Wiped and Missing: The Broadcast Tapes That Didn't Survive

When the archive destroys itself: the BBC's tape-wiping purge and Doctor Who's missing episodes — the Omnibus documentary and the Nigerian find that brought them back, why so much early television is simply gone, the lost 'Warning Sounds' tape, the rediscovered 1969 Beatles BBC Hamburg tape, and the lost-media detectives hunting the leftovers.

Playlist by @news_archive_docs

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. "Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes" Documentary - Omnibus — Josh Snares
2. "How Doctor Whos Missing Episodes Came Back" Documentary - Omnibus — Josh Snares
3. Why So Much of Early Television is Lost — NationSquid
4. Lost Tapes: The Show Made to Scare Kids — Wendigoon
5. Lost Beatles Tape Discovered (BBC 1973) the find of the Hamburg Tapes. — elmer600
6. 10 Popular Tv Shows with Lost Episodes — All Things Lost
7. The Lost Pilot Episodes Iceberg | Lost Media — SewerReviewer
8. MORE Lost TV Shows That People Are Afraid Of — Jessii Vee
9. Disturbing Lost Media — Snook
10. Darkest Lost Media Found in 2025 | blameitonjorge — blameitonjorge