Whatever happened to the last episode of Rubovian Legends?
This question refers to the episode entitled The Giddy Ghost. This episode is listed in the Kaleidoscope Guide to Childrens Television as still being held by the BBC, but has ##/##/## in place of the usual transmission date. After a fruitless search through the Radio Times, we asked Gordon Murray about it, and he said that he completed the film and delivered it, and yes, it has never been transmitted. He was pleased to hear that it is still safely stored at the BBC, and so still has a chance to see the light of day even after all of these years. At the time that this episode was made, there were a lot of changes going on in the BBC. Due to pressure of competition from ITVs live action adventure series, the BBC was moving away from puppetry in childrens television, Gordon was wanting to leave, and perhaps even more significant, colour television was only a few weeks off. Hence the final episode of Rubovian Legends either got lost in the shuffle, or more likely the programming department
