1 9 6 5 – 1 9 7 2 (West Germany) 83 x 30/60 episodes Debuting on 25 September 1965, Beat Club was initially hosted by…
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1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 5 (UK) 30 x 25/30 minute episodes BBC2’s The Beat Room – billed as “non-stop beat and shake”…
1 9 6 6 (USA) 26 x 30 minute episodes Hosted by the Nashville-based WLAC disc jockey Bill ‘Hoss’ Allen and presented from a single studio…
1 9 8 5 – 1 9 8 7 (Australia) Though ostensibly a music TV programme, this Saturday afternoon show from the Australian ABC network was…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 7 3 (Australia) 1 9 8 1 – 1 9 8 4 (Australia) 1 9 9 6 (Australia)…
1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 8 (UK) The first three series’ of Arthur Askey’s Before Your Very Eyes were broadcast on BBC between 1952 and 1955,…
1 9 6 0 (Australia) 6 x 30 minute episodes Premiering on Tuesday 26 July 1960, this short-lived variety show from the Australian ABC was hosted…
1 9 7 8 – 1 9 8 0 (UK) 14 x 30 minute episodes After 30 years as a double act with his brother Mike,…
1 9 5 8 (USA) 13 x 30 minute episodes This ABC series presented music, songs and comedy sketches with actress Betty White – fresh from…
1 9 6 3 (Australia) 13 x 30 minute episodes This 13-week variety series from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) starred English-born singer-comedian Johnny Ladd, who…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 12 x 25 minute episodes Premiering on Thursday, 30 April 1964, this “series of light-hearted enquiries into matters of no importance”…
1 9 9 6 – 1 9 9 7 (UK) 18 x 50 minute episodes Billed as the New Faces for the Nineties, this talent show…
1 9 9 2 – 2 0 0 2 (UK) Departing from the established news-and-magazine-based format of other breakfast TV shows, The Big Breakfast placed emphasis on fun from…
1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 2 (Australia) 66 x 60 minute episodes In the late 80s, Australian comedian Wendy Harmer (pictured) brought back…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) This unusual show displayed new inventions with commentary by a panel and interviews with guest inventors.…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 3 (UK) 54 x 30/50 minute episodes This occasional Saturday night variety series from ABC was broadcast…
1 9 5 9 (USA) 7 x 90 minute episodes This short-lived CBS series featured an informal gathering of celebrities milling around, chatting and performing…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) 35 x 60/30 minute episodes This music variety series from CBS was hosted by Patti Page,…
1 9 8 0 (USA) 11 x 90/120 minute episodes An attempt by NBC to bring back the big, glitzy variety shows on prime-time network TV.…
1 9 6 8 (UK) 12 x 60 minute episodes This Sunday evening variety show from ATV aired sporadically between April and July 1968, occasionally alternating…