The Top 100 Lost TV Shows

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 were 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:

#	Show	Distributor	Genre	First broadcast
100	Opportunity Knocks	ABC/Thames	Variety	1956
99	Cliff Richard shows	BBC	Variety	1969
98	Play Away	BBC	Kids	1971
97	Today	Thames	Current Affairs	1968
96	The Dick Emery Show	BBC	Comedy	1963
95	The Informer	Rediffusion	Drama	1966
94	Orlando	Rediffusion	Kids	1965
93	Lulu shows	BBC	Variety	1968
92	The Adventures of Don Quick	LWT	Drama	1970
91	How	Southern	Kids	1966
90	Theatre 625	BBC	Drama	1964
89	C.A.T.S. Eyes	TVS	Drama	1985
88	Little Big Time	Southern	Kids	1968
87	Multi-Coloured Swap Shop	BBC	Kids	1976
86	Sykes	BBC	Comedy	1961
85	Our House	ABC	Comedy	1960
84	Twice a Fortnight	BBC	Comedy	1967
83	Boy Meets Girls	ABC	Music	1959
82	The Frost Report	BBC	Comedy	1966
81	Crane	Rediffusion	Drama	1963
80	Out of Town	Southern	Documentary	1963
79	Sexton Blake	Rediffusion/Thames	Drama	1967
78	Late Night Horror	BBC	Drama	1968
77	Scene at 6:30	Granada	Current Affairs	1963
76	Time for Blackburn!	Southern	Chat show	1968
75	Sunday Night at the London Palladium	ATV	Variety	1955
74	Haunted	ABC	Drama	1967
73	The Big Pull	BBC	Sci-Fi	1962
72	Broaden Your Mind	BBC	Comedy	1968
71	The Beat Room	BBC	Music	1964
70	The Newcomers	BBC	Soap	1965
69	Compact	BBC	Soap	1962
68	Cilla shows	BBC	Variety	1968
67	A Whole Scene Going	BBC	Music	1966
66	Dee Time/The Simon Dee Show	BBC/LWT	Chat show	1967
65	Fraggle Rock	TVS	Kids	1984
64	A Show Called Fred/Son of Fred	Rediffusion	Comedy	1956
63	The Complete and Utter History of Britain	LWT	Comedy	1969
62	Paul Temple	BBC	Drama	1969
61	BBC Moon Landing Coverage	BBC	Current Affairs	1969
60	Oh Boy!	ABC	Music	1958
59	Timeslip - in colour!	ATV	Sci-Fi	1970
58	45/Rock on with 45	Granada	Music	1974
57	The Liver Birds	BBC	Comedy	1969
56	Celebrity Squares	ATV	Game Show	1975
55	Scott on... (Terry Scott)	BBC	Comedy	1964
54	Police Surgeon	ABC	Drama	1960
53	David Frost's Moon Party	LWT	Variety	1969
52	Magpie	Thames	Kids	1968
51	The World of Wooster	BBC	Comedy	1965
50	Dr. Finlay's Casebook	BBC	Drama	1962
49	The Adventure Game	BBC	Kids	1980
48	Taxi! (Sid James)	BBC	Comedy	1963
47	Play for Today	BBC	Drama	1970
46	Freewheelers	Southern	Kids	1968
45	No Hiding Place	Rediffusion	Drama	1959
44	The Madhouse on Castle Street	BBC	Drama	1963
43	The Adventures of Twizzle	Rediffusion	Kids	1957
42	Hunter's Walk	ATV	Drama	1973
41	Counterstrike	BBC	Sci-Fi	1969
40	Softly, Softly	BBC	Drama	1966
39	The Golden Shot	ATV	Game Show	1967
38	Tiswas	ATV	Kids	1979
37	On the Margin	BBC	Comedy	1966
36	The Wednesday Play	BBC	Drama	1964
35	The Gnomes of Dulwich	BBC	Comedy	1969
34	Pipkins	ATV	Kids	1973
33	Juke Box Jury	BBC	Music	1959
32	Crossroads	ATV	Soap	1964
31	Armchair Theatre	ABC/Thames	Drama	1956
30	Disco 2	BBC	Music	1970
29	Thank Your Lucky Stars	ABC	Variety	1961
28	The Road (Nigel Kneale)	BBC	Drama	1963
27	Out of This World	ABC	Sci-Fi	1962
26	Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing)	BBC	Drama	1968
25	Colour Me Pop	BBC	Music	1968
24	Dramarama	TVS	Drama	1983
23	Dixon of Dock Green	BBC	Drama	1955
22	Mystery and Imagination	ABC/Thames	Drama	1966
21	At Last the 1948 Show	Rediffusion	Comedy	1967
20	Till Death Us Do Part	BBC	Comedy	1966
19	Do Not Adjust Your Set	Rediffusion/Thames	Comedy	1967
18	Lift Off	Granada	Music	1969
17	The Likely Lads	BBC	Comedy	1964
16	Ready, Steady, Go!	Rediffusion	Music	1963
15	Z Cars	BBC	Drama	1962
14	Adam Adamant Lives!	BBC	Drama	1966
13	Hancock's Half-Hour	BBC	Comedy	1956
12	A for Andromeda	BBC	Sci-Fi	1961
11	The Quatermass Experiment	BBC	Sci-Fi	1953
10	Dad's Army	BBC	Comedy	1968
9	Not Only... But Also	BBC	Comedy	1965
8	Public Eye	ABC/Thames	Drama	1965
7	Doomwatch	BBC	Sci-Fi	1970
6	Ace of Wands	Thames	Kids	1970
5	Callan	ABC/Thames	Drama	1967
4	Out of the Unknown	BBC	Sci-Fi	1965
3	The Avengers	ABC	Drama	1961
2	Top of the Pops	BBC	Music	1964
1	Doctor Who	BBC	Sci-Fi	1963