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BBC/Der Spiegel Set, 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/4/3

Scope and Contents

An envelope holding 21 black and white photographs that feature images of Roger Law and Peter Fluck, known as Luck & Flaw. At least six of these photographs were taken by the British Broadcasting Corporation, and used as part of publicity for a BBC Arena episode on Law's and Fluck's working partnership, which originally aired on 21 May 1980. Within the six photographs clearly marked as having been taken by the BBC, there are three images and a duplicate for each. Two of these photographs were taken in a pub setting [probably The Clarendon Arms, which sat next to Luck & Flaw's Victoria Street studio in Cambridge], and Law and Fluck are seen sitting next to a Queen Elizabeth II impersonator. The other photograph has an image of Law and Fluck within their studio, standing alongside a plasticine model.

The remaining 15 photographs are not stamped by the BBC, but they were clearly taken at the same time. The majority of them show Law and Fluck working on a large plasticine model of the German politician, Helmut Schmidt, within their studio. Images of this model, along with some of the other photographs showing its creation, were published in 29 September 1980 issue of the German magazine, Der Spiegel.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Conditions Governing Use

Copyright - the BBC holds the rights to the photographs that are stamped by them. It is unclear whether the BBC holds the rights over the remaining 15 photographs, though these images appear to have been taken at the same time.

Extent

1 envelope(s) (A medium-sized, two-seamed envelope.) : Photographic material (paper)

Language of Materials

English

Separated Materials

See entry MS Add.10275/2/2/3/12 for the issue of Der Spiegel that features somes of these images.

See entry MS Add.10275/6/6 for a copy of the BBC Arena episode.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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