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
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
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
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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