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Boy from Space (The) (TV) (1980)
A young brother and sister try to protect an alien boy from another alien life form.Director: Maddalena Fagandini (1971 filmed serial), Pat Farrington (4 episodes), Jill Glindon Reed (4 epsiodes), and Paul Willey (1 episode)
OVERALL: R2-
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The 1980 Series
Episodes (with 'Play All' option; 199:48):
- 1. "The Meteorite" (19:32)
- 2. "The Spinning Compass" (19:52)
- 3. "The Man in the Sand-Pit" (19:55)
- 4. "In Danger!" (20:38)
- 5. "The Hold-up" (20:06)
- 6. "Where is Tom?" (19:29)
- 7. "The Hunt for the Car" (20:06)
- 8. "The Lake" (19:28)
- 9. "Captured!" (20:04)
- 10. "In the Spaceship" (20:38)
DISC TWO
*The 1971 Feature Version (69:15)*
Supplements:
BBC Records LP:
- Original LP Audio (54:24)
- Newly-edited Film Version (55:26)**
Wordy's Think-ups (with 'Play All' option; 18:35):
- 1. Two Star Over the Wood (0:56)
- 2. The Space Moles: Bright Light (0:50)
- 3. The oldest Space Traveller (1:04)
- 4. Clueless Words 1 (1:00)
- 5. Magic 'E' (1:05)
- 6. I'm an Apostrophe 1 (1:00)
- 7. Drop That 'E' (0:57)
- 8. Outer Space is the Place for Me (1:01)
- 9. The Mystery Letter 'K' (0:36)
- 10. Double Up [with 'ing'] (0:55)
- 11. Clueless Words 2 (0:53)
- 12. Question Mark (1:21)
- 13. The Space Moles: Alien Visitor (1:10)
- 14. The Space Moles: Someone's Speaking (1:14)
- 15. Frighten (0:24)
- 16. Double Up [with 'ed'] (0:57)
- 17. I'm an Apostrophe 2 (0:50)
- 18. The Mystery Letter 'W' (0:38)
- 19. Time to Go (1:17)
IN THE CASE
20-page liner notes booklet featuring:
- "The Boy from Space by Ben Clarke" (5 pages)
- "Look and Read: The Boy from Space by Chris Perry" (4 pages)
- "Recollections of the soundtrack to The Boy from Space by Paddy Kingsland" (4 pages)
Credits and Cast (1 page)
Look and Read Techers Notes (1 page)
Extras (4 pages)
About the Presentations (1 page)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:* The 1971 Feature Version is not the original serial (the black and white 2" broadcast masters have been wiped), but a newly-created version utilizing only the filmed serial material and new opening and closing credits. This is basically the uninterrupted serial (which made up only 6-7 minutes of each 20 minute 1980 episode).
** The "film version" of the BBC Records LP combines audio from the LP and audio and video form the TV series. -
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OVERALL: R2
A "Look and Read" serial shot in 1971 with color film sections and black and white video teaching segments. The 2" master tapes were wiped by the BBC but the film had been preserved for a planned but unreleased feature version.
The serial was one of the series' most requested titles, so in 1980 the filmed serial was combined with new video teaching segments as well as a new filmed introduction with the now grown lead actors framing the serial as a flashback.
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CUTS:
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - contains the complete 1980 series (199:48 PAL) and 1971 "feature" version (69:15 PAL).
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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 12/08/14
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 03/09/14UPDATE LOG:
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