1 9 7 6 – 1 9 7 7 (USA) 9 x 60 minute episodes Eager to capitalise on the success of The Brady Bunch,…
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1 9 5 5 – 1 9 6 1 (UK) This completely unscripted discussion programme began on BBC Radio in 1941, at the height of the…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 9 (Australia) Melbourne radio announcer Brian Naylor began hosting a children’s talent program called Swallow’s Juniors on…
1 9 5 1 – 1 9 5 8 (USA) Couples who married on this show received one of the most lavish weddings one could have…
1 9 6 8 – 1 9 6 9 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes Misleadingly described as a part-quiz, part educational programme, Broaden Your Mind was in…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 1 (USA) Broadway Open House was an informal live late-night variety program – the forerunner of The Tonight…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 7 (UK) 1 9 6 9 (UK) 1 9 7 3 (UK) Brucie appeared in pride of place on ITV…
1 9 7 8 (UK) 12 x 120/90 minute episodes 1978 was not Bruce Forsyth’s year. Since 1971 he had dominated popular television in The Generation Game which…
1 9 6 2 – 1 9 6 3 (Australia) This Australian hour-long music show – the replacement for Six O’Clock Rock – was broadcast live from…
1 9 6 2 (UK) 39 x 25 minute episodes Bucknell’s House was a mammoth Do-It-Yourself project from the BBC which began on 14 May 1962…
1 9 8 1 – 1 9 9 3 (UK) A good throwing arm and a fair level of general knowledge were what was required in…
1 9 8 7 – 2 0 0 4 (Australia) 686 x 60 minute episodes Debuting on Saturday 12 September 1987 on TCN9, this long-running Aussie…
1 9 5 7 (UK) 7 x 25 minute episodes A couple would air their grievances on camera and then compete to beat their partner, with…
1 9 6 7 – 1 9 6 9 (New Zealand) 30 minute episodes Debuting on 4 February 1967 and airing on Saturday nights, this…
1 9 4 7 – 1 9 5 5 (UK) Broadcast live from the BBC’s studios at Alexandra Palace, North London, Café Continental was the first televised variety…
1 9 6 5 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 500+ x 30 minute episodes 1 9 9 6 – 2 0 0 5 (UK) 469…
1 9 5 9 (UK) 1 9 6 1 (UK) 15 x 25 minute episodes Dickie Valentine (born Richard Maxwell) sang and introduced guests such…
1 9 4 8 – Current (USA) 1 9 6 0 – 1 9 6 7 (UK) 1 9 7 4 (UK) Candid Camera was originally created in the…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) 30 minute episodes 27-year-old Johnny Carson was given his own weekly half-hour variety show on…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 6 9 (Canada) 33 x 60 minute episodes This television anthology series from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) ran…