Jonno said:

Hi msycamore, thanks for stopping by! The original broadcast was definitely October 1982 (see the TV Times listings magazine I posted earlier in the thread). One of my projects for the summer is a decent assembly of this version - I have some very good DVD copies from an original recording (courtesy of Russ), and I need to compile the best versions along with a bit of authoring polish.

I'll drop danny_boy a PM - the ideal version would include the broadcast ad breaks, which have their own nostalgic appeal for those of us who grew up in 1980s UK (the recordings I have unfortunately don't include these).

edit: what's up with the HTML today?

This sounds awsome! Would love to 'relive' that premiere - I remember it was a really big deal at the time! Now we take dvds and blurays for granted, but back then a TV premiere of a big film was still an event. I expect the TVS version (where we were) had different adbreaks?