Life at Stake

Hi all,

The TV show "Life at Stake ("Houston, We've Got a Problem!")"
staarring Ed Bishop as Jim Lovell was once aired in Japan on 21st
August 1978 by NHK, Nippon Hoso Kyokai, which was a Japanese TV
station somewhat like BBC.
The same program was 50-minutes long, and produced jointly by plural
TV stations including BBC and NHK.
Does anyone especially in the U.K. remember watching it at around the
same time?


Kaoru

Wow! Would I ever love to get my paws on a copy of the film mentioned below!
Has it ever been put out on VT or DVD? Can anyone help me on this? Pam


TV show "Life at Stake ("Houston, We've Got a Problem!") starring Ed Bishop
as Jim Lovell

Hi Kaoru and everybody,

The "Life at Stake" special aired here in Australia
twice is memory serves, although I'm a little fuzzy
on the transmission dates, (sadly I never noted them
in the transmission diaries I used to keep back in
those days...I just checked but they're not listed).

I think the first time it was aired on a Tuesday night
at 8.30pm and the other may have been a Saturday
or Sunday night around the same timeslot.

I remember thinking at the time that it was gripping
television, and it was the first time I'd seen Bishop
play anything in the flesh other than Straker.

For those who enjoy knowing such details it was
shot on videotape (not filmed) like most dramas
of the period which actually lent itself to the
documentary style approach in which it was
directed. Sadly I didn't tape it at the time of broadcast
(which was most remiss of me, and I might say, quite
odd, since I was recording anything and eveything
remotely related to our genre at that time....our
family bought recording equipment in the very
early days).

I'm fairly sure this recording still exists in the archives...
and although I do hope the BBC decide to release it
one day, it's probably not very likely. So unless you
can find someone with a domestic recording of it, all
we have are some nice memories of it. Which is a pity.

Kelly

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Hi

Yes I can actually remember the original broadcast on the BBC, although only
vaguely. If memory serves it was part of a series of programmes about
disasters that were theatrical reconstructions with a narrater which went
out at about 09.25 p.m. after the News.

So far as I know it has not been broadcast again although I could be wrong
about that.

Adrian Flitcroft

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Hi Adrian,

Thank you very much for your information from the U.K.

Adrian Flitcroft wrote:
> If memory serves it was part of a series of programmes about
disasters that were theatrical reconstructions with a narrater which
went out at about 09.25 p.m. after the News.

I think you have a good memory.
In fact, literal translation translation from the Japanese NHK titile
into English is:
Documentary Drama Series #2 "SOS! Apollo 13, The Astronauts seized
with fear"

That is, it was no doubt the second episode of a series programmes
which had at least two episodes.
I wish BBC could released the whole series on DVDs of course
including the episode "Life at Stake".
Is not there anyone that is working for the BBC video archives???


Kaoru