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- ↑ "Missing or incomplete episodes for programme Rupert of Hentzau". Lost Shows. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "The Queens Goodbye (1964)". Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.
- ↑ "Return to Zenda (1964)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
- ↑ "Audience with the King (1964)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
