Top 70 Lost or Banned Episodes of Kid Shows from the UK | Scribbles to Screen

[@imcrowbug]

god that segment about mark speight is absolutely heart-wrenching, i can't imagine how horrifying it must be to just find your loved one's dead body unexpectedly

[@HolyGoddessMotherAnne]

Might mark rest in peace.

[@daviniarobbins9298]

Is he related to Timothy Speight the actor?

[@zypalitra8080]

I'd completely forgotten about him until seeing that image of him!

[@murdocgorillaz222]

He was the reason I loved art so much and pursued it as a career. I never knew the circumstances leading to him taking his life until much later. Incredibly sad and dearly missed. One of the major personalities of my childhood.

[@eighthdoctor]

I remember the news breaking when Mark took his own life but I didn't know anything about what happened with his fiancée beforehand. Absolutely tragic. 😔

[@RCT3Crashes100]

The fact that even some of the newer shows on this list had gone missing for years, even up to a decade before resurfacing just goes to show how even now, with better archival techniques and television companies regularly preserving material instead of wiping it, there's still a wealth of rediscoveries to be made - I was quite surprised by how many of the entries are stuff I personally watched when I was growing up in the 2000's.

[@daviniarobbins9298]

I think this is more due to production companies making the episodes and then sending them to the channel for broadcast and then that production company destroys their master tapes. The TV channel thinking the master tapes are safe at the production company ends up destroying their copies shortly after broadcast without checking if said company still have the masters first. Unless someone recorded the shows as they broadcasted they are lost forever.

[@tiffany-chan1235]

Same for me!

[@TheDigitalApple]

Really want the lost Peter Hawkins audio for “A Grand Day Out” to be found, both to remember Peter Hawkins work and for more lost media of “Wallace and Gromit” to be found!

[@0b13F4st3]

As a long time "Wallace and Gromit" fan myself, even I'm starting to think that it would be interesting to hear that old audio as well, at some point.

[@DKQuagmire]

as a kid in the 90's i remember a lot of these kids shows, and my mum would often record shows for me on vhs, if i had after school activities. we still have a load of these old vhs tape recordings at home. but without going through every single tape, i would have no idea if any of the shows/ episodes are of lost media or not.

[@Kian694]

I find it very interesting knowing about banned episodes from the 90s since I was born in the late 2000s.

[@ogerponreject]

If you have the time, please do! The lost media community would greatly appreciate it :)

[@KingFluffs]

@@ogerponreject So they can stick it on their website, monitize it on their KZbin channels and omit any and all credit?

[@ogerponreject]

@@KingFluffs what? Its lost media, its important to that medias history, and I don't see anyone monetizing it nor taking credit?

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

if ur able to, itd definitely be worth having a look! lost media sites will often have specifics on what episodes/things are lost so u can know what ur looking for and if u have it

[@harrisonallen651]

Thomas has more lost media than any other program on this list, I’m also really surprised that Tugs did get a mention in your video. What makes Tugs somewhat part of the Thomas universe is that after the show was unfortunately cancelled, many props were brought by Britt Allcroft and were used for stand by background fillings for the rest of the model era of the show. It wasn’t till 2017 in the 21st season that a character called Big Mickey made his debut in the show to work alongside Carly and Crankey, originally an different character from the tugs series, and later becoming just a background filling from season three to that point - managed to get his original personality back!

[@unknownuser1102]

Tugs was also made by people who had worked on thomas beforehand too, and had music from the thomas musicians

[@lemoncookie5090]

I think tugs has all of it’s episodes on KZbin.

[@harrisonallen651]

@@lemoncookie5090 yes

[@acidmack1041]

Tugs does get a mention in the video

[@Thom1-z6z]

Thomas even has its lost down the mine pilot

[@Drockthe3rd]

The most unique piece of Thomas lost media is The Adventures of Thomas, a film that was planned for a theatrical release first in 2010, then 2011, then 2012, and possibly 2014 before being cancelled

[@ezrastardust3124]

Wasn’t that the one which had WW2 as part of the plot or am I just misremembering it?

