YOU WERE NOT MENT TO SEE THIS VIDEO.
THEY THOUGHT THEY ERASED IT.
I FOUND IT.
Watch it before it is taken down! This is “The Midas Plague,” the 12th episode of Series 1 of the BBC sci-fi anthology series Out of the Unknown (BBC2).
It is an adaptation of Frederik Pohl’s 1954 satirical short story (sometimes referenced with a 1956 date in secondary sources) about a future automated society where robots produce endless goods, forcing humans into a cycle of overconsumption with social status ironically tied to how much one must consume (the poor are burdened with the most).
It originally aired on 20 December 1965. The original videotape masters were wiped in the early 1970s as part of the BBC’s routine they claimed as a cost-savings measure.
Many programmes were routinely erased or discarded once their immediate repeat especially ones that offered “too much thinking”. The wiping policy officially ended around 1978 as home video and archival value became clearer and erasure memory holes became harder until our moment where we assume all is saved.
It was long believed lost by many, but the telerecording preserved it. I located and shared a copy as part of my work on the “Great Forgetting” and You Have 5,000 Days series.
Some think this is from fan-assembled retelling. But it is not.
Read the article and surmise why this video was deemed to be erased.
Watch the clip and read the article now, the BBC does not want you to see this. There is a very high chance this Internet Archive will be deleted...
@VodkaGreece Although I’m absolutely loving the game (I’m only about 15 hours in) I have an issue with my hands, like a burning sensation. RSI perhaps? So I’m forcing myself to put the controller down for a few days, even though I’m dying to hop back on 🥺
@TheCyberdevil Ah cheers mister 😊 I’m wondering if the whole thing was signed at one event as it’s the same white marker pen used by all of the contributors 🤔
#DoctorWho Twitter… Can anyone identify any of these autographs at all please? My brother just bought it for my birthday but I only recognise a couple of the names… Cheers in advance 🫶🏻
@Mistress_Honie@mousethegame OMG… THIS!!! It’s not just me thank goodness. Driving me mad it’s been. I’ve fallen off things and also to my death because I put the controller down to do something quick. I want to get into the game but it’s really putting me off playing.
@mousethegame Sorry but I can’t find where to submit a PS5 ticket on your website? The character is constantly moving forward (albeit very slowly) even when I take my thumb off of L3. It’s quite off-putting and has led to me falling off gantries and also to my death on more than one occasion!
@mousethegame Is the character meant to keep walking (albeit very slowly) when you take your thumb off the L3 stick? Also I turned the subtitles off but they are still on-screen?
@WeatherFell I rage-quit after less than 15 minutes. Honestly I must be thick coz I just could not get to grip with the controls. At the bottom of that first “collect all the coins” bonus level where you’re suppose to do some kind of dash to get under the gap? Yeah. There. I feel useless! 😫
They don’t make them like this anymore… I used to set the video to record each day before going to work. “More Tea Vicar” and “Gaggin for It” had me in absolute fits of laughter 😂 Especially @denise_vanouten in character as “Gemsy”, the hostess with the mostest! ❤️ TV GOLD 🤩