiques show ‘Going For A Song’ in his collection.

Oral History Project Film is Fabulous! and De Montfort University are interviewing film collectors and former industry professionals, to capture their stories and the culture of film collecting.

Max Robertson’s Film Collection Film is Fabulous! are please to announce that films from the private collection of Max Robertson, the late BBC radio and television commentator, presenter, and author, will be catalogued and preserved.

Screening Recovered Films The missing episodes of television recovered by Film is Fabulous! are shown at regular events, and broadcast by the stations specialising in vintage material.

Collaborating With Organisations The Film is Fabulous! team work closely with the BBC Archive, the BFI, the regional film archives in England, and the cinema and television historians at De Montfort University (DMU).

Preserving Film Treasures The work being undertaken by Film is Fabulous! team has led to several missing episodes of vintage television, and lost silent movies, being recovered.

Missing and rare material By working closely with film collectors and their families, Film is Fabulous! have been granted access to numerous collections. Many of these contain unique film and television material.

Supporting Film Collectors Film is Fabulous! has five primary aims, designed to support private collectors in the United Kingdom, in order to preserve vulnerable film treasures.