1950s
A gallery of ATV programmes of the 1950s
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Sunday Night at the London Palladium 
Richard Greene in The Adventures of Robin Hood 
Michaela and Armand Denis 
Jack Jackson, presenter of “Variety” on the opening night of ITV on 22 September 1955 
Boris Karloff as Col March of Scotland Yard 
George Dolenz stars as The Count of Monte Christo 
Former Det Supt Robert Fabian, the “custodian of the questions”, and Jerry Desmonde, the host, of The 64,000 Question 
Jack Solomons’ Scrapbook saw the boxing promoter recalling classic fights 
The Arthur Haynes Show was written by Johnny Speight 
McDonald Hobley, presenter of Yakity-Yak, a panel game where “ditzy” women gave silly answers 
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 
One of the first British TV series sold to America: Mark Saber starring Donald Gray 
Noele Gordon hosts Lunch Box 
John Slater, presenter of the ad mag Slater’s Bazaar 
The sets of Emergency – Ward 10 at Elstree 
Denis Goodwin and Bob Monkhouse host the quiz show Bury Your Hatchet 
Hitherto unknown actor Roger Moore stars in Ivanhoe 
Comedian Dave King, a regular on Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 
Robert Beatty plays a Mountie working with Scotland Yard in Dial 999 
Bruce Forsyth becomes host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium 
Peggy Mount and David Kossoff in The Larkins 
Probation Officer – a drama that stuck closely to the facts 
Vittorio de Sica, Jack Hawkins, Dan Dailey and Richard Conte are The Four Just Men
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About the author
Subsidiary of the all ITV companies (except Channel Television) set up in 1968 to publish the TVTimes and a range of ITV-themed books