Fraggle Rock (partially found British co-production of puppet children's television series; 1984-1990): Difference between revisions

From The Lost Media Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Deleted video)
(33 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
|title=<center>Fraggle Rock (British co-production)</center>
|title=<center>Fraggle Rock (British co-production)</center>
|image=Doc UK1.jpg
|image=Doc UK1.jpg
|imagecaption=The Captain building a model in "The Garden Plot".
|imagecaption=The Captain building a model in "The Garden Plot."
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
}}
}}
''Fraggle Rock'''s first produced international co-production was the English UK version, though the French and German versions began airing sooner. The segments within the Muppet world of Fraggle Rock are identical to the American version, however the segments from outer space (i.e. the Doc & Sprocket and Traveling Matt segments) were changed to fit the UK audience.
''Fraggle Rock's'' first produced international co-production was the English UK version, though the French and German versions began airing sooner.<ref>Random House, 1993. Jim Henson The Works: The Art, The Magic, The Imagination</ref> The segments within the Muppet world of Fraggle Rock are identical to the American version. However, the segments from outer space (i.e. the Doc & Sprocket and Traveling Matt segments) were changed to fit the UK audience.


Fraggle Rock was located on a rock headland or island on a sea coast. There is a lighthouse on the island. The lighthouse was the home of the Captain, a retired sailor and the UK version of the Doc character, played by Fulton MacKay. Sprocket was still his companion, however.
Fraggle Rock was located on a rocky headland or island on a sea coast. There is a lighthouse on the island. The lighthouse was the home of the Captain, a retired sailor and the UK version of the Doc character, played by Fulton MacKay. Sprocket was still his companion, however.


Due to MacKay's death in 1987, the Captain was replaced in the fourth UK season by a younger character known as P.K. (Principal Keeper, the Captain's nephew), played by John Gordon Sinclair and again in the sixth UK season by another character, B.J. (the Captain's son), played by Simon O'Brien.
Due to MacKay's death in 1987, the Captain was replaced in the fourth UK season by a younger character known as P.K. (Principal Keeper, the Captain's nephew), played by John Gordon Sinclair and again in the sixth UK season by another character, B.J. (Bertwhistle Junior, the Captain's son), played by Simon O'Brien.


==Availability==
==Availability==
A selection of episodes was released on VHS. A petition to have ''Fraggle Rock'' released on DVD was run on the web for many years; until 2004 the only DVD release had been in the UK, a "best of" collection of 12 episodes in a grainy transfer from the VHS release. TVS, the original broadcasters, has passed through several owners since 1992 and of the 96 episodes, only 12 master copies were known to still be in existence. HIT Entertainment has tried unsuccessfully to locate the missing episodes, including extensive enquiries with The Jim Henson Company both in the UK and the US.
A selection of episodes was released on VHS during the 1980's. A petition to have Fraggle Rock released on DVD was run on the web for many years until a "best of" collection of 12 episodes, previously released on VHS, was released on VHS and DVD in April 2004. TVS, the original broadcasters, have passed through several owners since 1992 and of the 96 episodes, only 12 master copies were known to have survived. HIT Entertainment has tried unsuccessfully to locate the missing episodes, including extensive inquiries with The Jim Henson Company both in the UK and the US.


An effort by fan Alex Taylor to track down the episodes in whatever format is available has confirmed that at least 29 episodes exist in broadcast quality, with 82 episodes existing in some form. Fourteen episodes are unaccounted for in any format.
By 2017, an effort by fan Alex Taylor to track down the episodes in any available format confirmed that at least 29 episodes exist in broadcast quality, with 87 episodes existing in some form. The remaining nine episodes were unaccounted for in any format until December 2020 when the Missing Believed Wiped group announced that all TVS inserts had been found in some form.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ1iJkYwwKA/ "Missing Believed Wiped 2020 - The Fraggles Are Coming - 25-12-83"], youtube.com, December 12, 2020.</ref> According to a tweet from user "Topov1981", VHS copies of the inserts were kept by Victor Pemberton (the creator of the sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who) after the masters were destroyed<ref>https://twitter.com/CameronYardeJnr/status/1338158073106620416</ref>. A release of the found inserts has yet to materialize.
 
