Lost television broadcast

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'''Lost television broadcasts''' are television programs that were not preserved after their original airing, rendering them permanently lost. This particularly affects television programs that aired before the widespread use of home video recording and digital archiving.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Cherry|last=Gale|date=2 July 2024|title=Unravelling the mystery of lost television|url=https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/unravelling-the-mystery-of-lost-television/|access-date=26 November 2024|website=National Science and Media Museum blog|language=en-GB}}</ref> A significant portion of early television programming was never recorded, largely because recording equipment was unavailable or the content was considered to have little monetary or historical value.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2008|title=How Was Early Television Preserved?|url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection-2/lost-programs/lost-programs-early-television-preserved/|access-date=10 September 2024|website=Paley Center|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Wiping == Wiping and junking are colloquial terms for actions taken by radio, television, production and broadcasting companies to erase or destroy old audiotapes, videotapes, and kinescopes. Although the practice was once typical, especially in the 1960s and 1970s,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moloney|first=Ciara|date=20 March 2022|title=The Great Wipeout of Television History|url=https://thesundae.net/2022/03/20/what-gets-lost/|access-date=15 September 2024|website=The Sundae|language=en-GB}}</ref> wiping is much less common today.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moloney|first=Ciara|date=20 March 2022|title=The Great Wipeout of Television History|url=https://thesundae.net/2022/03/20/what-gets-lost/|access-date=10 December 2024|website=The Sundae|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Ongoing recovery efforts ==

=== Australia === The majority of locally produced original programing in Australia was funded by the government-owned Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC). Commercial stations created their own programs, yet by June 1964, ABC had produced 185 of the 212 plays, all 31 operas, and 90 of the 95 ballets shown on Australian television in that period.<ref>Stuart Cunningham et al., The Media and Communications in Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2001, {{ISBN|978-1-86508-674-3}}), p.175</ref>

Although many important ABC programs from these early days were captured as kinescopes, most of this material was later lost or destroyed. In a 1999 newspaper article on the subject, author Bob Ellis recounted the story of a large collection of kinescopes of early ABC drama productions and other programs, including some of the first Australian Shakespeare television productions and the pioneering popular music show ''Six O'Clock Rock''. Learning that the ABC planned to dispose of these recordings, Bruce Beresford (then a production assistant at the ABC) arranged for a friend to pose as a silver nitrate dealer, and the anonymous collector purchased the films for a nominal cost. Subsequently, the collector occasionally rented some of the recordings out to schools for a small fee. However, the daughter of one of the actors involved (Owen Weingott), recognized her father from a Shakespeare production and told him about it. Assuming that ABC still owned the print and was making money out of these recordings without compensating the actors, Weingott lodged an official complaint. Commonwealth police descended on the illegal collector, but he was warned that they were coming, and in a panic, he destroyed almost all the material he possessed.<ref>Bob Ellis, "The Lost Picture Show", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 20 February 1999</ref>

The National Film and Sound Archive holdings of 1950s-era shows include several episodes of the 1957 discussion series ''Leave It to the Girls'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22leave+it+to+the+girls%22+Media:%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;resCount=10|title=NFSA – Search Results|website=National Film & Sound Archive|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224064441/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22leave+it+to+the+girls%22+Media:%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;resCount=10|url-status=live}}</ref> most of the 1958–1959 soap opera ''Autumn Affair'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22autumn+affair%22+Media:%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;resCount=10|title=NFSA – Search Results|website=National Film & Sound Archive|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224113934/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22autumn+affair%22+Media:%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;resCount=10|url-status=live}}</ref> and several episodes of the comedy game show ''The Pressure Pak Show''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22pressure+pak+show%22+Years:%3E=1957+Years:%3C=1959+Media:%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;resCount=10|title=NFSA – Search Results|website=National Film & Sound Archive|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224062243/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22pressure+pak+show%22+Years:%3E=1957+Years:%3C=1959+Media:%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;resCount=10|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Brazil === From 1968 to 1969, Rede Tupi produced new episodes of the telenovela ''Beto Rockfeller'' by recording over previous episodes; as a result, few of the older episodes survived. After the closure of TV Tupi in 1980, the 536 tapes at its São Paulo studios were transported to a warehouse in the São Paulo municipality of Cotia. They were left to deteriorate there until being recovered by the Cinemateca Brasileira in 1985 and subsequently restored by TV Cultura in 1989. Only two Rede Tupi–owned and operated stations are known to have any preserved videotapes; TV Itacolomi's archives are now owned by TV Alterosa, the Minas Gerais affiliate of SBT in Belo Horizonte. In contrast, almost all of TV Piratini's material was lost in a fire in 1983, two years after the building of the extinct station was occupied by TVE-RS, the statewide public television station in Rio Grande do Sul. The few surviving TV Piratini tapes are stored at the Hipólito José da Costa Communication Museum in Porto Alegre, which are in a heavily deteriorated state.<ref>{{cite news|title=Após anos de descaso, Museu da Comunicação corre o risco de 'perder tesouros'|url=https://www.sul21.com.br/em-destaque/2015/06/apos-anos-de-descaso-museu-da-comunicacao-corre-o-risco-de-perder-tesouros/|access-date=12 August 2021|work=Sul 21|date=27 June 2015|language=pt-br|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205235747/https://sul21.com.br/em-destaqueultimas-noticiasgeral/2015/06/apos-anos-de-descaso-museu-da-comunicacao-corre-o-risco-de-perder-tesouros/|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, a number of tapes at the Rede Tupi studios in Urca, Rio de Janeiro, were later found to have been significantly degraded by vinegar syndrome, so they were unable to be migrated to a modern format. However, part of the library of Rio de Janeiro TV Tupi studios was founded in 2005 at the headquarters of Radio Tupi and later donated to the Brazilian National Archive, which signed an agreement with Globo in 2007 to preserve the material.<ref name="Historia">{{cite journal|last1=Busetto|first1=Áureo|title=Vale a pena ver de novo – organização e acesso a arquivos televisivos na França, Grã-Bretanha e no Brasil|journal=História (São Paulo)|date=December 2014|volume=33|issue=2|pages=380–407|doi=10.1590/1980-436920140002000018|doi-access=free|hdl=11449/114165|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rede Globo e Arquivo Nacional firmam acordo para recuperar imagens raras da TV Tupi|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/rede-globo-arquivo-nacional-firmam-acordo-para-recuperar-imagens-raras-da-tv-tupi-4163184|access-date=12 August 2021|work=O Globo|date=11 August 2007|language=pt-BR|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812164851/https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/rede-globo-arquivo-nacional-firmam-acordo-para-recuperar-imagens-raras-da-tv-tupi-4163184|url-status=live}}</ref>

The public television network Cultura has preserved many old programs and has one of the most complete archives among Brazilian television networks. Despite having suffered a fire in 1986, this fire did not reach the station's archives.<ref name="Historia" />

After the bankruptcy of Manchete in 1999, most of the collection was seized at the station's studios in Rio de Janeiro until it was included in the bankruptcy estate and later auctioned by the Brazilian courts, which caused part of the library to be lost.<ref name="Historia" /> However, some telenovelas (such as ''Pantanal'') had reruns by some television networks (such as SBT and Band).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Francfort|first1=Elmo|title=Rede Manchete : aconteceu, virou história|date=2008|publisher=Imprensa Oficial|location=São Paulo|isbn=978-8570605894}}</ref>

