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- Pre 1967
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- See also
- References
- Footnotes
- External links
Below is a list of early colour TV [1] shows produced in the UK between the late 50's up to 1970 [2] where by that point, the majority of programs were being produced in colour. [3] The list features titles of shows, TV companies, transmission dates, formats and their archival status; noting whether they are lost, partially or mostly missing or have episodes that exist in B&W. [4] Also included are some programs which had one off transmissions, where applicable. Pre 1967 Title | Company | TX | Format | Archival Status | "The Adventures of Sir Lancelot" | ITC Entertainment | 1956-7 | Film | Exists | "Stingray" | ITC Entertainment | 1964-5 | Film | Exists | "Thunderbirds" | ITC Entertainment | 1965-6 | Film | Exists | "Hippodrome Show" | ITV (ATV) | 1966 | VT | Some episodes [5] | "The Palladium Show" | ITV (ATV) | 1966-9 (1 test episode) | VT | Exists | "The Baron" | ITC Entertainment | 1966-7 | Film | Exists |
1967 Title | Company | TX | Format | Archival Status | "Captain Scarlett and the Mysterons" | ITC Entertainment | 1967-8 | Film | Exists | "Half Hour Story" | ITV (Rediffusion) | 1967-8 (1 test episode) | Film | Exists [6] | "Horizon" | BBC2 | 1964- Present (Series 4 onwards) | Film/ VT | Most episodes exist | "Late Night Line Up" | BBC2 | 1964-72 (Jun 67 onwards) | VT | Some episodes exist | "Man In a Suitcase" | ITC Entertainment | 1967 | Film | Exists | "Once More With Felix" | BBC2 | 1967-70 | VT | Some episodes exist [7] | "Piccadilly Palace" | ITV (ATV) | 1967 | VT | Some episodes exist [8] | "The Avengers" | ITV (ABC/Thames) | 1961-9 (Series 5-6) | Film | All colour episodes exist | "The Flower of Gloster" | ITV (Granada) | 1967 | Film | Exists | "The Prisoner" | ITC Entertainment | 1967-9 | Film | Exists | "The Saint" | ITC Entertainment | 1962-9 (Series 5-6) | Film | Exists | "Theatre 625" | BBC2 | 1964-8 (Series 5) | VT | Some episodes exist | "Wimbledon Tennis Championships" | BBC1/2 | 1937 - Present (1967 onwards) | VT | Most colour transmissions exist | "Vanity Fair" | BBC2 | 1967-8 | VT | Exists [9] |
1968 Title | Company | TX | Format | Archival Status | "1968 Summer Olympics" | BBC1/2 | 1968 | VT | Exists | "Bobbie Gentry" | BBC2 | 1968-71 | VT | Some episodes exist | "Broaden Your Mind" | BBC2 | 1968-9 | VT | Lost [10] | "Call My Bluff" | BBC2 | 1965-2005 | VT | Most episodes | "Cold Comfort Farm" | BBC2 | 1968 | VT | Exists | "Colour Me Pop" | BBC2 | 1968-9 | VT | Some episodes exist [11] | "Danger Man" | ITC Entertainment | 1964-8 (Series 4) | Film | Exists | "Gardeners’ World" | BBC2 | 1968- Present | VT | Most episodes exist | "Goodbye Again" | ITV (ATV) | 1968 | VT | Exists | "In Their Own Words" | BBC2 | 1968 | Film | Exists | "Marty" | BBC2 | 1968-9 | VT | Most episodes exist | "Jazz at the Maltings" | BBC2 | 1968-9 | VT | Some episodes exist | "Joe 90" | ITC Entertainment | 1968-9 | Film | Exists | "Late Night Horror" | BBC2 | 1968 | VT | One episode exists | "Man Alive" | BBC2 | 1965-82 (Series 3-16) | Film/VT | Most episodes exist | "One Pair of Eyes" | BBC2 | 1967-84 (Series 2 onwards) | Film | Exists | "Ooh La La" | BBC2 | 1968-73 | VT | Series 3 only | "Scott On…" | BBC2 | 1964-74 (Series 2-5) | VT | Some episodes exist | "Sherlock Holmes" | BBC2 | 1965-8 (Series 2) | VT | Some episodes exist | "The Champions" | ITC Entertainment | 1968-9 | Film | Exists | "The Dave Allen Show" | BBC1/2 | 1968-9 | VT | Most episodes exist | "The Eurovision Song Contest" | Various | 1957- Present (1968 onwards) | VT | Most transmissions exist [12] | "The Morecambe & Wise Show" | BBC1/2 | 1968-77 | VT | Most episodes exist | "The World of Beachcomber" | BBC2 | 1968 | VT | Lost |
1969 Title | Company | TX | Format | Archival Status | "All Gas and Gaiters" | BBC1 | 1967-71 (Series 3-5) | VT | Some episodes exist | "Cilla" | BBC1 | 1968-76 (Series 3-8) | VT | Most episodes exist | "Civilisation" | BBC2 | 1969 | Film | Exists | "Coronation Street" | ITV (Granada) | 1960- Present (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Exists | "Crossroads" | ITV (ATV/Central) | 1964-88 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes exist [13] | "Curry and Chips" | ITV (LWT) | 1969 | VT | Exists | "Dad’s Army" | BBC1 | 1968-77 (Series 2-9) | VT | Most episodes exist | "Dee Time" | BBC1 | 1967-70 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | No colour episodes exist | "Department S" | ITC Entertainment | 1969-70 | Film | Exists | "Dixon of Dock Green" | BBC1 | 1955-76 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Some episodes exist | "Doctor in the House" | ITV (LWT) | 1969-70 | VT | Exists | "Frost on Sunday" | ITV (LWT) | 1968-70 (Oct 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes exist | "Girls About Town" | ITV (ATV) | 1969-71 | VT | Exists | "Grandstand" | BBC1 | 1958-2007 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes exist | "Hadleigh" | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1969-76 | VT | Exists | "Lift Off with Ayshea" | ITV (Granada) | 1969-74 | VT | Some episodes exist | "Magpie" | ITV (Thames) | 1968-80 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Some episodes exist | "Match of the Day" | BBC1/2 | 1964 – Present (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes exist | "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" | BBC1 | 1969-74 | VT | Exists | "Mr Digby Darling" | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1969-71 (Series 2-3) | VT | Exists | "Nearest and Dearest" | ITV (Granada) | 1968-73 (Series 3-7) | VT | Exists | "Not in Front of the Children" | BBC1 | 1967-70 (Series 4) | VT | Some episodes exist | "Out of the Unknown" | BBC2 | 1965-71 (Series 3-4) | VT | Some episodes exist [14] | "Panorama" | BBC1 | 1953- Present (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes exist | "Parkin's Patch" | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1969-70 | VT | Exists | "Paul Temple" | BBC1/ ZDF | 1969-71 | VT | Most episodes exist | "Please Sir!" | ITV (LWT) | 1968-72 (Series 2-4) | VT | Exists | "Pop Go the Sixties" | BBC1/ ZDF | TX: 31/12/1969 | VT | Exists | "Pot Black" | BBC2 | 1969-2007 | VT | Most episodes exist [15] | "Prince Charles Investiture" | BBC2 | TX: 1/7/1969 | VT | Exists | "Public Eye" | ITV (ABC/ Thames) | 1965-72 (Series 4-7) | VT/Film | All Colour Episodes exist [16] | "Q..." | BBC2 | 1969-82 | VT | Most episodes exist | "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" | ITC Entertainment | 1969-70 | Film | Exists | "Sez Les" | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1969-76 (Series 2-11) | VT | Series 3-11 exists | "Softly Softly: Taskforce" | BBC1 | 1969-76 | VT | Exists | "Strange Report" | ITC Entertainment | 1969-70 | Film | Exists | "The Big Match" | ITV | 1968-92 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes exist | "The Dick Emery Show" | BBC1 | 1963-81 (Dec 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes exist | "The Gnomes of Dulwich" | BBC2 | 1969 | VT | Lost | "The Golden Shot" | ITV (ATV) | 1967-75 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Some episodes exist [17] | "The Good Old Days" | BBC1 | 1953-83 (Dec 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes exist | "The Secret Service" | ITC Entertainment | 1969 | Film | Exists | "The Sky at Night" | BBC1 | 1957- Present (Dec 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes | "The Sooty Show" | ITV (Thames) | 1968-92 (Dec 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes | "The Wednesday Play" | BBC1 | 1964-70 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT/Film | Most episodes | "The Worker" | ITV (ATV/Thames) | 1965-78 (Series 3-5) | VT | Most episodes [18] | "This Is Your Life" | ITV (Thames)/ BBC1 | 1955-64, 1969-2003, 2007 (Series 10 onwards) | VT | Most episodes | "Take Three Girls" | BBC1 | 1969-71 | VT | Some episodes | "This Is Tom Jones" | ITV (ATV) | 1969-71 | VT | Exists | "Tomorrow’s World" | BBC1 | 1965-2003 (1970 onwards) | VT | Most episodes [19] | "Top of the Pops" | BBC1/2 | 1964-2006 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes | "Up Pompeii!" | BBC1/ ITV (Thames) | 1969-91 | VT | Exists [20] | "Where Was Spring?" | BBC2 | 1969-70 | VT | Lost | "World of Sport" | ITV | 1965-85 (Nov 69 onwards) | VT | Most episodes | "World in Ferment" | BBC2 | 1969 | VT | Audio Only |
