1 9 4 9 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) 52 x 5 minute episodes “Pow Wow was a friend of all the animals in…
Browsing: TV – 1950s
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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…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) 104 x 30 minute episodes “Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able…
1 9 5 6 (UK) 16 x 30 minute episodes This BBC series revolved around Bill Pierce (6′ 4″ American film actor Wayne Morris), a public…
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…
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 2 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes 1 9 5 4 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes China Smith…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) 39 x 25 minute episodes Chief Inspector Paul Derek (John Bentley) was a British man working…
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…