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

@@ezrastardust3124 that's right. It was to revolve around World War II in London

[@gacd2104]

I still want this movie to be a reality, only by the 10 second teaser trailer it looks amazing

[@ezrastardust3124]

@@chesapeakedproductions3009 thought so Man now I really want to see that movie

[@Drockthe3rd]

@@ezrastardust3124 That's the one

[@Simerali]

some other interesting things about TUGS 1. The episodes were originally meant to be 30 minutes, then 20 and then 15. The general consensus amongst fans is that the 20's are better as several continuity issues occur in the 15's 2. David Mitton and Robert D. Cardona were behind the making of Tugs, two men who were once producers under Britt Alcroft for thomas and friends 3. When Tugs was cancelled, many of the crew members on Tugs moved over to Thomas, thus why there's more dynamic shots and working water sets in Season 3 of Thomas than any of the previous 4. Several props from Tugs were brought over to Thomas. Izzy a Mexican tramper ship (without a face), several dock cranes including Big Mickey, as well as several small shrimper boats 5. Of the main cast, most props have since been rediscovered. All but Grampus the naval midget sub and Top Hat. If for whatever reason you want a more in depth video on Tugs, go check out The Unlucky Tug's video on it. He did a really well put together deep dive esque video into the history of the show, defo worth checking out

[@HolyGoddessMotherAnne]

I like the whole buckingham celebration and puddsey party thing, both are for good causes but is tragic they're lost yet now found, it's like there exists a British Cinematic Universe as a english-irish myself prone to working for some crafty folk and crafting some damn fine explosive briefcases.

[@Kei-po7nc]

Just did a double take because I remember the episode where two Dads get married in Marrying mum and dad, because it was the first time I'd ever heard of a same sex marriage before, who would've thought that it was actually the first time almost any child would've seen one on TV! It's a shame it's gone missing though.

[@theredguy4043]

It's not really marrying "mum and dad"

[@sleeplessstudios7626]

It just occurred to me that not many children around that time would've known about gay couples. I grew up knowing my mum's friends Cliff and David. She was a minister from 2001-2019, and she actually married them back when California briefly allowed gay marriage prior to 2014. When she had me, we often visited their house and I always had a fun time just playing with the Legos they had. They were super cool guys. I'm glad I grew up knowing them. But it sucks knowing not many other kids had that experience.

[@-elliott-averagedragonenjo1812]

@@theredguy4043 the shows only called that because “marrying parents” doesn’t really have the same ring to it.

[@theautistictomboy4003]

the episode has been found! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmLJnXeZiZx8rKc I'd download it just in case. there is another episode where a lesbian couple got married airing in 2015, it was doctor who themed and was featured in pink news but i can't find any images as of yet. it would be in the 4th series, episode 7.

[@TotallyNotAToastOrAnything]

As a Canadian, I grew up watching 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘵 of shows from the UK. I don't know, but alot of my favourite childhood shows were form the UK, so I was super attracted to the title of the video.

[@haileyrain9305]

Same. I loved those show’s it made me love U.K programs in general

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Fun fact: David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor) also voiced Scrooge McDuck in the DuckTales reboot and the Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie.

[@agentcoxack7368]

This whole thing is just a nostalgia trip for my generation. I love it. So many repressed memories breaking out of my skull.

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

25:17 Glad to see that Tugs is being recognized a lot more

[@Shmungus72]

1:22 Bob the builder pilot 2:40 Noddy pilot 3:19 Peppa pig pilot 4:08 Teletubbies gay controversy and banned episode 6:06 Pingu banned episodes 7:32 Tweenies lost episodes 8:16 Mark speight + Newsround controversy (Don’t know how to spell marks surname) 10:14 Lost fragglerock episodes 11:27 Wolfs, witches and giants old lost episodes 12:17 Blue Peter lost episodes 13:23 Wallace and Gromit lost stage show 13:57 1950s Robin Hood show 15:07 1950s Worzel gummidge lost show 15:58 bodger and badger lost episodes 17:07 Mission 2110 lost episodes 18:01 Stupid recovered episodes 19:07 Muffin and the mule recovered episodes and lost side cartoons 20:39 Keith Harris death and oval the green duck 22:06 Marrying mum and dad gay controversy These are the first ones I might finish it later but I cba rn

[@booleybTheClown]

thanks

[@Cavan_]

It’s Mark Speight.

[@ChiragSonne]

Well Known Shows came in USA are Teletubbies, Wallace and Gromit, Shaun The Sheep, Peppa Pig, and Bob The Builder of course don't forget about Thomas The Train Tank Engine.

[@emmafjm4055]

Hey hey hey! My Dad was an animator in the 90s and 2000s and worked on Pingu and Bob the Builder among other things… if there’s any lost media hunts going on for any of these shows I may be able to help 👏🏼

[@elliottclark1340]

I remember the marrying mum & dad episode which they referred to as “Marrying Dad & Dad”. I remember it had a spy theme to it & there was a segment where they actually sky dived to the wedding, I think about that episode a lot as it was the only children’s tv representation of a same sex couple at the time. I never realised it was missing.

