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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. | ||
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 now being uploaded on Vimeo. | |||
==Episode List== | ==Episode List== | ||
===Season 1=== | ===Season 1=== |
Revision as of 14:57, 14 July 2017
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.
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 now being uploaded on Vimeo.
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 |