Editing Adam Adamant Lives! (section)

== Episodes ==
The untransmitted pilot episode, "Adam Adamant Lives", no longer exists in the BBC Archives. All of series one, with the exception of "Ticket to Terror", is held by the BBC. Series two has not fared so well, with only "Black Echo" and "A Sinister Sort of Service" remaining in existence.

===Pilot episode - Adam Adamant===

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 |EpisodeNumber2=0
 |EpisodeNumber=0
 |Title=Adam Adamant Lives
 |DirectedBy=William Slater
 |WrittenBy=Donald Cotton & Richard Harris
 |OriginalAirDate=N/A
 |ShortSummary=Edwardian adventurer and gentleman Adam Adamant pursues his opponent known as The Face to an abandoned mansion. Once there he is trapped and frozen into an everlasting death. Awakened in 1966, he is befriended by young Georgina Jones. Also still alive, the Face abducts the Home Secretary, planning to exchange him for Adamant.<p>1902 sequence reused in "A Vintage Year for Scoundrels."</p>
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===Series 1 (1966)===
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |EpisodeNumber=1
 |Title=A Vintage Year for Scoundrels
 |DirectedBy=David Sullivan Proudfoot & William Slater
 |WrittenBy=Tony Williamson<br />''Additional Material by'' Donald Cotton & Richard Harris
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|6|23|df=y}}
 |ShortSummary=Edwardian adventurer and gentleman Adam Adamant pursues his opponent known as The Face to an abandoned mansion. Once there he is trapped and frozen into an everlasting death. Awakened in 1966, he is befriended by young Georgina Jones. When Georgina's boss is murdered, Adam is plunged into battle with the vicious protection racketeers responsible.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |EpisodeNumber=2
 |Title=Death Has a Thousand Faces
 |DirectedBy=Philip Dudley
 |WrittenBy=Tony Williamson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|06|30|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=When a man is stabbed to death for a stick of Blackpool rock, Adamant and Jones discover a mysterious piece of paper and they journey to Blackpool. Once there they make the acquaintance of Simms, a Punch and Judy puppeteer, who joins them in their hunt. 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |EpisodeNumber=3
 |Title=More Deadly Than the Sword
 |DirectedBy=Leonard Lewis
 |WrittenBy=Terence Frisby
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|07|07|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam and Georgina (minus Simms) journey to Japan in order to help a British politician when he becomes blackmailed by terrorists.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |EpisodeNumber=4
 |Title=The Sweet Smell of Disaster
 |DirectedBy=Philip Dudley
 |WrittenBy=Robert Banks Stewart
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|07|14|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam finds himself battling against his own friends when a carnation starts to cause chaos.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |EpisodeNumber=5
 |Title=Allah Is Not Always With You
 |DirectedBy=Paul Ciappessoni
 |WrittenBy=Tony Williamson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|07|21|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam is plunged into the world of nightclubs, drugs and murder while investigating the death of a young girl who has connections with an Arabic prince.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |EpisodeNumber=6
 |Title=The Terribly Happy Embalmers
 |DirectedBy=Paul Ciappessoni
 |WrittenBy=Brian Clemens
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|08|04|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=The murder of a financier leads Adam into the world of embalmers, but his own fate is catching up with him.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |EpisodeNumber=7
 |Title=To Set a Deadly Fashion
 |DirectedBy=Leonard Lewis
 |WrittenBy=Tony Williamson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|08|11|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam gets in the way of a murder plot when he enters the world of fashion.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |EpisodeNumber=8
 |Title=The Last Sacrifice
 |DirectedBy=Philip Dudley
 |WrittenBy=Richard Harris
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|08|18|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=A weekend in the countryside turns into a race to stop a magician who is holding humanity to ransom.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |EpisodeNumber=9
 |Title=Sing a Song of Murder
 |DirectedBy=Moira Armstrong
 |WrittenBy=John Pennington
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|08|25|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam's past catches up with him when his friends are accused of murder. Can he prove their innocence before his world crashes around him?
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |EpisodeNumber=10
 |Title=The Doomsday Plan
 |DirectedBy=Paul Ciappessoni
 |WrittenBy=Richard Harris
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|09|01|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam is led to 'Doctor' Mort, a so-called prophet, who predicts the world will end.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |EpisodeNumber=11
 |Title=Death by Appointment Only
 |DirectedBy=Moira Armstrong
 |WrittenBy=Tony Williamson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|09|08|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=A series of murders could signal the end of the world.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |EpisodeNumber=12
 |Title=Beauty Is an Ugly Word
 |DirectedBy=Philip Dudley
 |WrittenBy=Vince Powell & Harry Driver
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|09|15|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam enters the world of glamour while trying to stop another attempt to end the world.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |EpisodeNumber=13
 |Title=The League of Uncharitable Ladies
 |DirectedBy=Ridley Scott
 |WrittenBy=John Pennington
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|09|22|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=A murder leads Adam to three sinister old ladies. Can he discover their secret before all hell breaks loose?
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=14