=== Canada === The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has rarely wiped programs it has produced. As a result, the CBC now maintains a nearly complete archive of all programming it produced that was recorded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.cbc.ca/info/archives/archives_en_04.asp?IDLan=1|title=CBC Archives|date=10 April 2013|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=12 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712080201/http://archives.cbc.ca/info/archives/archives_en_04.asp?IDLan=1|url-status=live}}</ref> One exception was the 1953–54 science{{nbh}}fiction series ''Space Command'', of which only one out of 150 episodes are known to survive.<ref name="Ernest">{{cite web|url=http://www.avtrust.ca/VanishingSpaceCommand.pdf|accessdate=29 August 2012|date=7 July 2006|title=Vanishing Media: Space Command|first=Ernest J.|last=Dick|publisher=AVTrust|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165225/http://www.avtrust.ca/VanishingSpaceCommand.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2011}}</ref> However, the whole series was kined for distribution to stations across Canada. The CBC has also said that the 1984–1993 music video series, ''Video Hits'', no longer exists in their archives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/allinaday/2014/10/20/celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-of-video-hits/|title=CBC.ca – All In A Day – Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Video Hits|website=www.cbc.ca|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801090609/https://www.cbc.ca/allinaday/2014/10/20/celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-of-video-hits/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Chile === During the 1973 coup, the military burned a large portion of the publicly owned Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) archives between 1969 and 1973.<ref>{{Citation|title=Archivo 24: los archivos de TVN que sobrevivieron a la dictadura {{!}} 24 Horas TVN Chile|date=31 March 2023|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jPASE3r7sA|access-date=16 April 2023|publisher=24 Horas TVN|language=es}}</ref>

Canal 13 (formerly Catholic University of Chile TV) also had programs whose records are lost or never existed because they were only broadcast live. Although ''Sábado Gigante'' began in 1962, it only had recorded programs or fragments since the early 1970s. Popular live sitcom ''El litre 4916'', broadcast between 1963 and 1965, was not recorded and had no surviving episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|year=2013|title="El Litre 4916"|url=https://www.teleserieschilenas.cl/2013/04/el-litre-4916.html|access-date=16 April 2023|publisher=Teleseries Chilenas}}</ref>

=== Europe === The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 was broadcast live on radio and television, but only a partial audio recording of a radio transmission has survived from the original broadcast, with an independently filmed clip of the winner's reprise as the only video available. The ninth edition in 1964 was rumored to have been recorded on tape by DR, the Danish broadcaster and that edition's host nation, but was later destroyed in a fire.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Copenhagen 1964|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-1964|access-date=16 April 2024|website=eurovision.tv|language=en}}</ref> However, DR later stated that a recording was never made in the first place, as no tape machines were available at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 March 2019|title=BILLEDER: I denne uge er det 55 år siden, Danmark holdt sit første Eurovision i Tivoli|url=https://www.dr.dk/om-dr/nyheder/billeder-i-denne-uge-er-det-55-aar-siden-danmark-holdt-sit-foerste-eurovision-i-tivoli|access-date=16 April 2024|website=DR|language=da-DK}}</ref> Another recording of the contest was thought to have existed at the French television archives,<ref>{{Cite web|title=9eme-concours-eurovision-de-la-chanson-1964|url=http://inatheque.ina.fr/doc/TV-RADIO/DA_CPF96003532/9eme-concours-eurovision-de-la-chanson-1964?rang=21|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716044237/http://inatheque.ina.fr/doc/TV-RADIO/DA_CPF96003532/9eme-concours-eurovision-de-la-chanson-1964%3Frang%3D21|archive-date=16 July 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|website=Institut national de l'audiovisuel}}</ref> but it has since been revealed that this is not the case.<ref>{{cite web|last1=ten Veen|first1=Renske|title=Lost in Copenhagen: French television archive INA confirms it does NOT possess a copy of missing Eurovision 1964 show|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/07/31/french-television-archive-ina-does-not-have-eurovision-1964/266236/|website=Wiwibloggs.com|date=31 July 2021|publisher=Wiwibloggs|access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>

==== Belgium ==== Most Flemish youth series from the 1950s were not preserved: ''Bolletje en Bonestaak'' (1955), ''Jan zonder Vrees'' (''John the Fearless'', 1956), ''Schatteneiland'' (''Treasure Island'', 1957), ''Reis om de wereld in 80 dagen'' (''Around the World in 80 Days'', 1957), and ''Professor Kwit'' (1958). The series ''Manko Kapak'' (1959) is an exception and survives on kine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Captain Zeppos – Other Belgian Series|url=http://www.zeppos.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/uk_brt_vrt_series.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227192916/http://www.zeppos.hiddentigerbooks.co.uk/uk_brt_vrt_series.htm|archive-date=27 December 2016|access-date=27 December 2016|website=Hidden Tiger Books}}</ref> Only three of the 12 episodes of the Flemish courtroom drama series ''Beschuldigde sta op'' from the 1960s to 1980 survive.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DVDInfo.be – Besprekingen|url=http://www.dvdinfo.be/bespreking.php?id=8435|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112161918/http://www.dvdinfo.be/bespreking.php?id=8435|archive-date=12 November 2017|access-date=12 November 2017|website=DVDInfo}}</ref>

==== Czechia ==== In 1997, the Czech Television studio archive in Ostrava experienced a devastating flood. The flood destroyed 30,000 news film shots, 6,000 films, 2,000 video tapes, 9,000 scripts, 10,000 photographs, half of the sound archive and the costume department and the props warehouse.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Televizní studio Ostrava v datech — Historie — Televizní studio Ostrava — Česká televize|url=https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ts-ostrava/historie/tso-v-datech/|access-date=13 March 2023|website=www.ceskatelevize.cz}}</ref>

==== Finland ==== In Finland, the law on the archiving of TV programs came into effect in 1984. In 1981, Finland held a televised competition to select their musical entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. The only live performance from their semi-final round is of the Leevi and the Leavings, which was discovered in a private collection recorded on a VHS cassette. The original tape from Yle (the Finnish Broadcasting Company) containing all fifteen acts is lost, although all acts that qualified for the final round are available online.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tallenne Leevi and the Leavingsin ainoasta live-esiintymisestä löytynyt – katso ainutlaatuinen video 38 vuoden takaa|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-11135829|newspaper=Yleisradio|accessdate=7 April 2024|date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227180937/https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11135829|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=FINNISH SEMI-FINAL 1981|url=http://natfinals.50webs.com/70s_80s/Finland1981SF.html|access-date=17 April 2024|website=natfinals.50webs.com}}</ref> The majority of these annual competitions held between 1961 and 1984 are now lost.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finland: UMK|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/national/finland|access-date=17 April 2024|website=Eurovisionworld|language=en-gb}}</ref>

==== Ireland ==== The Republic of Ireland was a latecomer to television, with Telefís Éireann being established at the end of 1961. Although early news broadcasts were recorded on kines, almost all broadcasts up until 1977 are lost. Of the soap opera ''Tolka Row'' (1964–68) only the last episode survives, while almost all the early episodes of ''The Late Late Show'' (1962–present) are lost. Even when shows were sent abroad{{spaces}}— ''The Riordans'' was sent to Australia for rebroadcast{{spaces}}— the tapes were often sent back to Ireland and recorded over, as they were so expensive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcu.ie/~sheehanh/60s-itvd.htm|title=Irish television drama in the 1960s|first=Dr Helena|last=Sheehan|website=www.dcu.ie|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907104405/http://www.dcu.ie/~sheehanh/60s-itvd.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Linehan|first1=Hugh|title=RTÉ archive a treasure trove of faces, voices and memories|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/rt%C3%A9-archive-a-treasure-trove-of-faces-voices-and-memories-1.2665155|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=30 May 2016|archive-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316152006/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/rt%C3%A9-archive-a-treasure-trove-of-faces-voices-and-memories-1.2665155|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Netherlands ==== The 1970s Dutch TV series ''The Eddy-Go-Round Show'' hosted by Eddy Becker, despite featuring high-profile guests, is reported to have been largely erased by the broadcaster it aired on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abbaontv.com/1975/description-eddy-go-round.html|title=ABBA on TV – The Eddy Go Round Show|website=www.abbaontv.com|access-date=24 May 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051557/http://www.abbaontv.com/1975/description-eddy-go-round.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, a short section featuring Swedish pop group ABBA performing "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" was later uncovered on a tape recorded by a home viewer. An additional episode was later uncovered as the host had kept a copy for himself and was later re{{nbh}}broadcast on a Dutch cable channel in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abbaontv.com/1975/description-eddy-becker-show.html|title=ABBA on TV – The Eddy Go Round Show|website=www.abbaontv.com|access-date=24 May 2013|archive-date=2 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402180957/http://abbaontv.com/1975/description-eddy-becker-show.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Yugoslavia (SFRY) ==== Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) practiced wiping until the 1970s when it gained access to newer and cheaper methods of recording, which allowed it to regularly archive programming.{{Cit|date=May 2026}}

