In a message dated 2/26/01 2:28:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, nydersdyner@yahoo.co.uk writes:
<< Not sure where, to be honest, but it was banned on its initial US release in the early 1980s-- the PBS station(s) showing it just started from Space Fall. Which information I have from Gareth Thomas, in case you want to know the source. >>
Hmmm. I'm not sure why Gareth Thomas would think this. I was involved in B7 fandom well before it ever aired here in the US and when it *did* air, I was heavily involved in the fandom. I had people in two different parts of the country taping the series for me since it never did show locally here in Orlando. I never heard of an instance where the first episode wasn't shown. Has anyone else ever heard of this happening? I certainly got tapes from both sources starting with the first episode.
Annie
Ashton7@aol.com wrote: : In a message dated 2/26/01 2:28:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, : nydersdyner@yahoo.co.uk writes:
: << Not sure where, to be honest, but it was banned on its : initial US release in the early 1980s-- the PBS : station(s) showing it just started from Space Fall. : Which information I have from Gareth Thomas, in case : you want to know the source. >>
: Hmmm. I'm not sure why Gareth Thomas would think this. I was involved in B7 : fandom well before it ever aired here in the US and when it *did* air, I was : heavily involved in the fandom. I had people in two different parts of the : country taping the series for me since it never did show locally here in : Orlando. I never heard of an instance where the first episode wasn't shown. : Has anyone else ever heard of this happening? I certainly got tapes from both : sources starting with the first episode.
I watched B7 on channel 36, Providence, RI PBS, in the early-to-mid-80's. I saw it from the very first episode the first time it aired (I tuned in expecting my Doctor Who fix), and they cycled back and the second time I got the ones I hadn't previously recorded on tape, including The Way Back. I still have that tape. So I could be mistaken in my recollection of the first cycle, but I doubt it; the second one I have proof of. I've never heard of the first episode being omitted. I find it more plausible that the episode would be edited, but I haven't actually heard of that either.
Claudia
Ashton7@aol.com wrote:
I never heard of an instance where the first episode wasn't shown. Has anyone else ever heard of this happening?
Nope. "The Way Back" was definitely shown when the show first aired here in Dallas. (In '84 or '85, I believe.)
I suspect Mr. Thomas was mistaken, or was generalizing from some isolated case he'd heard about. Since PBS stations operate independently in this sort of thing, it's certainly possible that some station, somewhere, decided not to air the first episode. That hardly equates to it being "banned in the US", but Gareth Thomas might not be aware that what one station does is not applicable to the rest of them.
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Ashton7@aol.com wrote:
Has anyone else ever heard of this happening? I certainly got tapes from
both
sources starting with the first episode.
I offer my taped-off-the-air set of tapes as proof it wasn't Banned in Boston.
Susan Beth (susanbeth33@mindspring.com)
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