1950s BBC TV series which survive intact
by Thor-Delta | created - 24 Nov 2013 | updated - 15 Mar 2014 | PublicI read that these series survive intact. Hopefully there are others.
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1. Patrol Car (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Dramatization of murder investigations and other criminal cases that Detective Superintendent Robert Fabian, a real-life Scotland Yard Inspector and the host of the show, worked on.
Stars: Bruce Seton, Robert Raglan, Philip Dale, Jack Melford
Votes: 23
2. War in the Air (1954– )
30 min | Documentary
In 1954, the BBC produced an outstanding documentary series on aerial warfare from 1935 to 1950, comprising fifteen half hour shows that was aired on the first Monday after Remembrance ... See full summary »
Votes: 26
3. Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955)
15 min | Biography, Talk-Show
Orson Welles recounts various stories from his life while drawing sketches of the events.
Star: Orson Welles
Votes: 120
4. The Woodentops (1955–1958)
15 min | Family
Adventures of a family of wooden dolls living on a farm.
Stars: Peter Hawkins, Maria Bird, Eileen Browne, Josefina Ray
Votes: 27
5. Quatermass II (1955)
188 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Professor Quatermass is trying to perfect a dangerously unstable nuclear-powered rocket engine. After a disastrous test firing in Australia, his soon-to-be son-in-law, Captain John Dillon, ... See full summary »
Stars: John Robinson, Monica Grey, Hugh Griffith, John Stone
Votes: 480
6. St. Ives (1955)
30 min | Adventure
Stars: William Russell, Noelle Middleton, Arthur Young, Francis Matthews
7. The Adventures of the Big Man (1956– )
30 min | Drama
Bill Pierce is a public relations officer in a large London store who is always on hand when things go wrong behind the scenes.
Stars: Wayne Morris, Robert Raglan, George Street, John McLaren
8. Jane Eyre (1956)
30 min | Drama
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Stars: Daphne Slater, Stanley Baker, Dorothy Black, Barbara Everest
Votes: 19
9. The Silver Sword (1957–1958)
30 min | Drama
On a cold, dark night in Warsaw in 1942, the Balicki children watch in horror as Nazi stormtroopers arrest their mother. Now they are lone. With the war raging around them, food and shelter... See full summary »
Stars: Melvyn Hayes, Ingrid Sylvester, Pat Pleasance, Frazer Hines
Votes: 34
10. Little Women (1958)
30 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg... See full summary »
Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Kate Cameron, Andree Melly, Diana Day
Votes: 12
11. Our Mutual Friend (1958–1959)
30 min | Drama
Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.
Stars: Paul Daneman, Zena Walker, David McCallum, Richard Leech
Votes: 20
12. Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A team of scientists search for the origin and purpose of a mysterious capsule found on a building site.
Stars: André Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton
Votes: 1,204
13. Australian Walkabout (1958)
30 min | Documentary
A thirteen episode series documenting Australia's vast outback and natural beauty made by Charles and Elsa Chauvel in 1958.
Stars: Charles Chauvel, Elsa Chauvel, Alan Sleath
Votes: 11
14. The Third Man (1959–1965)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Harry Lime makes money dealing art and solves crime to save his life.
Stars: Michael Rennie, Jonathan Harris, Naomi Chance, Rupert Davies
Votes: 218
15. Face to Face (1959–1962)
30 min | Talk-Show
Despite the title, the face of interviewer John Freeman is rarely seen - instead, the camera scrutinises his guests as they answer probing questions of an existentialist nature.
Stars: John Freeman, John Huston, Carl Gustav Jung, Adlai Stevenson
Votes: 29
17. Bleak House (1959)
30 min | Drama, Crime
A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Stars: Diana Fairfax, Colin Jeavons, Andrew Cruickshank, Elizabeth Shepherd
Votes: 21
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