No Hiding Place

[adriane17]

What is the archive status of this and its predecessors/related series? Any chance of an archive release?

[Deleted]

Well, there's definitely enough episodes existing for a DVD set and i'd like to see this myself! Some of the episodes are in private hands though and official bodies like the BFI / Archbuild seem to show little interest in taking copies when they turn up on the collectors curcuit from time to time. I can't recall exactly how many survived at last count (probably about a dozen scattered across the various years) but only a drop in the ocean compared to how many were transmitted. There isn't much left of NHP's forerunners though, apart from about one episode.

[Stephen Doran]

Do you mean one episode of Murder Bag/Crime Sheet/Echo Four Two?

[LanceM]

Hello Again,

There is an opening segment from the only known surviving edition edition of Crime Sheet " The Superintendent Hedges A Bet",on youtube.As the poster had also loaned the 16mm print to the BFI.:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgkIya_F0lA&fmt=18

In Regards to the archive status of "No Hiding Place".

(http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=d119899a-ca0c-45b7-84ea-8919b2099768)

"Missing or incomplete episodes for programme NO HIDING PLACE.

Series 1
16.09.59 The Talking Doll (missing)
23.09.59 Checkmate (missing)
30.09.59 Wheels Of Fury (missing)
07.10.59 A Genuine Sale Of Murder (missing)
14.10.59 The Stalag Story (missing)
21.10.59 The Sharp Knife (missing)
28.10.59 Call Me A Killer (missing)
04.11.59 Everybody Loves Jerry (missing)
11.11.59 The Man Who Left his Coat (missing)
18.11.59 Murder With Witnesses (missing)
25.11.59 Ring Of Fear (missing)
02.12.59 With Suicidal Intent (missing)
09.12.59 No Wreath For Clive (missing)
16.12.59 Black Fashion (missing)
23.12.59 Stranger In The Parlour (missing)
30.12.59 Who Is Gustav Varnia? (missing)
13.01.60 The Golden Clown (missing)
20.01.60 A Man Of Straw (missing)
27.01.60 The Final Chase (missing)
Series 2
05.05.60 The Long Day (missing)
12.05.60 The Head Case (missing)
19.05.60 Stop Press (missing)
26.05.60 Man's Best Friend (missing)
02.06.60 Two Blind Mice (missing)
09.06.60 Six Eyes On A Stranger (missing)
16.06.60 The Last Flight Of The Eel (missing)
23.06.60 Bed Of Roses (missing)
30.06.60 A Straight White Line (missing)
07.07.60 State Visit (missing)
14.07.60 The Constant Widow (missing)
21.07.60 Raising Old Harry (missing)
28.07.60 The Last Deal (missing)
04.08.60 Three Small Bones (missing)
11.08.60 Trial And Error (missing)
18.08.60 The Burning Question (missing)
25.08.60 The Missing Moorhen (missing)
01.09.60 Dog Eat Dog (missing)
08.09.60 Double Fugue (missing)
16.09.60 Two-Time Loser (missing)
23.09.60 Girl In The Shadow (missing)
30.09.60 The Goat's Whiskers (missing)
07.10.60 A Very Respectable Man (missing)
14.10.60 The Point Of Release (missing)
21.10.60 Fair Lady (missing)
28.10.60 Footsteps On The Ceiling (missing)
Series 3
03.02.61 The Slippery Deck (missing)
10.02.61 The Long Stretch (missing)
17.02.61 Man In The Dark (missing)
24.02.61 A Warrant For Joe Roberts (missing)
03.03.61 Never Dine With Dead Men (missing)
24.03.61 Payment in Kind (missing)
07.04.61 The Toy House (missing)
14.04.61 A Girl Like Xanthe (missing)
21.04.61 Nina And The Night People (missing)