=== Japan === Of the original 1973 ''Doraemon'', 31 segments are now considered lost. The show only lasted for 26 episodes{{spaces}}— it was interrupted due to the dissolution of the production studio Nippon TV Video, which sold off many of the show's reels in an effort to avoid bankruptcy. Twenty-three segments/episodes are known to have survived, two of which have no audio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-strange-case-of-the-1973-doraemon-series/|title=The Strange Case of the 1973 "Doraemon" Series|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=3 December 2016|archive-date=3 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703035959/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-strange-case-of-the-1973-doraemon-series/|url-status=live}}</ref>

All episodes of Osamu Tezuka's anime ''Big X'' are reportedly lost, except for episodes one, eleven, and 40–59. Only episodes 37 and 38 of ''Space Alien Pipi'' survive, along with the opening and ending theme. Certain episodes of ''Perman'' are lost, while some have picture but no audio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/lost-tv-anime/|title=Lost TV Anime {{!}} Cartoon Research|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808013015/http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/lost-tv-anime/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Most episodes of the children's puppet show ''Hyokkori Hyōtanjima'', running from 1964 to 1969 on NHK for total of 1,224 episodes, were reportedly wiped after the broadcast. The tapes were reportedly reused for other programs since video tapes were costly. Six episodes have resurfaced from black-and-white kinescopes, as well as two color episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~uk9o-tkzw/tvequip.html|title=懐かしのテレビラジオ録音コレクションレトロ番組の録画技術について|trans-title=A nostalgic collection of TV and radio recordings: About recording techniques for retro programs.|website=asahi-net.or.jp|access-date=13 July 2020|archive-date=13 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213075456/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~uk9o-tkzw/tvequip.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Pakistan === In Pakistan, VCR recordings are the only source of footage for some programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1125500|title=The story behind the loss of PTV's precious archives|first=Adi|last=Abdurab|date=15 August 2014|website=dawn.com|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801090555/https://www.dawn.com/news/1125500|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Center for Media Psychology Research Pakistan website gives a different story, stating that after the switch to color broadcast, the recording medium in the 1970s was the one-inch spool format which recorded sound and electronic moving pictures as a combined stream on a magnetic recording medium. However, the one-inch magnetic spool containing all old archives was eventually lost.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nucleustelevision.com/cmprp/tag/ptv/|title=PTV – Center for Media Psychology Research Pakistan|website=nucleustelevision.com|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801090557/http://nucleustelevision.com/cmprp/tag/ptv/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Philippines === According to a lawsuit about Roberto Benedicto, it was reported that the equipment, as well as ABS-CBN's 1953 archival footage, were reported missing during a 1979–1980 military inventory in Meycauayan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2008 |title=G.R. No. 133347 |url=https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/oct2008/gr_133347_2008.html |website=LAWPHiL}}</ref> Some sources mention that they were stored in PTV-4's archives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Katigbak |first=Leo |date=27 January 2026 |title=A Facebook post about YOUR EVENING WITH PILITA, a program hosted by Pilita Corales |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CNHaiamLt/ |website=Facebook}}</ref>

=== United Kingdom === {{Main|List of lost television broadcasts in the United Kingdom}}

==== Recording technology and rights ==== Drama and entertainment output was studio-based and followed the tradition of live theatre and radio drama.<ref name="Rossen">{{cite web|title=Wipe Out: When the BBC Kept Erasing Its Own History|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501607/wipe-out-when-bbc-kept-erasing-its-own-history|last=Rossen|first=Jake|date=8 August 2017|access-date=12 March 2021|work=mentalfloss.com|archive-date=14 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314034210/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501607/wipe-out-when-bbc-kept-erasing-its-own-history|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Sunday-Night Play'' (a major event in the 1950s) was performed live in the studio. On following Thursdays, because telerecording was then of insufficient broadcast quality, another live performance was broadcast, with the artists returning to perform the play again. ''Black Limelight'' is a stage play that was adapted for British television three times, with each version being lost. These include a 1952 version as part of ''Sunday Night Theatre'', which was broadcast live and not recorded,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=75b99d8f-48c9-40a9-8cd4-7a3e123b54d1|title=TVBrain – Kaleidoscope – Lost shows – TV Archive – TV History|website=www.lostshows.com|access-date=10 March 2014|archive-date=10 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310084401/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=75b99d8f-48c9-40a9-8cd4-7a3e123b54d1|url-status=live}}</ref> a 1956 version as part of ''Armchair Theatre''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=7155cd25-2194-4007-b263-7c135cec5347|title=TVBrain – Kaleidoscope – Lost shows – TV Archive – TV History|website=www.lostshows.com|access-date=10 March 2014|archive-date=10 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310091025/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=7155cd25-2194-4007-b263-7c135cec5347|url-status=live}}</ref> and a 1962 version as part of ''BBC Sunday-Night Play''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=d9b43ef8-6c3c-47be-9834-4c9368639edc|title=TVBrain – Kaleidoscope – Lost shows – TV Archive – TV History|website=www.lostshows.com|access-date=10 March 2014|archive-date=10 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310084031/http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=d9b43ef8-6c3c-47be-9834-4c9368639edc|url-status=live}}</ref>

===== Lost programs ===== ''Madhouse on Castle Street'', a 1963 BBC teleplay starring a then-unknown Bob Dylan, is considered lost. It was erased in 1968, and despite attempts by the British Film Institute to recover it, a telerecorded copy has still not been found {{as of|2020|lc=on}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/reviews/2005/arenadylan.htm|title=Arena: Dylan in the Madhouse|date=28 September 2005|last=Worthington|first=TJ|work=OFF THE TELLY|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=17 January 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117135506/http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/reviews/2005/arenadylan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of 2026, 95 black and white episodes of the BBC science-fiction series ''Doctor Who'' are not known to survive, all from the tenures of the first two Doctors, William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton (see ''Doctor Who'' missing episodes). Audio recordings survive for all of the lost episodes and have been released commercially by the BBC. Several episodes of some serials, including ''The Invasion'', ''The Reign of Terror'', ''The Power of the Daleks'' and ''The Ice Warriors'' (all episodes only surviving in audio form), were reconstructed using animation for DVD releases.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The missing episodes.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/missingepisodes.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312042631/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/missingepisodes.shtml|archive-date=12 March 2012|access-date=23 December 2019|website=BBC}}</ref>

The BBC wiped many editions of ''Not Only... But Also'', starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore from its archives in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Cook and Moore reportedly offered to pay for the cost of preservation and buy new videotapes so that the old tapes would not need to be reused, but this offer was rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/notonlybutalso/index.shtml|title=BBC Comedy page on "Not Only... But Also"|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230010537/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/notonlybutalso/index.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Some telerecordings of the black and white episodes survive, but the completed programs on color videotape of the 1970 series were wiped. As a result of this, the only surviving color sketches are the {{nowrap|16 mm film inserts.}}

