1 9 5 4 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) 39 x 30 minute episodes Undercover US government agent Michael Waring (Charles McGraw) is known as…
Browsing: 1950s Television
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1 9 5 5 – 1 9 5 6 (UK) 18 x 30 minute episodes “They seek him here, they seek him there . . .” Marius…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 5 9 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes Filmed in Bermuda, John Howard starred as Commander John “Pliny” Hawk,…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 2 (UK) 52 x 15 minute episodes Twizzle, a toy boy with a Wee Willy Winkie hat and extendable…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) 113 x 30 minute episodes “James Butler Hickok, mister” our hero would announce to all and…
1 9 5 8 (UK) 39 x 25 minute episodes The Adventures of William Tell was another of ITV’s all-action productions which, although aimed primarily at young…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) 39 x 30 minute episodes British Patrol Inspector Paul Derek (John Bentley) worked in the African…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) 28 x 25 minute episodes After Hours reunited the co-star (Michael Bentine) and director (Dick Lester) of Yes, It’s…
1 9 5 2 (USA) Comic Al Pearce had been a moderate success on the radio from 1934 to 1946 on NBC, CBS and ABC before…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) In 1950, when network television was still in its infancy in the US and radio ruled…
1 9 5 9 – 1 9 6 0 (USA) 37 x 60 minute episodes “Got the fever, got the fever . . . gold…
1 9 5 5 – 1 9 5 7 (USA) One of the finest dramatic shows on US television at the time, this hour-long series was…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 0 (USA) 65 x 30 minute episodes Several major changes were made when Alcoa transferred its dramatic efforts…
1 9 4 9 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) Before it became a successful sitcom on television, The Aldrich Family had been a long-running and popular radio…
1 9 5 5 – 1 9 6 5 (USA) 268 x 25 minute episodes Although only 20 of the 300+ episodes of this anthology of…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) 26 x 30 minute episodes The SS Adriana set sail on 6 December 1958, but this…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) Comedy variety shows were popular in America during television’s first decade of prominence in the late…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 6 1 (UK) Introduced by Huw Wheldon (later to become BBC Director of Television) and frequently produced by a…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 8 9 (USA) American Bandstand became a powerful symbol of American teenage culture with its nearly four-decade look at the…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) 78 x 30 minute episodes Amos ‘n’ Andy had been one of American radio’s biggest hits,…