1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) 30 minute episodes Bert Parks – billed as “the keeper of the Horn of Plenty”…
Browsing: TV – 1950s
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1 9 5 7 – 1 9 7 2 (Australia) 1 9 7 6 (Australia) Bandstand was the longest-running Australian pop television show of its time, and…
1 9 5 5 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes This short black & white series from Associated-Rediffusion starred Marcia Manolescue as Barbie, the daughter of a…
1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 6 (USA) One of American network television’s earliest showcases for animated theatrical shorts, Barker Bill’s Cartoons typically…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 6 1 (USA) 108 x 30 minute episodes A black and white Western drama series from NBC. The exploits of…
1 9 5 5 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Debuting on Friday 3 June 1955, this six-week BBC series was essentially a television version of…
The best-known faces of the early 50s on British television belonged to the BBC programme announcers: McDonald Hobley, Mary Malcolm and Sylvia Peters. The trio first appeared in…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 6 1 (USA) The very active game show Beat The Clock began on CBS radio in 1949 and transferred to television…
1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 8 (UK) The first three series’ of Arthur Askey’s Before Your Very Eyes were broadcast on BBC between 1952 and 1955,…
1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) Bengo was the creation of artist William Timym (known as “Tim”). Originally appearing in the Daily Express,…
1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 4 (USA) 132 x 15 minute episodes Attorney Wayne Bennett (Don Gibson) and his wife Nancy (Paula Houston…
1 9 5 4 – 1 9 5 7 (UK) 1 9 6 1 – 1 9 8 9 (UK) British TV’s saucy comedian with a flair…
1 9 5 4 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) 9 x 60 minute episodes This once-a-month CBS colour series debuted on 15 September 1954 with…
1 9 5 9 – 1 9 6 0 (USA) 30 x 30 minute episodes Goldie Appleby (Betty Hutton) is a former showgirl-turned-manicurist who accepts…
1 9 5 8 (USA) 13 x 30 minute episodes This ABC series presented music, songs and comedy sketches with actress Betty White – fresh from…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) 78 x 30 minute episodes “Somebody bawl fo’ Beulah?” While the premise of Beulah – about the…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 2 (USA) The Bickersons originated on radio and starred Frances Langford as the long-suffering Blanche Bickerson and Don…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 4 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes Biff Baker (Alan Hale Jr who would go on to fame…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) This unusual show displayed new inventions with commentary by a panel and interviews with guest inventors.…
1 9 5 9 (USA) 7 x 90 minute episodes This short-lived CBS series featured an informal gathering of celebrities milling around, chatting and performing…