There is lost material in all genres{{spaces}}— as late as the early 1990s, a large number of videotaped children's programs from the 1970s and 1980s were irretrievably wiped by the BBC archives on the assumption that they were of "low priority", without consulting the BBC children's department itself.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tvcream.co.uk/ott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/index8e01.html?page_id=781|title=Of Finger Mice and Mr. Men – The Story of Watch with Mother Part Eleven: Andy is Waving Goodbye|last=Worthington|first=TJ|date=November 2006|work=Off the Telly|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref>

===== Other lost material ===== Episodes of the pop music chart show ''Top of the Pops'' from its first decade were either wiped or, if transmitted live, not recorded. The Beatles' only live appearance on ''Top of the Pops'' in 1966, performing the single "Paperback Writer" is believed to have been wiped in a clear-out in the 1970s. An off-air recording of 11{{spaces}}seconds of footage made on an 8{{spaces}}mm film camera was discovered in April 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clip of 'lost' Beatles Top of the Pops performance unearthed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47854806|access-date=8 April 2019|work=BBC News|date=8 April 2019|archive-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408174619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47854806|url-status=live}}</ref>

Live sporting events such as the 1954 FIFA World Cup also suffered from significant gaps in coverage and preservation. The BBC, which broadcast select matches in the United Kingdom, relied on coverage provided by the transnational Eurovision Network. As a result, coverage of the 1954 tournament was incomplete. The BBC live broadcast selected matches such as Hungary's 8–3 group stage victory over West Germany. But other games, like England's match against Switzerland, were only shown as highlights days later. Additionally only the second halves of two quarter-finals and one semi-final were broadcast live, as were parts of the final between West Germany and Hungary. Competing priorities within the Eurovision Network also meant certain matches were not broadcast at all, such as one semi-final being omitted in favor of an "Agricultural Parade" in Copenhagen. No complete recordings of the tournament are known to exist today.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tyers|first=Simon|date=7 July 2014|title=How World Cup TV coverage has changed since the 1950s|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/when-saturday-comes-blog/2014/jul/07/world-cup-tv-television-coverage-changed-1954-1958|access-date=15 January 2025|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Programme List|url=https://tvfootballalmanac.weebly.com/progres.html?Season=1953-54|access-date=15 January 2025|website=THE TV FOOTBALL ALMANAC|language=en}}</ref>

===== Finding missing BBC programs ===== Since the establishment of an archival policy for television in 1978, BBC archivists and others over the years have used various contacts in the UK and abroad to try to track down missing programs. For example, all BBC Worldwide customers{{spaces}}— broadcasters around the world{{spaces}}— who had bought programs from the corporation were contacted to see if they still had copies that could be returned; ''Doctor Who'' is a prime example of how this method recovered episodes that the corporation did not retain. At the turn of the 21st century, the BBC established its Archive Treasure Hunt, a public appeal to recover lost productions, which has had some success.<ref name="BBCTH">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/about/listoffinds.shtml|title=BBC Online – Cult – Treasure Hunt – List of Finds|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=30 July 2010|archive-date=22 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322193319/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/about/listoffinds.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The BBC also has close contacts with the National Film and Television Archive, which is part of the British Film Institute and its "Missing Believed Wiped" event which was first held in 1993 and is part of a campaign to locate lost items from British television's past. There is also a network of collectors who, if they find any programs missing from the BBC archives, will contact the corporation with information{{spaces}}— or sometimes even the actual footage. Some examples of programs recovered for the archives are ''Doctor Who'', ''Steptoe and Son'', ''Till Death Us Do Part'', ''Dad's Army'', ''Letter from America'',<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/archivenews/2014/letters_from_america_rediscovered.html Letter from America rediscovered] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122053935/https://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/archivenews/2014/letters_from_america_rediscovered.html|date=22 November 2021}}, bbc.co.uk, 28 March 2014</ref> ''The Likely Lads'', and ''Play for Today''.

==== ITV ==== The original (not broadcast) black-and-white recording of the premiere episode of the British series ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1970–1975) does not exist in any form, with the possible exception of a few stills and the location footage which features at the start of the transmitted shot-in-color rerecording of the episode. The original recording took place on 13 November 1970, and was in monochrome, owing to a dispute with studio technicians, the so-called Colour Strike, who refused to work with color recording equipment as part of a rule to work. The following five episodes were also recorded in monochrome, before the dispute ended with the recording of episode 6 in colour on 12 February 1971. After the entire thirteen-episode season run had been recorded, it was decided to rerecord the first episode in colour to gain the highest possible audience for its first UK transmission and to help with overseas sales. The re-recording took place on 21 May 1971, and the series' UK debut was on 10 October 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.updown.org.uk/epguide/s1.htm|title=Upstairs, Downstairs – Season One|website=www.updown.org.uk|access-date=5 July 2009|archive-date=13 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413174943/http://www.updown.org.uk/epguide/s1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Recovery of missing programs ==== It emerged in September 2010 that more than 60 recordings of BBC and ITV drama productions originally sent for broadcast in the United States by the PBS station WNET (which serves New York City and New Jersey) had been found at the Library of Congress.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|date=11 September 2010|title=Lost tapes of classic British television found in the US|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/12/lost-tapes-classic-british-television|access-date=15 September 2010|work=The Observer|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

In 2006, a life-sized Dalek was given to anyone who found and returned one of the missing episodes of ''Doctor Who''.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 April 2006|title=Missing episode hunt|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/04/20/31423.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204014147/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/04/20/31423.shtml|archive-date=4 December 2008|access-date=23 April 2006|publisher=BBC Doctor Who news}}</ref> In December 2012, the ''Radio Times'' announced it was launching a hunt for more ''Doctor Who'' episodes in aid of the show's 50th anniversary,<ref name="The hunt for the lost classics of Doctor Who">{{cite web|last=Mulkern|first=Patrick|date=8 December 2012|title=The hunt for the lost classics of Doctor Who|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-12-08/the-hunt-for-the-lost-classics-of-doctor-who1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212153432/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-12-08/the-hunt-for-the-lost-classics-of-doctor-who1|archive-date=12 December 2012|access-date=13 December 2012|work=Radio Times|publisher=Immediate Media Company}}</ref> by publishing their own list of missing episodes<ref name="RT's checklist of missing Doctor Who episodes">{{cite web|last=Mulkern|first=Patrick|date=8 December 2012|title=RT's checklist of missing Doctor Who episodes|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/blog/2012-12-08/rts-checklist-of-missing-doctor-who-episodes|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212014725/http://www.radiotimes.com/blog/2012-12-08/rts-checklist-of-missing-doctor-who-episodes|archive-date=12 December 2012|accessdate=13 December 2012|work=Radio Times|publisher=Immediate Media Company}}</ref> and setting up a specific address that the public could email if they had any information.<ref name="The hunt for the lost classics of Doctor Who" /> In 2013, a Nigerian television broadcasting station announced the discovery of ten 1960s episodes, but only later released nine.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 October 2013|title=Doctor Who: Yeti classic among episodes found in Nigeria|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-24467337|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718170043/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-24467337|archive-date=18 July 2018|access-date=5 July 2018|publisher=BBC}}</ref> Philip Morris, who discovered all ten episodes, speculated that the tenth episode was stolen and sold for a profit before it could be returned to the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 August 2023|title=Whatever Happened to Doctor Who: The Web of Fear Episode 3?|url=https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2023/08/05/whatever-happened-to-doctor-who-the-web-of-fear-episode-3/|access-date=17 April 2024|website=The Doctor Who Companion|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Preservation of the current archive ==== Live broadcasts in Britain are still not necessarily kept, and wiping of material has not ceased. According to writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet, there are "big gaps in the record of children's television of the Nineties."<ref>Matthew Sweet [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10492487/Searching-for-televisions-missing-gems-Doctor-Who-Woody-Allen-Ridley-Scott-and-Dennis-Potter.html "Searching for television's missing gems: Doctor Who, Woody Allen, Ridley Scott and Dennis Potter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801090615/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10492487/Searching-for-televisions-missing-gems-Doctor-Who-Woody-Allen-Ridley-Scott-and-Dennis-Potter.html|date=1 August 2021}}, telegraph.co.uk, 4 December 2013</ref>

