1 9 5 9 (UK) 5 x 30 minute episodes This BBC comedy series followed the adventures of retired Army Brigadier, Garnet Wellington-Bull, who was a…
Browsing: 1950s Television
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1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) 15 minute episodes These adventure stories for children from ABC related the sea adventures of Captain…
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…
1 9 4 9 – 1 5 1 (USA) 65 x 15 minute episodes This Los Angeles-produced puppet series revolved around the adventures of Cyclone Malone…
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…
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…
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…
1 9 5 9 – 1 9 6 2 (Australia) 5 minute episodes The first regular live children’s television show from Channel Nine in Melbourne…
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…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) 78 x 25 minute episodes “Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie, he was a bold adventurin’ man Jim…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) 104 x 30 minute episodes One of the more popular of the many Wild West adventure…
1 9 5 5 (Australia) 26 x 30 minute episodes This early series – produced and filmed in Australia by overseas interests before Australia even had…
1 9 5 5 – 1 9 5 6 (UK) 33 x 15 minute episodes Enid Blyton’s popular children’s character was seen on television for the…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 6 6 (USA) 435 x 25 minute episodes This show originated on CBS Radio between 1944 and 1954, where…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 2 (USA) 15 minute episodes This early puppet series presented the adventures of an orphaned hobo boy named…
1 9 5 7 (UK) 6 x 25 minute episodes This early BBC series was aimed at family audiences and recounted the adventures of the titular…
1 9 5 4 – 1 9 5 9 (USA) 164 x 26 minute episodes In 1954, former silent screen canine character Rin-Tin-Tin was resurrected and…
1 9 5 5 – 1 9 5 8 (UK) 143 x 30 minute episodes The Adventures Of Robin Hood was made for the American market and…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 7 (UK) 30 x 30 minute episodes This costume action series related the glorious exploits of King Arthur’s…
1 9 5 5 (USA) 25 x 15 minute episodes 1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 7 (USA) 23 x 15 minute episodes 1…