Growing up, all the boys had a thing for Emma Peel.
Flora, thanks for your comment. Carol White used to talk later of people pushing money into her hands when they saw her shopping in London, truly believing that she was Cathy, the homeless girl who loses her husband and child to hard times.
Best Dickens Novels Adapted for TV and Film. ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. T he groovy 1960's ushered in a new era of television programming as broadcasts began to transition from black and white to color during this time. Coronation Street (ITV) 5.
1960s TV SHOWS by philip-johnstone-1 | created - 11 Dec 2017 | updated - 01 Feb 2018 | Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Another Sci-fi favourite was, The Invaders.
Other dramas which enjoyed success in the 1960s include The Avengers, Doctor Finlay's Casebook and Z Cars. Other one off dramas caught the public attention. The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. So what did people who had TVs watch in the 1960s? I can remember in my home, we rarely watched Coronation Street; my mother used to say it was mainly about people like the rest of us and for whatever reason, it just wasn't her cup of tea. The themes were all so different - The Avengers was a fabulous romp if a show with a sophisticated crime stopper in a bowler hat, assisted by a beautiful girl, played by future Bond girl Diana Rigg ( the BEST Avengers girl in my humble opinion), international espionage at its best.
I also remember him getting us up to watch Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.
8 years ago from Cornwall, land of the eternally youthful mind ... Cripes, Jools - this brings back memories. Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Billie Whitelaw, Neil … In Loving Memory (ITV) 4. Hilarious! His son was on THE ONE SHOW recently and I never realised he was such a womaniser. It starred a few actors who would go onto later fame in other TV shows , William Hartnell (the 1st Dr Who), Charles Hawtrey (many, many Carry On movies), Geoffrey Palmer (Butterflies, As Time Goes By) and Dick Emery (The Dick Emery Show).
To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. I am familiar with the Avengers but not a lot of the other shows. My mum's friend had a cheap TV set in the living room with an aerial hung on the wall. The Defenders, with E.G. I didn't see The Third Man but can remember my dad going on about it.
It lasted for years. Pages in category "1960s British drama television series" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total.
Pages in category "1960s British crime television series" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This brings back memories Jools.
There was more variety in later years but the need to be entertained remained a central part of the TV watching experience. So for my young mother in her early twenties, the choice was simple, Barbara Parkins, skinny and young and dressed the way my mother wanted to dress or Ena Sharples and her hairnet and raincoat; the choice was fairly easy!
This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. I will correct this hub though in the name of his legendary comic skills! This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. In the 1960s you had to pay 58 guineas for a TV - yes folks, not pounds, shillings and pence but guineas! Even though we're two separate countries, we still have a lot in common! Copyright © 2020 HubPages Inc. and respective owners.HubPages Inc, a part of Maven Inc. As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. Hi Jools; "The Prisoner" is a brilliant show, however weird.
It was hugely popular and ran for many years. Emergency Ward 10 had already been on British television since 1954 and its excellent storylines lead to its longevity and of course, successful soap operas do last a long time, just look at Coronation Street.
In 1960 it is #4 on the all time viewing list and had already been on TV since 1957. Shows like Danger Man and The Prisoner, both starring Patrick McGoohan were both enormously successful. This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site.
Although I am not too familiar with British comedies of this era, I am a huge fan of 60's dramas. This is feature allows you to search the site. "The Avengers" was a lot of fun, too. Z Cars was a cop show about British policemen fighting crime. The Royal Variety Performance in 1960 was televised for the first time that year, ITV's Lew Grade buying the rights to the show. Im too young to have seen most of these, but I have caught the odd vintage Corrie episode! Monty Python. I was surprised to see Corrie still going. My mam had the Diana Rigg outfits, boots etc. Great talent though. Yes Angie and I s'pose I should have mentioned Hancock but you know, I wasn't a fan of his.