[@morbidsearch]

I'm still amazed that not a single episode of Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids was ever banned from airing

[@eaglejones856]

You think that’s strange for some reason they still had kids watching tales from the crypt and even then those were probably even worse for children

[@cashbanooka9166]

There was a Bob the Builder episode centered around Horse Poop (I'm not joking) that had its US dub banned from airing (Said episode being Travis and the Tropical Fruits; it aired at least once in Canada). As of now, the US dub of said episode is lost (along with a few others). The episodes' original UK dub was never banned and was even featured on that region's "Best of Bob" DVD. Additionally, a few shorts from the show have also been lost, both UK and US. At least one copy of every short is available online though.

[@tiffany-chan1235]

I actually remember a children’s gameshow that I watched back in the day called “Dick and Dom’s Hoopla” that aired on CBBC, it basically followed the well known British children’s hosts running a carnival with it even featuring actual circus performers, though the show would have a rather unsettling vibe with each episode ending with the winner becoming a clown. The only footage we have online is of these performances of the circus performers

[@airwave6610]

Yeah it got cancelled when kids started vomiting on set

[@IronWolf123]

I know that Dick and Dom made a medieval kids show. Hoopla Doopla is an Australian-Chinese kids show filmed in China but broadcasted in Australia, dubbed.

[@chrisl2460]

Two episodes were available on KZbin for a while but appear to be taken down. It's a real shame because I have fond memories of this show.

[@jessbee5060]

It was filmed at Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre in Lifton, Devon as well, I was actually at one of the filmings as a child though didn't participate and later went on to work there when I left school, going on to train as a circus performer, however I don't think they've even got anything left from the show besides possibly a few parts of the set! Definitely worth a visit if you're ever in the area too :)

[@brandoncolis3841]

At least the winner, I am guessing each time a kid, smiles after everyone cheers at the end of the game, looking as if he/she enjoyed being on it, but yes, otherwise creepy.

[@MidBoss666]

It really sucks when media becomes lost, it always takes a part of you when something you watched and liked seems to vanish. To this day I hope to see the Widget the World Watcher again, which is mostly lost and pretty obscure, so I wish good luck to all the others struggling to find the lost media they're seeking.

[@StitchPen]

While I'm not specifically from the UK, I equally take part in sharing so much nostalgia from many of these shows. Wallace and Gromit in particular. Some of the earlier episodes have a sort of nostalgic, dream-like allure to them.

[@simonwest9450]

The Eliminator is basically the kids version of The Chase

[@Apus_Gaming69]

I remember watching Marrying Mum and Dad (and the Dad and Dad episode, as well as many more of the shows on the list) some years ago. It's weird thinking that some fairly recent TV shows, and something that I watched a few years ago, has some episodes missing. And obviously Dr Who is top of the list.

[@literallyfrankjaeger]

same!

[@shadyatem]

5:42 “many younger kids were rather uncomfortable when they saw the segment of the show” I’m 32 years old and I’m uncomfortable 😣

[@mightyfilm]

I'm not entirely convinced that Tinky Winky wasn't intentional, it seems like the kind of cheeky British wit they'd sneak into one of their kid's shows. Hell, I'm not even entirely convinced it WAS a kid's show. I think it was some sort of litmus test to see how high the actual intended adult audience of stoners was. The "scary Lion" was clearly there to mess with pot heads, not children. Also, the guy who was actually instrumental in starting up the petitions that got the original North American Fraggle Rock series released actually works for the Muppets and Henson now. He plays Gonger on Sesame Street.

[@christyguichard8013]

If anything dipsy was more “gay” he had a penis antenna and was obsessed with fashion And “dipstick” is a censored version of dick head so more penis stuff there 😂 Tinkywinky might have just been a bit of a transvestite but tbf he had no pockets so needed a bag to keep things in 😂

[@fayeking5066]

Interesting, but are pot heads an audience advertisers want to target? Ain’t nothing but boring druggies.

[@KathySage234]

Who's Gonger?

[@shadowthehedgehog370]

He means gongo or grover

[@jam9852]

I remember Mark from the tv show smart as a kid he was one of my artist idols I was really shocked and crushed to hear about his death on cbbc news round especially since I was really looking forward to watching his new show mark always reminded me of the guy from Citv who did art attack both are two very talented individuals and seemed like genuine people. Also I remember that one pingu episode where he pees all over the floor I'm amazed with how much the 90s early 2000s got away with.

[@SpikeLawrence]

It was nice to see Big Babies get a mention on here, as it's not talked about enough. Fantastic children's show that's worth a watch for adults too. Really funny and quotable. If you can, give it a watch!

