Missing Believed Wiped is an annual event hosted by the

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that screens previously "

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material from the UK that has recently been recovered. Missing Believed Wiped was founded in 1993 by Dick Fiddy, who remains involved in the event at the

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. There has also been a public effort using television spots and other media to raise awareness. Past events have featured material recovered from the personal collection of comedian

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, while the 2010 event featured extracts from drama recordings found at the

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in the United States. The 2011 event on 11 December featured an early

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play '' Emergency – Ward 9'',John Wyve
"Potter play preserved"
, Illuminations website (blog), 24 October 2011. two rediscovered episodes of ''

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'', and footage of

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's performance of "

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" on ''

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'' on 4 January 1973, which was believed to have been lost. The two ''Doctor Who'' episodes were part 3 of "

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" (

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era) and part 2 of " The Underwater Menace" ( Troughton era).

References

*Dick Fiddy ''Missing Believed Wiped: Searching For The Lost Treasures Of British Television'', 2001,

External links

Missing-episodes.com Report on 2001 eventBBC4 documentary of same nameBBC2 aborted launch night
Arts festivals in England Television preservation British Film Institute Lost television episodes {{UK-tv-stub

See also

References

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