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

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 Soap Box: Volume 1 DVD.

The Cliff Richard Show

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

General Hospital

Out of 340 episodes, 254 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 one 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

Meet Peters and Lee

New Faces

Out of 166 episodes, 131 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, one episode is only available on 16mm black-and-white film, having been recorded on 2" colour videotape.

Stryker of the Yard

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.

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.

BBC

199 Park Lane

Out of 18 episodes, all episodes are missing.

A for Andromeda

Out of 7 episodes, 4 episodes are missing and 2 episodes are incomplete.

Abigail and Roger

Out of 8 or 9 episodes, all episodes are missing.

Adam Adamant Lives!

Out of 29 episodes, 12 episodes are missing and 1 episode only exists in 16mm black-and-white film and it was originally telerecorded on 35mm black-and-white film.

Bachelor Father

Out of 22 episodes, 10 episodes are missing and 11 episode exist only on 16mm black-and-white film and it was originally recorded on 2" colour videotape.

Christmas Night with the Stars

Out of 105 mini episodes, 71 mini episodes are missing and further episode is incomplete. It is important to note that Christmas Night with the Stars showed short seasonal editions of popular shows.

Dad's Army

In addition, the 16 October 1969 episode Room at the Bottom only survived on 16mm black-and-white film and it was originally recorded on 2" colour videotape. In 2008, the film underwent the Chroma dot colour recovery and was broadcast in colour for the first time in almost forty years on 13 December 2008.

Two of the four Christmas sketches of Dad's Army (broadcast as part of Christmas Night with the Stars between 1968 and 1972) survive only as off-air soundtrack recordings:

• "Present Arms" (1968) - soundtrack found in 2008, picture still missing.
• "The Cornish Floral Dance" - soundtrack found (can be heard on the DVD boxset), picture still missing.

Dixon of Dock Green

Out of 436 episodes, 385 episodes are missing and 18 episodes are incomplete. A full list can be seen here

Doctor Who

Audio versions of all missing episodes survive, made during the original broadcasts of the 1960s.

Unaired lost episodes

In addition to the official list of missing episodes, also missing is the original Episode 1 of The Daleks. At some point after the recording, it was discovered that a technical problem had caused backstage voices to be heard on the resulting videotape; in early December 1963, the episode was remounted with a different costume for Susan. The only surviving portion is the reprise at the beginning of Episode 2.

Planet of Giants is another odd example, having originally recorded four episodes. Directed by Douglas Camfield and entitled "The Urge to Live", Episode 4 was spliced together with the original Episode 3 ("Crisis") to create a faster-paced climax with only Camfield being credited on the resulting episode. This decision, made by then-Head of Drama Sydney Newman, resulted in a gap at the end of the second production block (and the creation of Mission to the Unknown); the unused portions of Episodes 3 and 4 are believed to have been destroyed.

The Gnomes of Dulwich

Out of 6 episodes, all 6 episodes are missing.

The Goodies

Out of 76 episodes, 1 episode is missing, 2 episodes exist on black & white film.

Hancock's Half Hour

Out of 57 episodes, 26 episodes are missing.

The Likely Lads

Out of 20 episodes, 10 episodes are missing.

Marriage Lines

Out of 44 episodes + 2 shorts episodes, the exact number of episodes missing is unclear, as the BBC and Kaleidoscope both have different lists. Both lists can be seen by clicking on BBC and Kaleidoscope

Marty

Out of 12 episodes, 4 episodes are missing (note sometimes series 2 is called "It's Marty")

The Morecambe & Wise Show

Out of 71 episodes, 5 episodes are missing, 1 is still being restored and 1 episode is incomplete. Off-air soundtracks survive.

Not in Front of the Children

Out of 38 episodes, 30 episodes are missing, 6 black and white episodes exist, 1 colour episode exists and 1 episode originally recorded on 2" colour videotape only exists as a 16mm b&w telerecording.

Pride and Prejudice

All 6 episodes are missing.

Top of the Pops

Out of 2,255 episodes, 514 episodes are missing, 97 episodes are incomplete and 13 other episodes exist on formats of lower quality than the original. A full list can be seen here

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