[@cosmiquealiene6168]

Be safe with the Tweenies! I remember that show. There was an episode I recall where Fizz got some cleaning products out of the cupboard and started playing "shop" with them. Max freaked out when he caught her and told her they contained dangerous chemicals! That part about Mark made me a little sad. I thought he was hilarious on Smarteenies, with his "Small Picture...BIG PICTURE!" routine. Several years later, Mum told me that the show had been taken off the air because (suicide was not a taboo in our house) Mark's girlfriend had been killed in a car accident (she may have censored what really happened for a pre-teen...) and, as a result, he'd been so upset that he'd taken his life. Having experienced suicide ideation myself now, this story hits harder. I actually have a memory of seeing Keith Harris and Orville live! They appeared in a local pantomime when I was a kid. The Fab Lab was one of my fave shows when I was little, so I hope that one day its found in its entirety! That section about the Sarah Jane Adventures had me intrigued. I didn't know they had spare footage - I assumed they'd stopped filming after episode 3! Before the last season aired, however, my Mum had other ideas. She honestly thought they must have filmed nearly all of the season and could cobble together the last few episodes by "pretending Sarah Jane was in the toilet"! Oh, Mum! XD I actually have that last Letterland video...but I have NO idea if it could be transferred online! It's a commercial VHS, not a home recording! As for that unused Tweenie...I might have seen him on display at a local museum when I was a teenager.

[@shortangel333]

To be fair, the final episode of Series 5 of the Sarah Jane Adventures was supposed to be a big battle for Bannerman Road. So Sarah not being around for that would have been a bit weird. After Series 5 it was planned to have a 6th Series and a live-action Halloween episode.

[@cosmiquealiene6168]

@@shortangel333 But...that didn't happen. Hence why Wizards vs Aliens ended up taking its slot instead

[@Corgipon]

Hello! I’m the one behind The Royal Fox, which is actually an alt account of mine! I’m unfortunately not British (I’m American) but I helped salvage Children’s Party at the Palace. I was finding media related to Queen Elizabeth II when I stumbled upon this interesting piece of media. I screen recorded a lot of the show for some reason and archived it, and after Cleops (the original uploader) got terminated back in February of last year, I decided to upload it to The Royal Fox as I haven’t gotten any media to upload besides the 2005 Christmas message that was in need of a higher quality upload on KZbin. Thank you so much!

[@SmilingAdvocate]

My theory about Syd the missing tweenie was he was reworked into both Milo (his original purple skin concept) and Judy from the plush and puppet version where his skin seems to be the exact same green tone as Judy. Maybe Max was at one point the only teacher in Tweenies with 5 kids and one kid got reworked into Judy

[@MuppetHell]

Cool fun fact about Webber and his rights with Thomas. The pilot never being picked up lead to him creating Starlight Express, one of his most insane (and in my opinion one of his best) shows. It still runs in germany and has gained a bigger following over the years. Highly worth a listen to the soundtrack and a look at the costumes

[@0b13F4st3]

The thing with "Pat and Stan" for me, is that I actually first saw their "Lion Sleeps Tonight" video on an old website called 'Putfile' back in 2006, before I wound up discovering KZbin later on in the same year.

[@cisrot]

Oh man, i remember the pingu’s nightmare episode so vividly. Growing up in the UK, pingu was absolutely my favourite show ever (alongside brum and some other great shows!) and I remember the day that pingu’s nightmare aired. I have always found stop motion animation uncanny. Watching old Wallace and Gromit episodes used to weird me out as a kid (not enough to stop me from enjoying them though lmao) and Pingu was the same. I remember watching the episode for the first time. I was very young and I was sat in the living room with my baby brother. My mum was upstairs and my dad was at work. I remember being weirded out by the beginning scenes, but the moment that god awful sea lion popped on screen I had an absolute meltdown. I covered my eyes, ran out the living room and curled up in a ball in the hallway screaming for my mum. I genuinely believe that was my first ever experience with a jumpscare. As an adult now I still find that episode seriously uncanny. I had so many nightmares about Pingu for YEARS after that episode. I never finished the episode at the time so I was convinced pingu had been eaten and was dead 😭 I remember being on edge anytime the pingu theme song would play JUST incase that episode ever aired again. If I’d have known it was banned from being re-broadcast I think I’d have enjoyed watching Pingu more haha

[@mr.blueskies7223]

Incase you were never informed, Pingu wasn't eaten in that episode. The walrus just ate the mattress of Pingu's bed, while Pingu runs off to make an escape from the walrus, then his dream would end with Pingu falling from a ledge of ice, and then end up at the bottom of another bed, signaling the ending of the nightmare. Then the episode ends with Pingu most likely talking to his mother about the dream he just had. Just thought I'd inform you incase you still think Pingu was eaten and therefore was dead.

