DVD Release
Because of the BBC's wiping policy of the 1970s, of the 36 episodes made only 21 of the original 23 episodes of the first two BBC series (1961–62) still exist in the BBC archives, all 13 episodes of the third (and final) BBC series (1963) and the 'Christmas Night with the Stars' sketch (1962) do not exist.
Only 8 of the 10 existing episodes of the first BBC TV series, broadcast in 1961, were released on DVD (DD Home Entertainment) in March 2006, the other two episodes (episodes 7 and 9 of series 1) were not included as DDHE thought the prints were of such poor quality.
All 11 existing episodes, of the second BBC TV Series, broadcast in 1962, were released on DVD (DD Home Entertainment) in October 2006. It should be noted that the film recording prints used are of a uniformly poor quality throughout this set.
All episodes of Series 1 and 2 of the (1977/1978) LWT version of the series, including the 1977 Christmas special, have been released on DVD by Network.
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