List of lost television broadcasts in the United Kingdom

This is an incomplete list of lost television broadcasts that are lost to broadcasters in the United Kingdom.

Associated-Rediffusion (ITV)

Badger’s Bend Of the 38 episodes made, 24 are missing, 13 survive and 1 survives with no audio.

Series Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date Notes 13 The Animal Hotel: Part 318 January 19634 The Animal Hotel: Part 425 January 19635 The Animal Hotel: Part 51 February 19636 The Animal Hotel: Part 68 February 19639 The Animal Hotel: Part 91 March 196312 The Animal Hotel: Part 1222 March 196313 The Animal Hotel: Part 1329 March 196314 The Animal Hotel: Part 145 April 196315 The Animal Hotel: Part 1512 April 196317 The Animal Hotel: Part 1526 April 1963 22 The Animal Hotel 28 October 19633 The Animal Hotel 315 October 19634 The Animal Hotel 422 October 19635 The Animal Hotel 529 October 1963 Picture only exists - there is no sound.6 The Animal Hotel 65 November 19639 The Animal Hotel 926 November 196313 The Animal Hotel 1331 December 1963 31 The Animal Hotel 17 January 19642 The Animal Hotel 214 January 19643 The Animal Hotel 321 January 19644 The Animal Hotel 428 January 19645 The Animal Hotel 54 February 19646 The Animal Hotel 611 February 19647 The Animal Hotel 718 February 19648 The Animal Hotel 825 February 1964

The Barnstormers Of the 11 episodes made only episodes 1, 2 and 11 are missing. The Blackness All 6 episodes are missing.

The Citadel All 9 episodes are missing.

Crane Of the 39 episodes made, 37 are missing and only 2 survive.

The Devil in the Fog Of the 6 episodes made only episode 5 is missing.

Jango Out of the 8 episodes produced for the series, 7 of them are missing. The 7th episode produced for the series titled "Treacle on Three Fingers" is the only surviving episode of the series.

No Hiding Place Of the 236 episodes made, 194 are missing, 30 survive in full and 12 survive incomplete.

Object Z Returns All 6 episodes are missing.

Orlando Of the 76 episodes made, 72 are missing and only 4 survive.

Series Serial Title Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date 11The Silver Spoon13 April 19652Orlando Tells a Story20 April 19653A Ring of Dogs27 April 19654Humpty-Dumpty4 May 19655Mask of Fear11 May 19656The Black Snake18 May 19657Ding-Dong Bell25 May 19658Flight to Calais1 June 19659A Load of Bilge Water8 June 196510The New People 15 June 196511Skinny22 June 196512A Code for Life29 June 196513The Gold-Plated Football 6 July 1965 2A Slight Case of Pilfering1A Packet Full of Trouble5 April 19662A Man Called Burton12 April 19663The Achilles Heel19 April 19664Check26 April 19665The Cookie Begins to Crumble 10 May 19666Rainbow Day17 May 19667Follow the Leader 24 May 1966Orlando and the Cemetery Walkers8The Cemetery Walkers31 May 19669A Body in the Basin7 June 196610The Plot Thickens 14 June 196611Maiden Voyage 21 June 196612Break Out28 June 196613The Tables Turned 5 July 1966Orlando and the Gizzmo’s Revenge14High Jinks and Old Junk12 July 196615Royalty Moves In 19 July 196616Lady in Waiting26 July 196617Corpse Diplomatic2 August 196618Sink or Swim9 August 1966Now You See It - Now You Don’t19That Was No Lady - That Was the Man from M.I.N.C.E.16 August 196620Shuffle the Pack and up Pops the Joker23 August 196621A Funny Thing Happened to Me on My Way to Prison 30 August 196622And for My Next Trick6 September 196623The Spies That Went Into the Cold13 September 196624Don’t Go Down the Mine Chaps, It’s Bursting at the Seams20 September 1966Orlando and the Dangerous Waters29Find the Lady25 October 196630All in the Book1 November 1966Orlando and a Man Called Moosh31Has Anyone Seen Fred Kebah8 November 196632Come with Me to the Casbah15 November 196633A Man Called Moosh22 November 196634Only a Camel Loves a Camel 29 November 196635Hubble, Bubble, Double Trouble6 December 1966Stealers Keepers36Storm Warning 13 December 196637Wake up Screaming 20 December 196638A Peeping Tom and a Shoe27 December 196639Assassin Airborne 3 January 196740In at the Death10 January 1967 3Orlando and the Frightened Clown1Beginners Please 17 January 19672The Show Must Go On24 January 19673Clown on a Bike31 January 19674An Apple a Day…7 February 19675Send for Fred Pinwad14 February 19676Curtain Up21 February 1967Orlando and the Irish Stew7A Tune in the Night28 February 19678The Stew Thickens 7 March 19679Masks Over Masks14 March 196710A Bit of a Dance21 March 196711Pincer Movement 27 March 1967 4Orlando and the Return of Moosh1Beau Geste and All That25 March 19682When Did You Last See Your Father?1 April 19683Don’t Look Now, There’s a Djellebah Behind You8 April 19684Where Was Moosh When the Lights Went Out?15 April 1968Orlando and the Up the Jungle Affair5Lady Tapwater Turns It On22 April 19686Who’s Afraid of Piranha Fish?29 April 19687Me Tarzan - Up a Gum Tree6 May 19688Let’s All Be Hairy Together 13 May 1968Orlando and the Fifi Affair9Ou est Fifi Le Bon Bon?24 May 196810Aimez-Vous Serge Trowzerzoff?27 May 196811Comment Allez Are You Up?3 June 196812Au Revoir but Not Goodbye10 June 1968

Riviera Police Of the 13 episodes made, 8 are missing.