[@cisrot]

@@mr.blueskies7223 haha thanks for telling me! I already knew how it ended because after a couple of years repressing that memory I decided to watch the episode again on KZbin. As a kid I SWORE pingu was eaten but then again I did run out of the tv room the second the walrus showed up 😭

[@mr.blueskies7223]

@@cisrot Well, thank you for informing me cause I thought for sure you still thought Pingu was eaten to this day and I was the only one who could inform you the truth. Which version did you see? If you seen the UK original audio version, then I'm so sorry you had to hear that childhood threatening theme that plays whenever the walrus shows up. But if you've seen the US version, then consider yourself lucky cause in the original audio UK version, whenever the walrus would show up, there'd be this "morbid" theme accompanying him (And the audio track in the US version is different from the original UK version), and if you're still scarred from the episode, then I'd recommend looking up the original audio version of the episode at your own risk. But yeah, I just thought I'd inform you of the actual ending so I could try and save your childhood in one way or another.

[@bigbigarchive]

49:36 Even though I’ve quite literally never liked Horrid Henry, I found this bit funny. The way the little twerp just takes the sweets and books it.

[@EvaFull]

Tagged one of my friends that has an extensive collection of rare media in their personal library. Hopefully they have some of this or know others that possibly do so it can be found again.

[@Canadian_GuyEh]

I have to say the biggest punch in the gut in terms of cancelled episodes has to be Beast Wars Transformers - Dark Glass. The episode was going to feature Rattrap finding the original Dinobot's data tracks, he would then download them into Dinobot's clone and the old dinobot was set to re-emerge for a bit.

[@umbrella3235]

It's really interesting hearing about all these UK series. I honestly wish I grew up on some of these.

[@SmilingAdvocate]

You’ve solved a long time mystery for me!! Thank you so much for talking about Mission 2110 in this video! I’ve had it in the back of my mind for ages. All I remembered was a game show with robots and fancy lights and a man called Caleb and a bunch of kids. I wanted to know the name for ages!!!

[@SJ9001]

36:30 Got me thinking about what happened to all the Gaelic language dubs they aired on BBC Scotland way back when. I remember _Dragon Tales_ coming on all the time whenever I was off school sick, and the dub is the only version of the series I've ever seen. Trouble is, I don't speak a whiff of Gaelic and never understood what anybody was saying.

[@MxMoondoggie]

That walrus was absolute nightmare fuel as a kid, I still find it unnerving to look at. Also Animals of Farthing Wood is one of the best British cartoons ever.

[@skylarkblue1]

God I don't think my heart and emotions could take an episode about SJ's funeral. The last season of SJA was heartbreaking enough along with her actual death

[@rayworland7744]

I'm not from the UK but rather from Ireland-- but this video definitely brought up a lot of nostalgia for me as I grew up with British channels on my tv, it's crazy to think how much of the stuff I grew up with has just straight up vanished or been lost to time... a shame. hopefully they resurface one day... thanks for the video!

[@ChiragSonne]

So do not watch British so are you on USA

[@blackstar044]

I feel so bad for Natasha, rest in peace. That was a depressing story.

[@Jerry_the_Head]

fun fact: there's an episode of sooty(i think it was sooty) that Nicko Mcbrain(Drummer of the famous metal band; "Iron Maiden") starred on

[@thereal_Joker]

I live in America and alot of these shows I grew up with as well like peppa pig, tomas the tank engine, wallace and gromit, teletubbies and many more. This was a great video.

[@itsmefm]

I always find it fascinating how many international shows I watched as a kid This will be a great video to listen to while I cook!

[@mrfooledyaa5430]

As an adult I'm glad I get the chance to experience this stuff and can share it with my children. While I loved the 90's shows from the US when I was a kid, I'm happier to have a wider pool of awesome 90's content to show them. Great channel!

[@jaimeesummer5334]

When I was a kid my parents recorded every episode of my (then) favourite show , The Tweenies , on video. During lockdown I found my box of old recordings and watched some of them back for nostalgia. I was halfway through one when I saw Jimmy Savile and almost lost my mind

[@DVDandFilmBloke]

In regards to the Tweenies pilot, I very much doubt a costume for Sid was ever created. Also the singing heads were actually the heads made for the puppet versions of the characters used for location shooting, when they would shoot the show in the studio the characters would be costume performers with giant animatronic heads were as for location filming they would use puppets (the transition between puppets and costumes stuck out like a sore thumb, even as a kid I thought there was something off about the Tweenies whenever they went outside). Prototype costumes were made however I don't know what they look like, although the costumes used for the first series look completely different to the ones in later series suggesting those might be the prototype costumes.