 |EpisodeNumber=14
 |Title=Ticket to Terror
 |DirectedBy=Tina Wakerell
 |WrittenBy=Dick Sharples
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|09|29|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam investigates when 400 passengers disappear from a [[Waterloo & City line]] train.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=15
 |EpisodeNumber=15
 |Title=The Village of Evil
 |DirectedBy=Anthea-Browne Wilkinson
 |WrittenBy=Vince Powell & Harry Driver
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|10|06|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam, Georgina and Simms go for a peaceful fishing trip, but a case involving a young boy's missing pet mice and the practice of satanic rites land him in another investigation.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=16
 |EpisodeNumber=16
 |Title=D for Destruction
 |DirectedBy=Moira Armstrong
 |WrittenBy=Tony Williamson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|10|13|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=A series of 'accidental deaths' lead 'Colonel' Adam Adamant back into his old regiment. Once there, he learns of a plan to hijack Great Britain's nuclear missiles.
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===Series 2: 1966–67===
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=1
 |EpisodeNumber=17
 |Title=A Slight Case of Reincarnation
 |DirectedBy=Roger Jenkins
 |WrittenBy=Tony Williamson and Brian Clemens (Story)
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1966|12|31|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam is determined to free an African leader from the spell of the Face.*
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=2
 |EpisodeNumber=18
 |Title=Black Echo
 |DirectedBy=Moira Armstrong
 |WrittenBy=Derek Ford & Donald Ford
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|01|07|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam visits an exiled Russian Grand Duchess, who is requesting him because he is familiar with a pearl necklace that she once owned, and is now trying to reclaim it. However, upon arrival at the Duchess's home, Adam finds two horrifying secrets from his past are about to return...
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=3
 |EpisodeNumber=19
 |Title=Conspiracy of Death
 |DirectedBy=Roger Jenkins
 |WrittenBy=Vince Powell & Harry Driver
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|01|14|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam investigates the murder of an old wartime friend.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=4
 |EpisodeNumber=20
 |Title=The Basardi Affair
 |DirectedBy=Henri Safran
 |WrittenBy=Ian Stuart Black
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|01|21|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam gets on the wrong side of the ruler of an oil-rich country.**
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=5
 |EpisodeNumber=21
 |Title=The Survivors
 |DirectedBy=Moira Armstrong
 |WrittenBy=Vince Powell & Harry Driver
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|01|28|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam investigates a strange spate of murders.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=6
 |EpisodeNumber=22
 |Title=Face in a Mirror
 |DirectedBy=Henri Safran
 |WrittenBy=John Pennington
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|02|04|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=The Face returns, determined to rid the world of Adam Adamant once and for all.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=7
 |EpisodeNumber=23
 |Title=Another Little Drink
 |DirectedBy=Laurence Bourne
 |WrittenBy=Ian Stuart Black
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|02|11|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam has to work fast to stop the spreading of a deadly poison.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=8
 |EpisodeNumber=24
 |Title=Death Begins at Seventy
 |DirectedBy=Ridley Scott
 |WrittenBy=Dick Sharples
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|02|18|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam investigates strange happenings at an old people's home.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=9
 |EpisodeNumber=25
 |Title=Tunnel of Death
| DirectedBy=Moira Armstrong
 |WrittenBy=Richard Waring
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|02|25|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=The Face's new plans threaten to tear the world to pieces.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=10
 |EpisodeNumber=26
 |Title=The Deadly Bullet
 |DirectedBy=Henri Safran
 |WrittenBy=Vince Powell & Harry Driver
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|03|04|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam investigates when a magician is murdered.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=11
 |EpisodeNumber=27
 |Title=The Resurrectionists
 |DirectedBy=Ridley Scott
 |WrittenBy=Derek Ford & Donald Ford
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|03|11|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Adam is left powerless when the Face's agents start their invasion.
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=12
 |EpisodeNumber=28
 |Title=Wish You Were Here
 |DirectedBy=Moira Armstrong
 |WrittenBy=James MacTaggart
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|03|18|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=Could the death of Simms's mother mean a deadly trap for Adam?
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}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber2=13
 |EpisodeNumber=29
 |Title=A Sinister Sort of Service
 |DirectedBy=Laurence Bourne
 |WrittenBy=Tony Williamson
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1967|03|25|df=yes}}
 |ShortSummary=A series of nation-wide robberies plunge Adam, Georgina and Simms into the hands of a deadly group of security guards...
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}}
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<small>* Approximately four minutes from this episode exist on audio tape in a private collection, and is included as part of the Special Features on the DVD release.</small>{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}<br />
<small>** This episode currently exists only as an off-air audio recording.</small>{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