The UK versions of the 12 episodes released on DVD have been uploaded in full to YouTube by Gilby 1385, but most, if not all, have been blocked. Gilby 1385 recently uploaded videos only containing the UK segments, with the full episodes set to be uploaded on Vimeo, however her Vimeo account was suspended. The UK versions of the full episodes are now available through her Dailymotion account.


==Episode List==
==Episode List==
===Season 1===
===Season 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Additional Notes
|-
|-
|1||Beginnings||Lost
|1||Beginnings||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A clip from the UK version of this episode was featured in the HBO documentary ''Down at Fraggle Rock: Behind the Scenes''
|-
|-
|2||Wembley and the Gorgs||Lost
|2||Wembley and the Gorgs||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|3||The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles||Lost
|3||The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|4||Let the Water Run||Lost
|4||Let the Water Run||[https://archive.org/details/fraggle-rock-uk/Fraggle+Rock+(UK)+S01E03+-+Let+the+Water+Run.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|5||You Can't Do That Without a Hat||Lost
|5||You Can't Do That Without a Hat||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|6||The Thirty-Minute Work Week||Lost
|6||The Thirty-Minute Work Week||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|7||The Preachification of Convincing John||Lost
|7||The Preachification of Convincing John||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|8||I Want to Be You||Lost
|8||I Want to Be You||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|9||The Terrible Tunnel||Lost
|9||The Terrible Tunnel||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|10||Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk||Lost
|10||Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|11||Catch the Tail by the Tiger||Lost
|11||Catch the Tail by the Tiger||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|12||The Finger of Light||Lost
|12||The Finger of Light||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|13||We Love You Wembley||Lost
|13||We Love You Wembley||[https://youtu.be/paPL_6MhNd0<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|14||The Challenge||Lost
|14||The Challenge||[https://youtu.be/6ygXPHvgWIU<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|15||I Don't Care||Lost
|15||I Don't Care||[https://youtu.be/a9m4XCmfjIU<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|}
|}
===Christmas Special===
===Christmas Special===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Additional Notes
|-
|-
|1||The Bells of Fraggle Rock||Lost
|1||The Bells of Fraggle Rock||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|}
|}
===Season 2===
===Season 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Additional Notes
|-
|-
|1||Capture the Moon||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5uozx6 Found]'''
|1||Capture the Moon||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5uozx6<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|2||Marooned||Lost
|2||Marooned||[https://youtu.be/NibEwAZaZC0<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS
|-
|-
|3||The Minstrels||Lost
|3||The Minstrels||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||Released on VHS
|-
|-
|4||The Great Radish Famine||Lost
|4||The Great Radish Famine||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||Released on VHS
|-
|-
|5||The Garden Plot||Lost
|5||The Garden Plot||[https://youtu.be/3AXZ1ZPw3S0<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|6||New Trash Heap in Town||Lost
|6||New Trash Heap in Town||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|7||Gobo's Discovery||Lost
|7||Gobo's Discovery||[https://archive.org/details/fraggle-rock-uk/Fraggle+Rock+-+s01e21+-+Gobo's+Discovery+(UK).avi<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|8||Mokey's Funeral||Lost
|8||Mokey's Funeral||[https://archive.org/details/fraggle-rock-uk/Fraggle+Rock+-+s01e22+-+Mokey's+Funeral+(UK).avi<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|9||The Beast of Blue Rock||Lost
|9||The Beast of Blue Rock||[https://youtu.be/b0stsegh6kI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|10||Wembley's Egg||Lost
|10||Wembley's Egg||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|11||Booberock||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ushsl Found]'''
|11||Booberock||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ushsl<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|12||All Work and All Play||Lost
|12||All Work and All Play||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|13||Red's Sea Monster||Lost
|13||Red's Sea Monster||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|14||Uncle Matt Comes Home||Lost
|14||Uncle Matt Comes Home||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|15||Boober's Dream||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5v6bio Found]'''
|15||Boober's Dream||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5v6bio<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|16||Mokey and the Minstrels||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5v94j2 Found]'''
|16||Mokey and the Minstrels||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5v94j2<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|17||The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore||Lost
|17||The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore||[https://youtu.be/LKa7yGZ-EL<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|18||Sir Hubris and the Gorgs||Lost
|18||Sir Hubris and the Gorgs||[https://youtu.be/5q05XfgqqRk<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|19||A Friend in Need||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5vukip Found]'''
|19||A Friend in Need||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5vukip<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|20||The Wizard of Fraggle Rock||Lost
|20||The Wizard of Fraggle Rock||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|21||The Doozer Contest||Lost
|21||The Doozer Contest||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|22||Red's Club||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5wknvc Found]'''
|22||Red's Club||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5wknvc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|23||The Secret of Convincing John||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5wo740 Found]'''
|23||The Secret of Convincing John||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5wo740<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|}
|}
===Season 3===
===Season 3===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Additional Notes
|-
|-
|1||Junior Sells the Farm||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5x6r55 Found]'''
|1||Junior Sells the Farm||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5x6r55<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|2||Fraggle Wars||Lost
|2||Fraggle Wars||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|3||The Day the Music Died||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5x9rg8 Found]'''
