1 9 6 8 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes This BBC sitcom, written by Michael Pertwee, starred Canadians Bernard Braden and his wife, Barbara Kelly,…
Browsing: TV – 1960s
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1 9 6 9 (France/UK) 26 x 5 minute episodes Babar, the baby elephant created by Jean de Brunhoff, came to BBC1 at 5.44 pm…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 2 (USA) 157 x 25 minute episodes Smooth John Forsythe starred as Bentley Gregg – a successful and…
1 9 6 3 – 1 9 6 4 (UK) 38 x 25 minute episodes Young Tim Cordon (Malcolm Patton) moved to the countryside and discovered…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes Widower Sam Bailey (Paul Ford) is the captain of the Island Princess (CF…
1 9 6 7 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Joe Baker was not a brilliantly funny comic. He was a mildly amusing fat man, whose…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 7 0 (USA) 31 x 50 minute episodes Few shows are remembered as fondly as The Banana Splits. Combining live-action, costumed…
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 6 2 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This short thriller series from the BBC began with a crash on a Welsh hillside which…
1 9 6 0 – 1 9 6 1 (USA) 37 x 30 minute episodes Hollywood leading lady Barbara Stanwyck hosted this anthology of original 30-minute teleplays…
1 9 6 4 (Australia) 13 x 30 minute episodes Sisters Joan (Sheila Bradley) and Shirley (Robina Beard) Muggleton inherit a run-down roadside cafe-cum-garage from their…
1 9 6 0 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes Barnaby Rudge was the first of Charles Dickens’ two historical novels (the other being The Tale…
1 9 6 5 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Barney Pank (Bill Fraser) spent most of his married life in the Merchant Navy as Chief…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 11 x 30 minute episodes This children’s series from Rediffusion featured five teenagers – Mike, their leader (future Sweeney and…
1 9 6 6 – 1 9 6 7 (UK) 30 x 50 minute episodes In yet another fine Saint-style action series from ITC, Steve Forrest starred…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 8 0 (UK) 152 x 30 minute episodes Basil Brush – a mischievous upper-class fox, created by Peter Firmin…
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 6 6 (UK) 5 x 50 minute episodes Wealthy estate agent Geoffrey Stewart (Noel Johnson) is shot and killed by his wife Diana (Sylvia…
1 9 6 6 – 1 9 6 7 (USA) 100 x 5 minute episodes A superpowered anthropomorphic grey bat whose black metallic wings were “like…
1 9 6 6 – 1 9 6 8 (USA) 120 x 30 minute episodes Parents never seemed bothered that our childhood was spent fixated on…