Thanks @Paul Raven
I find this show fascinating - unfortunately many of the available episodes aren't as compelling as those which were wiped, but the history is still very interesting to read up on. I am hoping more of those first few hundred episodes are found someday.
There were a number of episodes on Youtube but they were taken down.
Brollie, a free streaming service, has been uploading episodes - they are up to 899. A few hundred to go. They also have, in the 1973 section, a bridging episode with tons and tons of clips from the lost period, showing just how button-pushing the storylines were (including very ugly racism alongside the sexual antics).
I am hoping they will eventually upload the last months of the show, which, due to falling ratings, tried to return to the more ribald old days, with full nudity (even some rare male frontal nudity), and a very controversial Nazi biker gang story which the actor who played the gay lawyer Don warned them would get the show canceled (and it did). This period also had a beloved character being gunned down in his nightclub.
https://watch.brollie.com.au/apps/845/tv-shows/tv-shows/number-96
They also have Number 96: The Movie.
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