Into the Archives with Peter Fleming

Dec 30 2024 23 ep. 20 mins 42
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Very silly comedy about lost TV classics. Retired BBC children's pioneer Peter Fleming searches for his legendary missing programmes. Features episode reconstructions, surviving clips, and almost no cries for help.
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2024 Live Special: Peter Fleming's Woefully Inaccurate History of the BBC

Dec 30 2024 62 mins  
A recently dreamed live recording of the Edinburgh Fringe in another corner of the Peter Fleming Multiverse (TX: 22/08/2022)."Mark 100 years of the BBC in style with the befuddled children’s TV pioneer. Peter re-enacts classic clips from the archive, sets the record crooked and reveals shocking truths about Blue Peter, which we can’t put down in writing or we’ll get sued."Hel

2023 Live Special: Peter Fleming Meets Doctor Who!

Dec 30 2023 61 mins  
A recently rediscovered live recording from the Edinburgh Fringe (TX: 26/08/2023)."Doctor Who is 60. In its life, the programme has encountered many problems. Most of them were the fault of retired children’s TV pioneer Peter Fleming."Help Peter's search for his programmes by leaving a review of this podcast, or donate to help his archivist pay his bills: https://ko-fi.com/p

2022 Christmas Special: Christmas Underground

Dec 22 2022 37 mins  
Mind the gap!In the crew quarters of an abandoned Tube station, Peter celebrates Christmas with a very old friend. But how will the search for his programmes get off the ground again if he’s still stuck beneath it?Features Peter’s legendary public information film A Bakerloo Christmas (1975), gallons of festive custard, and more eggs than could ever be safely consumed. Special

2021 Christmas Special: BBC Television Centre

Dec 22 2021 57 mins  
Down to earth!This Christmas, Peter makes an unscheduled landing in his balloon. The global archive expedition to find his lost programmes takes him to one of the most beloved landmarks in TV history. But how will he react when he sees what it has become? Will he find the treasure he seeks? And will the ghosts of BBC Television Centre sing?Features off-air clips from How's It Done?

The Series 2 Soundtrack EP

Aug 30 2021 1 mins  
Introducing the 'Into the Archives: Series 2 Soundtrack' EP! A sumptuous collection of music and sound recovered over the years from numerous skips, cupboards and coffins.Immerse yourself in the worlds of every classic programme featured in series two’s Audio Archive segments, with pioneering sound effects and beloved music cues, including exclusive, full-length versions never be

2.6. Windmills and Balloons

Jun 17 2021 38 mins  
It's launch day! Or is it?Peter returns to a classic TV location in a bid to finally get his global archive expedition off the ground. But will he get the help he needs from his fans? Features off-air clips from Floating Mr McAllister (1970-71), treasured memories of 1980s fan events, and the shocking truth about a beloved set of TV idents. Special thanks to Gareth Burgess and Elea

2.5. Stargazing

Jun 10 2021 21 mins  
Good evening, starry-eyed listeners!Peter looks up at the night sky and looks back on the BBC programmes that expressed his passion, as preparations continue for his global archive expedition. Features off-air clips from astronomical drama Messages from Beyond (1970) and Patrick Moore catastrophe Look Up, Look Out (1973), plus a beloved feature from last series and the first ever I

2.4. Saturday Morning

Jun 03 2021 19 mins  
It's Saturday! It's 9 o'clock! Let's lose our minds! Peter looks at his creation of the BBC's very first live Saturday morning kids' show, and how it might still be shaping the BBC to this day. Features amazing prizes, the only surviving clip of The Saturday Asylum (1975), and your own correspondence. Special thanks to Rob Bond, Amy Gledhill and Sooz Kempner.Help Peter's search for

2.3. Animals

May 27 2021 15 mins  
Oink! Squeak! Cuckoo! No, you don't need to adjust your set. We've got animals in! Peter recalls his lost BBC programmes looking at all creatures great and small (but not All Creatures Great and Small), and tries to forget what happened with the pigs. Features scandalous memorabilia from Cornucopia (1972), a surviving clip of The Two Little Horses (1967), and your own correspondenc

2.2. Food and Drink

May 20 2021 16 mins  
Your table is booked at Café Fleming! Peter recalls his lost BBC programmes about food and drink in mouth-watering detail, from school canteen drama to the most(ly) harmless TV chef of them all. Bon appétit! Features delicious merchandise, a surviving clip of Inside the Orange (1971), and your own correspondence. Special thanks to Eleanor Morton and Zoë Tomalin.Help Peter's sear