1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 6 (UK) Three people are stranded on a planet on the far side of the galaxy. In order…
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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 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 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 7 2 – 1 9 7 3 (UK) 13 x episodes British native, but long-term American resident Alistair Cooke hosted this long-running documentary on…
1 9 8 7 – 1 9 9 3 (UK) All Clued Up was a Sunday tea-time classic, hosted by ”Diddy” David Hamilton. It was a real…
1 9 6 0 – 1 9 7 3 (UK) 1 9 8 7 – 1 9 8 9 (UK) A half-hour nostalgia documentary programme from Granada…
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 7 7 (UK) 17 x 60 minute episodes Director Tony Palmer bumped into John Lennon by chance on a Manhattan street in the autumn…
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) Running for two seasons between 1979 and 1980, Alright Now was an ITV music series featuring the very…
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 7 3 (USA) 12 x 60 minute episodes Craig Gilbert’s PBS documentary about the Loud family (yes, “Loud” was their surname) of Santa Barbara,…
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 9 4 – 2 0 0 4 (UK) Animal Hospital began as Animal Hospital Live, a twice-daily report on events at the RSPCA Harmsworth Memorial Animal…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 9 (UK) 114 x 30 minute episodes Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? debuted on 23 October 1952 and presented distinguished…