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); the series runs for 10 years and averages 15 million listeners. [ 1 ] 7 June – The Archers pilot episodes debut on BBC radio; [ 2 ] the series will still be running 70 years later, and actress June Spencer , who appears in the opening pilot, will still be appearing up to her 103rd birthday.
The School Broadcasting Council for the United Kingdom had been set up in 1947, replacing the CCSB, and included Scotland and Wales. In 1953, 25,691 British schools were registered for school radio; 9.55am, 11am and 2pm were for primary schools; 11.20am, 2.20pm and 2.40pm were for secondary modern schools; 11.40am was for grammar schools.
The BBC began broadcasting schools programmes on television on 24 September 1957, airing in the afternoon. Morning transmissions began on 19 September 1960. Until 1972, schools programming along with adult education programmes were usually the only daytime programmes shown on both BBC and ITV, as the government regulated and restricted the ...
Television portal; United Kingdom portal; 1950s portal; Television series which originated in the United Kingdom in the decade 1950s. i.e. in the years 1950 to 1959.Television shows that originated in other countries and only later aired in the United Kingdom should be removed from this category and its sub-categories
Top of the Form was a BBC radio and television quiz show for teams from secondary schools in the United Kingdom which ran for 38 years, from 1948 to 1986. The programme began on Saturday 1 May 1948, as a radio series, at 7.30pm on the Light Programme. It progressed to become a TV series from 1962 to 1975.
BBC TV 11 June 1950 15 June 1950 Live broadcast Ads Infinitum: Two 19 December 1996 30 October 2000 The Adventure Game: One Two 24 May 1980 18 February 1986 An Adventure in Space and Time: Two Four 21 November 2013 23 November 2023 Adventure Story: BBC TV 1950 Adventure Story: BBC TV 12 June 1961
11 January – The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and the closure of schools around the country during the national quarantine sees CBBC and BBC Two broadcast shows from the BBC Bitesize service for primary-school-aged children. These shows feature a mix of archive, live and newly filmed content. [22]
Pages in category "1950s British children's television series" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .