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12th August 2023
First Picture: What’s My Line Board Game
Second Picture: Pinky and Perky
Third Picture: Jeremey Hawk
Now to get those memories working here is a quiz about some early television programmes.
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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?
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Can you identify the original panellists of the Britsh TV series "What's My Line?" which first appeared on UK Television in 1951?
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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?
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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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?
Answers
1.
"Watch With Mother" was a composite series following a rigid schedule with "Picture Book" on Mondays, "Andy Pandy" on Tuesdays, "The Flowerpot Men" on Wednesdays, "Rag Tag and Bobtail" on Thursdays, and "The Woodentops" on Fridays.
2. Gilbert Harding, Barbara Kelly, Lady Isobel Barnet, David Nixon
It was derived from a US CBS TV programme and was one of the very first British TV panel games. The first Chairman was Eamon Andrews. It was later to appear on ITV although first broadcast by BBC TV. 3.
3. The Appleyards
Mr and Mrs Appleyard were played by Frederick Piper and Constance Fraser respectively. The children were: John, Janet, Tommy and Margaret played by David Edwards, Tessa Clarke, Derek Rowe and Pat Fryer respectively.
4 The Groves
Many a viewing teenager cringed with fear at the pronouncements of the character "Granny Grove". "The Groves" was scripted as a twenty minute series edited by Phillip Burton. A Christmas Special was also broadcast in 1960.
5 The Brains Trust
Panellists were drawn from the academic world and included: Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Dr W E Swinton, Professor Thomas Podkin
6: Criss Cross Quiz
The British version of this quiz programme was originally hosted in the UK by actor Jeremy Hawk.
7 The correct answer was Perky
Pinky and Perky were much loved and readily recognized throughout the UK. They were manipulated by Czech puppeteers Jan and Vlasta Dalibar. The dancing pigs returned to British TV on BBC TV in 1963, 1967 and 1968.
8 Patrick Moore
Dr Patrick Moore presented "The Sky At Night" - he had several honorary doctorates
9 Blue Peter
"Blue Peter", a magazine of activities and interest reports aimed at children, was originally presented by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
10. : Nogbad the Bad
Noggin was one of several illustrated creations produced by Oliver Postgate and drawn by Peter Firmin and broadcast by BBC TV.
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