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| BBC
3 BBC1 1965-66 |
This
was the successor to 'Not So Much A Programme...' with a similar mixture
of songs, sketches and newsy satire and humour. Main presenters were Robert
Robinson, Lynda Baron and John Bird, assisted by Denis Norden, Patrick
Campbell, Alan Bennett, Malcolm Muggeridge, Leonard Rossiter, Bill Oddie,
Roy Dotrice and John Fortune. The series was produced and directed by
Ned Sherrin. A one-off 'special' called 'My Father Knew Lloyd George'
was made by the same team and transmitted 18/12/65 featuring an imaginary
news scandal at the turn of the century |
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| Branded Goodson-Todman-Cactus-Sentinel |
Cult
U.S. cavalry western series starring Chuck Connors as Jason McCord, a
cavalryman who is wrongly court-martialled for an act of cowardice and
has to put up with the taunts and jibes as he attempts to clear his name.
The opening title sequence of the court martial where his buttons are
cut off and his cavalry sabre is broken are quite poignant. Good title
song and music. 48 x 30 min episodes |
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| Call
My Bluff BBC2 1965-88 |
Very
witty and enjoyable panel game in which two teams tried to guess the correct
definition of an obscure word from the Oxford English dictionary from
three options provided by the opposing side - 2 bogus and one real. The
unscripted witty banter of this programme was incredibly funny at times.
Chairmen of the series have been Robin Ray, Peter Wheeler and Robert Robinson.
The original two team captains, each accompanied by two guests each week,
were Robert Morley and Frank Muir |
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| Court
Martial ATV 1965 |
Drama series with 'crime in war' as its subject matter. The two military lawyers were American and were played by Bradford Dillman and Peter Graves, in an attempt to break into the U.S. export market |
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| Mogul BBC1 1965 |
136
x 50min episodes saw Ray Barrett starring as Peter Thornton, an Australian
field agent for the multinational oil company of the title, headed by
Geoffrey Keen ( Brian Stead). After the first series of 13 episodes, the
show's title became The Troubleshooters (BBC, 1966-72), although it kept
the title Mogul when shown in other countries. The opening titles went
all out to create a tense mood for the show, with shots of oil gushing
forth, things exploding, planes taking off, racing cars, Barrett in a
speedboat and Keen coming out of a Rolls. The theme tune was written by
Tom Springfield (brother of Dusty) and the series was created by John
Elliott |
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| My
Favourite Martian CBS 1963-66 |
Very
enjoyable U.S. comedy series starring Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara, a journalist
who rescues a Martian ( Ray Walston ) when his spaceship crashes. He allows
the alien to stay at his place while carrying out repairs to his ship
and the series chronicles his trials and tribulations in trying to keep
the martian's existence a secret from government officials and nosy neighbours
by passing him off as his 'Uncle Martin', a task not helped by the Martian's
predilection for demonstrating his powers such as telekinesis. !07 x 30
min episodes were made |
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| Not
Only - But Also BBC2 1965-66 and 1970 |
Satirical,
cynical, occasionally downright rude and always absolutely hilarious series
which featured the brilliant comedy pairing of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
as the raincoated proletarian debaters 'Pete and Dud'. The series also
featured many fine performances on the piano by the multi-talented Moore.
Two additional 30 minute episodes were filmed in Australia with Barry
Humphries and shown in 1971 |
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| Out
Of The Unknown BBC2 1965-71 |
Superb
science fiction anthology series originally produced by Irene Shubik and
later, Alan Bromly. 49 x 50 and 60 minute shows were made featuring the
works of sci-fi greats such as Wyndham, Asimov, Bradbury, Brunner, Kneale,
Pohl, Ballard, Sheckley and Simak. The shows were of an excellent standard
despite being restricted by a comparatively low production budget |
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| Pardon
The Expression GRANADA 1965-66 |
Harry
Driver produced 39 x 30 minute episodes of this spin-off sit-com derived
from soap opera Coronation Street which featured Arthur Lowe as Leonard
Swindley,assistant manager of a branch of national chain department store
Dobson and Hawks. Other characters were played by Joy Stewart, Robert
Dorning, Betty Driver and Paul Dawkins as store manager Walter Hunt. Their
bumbling ineptitude in the retail trade ended up with their dismissal
from the store at the end of the series. Script writers included Vince
Powell and Jack Rosenthal |
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| Petticoat
Junction CBS |
An
extremely successful U.S. comedy series which ran for 222 x 30 min episodes,
148 of which were made in colour. The action centred around the Shady
Rest Hotel, in the one-horse town of Hooterville, and the lifeblood of
the 'town' the Cannonball train which ran straight past it and the gorgeous
females who ran the place. Mother, Kate Bradley (Bea Benaderet ) had three
beautiful daughters, Billie Jo, Betty Jo and Bobby Jo played by various
actresses over the years, who were assisted by repairman Uncle Joe Carson
( Edgar Buchanan ) and town storekeeper Sam Drucker ( Frank Cady ). The
engineers on the Cannonball were Charlie and Floyd |
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| Peyton
Place ITV 1965-70 20th Century Fox |
All-time
classic American soap opera based on the novel by Grace Metalious featuring
the convoluted relationships in a New England township. The original main
characters were played by Dorothy Malone, Mia Farrow, Ed Nelson, Warner
Anderson, Christopher Connelly, Ryan O'Neil and the gorgeous Barbara Parkins.