[@queen-koopa9798]

You bring so many memories for me and Trapped is the one I been trying to find all these years. Thank you for doing this for me. I remember mostly all of these and you bring this person's heart with joy that I want to cry. As a UK. It harder to listen to someone who is not in uk as they don't know all of these. Some are harder to remember for those but I know them. If you know Watch with Mother. That was in muffin the mule too and wooden family too. The dancing penguin and more

[@PurpleSparklesHeart]

I think one of my major takeaways from this is that Noddy is a well known series in the UK, I never see Americans talking about it even tho I watched the early 2000’s version and vividly remember it

[@pickaxe137]

Fun Fact: A notable absentee is The Magic Roundabout. Seasons 1 and 3 specifically, as all Season 2 episodes survive in either Eric Thompson, Nigel Planer or AB French redub, with an older Florence. The 1965 series premiere, Mr Rusty meets Zebedee, exists in both French and English. Zebedee Starts the Roundabout, The Land of Flowers, Dancing, Dougal Gives Florence a Surprise, Dougal Meets an Old Enemy, Zebedee Disappears, A New Friend, The Safe, Photography, Dougal on Television, Dougal's Tea Party, Dougal's Twin, Cactus and The Telephone were released on VHS in 1997, fourteen episodes in all. Both French and English versions of Camping, Perfume, Jumping Beans and Rocking Chair exist on the 2005 CGI DVD. The FR3 version with C'est Moi Pollux exists for Dougal Cooks his Speciality, Vote for Dougal, Traffic Block and Road Race, Dougal's Experiment, Bicycle Race, Dougal Strikes Oil, Antique Shop, Wild Western, Supermarket, Giant Egg, Bunch of Grapes, Chasing the Truck, Dougal's Roundabout, Skin Diving, Dougal, Don Quixote, Ermintrude's Song, Dougal's Vacuum Cleaner, Sheriff Dougal, Zebedee's Magic Bottle, Bathtime, Ermintrude Flies, Florence's Birthday, Parcels, Ermintrude's Blanket, Moth Balls, Dougal's Cake, Grape Harvest, Posters and The Visitors. 30 episodes taken from off-air recordings.

[@michaelbullen3104]

Oh Scribbles, I’d absolutely LOVE a second part to this if it were possible... There’s very little revolving UK lost media on the site and this is one of the most fascinating videos I’ve seen yet, especially the format!!! Keep it up man, your content never disappoints!!!

[@michaelbullen3104]

I only just now notice that you hearted my comment... hahahaHAHAHA!!!! I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!! YOU LEGEND!!!! I can’t wait!!!

[@giirog]

Oh. MY GOD! I'm 25 years old, I live in Brazil and I REMEMBER this Teletubbies follow-up of the little bear dancing on the merry-go-round and the Bear and the Lion! Amazing video! Unlocked several old memories of mine!

[@laurengomersall9692]

The HOUSE

[@scottdpstrachan]

Good to see another lost media enthusiast for the UK! I actually found multiple episode of the CBBC show Chute a few years ago.

[@renegade637]

In regards to Tugs, I did a quick search and discovered that, after Clearwater's liquidation in 1990, Robert D. Cardona went on to direct Theodore Tugboat for Canada.

[@Trismegistosquintoimperio]

Here in Portugal, during the 80's and 90's, we grew up with many, many British shows. To me, even though I am from a different country, this video was truly a nostalgia trip.

[@j0hnf_uk]

No mention of, 'Playschool?' Mind you, that would be a huge archive if it were ever to be attempted. Much like a lot of shows, each broadcast originally only got one broadcast, (although, 'playschool, was repeated once, the same day in it's earlier run), before being wiped. The idea of archiving the show was never even considered as it wasn't seen as worth keeping. Although, not a kids show as such, the same goes for, 'Top Of The Pops', but has faired better with many editions having been kept.

[@JamiecatOG]

I really enjoyed this video.. so much nostalgia for classic kids tv from my past! Thank you!

[@evergreen9927]

the thing is with children's media, its way more likely to go missing because it's not often taken seriously

[@johnmabey3245]

I was at the Wallace and Gromit stage show, I remember it well because the actor who played Michael the market manager in Eastenders sat next to me, sadly I don't have any photo's but I do have the ticket stub somewhere.

[@TheBloodThirstyvamp]

One super obscure British kids show I have been looking for all the episodes of is one that ran for about a year between 2008 and 2009 and only had one season, but around 40 episodes. The show was called Freefonix and the first 20 episodes are found on DVD with some later ones slated for release but never made it to the public. To this day some episodes are not available in English. Currently, I have been searching for ways to get them out for viewing but it has not been easy.

[@meganwillard4709]

Hearing Marrying Mom And Dad has lost episodes is kind of sad because the show was pretty fun to watch and did more gay wedding episodes after Marrying Dad And Dad (one episode I remember being Marrying Mom And Mom as it was a doctor who themed wedding). Though one show I never really see get brought up in these videos is CBBCs I Want My Own Room, where kids would get either their rooms redone or would get some extra space to do what they love, because that show seems to be nowhere nowadays.