28.04.61 Told By A Dead Man (missing)
05.05.61 No Tears For Tobin (missing)
12.05.61 Fever (missing)
19.05.61 The Missing Suit (missing)
26.05.61 Mr. And Mrs. Smith (missing)
02.06.61 Finale (missing)
09.06.61 Process Of Elimination (missing)
16.06.61 Signals At Danger (missing)
23.06.61 The Final Fling (missing)
30.06.61 Explosion Underground (missing)
07.07.61 With Intent To Kill (missing)
21.07.61 Caught And Bowled (missing)
28.07.61 Silent Witnesses (missing)
Series 4
08.05.62 A Touch Of Nitrate (missing)
22.05.62 Little Girl Stolen (missing)
29.05.62 A Job For Johnny (missing)
05.06.62 Cover Story (missing)
12.06.62 Third Party Risk (missing)
19.06.62 The Convict's Wife (missing)
26.06.62 Car In Flames (missing)
03.07.62 A Surprise For Mr. Kemp (missing)
10.07.62 Epitaph For Johnnie (missing)
17.07.62 The Bank Job (missing)
24.07.62 Inquest On An Idol (missing)
31.07.62 The Skeleton Wore Boots (missing)
07.08.62 The Common Murder (see below)
One or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.
14.08.62 The Paying Guests (missing)
21.08.62 Thirty Seconds From Now (missing)
28.08.62 Whatever Happened To Wally? (missing)
04.09.62 A Cool Million (missing)
11.09.62 Straight To The Grave (missing)
18.09.62 A Talk With Yargo Simms (missing)
25.09.62 The Most Beautiful Room In The World (missing)
02.10.62 Top Of The Ladder (missing)
09.10.62 Time To Kill (missing)
23.10.62 A Run For The Sea (missing)
30.10.62 Key To Murder (missing)
06.11.62 A Corpse For The Cup (missing)
13.11.62 Contents Noted (missing)
20.11.62 Unfinished Business (missing)
27.11.62 The Girl In The Rain (missing)
04.12.62 Date For Deception (missing)
11.12.62 The Night Of The Game (missing)
18.12.62 The Front Man (missing)
25.12.62 100,000 Halfpennies (missing)
01.01.63 Death On The Doorstep (missing)
08.01.63 Who Killed Cock Robbin (missing)
15.01.63 The Image Of Frank Brown (missing)
29.01.63 A Pocketful Of Bones (missing)
05.02.63 The Imagination Of Taffy Lewis (missing)
19.02.63 Tell Them Upstairs (missing)
26.02.63 Hot Ice (missing)
12.03.63 Dead Certainty (missing)
19.03.63 A Bird To Watch The Marbles (missing)
Series 5
02.07.63 Alibis Are Fixed (missing)
09.07.63 Four Faces Of Clare (missing)
16.07.63 A Ticket For The Nudes (missing)
23.07.63 All Dead And Buried (missing)
30.07.63 Last Flight (missing)
06.08.63 Alexander's Ragtime Girl (missing)
13.08.63 Pay As You Earn (missing)
27.08.63 Peggy (missing)
03.09.63 Statement To The Press (missing)
10.09.63 The Scaremonger (missing)
17.09.63 Deadline For Dummy (missing)
24.09.63 Pillar To Post (missing)
01.10.63 The Smoke Boys (missing)
08.10.63 As Well As Murder (missing)
15.10.63 Two Dreams In A Fire (missing)
22.10.63 An Eye On The Kings (missing)
04.11.63 Requiem On A Typewriter (missing)
18.11.63 A Hole In The Head (missing)
25.11.63 The Gamblers (missing)
02.12.63 No Previous Convictions (missing)
09.12.63 Always A Copper (missing)
16.12.63 Death Of Samantha (missing)
23.12.63 Solomon Dancey's Luck (missing)
30.12.63 Formula For Death (missing)
06.01.64 A Car Is Stolen (missing)
Series 6
06.04.64 Play On Letters (missing)
13.04.64 Who Takes The Blame (missing)
20.04.64 The By Boys (missing)
27.04.64 My Father Is My Brother (missing)
04.05.64 Line Of Fire (missing)
11.05.64 The Write-Off (missing)
