Almost 60 years after it was deemed to be lost for good, a horror series that left the nation stunned as been found14:27, 28 May 2026Updated 14:29, 28 May 2026A lost episode of the BBC's terrifying horror series has reportedly been rediscovered after many years.‌Nearly six decades after it was believed lost forever, an episode of the BBC’s infamous series Late Night Horror has been rediscovered and is set to air once again.‌Originally broadcast in 1968, Late Night Horror was a six-part anthology known for its dark and deeply disturbing stories. However, within just a couple of years, the series had vanished from television and was wiped from the BBC archives.‌The programme gained notoriety for its graphic, frightening content, featuring gruesome scenes, sinister supernatural figures, and macabre storylines. Limited reactions at the time suggest viewers found it excessively terrifying, while some BBC crew members were reportedly left shaken by the material, reports Metro.BFI film curator Atlas Obscura said: "It was quite shocking, I think it was controversial."‌During the 1960s and 70s, the BBC erased huge portions of its archive, reportedly up to 70 percent, in order to reuse tapes, with Doctor Who alone losing more than 90 episodes from the period. However, a 2007 BBC report suggested that the extreme nature of Late Night Horror may also have played a role in its being ripped from the archives.However, four episodes, including William and Mary, The Triumph of Death, The Bells of Hell, and The Kiss of Blood, are still missing. Archivist Chris Perry eventually recovered The Corpse Can’t Play in 2016 following a search that lasted 30 years.The Corpse Can't Play is currently available to watch on YouTube.‌A decade on, another missing instalment has now been found. The episode No Such Thing As a Vampire, adapted from a short story by I Am Legend author Richard Matheson, has been rediscovered.The story follows a vampire-themed narrative in which a woman mysteriously becomes ill and is discovered to have two small puncture wounds on her neck, a classic sign of the undead.‌Unseen for around 60 years, the episode was uncovered by cinema projectionist Darren Payne in a storage room at The Regent, a 1930s art deco cinema and theatre located in Christchurch, Dorset.No Such Thing As a Vampire isn’t the only piece of rare BBC archive material to resurface. The 1984 Sheffield-set drama Threads, which depicts the devastating effects of a nuclear attack on ordinary people in Britain, has been broadcast only a few times due to its intensely disturbing content.Article continues belowMore recently, the BBC also marked the return of two lost episodes from the Classic Doctor Who era, featuring William Hartnell’s First Doctor. The episodes were carefully restored before being made available on iPlayer.The episode will be screened in Dorset on 20 September, in partnership with the BBC Archives, as part of the three-day Grindfest event.