1 9 5 3 – 1 9 5 7 (USA) 15 minute episodes This long-running quarter-hour selection of music and songs hosted by singer Eddie Fisher…
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1 9 6 8 – 1 9 7 0 (UK) 48 x 30 minute episodes The first BBC2 pop series, Colour Me Pop, was originally introduced as…
1 9 7 3 – 1 9 7 4 (UK) 10 x 35 minute episodes This BBC2 series premiered on 28 November 1973 and showcased soul,…
1 9 5 0 – 1 9 9 8 (UK) In 1949 Eric Morley (the godfather of the Mecca ballroom group) suggested to the BBC…
1 9 8 8 – Current (UK) Exploiting the talents of comedians and comic actors from various generations and backgrounds, Comic Relief has been described as a Children…
1 9 5 5 – 1 9 5 6 (UK) 13 x 25 minute episodes Premiering on 23 September 1955, this lighthearted Friday evening potpourri…
1 9 5 8 – 1 9 6 4 (USA) Produced by NBC in cooperation with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Continental Classroom…
1 9 5 2 – 1 9 5 3 (USA) 15 minute episodes The Continental screened late (after 11.00 pm) on Tuesday and Thursday nights and was…
1 9 5 0 (UK) 12 x 30 minute episodes Introduced by the bearded, round-faced and exuberant Philip Harben in a blue butcher’s apron, Cookery…
1 9 7 1 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Premiering on Tuesday 13 April 1971 at 11.15 pm, this late-night Thames Television series presented horror…
1 9 5 6 – 1 9 6 1 (UK) 15/30 minute episodes British television’s first pop music programme – Cool For Cats – made its…
1 9 6 4 (UK) 9 x 25 minute episodes This gimmicky BBC pop music programme was broadcast from the Ice Stadium in Nottingham and featured…
1 9 6 6 (UK) 7 x 35 minute episodes This ABC television production was broadcast on Saturday nights, debuting on 18 June 1966 and running…
1 9 8 9 – Current (USA) Cops features cameras following real-life police officers around their headquarters, on street patrols and raids, at stakeouts, and sometimes even…
1 9 7 4 – 1 9 8 7 (Australia) When Countdown first went to air in November 1974, it began a path that would take Australian…
1 9 5 5 – 1 9 8 4 (UK) 400 x 30 minute episodes “It’s Friday, it’s five to five . . . It’s Crackerjack…
1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 0 (UK) 14 x 30 minute episodes After years of film, TV and recording work, this was Bernard…
1 9 8 4 – Current (UK) Crimewatch (originally Crimewatch UK) was based on a German series called Aktenzeichen XY Ungelost (“Case XY . . . Unsolved”) and…
2 0 0 1 – 2 0 0 4 (USA) 15 x 30 minute episodes Self-proclaimed psychic medium John Edward built a huge following, sharing…
1 9 7 0 (UK) 7 x 45 minute episodes Former star of Crackerjack and The Saturday Crowd, Leslie Crowther, finally starred in his own comedy-variety…