===Lost episodes===
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There were originally 29 [[black-and-white]] episodes composing two series, plus one unbroadcast pilot titled ''Adam Adamant Lives'' (without exclamation mark, as here). The 1902 sequence is now all that is known to survive of this unseen debut episode of the series, and only exists because it was later reused in "A Vintage Year for Scoundrels". No script of ''Adam Adamant Lives'' is known to exist, and the only documentation that remains is the description given in the Drama Early Warning Synopsis issued on Thursday 10 March 1966; this is included in the booklet ''Adam Adamant Lives!: Viewing Notes'' accompanying the DVD boxed set ''Adam Adamant Lives!: The Complete Collection'' released by [[2entertain]] Ltd in July 2006.

The first series, with the exception of "Ticket to Terror", was made as a mixture of single camera [[16 mm film]] for the location sequences, and multi-camera studio recording using 625-line electronic cameras. However, instead of being edited on [[video tape]], as was the usual [[BBC]] procedure, the series was edited entirely on film, with the output of the studio cameras being [[telerecording|telerecorded]], for ease of editing. (At that time, videotape editing was difficult.)

"Ticket to Terror" from the first series, and all of the second series, were made with the usual BBC mix of tape and film, but were edited on tape. [[Wiping (magnetic tape)|Wiping]] by the BBC in the 1970s has resulted in no master videotapes having survived. Film recordings haven't all survived either as, in one case, one episode on [[35 mm movie film|35 mm film]] is known to have been destroyed.

The result of all this is that only 16 episodes remained in the archives when the BBC realised the value of such material, including the first and last episodes in broadcast order. These were mainly in the form of 35 mm film telerecordings, with a handful of episodes as 16mm film recordings or reduction prints. In the case of some episodes, the 35 mm location footage also exists, and has been used to remaster those surviving episodes. The last episode of Series One, "D For Destruction", thought to be among those lost forever, was recovered in 2003, from a mislabelled film can in the BBC Archives. It has been shown in public at the [[Missing Believed Wiped]] event, and is included in the ''Complete Collection'' DVD set.

Another lost episode, "The Basardi Affair", was recovered as a complete off-air audio recording in 2017, and remains to date the only missing ''Adam Adamant Lives!'' episode known to exist in this format.

A public appeal campaign, the [[BBC Archive Treasure Hunt]], continues to search for missing episodes.

====List of lost episodes====

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Series
! Episode No.
! Lost Episodes
! Original Broadcast Date 
|-
| rowspan="1" | 0
|Pilot
|''Adam Adamant Lives''
| Not broadcast 
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1
|14
|''Ticket To Terror''
|29 September 1966
|-
| rowspan="11" | 2
|1
|''A Slight Case of Reincarnation''
|31 December 1966
|-
|3
|''Conspiracy of Death''
|14 January 1967
|-
|4
|''The Basardi Affair''*
|21 January 1967
|-
|5
|''The Survivors''
|28 January 1967
|-
|6
|''Face in a Mirror''
|4 February 1967
|-
|7
|''Another Little Drink ''
|11 February 1967
|-
|8
|''Death Begins at Seventy''
|18 February 1967
|-
|9
|''Tunnel of Death''
|25 February 1967
|-
|10
|''The Deadly Bullet''
|4 March 1967
|-
|11
|''The Resurrectionists''
|11 March 1967
|-
|12
|''Wish You Were Here''
|18 March 1967
|-
|}

<small>* This episode currently exists only in audio form.</small>