$64,000 Question, The
1 9 5 5 - 1 9 5 8 (USA)
Before the quiz show scandal of the late 1950s, The $64,000 Question was a high-stakes, nail-biting, ratings-topping game...
1950s Television – Introduction
Television mesmerised us from the moment it entered our households, and - in less than a decade - became a staple of our way...
A-Z
1 9 5 6 - 1 9 5 7 (UK)
BBC entertainment in which Alan Melville strung together sketches, songs, parodies and guest appearances to a...
Abbott and Costello Show, The
1 9 5 2 - 1 9 5 4 (USA)
52 x 30 minute episodes
Stage and screen comedians Bud Abbott (born William Abbott) and Lou Costello...
Abigail and Roger
1 9 5 6 (UK)
9 x 20 minute episodes
The comedy adventures of an engaged couple living separately (this was the 1950s) in London's bedsitter land,...
About Britain
1 9 5 2 - 1 9 5 4 (UK)
Following on the success of London Town, Richard Dimbleby presented About Britain - a similar series presenting "journeys to people...
About The Home
1 9 5 1 - 1 9 5 8 (UK)
About The Home was an essential part of afternoon viewing for many British women in the 1950s.
The...
Action In The Afternoon
1 9 5 3 - 1 9 5 4 (USA)
250 x 30 minute episodes
Action in the Afternoon was television's first live outdoor Western. Set in...
Admags
A now-forgotten alternative to the commercial break in the early days of British commercial television was the Advertising Magazine (or 'Admag') in which performers...
Adventures in Paradise
1 9 5 9 - 1 9 6 2 (USA)
91 x 60 minute episodes
Created by James Michener, this black & white action-adventure series from ABC...
Adventures of a Jungle Boy
1 9 5 7 (UK)
13 x 30 minute episodes
The exploits of Boy (Michael Carr Hartley), the young, orphaned survivor of an aeroplane crash, as he...
Adventures of Aggie, The
1 9 5 6 - 1 9 5 7 (UK)
26 x 30 minute episodes
This early British-made sitcom starred a US actress so it could...
Adventures of Ben Gunn, The
1 9 5 8 (UK)
6 x 30 minute episodes
This series for children used the biggest film location devised to date by BBC Television, for the...
Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull, The
1 9 5 9 (UK)
5 x 30 minute episodes
This British sitcom followed the adventures of retired Army Brigadier, Garnet Wellington-Bull, who was a widowed career...
Adventures of Captain Hartz, The
1 9 5 3 - 1 9 5 5 (USA)
These adventure stories for children from ABC related the adventures of Captain Hartz as he travelled...
Adventures of Clint and Mac, The
1 9 5 7 - 1 9 5 8 (USA)
15 x 15 minute episodes
This short serial was broadcast as a segment of The Mickey Mouse...
Adventures of Dr Fu Manchu, The
1 9 5 6 (USA)
13 x 30 minute episodes
Dr Fu Manchu (Glen Gordon), evil genius and possessor of seemingly unlimited financial resources, has pledged...
Adventures of Ellery Queen, The
1 9 5 0 - 1 9 5 2 (USA)
93 x 30 minute episodes
The investigations of Ellery Queen (played initially by Richard Hart and then...
Adventures of Garry Halliday, The
1 9 5 9 - 1 9 6 2 (UK)
50 x 25 minute episodes
This children's Saturday serial from the BBC starred Terence Longdon as dashing pilot...
Adventures of Hiram Holliday, The
1 9 5 6 (USA)
26 x 25 minute episodes
Debuting on 3 October 1956, this modest and underrated comedy series - from a Paul Gallico character...