|3||The Day the Music Died||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5x9rg8<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|4||The Doomsday Soup||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xcit6 Found]'''
|4||The Doomsday Soup||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xcit6<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|5||A Cave of One's Own||Lost
|5||A Cave of One's Own||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|6||Wembley And The Great Race||Lost
|6||Wembley And The Great Race||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|7||Doozer Is As Doozer Does||Lost
|7||Doozer Is As Doozer Does||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|8||Boober's Quiet Day||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xf0x7 Found]'''
|8||Boober's Quiet Day||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xf0x7<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|-
|-
|9||Invasion of the Toe Ticklers||'''[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5uozx6 Found]'''
|9||Invasion of the Toe Ticklers||[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5xhibw<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|}
|}
===Season 4===
===Season 4===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Additional Notes
|-
|-
|1||Born to Wander||Lost
|1||Born to Wander||[https://youtu.be/K1vCpiBCBww<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']||
|-
|-
|2||Boober and the Glob||Lost
|2||Boober and the Glob||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|3||A Brush with Jealousy||Lost
|3||A Brush with Jealousy||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|4||Believe It or Not||Lost
|4||Believe It or Not||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|5||A Dark and Stormy Night||Lost
|5||A Dark and Stormy Night||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|6||The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet||Lost
|6||The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|7||The Secret Society of Poobahs||Lost
|7||The Secret Society of Poobahs||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|8||The Battle of Leaking Roof||Lost
|8||The Battle of Leaking Roof||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|9||Red-Handed and the Invisible Thief||Lost
|9||Red-Handed and the Invisible Thief||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|10||The Incredible Shrinking Mokey||Lost
|10||The Incredible Shrinking Mokey||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|11||Pebble Pox Blues||Lost
|11||Pebble Pox Blues||[https://youtu.be/JCigJNcB4DA<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']||
|-
|-
|12||Scared Silly||Lost
|12||Scared Silly||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|13||Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water||Lost
|13||Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|}
|}
===Season 5===
===Season 5===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Additional Notes
|-
|-
|1||The Great Radish Caper||Lost
|1||The Great Radish Caper||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|2||Home Is Where the Trash Is||Lost
|2||Home Is Where the Trash Is||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|3||Sidebottom Blues||Lost
|3||Sidebottom Blues||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|4||Gobo's School for Explorers||Lost
|4||Gobo's School for Explorers||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|5||The Grapes of Generosity||Lost
|5||The Grapes of Generosity||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|6||The Cavern of Lost Dreams||Lost
|6||The Cavern of Lost Dreams||[https://archive.org/details/fraggle-rock-uk/Fraggle+Rock+UK+-+%5B5x06%5D+-+The+Cavern+of+Lost+Dreams+%5BVHSrip(MPEG2)%5D-tobias.mpg<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|7||Bored Stiff||Lost
|7||Bored Stiff||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|8||Playing Till It Hurts||Lost
|8||Playing Till It Hurts||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|9||Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe||Lost
|9||Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|10||Gunge the Great and Glorious||Lost
|10||Gunge the Great and Glorious||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|11||Wembley and the Mean Genie||Lost
|11||Wembley and the Mean Genie||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|}
|}
===Season 6===
===Season 6===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Additional Notes
|-
|-
|12||Gone, But Not Forgotten||Lost
|1||Gone, But Not Forgotten||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|13||Mokey Then and Now||Lost
|2||Mokey Then and Now||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|14||Junior Faces the Music||Lost
|3||Junior Faces the Music||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|15||Beyond the Pond||Lost
|4||Beyond the Pond||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|16||Manny's Land of Carpets||Lost
|5||Manny's Land of Carpets||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|17||The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer||Lost
|6||The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|18||The Voice Inside||Lost
|7||The Voice Inside||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|19||A Tune for Two||Lost
|8||A Tune for Two||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|20||Wembley's Flight||Lost
|9||Wembley's Flight||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|21||Wonder Mountain||Lost
|10||Wonder Mountain||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|22||Mirror Mirror||Lost
|11||Mirror Mirror||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|23||Boober Gorg||Lost
|12||Boober Gorg||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|}
|}
===Season 7===
===Season 7===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{|| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
! style="background-color:orange" | Additional Notes
|-
|-
|1||Sprocket's Big Adventure||Lost
|1||Sprocket's Big Adventure||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|2||Uncle Matt's Discovery||Lost
|2||Uncle Matt's Discovery||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|3||Red's Blue Dragon||Lost
|3||Red's Blue Dragon||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|4||Space Frog Follies||Lost
|4||Space Frog Follies||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|5||Inspector Red||Lost
|5||Inspector Red||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|6||Ring Around the Rock||Lost
|6||Ring Around the Rock||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|7||The Perfect Blue Rollie||Lost
|7||The Perfect Blue Rollie||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|8||The Riddle of Rhyming Rock||Lost
|8||The Riddle of Rhyming Rock||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|9||The Gorg Who Would Be King||Lost
|9||The Gorg Who Would Be King||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|10||The River of Life||Lost
|10||The River of Life||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|11||The Honk of Honks||Lost
|11||The Honk of Honks||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|12||Change of Address||Lost
|12||Change of Address||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||Screenshots exist
|}
|}