Series Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date 12That Kind of Girl9 August 19656A Shot in the Dark… And Two in the Midday Sun6 September 19658There Comes a Point20 September 19659Past Indefinite - Future Imperfect27 September 196510There’s Something Moving in the Water5 October 196511Girl on a Plate12 October 196512Bubbles Through a Looking Glass19 October 196513A Rainbow Has Two Ends26 October 1965

Smugglers’ Cove All 6 episodes are missing.

ATV (ITV)

Call Oxbridge 2000 22 episodes are missing out of the total of 23 episodes. The surviving episode is Episode 1 of the first series, which was released as part of the Soap Box: Volume 1 DVD.

Series Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date 12Episode 21 October 19613Episode 38 October 19614Episode 415 October 19615Episode 5 22 October 19616Episode 6 29 October 19617Episode 75 November 19618Episode 812 November 19619Episode 919 November 1961 21Episode 130 September 19622Episode 27 October 19623Episode 314 October 19624Episode 421 October 19625Episode 528 October 19626Episode 64 November 19627Episode 711 November 19628Episode 818 November 19629Episode 925 November 196210Episode 102 December 196211Episode 119 December 196212Episode 1216 December 196213Episode 1323 December 196214Episode 1430 December 1962

The Cliff Richard Show

Episode Title Original Broadcast DateNotes Episode dated 17 May 196917 May 1969 Guests - Cilla Black, Una Stubbs, Sheila White, Hank B. Marvin, Audrey Bayley, Wendy Gotelee, Celia Hetherington, Domini Winter, The Breakaways, Norrie Paramour and his Orchestra. Episode dated 31 August 197031 August 1970 Guests - Una Stubbs, Hank B. Marvin, Aretha Franklin, The Breakaways, Norrie Paramour and his Orchestra. Exists on 16mm b&w film, but the television programme was originally on 2" colour videotape. Episode dated 24 December 197024 December 1970 Guests - Olivia Newton-John, Marvin, Welch and Farrar, Una Stubbs, Hank Marvin, Norrie Paramour and his Orchestra, The Breakaways.

Crossroads Out of 4,522 episodes, 2,854 episodes are missing and 2 other episodes exist on formats of lower quality than the original. A full list can be seen here.

Emergency – Ward 10 Out of 1,139 episodes, 912 episodes are missing. A full list can be seen here

Fly Into Danger All 7 episodes survive but only episodes 3, 5 and 7 exist on 2” colour videotape, episodes 1, 2, 4 and 6 exist as 16mm black and white film prints.

General Hospital Out of 340 episodes, 232 episodes are missing. A full list can be seen here

The Golden Shot Out of 366 episodes, 337 episodes are missing, 4 episodes are incomplete and 18 other episodes exist on formats of lower quality than the original. A full list can be seen here

Little Big Time Out of the 52 episodes, only 1 episode is believed to exist from this 1968 children series, although the surviving episode isn’t fully available to the public, with only around 7-8 minutes of the episode being available to watch. A full list can be seen here

Lunch Box Out of 1,334 episodes, none exist as originally broadcast. Being a live magazine show the majority would not have been recorded in the first place. A collection of telerecorded sequences from the programme were retained. A full list can be seen here

Market in Honey Lane Series Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date 21The Initiation28 December 19672The Lost Leader4 January 19683Reasons Of State11 January 19684The Flower Game18 January 19685Third Party Risk25 January 19686The Matchmakers1 February 19687Cabbage8 February 19688Just Good Friends15 February 19689The Organisers22 February 196810Some Of My Best Friends Are ------s!29 February 196811Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes7 March 196812It's A Free Country, Isn't It?14 March 196813Balance Of Payment21 March 1968

Meet Peters and Lee Series Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date 11 Episode 125 December 1974

New Faces Out of 166 episodes, 128 episodes are missing. A full list can be seen here

Pipkins Out of 333 episodes, 197 episodes are missing, 2 episodes are incomplete, and 56 episodes exist on formats of lower quality tapes than the original ones. A full list can be seen here

Sara and Hoppity Out of 52 episodes produced for the 1962-1963 series, 1 official episode exists in its entirety, as does the unaired pilot.

Saturday Variety Although there are no episodes missing, 1 episode is only available on 16mm black-and-white film, having been recorded on 2" colour videotape. As the film print have Chroma dots visible, it will be possible in the future for the film to undergo Colour recovery.

Series Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date 12Episode 229 January 1972

Stryker of the Yard Series Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date 12The Case Of Uncle Henry7 December 1961

Sunday Night at the London Palladium Out of 389 episodes, 378 episodes are missing, and a further episode is incomplete. A full list can be seen here.

Thingumybob 7 out of the 8 episodes of this 1968 series are lost.

Timeslip Although none of the 26 episodes are missing or incomplete, 19 episodes exist only on 16mm black-and-white film and it was originally recorded on 2" colour videotape. As many of the film prints have Chroma dots visible, it will be possible in the future for the films to undergo Colour recovery.

Series Episode No. Episode Title Original Broadcast Date 11Episode 128 September 19702Episode 2 5 October 19703Episode 3 12 October 19704Episode 4 19 October 19705Episode 5 26 October 19706Episode 6 2 November 1970 21Episode 1 9 November 19702Episode 2 16 November 19703Episode 3 23 November 19704Episode 4 30 November 19705Episode 5 7 December 1970 31Episode 1 21 December 19702Episode 2 28 December 19703Episode 3 4 January 19714Episode 4 11 January 19715Episode 5 18 January 19716Episode 6 25 January 19717Episode 7 1 February 19718Episode 8 8 February 1971

Tiswas Out of 302 episodes, the exact number of episodes are missing is unclear, although it is believed that 22 episodes do exist in their entirety. A list can be seen here.

Two of a Kind Out of 68 episodes, 18 episodes are missing.