From Chris Perry:- ""A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away someone decided to not keep all the television programmes ever made. After a while, people realised this was a mistake, and some jolly good programmes were now lost forever. Or where they? Enterprising people began to give up their free time to find lost TV footage. And a lot was found. But much remained to be done. But when asked, most people in the street didn't know what was a missing programme or indeed if they had one, so Ray Langstone decided to put together a list of the Top 100 Lost TV programmes. He asked many people via social media and also academics and industry professionals and they gave him their wish lists. Kaleidoscope thought that Ray Langstone deserved every support so they took it upon themselves to offer him logistical support with an accompanying book, a website that could tell people if shows were missing, and a workshop to convert the old tapes.
This is Ray's wonderful effort. Let's hope it helps find some lost material:
The Top 100 Lost TV Shows:
100 Opportunity Knocks ABC/Thames
99 Cliff Richard shows BBC
98 Play Away BBC
97 Today Thames
96 The Dick Emery Show BBC
95 The Informer Rediffusion
94 Orlando Rediffusion
93 Lulu shows BBC
92 The Adventures of Don Quick LWT
91 How? Southern
90 Theatre 625 BBC
89 CATS Eyes TVS
88 Little Big Time Southern
87 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop BBC
86 Sykes BBC
85 Our House ABC
84 Twice a Fortnight BBC
83 Boy Meets Girls ABC
82 The Frost Report BBC
81 Crane Rediffusion
80 Out of Town Southern
79 Sexton Blake Rediffusion/Thames
78 Late Night Horror BBC
77 Scene at 6.30 Granada
76 Time for Blackburn Southern
75 Sunday Night at the London Palladium ATV
74 Haunted ABC
73 The Big Pull BBC
72 Broaden Your Mind BBC
71 The Beat Room BBC
70 The Newcomers BBC
69 Compact BBC
68 Cilla Black shows BBC
67 A Whole Scene Going BBC
66 Dee Time/The Simon Dee Show BBC/LWT
65 Fraggle Rock TVS
64 A Show Called Fred/Son of Fred Rediffusion
63 The Complete and Utter History of Britain LWT
62 Paul Temple BBC
61 BBC Moon Landing Coverage BBC
60 Oh Boy! ABC
59 Timeslip - in colour! ATV
58 45/Rock On With 45 Granada
57 The Liver Birds BBC
56 Celebrity Squares ATV
55 Scott on… BBC
54 Police Surgeon ABC
53 David Frost's Moon Party LWT
52 Magpie Thames
51 World of Wooster BBC
50 Dr Finlay's Casebook BBC
49 The Adventure Game BBC
48 Taxi! BBC
47 Play for Today BBC
46 Freewheelers Southern
45 No Hiding Place Rediffusion
44 Madhouse on Castle Street BBC
43 The Adventures of Twizzle Rediffusion
42 Hunter's Walk ATV
41 Counterstrike BBC
40 Softly Softly BBC
39 The Golden Shot ATV
38 Tiswas ATV
37 On the Margin BBC
36 The Wednesday Play BBC
35 The Gnomes of Dulwich BBC
34 Pipkins ATV
33 Juke Box Jury BBC
32 Crossroads ATV
31 Armchair Theatre ABC/Thames
30 Disco 2 BBC
29 Thank Your Lucky Stars ABC
28 The Road (a Nigel Kneale play) BBC
27 Out of This World ABC
26 Sherlock Holmes BBC
25 Colour Me Pop BBC
24 Dramarama TVS
23 Dixon of Dock Green BBC
22 Mystery and Imagination ABC/Thames
21 At Last the 1948 Show Rediffusion
20 Til Death Do Us Part BBC
19 Do Not Adjust Your Set Rediffusion/Thames
18 Lift Off (With Ayshea) Granada
17 The Likely Lads BBC
16 Ready Steady Go! Rediffusion
15 Z Cars BBC
14 Adam Adamant Lives BBC
13 Hancock's Half Hour BBC
12 A for Andromeda BBC
11 The Quatermass Experiment BBC
10 Dad's Army BBC
9 Not Only But Also BBC
8 Public Eye ABC/Thames
7 Doomwatch BBC
6 Ace of Wands Thames
5 Callan ABC/Thames
4 Out of the Unknown BBC
3 The Avengers ABC
2 Top of the Pops BBC
1 Doctor Who BBC
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