My Episodes Guide

Thanks to a few people I've been in contact with about C.A.B. I now have several episodes of the programme. But I'm still missing a few so if anyone has the missing episodes below or better copies of these episodes please contact us, contact details can be found on the contact us page (link at top of page).

All of these episodes are stored on both VHS video and have been backed up on DVD.

As these episodes have come from a variety of sources I have duplicate copies of some episodes, some were broadcast on Channel Ten on Australian TV and some on Children's ITV in the UK. Please note that the Australian copies do have advert breaks, Channel Ten logo's and voice-overs on the credits although this does not spoil the programme at all. The UK copies have none of these.

Many thanks to everyone who has kindly done me copies of their episodes, you've helped make the website much better.

Series One

Episode Three: Danger
1) Australian Copy End of episode only (approx 8 minutes 47 seconds including credits)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits
Voiceover is approx 15 seconds

Episode Four: The Sinister Messenger
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 22 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Complete intro sequence
Full Ending Credits
Voiceover is approx 18 seconds

Episode Five: Prisoner of the Earth
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 56 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Complete intro sequence
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo
Voiceover is approx 17 seconds

Episode Six: The Stranger From The Past
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (mostly - see details below, lasts approx 19 minutes 47 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Complete intro sequence
Few seconds missing after commercial break when Anwar arrives
Full Ending Credits (lines flicker during credits of Smith & Anwar approx 3 seconds, credits stop after copyright year just before music finishes)
Voiceover is approx 10 seconds

Episode Eight: A Message From Ma
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (mostly - see details below, lasts approx 18 minutes 04 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Start titles & most of previous episode recap missing (recap lasts approx 7 seconds)
Full Ending Credits (credits stop after copyright year just before music finishes)
Voiceover is approx 15 seconds

Episode Nine: Nine Lives in Peril
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 18 seconds)
No intro sequence, starts just before C.A.B. title appears
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits (credits stop after copyright year just before music finishes)
Voiceover is approx 8 seconds

Episode Ten: Friend or Foe
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 20 minutes 19 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Complete intro sequence
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo (Thames TV Logo shakes slightly at end)
Voiceover is approx 18 seconds

Unknown Episode (Episode 11 or 12)
1) UK Copy End of episode only (Lasts approx 8 minutes 23 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Series Two - The Wooden Kamel Mystery

Episode One: The Wooden Kamel Mystery
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 20 minutes 41 seconds)
Quality: 3/5
Screen flicker at 18:46 for approx 2 seconds
Complete intro sequence
Full Ending Credits

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 20 minutes 5 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Full Ending Credits

Episode Two: Eel Pie and Custard
1) Australian Copy Last 5 minutes 33 seconds of episode only
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits
Voiceover is approx 14secs

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 30 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo (logo only appears for a second)

Episode Three: Message From R Leeder
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 18 minutes 41 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Sound missing for approx one minute when Children's ITV lost the sound, announcement from presenters.
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo (logo only appears for a second)

Episode Four: Next Stop Timbuktu
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 44 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Five: It's A Snip
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 38 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo (logo only appears for a second)

Episode Six: Saved By The Bull
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 12 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Seven: Ear By Gum
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 24 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo (logo only appears for a second)

Episode Eight: Finders Keepers
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 7 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo (logo only appears for a second)

Episode Nine: Hellman's Trick
1) Australian Copy 6 minutes 35 seconds of episode only (latter half of episode but no ending)
Quality: 4/5
Ends before credits

Episode Ten: Hellman's Reward
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 47 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo
Voiceover is approx 11secs

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 36 seconds)
Quality: 4/5
Wavy line at very bottom of screen
Full Ending Credits

Series Preview
1) UK Copy Complete Children's ITV preview (lasts approx 16 seconds)
Contains two still images of series two. Shown on Tuesday 19th January 1988 (the day before airing of episode one).
Quality: 5/5
Features Garry Terzza and Debbie Shore (CiTV presenters)


Series Three - The Mystery Of The Queen's Beast

Episode One: A Face at the Window
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 58 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo
Voiceover is approx 8secs

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 50 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Two: The Riddle
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 54 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits
Voiceover is approx 7secs

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 38 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Three: The Bottle of Hastings
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 28 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits
Voiceover is approx 8secs

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 5 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Four: Robert the Brute
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 20 minutes 36 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
With Channel Ten Logo before episode starts, visible wavy line across logo (lasts approx 1 second)
Full Ending Credits
Voiceover is approx 8secs

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 20 minutes 15 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo (logo only seen for a split second)

Episode Five: The Chamber Pot Plant
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 59 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits
Voiceover is approx 7secs

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 40 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Six: Getting Taped
1) Australian Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 20 minutes 02 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo
Voiceover is approx 9secs

2) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 48 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Seven: Trapped
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 20 minutes 18 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Eight: The Great Escape
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 20 minutes 8 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Nine: Friends or Foes
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 46 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Episode Ten: Nicked In Time
1) UK Copy Complete episode (Lasts approx 19 minutes 48 seconds)
Quality: 5/5
Full Ending Credits & Thames TV Logo

Series Trailer
1) UK Copy Complete trailer (lasts approx 29 seconds with a further 8 seconds of Children's ITV presenter)
Trailer shown on Monday 26th June 1989 (inbetween airing of ep2 and ep3 and contains footage from episode one).
Quality: 5/5
Voice on Trailer is Ted May, a central TV continuity announcer at the time