1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 7 (UK) 77x 20 minute episodes BBC television’s first foray into soap opera was actually a children’s programme…
Browsing: TV – 1950s
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1 9 5 2 (USA) An NBC summer series that ran from 6 July 1952 to 24 August 1952. Celebrity sports panellists attempted to identify well-known athletes from…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 7 3 (UK) 1 9 7 4 – 1 9 7 5 (UK) 457 x 60 minute plays Debuting…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 6 3 (USA) Narrated by a succession of hosts (most famously news anchor Douglas Edwards), Armstrong Circle Theatre, sponsored…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 1 (UK) 157 x 30 minute episodes Debuting on ITV in 1957, The Army Game was British comedy at its…
1 9 5 9 (UK) 6 x 25 minute episodes This short-lived BBC comedy series presented work-shy Northerner Dave Morris, his long-suffering wife Sylvia (future EastEnders…
1 9 4 9 – 1 9 5 9 (USA) One of the most popular stars on US radio throughout the 1940s, Arthur Godfrey’s arrival on…
1 9 4 8 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) The first of four Arthur Godfrey series’ to air on television, and memorably sponsored by Lipton…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 6 (UK) 158 x 35 minute episodes After years in show business, Arthur Haynes achieved TV fame in…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 6 0 (USA) For 10 years as it moved from time slot to time slot and station to station, The…
1 9 5 5 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Premiering on 10 September 1955, this series of Saturday night crime thrillers from the BBC was…
1 9 5 6 – 2010 (USA) 13,858 x 30/60 minute episodes Set in the town of Oakdale, As The World Turns is one of the longest-running daytime…
1 9 5 3 – 1 9 6 1 (UK) The first Asian magazine programme on BBC Television was an External Services radio programme which was…
1 9 5 9 (UK) 5 x 30 minute episodes Down at heel private detective Gordon Stewart (Donald Churchill) is on the verge of going broke…
1 9 5 4 – 1 9 5 6 (UK) Many modern TV shows owe a considerable debt to this show, which began in May 1954…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 7 (Australia) 30 minute episodes Radio presenter Howard Craven hosted Australia’s first TV current affairs show for half…
1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 4 (USA) 15 minute episodes This live, daily 15-minute black and white children’s program followed the adventures of…
1 9 5 5 – 1 9 5 6 (Canada) 15 minute episodes Aubrey (voiced by Garry Lay) was a raccoon who spoke with a boy’s…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 5 9 (Australia) 156 x 15 minute episodes “I, Julia Parrish, am now 43, the early autumn time of life,…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 2 (USA) 157 x 25 minute episodes Smooth John Forsythe starred as Bentley Gregg – a successful and…