[@porkscratchings5428]

Here’s a funny connection after watching this all. Grange Hill was filmed at Willesden High School, Gerry Anderson the Thunderbirds creator actually went to that school in its grammar days before going comprehensive.

[@crystallinkcreations]

For number 5, I remember a revised version of that Thomas episode for the US version, but with nothing mentioned about a missing coach. And neither were planned to be scrapped, one was just going to be sent back where he came from.

[@pastelskies99]

I'm really surprised that with talking about tweenies twice as well as Jimmy Savile but not the episode where Max dressed up like him. The BBC has pulled it from airing due to Jimmy being arrested

[@Coralori]

I've got one: Watch with Monkey. A TV pilot starring the mascot Monkey (known for pgtips and comic relief) commissioned by the BBC around 2002. It was never aired and it's unknown if it was ever even filmed

[@pargaras]

Does anyone from the UK remember a show on citv in the 90s called It's A Mystery? I remember bits of a couple of episodes where they talked about ghost sightings but that's about it

[@Showsni]

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[@GreebleClown]

Just realized I’m listening to a video about UK shows that’s playing “America (My Country Tis of Thee)” in the background. 😗

[@Corgipon]

It’s god save the king

[@tazzmaniandevilboy42]

This was a very good video, you really dug down to the bottom of the barrel to find some really obscure stuff! I'm so happy that you mentioned Dream Street as that was one of my favourite shows when it aired on CITV, I had the Christmas special on VHS and its PC game. It is extremely bizarre that they did a remaster of the series just for Ireland, yet nobody talks about it and the episodes are not available anywhere

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

This was awesome. Lot of cool stuff to see here; stuff I'm familiar with even though I'm American (you think I didn't recognize The Snowman or Kipper at 49:50? Puh-lease, lol. Kipper was my childhood on Nick Jr!), and stuff that I'm hearing about for the first time. Mostly the live-action shows; I guess I'm a bit of a animation/kid's show nerd, so I probably sought out a lot of this stuff and learned about it over the past decade or so thanks to KZbinrs. Regardless, all of it is interesting. Just fantastic work like always, but you really deserve extra credit for making such a long video this time, and keeping the quality as high as ever!

[@AbrasiousProductions]

Me too!😄

[@eaglejones856]

I used to watch kipper all the time

[@ANDCFC95]

I can only imagine what that Tweenies knife segment was like.

[@porcelainboy264]

I think I remember Jake playing around with a knife he found but I'm not 100% sure

[@stupid6107]

As a Mexican I mostly grew up with a lot of British shows I remember almost all of these

[@caldog619]

I remember in Primary school, they used to stick on letterland for us in P1 and P2 when it was raining outside at break. The only thing I remember is something about Annie the apple going to space and getting squashed by G force

[@Derpyderp34567]

I had to look up the Children’s party one to watch. It was too cute!

[@daviniarobbins9298]

In the 1940s and 1950s all television was broadcasted live as there was no way of recording to video tape(video tape was invented in 1956 and demonstrated on Panorama at the time). If the show wasn't telerecorded, that is a film camera pointed at a special television screen then it is lost forever.

[@gengaraproved8435]

Despite Teletubbies being a UK television show, the bear and the lion skit also aired in the Netherlands and kids over here thought the episode was just as unsettling. So I don’t think the problem with the skit are the dubs really. Also really interesting how that episode made the cut for being translated, despite the fact that back in the 00s it was very common it took a while before shows and episodes got translated. So they had a chance to notice the skit may have been too scary to broadcast in the Netherlands as well. But they didn’t use that feedback and translated it anyways.

[@sugarbunns2966]

Tugs reminds me a show from where I live called Theodore Tugboat, which was filmed in Canada.

[@Tophams_No.6]

Theodore Tugboat is Tugs' successor.

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

11:39 honeycomb Studios the animation company that made Wolves Witches and Giants would later go on to make the TV adaptation of Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids

[@pinpoint4644]

My fav as a kid

[@RCassinello]

Fraggle Rock was NOT imported from America with the host being replaced. It was deliberately made at the outset with four different international versions - North America, UK, France and Germany.

[@kaijukid9644]

I'm a huge Farthing Wood fan and I had no idea a stage show for it existed. I wonder if it was based of the books or was more based of the show.

