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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.
Initially, the first series was simply known as Journey Into Space, with the subtitle A Tale of the Future added by the Radio Times, but within the BBC it became known as Journey to the Moon. [1] The series was set in 1965 (the year in which Chilton believed humans would first walk on the Moon [ 7 ] ), and was first broadcast in 1953–1954 on ...
The Quatermass Experiment is a British science fiction serial broadcast by BBC Television during the summer of 1953 and re-staged by BBC Four in 2005. Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, it tells the story of the first crewed flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of the British Experimental Rocket Group.
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.
Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett—Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning (originally; later, T.J. Thistle), cadets at the Space Academy as they train to ...
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
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; ... Pages in category "1950s British science fiction television series" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.