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Doctor Who - The Lost Episodes

Last updated 02 January 2017

Broadcast: Monday 28th December 2009
3:00pm-4:00pm GMT < > « »
Radio 4 - see BBC's Genome Entry

Featuring: Shaun Ley, Paul Scoones, Sue Malden, Neil Lambess, Mark Ayres, Pauline Collins, Bernard Kay, Peter Purves, Paul Vanezis, Deborah Watling

What happened to the 108 missing episodes of Doctor Who from the 1960s?

Shaun Ley investigates why the tapes were wiped and how dedicated fans hunted down copies of other episodes in film collections from Cyrpus to New Zealand.

While we may have lost those early programmes, Shaun hears how some home recordings ensured all audio survived.

Producer: Chris Ledgard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.

Synopsis Source: BBC website schedule listing

Broadcast Source: BBC