1 9 6 5 (France/UK) 12 x episodes This adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s classic novel was a familiar sight on children’s television in the 1960s, being…
Browsing: TV – 1960s
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1 9 6 3 (Australia) 13 x 10 minute episodes “In the bush there is a creature, and he’s got a bushy tail He is not…
1 9 6 5 (Australia/USA) 32 x 30 minute episodes Widowed journalist Dan Wells (Walter Brown) is sailing the Pacific on his schooner Seaspray with his three…
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 6 7 – 1 9 7 0 (France) 36 x 25 minute episodes Originally titled Les Chevaliers du Ciel (“The Knights of the…
1 9 6 5 (UK) 6 x 25 minute episodes A service sitcom written by the British-based American John Briley, drawn from his own experiences as…
1 9 6 9 (UK) 1 x 75 minute episode The traditional pantomime Aladdin took on a new look in ITV’s Christmas Day offering in 1969 starring comedy…
1 9 6 7 (UK) 1 x 90 minute episode This ITV pantomime, produced by Rediffusion for £30,000, aired on Christmas Day 1967. Cliff Richard…
1 9 6 6 (UK) 1 x 85 minute episode Originally broadcast at 4.40 pm on Christmas Day 1966, this BBC version of the popular pantomime…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 3 (USA) 60 x 60 minute episodes Introduced by dancer and actor Fred Astaire, this ABC anthology series…
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…
Subtitled “What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?”, this one-hour made-for-TV animated movie from Hanna-Barbera had a typical mid-1960s suburban…
1 9 6 6 (UK) 1 9 6 7 – 1 9 7 1 (UK) 33 x 30 minute episodes 1 x short special Another intelligent sitcom…
1 9 6 0 – 1 9 7 3 (UK) 1 9 8 7 – 1 9 8 9 (UK) A half-hour nostalgia documentary programme from Granada…
1 9 6 6 – 1 9 6 7 (UK) 9 x 30 minute episodes Michael Bentine’s ATV follow-up series to It’s A Square World, All Square explored…
1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 3 (UK) 5 x 150 minute/105 minute/90 minute episodes This annual ITV special aired on Christmas Day from…
1 9 6 8 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes Conceived as “Radio 1 in vision” and replacing Juke Box Jury on Friday nights, All Systems Freeman…
1 9 6 2 (UK) 26 x 30 minute episodes Despite its title, this early ATV music series featured very little authentic jazz, focusing instead on…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 6 1 (UK) Introduced by the incredibly tall Huw Wheldon (later to become BBC Director of Television) and frequently…
1 9 6 9 (New Zealand) 6 x 30 minute episodes British geology professor Professor Stanton (Bruce Montague) arrives in New Zealand and becomes involved with…