Thank you for your memo of 19th May. Much could be and has been said about this. No doubt you have read the press comment and you will be very welcome, if you wish to see but have not seen, to borrow from the Secretary or H.P. a copy of the BBC's letter to Dr. Pitt.

vinyls LP’s will come in a strong 450 gauge polythene/plastic sleeve to keep your item water free. In most cases it is then dust wrapped for added protection. Hegarty, Neil (2016). Frost – That Was the Life That Was: The Authorised Biography. Ebury Publishing. p.65. ISBN 978-0-7535-5672-6. Opening in Melbourne in 1962, the show secured full houses for all evening and matinee performances, so they were held over. [ citation needed] This happened in both countries, and every box-office record was broken. [ vague] The show continued for three years, [ citation needed] and the Australian and New Zealand box office records it set have never been broken. [ dubious – discuss]Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.170. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing. Midgley, Carol (6 June 2015). "Lenny Henry on racism and regret". The Times . Retrieved 24 September 2018. Through the early history of cinema, from the Lumière brothers up until the 1940s, minstrelsy was a constant presence as the first form of global Americana was cannibalised by the latest. In this new documentary, David Harewood goes on a mission to understand the roots of this strange, intensely problematic, cultural form: where did the show come from, and what made it popular for so long?

Making a documentary about a forgotten aspect of a forgotten history is always challenging. What has made the production of this documentary so difficult – and led to me to keep changing the scripts and tweaking the final version – is the issue of language. Minstrelsy was one of the delivery systems through which stereotypes and racial slurs were transmitted from the US into British English. There was at least one determined voice of opposition within the BBC. The Corporation’s Chief Accountant, Barrie Thorne – who, significantly, had spent some time in the BBC’s New York office and so had seen something of the Civil Rights movement – argued vociferously for the show to be pulled from the schedule. His memo to the Director-General’s Chief Assistant still survives at the BBC’s Written Archives Centre: It caught on and until only a few decades ago it was still one of the most popular forms of entertainment - on stage, in the streets, and on the big and small screen. MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition.From the short film Nègres dansant dans la rue, filmed in London’s Soho in 1896. Photograph: YouTube FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced. We now photograph all our records in HDR, using warm and cool light in different directions so you get the best idea of the record quality.

If any original paper inner sleeves are missing from your LP, we will replace them with new ones to protect your vinyl. Strinati, Dominic; Wagg, Stephen (24 February 2004). Come on Down?: Popular Media Culture in Post-War Britain. Routledge. p.267. ISBN 978-1-134-92368-7. The Official Charts Company – George Mitchell Minstrels – On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 June 2011. The BBC Television Toppers were loaned for one day by the BBC under contract and appear in the film The Dam Busters (1955) in the spotlight theatre dancing scene. The filming of this scene was at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. No credits are shown on this film as to who the dancers were, or the location of the theatre. [ citation needed]

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Records are graded in the item title at the top. Where two grades appear (eg EX/VG) the first is the vinyl and the second is the cover/sleeve. Where just one appears, this is the vinyl and indicates the original cover isn't present. For the best part of the next twenty years it didn’t seem to occur to anyone in a position of authority at the BBC that the series really was offensive to more than just a few “killjoys”. This failure to even see any racism was a measure of the BBC’s real problem: the archival record of its behind-the-scenes thinking during this period is far from flattering. Thomas, David (7 December 2002). "These are the men who were". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 1 October 2018. PLEASE NOTE: We don’t always fully test play records from start to finish. First we VISUALLY examine records, then spot test paying particular attention to areas where a scuff looks like it could interfere with the sound quality in which case this will be stated. A full test play can be requested. Please message us and allow up to 24 hours notice.