EPISODE LISTS
Complete lists of the two classic serial strands of the BBC are hard to find. Here is the listing of serials and notes on their survival status. For good measure Masterpiece theater is also listed at the end.Many of these originated as BBC Classic serials! The ones in bold are the serials I have!
CLASSIC SERIAL BBC1 1957-88
1957
The Adventures of Peter Simple (6) wiped (or not recorded)
The Railway Children (8) wiped
The Smith Family (1) wiped
Miss Nightingale's Man (1) wiped
The Machine Breakers (3) wiped
Huntingtower (6) wiped
A Tale of Two Cities (8) wiped
Treasure Island (7) wiped
The Silver Sword (7) exists
1958
The Black Arrow (6) wiped
The Invisible Armies (4) 1,2+3 exist (EARLIEST EXISTING EPS
Little Women (6) exists (EARLIEST EXISTING SERIAL
Castle Dangerous (1) wiped
The Adventures of Ben Gunn (6) wiped
Queen's Champion (8) 1 exists
The Lost King (6) 2 exists
Good Wives (5) wiped
1959
Cabin In The Clearing (5) wiped
Jo's Boys (7) exists
Great Expectations (13) 1-7,9-13 exist
The Golden Spur (6) wiped
The Moonstone (7) 6 exists
Redgauntlet (6) wiped
The Young Lady From London (6) wiped
1960
The Secret Garden (8) 2,3,5,6+8 exist
The Splendid Spur (6) exists
The Long Way Home (7) ep 2 missing
St. Ives (6) wiped
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (7) exists
Sheep's Clothing (4) wiped
Paul Of Tarsus (10) all exist
1961
Beauty And The Beast (2) wiped
Paradise Walk (4) wiped
Treasure Seekers (6) all exist
Stranger On The Shore (5) 2+4 exist
Rob Roy (7) wiped
The Man From The Moors (1) wiped
Triton (4) wiped
The Racketty Street Gang (6) wiped
The Pocket Lancer (4) wiped
Vice Versa (3) wiped
1962
Oliver Twist (13) all exist (two eps slightly edited)
Stranger In The City (6) wiped
The Master Of Ballantrae (6) wiped
The Dark Island (6) wiped
Katy (8) exists
The River Flows East (6) wiped
The Old Curiosity Shop (13) wiped
1963
The Desperate People (6) all exist
Jane Eyre (6) 1,4,5,6 exist
Epitaph For A Spy (4) wiped
Lorna Doone (11) wiped
No Cloak - No Dagger (6) wiped
Kidnapped (12) wiped
1964
Martin Chuzzlewit (13) wiped (last minutes of final ep exist)
Rupert Of Hentzau (6) wiped
Silas Marner (6) exists
Smuggler's Bay (6) wiped
The Children Of The New Forest (6) wiped
The Count Of Monte Cristo (12) exists
1965
Alexander Graham Bell (6) wiped
A Tale Of Two Cities (10) 2,3 only exist
Poison Island (6) wiped
Heiress Of Garth (6) exists
Hereward The Wake (16) wiped
1966
David Copperfield (13) 3,8,9,11 exist
The Woman In White (6) wiped
The Three Musketeers (10) exists
1967 COLOUR
Great Expectations (10) exists
St. Ives (6) wiped
Further Adventures Of The Musketeers (16) exists
Pride And Prejudice (6) exists
Les Miserables (10) existsD
1968
Nicholas Nickleby (13) exists
The Railway Children (7) exists
Triton (4) wiped
The Man In The Iron Mask (9) wiped
The £1,000,000 Bank Note (4) exists
Treasure Island (9) exists
1969
The Elusive Pimpernel (10) wiped
Dombey And Son (13) exists
Special Project Air (2) wiped
Pegasus (4) wiped?