The original 514 episode series ran for five years with a 500 episode
spin-off sequel called 'Return to Peyton Place' which was made in the
mid-70s |
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| Play
Of The Month BBC1 1965-79 1982-83 |
Long running collection of 90 minute + cultural dramas, some adapted and some written specially for television. Cast lists and playwrights are a 'who's who' of British drama and entertainment. The first presentation was on 19/10/65 featuring Geoffrey Bayldon, Alec McCowen and Patrick Magee directed by Alan Cook in John Osborne's 'Luther' |
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| Public
Eye ABC 1965-68 THAMES 1969 |
87
x 60 minute episodes were made of this classic private eye series starring
Alfred Burke as the down-market detective Frank Marker. He was jailed
after the initial run of 41 shows for ABC but 'released by Thames in 1969
for a further 46 episodes |
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| Redcap ABC 1965-66 |
A
docu-drama about the Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch
starred John Thaw in 26 x 55 minute episodes which, although 'located'
all over the world, were actually entirely made in the studio. The show
ran for 8months from October 1964 on ABC Midlands before being transmitted
on the London network from 20 May 1965. The show was produced by John
Bryce from an original idea by Jack Bell |
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| Riviera
Police REDIFFUSION 1965 |
A
South of France bikini-packed police action drama which has achieved 'cult'
status despite ( or because? ) only 13 x 60 minute episodes being made.
The series featured four main characters, played by Noel Trevarthen, Frank
Lieberman, Geoffrey Frederick and Brian Spink, who were only rarely seen
together in the same episode |
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| Sherlock
Holmes BBC1 20/2/1965 to 8/5/1965 |
Douglas
Wilmer and Nigel Stock reprised the roles of Holmes and Watson who they
originally portrayed in 'The Speckled Band', an episode of the 'Detective'
anthology series, in 1964. Based on the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
and produced by David Goddard, 12 x 50 minute episodes were made featuring
Peter Madden as Inspector Lestrade and Derek Francis as Holmes' brother
Mycroft. The second series in 1968 saw Peter Cushing take over the role
of Holmes |
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| The
Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe BBC1 1965 Franco-London Films ( 1964 ) |
Superb
narrated version of Defoe's classic novel written for television by Jean-Paul
Carriere, Pierre Revmal and Jacques Somet, directed by Jean Sacha and
starring Robert Hoffman as the castaway. The enduring memory of the 13
x 30 minute episode series is the incredibly beautiful and haunting theme
tune written by Robert Mellin and Gian-Pero Reverbi |
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| The
Airbase BBC2 1965 |
A
comedy series that only lasted a single season, featuring the Bilko-like
activities at R.A.F. Wittlethorpe, populated by American airme. David
Kelsey starred as the luckless Squadron Leader Terence Heatherton whose
job it was to act as liaison officer between the local yokels andthe Yanks,
and to protect them from the various capers and schemes that formed the
basis for the story lines. Other characters included Staff Sgt Miller
( David Healy ), Colonel Hoggart Alan Gifford ) and Airman Randy 'Little
Wonder' Ricks ( Eddie Matthews ). Series writer was John Briley |
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| The
Man In Room 17 GRANADA 1965 |
Drama series about the Intelligence Service and their intellectual adventures concerning national security problems. The series starred Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon |
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| The
Newcomers BBC1 1965-69 |
A
soap opera devised by Colin Morris set on a new housing estate in the
fictional rural town of Angleton. 430 x 30 minute episodes, shown twice
weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, featured the joys and problems of the
Cooper family ( and later the Robertsons ) in their attempts to adjust
to country life after moving out of London. The four producers during
the life of the programme were Verity Lambert, Morris Barry, Ronald Travers
and Bill Sellars. The main 'Cooper' characters were played by Gladys Henson,
Raymond Hunt, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Judy Geeson, Alan Browning and Jeremy
Bulloch. Wendy Richards played the part of their neighbour. The Robertsons
( introduced in January 1968 ) included Jack Watling, Deborah Watling,
Robert Bartlett, Paul Bartlett and Mary Kenton |
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| The
Walrus and The Carpenter BBC1 1965 |
A 30 minute comedy series about two old men, ex-seaman Luther Flannery ( Hugh Griffith ) and ex-schoolteacher Gascoigne Quilt ( Felix Aylmer ) who do their best to live it up in a second childhood. The series was written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, developed from a 1963 episode of the Comedy Playhouse series |
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| The
Wednesday Thriller BBC1 1965 |
Highly
suspenseful drama series of 8 plays produced by Bernard Hepton which included
'The Cellar' ( starring Ursula Howells and Scott Forbes ), 'The BabySitter'
( starring Kenneth Griffith and Yootha Joyce ). The first production was
'The House' starring Denholm Elliott, Nancie Jackson, Terence Alexander
and Anabel Littledale 4/8/65 |
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| The
Worker ATV 1965-70 |
Superb
under-rated sitcom written by Lewis Schwarz and Charlie Drake, featuring
Drake's incomparable pathos and slapstick humour as a willing but unemployable
individual who haunted the local labour exchange, plaguing the life of
the incumbent, Mr Pugh ( Mr Poo ) played by Henry McGee. I loved this
series |
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| The
World of Wooster BBC1 1965-67 |
A
gentle comedy series adapted for television by Richard Waring and Michael
Mills from the stories by P.G.Wodehouse. Ian Carmichael played the title
role as an incompetent aristocrat of the 1920s, totally dependent on his
snobbish and supercilious manservant Jeeves ( Dennis Price ). Derek Nimmo
also appeared in the later shows as 'silly-ass' Bingo Little. The master
tapes for all but two of the twenty episodes made were 'wiped' in the
early 1970s |
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| Thunderbirds ATV 1965-66 AP Films Production / ITC |
