Jango was a crime-comedy series produced in 1961 by Associated Rediffusion for British television. It starred Robert Urquhart

Robert Urquhart (actor)

Robert Urquhart was a Scottish character actor who mainly worked in British television during his career.He was born in Ullapool, Scotland on 16 October 1921, educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and made his stage debut in 1947...

 in the lead role of Jango Smith, with Moira Redmond

Moira Redmond

Moira Redmond was a British actress.She was born in Bognor Regis, England, the daughter of the actress Molly Redmond and her husband who was a stage manager...

 as Dee Smith, his wife. The show also featured performances by Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis, OBE is an English actor and entertainer, well-known for his work on British television. Although he was born and brought up in London, his two most notable roles require him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner.Sallis is best known for his role as the main character...

 and Brian Wilde

Brian Wilde

Brian George Wilde was an English actor, best known for his roles in television comedy, including Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine...

.

Only eight episodes were actually produced and all were believed lost

Wiping

Wiping or junking is a colloquial term for action taken by radio and television production and broadcasting companies, in which old audiotapes, videotapes, and telerecordings , are erased, reused, or destroyed after several uses...

, until the mid 1990's when a kinescope

Kinescope

Kinescope , shortened to kine , also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program made by filming the picture from a video monitor...

of one episode was discovered.