--- In finallyaritatushinghamclub@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Dahl"
<rjd0309@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to mention five items:
>
> -(1)-
> A minor update to my "Hollywood UK" disc set.
>
> As you may know, this five-part series about 1960s British
filmmaking
> was originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1993. It has been repeated on
> BBC4 twice within the past year, although 12 minutes were cut from
> each rebroadcast episode (unforgiveable!).
>
> Several club members have obtained DVD copies from me of the
original
> 1993 broadcasts. However, my copy of episode 2, "Making It In
> London", has always been incomplete. It was recorded by a
collector
> who missed the first two and a half minutes of the show (due to an
> inconsistent starting time, I think).
>
> Thanks to the kind assistance of another collector, I have
obtained a
> copy of the complete episode 2. Our Rita appears in the missing
two
> and a half minutes, in clips from "The Knack", and also
reminiscing
> with Lynn Redgrave in the back seat of a car, singing a few bars
> of "Smashing Time".
>
> If you would like me to send you the updated episode on a
replacement
> disc, drop me a note at rjd0309@..., or visit my Tush fan website
> at http://members.cox.net/rjd0309/tush/ if you would like to
request
> the complete set or view a synopsis of each episode (see the 1990s
> filmography page).
>
> -(2)-
> I recently acquired a copy of a one-time-only broadcast of Rita's
one-
> hour TV play "I've Been Eddie Mostyn". This was telecast by BBC-
> Wales in March 1996.
>
> A gentleman in Wales was cleaning out his video collection, and
was
> actually selling a copy of Rita's "Girl With Green Eyes", but said
> that he would also "throw in this old Eddie Mostyn thing he had
lying
> around". Holy cow! He obviously didn't know how rare it is. I
> would be happy to provide a copy to anyone interested. Visit my
> website for a synopsis.
>
> -(3)-
> Rita's recent guest appearances on "New Tricks" (episode 2.5, 06
Jun
> 2005) and "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple" ("The Sittaford
Mystery",
> 30 Apr 2006) are available on official Region 2 DVDs. The "New
> Tricks" episode has been released as part of a Season 2 set, while
> the Marple episode is coming out this summer, both individually
and
> as part of a Marple collection. Links to online sellers are on my
> website.
>
> -(4)-
> I recently received a note from Rita saying that she just finished
> filming "Puffball" last weekend, in Monaghan, Ireland (about 2
hours
> northwest of Dublin). She's now trying to get caught up with
> everything that piled up while she was gone.
>
> -(5)-
> Rita has been approached several times over the years to write her
> autobiography, but it looks like it is finally going to happen.
She
> now has a book editor, who has just finished a book about director
> Ken Loach. Rita has been shopping for a laptop computer with
which
> to write the book.
>
> Being a bit cheeky, I suggested a few possible titles for her
> book: "The Face Of The Sixties", "An Unlikely Career", "Not Just
> Another Pretty Face" (my favorite). Does anyone have any
suggestions
> for other possible titles?
>Hi Robert
I'm more interested in the news about a forthcoming autobiography
of 'our Rita' and I would look forward to reading that; I think "The
Face of the Sixties" or "A Taste of Tush" would be a suitable title.
Regards, Charles