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This Is Your Life (1955)

Summary: The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers the story of their life, featuring guest...
Release Date: July 29, 1955
Genres: Documentary, Biography
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Thames Television International, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

Summary: Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Release Date: July 09, 1955
Genres: Drama, Crime
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Armchair Theatre (1956)

Summary: 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.
Release Date: July 08, 1956
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: ABC Weekend Television, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)

Summary: Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Release Date: February 19, 1957
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Associated Television (ATV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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William Tell (1958)

Summary: Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
Release Date: September 15, 1958
Genres: Adventure, Family, History
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), National Telefilm Associates (NTA)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Coronation Street (1960)

Summary: The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
Release Date: December 09, 1960
Genres: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Granada Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Saint (1962)

Summary: Simon Templar acts as a modern-day Robin Hood.
Release Date: May 21, 1967
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Bamore, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), New World Productions, New World Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Z Cars (1962)

Summary: A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Release Date: January 02, 1962
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)

Summary: Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
Release Date: August 16, 1962
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Doctor Who (1963)

Summary: The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Release Date: November 23, 1963
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family
Runtime: 0 h 25 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 4,500,000
Domestic: $ 293,279
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Secret Agent (1964)

Summary: John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Release Date: April 03, 1965
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 49 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Wednesday Play (1964)

Summary: Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins. Famous plays include "Up the Junction"...
Release Date: September 30, 1964
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 15 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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BBC Play of the Month (1965)

Summary: Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Release Date: October 19, 1965
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Softly Softly: Task Force (1969)

Summary: 1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Release Date: November 20, 1969
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Play for Today (1970)

Summary: BBC anthology series featuring original plays, theatrical and literary adaptations from 1970-1984. Over 300 episodes aired, each 50 mins to 1 hr 40 mins long. Some were later developed into series, like Rumpole of the Bailey.
Release Date: October 15, 1970
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 h 15 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)

Summary: A thoroughbred horse in 19th century England is adopted by a widowed doctor and befriended by his children. The horse helps the children as they have weekly adventures and encounters with various characters.
Release Date: September 17, 1972
Genres: Adventure, Family
Runtime: 0 h 55 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: London Weekend Television (LWT), Talbot Television, The Fremantle Corporation
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Brothers (1972)

Summary: Robert Hammond has died while "doing the deed" with his secretary and mistress Jennifer, and now his three sons have inherited the family trucking company, and each one will try to run the business in his own way.
Release Date: March 10, 1972
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Crown Court (1972)

Summary: A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
Release Date: October 18, 1972
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 25 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Granada Television, ITV - Independent Television, Independent Television (ITV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Whodunnit? (1972)

Summary: British game show in which celebrity panelists were shown a dramatised murder and had to guess the identity of the killer or killers from the clues presented.
Release Date: August 15, 1972
Genres: Family, Mystery, Game-Show
Runtime: 0 h 45 min
Production: Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Rooms (1974)

Summary: Two-part weekly dramas concerning the various drifters who rent rooms in a lodging-house.
Release Date: November 05, 1974
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 49 min
Production: Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English