TV Earl Cameron and a lost play. John Wyver writes extensively about the lost recording of writer Ebi Obegbuna's play Wind Verses Polygamy. I wonder at what point our cultural attitude to television changed from it being thought of as being just as ephemeral as theatre because it was rarely repeated and being disgusted that such items are no longer available in the archive. When the BBC began its retention policy? When the first domestic VHS recorders were produced? The first commercial video tapes making some of this material available and therefore leading us to wonder what could be made available?
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