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|title=<center>Fraggle Rock (missing British dub episodes)</center>
|title=<center>Fraggle Rock (British co-production)</center>
|image=Doc UK1.jpg
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|imagecaption=The Captain building a model in 'The Garden Plot'
|imagecaption=The Captain building a model in "The Garden Plot".
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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''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. 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.
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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. (the Captain's son), played by Simon O'Brien.


==The missing episodes==
==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. 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.


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.
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.
==Episode List==
===Season 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
|-
|1||Beginnings||Lost
|-
|2||Wembley and the Gorgs||Lost
|-
|3||The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles||Lost
|-
|4||Let the Water Run||Lost
|-
|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||Lost
|-
|14||The Challenge||Lost
|-
|15||I Don't Care||Lost
|}
===Christmas Special===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
|-
|1||The Bells of Fraggle Rock||Lost
|}
===Season 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
|-
|1||Capture the Moon||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUQiy_P9tWg Found]'''
|-
|2||Marooned||Lost
|-
|3||The Minstrels||Lost
|-
|4||The Great Radish Famine||Lost
|-
|5||The Garden Plot||Lost
|-
|6||New Trash Heap in Town||Lost
|-
|7||Gobo's Discovery||Lost
|-
|8||Mokey's Funeral||Lost
|-
|9||The Beast of Blue Rock||Lost
|-
|10||Wembley's Egg||Lost
|-
|11||Booberock||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxU49g2dSw Found]'''
|-
|12||All Work and All Play||Lost
|-
|13||Red's Sea Monster||Lost
|-
|14||Uncle Matt Comes Home||Lost
|-
|15||Boober's Dream||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30Co6fiO0k Found]'''
|-
|16||Mokey and the Minstrels||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0GJbRu3BJo Found]'''
|-
|17||The Trash Heap Doesn't Live Here Anymore||Lost
|-
|18||Sir Hubris and the Gorgs||Lost
|-
|19||A Friend in Need||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcu3b922fSU Found]'''
|-
|20||The Wizard of Fraggle Rock||Lost
|-
|21||The Doozer Contest||Lost
|-
|22||Red's Club||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl4IYCUr7r4 Found]'''
|-
|23||The Secret of Convincing John||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz7VVFoXHIk Found]'''
|}
===Season 3===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
|-
|1||Junior Sells the Farm||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFMGbkbBpc Found]'''
|-
|2||Fraggle Wars||Lost
|-
|3||The Day the Music Died||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpWUrZG8O0 Found]'''
|-
|4||The Doomsday Soup||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRhvlbWfaEs Found]'''
|-
|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||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUnYrsxUUo Found]'''
|-
|9||Invasion of the Toe Ticklers||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02gWhC0uuqc Found]'''
|}
===Season 4===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
|-
|1||Born to Wander||Lost
|-
|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||Lost
|-
|12||Scared Silly||Lost
|-
|13||Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water||Lost
|}
===Season 5===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
|-
|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||Lost
|-
|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===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
|-
|12||Gone, But Not Forgotten||Lost
|-
|13||Mokey Then and Now||Lost
|-
|14||Junior Faces the Music||Lost
|-
|15||Beyond the Pond||Lost
|-
|16||Manny's Land of Carpets||Lost
|-
|17||The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer||Lost
|-
|18||The Voice Inside||Lost
|-
|19||A Tune for Two||Lost
|-
|20||Wembley's Flight||Lost
|-
|21||Wonder Mountain||Lost
|-
|22||Mirror Mirror||Lost
|-
|23||Boober Gorg||Lost
|}
===Season 7===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:orange" | #
! style="background-color:orange" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:orange" | Status
|-
|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
|}


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Revision as of 15:23, 24 April 2017

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Episode List

Season 1

# Episode Title Status
1 Beginnings Lost
2 Wembley and the Gorgs Lost
3 The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles Lost
4 Let the Water Run Lost
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 Lost
14 The Challenge Lost
15 I Don't Care Lost

Christmas Special

# Episode Title Status
1 The Bells of Fraggle Rock Lost

Season 2

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

Season 3

# Episode Title Status
1 Junior Sells the Farm Found
2 Fraggle Wars Lost
3 The Day the Music Died Found
4 The Doomsday Soup Found
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
9 Invasion of the Toe Ticklers Found

Season 4

# Episode Title Status
1 Born to Wander Lost
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 Lost
12 Scared Silly Lost
13 Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water Lost

Season 5

# Episode Title Status
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 Lost
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
12 Gone, But Not Forgotten Lost
13 Mokey Then and Now Lost
14 Junior Faces the Music Lost
15 Beyond the Pond Lost
16 Manny's Land of Carpets Lost
17 The Trial of Cotterpin Doozer Lost
18 The Voice Inside Lost
19 A Tune for Two Lost
20 Wembley's Flight Lost
21 Wonder Mountain Lost
22 Mirror Mirror Lost
23 Boober Gorg Lost

Season 7

# Episode Title Status
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
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