Probably
the greatest of Gerry Anderson's puppet-based sci-fi action adventure
series which is still being shown today. Jeff Tracey and his five sons
form the main team of International rescue, carrying out mercy missions
anywhere on ( or under ) Earth to outer space in their fantastic Thunderbird
rescue vehicles. 26 a 50 minute shows were made in the first series followed
by a further 6 episodes in 1966 and two spin-off feature films in 1966
and 1968. Superb title theme music |
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| Tomorrow's
World BBC1 1965 - |
A
long running half-hour earlyevening programme originally presented by
Raymond Baxter who introduced us to all the latest technology and inventions,
particularly featuring household and common-usage items, as well as some
weird and wonderful objects never destined to hit the high street. Studio
and location-filmed, original programme producers were Peter R.Smith and
Peter Bruce |
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| Undermind ABC 1965 |
A
strange, cerebral science fantasy series of 11 x 60 minute episodes which
featured the efforts of Jeremy Wilkin and Rosemary Nicols in their ( ultimately
successful ) mission to expose and destroy an attempt by aliens via an
Earth-based 'Sixth Column' to subvert the structure of society and government
by brainwashing its leaders. Created by Robert Banks Stewart and produced
by Michael Chapman, the series also featured 'guest' appearances by stars
such as George Baker |
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| United! BBC1 1965-67 |
BBC
Midlands were responsible for the 147 x 30 minute episodes of this football-based
soap opera created by Brian Hayles which attempted to mix on-field sporting
drama with the off-field social issues of the players and staff of Brentwich
F.C., a fictitious struggling second division soccer club. Stoke City
provided the facilities wherein manager David Lodge and trainer Harold
Goodwin tried to get the best out of their players who included George
Layton, Bryan Marshall and Stephen Yardley. Technical advisor was Jimmy
Hill |
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| World
of Sport ITV 1965-85 |
A
British television institution bringing us four and a half hours of sporting
variety every Saturday afternoon. The original presenter was Eamonn Andrews
assisted by his team of John Rickman ( horse racing ), Peter Lorenzo (
football results ), Ian Wooldridge ( cricket ) along with Freddie Trueman,
Martin Locke and Jimmy Hill. Kent Walton commentated on the late afternoon
British wrestling
slot. The show was later fronted by Dickie Davis who was also part
of the original team |
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1965
Television Ratings ( millions of homes )
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1
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The
Royal Variety Show
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ITV
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11.00
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2
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Coronation Street |
ITV
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9.66
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3
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Take Your Pick |
ITV
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8.80
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4
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Riviera Police |
ITV
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8.60
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5
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No Hiding Place |
ITV
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8.48
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6
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Double Your Money |
ITV
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8.35
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7
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This Week |
ITV
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8.35
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8
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Love Story |
ITV
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8.35
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9
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Crane |
ITV
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8.10
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10
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Emergency Ward 10 |
ITV
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8.01
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11
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The Power Game |
ITV
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8.00
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12
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Hello Dolly |
ITV
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8.00
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13
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Steptoe and Son |
BBC
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7.95
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14
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The Avengers |
ITV
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7.95
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15
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney |
ITV
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7.90
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16
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It's Tarbuck |
ITV
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7.80
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17
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Miss World 1965 |
BBC
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7.75
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18
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Here Comes The Pops |
ITV
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7.60
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19
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Blackmail |
ITV
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7.60
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20
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Professional Boxing - Billy Walker v Charlie Powell |
ITV
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7.27
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