1 9 6 9 (UK) The televised coverage of the Moon landing was ITV’s longest-ever production – from 6:00 pm on Sunday 20 July to…
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1 9 9 2 (UK) 7 x 60 minute episodes 1 9 9 6 (UK) 2 x 60 minute episodes 1 9 9 7 (UK) 3 x 60…
1 9 8 6 (USA) 1 x 120 minute episode Geraldo Rivera began his career in the early 1970s as an investigative journalist. His story about…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 9 9 (UK) British TV broke new ground on 3 July 1967 when the chimes of Big Ben…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 7 8 (UK) This 40-minute programme from BBC2 presented news and opinions on events and issues of the…
1 9 8 0 – Current (UK) 1,000+ x 45 minute episodes BBC2’s nightly current-affairs programme has enjoyed its fair share of controversy down the years,…
1 9 7 3 – 1 9 7 6 (Australia) This daytime current affairs program produced “by women for women” and presented by an all-female lineup,…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 6 8 (UK) 330 x 25 minute episodes When Canadian-born British television personality finished his show On The…
1 9 5 3 – Current (UK) Richard Dimbleby’s previous career-high spot was quite possibly the coronation, but he was to become firmly associated with a…
1 9 7 1 (USA) Two pro bowling champions tried to make tough shots involving pins in unusual configurations in this CBS show. Over the…
1 9 6 9 – 1 9 8 6 (UK) Snooker was first televised by the BBC in 1950, but it was Pot Black – which…
1 9 7 0 – 2 0 2 3 (UK) Fresh from the studio soccer game Quiz Ball, David Vine first introduced A Question Of Sport at 6:20 pm…
1 9 7 9 – current (UK) Based on the BBC Radio 4 programme Any Questions?, Question Time was first broadcast on Tuesday 25 September 1979.…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 9 2 (UK) 25 minute episodes Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves were the last football pundits to appear…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) 188 x 30 minute episodes This groundbreaking, muck-raking CBS documentary series started as a Sunday afternoon broadcast…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 9 7 (UK) Sportsnight was a midweek BBC television successor to Sportsview that ran from 1968 until 1997.…
1 9 5 4 – 1 9 6 8 (UK) British television’s great scoop of 1954 was achieved by the new series Sportsview. On 6 May their…
1 9 6 5 (UK) On Saturday 30 January 1965, over three-quarters of the British population followed the State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill on…
1 9 8 7 (UK) 4 x 30 minute episodes Airing in September and October 1987 and broadcast on Saturday evenings, this four-part Channel 4 series…
1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 8 (Australia) 30 minute episodes Debuting in November 1983, this nightly Channel 7 (Australia) production was hosted…