1970 (colour from now on)
Ivanhoe (10) exists
The Black Tulip (6) 1=colour, rest=b/w
Little Women (9) exists
1971
The Last Of The Mohicans (8) exists
The Silver Sword (8) exists
Tom Brown's Schooldays (5) exists
1972
The Moonstone (5) exists
Anne Of Green Gables (5) wiped
The Hole In The Wall (7) wiped
Cranford (4) existsD
1973
Woodstock (5) 1-4=colour, 5=b/w TR with subs
A Little Princess (6) existsc
The New Road (5) wiped
Pollyanna (6) exists
Hawkeye, The Pathfinder (5) exists
1974 ALL EXIST FROM NOW ON
John Halifax, Gentleman (5)
The Fortunes Of Nigel (5)
Heidi (6)
David Copperfield (6)
1975
Anne Of Avonlea (6)
The Master Of Ballantrae (6)
Sula (1)
Ballet Shoes (6)
The Tale Of Timothy Bagshott (1)
The Legend Of Robin Hood (6)
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1976 (BARRY LETTS TAKES OVER
The Prince And The Pauper (6)
The Flight Of The Heron (6)
xLorna Doone (5)
Katy (6)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (6)
1977
Rob Roy (6)
xNicholas Nickleby (6)
The Eagle Of The Ninth (6)
Treasure Island (4)
The Children Of The New Forest (5)
1978
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm (4)
Hawkmoor (5)
Return To Sula (1)
Sexton Blake And The Demon God (6)
Huntingtower (6)
Pinocchio (4)
1979
xThe Mill On The Floss (8)
The Legend Of King Arthur (8)
The Old Curiosity Shop (9)
1980
The History Of Mr. Polly (5)
The Swish Of The Curtain (4)
Doomcastle (6)
A Tale Of Two Cities (8)
The Talisman (9)
1981
Sense And Sensibility (7)
Great Expectations (12)
1982
Gulliver In Lilliput (4)
Stalky & Co (6)
Cousin Phillis (4)
The Hound Of The Baskervilles (4)
xBeau Geste (8)
1983
Dombey And Son (10)
Jane Eyre (11)
1984
Goodbye Mr. Chips (6)
The Prisoner Of Zenda (6)
1985
The Pickwick Papers (12)
Oliver Twist (12)
1986
Alice In Wonderland (4)
Brat Farrar (6)
David Copperfield (10)
1987
The Diary Of Anne Frank (4
Vanity Fair (16)
1988
The Franchise Affair (6)
BBC2 SERIAL 1964-86
X23-5-64 ANN VERONICA (4)
X20-6-64 MARY BARTON (4)
X18-7-64 WITCH WOOD (4)
X15-8-64 JUDITH PARIS (4)
X12-9-64 THE ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL (4)
10-10-64 THE OLD WIVES' TALE (5) (complete EARLIEST EXISTING SERIAL
X14-11-64 ESTHER WATERS (4)
X13-12-64 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (6)
X31-1-65 THE AMBASSADORS (3)
X21-2-65 THE MILL ON THE FLOSS (4)
X25-4-65 LIZA OF LAMBETH (2)
X9-5-65 THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK (5)
X13-6-65 THE RISE AND FALL OF CESAR BIROTTEAU (4)
X2-10-65 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (4)
X30-10-65 BUDDENBROOKS (7)
18-12-65 EUGENIE GRADNET (3) (complete)
11-1-66 THE IDIOT (5)(COMPLETE
X15-2-66 A FAREWELL TO ARMS (3)
X8-3-66 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (7)
26-4-66 LORD RAINGO (4) 1 exists
X9-7-66 THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN (2)
23-7-66 MR. JOHN JORROCKS (8) 5 exists
X20-9-66 NORTH AND SOUTH (5)
X25-10-66 BROOME STAGES (8)
7-1-67 THE FORSYTE SAGA (26) (complete)
X8-7-67 THE SECRET AGENT (2)
22-7-67 KENILWORTH (4) 1 exists
X19-8-67 ANGEL PAVEMENT (4)
X16-9-67 THE WHITE RABBIT (4)
X14-10-67 AFTER MANY A SUMMER (2)
28-10-67 WUTHERING HEIGHTS (4) (complete)
COLOUR
2-12-67 VANITY FAIR (5) (complete)