==External Links==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_Rock
*[http://www.nightshade.org.uk/fraggleuk.html Nightshade page on the UK version of ''Fraggle Rock''.] Retrieved 22 Jan '19
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Lost puppetry]]
[[Category:Lost TV]]
[[Category:Lost TV]]
[[Category:Partially found media]]
[[Category:Partially found media]]

Revision as of 18:41, 23 December 2022

Doc UK1.jpg

The Captain building a model in "The Garden Plot."

Status: Partially Found

Fraggle Rock's first produced international co-production was the English UK version, though the French and German versions began airing sooner.[1] The segments within the Muppet world of Fraggle Rock are identical to the American version. However, the segments from outer space (i.e. the Doc & Sprocket and Traveling Matt segments) were changed to fit the UK audience.

Fraggle Rock was located on a rocky headland or island on a sea coast. There is a lighthouse on the island. The lighthouse was the home of the Captain, a retired sailor and the UK version of the Doc character, played by Fulton MacKay. Sprocket was still his companion, however.

Due to MacKay's death in 1987, the Captain was replaced in the fourth UK season by a younger character known as P.K. (Principal Keeper, the Captain's nephew), played by John Gordon Sinclair and again in the sixth UK season by another character, B.J. (Bertwhistle Junior, the Captain's son), played by Simon O'Brien.

Availability

A selection of episodes was released on VHS during the 1980's. A petition to have Fraggle Rock released on DVD was run on the web for many years until a "best of" collection of 12 episodes, previously released on VHS, was released on VHS and DVD in April 2004. TVS, the original broadcasters, have passed through several owners since 1992 and of the 96 episodes, only 12 master copies were known to have survived. HIT Entertainment has tried unsuccessfully to locate the missing episodes, including extensive inquiries with The Jim Henson Company both in the UK and the US.

By 2017, an effort by fan Alex Taylor to track down the episodes in any available format confirmed that at least 29 episodes exist in broadcast quality, with 87 episodes existing in some form. The remaining nine episodes were unaccounted for in any format until December 2020 when the Missing Believed Wiped group announced that all TVS inserts had been found in some form.[2] According to a tweet from user "Topov1981", VHS copies of the inserts were kept by Victor Pemberton (the creator of the sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who) after the masters were destroyed[3]. A release of the found inserts has yet to materialize.