18.05.64 An Eye For An Eye (missing)
25.05.64 Red Roses For Emma (missing)
01.06.64 Death Of A Breadwinner (missing)
08.06.64 Greetings From A 12-Bore (missing)
22.06.64 It's Coming Down Harder (missing)
29.06.64 Trained To Kill (missing)
06.07.64 The Break Out (missing)
13.07.64 The Rainbow Turned To Dust (missing)
20.07.64 Varnish On Three Fingers (missing)
27.07.64 The Carrion Bird (missing)
03.08.64 The Hoarders (missing)
10.08.64 Aftertaste (missing)
17.08.64 The Things Money Can Buy (missing)
24.08.64 One Redeeming Feature (missing)
31.08.64 Hanging By A Thread (missing)
14.09.64 The Point Of Death (missing)
21.09.64 Why Baker Died (missing)
28.09.64 Real Class (missing)
05.10.64 Rogues' Gallery (missing)
12.10.64 Death Of A Dead Man (missing)
Series 7
01.02.65 Whoever's Right, Sweeney's Wrong (missing)
08.02.65 The Link (missing)
15.02.65 A Menace To The Public (missing)
22.02.65 Pom-Pom (missing)
01.03.65 Bear With A Sore Head (missing)
08.03.65 Truth Or Dare (missing)
15.03.65 Blood And Water (missing)
22.03.65 Found Dead (missing)
29.03.65 The Grass (missing)
05.04.65 The Bread Bag (missing)
12.04.65 Death Out Of Season (missing)
19.04.65 Music For Murder (missing)
26.04.65 To Find A Fox (missing)
31.05.65 Calculated Risk (missing)
21.06.65 A Cry For Help (missing)
28.06.65 Wolves Get Eaten, Too (missing)
19.07.65 The Hunted And The Hunters (missing)
26.07.65 The Lady On The Train (missing)
Series 8
03.11.65 The Jelly Boy (missing)
10.11.65 Hi-Jack (missing)
17.11.65 Danger - Wrong Turning (missing)
24.11.65 It Could Always Happen (missing)
01.12.65 A Moment Of Freedom (missing)
08.12.65 The Street (missing)
15.12.65 Run Johnny, Run (missing)
22.12.65 The Ring Of Truth (missing)
29.12.65 What's All This Then? (missing)
05.01.66 Sing Me The Old Song (missing)
12.01.66 The Lifer (missing)
19.01.66 A Dead Cert (missing)
26.01.66 The Fit-Up (missing)
Series 9
04.05.66 A Bottle Full Of Sixpences (missing)
18.05.66 The Old Pals Act (missing)
25.05.66 You Never Can Tell Till You Try (missing)
01.06.66 Charlie Come Lately (missing)
08.06.66 It Isn't Just The Money... (missing)
15.06.66 The Night Walker (missing)
22.06.66 The Smoker (missing)
29.06.66 The Killing (missing)
06.07.66 Golden Boy (missing)
13.07.66 A Hero Of Our Times (missing)
22.07.66 Leo Did The Picking And It All Went Bad (missing)
27.07.66 You Don't Think Twice (missing)
Series 10
23.03.67 The Game (missing)
30.03.67 A Girl Like You (missing)
06.04.67 A Price On My Head (missing)
13.04.67 A Letter For Helga (missing)
20.04.67 A Murder Is A Murder (missing)
27.04.67 New Faces For Old (missing)
04.05.67 Decree Absolute (missing)
11.05.67 Gentle Persuasion (missing)
18.05.67 A Through And Through With Powder (missing)
25.05.67 Just Like The Old Days (missing)
01.06.67 It Couldn't Be Charlie (missing)
08.06.67 Who Is This Mortimer? (missing)
15.06.67 Cause For Alarm (missing)
22.06.67 Personal Feelings Don't Count (missing)


216 episodes are missing or incomplete out of a total of 236."

Cheers,Lance.

[adriane17]

Thanks for the list - although it is always depressing to see such roll calls of the lost...

It would be great to see a DVD of any of it from Network (I assume) even though the one I would most like to see - "It Couldn't Be Charlie" with Wendy Varnals is, of course, missing....