''Moonstrike'' is a British

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series produced by the

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in 1963. The series was an

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programme: a collection of self-contained stories about acts of resistance in occupied

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during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Producer Gerard Glaister drew upon his own wartime experiences, having served as a pilot in the RAF. Most of the music for the series was provided by composer

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, and was some of his first work in the field of composing 'incidental music'. Of the 27 episodes that were made, only three were known to exist until 2 October 2024, when the Film Is Fabulous project announced the recovery of a 16mm telerecording of the episode "He Who Tells". The recording was returned to the BBC for preservation. This means that 4 of the 27 episodes of Moonstrike now exist in the BBC archives.

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