1 9 6 6 (Australia) 13 x 60 minute episodes Produced in Sydney by the Australian TEN network, ’66 and All That was a vehicle for former Mavis…
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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…
1 9 8 4 (UK) 5 x 30 minute episodes BBC Radio 1 went on the road (hence the title) with host DJ Peter Powell -…
1 9 9 1 – 1 9 9 3 (UK) 14 x 60 minute episodes This black talent contest – a clone of the talent shows…
1 9 7 2 (UK) 6 x 45 minute episodes The six episodes of this short-lived LWT series were broadcast on Saturday nights in June and…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 7 5 (UK) 40 x 30 minute episodes Following the demise of the children’s TV pop show Lift Off…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 7 (UK) 24 x 30 minute episodes BBC entertainment in which Alan Melville strung together sketches, songs, parodies…
1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 5 (USA) One year after the debut of NBC’s Friday Night Videos (network television’s first attempt to respond to the…
1 9 6 6 – 1 9 6 7 (USA) 26 x 60 minute episodes ABC presented this series of original television productions in a…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (USA) 179 x 105 minute episodes This late-night show by ABC was an attempt to put…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 4 (UK) 40 minute episodes Following on the success of London Town, Richard Dimbleby presented About Britain – a similar series…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 8 (UK) About The Home was an essential part of afternoon viewing for many British women in the 1950s.…
1 9 7 0 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes This short-lived BBC series hosted by Michael Aspel featured British club entertainers taking part in a…
1 9 7 0 (Australia) 7 x 30 minute episodes Every so often, something comes along on TV that is so sub-standard there can be no…
A now-forgotten alternative to the commercial break in the early days of British commercial television was the Advertising Magazine (or ‘Admag’) in which performers were…
1 9 8 2 – 2 0 0 5 (Australia) The continued allegiance of Australian TV aerobicists to hi-energy disco music is a wonderful thing. Long…
1 9 8 7 – 2 0 0 3 (UK) This late-night discussion show from Channel 4 was broadcast live in the wee hours of…
1 9 8 2 – 1 9 8 5 (Australia) 144 x 90 minute/60 minute episodes Sounds host Donnie Sutherland presented this late-night mix of music…
1 9 5 2 (USA) Comic Al Pearce had been a moderate success on the radio from 1934 to 1946 on NBC, CBS and ABC before…
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…