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==Home media== ===Australia=== [[Magna Pacific]] published the American version of ''Fraggle Rock'' on [[DVD region code#4|Region 4]] DVD in 2007. The DVD set ''Fraggle Rock: The Complete Fourth Season'' actually includes seasons four and five. The DVDs have no special features. A set of plush dolls of Gobo, Wembley, Boober, and Red were released by Sababa Toys, each accompanied by a DVD featuring two episodes of the show, and one episode of the animated series. ===United Kingdom=== Twelve UK episodes were released on VHS and DVD by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]] in April 2004. [[Television South|TVS]], the original ITV broadcaster, has passed through several owners since dropping out of the ITV network in 1992 and it was believed only these 12 episodes had survived. The research found more episodes, but many of the original 95 remained lost.<ref name="nightshade.org.uk"/> HiT Entertainment has tried unsuccessfully to locate the [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|missing episodes]], including extensive inquiries with [[The Jim Henson Company]] both in the UK and the US. When UK television channels wish to broadcast the show, they have had to make do with the original US versions; such was the case with [[Boomerang UK|Boomerang]] and [[Cartoonito]] in 2007. In addition to the unknown fate of the physical master material, much of the original TVS production paperwork and sales documentation has been lost during the intervening years. This problem affects the majority of the TV program archive, preventing any commercial exploitation. As of December 2017, search efforts and returned episodes from private collectors - mostly home recordings on VHS - have raised the number of episodes to 95, with only one episode - "Gobo’s School For Explorers", missing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nightshade.org.uk/fraggleuk.html|title=Fraggle Rock UK - Missing Episodes|website=www.nightshade.org.uk}}</ref> In December 2020 TV preservation company Kaleidoscope announced via their Facebook page that VHS copies of all episodes had been located and transferred from the collection of producer [[Victor Pemberton]]. In 2010, [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] the UK released seasons 1-3 in complete season box sets. These releases are the same as the American box sets, except without bonus features. However, seasons 4 and 5 have never, as of 2024, been commercially been released in the UK. ===United States=== [[HBO|HBO Video]], previously known as HBO/Cannon Video and Thorn EMI/HBO Video, released a collection of single-episode VHS tapes during the 1980s through Jim Henson Video. In 1993, [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Video]], under their ''Jim Henson Video'' label released five ''Fraggle Rock'' VHS tapes with two episodes each. [[HIT Entertainment]] released several single-disc DVDs with three episodes each (two in the VHS counterparts) plus bonus episodes which could be unlocked by completing a trivia game before releasing the first three seasons of ''Fraggle Rock'' on DVD in Region 1 between September 2005 and September 2007. It released a complete series box set on November 4, 2008, but did not release the final season in a separate release. Season 4 had originally been scheduled to be released on the same day as the complete series set but at the last minute, it was scrapped and was never released. In 2009, [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] reached a deal with The Jim Henson Company to release ''Fraggle Rock'' on DVD. It subsequently released the final season on DVD for the first time on November 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Final-Season-and-Merry-Fraggle/12452 |title=Fraggle Rock—Henson Company/Lionsgate Deal Bring Final Season and Merry Fraggle |date=August 10, 2009 |website=[[TVShowsonDVD.com]] |access-date=September 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913053631/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Final-Season-and-Merry-Fraggle/12452 |archive-date=September 13, 2009 }}</ref> On the same day, the "Complete Series" collection was re-released with new packaging (due to numerous complaints about the previous release).<ref>{{cite news|title= Fraggle Rock—Lionsgate/Henson Agreement Also Brings a Repackaged Complete Series Set|work= [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]|url= http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Complete-Series-Collection/12470|access-date= September 27, 2010|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091018074427/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Complete-Series-Collection/12470|archive-date= October 18, 2009}}</ref> In 2013, [[Vivendi Visual Entertainment]] acquired the license to release Jim Henson Company DVDs, including Fraggle Rock.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/more/dvd-calendar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222034712/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-30th-Anniversary-Collection/18084|url-status=dead|title=DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic|archive-date=February 22, 2013|website=www.metacritic.com}}</ref> Season 1 was re-released on March 12, 2013, followed by Season 2 on April 16, Season 3 on May 14, and Season 4 on June 18.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Season-3/18133 |title=Fraggle Rock DVD news: Announcement for Fraggle Rock - The Complete 3rd Season |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122046/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Fraggle-Rock-Season-3/18133 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> A complete series set was also released on May 14 as ''Fraggle Rock{{snd}}The 30th Anniversary Collection''. This 22-disc set features all 96 episodes of the series as well as bonus features. A six-episode DVD was released with the title ''Meet the Fraggles''. On July 11, 2018, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] announced that they would be releasing a complete series set of ''Fraggle Rock'' on [[Blu-ray]] in honor of the show's 35th anniversary. The 12-disc set includes remastered versions of all 96 episodes of the series in high-definition, and includes all features from the previous DVD season releases as well as adding new material such as a 1993 ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today Show]]'' segment featuring Uncle Traveling Matt, a series of on-set videos with creator Jim Henson, and all 13 episodes of ''[[Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series]]''. It was released on September 25, 2018.<ref name="hddigest35">{{cite news |last1=Landy |first1=Tom |title=Jim Henson'sFraggle Rock: The Complete Series' Announced for Blu-ray|url=https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Sony/Disc_Announcements/Jim_Henson/jim-hensons-fraggle-rock-the-complete-series-announced-for-bluray/42078|access-date=July 11, 2018|work=High-Def Digest|date=July 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name="braycom">{{cite web |title=Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series Blu-ray|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=23619 |website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- !DVD Name!!Release Date!!Ep #!!Additional Information |- |Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season || September 6, 2005 || style="text-align: center;"|24 || Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock notepad, Behind the Scenes Documentary narrated by [[Jim Henson]], Interviews with the cast and creators, Deluxe collectors box. |- |Fraggle Rock: Complete Second Season || September 5, 2006 || style="text-align: center;"|24 || Jim Henson's Creatures and places of Fraggle Rock notepad, Steve Whitmire's Home Videos, Deluxe Collectors Box and tribute to [[Jerry Juhl]]. |- |Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season || style="white-space:nowrap;"| September 11, 2007 || style="text-align:center;"|24 || All-new featurettes and interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators, Deluxe embossed collector's packaging. |- |style="white-space:nowrap;"|Fraggle Rock: Complete Final Season || November 3, 2009 || style="text-align:center;"|24 || All-new featurettes and interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators. |- |Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection || November 3, 2009 || style="text-align: center;"|96 || All 96 episodes in one collectible package art, original Fraggle Rock illustrated poster, all-new featurettes, and interviews with Fraggle Rock cast and creators. |- |Fraggle Rock: The Complete Series || September 25, 2018 || style="text-align: center;"|96 || All 96 episodes remastered in HD with special features from previous releases and limited edition packaging; all episodes of ''Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series'' included. |}
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