1 9 9 4 – 1 9 9 5 (UK) 26 x 60 minute episodes Debuting on Saturday 12 February 1994, this phenomenally successful live travel…
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1 9 7 6 – 1 9 7 9 (USA) Sid and Marty Krofft (of H.R. Pufnstuf fame) originally produced this teenage variety hour from everybody’s favourite Mormon…
1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 6 (USA) 30/60 minute episodes Singer Dotty Mack (real name Dorothy Macaluso) hosted this weekly show – originally called…
1 9 5 9 (UK) 22 x 30 minute episodes Drumbeat was the BBC’s attempt to rival ITV’s Oh Boy!, aiming to capture the growing teenage…
1 9 6 6 – 1 9 6 9 (UK) 27 x 25 minute shows During 1966, Dusty Springfield provided a six-show BBC TV series. Dudley…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 9 (UK) 179 x 45 minute episodes This 45-minute late-night chat and music programme from ABC was hosted…
1 9 8 4 (UK) 23 x 60 minute episodes Hosted by DJ and American football commentator Nicky Horne with DJ/columnist Gary Crowley and journalist Lesley-Ann…
1 9 4 8 – 1 9 7 1 (USA) Anyone who watched television in America between 1948 and 1971 saw Ed Sullivan. Even if viewers did…
1 9 8 6 (Australia) ABC TV’s short-lived Edge of the Wedge was a controversial rock and youth affairs programme that screened for 30 minutes three times…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) 27 x 30 minute episodes The ventriloquist Peter Brough introduced a new, walking Archie Andrews dummy…
1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 4 (UK) 16 x 30 minute episodes Former Melody Maker assistant editor Michael Watts pitched the proposal…
1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 0 (UK) 18 x 60 minute episodes This hour-long late-night variety show was produced by ATV and aired…
1 9 7 2 (UK) 13 x 45 minute episodes This BBC1 production paired Engelbert Humperdinck with dance troupe The Young Generation (which included future Blue…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (USA) 27 x 60 minute episodes This weekly comedy/variety show from CBS – broadcast from New York…
1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 4 (UK) 12 x 60 minute episodes This quick-paced variety series from Central featured many musical acts, comedy,…
1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 8 (USA) 50 x 30 minute episodes It is hard to imagine today what an impact the music…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 7 6 (Australia) 179 x 90 minute episodes Produced from the GTV-9 studios at 22 Bendigo Street, Richmond in…
1 9 5 6 – Current (Europe) It has been called “a monument to drivel” but the annual show has topped television ratings since the first…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 5 7 (UK) 4 x 30/60 minute episodes Lancastrian comedian Norman Evans first starred in Evans Abode on Saturday…
1 9 6 7 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes 1 9 7 0 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes 1 9 7 1 (UK) 12 x…