1 9 8 1 (UK) 5 x 30 minute episodes This short series from Southern Television – networked by ITV at midday on weekdays – found…
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1 9 6 8 (UK) 1 9 6 9 (UK) Diane’s Magic Book was produced by Jess Yates for Yorkshire Television in 1968. It became his first…
1 9 7 2 (UK) 10 x 15 minute episodes Following her success with Diane’s Magic Book (1968) and Diane’s Magic Theatre (1969), Diane Mewse returned…
1 9 7 9 (UK) 9 x 15 minute episodes This BBC2 series presented the comic tales of Charles Pooter (Terrence Hardiman), an amiable but undistinguished…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 6 x 45 minute episodes Two youthful travellers from the North of England – Joe (Victor Henry) and Ginger (Richard Moore)…
1 9 5 8 (UK) 14 x 30 minute episodes Samuel Pepys personified the spirit of his age both at its greatest and at its less…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 8 (USA/UK) 25 x 30 minute episodes American Dick Starrett (Patrick O’Neal) is an insurance claims detective based in…
1 9 7 9 (UK) 26 x 15 minute episodes The adventures of World War II veteran-turned-crime fighter Dick Barton (Tony Vogel) and his sidekicks, Snowey…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 7 4 (USA) Of all the talk show hosts, Dick Cavett had the oddest long-running career, with series on…
1 9 6 3 – 1 9 8 1 (UK) 166 x 30 minute episodes Former driving instructor Dick Emery excelled as a comic master of…
1 9 7 9 (UK) 1 x 60 minute episode Dick Emery’s Comedy Hour aired on ITV on Wednesday 6 June at 8.00 pm. It wasn’t comedy…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 3 (USA) 60 x 60 minute episodes Dick Powell, the boyish star of some of the most glittering…
1 9 8 6 (UK) 22 x 6 minute episodes Produced by legendary Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson, this tongue-in-cheek stop-motion animation series introduced the questionable…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 2 (USA) 48 x 30 minute episodes Based on the comic strip by Chester Gould, Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd)…
1 9 6 1 (USA) 130 x 5 minute episodes This syndicated animated series (produced by UPA) related the adventures of Dick Tracy, a daring plainclothes…
1 9 7 9 – 1 9 8 2 (UK) 31 x 25 minute episodes Dick Turpin starred former Man About The House star Richard O’Sullivan as the legendary…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 6 (USA) 158 x 25 minute episodes The Dick Van Dyke Show was conceived by Carl Reiner (who also…
1 9 7 6 (UK) 13 x 60 minute episodes This biopic series from Yorkshire Television focused on an ageing, failing Charles Dickens as he recalled…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) Sketches, song and dance were the ingredients of the Dickie Henderson Half Hour, with the show following the…
1 9 6 0 – 1 9 6 5 (UK) 1 9 6 8 (UK) 116 x 30 minute episodes This British 30-minute domestic comedy series had…




















