A gallery of ATV programmes of the 1950s
1955
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
1956
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
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
George Dolenz stars as The Count of Monte Christo
1957
The sets of Emergency – Ward 10 at Elstree
Denis Goodwin and Bob Monkhouse host the quiz show Bury Your Hatchet
Noele Gordon hosts Lunch Box
John Slater, presenter of the ad mag Slater’s Bazaar
One of the first British TV series sold to America: Mark Saber starring Donald Gray
1958
Peggy Mount and David Kossoff in The Larkins
Bruce Forsyth becomes host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Comedian Dave King, a regular on Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
Robert Beatty plays a Mountie working with Scotland Yard in Dial 999
Hitherto unknown actor Roger Moore stars in Ivanhoe
1959
Vittorio de Sica, Jack Hawkins, Dan Dailey and Richard Conte are The Four Just Men
Probation Officer – a drama that stuck closely to the facts
