$1.98 Beauty Show, The
1 9 7 8 - 1 9 8 0 (USA)
This spoof of beauty pageants (created by the production company of Chuck Barris and aired on...
$10,000 Pyramid, The
1 9 7 3 - 1 9 7 6 (USA)
4270 x 30 minute episodes
"Keep your eye on this spot! You are about to see one...
13 Queens Boulevard
1 9 7 9 (USA)
9 x 30 minute episodes
Originally to have been titled Five Women, this short-lived spring replacement comedy series from ABC starring Eileen Brennan...
1970s Television – Introduction
In the 1970s, TV Producers turned from the excess of violence seen in drama series' of the 60s, to seek other ways of stimulating...
1990
1 9 7 7 (UK)
16 x 60 minute episodes
Great Britain, 1990. A dystopian future (at the time) in which Britain is under the grip of...
20/20
1 9 7 8 - Current (USA)
This hour-long current affairs show from ABC has always featured award-winning journalists covering social issues and current events.
The show...
240-Robert
1 9 7 9 - 1 9 8 1 (USA)
16 x 60 minute episodes
240-Robert followed the exploits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Emergency...
3-2-1
1 9 7 8 - 1 9 8 7 (UK)
180 x 60 minute episodes
Ted Rogers and Dusty Bin (a robotic dustbin with a face on...
4 Idle Hands
1 9 7 6 (UK)
6 x 30 minute episodes
“Maybe we’re not ready for the outside world.”
“Is the outside world ready for us?”
Life has never been...
45 (Rock On With 45)
1 9 7 4 - 1 9 7 5 (UK)
40 x 30 minute episodes
Following the demise of children's TV pop show Lift Off With Ayshea, Granada...
60 Minutes
1 9 6 8 - Current (USA)
1 9 7 9 - Current (Australia)
In 1967 Don Hewitt conceived of his new programme, 60 Minutes, as a strategy for...
A Current Affair
1 9 7 1 - 1 9 7 8 (Australia)
1 9 8 8 - current (Australia)
An Australian magazine programme that started life as a...
A Horseman Riding By
1 9 7 7 (UK)
The BBC's lack of cash showed in this thirteen-part drama series based on the R F Delderfield novels. Luckily there was...
A Little Bit Of Wisdom
1 9 7 4 - 1 9 7 6 (UK)
20 x 30 minute episodes
Norman Wisdom starred (again) as the little man who could never get things...
A Present for Dickie
1 9 6 9 - 1 9 7 0 (UK)
6 x 30 minute episodes
Returning from a cabaret tour of the Far East, Dickie (Dickie Henderson)...
A Question Of Sport
1 9 7 0 - Current (UK)
Fresh from the studio soccer game Quiz Ball, David Vine first introduced A Question Of Sport at 6:20 pm on Monday 5 January...
A Sharp Intake Of Breath
1 9 7 7 - 1 9 8 1 (UK)
22 x 30 minute episodes
Following his success as support to Ronnie Barker in the BBC's Open All...
A.E.S. Hudson Street
1 9 7 8 (USA)
5 x 30 minute episodes
This short-lived ABC tryout series centred around Dr Antonio ''Tony'' Menzies (Gregory Sierra, who played Detective Chano Amenguale...
ABC After School Specials
1 9 7 2 - 1 9 9 7 (USA)
ABC After School Specials were sixty-minute specials for young people, both dramatic and documentary, and were broadcast...
ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1 9 7 3 - 1 9 7 5 (USA)
17 x 90 minute episodes
Irregularly scheduled 90-minute drama specials for the afternoon viewing audience.
Usually recorded on...
