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This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.

A long-running ITV talent show hosted by Hughie Green, providing showcases for names such as Paul Daniels and Frank Carson. The series was revived on the BBC in the 1980s, hosted by Bob Monkhouse and former winner Les Dawson.

Four children travel to the magical land of Narnia where they must battle an evil queen with the direction of the lion, Aslan.

A mechanical boy with a magical flashlight on his head has adventures on earth and in Topsy Turvy Land, which is located on a distant star.

The cases & adventures of tough Sergeant John Mann, officer of Her Majesty's Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch.

The UK version of Candid Camera came British TV's in 1960.The host was Bob Monkhouse. The people playing the jokes on the public where Jonathan Routh and Arthur Atkins and it lasted for seven years.

"Out of This World" was a hosted science fiction anthology television series with Boris Karloff as host, screening on ITV - Independent Television (UK).

Narrators recall their personal observations and memories with the help of the Pathe Archive.

ITV Sunday Night Drama is a UK television anthology series produced by ABC Weekend Television, Associated Television (ATV), Associated-Rediffusion Television, and Granada Television.

A newly married couple travel through the Middle East visiting sites mentioned in the Bible. These 15 min episodes were filmed in colour for ABC TV (UK) in the early 1960s.

This was a vehicle for new record releases in the early sixties. A panel would rate the songs between 1-5 with the panel was made up of stars of the day.

TV adaptation of the long running BBC radio show (on the old Light program from 1959 - 1972, 280 episodes) with 'Jimmy Clitheroe' as the naughty schoolboy Jimmy.

Ex-insurance investigator Ian Souter sets up his own security agency - the SIS (Specialists in Security) - along with ex-cop Robert Shoesmith & secretary Heather Keys - and fight crime.

Professor Norman Wedgewood and his team are planning another rocket mission to the Moon. Once again, Geoff, Valerie and Jimmy are on hand to witness the launch of a new rocket MR1 (Moon Rocket 1), along with journalist friend Conway Henderson.

Tommy Cooper, the UK's bumbling comedian with the fez, does sketches and magic tricks. "Just like that!"

A view of young people's lives in the north of England, centering around a rich young woman named Charlotte, her relationships with a wealthy man named Peter and a poor yet intriguing boy named Frankie, and their weekend adventures.

Science Journalist Mark Bannerman and his photographer assistant Peter Blake meet the Professor Westfield at a London gala who is kidnapped. Blake identifies a man who was with the Professor as former U-Boat Commander Captain Kurt Swendler who vanished at the closing events of WWII. At the same time, a U-Boat is reported to have been spotted off the coast of Dover. The Royal Navy intends to track it by using the new atomic-submarine Cyana. Bannerman and Blake are invited aboard as part the restricted press coverings. However, the Cyana is hijacked by Swendler and his crew and the Cyana's own crew are set adrift whilst Bannerman and Blake remain hidden where they come upon a dangerous secret on the seabed...

Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads

Personnel Officer Drew Heriot returns to England after working in Australia to discover his brother behaving oddly, to the distress of his sister-in-law Anne. Investigating together they discover that a disembodied alien force is using high frequency signals to brainwash people - including Drew's brother - into committing subversive acts, as a prelude to a full-scale invasion. Together, Drew and Anne battle to stop the acts of sabotage while trying to alert the authorities to the danger...

Returning from their unexpected trip to Mars the crew of MR4 intercept a distress signal from Captain Wilson, a U.S astronaut, and must change course for Venus to attempt a rescue in space. However, through the space periscope, Brown sees what appears to be a settlement or a city of some sort. Desperate to investigate, Brown edits Wilson's message and tricks the crew into landing Venus so as they can rescue him.

Animated stop-motion shorts featuring Snip, a magical pair of scissors, and Snap, an origami styled paper cut dog with his paper dog friends. Designed and animated by Thok Søndergaard who went on to develop Danish children TV animation.

A 45-minute late-night chat and music program from ABC hosted by the genial Irishman in which a collection of guests, some daring, some downright boring, had Eamonn's forehead in an even greater lather than usual.

Nine incompatible people chip in together to purchase and inhabit a run-down house. Librarian Georgina Ruddy (Hattie Jacques) who must keep quiet at work all day so makes up for it by being extremely noisy at home with council official Simon Willow (Charles Hawtrey) and unemployable Daisy Burke (Joan Sims). The rest of misfits include young Norman Rossington as law student Gordon Brent; newlyweds; and a shy bank clerk and his violin-playing wife. Although series two of "Our House" had 26 episodes, ITV decided to stop showing them in the London area after just seven fortnightly airings. The remaining 19 episodes were seen on a weekly basis elsewhere in the country.

Top musicians of the time perform on this 1950s variety show.

A secondary mission in a new rocket, MR4 (Moon Rocket 4), to the Moon takes off from Buchan Island. This time Henderson takes the lead role as pilot accompanied by Professor Wedgewood's oldest son Geoff as radio operator, Professor Mary Meadows, Henderson's niece Margret along with Hamlet. One of the crew turns out to be the science writer named Harcourt Brown. Brown has plans to divert the ship to Mars as he is determined to prove that there is life on the planet. Brown succeeds in getting MR4 to Mars, but with the length of the journey, the crew decide that the only way to get home is to find water on Mars.