1 9 6 7 (UK) 1 x 90 minute episode This ITV pantomime, produced by Rediffusion for £30,000, aired on Christmas Day 1967. Cliff Richard…
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1 9 7 1 (UK) 1 x 90 minute episode The BBC Christmas Day pantomime starred Cilla Black in the title role – a role she…
1 9 6 6 (UK) 1 x 85 minute episode Originally broadcast at 4.40 pm on Christmas Day 1966, this BBC version of the popular pantomime…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) In 1950, when network television was still in its infancy in the US and radio ruled…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) Comedy variety shows were popular in America during television’s first decade of prominence in the late…
1 9 6 8 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes Conceived as “Radio 1 in vision” and replacing Juke Box Jury on Friday nights, All Systems Freeman…
1 9 6 2 (UK) 26 x 30 minute episodes Despite its title, this early ATV music series featured very little authentic jazz, focusing instead on…
1 9 5 7 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Considered to be British television’s First Lady of popular music during the late 1950s and early…
1 9 7 6 – 1 9 7 8 (Australia) Based on the British show It’s a Knockout, Almost Anything Goes featured teams competing against each other…
1 9 7 5 – 1 9 7 6 (USA) Based on the successful UK series It’s A Knockout, this short-lived show featured three teams each week (each…
1 9 7 9 – 1 9 8 0 (UK) This live-music television series aired on ITV from 1979 to 1980 and featured live performances from…
1 9 7 1 – 1 9 7 5 (Canada) 90 x 30 minute episodes This syndicated magic variety show screened from 1971 to 1975 and…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 8 9 (USA) American Bandstand became a powerful symbol of American teenage culture with its nearly four-decade look at the…
1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 7 (USA) In 1982 an American ironworker named Dan Carr and an Elvis impersonator named John Ferraro…
1 9 5 8 (USA) 1 9 5 9 (USA) 1 9 6 2 – 1 9 6 7 (USA) 1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7…
1 9 7 9 – Current (UK) When it debuted on 18 February 1979, few would have predicted that Antiques Roadshow would draw bigger audiences in some regions…
1 9 7 0 – 1 9 7 7 (UK) ITV arts programme, Aquarius, was originally edited and presented by Humphrey Burton, a former editor of Monitor, though…
1 9 6 4 (1964) 1 x 60 minute special This 1964 ITV television special featuring The Beatles was produced by Jack Good for Associated-Rediffusion. Recorded…
1 9 7 6 (UK) 28 x 25 minute episodes Alan, Jake and Paul of glam-pop band Arrows starred in their own Tuesday afternoon series, produced…
1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 4 (USA) 1248 x 60 minute episodes This hip, late-night talk show debuted in syndication on 3 January 1989…