It was based on the novel and film The Third Man and starred Michael Rennie as Harry Lime.
[1] Initially eight episodes were lost due to the BBC’s junking policy, but on 4 October 2024, the Film Is Fabulous project announced the episode "The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk" had been recovered and returned to the BBC archive.
In addition, they announced the recovery of a version of "The Man With Two Left Hands",[2] which was in better quality than the one that existed.
[5] On 4 October 2024 the Film Is Fabulous project announced the recovery of "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk", which brought the number of missing episodes down from eight to seven.
They also announced they had located a 16mm film recording of "The Man With Two Left Hands" which was a significant improvement on the poor-quality domestic videotape copy previously known to exist.