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1 Television Series and Serials 1 MS 199 A807 Papers of Norman J.Crisp [U/F] denotes that material is currently unfit for production and cannot be consulted [C]* denotes that material is closed Television series and serials 1/1 The brothers: details of directors and other staff, names and n.d. addresses, names of agents and fees of the main actors Ministry of Transport road safety act 1969 1/2 The brothers `The funeral': pilot script and carbon, discarded pages Jul 1970 1/3 The brothers `Down to business' (formerly `The meeting'): first and Nov 1970 - Feb second draft scripts, carbons, handwritten cast list, camera script 1971 1/4 The brothers `Mary': first draft script, carbon, manuscript cast list, Nov 1970 - rehearsal script c.Feb 1971 1/5 The brothers `Decision': first draft script 11 Jan 1971 1/6 The brothers `The party': first draft script, manuscript cast list, Feb - Mar 1971 rehearsal list 1/7 The brothers `The perfect day': rehearsal script Apr 1971 2/1 The brothers `Crisis': rehearsal script May 1971 2/2 The brothers (second series) `A family gathering', `Wheels and Jul - Oct 1972 deals': first draft scripts, rehearsal script, story outline, manuscript cast list 2/3 The brothers `Labour pains', `Negotiations': first draft scripts, Sep - Oct 1972 manuscript cast lists, rehearsal script 3 The brothers `Declaration of independence', `Errors of judgement': 1972 [U/F] scripts 4/1 The brothers `No hard feelings': draft scripts, manuscript cast list, Dec 1972 - Feb notes on the storyline 1973 4/2 The brothers `The Hammond account', `The newly weds': scripts, Feb 1973 including the master copy, manuscript cast list 5 The brothers (third series) `Suspicions', `Tug of war' and `Power Apr 1973 for sale': scripts, rehearsal scripts, manuscript cast lists 6/1 The brothers (fourth series) `Emergency', `Secret meetings', Nov 1973 - Apr `Investigations': rehearsal scripts, camera scripts 1974 6/2 The brothers `Happy anniversary': script, manuscript cast list Jan 1974 7 The brothers `A bad mistake', `The fall guy', `The crucial vote': Apr - Aug 1974 scripts, carbons, rehearsal scripts, manuscript cast lists MS 199 2 A807 8 The brothers (fifth series) `Life goes on', `Self made crisis': scripts, 1974 [U/F] rehearsal scripts series format, research material, storylines, correspondence 1974-5 9 The brothers `A very short honeymoon', `Big deal': scripts, Jan - Apr 1975 rehearsal scripts, camera scripts, manuscript cast lists 10 The brothers `Package deal', `End of a dream': scripts, rehearsal 1975 [U/F] scripts, camera scripts 11/1 The brothers (sixth series) `The chosen victim': scripts, rehearsal 1975 scripts storylines 11/2 The brothers (seventh series) `Out of the blue', `Knock on the Jun - Nov 1976 door': scripts, rehearsal scripts Storylines 12/1 The brothers `The ordeal', `The Christmas party': scripts, rehearsal Sep - Nov 1976 scripts, manuscript cast lists 12/2 The brothers: script with distribution list, extra pages and scenes n.d. 13/1 The brothers `The end of the beginning': camera script n.d. draft scripts for a screenplay 13/2 The brothers: typescript four part serial based on the series for 1977 Prive and Woman's Own; copies of Woman's Own 14/1 Buccaneer `Grounded', `A kind of cuckoo': scripts, rehearsal 1979 scripts, background information, papers 14/2 Buccaneer: scripts, rehearsal scripts 1980 [U/F] 15/1 Castle Garac: script, carbons, discarded pages, manuscript and 1962 typescript notes, correspondence 15/2 Codename: outline for a series, information on the series, n.d. manuscript cast list 15/3 Colditz: outline for fifteen episodes by Brian Degas, information 1972 about the castle; `Welcome to Colditz', `Bribery and corruption', `Breakdown' (not used): scripts 16/1 Colditz `Arrival of a hero', `The gambler', `Death sentence': scripts, 1973 rehearsal scripts 16/2 Compact episodes 120, 121: rehearsal scripts Feb 1963 16/3 Compact episodes 136, 137: draft scripts, revisions, rehearsal Mar - Apr 1963 scripts, manuscript scene notes 16/4 Compact episodes 146, 147: scripts, carbons, revisions, rehearsal Apr 1963 scripts, notes of sets, storylines for episodes 140-7, notes on new characters, correspondence 17/1 Compact episode 151: script, carbon, rehearsal script, storyline for Apr - May 1963 episodes 150-1 MS 199 3 A807 17/2 Compact episodes 156, 157: scripts, carbons, revisions, rehearsal May 1963 scripts, storylines for episodes 152-7 17/3 Compact episodes 164, 165: scripts, carbons, revisions, rehearsal Jun - Aug 1963 script 17/4 Compact episodes 170, 171: scripts, carbons, revisions, rehearsal Aug 1963 script, storyline for episodes 160-71 18/1 Compact episodes 180, 181: scripts, carbon, revisions, storylines Sep [?] 