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British Television in the 1950s

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Introduction:
"British Television during the 1950s was the birthplace of many original ideas for programmes which have since been adopted, adapted or copied by later programme makers. This Quiz is for those who want to test their knowledge of British TV in the 1950s."


1. Can you identify this British television series for pre-school children which was developed from an earlier programme called "For The Children" and which appeared for nearly thirty years on BBC TV before disappearing from our screens in 1980?
    Picture Book
    See Saw
    Watch With Mother
    Magpie


2. Can you identify the original panellists of the Britsh TV series "What's My Line?" which first appeared on UK Television in 1951?
    Gilbert Harding, Barbara Kelly, Lady Isobel Barnet, Jack Warner
    Gilbert Harding, Bebe Daniels, Lady Isobel Barnet, David Nixon
    Gilbert Harding, Barbara Kelly, Lady Isobel Barnet, David Nixon
    Gilbert Harding, Barbara Kelly, Lady Margot Asquith, David Nixon


3. This family were featured in the first British TV long running soap series aimed at the younger viewer. The series was broadcast for five years from 1952 and the family consisted of Father, Mother, and four children. Can you please identify this programme?
    The Appleyards
    The Archers
    The Groves
    The Grumbleweeds


4. This British TV family drama series had plot lines aimed at the adult viewer. It ran for five years in the 1950s. Can you name this programme named after the featured family?
    The Grumbleweeds
    The Archers
    The Groves
    The Appleyards


5. And now for something a little more cerebral. This quiz programme had previously been broadcast on BBC Radio and was brought to BBC TV under the chairmanship of Professor Glyn Daniel. It ran for seven years from 1952. What was the programme called?
    Twenty Questions
    Animal Vegetable Mineral?
    Any Questions?
    The Brains Trust


6. In the US this TV programme was first broadcast by NBC (1956-1959) and called "Tic-Tac-Dough". What was the British version of this TV quiz show called?
    Noughts and Crosses
    Tic Tac Dough
    Criss Cross Quiz
    Double Your Money


7. A change of mood for this question. This pair of porcine puppet pals first appeared on British TV in 1957. You've probably guessed the names of the characters were "Pinky and Perky" so I want to know which of the two little pigs wore a hat?
    Answer: (Pinky or Perky)


8. Another change of genre for you. This British TV programme, usually shown late at night, was first broadcast in 1957 just six months before the launch of Sputnik. Can you identify the name of the presenter of this programme, one of the longest running TV series surviving from the 1950s?
    Patrick Moore
    Patrick Neagle
    Patrick McNee
    Patrick Minster


9. Broadcast since 1958 this was another long running British TV series for children to survive from that time and into the twenty-first century. To describe it as a flagship would give you a nautical clue to the title of the programme. Can you name the programme?
    Answer: (Two Words)


10. This was one of my all time favourite programmes broadcast during my formative years. "Noggin The Nog" first appeared in 1959 and was broadcast on BBC TV for the next six years or so. Can you name Noggin's wicked uncle?
    Nogbert the Terrible
    Nogood The Nogood
    Nogbad the Bad
    Mochyn The Pig


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