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BBC Televison Story
BBC Television Programmes
Journey back to the Golden Age of Television of British Television - have a pleasant trip!

BBC iPlayer

BBC Drama Anthology/Play series

BBC Sunday Night Theatre (1950-59)     -      BBC The Sunday-Night Play (1960-63)

BBC Play of the Month (BBC1) (1965-83) UK Dramatic Anthology series (established classic plays)

BBC The Wednesday Play* (BBC1) (1964-70) UK Dramatic Anthology series (new plays)*
BBC Play for Today* (BBC1) (1970-84) UK (follow up to The Wednesday Play) (new plays)*
(*some of the above were shot entirely on 16mm film on location to give a realistic feel)
BBC2 Theatre 625  (1964-68) UK Dramatic Anthology series
BBC2 Thirty-Minute Theatre*  (1965-73) UK Dramatic Anthology series

N.E.T. Playhouse (US title) (1966-71) US compilation of plays produced by BBC

BBC2 Centre Play (1973-77) (BBC Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham)

BBC2 Second City Firsts(1973-78) (BBC Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham)

BBC2 Play of the Week (1977-79) UK Dramatic Anthology series

BBC Drama  series

Maigret (BBC)(1960-63) UK Drama series - starring Rupert Davies

Dr. Finlay's Casebook (BBC Scotland )(1962-70) UK Drama series - starring Bill Simpson

SherlockHolmes (BBC)(1965) UK Detective series - starring  Douglas Wilmer & Nigel Stock

SherlockHolmes (BBC)(1968) UK Detective series - starring Peter Cushing & Nigel Stock

King of the River (BBC) (1966-67) UK Drama series - starring Bernard Lee

Colditz (BBC) (1972-74) UK WWII Drama series- starring Robert Wagner, David McCallum

Secret Army (BBC) (1977-79) UK WWII Drama series- starring Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis ...

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (1984-1991) (BBC) (UK) starring Joan Hickson

Howards Way (1985-1990) (BBC) (UK) Family Drama series starring  Maurice Colbourne, Jan Harvey

Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC) (1996-2007)(UK) Crime Drama series- starring Warren Clarke & Colin Buchanan

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (BBC) (1996-98)(UK) Crime Mystery Drama series- starring Patricia Routledge

Jonathan Creek (BBC) (1997-2004, 2009)(UK) Crime Mystery Drama series- starring Alan Davies

Silent Witness (BBC) (1996-2008) UK Crime Drama series- starring Amanda Burton

 

BBC Sci -Fi :  Doctor Who     Sci-Fi Guide

Doctor Who #1 (BBC) (1963-66) William Hartnell
 Doctor Who #2 (BBC) (1966-69) Patrick Troughton
Doctor Who #3 (BBC) (1970-74) Jon Pertwee
Doctor Who #4 (BBC) (1974-81) Tom Baker
Doctor Who #5 (BBC) (1982-83) Peter Davidson
Doctor Who #6 (BBC) (1984-86) Colin Baker
Doctor Who #7 (BBC) (1987-89) Sylvester McCoy
Doctor Who #8 (BBC) (1996) Paul McGann
Doctor Who #9 (BBC) (2005) Christopher Eccleston
Doctor Who #10 (BBC) (2007-09) David Tennant   /  spin-off  Torchwood (BBC) (2006-09)

  Doomwatch (BBC) (1970-72) UK Sci-Fi series - starring John Paul, Simon Oates, Robert Powell

Survivors (Original BBC Series) (1975-77) UK SciFi Drama series
- starring Denis Lill, Carolyn Seymour, Ian McCulloch, Lucy Fleming

BBC Comedy

Tony Hancock (BBC/ITV)(1954-68)

Steptoe and Son (BBC)(1962-65)(1970-74) starring Harry H. Corbett & Wilfrid Brambell

Dad's Army (BBC)(1968-77) starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier & Clive Dunn

Last of the Summer Wine (BBC)(1973-present) starring  Peter Sallis, Bill Owen, Brian Wilde, Michael Aldridge, Frank Thornton

First of the Summer Wine (BBC)(1988-89)

It Ain't Half Hot Mum (BBC)(1974-81) starring  Windsor Davies & Don Estelle

The Good Life (BBC)(1974-79) Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Peneople Keith, Paul Eddington

I Didn't Know You Cared (BBC)(1975-79) starring  Robin Bailey & Liz Smith

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (BBC)(1981)  Sci-Fi Comedy series

