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 1980s. 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 Cameron Yarde Jnr, 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
| #
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Episode Title
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Status
|
Additional Notes
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| 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 |
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| 4 |
Let the Water Run |
Found |
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| 5 |
You Can't Do That Without a Hat |
Lost |
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| 6 |
The Thirty-Minute Work Week |
Lost |
|
| 7 |
The Preachification of Convincing John |
Lost |
|
| 8 |
I Want to Be You |
Lost |
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| 9 |
The Terrible Tunnel |
Lost |
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| 10 |
Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk |
Lost |
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| 11 |
Catch the Tail by the Tiger |
Lost |
|
| 12 |
The Finger of Light |
Lost |
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| 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 |
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| 14 |
Uncle Matt Comes Home |
Lost |
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| 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 |
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| 5 |
A Dark and Stormy Night |
Lost |
|
| 6 |
The Beanbarrow, the Burden and the Bright Bouquet |
Lost |
|
| 7 |
The Secret Society of Poobahs |
Lost |
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| 8 |
The Battle of Leaking Roof |
Lost |
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| 9 |
Red-Handed and the Invisible Thief |
Lost |
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| 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
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See Also
External Links
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