=== United States ===

==== Introduction ==== In the United States, major broadcast networks engaged in the practice of wiping recordings of both daytime and late-night shows until the late 1970s. Daytime shows, such as soap operas and game shows, most of which had been taped, were erased because they were perceived as not having continuing commercial value (due to the volume of episodes, rerun syndication of such programming was rarely undertaken). In the early 1970s, the passage of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules barred the networks from syndicating their own archived programming; intended to encourage more local and independent content, it had the unintended consequence of prompting the networks to discard tapes that syndication companies had no interest in distributing (especially those in black and white).<ref>{{cite web|last=Marx|first=Andy|date=2 March 2013|title=The day my grandfather Groucho and I saved You Bet Your Life|url=http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/the-day-my-grandfather-groucho.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330064039/http://boingboing.net/2013/03/12/the-day-my-grandfather-groucho.html|archive-date=30 March 2013|access-date=11 January 2019|work=BoingBoing}}</ref>

==== The early years ==== Most of the earliest American mechanical television programs of the early 1930s, including ''The Television Ghost'', ''Piano Lessons,'' and variety shows by Helen Haynes and Harriet Lee, are considered lost, as no methods existed to preserve them. Only promotional pictures of the shows still exist.<ref>Hawes, William, American Television Drama: The Experimental Years (University of Alabama Press, 1986)</ref>

==== Networks and stations ====

===== CBS ===== Hosting sequences (nearly always featuring celebrities) were sometimes made for telecasts of family films, such as for the first nine telecasts of MGM's ''The Wizard of Oz'' by CBS from 1956. It is not known if the sequences made for Oz survived, since they have not been seen since 1967. One hosting sequence from that era, that Eddie Albert made for the 1965 CBS telecast of ''The Nutcracker'', starring Edward Villella, Patricia McBride, and Melissa Hayden, was included on the DVD release of the program and has survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbshop.com/product/nutcracker+the+1965+tv+sp+1000179869.do?from=Search|title=Nutcracker, The (1965 TV SP) (MOD)|work=www.WBShop.com|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224513/http://www.wbshop.com/product/nutcracker+the+1965+tv+sp+1000179869.do?from=Search|url-status=live}}</ref>

===== DuMont ===== {{main|List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts}}

===== ESPN ===== The first live sporting event broadcast by ESPN was the first game of the 1979 Softball World Series in men's professional slow-pitch softball. Roughly twenty{{spaces}}years later, the manager of the Kentucky Bourbons, losers in the series, contacted ESPN about acquiring a copy of that game and was told that this was the only lost broadcast in the network's history. However, it was later found that the owner of the series-winning Milwaukee Schlitz had previously purchased a copy of this broadcast, and still had the tapes in his possession. The tapes were produced and eventually became the centerpiece of an ''E:60'' episode that aired as part of the network's 40th anniversary celebration in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-bourbons-players-reunite-to-commemorate-special-moment-in-espn/article_d6d3db5a-f430-11e9-a7cf-6732530f6d4c.html|title=Kentucky Bourbons players reunite to commemorate special moment in ESPN history|first=Scott|last=Reynolds|publisher=WDRB|location=Louisville, KY|date=21 October 2019|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022140401/https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-bourbons-players-reunite-to-commemorate-special-moment-in-espn/article_d6d3db5a-f430-11e9-a7cf-6732530f6d4c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Program types ===

==== Children's programs ==== ''The Paul Winchell Show'', also known as ''The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show'' was a children's show hosted by ventriloquist and voice actor Paul Winchell on Metromedia Television's KTTV in Los Angeles. All of the episodes are said to have been lost after station management vindictively erased tapes in 1970 in retaliation after Winchell refused Metromedia's syndication deal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grassiniandwrinkle.com/pdfs/press_winchell.pdf|title=Ventriloquist wins $17.8 million award in Metromedia suit|publisher=|access-date=13 December 2015|archive-date=13 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613113900/http://grassiniandwrinkle.com/pdfs/press_winchell.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eejlaw.com/materials/April_Enterprises_v_KTTV_E08_ed.pdf|title=April Enterprises Inc. v. KTTV|publisher=|access-date=13 December 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105742/http://eejlaw.com/materials/April_Enterprises_v_KTTV_E08_ed.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and Winchell's offer to buy the tapes for $100,000. Winchell sued Metromedia in 1986 and was awarded $17.8{{spaces}}million, in total for the value of the tapes and in damages against Metromedia. Metromedia subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court, but lost.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-03-mn-917-story.html|title=Paul Winchell Gets Last Word and $17.8 Million|website=Los Angeles Times|date=3 July 1986|access-date=8 August 2019|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108184319/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-03/news/mn-917_1_metromedia|url-status=live}} ''Los Angeles Times'', 3 July 1986.</ref>

==== Comedy, talk shows and music ==== Among the 50 recorded episodes of ''That Was the Week That Was'', on NBC from 10{{spaces}}November 1963 to May 1965,<ref>{{cite news |title=Originator Here to Assist 'T.W. 3' / David Frost Will Appear on New Satirical Revue|work=The New York Times |page=49|last=Gardner|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Gardner (journalist)|date=3 January 1964|access-date=19 November 2018|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/01/03/118649788.html?pageNumber=49}}</ref><ref name="youtube/NBC/TWTWTW"> * {{cite web|author1=NBC|title=That Was The Week That Was – June 12, 1964|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtVRJ2qdYw4|website=YouTube|date=12 June 2014|access-date=12 June 2023|language=en}} * {{cite web|author1=NBC|title=That Was The Week That Was – June 19, 1964|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pprBfg6OSRM|website=YouTube|date=19 June 2014|access-date=12 June 2023|language=en}} </ref> only a few survive in video form, yet audio episodes survive on acetate disc.<ref name="youtube/NBC/TWTWTW"/> The first-season black-and-white episodes were preserved on kinescope film; the surviving color episodes of the second and final season were recorded in the then-standard two-inch color quadruplex videotape format. The Paley Center for Media has copies of some seven episodes, including the hour-long pilot. Also, scripts of all shows survive, both in the NBC Collection at the Library of Congress and in the papers of executive producer Leland Hayward at the New York Public Library. Amateur audio recordings of all or nearly all episodes also survive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/991119.stories.html|title=Lost and Found Sound: The Stories|publisher=NPR|access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref>

The 1951 unaired pilot of the American sitcom ''I Love Lucy'' was long believed lost, but in 1990, the widow of actor Pepito Pérez (who played Pepito the Clown) found a copy. It has since been broadcast on television.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 August 2011|title=Legacy – I Love Lucy: An American Legend {{!}} Exhibitions – Library of Congress|url=https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/i-love-lucy/legacy.html|access-date=26 November 2024|website=www.loc.gov}}</ref>