1963 for episodes 172-9, letter, manuscript list of sets 18/2 Compact episodes 190, 191: scripts, carbons, revisions, rehearsal Oct 1963 scripts, storylines for episodes 182-91 18/3 Compact episodes 196, 197: scripts, carbons, additional pages, Oct - Nov 1963 rehearsal script, storylines for episodes 192-7 19/1 Compact episodes 204, 205: scripts, carbons, revisions, storylines Nov - Dec 1963 for episodes 198-205 19/2 Compact episodes 212, 213: scripts, carbons, rehearsal scripts, Dec 1963 - Jan camera script, correspondence, storylines for episodes 206-13 1964 19/3 Compact episodes 224, 225: rehearsal scripts, storylines, revisions Jan 1964 20/1 Compact episodes 232, 233: script, carbons, revisions, rehearsal Mar 1964 scripts, storylines for episodes 226-31, 232-3 20/2 Compact episodes 244, 245: rehearsal scripts, revisions, storylines Mar - May 1964 20/3 Compact: part of a script n.d. 20/4 Court martial: background information on the character and series; n.d. `A taste of ashes': notes; `A kind of treason': scripts, carbons 21/1 Crane: notes on series, characters, carbon of proposed episode, 1964 correspondence 21/2 Dangerous knowledge episodes 1-6: draft scripts, master copies 1975 22/1 Dixon of Dock Green `Missing': scripts, revisions, amended pages, Dec 1963 - Feb rehearsal scripts, letter 1964 22/2 Dixon of Dock Green `A scrap of paint': scripts, carbons, rehearsal Sep 1964 scripts, suggestion for episode 23/1 Dixon of Dock Green `You just walk away', `Forsaking all others', Feb - Mar 1965 `Saturday night': scripts, carbons, revisions, rehearsal scripts, storylines, cast list, newspaper cuttings 23/2 Dixon of Dock Green `The man who was going to die', `The man Oct - Dec 1965 on the train': script, carbon, revisions, rehearsal script, running order 24/1 Dixon of Dock Green `Routine check', `It's my life': draft scripts, Oct - Dec 1965 revisions, rehearsal scripts, discarded pages, cast list, notes, storyline MS 199 4 A807 24/2 Dixon of Dock Green `Witness summons': script, carbon of Nov - Dec 1965 revisions, amendments, rehearsal script, cast list, notes on police procedure 25/1 Dixon of Dock Green `Act of violence': carbon 1965 25/2 Dixon of Dock Green `Death of a donkeyman': scripts, camera Mar 1966 scripts 25/3 Dixon of Dock Green `Mr. X': script, carbon, rehearsal script, Apr 1966 manuscript cast list 25/4 Dixon of Dock Green `The accident': script, carbon, rehearsal Jun - Nov 1966 script, manuscript cast list 26/1 Dixon of Dock Green `The world of silence': script, carbon, Sep 1966 rehearsal script, manuscript cast list, correspondence with the City of Southampton education committee 26/2 Dixon of Dock Green `Grenade': script, carbons, manuscript cast Sep - Oct 1966 list 27/1 Dixon of Dock Green `The wife': scripts, carbons, manuscript cast 1966 list 27/2 Dixon of Dock Green `Billy': scripts, manuscript cast list 1966 27/3 Dixon of Dock Green `The witness': script, carbon, rehearsal script, Jun 1967 discarded pages 28/1 Dixon of Dock Green `The mercenary': scripts, carbon, rehearsal Jun - Jul 1967 scripts, manuscript cast list 28/2 Dixon of Dock Green `Caesar's wife': carbon script, rehearsal Jul 1967 script, revised pages 28/3 Dixon of Dock Green `The debt collectors': scripts, rehearsal script, Aug - Sep 1967 manuscript cast list 28/4 Dixon of Dock Green `The team': script, rehearsal scripts, revised Sep 1967 pages 29/1 Dixon of Dock Green `The attack': script, carbon, rehearsal script, Oct 1967 manuscript cast list 29/2 Dixon of Dock Green `Six till two': scripts, rehearsal script, new Nov - Dec 1967 pages 29/3 Dixon of Dock Green `Ania': script, carbon, master carbon script, Dec 1967 - Jan rehearsal script, new pages, manuscript notes 1968 29/4 Dixon of Dock Green `The climber': scripts, one of which has 1967 suggestions added to the front cover 29/5 Dixon of Dock Green `The party', `The old pals act': scripts, 1967 carbon, insertions, manuscript cast lists 30/1 Dixon of Dock Green `Find the lady': carbon scripts, rehearsal Mar - Jul 1968 scripts, discarded pages, manuscript cast list MS 199 5 A807 30/2 Dixon of Dock Green `A quiet Sunday': script, carbon, rehearsal May - Aug 1968 script, manuscript cast list 30/3 Dixon of Dock Green `High finance', `English born and bred': Aug 1968 scripts, carbons, manuscript cast list 31/1 Dixon of Dock Green `The commander': script, carbon, camera Sep 1968 script, manuscript cast list 31/2 Dixon of Dock Green `The man': carbon script, rehearsal script, Nov 1968 revisions 31/3 Dixon of Dock Green `Berserk': script, carbon, rehearsal script, Sep - Dec 1968 manuscript cast list 31/4 Dixon of Dock Green `End of a copper', `The jellyman': scripts, Jun - Nov 1969 carbons, rehearsal scripts, storylines, manuscript cast list 32/1 Dixon of Dock Green `Obsession': script, rehearsal script, Jul - Aug 1969 additional material 32/2 Dixon of Dock Green `Bobby': script, carbon, rehearsal script
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