Episode List

Season 1

# Episode Title Status Additional Notes
1 Beginnings Partially Found A clip from the UK version of this episode was featured in the HBO documentary Down at Fraggle Rock: Behind the Scenes
2 Wembley and the Gorgs Lost
3 The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles Lost
4 Let the Water Run Found
5 You Can't Do That Without a Hat Lost
6 The Thirty-Minute Work Week Lost
7 The Preachification of Convincing John Lost
8 I Want to Be You Lost
9 The Terrible Tunnel Lost
10 Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk Lost
11 Catch the Tail by the Tiger Lost
12 The Finger of Light Lost
13 We Love You Wembley Found
14 The Challenge Found
15 I Don't Care Found

Christmas Special

# Episode Title Status Additional Notes
1 The Bells of Fraggle Rock Lost

Season 2

# Episode Title Status Additional Notes
1 Capture the Moon Found Released on VHS and DVD
2 Marooned Found Released on VHS
3 The Minstrels Lost Released on VHS
4 The Great Radish Famine Lost Released on VHS
5 The Garden Plot Found
6 New Trash Heap in Town Lost
7 Gobo's Discovery Found
8 Mokey's Funeral Found
9 The Beast of Blue Rock Found
10 Wembley's Egg Lost
11 Booberock Found Released on VHS and DVD
12 All Work and All Play Lost
13 Red's Sea Monster Lost
14 Uncle Matt Comes Home Lost
15 Boober's Dream Found Released on VHS and DVD
16 Mokey and the Minstrels Found Released on VHS and DVD
17 The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore Found
18 Sir Hubris and the Gorgs Found
19 A Friend in Need Found Released on VHS and DVD
20 The Wizard of Fraggle Rock Lost
21 The Doozer Contest Lost
22 Red's Club Found Released on VHS and DVD
23 The Secret of Convincing John Found Released on VHS and DVD

Season 3

# Episode Title Status Additional Notes
1 Junior Sells the Farm Found Released on VHS and DVD
2 Fraggle Wars Lost
3 The Day the Music Died Found Released on VHS and DVD
4 The Doomsday Soup Found Released on VHS and DVD
5 A Cave of One's Own Lost
6 Wembley And The Great Race Lost
7 Doozer Is As Doozer Does Lost
8 Boober's Quiet Day Found Released on VHS and DVD
9 Invasion of the Toe Ticklers Found Released on VHS and DVD

Season 4

# Episode Title Status Additional Notes
1 Born to Wander Partially Found
2 Boober and the Glob Lost
3 A Brush with Jealousy Lost
4 Believe It or Not Lost
5 A Dark and Stormy Night Lost
6 The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet Lost
7 The Secret Society of Poobahs Lost
8 The Battle of Leaking Roof Lost
9 Red-Handed and the Invisible Thief Lost
10 The Incredible Shrinking Mokey Lost
11 Pebble Pox Blues Partially Found
12 Scared Silly Lost
13 Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water Lost

Season 5

# Episode Title Status Additional Notes
1 The Great Radish Caper Lost
2 Home Is Where the Trash Is Lost
3 Sidebottom Blues Lost
4 Gobo's School for Explorers Lost
5 The Grapes of Generosity Lost
6 The Cavern of Lost Dreams Found
7 Bored Stiff Lost
8 Playing Till It Hurts Lost
9 Blanket of Snow, Blanket of Woe Lost
10 Gunge the Great and Glorious Lost
11 Wembley and the Mean Genie Lost

Season 6

# Episode Title Status Additional Notes
1 Gone, But Not Forgotten Lost
2 Mokey Then and Now Lost
3 Junior Faces the Music Lost
4 Beyond the Pond Lost
5 Manny's Land of Carpets Lost
6 The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer Lost
7 The Voice Inside Lost
8 A Tune for Two Lost
9 Wembley's Flight Lost
10 Wonder Mountain Lost
11 Mirror Mirror Lost
12 Boober Gorg Lost

Season 7

# Episode Title Status Additional Notes
1 Sprocket's Big Adventure Lost
2 Uncle Matt's Discovery Lost
3 Red's Blue Dragon Lost
4 Space Frog Follies Lost
5 Inspector Red Lost
6 Ring Around the Rock Lost
7 The Perfect Blue Rollie Lost
8 The Riddle of Rhyming Rock Lost
9 The Gorg Who Would Be King Lost
10 The River of Life Lost
11 The Honk of Honks Lost
12 Change of Address Lost Screenshots exist

External Links

References

  1. Random House, 1993. Jim Henson The Works: The Art, The Magic, The Imagination
  2. "Missing Believed Wiped 2020 - The Fraggles Are Coming - 25-12-83", youtube.com, December 12, 2020.
  3. https://twitter.com/CameronYardeJnr/status/1338158073106620416