Not just the BBC. Everyone did that. Read about how Groucho Marx's grandson saved "You Bet Your Life" from NBC's trashing. Even into the 1980's Ted Turner mad

Not just the BBC. Everyone did that. Read about how Groucho Marx's grandson saved "You Bet Your Life" from NBC's trashing. Even into the 1980's Ted Turner made a large part of his fortune by buying the back catalog of movie studios who saw almost no value in their archives. Turner saw the value of playing these old films on cable and video tape sales. EDIT: forgot this link http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/the-day-my-grandfather-groucho.html http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/the-day-my-grandfather-grou...