6-1-68 THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (6) (complete)
17-2-68 THE GAMBLER (2) (complete, but b/w TR)
2-3-68 POINT COUNTER POINT (5) (complete)
6-4-68 THE SAPNISH FARM (4) (ep 4 only)
4-5-68 PERE GORIOT (4) (complete)
X1-6-68 WHAT MASIE KNEW (3)
22-6-68 COLD COMFORT FARM (3) (complete)
13-7-68 MIDDLEMARCH (7) (2,3,4,5,6,7 only
31-8-68 NANA (5) (1,2,3+5 only)
16-11-68 RESURRECTION (4) (complete: 1,2,3=b/w)
28-12-68 THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL (4) (2,3,4 EXIST)
25-1-69 THE POSSESSED (6) (complete but b/w)
X8-3-69 IMPERIAL PALACE (4)
X5-4-69 THE WAY WE LIVE NOW (5)
X10-5-69 SINISTER STREET (6)
16-8-69 CHRIST RECRUCIFIED (6) (complete but b/w)
11-1-70 GERMINAL (5) (complete)
X15-2-70 THE WOODLANDERS (4)
15-3-70 DANIEL DERONDA (6) (complete)
26-4-70 THE SPOILS OF POYTON (4) (complete)
X31-5-70 VILLETTE (5)
9-8-70 SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION (4) (complete)
4-10-70 THE ROADS TO FREEDOM (13) (complete)
9-1-71 SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (4) (complete)
6-2-71 JUDE THE OBSCURE (6) (complete)
26-3-71 SUNSET SONG (6) (complete)
8-5-71 BEL AMI (5) (complete)
X7-8-71 COUSIN BETTE (5) (complete)
12-9-71 EYELESS IN GAZA (5) (complete)
17-10-71 FATHERS AND SONS (4) (complete)
14-11-71 WIVES AND DAUGHTERS (6) (complete)
30-1-72 MAN OF STRAW (6) (complete)
4-5-72 THE GOLDEN BOWL (6) (complete)
X15-6-72 THE VISITORS (5)
20-7-72 EMMA (6) (complete)
31-8-72 LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM (4) (complete)
28-9-72 WAR AND PEACE (20) (complete)
15-2-73 WEIR OF HERMISTON (4) (complete)
X19-4-73 CHERI (5)
24-5-73 THE SONG OF SONGS (5) (2,3,4 only)
all exist complete from here on:
28-6-73 TWO WOMEN (4)
26-7-73 A PIN TO SEE THE PEEPSHOW (4)
27-9-73 JANE EYRE (5)
8-12-73 VIENNA 1900: GAMES WITH LOVE AND DEATH (6)
19-1-74 THE PALLISERS (26)
9-11-74 CAKES AND ALE (3)
30-11-74 THE EARLY LIFE OF STEPHEN HIND (3)
28-12-74 AN UNOFFICIAL ROSE (4)
1-3-75 LATE CALL (4)
29-3-75 A LEGACY (5)
3-5-75 THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS (3)
24-5-75 LOOKING FOR CLANCY (5)
22-9-75 MADAME BOVARY (4) - same script as 1964
10-20-75 PROMETHEUS
1-12-75 NORTH AND SOUTH (4)
29-12-75 HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (6)
1-3-76 OUT MUTUAL FRIEND (7)
20-9-76 I CLAUDIUS (12)
13-12-76 THE LADY OF THE CAMILLAS (2)
10-4-77 ESTHER WATERS (4)
8-5-77 MURDER MOST ENGLISH (7)
25-9-77 ANNA KARENINA (10)
22-1-78 THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE (7)
29-9-78 WUTHERING HEIGHTS (5)
29-10-78 THE BIRDS FALL DOWN (5)
17-1-79 REBECCA (4)
15-3-79 MALICA AFORETHOUGHT (4)
22-5-79 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (3)
10-9-79 TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (7)
4-11-79 TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (5)
13-1-80 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (5)
12-3-80 THERESE RAQUIN (3)
10-9-80 WE, THE ACCUSED (5)
14-1-81 SONS AND LOVERS (7)
13-1-82 THE BELL (4)
14-4-82 THE WOMAN IN WHITE (5)
14-7-82 CLOUD HOWE (4)
20-9-82 SMILEY'S PEOPLE (6)
10-11-82 THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES (7)
7-3-83 MY COUSIN RACHEL (4)
3-8-83 GREY GRANITE (3)
15-9-83 THE OLD MEN AT THE ZOO (5)
