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…
Browsing: TV – 1960s
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1 9 6 0 (Australia) 6 x 30 minute episodes Premiering on Tuesday 26 July 1960, this short-lived variety show from the Australian ABC was hosted…
1 9 6 8 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Produced and directed by Robin Nash, this six-part BBC1 comedy series was a vehicle for comedienne…
1 9 6 3 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes This ABC comedy starred Hylda Baker and Charles Hawtrey – using their real names – as…
1 9 6 0 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes Debuting in October 1960, this dramatic anthology series, hosted by John Conte, featured adaptations of…
1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 0 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes Cockney wide-boy Alfred Wilcox (Harry H. Corbett) worked as a salesman…
1 9 6 3 (Australia) 13 x 30 minute episodes This 13-week variety series from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) starred English-born singer-comedian Johnny Ladd, who…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 12 x 25 minute episodes Premiering on Thursday, 30 April 1964, this “series of light-hearted enquiries into matters of no importance”…
1 9 6 2 – 1 9 7 1 (USA) 274 x 30 minute episodes One of the most durable television sitcoms and one of the…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 7 2 (USA) 254 x 30 minute episodes The ABC comedy Bewitched lasted eight seasons and sparked a trend…
1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 0 (Australia) 33 x 30 minute episodes Two contestants were isolated from each other in soundproof booths, both…
1 9 6 9 (UK) 8 x 60 minute episodes Peter Egan played the title role – “Hog” being a nickname for George Hogarth – in…
1 9 6 7 (UK) 6 x 25 minute episodes The ‘M’ in the title stands for manana, meaning “tomorrow”, and typifies a “put-it-off-until-tomorrow” mood of…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 9 2 (UK) Jimmy Hill was born in Balham in 1928. He began his professional footballing career with Brentford…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 3 (UK) 54 x 30/50 minute episodes This occasional Saturday night variety series from ABC was broadcast…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 6 x 25 minute episodes This Friday-night BBC comedy series was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and starred Bob…
1 9 6 2 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes British space scientists are experimenting with breaking through the Van Allen belts – two belts of…
1 9 6 8 (UK) 12 x 60 minute episodes This Sunday evening variety show from ATV aired sporadically between April and July 1968, occasionally alternating…
1 9 6 5 (UK) 6 x 25 minute episodes Detective Inspector Tom Masefield (John Bown) is investigating a safebreaking job at Lamarck Plastics when he…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 9 (USA) 112 x 50 minute episodes Rich but hard-headed widow Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck) ran a huge…