1 9 5 4 – 1 9 6 0 (UK) 45 minute episodes Beginning as a radio series in 1950, Top Town was an inter-town competition, although…
Browsing: TV – 1950s
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1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) 78 x 30 minute episodes Television’s first fantasy-sitcom, Topper, was actually derived from a book and a…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) 52 x 15 minute episodes This early Gerry Anderson puppet series pre-dated classics such as Stingray, Supercar and Thunderbirds…
1 9 5 7 (USA) 39 x 25 minute episodes Regan (James Chandler) was the chief investigator for an organisation that located missing people for a…
1 9 5 6 (UK) 3 x 30 minute episodes This short-run domestic comedy series from Associated-Rediffusion Television was written by Belfast writer John Crilley and…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 9 (USA) 70 x 30 minute episodes Set in the American Southwest, Trackdown starred Robert Culp as mythical Texas…
1 9 5 0 (USA) 9 x 60 minute episodes This dramatic anthology series from CBS was hosted and narrated by Joe DeSantis. Actors who appeared…
1 9 5 7 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes Debuting on 29 September 1957, this BBC series starred Richard Palmer as Jim Hawkins and Bernard…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) 191 x 30 minute episodes A squad of agents headed by “The Chief” (Walter Greaza) went…
1 9 5 9 (UK) 10 x 45 minute episodes Debuting on 20 June, this starring vehicle for comedian Tommy Trinder from the BBC aired fortnightly…
1 9 5 6 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This six-part science-fiction thriller from ATV aired on Saturday nights in 1956 and featured unexplained disappearances…
1 9 5 8 (UK) 4 x 30 minute episodes Premiering on 12 May 1958, this dizzy BBC comedy series starred Jacqueline Mackenzie (who co-wrote the…
1 9 5 9 – 1 9 6 0 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes The number-one troubleshooter of the Stenrud Corporation, a large heavy-construction firm…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 7 5 (USA) The granddaddy of all TV stunt games, Truth or Consequences, began on CBS radio in…
1 9 5 6 (Canada/USA) 39 x 30 minute episodes Salt spray, insults and action marked this expensively-produced comedy about rival tugboat captains in the Pacific…
1 9 4 9 – 1 9 5 4 (USA) 60/30 minute episodes Broadcast from Philadelphia, this teen-oriented ABC musical talent show was hosted by veteran…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) This highly popular big-money quiz show based on the card game Twenty-One premiered on NBC…
1 9 5 8 (UK) 26 x 30 minute episodes Based on the American game show of the same name, the British version of Twenty-One featured two contestants…
1 9 5 1 (USA) 30 minute episodes This ABC series was broadcast live to air and told the story of two female cousins named Smith…
1 9 5 6 (UK) 23 x 30 minute episodes This early Granada sketch series initially starred the so-called “rubber-faced comedienne” Libby Morris, who had arrived…