Modular

Heh heh heh... that's a good question!!

marker

yes exactly very tricky

Cheers Marker

batman

This issue is so complicated, both legally and ethically, that one is bound to fall foul of it somewhere along the line. Modular's point about people not wanting to shell out hard-earned cash to replace a perfectly OK bootleg with a legit release is very valid. Like marker this has happened to me on two or three occasions. In one instance, as the film wasn't something that I had a special passion for I kept the bootleg (and have still got it), but the other two I re-sold on ebay, am I now a bootlegger myself! Because the market for the films which we have an interest in is so small it's unlikely that many of the type of films that I particularly wish to add to my collection, B movie crime thrillers etc, will become available via retailers. Therefore I get them when and where I can. But they do come out sometimes, so you have to keep looking at the new releases that are announced periodically, 'cos you will often find what you have wanted for ages is about to be released. Two others I have recently replaced are Prize of Arms and Daughter of Darkness, both originally acquired via this site. I have to say I agree with modular for a change when he says that the sort of stuff we sell is 'small potatoes' to the big distributors. The stuff I buy I usually I get from people who make no claims that their stuff is legit, but do not sell stuff that can be bought via retail. They will, in fact remove stuff from their lists when it is released in legit form. I content myself with knowing that I do the best I can not to buy stuff that is available in legit form. Now, if anyone has a copy of The Lost People they don't want ......

Bars.

"Boom boom a baby .... Banham Zoo .... Banana pants! Hahahaha"

tellingbone

Does anybody have a copy of the above for trade? I desperately need this to complete my collection of Scotland Yard episodes.

Trade list available.

Thanks in advance

HIPPIEDAVE

I have all 38 episodes.D

cletus awreetus

As far as I know there were at least 47 episodes

mariocki

39 according to this: CTVA UK "Scotland Yard" (Merton Park Studios,UK)(1953-61) hosted by Edgar Lustgarten but there were 47 Mysteries of Edgar Wallace.

The Doc

Yep 39 eps were made of scotland Yard and Wall Of Death is the one ep that seems to be lost.
Best
Doc

tellingbone

I too have 38 episodes of the 39 made. But specifically, it's ep 15 'Wall of Death' that is eluding me still.

petandav

I sympathise with you and note that even on Ebay, where they seem to regularly sell episodes of Scotland Yard, they always stop one episode short at 38!
Some things are just SO elusive. I've never managed to find that particular episode, likewise I've drawn a blank for years with episodes 7 onwards of Connie (Stephanie Beecham) and even a fairly recent Jack Rosenthal drama, Bye Bye Baby, whereas older and more obscure recordings do surface.
Good luck.

barry

I have just watched a few episodes of this 50's series hosted by Edgar Lustgarten. What a great mystery series. Does anyone have any episodes available? Judging from the copyright dates at the end of the episodes, it must have been on the air for several years. Are there any more British mystery series from this era I should look out for? Thanks, Barry.

petandav

Although the Scotland Yard series has been shown on TV, it wasn't made for TV. I seem to remember them shown in the "B" movie slots in cinemas years ago.
Collections of the whole series do appear quite regularly on ebay.
Other series you might like to check out are Dial 999, Fabian of the Yard and Scales of Justice - all three were made for TV
Hope that helps,
Pete

Harbottle

More great 1960's second feature fare are The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, shown in the US as a TV series Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre.

tellingbone

I have all but one of the Scotland Yard series if interested!

HIPPIEDAVE

So have I, it seems nobody has the elusive episode but I remember it shown on Channel 4 in the 80s.