==== Game shows ==== The second version of ''Dream House'' (NBC, 1983–1984) has only a handful of episodes remaining; the show's master tapes had been destroyed by a flood by 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TVPMM/posts/688309631183817|title=Facebook post by TVPMM|website=Facebook|publisher=Museum of Television Production Music|accessdate=11 June 2014|date=27 July 2013|quote=Just confirmed that all 395 episodes from 1983/84 Dream House videotape masters were destroyed in a flood with production materials/music.|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910091951/https://www.facebook.com/TVPMM/posts/688309631183817|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Human interest ==== A number of stories about regular people, such as ''The Medicine Music Show with Tommy Scott: The American Trail'' (1978–1983) were lost ''en masse'' during the transition from film to video, although the Tommy Scott episode managed to evade being lost to time.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH29hbICck&t=3s|title=Entertainment Show – "Doc" Tommy Scott American Trail 1982|date=2 July 2015|last=Ramblin' "Doc" Tommy Scott|access-date=21 January 2025|via=YouTube}}</ref>

==== News ==== As of 1997, CBS had saved 1,000,000 videotapes of news reports, broadcasts, stock footage, and outtakes according to a report that year from the National Film Preservation Board. The same report added, "Television stations still erase and recycle their video cassettes", referring to local news programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/film/tvstudy.html|title=Television/Video Preservation Study: Volume 1: Report|author=Librarian of Congress|date=October 1997|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=26 November 2012|archive-date=8 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108190632/http://www.loc.gov/film/tvstudy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Many local stations contract with third-party companies for archiving news coverage.

The original slow-scan television footage of the first human moon landing in 1969, believed to be of significantly higher quality than the standards-converted version broadcast on TV, is missing from NASA's archives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/apollo11/apollo11_sstv_search_report.html|title=The Search for the Apollo 11 SSTV Tapes – 21 May 2006|website=www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au|access-date=5 July 2009|archive-date=4 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604094919/http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/apollo11/apollo11_sstv_search_report.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013002065.html|title=The Saga Of the Lost Space Tapes|first=Marc|last=Kaufman|date=31 January 2007|publisher=|via=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=28 October 2017|archive-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111221517/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013002065.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Soap operas ==== ''The Young and the Restless'', ''Dark Shadows'', and ''Ryan's Hope'' saved most of their episodes, despite the fact that they debuted during the 1960s and 1970s before retaining tapes became common practice. Episodes of ''The Doctors'' began to be saved no later than 4 December 1967; this is where reruns of the series began when picked up by Retro TV in September 2014, and distributor SFM Entertainment claims to have roughly 95% of the series' episodes intact in its library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfment.com/programming/series/the-doctors/|title=SFM Entertainment :: Doctors, The|date=9 October 2016|website=SFM Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009061908/http://www.sfment.com/programming/series/the-doctors/|archive-date=9 October 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> However, the episodes from the final two years of ''The Doctors'' are now believed to be lost.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 July 2023|title=EXCLUSIVE: Retro TV Drops 181 New Episodes of 'The Doctors' from 1980, Reveals Final Two Years No Longer In Existence|url=https://michaelfairmantv.com/exclusive-retro-tv-drops-181-new-episodes-of-the-doctors-from-1980-reveals-final-two-years-no-longer-in-existence/2023/07/11/|access-date=7 August 2023|website=Michael Fairman TV}}</ref> Episodes of other soaps broadcast during the 1950s to the 1970s do exist in different forms and have been showcased in various places online.

==== Sporting events ==== {{See also|List of World Series broadcasters|List of Super Bowl broadcasters|NFL on CBS{{!}}''NFL on CBS''|NFL on NBC{{!}}''NFL on NBC''|List of NBA Finals broadcasters}}

===== National Football League (NFL) ===== Super Bowl I was aired by both CBS and NBC (the only Super Bowl to be aired by two networks), but neither network then felt the need to preserve the game long-term; CBS saved the telecast for a few months and re-ran it as filler programming at least once before wiping it. A color videotape containing the first, second and fourth quarters of the telecast from WYOU (the CBS affiliate for Scranton, Pennsylvania, which was then WDAU-TV) was found in 2005 and is in the process of being restored.<ref>Fybush, Scott (7 February 2011). [http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2011/110207/nerw.html Will New York Outlaw Pirate Radio?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801090604/https://www.fybush.com/NERW/2011/110207/nerw.html|date=1 August 2021}}. ''NorthEast Radio Watch''. Retrieved 7 February 2011.</ref>{{Update inline|date=May 2026|reason=Been over 20 years, should be restored by now}} On {{nowrap|15 January 2016}}, the NFL Network re-aired the first Super Bowl, featuring audio from the NBC Radio Network and most of the TV network broadcast and newly discovered NFL Films footage of the game. Super Bowl II was aired exclusively by CBS and was long believed to have been erased, but it was later found that the entire telecast fully exists and rests in the vaults of NFL Films.<ref name="foo">{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-hunt-for-tvs-lost-baseball-treasures-2010-10-27?pagenumber=2|title=The hunt for TV's lost baseball treasures|first=David B.|last=Wilkerson|date=27 October 2010|publisher=Wall Street Journal Marketwatch|access-date=19 January 2025|archive-date=1 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601071237/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-hunt-for-tvs-lost-baseball-treasures-2010-10-27|url-status=live}}</ref>

