After yesterday’s musings on the rise of broadcasting archives in our consumption of television and its increasing importance to a channel’s revenues, the BBC has just stumped up the folding stuff to acquire a stack of childrens’ TV classic, Dangermouse, to show front and centre on the corporation’s premier terrestrial channel.
It’s the White Wonder’s 25th Anniversary this year (my, I feel old), and Auntie has seen value in bringing these colourful classics to a new audience of children (and I’m sure some of us wrinklies will have a looksee). What I find interesting is that in the past, shows like Dangermouse and all manner of other vintage fodder, are passed back and forth in the multi-channel world at an alrming rate of knots (Lovejoy on ITV3? It’s wrong!), but this is the first exampe I can recall of an old show, childrens’ or otherwise (aside from the usual suspects of Dad’s Army, Only Fools, Fawlty Towers or Porridge), being placed in such a premier slot (away from BBC2 and the multi-channel world).
The question being, will Dangermouse and Penfold stand up to the scrutiny of a dusting off?
Dangermouse DVD boxset with every single episode included is out Monday!! Get in.
Maybe digital remastering will help... the little snots that watch cartoons these days my miss the point of Danger Mouse