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July 11

Don't Ever Talk to Clocks

I'm looking for information about the 1964 TV Movie titled Don't Ever Talk to Clocks because I'm wanting to creat a Wikipedia page for it but I can't find any sources that show this movie or any articles that show if the movie has survived. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 18:22, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No sources -> no article. The great majority of TV movies aren't notable. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:02, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

so there's no information about this TV Play Matthew John Drummond (talk) 14:08, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't look like it. It's listed in the filmography of its main actor Peter Sallis, but no other information seems to be available. It may well be lost. --Viennese Waltz 14:42, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The IMDb has some info, but very little: [1]. Since we don't recognize this as a reliable source, this is not immediately helpful. But perhaps it gives a handle on finding sources such as newspaper reviews. --Lambiam 20:05, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here is one reliable source, found by using IMDb info as search terms. No in-depth coverage, but it is a start. Using "Don't Ever Talk to Clocks" as a search term on the RTÉ Photographic Archive you get more hits, such as one revealing that Peter Collinson wrote an article about this TV movie for the RTV Guide of 14 February 1964.^[2] It will not be easy to dig up a copy, but perhaps the RTÉ keeps archived copies of their guide. --Lambiam 20:18, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When you say dig up a copy are you referring to an article about the tv play Matthew John Drummond (talk) 13:40, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found just one reference in Newspapers.com (pay site), just a TV listing with no description. On Feb 18, 1964, on a channel called Eire Television, at 8:50 (presumably P.M.) Liverpool Daily Post (Merseyside ed.), p.3. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:48, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]