===== World Series telecasts ===== All telecasts of all World Series games starting in 1975 (Reds–Red Sox) are known to exist in full.<ref name="Surviving World Series Telecasts">{{cite web|url=http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=78232|title=www.dbsforums.com|access-date=1 August 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801090557/http://www.dbsforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=78232|url-status=live}}</ref> What follows is the known footage of World Series telecasts prior to 1975: * 1952 (Yankees–Dodgers){{snd}}Games 6–7 are intact. * 1955 (Yankees–Dodgers){{snd}}Only the first half of Game 5 is known to exist. * 1956 (Yankees–Dodgers){{snd}}Only the last three innings of Game 2 are known to exist. Game 3 is intact minus the second and third inning. Game 5 (Don Larsen's perfect game) is intact minus the first inning, and was aired on 1 January 2009, during the MLB Network's first broadcast day. * 1957 (Yankees–Braves){{snd}}Game 1 is intact by way of a print from the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Eo0pIka4o|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Game 3 is intact, minus a snip of {{nowrap|Tony Kubek}}'s second home run in the top 7th inning. Games 6 (most of the first six innings) and 7 reportedly exist as well. * 1960 (Yankees–Pirates){{snd}}Game 7 (with Bill Mazeroski's series winning home run) was found intact on kine in December 2009 in the wine cellar of Pirates' part-owner {{nowrap|Bing Crosby}}, who had the game recorded at his own expense. MLB Network aired it in December 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/sports/baseball/24crosby.html?_r=1&src=mv|title=In Bing Crosby's Wine Cellar, Vintage Baseball|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|author-link=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 September 2010|access-date=25 September 2010|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205235750/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/sports/baseball/24crosby.html?_r=1&src=mv|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Select list of TV programs with missing episodes == {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" border="1" |- ! style="width: 25%;" | name ! style="width: 10%;" | date ! description |- | ''{{sort|Adventures of Twizzle|The Adventures of Twizzle}}'' | 1957 | Every episode of the series is believed to be lost forever except for the first episode. |- | ''Audrey and Friends'' | 2002 | A British children's show that aired on 5's ''Milkshake!'' and ''Shake!'' blocks, of which only the pilot, some screenshots, and part of the episode "Away" have resurfaced.{{cn|date=May 2026}} |- | ''{{sort|Baffle|Baffle}}'' | 1973–1974 | American word-guessing game show. Only three out of 100 episodes still exist. |- | ''Barley Charlie'' | 1964 | Australia's third-ever sitcom. Out of the 13 episodes produced for the series, only 3 are available. |- | ''{{sort|Beagles|The Beagles}}'' | 1966–1967 | Total TeleVision's last cartoon show, of which only one color episode is known to exist whilst two others are sourced from kinescopes. Despite all the show's negatives having been found in a warehouse in the 1990s, their whereabouts remain unknown due to Joe Harris' passing in 2017. All that remains outside of this material are various animation cels alongside the show's soundtrack. |- | ''{{sort|Bear Bryant Show|The Bear Bryant Show}}'' | 1958–1982 | One of the first college football coaches' shows; over 250 episodes were made during Bear Bryant's tenure at the University of Alabama. Early episodes were aired live and not recorded; videotape began to be used in the 1970s, but was routinely wiped. Less than a third of the run, 77 episodes in all, survives. |- | ''Beat the Clock'' | 1950–1958 | From March 1950 to July 1952, no live broadcasts of the show were preserved with two exceptions: one episode from 13 October 1951, and another from 5 January 1952. The first one is a "public domain" episode, the second exists at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. The show was not regularly preserved until August 1952, and that is when the earliest known episodes of the show in GSN's catalog begin. |- | ''Beulah'' | 1950–1953 | Only seven episodes have survived. |- | ''Block 13'' |2000–2003 |The last episode of season 3, "Finale", originally broadcast in November 2002, is partially lost. Parts of it are on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |title=قطعة13 الجزء الثالث .. مكس 1 ..المخرج نواف سالم الشمري |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP8Ozfrq8C4 |website=YouTube |access-date=26 June 2025 |date=7 March 2009}}</ref> |- | ''Camel News Caravan'' | 1948–1956 | An early news program, most of the episodes of the program are believed to be lost to time. |- | ''Captain Video and His Video Rangers'' | 1949–1955 | Almost the entire run was destroyed after the DuMont Television Network ceased to exist; 26 episodes remain. |- | ''{{sort|Cavalcade of Stars|Cavalcade of Stars}}'' | 1952–1957 | Popular variety series; dozens of episodes were destroyed in the 1970s. |- | ''Coke Time with Eddie Fisher'' | 1953–1957 | Many episodes have been lost, although some (such as one starring Florence Henderson) have survived. The series was simulcast. All or most of the episodes only survive in audio form. |- | ''Countdown'' | 1974–1987 | Numerous episodes between 1974 and 1978, including the first episode, were accidentally erased by ABC in the late 70s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilmouth |first=Peter |title=The Countdown Years 1974–1987 Glad All Over |year=1993 |isbn=0-86914-293-3 |pages=217–18}}</ref> |- | ''{{sort|Criswell Predicts|Criswell Predicts}}'' | 1950s | No material of this Los Angeles–based program exists outside of a re-creation that was made for the film ''Plan 9 from Outer Space''. |- | ''Curiosity Shop'' | 1971–1973 | The majority of the pilot episode (aired in prime time) and series finale exists, while the second episode is held at UCLA's archives; most other material from the series is presumed lost. |- | ''Doctor Who'' | 1963–present | Ninety-five episodes produced as part of the first six seasons are currently lost due to the BBC's policy of erasing and reusing video tapes to save on production costs. All of the missing episodes survive as homemade audio recordings, and some are believed to still exist as telerecordings that were created for international broadcasts of the series. Reconstructions of various episodes have also been created from the surviving audio, ranging from slideshows of recovered stills to digitally animated remakes