Just Good Friends (BBC)(1983-86) starring Paul Nicholas & Jan Francis

Ever Decreasing Circles (BBC)(1984-87; 1989) starring  Richard Briers

 

BBC Light Entertainment (Variety/ Music/Comedy)

Bill Cotton ( Jr,) (son of the band leader Billy Cotton)  was head of  BBC Light Entertainment  1970-1977.
The Cotton Collection Pt1 The Billy Cotton Band Show Pt1
The Cotton Collection Pt2 The Billy Cotton Band Show Pt2
The Cotton Collection Pt3 The Billy Cotton Band Show Pt3
The Cotton Collection Pt4 Frost Over England Pt1
The Cotton Collection Pt5 Frost Over England Pt2
The Cotton Collection Pt6 Frost Over England Pt3
The Cotton Collection Pt7 Top of the Pops Christmas 1967 Pt1
The Cotton Collection Pt8 Top of the Pops Christmas 1967 Pt2
The Cotton Collection Pt9 Top of the Pops Christmas 1967 Pt3
The Cotton Collection Pt10 Dad's Army Pt1
The Cotton Collection Pt11 Dad's Army Pt2
The Cotton Collection Pt12 Dad's Army Pt3
The Cotton Collection Pt13 Dad's Army Pt4
The Cotton Collection Pt14

Millicent Martin - Goodbye TW3 - 28-12-1963

Six-Five Special  Six-Five Special Titles  (BBC Television)
BBC Television (Saturdays 6:05pm)
Produced by Jack Good / Co-Producer Josephine Douglas
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson (later eps)
UK pop music series 1957-58
(16Feb57-27Dec58) 88 episodes + 1 New Year Special + 10 pre-empts = 99 slots
hosts:
Peter Murray, Josephine Douglas, Freddie Mills, Jim Dale (later eps)

Juke Box Jury (BBC Television)
Juke Box Jury 1960 (part 1 of 3)
Juke Box Jury 1960 (part 3 of 3)
Centenary Juke Box Jury Special 1989-Part 1

Top of the Pops (BBC1 Television)(1964-2006)
The Beat Room (BBC2 Television)(1964-1965)
Executive Producer, James Gilbert / Produced & Directed by Barry Langford
Music programme capitalising on the beat music explosion at the time.  Introduced by Pat Campbell.

BBC Documentary series

David Attenborough -  BBC Natural History Unit documentary series

The Great War (BBC) (1964 ) WW1 documentary series
Sir Kenneth Clark's Civilisation (BBC) (1969 ) arts documentary series
Alistair Cooke's America  (BBC/Time-Life) (1973 )  documentary series
Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man (BBC/Time-Life) (1973-74 )  documentary series
Carl Sagan's Cosmos (BBC/PBS) (1980 ) astronomy documentary series

Six English Towns (BBC) (1978 ) documentary series presented by Alec Clifton Taylor

Great Railways Journeys (BBC) (1980)(1994-99) travel documentary series

Michael Palin Documentary series (UK)(BBC) (1988-2004)


Peoples'Century  (UK)(BBC) (1999)  documentary series


Walk On By: The Story of the Popular Song (UK)(BBC) (2001)

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (UK)(BBC/Ch4/Five)

The Century Of The Self (UK)(BBC)(2002) - 4 pt documentary on the rise of Consumerism

BBC Film series /Co-Productions

Fabian of the Yard (Charles Wick-John Larkin/BBC) (1954-55) starring Bruce Seton
Adventures of The Big Man (CharlesWick/John Larkin)(BBC)(1954) starring Wayne Morris

The Third Man (BBC/NTA)(1959) starring Michael Rennie

R.C.M.P.  (1959-60) starring Gilles Pelletier

Zero One (BBC) (1962) starring Nigel Patrick

 

BBC Radio 

Radio Rewind  (BBC Radios 1 &2  & The Light Programme)

The Wireless:  When the Wireless Was Fun  (BBC Radio in the 50's)

 

UK Offshore Pirate (196o's)

Radio London  (Big L) (official site) (1960's UK Offshore Pop Pirate)

Radio Caroline  (official site) (1960's UK Offshore Pop Pirate)

Radio Caroline North  (1960's UK Offshore Pop Pirate) (anchored off the Isle of Man)

Radio Caroline South  (1960's UK Offshore Pop Pirate) (anchored off Frinton)

 

Dinosaur TV - Save Our Forgotten British Heritage (David Moore)

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