Michael Wood on Beowulf

[Huscarl]

Originally Posted by davem

Did he say why? The book is still available - I assume the Beeb weren't dumb enough to wipe the tapes? Can't think there'd be any third party issues (as with the DVD release of the Jackanory Hobbit, which I read somewhere was vetoed by the Tolkien Estate - along with the 'Tolkien in Oxford' documentary from !967-8).

Well, Michael suggested that because, as he saw it, the original series was filmed in 16mm, that the dvd quality wouldn't be that good, and that they (he and the camera crew etc) were younger and more adventurous than today's offerings?

Maybe he was simply older and wiser, perhaps a little embarrassed by older times and youth? But I think he seriously misjudges the depth of feeling for this great series, and might be subconsciously repressing the idea of getting it released?

I think that, using the history websites as a barometer of feeling, it wouldn't matter if it was in b&w or on vhs :-), so long as we had the series released!?