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[Scott Filderman]

Indeed!
That’s why I’m glad that the series is now being rediscovered; Talking Pictures wouldn’t spend transmission time if it didn’t have a potential audience. And I’m glad that there are complete sets of DVDs (apart from Acorn Media). Many works of art disappear for long periods—Bach disappeared from public hearing for about 100 years until Mendelssohn rediscovered some of the masses (as it was a favorite medium for that composer). 
Of course, none of this helps the performers who have died, and those that remain ... not so much either. Remember, Mozart is buried in a pauper graveyard, no one knows where. Sometimes, Art is precious because it’s Art. Dante isn’t making a single centesimo from the huge sales of his Commedia Divina.


On Monday, June 4, 2018, 7:49 PM, Tim Douglas <tdou525473 at aol.com> wrote:

Scott wrote "This series was such a treasure chest of acting, writing, and directing talent. Good to see that DVDs and broadcasts of the show are widely available."
Yes Scott  but you may not know this fom the vantage point of the USA,  as far as I know it was only repeated once after it's initial transmission , the showing here in the UK  on Talking Pictures TV is the first time it has been screened on British TV for thirty years  at least .whereas When the Boat Comes In, All Creatures, BergeracDadf's Army   Etc have been consistently shown over the years since they were made . FAW was also left out of many reference books and TV docs about TV drama ,for some unknown reason  I think the recent screening is helping to restore it to it's rightful position (well I hope so anyway !)
 


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From: Scott Filderman via Afamilyatwar-list <afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu>
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The actors who seemed to have the biggest post-AFAW success were Barbara Flynn and John Nettles whereas Patrick Troughton, Margery Mason, John McKelvey, Colins Douglas and Campbell, and Leslie Nunnerly were already established. Always fun to see actors so shockingly early in their careers as to be almost unrecognizable, such as John Nettles and Lynda Bellingham (who became Mrs. Herriot on All Creatures). Donald Pickering (as Mr. Fraser who buys the works) was a surprise for me as I enjoyed him in the slightly later Palliser series as Adolphus “Dolly” Longstaffe (one of literature’s great appellations).
This series was such a treasure chest of acting, writing, and directing talent. Good to see that DVDs and broadcasts of the show are widely available.
See, Mr. Finch, sometimes “good guys do finish first”!



On Monday, June 4, 2018, 12:55 PM, Robert Ardis via Afamilyatwar-list <afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu> wrote:



Sent from my iPad. Thanks Scott these videos of the actors are great after all this time
Lesley.
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