Ah, thanks very much for this tip. I've written to Mr.
Oldtimetvshows today, also asking if he's got any more rare Rita
from British TV. Has anyone sourced her film "A Place to Go" yet?

Greg O.

--- In finallyaritatushinghamclub@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Dahl"
<rjd0309@c...> wrote:
>
> From: "Ken Toops" <spootnek@h...>
>
> THE HUMAN JUNGLE
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm interested in this!
> Let me know!
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> ===============================
>
> From: "Robert Dahl" <rjd0309@c...>
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> The British Film Institute's filmography for Rita has this strange
> entry that says, "Man Who Fell Apart". After much searching with
> Google, I found that this was the title of an episode of the 1963-
64
> British series, "The Human Jungle", starring Herbert Lom as a
> psychiatrist who helps a different client each week.
>
> Rita herself tells the story about how, just before getting the
film
> role for "The Knack", her family was so short of cash that she had
to
> do a TV episode. This is that episode.
>
> My computer is set up to periodically look for rare titles of
Rita's,
> in my obsessive-compulsive search to obtain all of her movies, and
> whaddya know, it found "The Man Who Fell Apart"!
>
> It turns out that a gentleman in Massachusetts gets these 16mm
films
> of old BBC shows from a former BBC employee, and transfers them to
> DVD and VHS using a couple of telecine machines to convert 24
frames
> per second of film to 60 interlaced half-frames of TV signal. He
has
> his own eBay store called "oldtimetvshows".
>
> I got the VHS tape from him of "The Man Who Fell Apart", and lo
and
> behold, there was Rita! Contrary to her own dismal opinion, it's
> actually quite a good performance. She gets lots of screen time,
and
> has lots of close-ups of that great face of hers. And it's a
> sympathetic role, too. She plays a lonely young woman who runs a
> shabby dog kennel out in the country, and becomes the mistress of
an
> overworked married man. She's even going to have his baby!
>
> Perhaps Rita's negative assessment has more to do with the hurry-
up
> nature of television work than it does with her performance.
>
> Anyway, I followed up with "oldtimetvshows", and asked if they
first
> made a transfer from film to a DVD master, and then used the DVD
> master to make the VHS tapes. Yes, he said that's just how they do
> it. I asked him for a DVD of this episode, and he charged me $25
for
> a DVD containing two episodes, so I just picked a random episode
for
> my second choice.
>
> So now I have her performance on a DVD and on a VHS tape. I don't
yet
> own equipment to enable me to copy DVD's, so the best that I can
do
> is to copy to a VHS tape. You could always contact the guy (I can
> give you his email address) if you'd like to pay for a DVD as I
did.
>
> Thanks for asking about this show, Ken. It gives me a chance to
> elaborate a bit more -- I don't think that I did a very good job
of
> explaining it when I first mentioned it to the group.
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
>
> ===============================
>
> From: "Ken Toops" <spootnek@h...>
>
> Hi Robert!
>
> $25 for a DVD with two episodes sounds like a great deal! Did he
give
> you a list of the other episodes? On the IMdB a reviewer mentioned
an
> episode with Susan George! Put me in contact with him.
>
> More Rita on DVD is coming out - "Life Beyond the Box: Margo" is an
> extra feature on the upcoming "Good Neighbors 1-3" Box Set!
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> ===============================
>
> From: "Robert Dahl" <rjd0309@c...>
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> The IMDb lists some of "The Human Jungle" episodes and guest stars
> (click on the 'guest appearances' link). I submitted the info for
> Rita's episode, and one other, to the IMDb myself.
>
> The TV Tome page for "The Human Jungle" has an Episode_List and an
> Episode_Guide.
> http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-
> 3664/The_Human_Jungle/
> All of the episode names are listed, but only a handful include
plot
> synopses and listings of guest stars. I contributed the info
for "The
> Man Who Fell Apart", because it is linked to the Rita Tushingham
TV
> Tome page. Modesty prevents me from mentioning the name of the
person
> who edits Rita's page...
>
> I have not been able to pin down which "Human Jungle" episode, if
any,
> has Susan George as a guest star. Sorry, I wish I could be of more
> help. I have searched the Internet thoroughly, and have never
found a
> complete list of episodes that includes all guest stars.
Personally,
> I wanted to get the episode "Struggle For A Mind", because that's
the
> episode where Joan Collins strips off her clothes. But, dang it,
that
> episode is unavailable from our "oldtimetvshows" guy, at least so
far!
>
> I'm afraid that you'll have to ask him for his list of available
> "Human Jungle" episodes. I'm pretty certain that I recollect his
name
> as Ray, and that his email address is
> oldtimetv@c...
>
> He's got an eBay store, at
> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZoldtimetvshows
> If you need another way to contact him, just go to his eBay store,
> click on a listed auction item, and then click on the link "Ask
> seller a question". You can type in your question, and remember to
> include your email address if you haven't got an eBay account.
>
> Yes, just like you, I'm also looking forward to the release of
> the "Good Neighbors" DVD box set. I mentioned the set in the
group's
> FILES section, under "DVD Availability". The DVD extra, "Life
Beyond
> The Box: Margo" gives Rita a lot of screen time, in a comedic role.
>
> The Good Neighbors set has been pushed back to a June 14 release
from
> its original April 19 release date. See the news item at
> http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3058
>
> My own VHS tape of "Life Beyond The Box: Margo", recorded off BBC2
on
> 31 December 2003, came from a guy who trades tapes of British TV
> shows, at
> http://home.comcast.net/~stanf11/index.html
> The image quality of my tape leaves room for improvement, so I'm
> looking forward to the DVD (I've pre-ordered it already)!
>
> Cheers,
> Robert