[@JaggedBird]

51:17 Holy shit I recognise that intro...I think I own some of the original 80's releases of Adventures of Letterland VHS' somewhere at my parents home! At least the introduction episodes to the characters! I used to watch them a lot as a young kid and at first thought it was an obscure memory before you mentioned the VHS. I need to find them! Someone give me contact to who I can send them to in order to preserve them As for the redits of the entry after it is most likely still in RTÉ's archives

[@d_the_great]

THANK YOU! I'm American, but saw a lot of TV from the UK as a kid. I remember a show where a yellow car would go on adventures, and I remember it being my favorite! I was beginning to think it was a fever dream, but now I know what it's called! Brum brum! I've been looking for a name for so long. I really just can't thank you enough, you've definitely earned a sub.

[@rioovalentine]

omg, mentioning the show Stupid just brought back memories i didn't know i had, i loved that show growing up!

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I wish the entirety of "jim'll fix it" was lost media

[@dughes6971]

Agreed

[@JonnyBoiii8991]

Another show I just remembered from CBBC that is basically lost, it’s called ‘Living It!’, it ran for two seasons, one in 2005 and another in 2006, they have the episode lists on the BBC website but they’re completely unavailable to watch which to me says they are lost, I vividly remember the episode where a girl takes a camera to the park and gets photos of a ghost on the swings and a girl who misses her Mum but at the end of the episode when the girl went to sleep, her mum’s ghost comes and strokes her head.

[@furrettheferret9562]

Another thing about the lost thomas pilot. It caused Andrew Lloyd Webber to create starlight express and well…it’s surely something.

[@Arturobrito0502]

I wonder what piece of thomas lost media will be here?, maybe the missing coach?

[@Da.Liar-Pig]

I was thinking about the lost thomas pilot episode version of down the mine and BBC's sad story of henry along long side andrew lloyds 2d animation that is going to be musical thomas and friends

[@Arturobrito0502]

@@Da.Liar-Pig oh ok, would you want to see the missing coach in this top?

[@PM_VA]

4:42 This man is a goddamn chad, not just from appearance, but from the fact that he remained calm about the Tinky Winky situation.

[@kelpymckelps]

Omg I now understand the badge names in UK Drag Race

[@daboi4912]

17:06 I swear I remember playing a game based on Mission 2110 a while back

[@RedwoodTheElf]

Love your Dalek collection. Of course the BBC's incompetence resulted in the loss of a large number of early Doctor Who episodes from the Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee eras.

[@paularthur3793]

Can it really be incompetence if there was no reason to keep things. They were not rerunning Who and it was not needed for international sales. And it would be years before home media was a thing.

[@captaingeneroddenberry8439]

The famous Adam West Batman visting the UK to teach the kids about safety. I seen the whole thing

[@TUM_Toons]

Thomas the Dank Engine, Peppa Piss, the SlendyTubbies and Wallace without his daily dose of CHEEEESE.

[@chrisbarone515]

Crossovers are my cup of tea. 48:43

[@jameslisterthemarthplayer8322]

Now I know it was never covered in the video, but I would like to bring up the 1983 rescored episodes of the 70’s Mr. Men television adaptation. When the 1983 Little Miss television adaptation first aired, each episode was paired with an episode of the Mr. Men series. The Mr. Men episodes that were part of the pairing were given a different music score by the composer of the Little Miss series being David Cooke. The episodes they rescored were Mr. Tickle, Mr. Silly, Mr. Jelly, Mr. Daydream, Mr. Forgetful, Mr. Chatterbox, Mr. Greedy, Mr. Happy, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Mean, Mr. Impossible, Mr. Fussy and Mr. Bump. The rescored episodes aired on the BBC networks with the Little Miss episodes until 1988. The rescored episodes were never given a home media release, rendering most of them lost. The only two full episodes online are Mr. Forgetful (which was paired with Little Miss Naughty (but the audio is very quiet) and Mr. Bump (which was paired with Little Miss Sunshine). Additionally, bits and pieces of Mr. Tickle (which was paired with Little Miss Tiny) and Mr. Greedy (which was paired with Little Miss Bossy) are online.

[@brumpotungus3868]

Holy shit i remember seeing 'knives' by the tweenies when I was a kid! for a brief synopsis: Milo and Jake are playing knights and Jake can't find a sword as Milo won't share his. Jake does into the kitchen and finds a knife, not knowing it is a knife and assumes its a sword. and he quickly runs back to Milo holding the knife and shouts 'Arise Sir Milo!' to which Milo gets very scared and tells Jake to put it down and I think Milo then goes to Max to tell him what happened? It's weirdly been stuck in my head for all these years haha

[@JungleReRun]

I heard we got a mention in this video? 👀 good work, although only season 1 is avaliable on Britbox, not every episode :)

[@ScribblestoScreen]

Remember to put that in an update video

[@alexl2475]

Nice job. These compilation videos are incredibly time consuming. Strange to think stuff not that old is already considered lost.

[@ShoddyDaisy]

The Lion and The Bear from Teletubbies genuinely scared the shit out of me as a kid