Every episode produced from 1970 onwards has been properly archived, and the series otherwise continues to be widely distributed. |- | ''Dollar a Second'' | 1953–1957 | Only two episodes have survived. A third kined program exists in the J. Fred & Leslie W. MacDonald Collection of the Library of Congress. |- | ''Doorway to Fame'' | 1947–1949 | One of the first "talent shows" aired on United States television, only two episodes survive. |- | ''Dream House'' | 1983–1984 | Only a small number of episodes are known to survive after the original tapes were destroyed in a flood. |- | ''Eat Bulaga!'' | 1979–present | The longest-running noontime variety show in the Philippines. There are still many episodes from 1979 to 1981, including when the show was still produced by Production Specialists, Inc., which are considered to be lost. |- | ''Emmerdale Farm'' | 1972–present | An ITV strike in late 1981 resulted in six episodes set to be broadcast in November and December 1981 not being aired at all. ITV had never shown these episodes and they are believed to have been wiped. |- | ''Enjoy Yourself Tonight'' | 1967–1994 | Some early episodes were erased by TVB.<ref>{{cite news |first=Wan Sum |last=Chow |date=5 January 2024 |title=吳雨親揭-翡翠歌星賀台慶-內幕-李小龍片段被消失有原因 |trans-title=Wu Yu reveals the inside story of the Jade Solid Gold singers' anniversary celebration and the reason why Bruce Lee's clips disappeared. |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/977519/%E5%90%B3%E9%9B%A8%E8%A6%AA%E6%8F%AD-%E7%BF%A1%E7%BF%A0%E6%AD%8C%E6%98%9F%E8%B3%80%E5%8F%B0%E6%85%B6-%E5%85%A7%E5%B9%95-%E6%9D%8E%E5%B0%8F%E9%BE%8D%E7%89%87%E6%AE%B5%E8%A2%AB%E6%B6%88%E5%A4%B1%E6%9C%89%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%A0 |language=zh-hk |website=HK01}}</ref> |- | ''Family Affairs'' | 1949–1950 | None of the six episodes of this, the first<ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary papers, Volume 6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEkPAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Family+Affairs%22|year=1950|publisher=House of Commons, HMSO|location=Great Britain|quote=television's first serial "Family Affairs" made its appearance|page=26|access-date=25 November 2020|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205235743/https://books.google.com/books?id=bEkPAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Family+Affairs%22|url-status=live}}</ref> television serial remain, as they were not archived by the BBC. |- | ''Faraway Hill'' | 1946 | No footage, stills, or scripts survive from this program, which was the first soap opera aired on American television. |- | ''Gambit'' | 1972–1976 | More than 1,000 episodes appear to be lost. |- | ''{{sort|Goldbergs|The Goldbergs}}'' | 1949–1956 | Only the last two seasons survive intact, with the CBS and NBC runs being largely lost. |- | ''{{sort|Good Night Show|The Good Night Show}}'' | 2005–2016 | Several episodes and segments appear to be lost. |- | ''Hour Glass'' | 1946–1947 | No footage remains of U.S. television's first network variety show, but audio recordings and some still photographs do. |- | ''In Melbourne Tonight'' | 1957–1970 | Hundreds of episodes no longer exist. |- | ''It's Alec Templeton Time'' | 1955 | One of the last DuMont series. Although Alec Templeton was a celebrity of some note, no episodes exist of the televised version of his program. |- | ''Jeopardy!'' | 1964–1975 | Whilst the current syndicated version of the show is largely archived, less than 1% of the episodes hosted by Art Fleming are available. |- | ''Joy Junction'' | 1979 | Almost all episodes of the Christian children's series are lost due to the show airing no reruns and being pulled from broadcasting because of allegations against presenters.{{cn|date=May 2026}} |- | {{ill|Jul og Grønne Skove|lt=''Jul og Grønne Skove''|da}} | 1980 | ''Jul og Grønne Skove'' was a Christmas calendar originally broadcast on Danish television by DR. Half of the 24 episodes were wiped some time in the mid-1980s, as were many of DR's productions made before 1987, when DR made an agreement with Statens Mediesamling to archive all future productions. |- | ''{{sort|Let's Go Show|The Let's Go Show}}'' | 2007–2008 | Thirty episodes have been confirmed to exist; the songs from the first two episodes, "Safari" and "The Moon" and quick clips from the episodes "Park" and "Library" have resurfaced, as has audio from a ballet-related episode, though the rest of the series is lost, despite there being lyric pages for the songs, some of which have been uploaded on SoundCloud, and behind-the-scenes footage on Facebook of the "Concert" and "Fiesta" episodes. Additionally, there are five unconfirmed episodes – "Wild West", "Beach", "Baseball", "Slumber Party", and "Parade", listed on composer Tim Burns' ASCAP account. |- | Lucky 7 (pirate TV station) | 14–16 April 1976 | As of 2026, all surviving footage of Lucky 7 are unavailable due to the expense of the VCRs at that time.{{cn|date=May 2026}} |- | ''{{sort|Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade telecasts|Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade}}'' |1953–present |Of all parades that were telecast on NBC before 1981, only two are known to have survived in their entirety; several others are only known to survive in the form of audio recordings. In addition, a large majority of CBS' telecasts are presumed lost as well. |- | ''{{sort|Magnificent Marble Machine|The Magnificent Marble Machine}}'' | 1975–1976 | An American game show hosted by Art James; only two episodes still exist. |- | ''Mama'' | 1949–1957 | The vast majority of the episodes produced of this series no longer exist. |- | ''Mary Kay and Johnny'' | 1947–1950 | The series was originally broadcast live and not recorded, but began using kinescopes in 1948. Many episodes from the latter period still existed as late as 1975, but only one complete 1949 episode (in the Paley Media Collection) and a few seconds from the show's last few episodes still exist today. |- | ''{{sort|Match Game|The Match Game}}'' | 1962–1969 | Approximately eleven NBC network episodes survive out of the 1,752 episodes produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thematchgamewebsite.com/rules/mg60s.html|title=The Match Game|publisher=The Match Game Website|accessdate=12 August 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108064657/http://thematchgamewebsite.com/rules/mg60s.html|archivedate=8 January 2009}}</ref> |- | ''{{sort|Melodies and Rhythms of Foreign Pop|Melodies and Rhythms of Foreign Pop}}'' | 1977–1984 | ''Melodies and Rhythms of Foreign Pop'' is a Soviet TV music show, dedicated to the international rock and pop music. Out of 59 episodes, broadcast by Channel 1 from 1977 to 1984, only one episode of 1982, dedicated to the memory of Joe Dassin, survived in the archives. |- | ''Mindreaders'' | 1979–1980 | Only around two episodes are known to survive, even though wiping had been largely phased{{nbh}}out by the "Big Three" United States networks at the time. |- | ''Mio Mao'' | 1971–2006 |Early 1971–1977 episodes are lost, with one surviving. |- | ''Newsweek Views the News'' | 1948–1950 | A prime-time public-affairs program featuring editors of ''Newsweek'' magazine discussing current events; only two episodes survive. |- | ''Number 96'' | 1972–1977 | Most of the black and white episodes were destroyed by the Ten Network as they were deemed not as marketable as the colour episodes. |- | ''Opera Cameos'' | 1953–1955 | One of several "cultural" programs aired by the DuMont Television Network as counter-programming, only eight episodes survive of the 50+ episodes produced. |- | ''{{sort|Pinky Lee Show|The Pinky Lee Show}}'' | 1954–1955 | Few episodes of this critically acclaimed TV series have survived. |- | ''Puttnam's Prairie Emporium'' | 1988–1990 | The master tapes were reportedly wiped by CKCK-TV in the early 1990s. A single episode (an outtakes and bloopers special), and a few minutes from one other are known to survive. |- | ''Queen for a Day'' | 1956–1964 | Almost every episode of this popular TV series was destroyed. |- | ''Rocky King Detective'' | 1950–1955 | Original negatives were dumped into Upper New York Bay in the 1970s. |- | ''Sale of the Century'' | 1969–1973<br>1983–1989 | Only two audio recordings from the show's original NBC run are known to have survived. In addition, many episodes from the Reg Grundy revival are missing as well. |- | ''Sara and Hoppity'' | 1962–1963 | The master tapes are believed to have all been lost or destroyed. The pilot version of the first episode of ''Sara & Hoppity'' was discovered in a 16{{spaces}}mm print along with the 16{{spaces}}mm film reels of all 39 episodes of ''Space Patrol'' in possession of Roberta Leigh in the late 1990s. One other episode is known to have been found, while only one minute of silent footage from another was found. |- | ''{{sort|School House|The School House}}'' | 1949 | Only one episode has survived from early 1949 of this DuMont show, featuring Wally Cox (flubbing his lines in a live DuMont TV set commercial) and Arnold Stang with musical performances set in a high school classroom. |- | ''Search for Tomorrow'' | 1951–1982 | Thousands of episodes of this series no longer exist due to wipes done by CBS. However, the J. Fred & Leslie W. MacDonald Collection of the Library of Congress has three kinescopes from 1953, one from 1954, and 39 from May to August 1966. |- | ''Sense and Nonsense'' | 1954 | Only one episode survives of this WABD series. |- | ''Sixpenny Corner'' | 1955–1956 | The only soap opera ever made by {{nowrap|Associated-Rediffusion}}, and the first British serial to be broadcast on a non-BBC channel is believed to have been completely destroyed. |- | ''Snap Judgment'' | 1967–1969 | A game show believed to be completely wiped from the NBC archives. |- | ''Starlight'' | 1936–1949 | The first ever variety show transmitted anywhere in the world, and the BBC's first ever program. BBC did not have access to means of recording until late 1949, so no footage is known to exist of this show today. |- | ''Student Canteen'' | 1958–1990 | The Philippines' first noontime variety show. There are still many episodes, including when the show has aired on ABS-CBN and RPN, which are considered to be lost. |- | ''{{sort|Tammy Grimes Show|The Tammy Grimes Show}}'' | 1966–1967 | All surviving episodes are sourced from black and white kinescope copies. The fifth, titled "The Great Charge Account War", was not broadcast on ABC due to its cancellation and has not been seen by the public. |- | ''{{sort|Television Ghost|The Television Ghost}}'' | 1931–1933 | As the show was broadcast at such an early point in television history, no footage of any episode is believed to exist. |- | ''{{sort|Tonight Show|The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson}}'' | 1962–1972 | Only thirty-three 1962–1972 episodes have survived erasure by NBC. |- | Various CNN broadcasts | 1980–present | Although CNN does keep extensive footage and news coverage, copies of programming with original presenter links (i.e. the newsreader) are rarely kept. |- | ''Vic and Sade'' | 1949, 1957 | One TV episode (from the 1957 run) exists, out of ten produced. Much of the preceding radio program is also missing. |- | ''Young Talent Time'' | 1971–1988 | Almost all early episodes were erased by the Ten Network. |}

== References == {{Reflist|30em}}

== Further reading == * {{cite book|last=Fiddy|first=Dick|title=Missing, Believed Wiped: Searching for the Lost Treasures of British Television|year=2002|publisher=British Film Institute|location=London|isbn=978-0-85170-866-9}} * {{cite book|last1=Hansen|first1=Kathleen A.|last2=Paul|first2=Nora|title=Future-proofing the news : preserving the first draft of history|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2017|isbn=978-1-4422-6712-1|oclc=961007777}}

==External links== * [http://www.paleycenter.org/lost-programs/ The Museum of Television and Radio: "Lost" programs] * [http://www.tvobscurities.com/lost/lostormissing/ Television Obscurities – TV's Lost & Found: Television — Lost or Missing] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140920064214/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/treasurehunt/ 2014 BBC ''Treasure Hunt'' page] * [https://www.tvbrain.info/ Lost Shows (UK) search engine], TV Brain (formerly Kaleidoscope) website * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041114120315/http://www.missing-episodes.com/ British TV Missing Episodes Index]}} (archived) * [http://www.wipednews.com/ Wiped News.Com – A news and features website devoted to missing TV, Film & Radio] * [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/story/print?guid=E880D4C8-E078-11DF-B7D4-002128049AD6 The hunt for TV's lost baseball treasures] * [http://www.tvobscurities.com/lost/lostormissing/ Television Obscurities >> Television — Lost or Missing]

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