1 9 6 3 – 1 9 8 5 (UK) A lavish sketch show in which Scottish comic Stanley Baxter specialised in impersonating famous women…
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1 9 8 3 – 1 9 9 5 (USA) Star Search featured talented amateurs who competed in various categories vying for the top prize of…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 6 (Australia) 60 minute episodes Produced by Channel 10 Australia, this local version of the hit American…
1 9 7 8 (USA) 1 x 120 minute episode A Thanksgiving TV special spin-off to the (then) biggest movie of all time sounds like a…
1 9 8 0 (UK) 2 x 60 minute episodes 1 9 8 1 – 1 9 8 3 (UK) 32 x 60 minute episodes Originally…
1 9 7 7 (USA) Four members of the popular music group The Starland Vocal Band (Bill, Taffy, Margot, and Jon) starred in this whimsical variety…
1 9 6 3 – 1 9 6 6 (UK) Traditional pub entertainment brought directly into your living room by this variety series hosted by…
1 9 9 0 – 2 0 1 5 (UK) Granada Television took a Dutch programme called The Soundmixshow – in which contestants impersonated famous…
1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 9 (UK) You cannot imagine how I loathed this show as a child growing up in Yorkshire. To…
1 9 6 7 (Australia) 29 x 30 minute episodes This Sunday evening series for young people from Australia’s ABC starred popular Melbourne singer Judy Jacques…
1 9 6 2 – 1 9 6 3 (Australia) 31 x 60 minute episodes This Australian variety show from Sydney’s ATN Channel 7 premiered…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) 313 x 30 minute/60 minute episodes 1 9 5 6 – 1 9 6 0 (USA) 165…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 5 (USA) The Stork Club was televised live on CBS from a specially-constructed room at the famous Manhattan…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 6 (UK) 19 x 30 minute episodes This short-lived Scottish pop music show was produced in Studio…
1 9 4 9 – 1 9 5 1 (USA) Originally featured as a segment of NBC’s Saturday Square show, this unscripted series consisted of…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 8 (USA) A Dallas-based TV show featuring many local bands including The 13th Floor Elevators, big names like…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 6 2 (UK) 78 x 45 minute episodes By 1958, it was felt by many that the youth…
1 9 5 5 – 1 9 6 7 (UK) 1 9 7 3 (UK) Launched in ITV’s very first week by Val Parnell, the…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 6 6 (Australia) 60 minute episodes This long-running top-rated Australian variety show from HSV7 Melbourne grew out of…
1 9 7 6 (Canada) 9 x 60 minute episodes This summer replacement for The Tommy Hunter Show aired on Friday nights at 9 pm and…




