6-11-83 MANSFIELD PARK (6)
11-1-84 STRANGERS AND BROTHERS (13)
9-1-85 ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS (4)
6-2-85 BLOTT ON THE LANDSCAPE (6)
10-4-85 BLEAK HOUSE (8)
12-8-85 MY BROTHER JONATHAN (5)
23-9-85 TENDER IS THE NIGHT (6)
9-12-86 ALL PASSION SPENT (3)
MASTERPIECE THEATER 1971-90 (HAVE ALL EXCEPT POSSESSED
1971-90
Season 1 (1971–72)
Cold Comfort Farm
Elizabeth R
The First Churchills
The GamblerC B&W
Jude the Obscure
The Last of the Mohicans
Père Goriot
Resurrection
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Spoils of Poynton
The possessed ONLY MISSING THIS
Season 2 (1972–73)
Cousin Bette
The Golden Bowl
The Moonstone
Point Counter Point
Tom Brown's School Days
Vanity Fair
Season 3 (1973–74)
Clouds of Witness Lord PEter
The Edwardians
The Little Farm (
The Man Who Was Hunting Himself
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter
Upstairs, Downstairs I-II (
Season 4 (1974–75)
Country Matters I
Murder Must AdvertiseLord PEter
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter
Upstairs, Downstairs III
Vienna 1900 (
Season 5 (1975–76)
Cakes and Ale
Notorious Woman
Shoulder to Shoulder
Sunset Song
Upstairs, Downstairs IV
Season 6 (1976–77)
Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey mystery)
How Green Was My Valley
Madame Bovary
Poldark I
Upstairs, Downstairs V
Season 7 (1977–78)
Anna Karenina
Dickens of London
I, Claudius
Our Mutual Friend
Poldark II
Season 8 (1978–79)
Country Matters II
The Duchess of Duke Street I
LillieD
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Season 9 (1979–80)
DisraeliD
The Duchess of Duke Street II
Kean (play)
Love for Lydia
My Son, My Son (
Season 10 (1980–81)
Crime and Punishment
Danger UXB
Pride and Prejudice
Testament of Youth
Thérèse Raquin
Season 11 (1981–82)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
The Flame Trees of Thika
Flickers
I Remember Nelson
Love in a Cold Climate
A Town Like Alice)
Season 12 (1982–83)
Drake's Venture
The Good Soldier
On Approval (play)
Private Schulz
Sons and Lovers
To Serve Them All My Days
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Season 13 (1983–84)
The Citadel
The Irish R.M. ID Nancy Astor
Pictures
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Season 14 (1984–85)
All for Love
A Dedicated Man by Elizabeth Taylor
Mona by Francis King
L'Elegance by Rumer Godden
The Barchester Chronicles
The Jewel in the Crown
Strangers and Brothers
Season 15 (1985–86)
Bleak House
By the Sword Divided I
The Irish R.M. II
The Last Place on Earth
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Season 16 (1986–87)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Lost Empires
Love Song (From story Old Love)
Paradise Postponed
Silas Marner
Star Quality: Noël Coward Stories
Season 17 (1987–88)
The Bretts I
By the Sword Divided II
David Copperfield
Day After the Fair
Northanger Abbey
Sorrell & Son
Season 18 (1988–89)
All Passion Spent
The Bretts II
The Charmer
Christabel
Heaven on Earth
A Perfect Spy
Talking Heads: Bed Among the Lentils
A Very British Coup
A Wreath of Roses
Season 19 (1989–90)
After the War
And a Nightingale Sang
Glory Enough for All
Piece of Cake
Precious Bane
A Tale of Two Cities
Traffik Part 1
The Yellow Wallpaper