Background
Until 1978, when theRecovery
In 1998, David Croft made an appeal onChristmas sketches
Two of the four Christmas sketches which aired as part of Christmas Night with the Stars from 1968 " Santa On Patrol" and 1970 " Cornish Floral Dance" (which were made in colour) remain missing, though audio recordings of both have been recovered. The " Cornish Floral Dance" was also performed at theColour episodes
The colour episodes in series 3–9 have been remarkably fortunate compared with many of their contemporaries. Missing episodes were returned from overseas broadcasters, mainly from those in Europe, New Zealand and Australia, with the result that all full-length episodes now exist in the original colour format.Restoration and recreation
Colour restoration
By the 1990s, " Room at the Bottom", the sixth episode of Series 3, was the only episode produced in colour that did not have a colour copy in the archive; instead, it survived only as a 16 mm black-and-white film recording. Because of the way in which the original black and white telerecordings were made, colour information was sometimes inadvertently preserved in them even though it could not be displayed. In 2008, a computer technique ofRecreations
Restagings
Although not a deliberate attempt to restore lost material, the " Cornish Floral Dance" was also performed at theAnimated episode
In 2008, the soundtrack of "Remake
In 2018,=Cast
= *List of missing content
Episodes
Sketches
Further research
Documentaries
*''Dad's Army: Missing Presumed Wiped'' (2001) – a 30-minute documentary about episode recoveries and restoration. *''Time Shift – Missing Believed Wiped'' (2003) – a general documentary about archive television, featuring some clips and discussions about ''Dad's Army''.Overseas broadcasters that purchased Series 2
See also
*Notes
References
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