1970 Title | Company | TX | Format | Archival Status | "A Family at War" | ITV (Granada) | 1970-2 | VT | Exists [21] | "A Question of Sport" | BBC1 | 1968- Present (Series 1 onwards) | VT | Most episodes | "Albert and Victoria" | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1970-1 | VT | Exists | "Armchair Theatre" | ITV (ABC/ Thames) | 1956-74 (Series 10-16) | VT | Most episodes | "Bachelor Father" | BBC1 | 1970-1 | VT | Exists | "Barry Humphries’ Scandals" | BBC2 | 1970 | VT | Lost | "Braden's Week" | BBC1 | 1968-72 (Series 3-4) | VT | Some Episodes | "Blue Peter" | BBC1 | 1958- Present (Sept 70 onwards) | VT | Most episodes | "Dear Mother...Love Albert" | ITV (Thames/ Yorkshire) | 1969-72 | VT | Series 2-4 | "Disco 2" | BBC2 | 1970-1 | VT | Some episodes [22] | "Doctor Who" | BBC1 | 1963 – Present (Series 7 onwards) | VT | All Colour Episodes [23] | "Doomwatch" | BBC1 | 1970-2 | VT | Most episodes [24] | "Callan" | ITV (ABC/ Thames) | 1967-72 (Series 3-4) | VT | All Colour Episodes | "Father Dear Father" | ITV (Thames) | 1968-73 (Series 3-7) | VT | Exists | "Freewheelers" | ITV (Southern) | 1968-73 Series 4-8 | VT | Most episodes | "FIFA World Cup - 1970" | BBC/ ITV | 1970 | VT | Most transmissions exist | "For the Love of Ada" | ITV (LWT) | 1970-1 | VT | Exists | "Hark at Barker" | ITV (LWT) | 1969-70 Series 2 | VT | Exists [25] | "How!" | ITV (Southern) | 1966-81 (Series 4-17) | VT | Some episodes | "It's Cliff Richard" | BBC1 | 1970-6 | VT | Most episodes [26] | "Jokers Wild" | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1969-74 (Series 2-9) | VT | Exists | "Manhunt" | ITV (LWT) | 1970 | VT | Exists | "Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width" | ITV (ABC/ Thames) | 1967-71 (Series 4-6) | VT | Exists | "No – That's Me Over Here!" | ITV (Rediffusion/ LTW) (Series 3) | 1967-70 | VT | Series 3 only | "Not Only, But Also" | BBC2 | 1965-70 (Series 3) | VT | Some episodes | "Oh Brother!" | BBC1 | 1968-70 (Series 3) | VT | All colour episodes exist | "Oh In Colour!" | BBC2 | 1970 | VT | Exists | "On the Buses" | ITV (LWT) | 1969-73 (Series 3-7) | VT | Exists | "Play For Today" | BBC1 | 1970-84 | VT/Film | Most episodes [27] | "Queenie’s Castle" | ITV (Yorkshire) | 1970-2 | VT | Exists | "Steptoe and Son" | BBC1 | 1962-5, 1970-4 (Series 5-8) | VT | Exists | "That’s Your Funeral" | BBC1 | 1970-1 | VT | Exists | "The Adventures of Rupert Bear" | ITC Entertainment | 1970-7 | Film | Exists | "The Dustbinmen" | ITV (Granada) | 1969-70 (Series 3-4) | VT | Most episodes | "The Goodies" | BBC2/ ITV (Thames) | 1970-82 | VT | Most episodes | "The Kenny Everett Explosion" | ITV (LWT) | 1970 | VT | Fragment exists | "The Lovers" | ITV (Granada) | 1970-1 | VT | Exists | "The Misfit" | ITV (ATV) | 1970-1 | VT | Exists [28] | "Till Death Us Do Part" | BBC1 | 1965-75 (Election Special onwards) | VT | Most episodes | "Timeslip" | ITV (ATV) | 1970-1 | VT | Exists [29] | "Two in Clover" | ITV (Thames) | 1969-70 (Series 2) | VT | Exists | "UFO" | ITC Entertainment | 1970 | Film | Exists | "Z-Cars" | BBC1 | 1962,5-78 (Series 6-12) | VT | Most episodes [30] |
See also- Colour television
- ITV Colour Strike
- NTSC
- PAL
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/technology/technology8.html|title=TV Technology 8. Britain In Colour - and UHF|last=Elen|first=Richard G.|date=|website=BFI Screenonline|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 2. ^{{Cite journal|last=Thomas|first=Howard|date=1977|title=Adding colour, with an Independent air|url=http://abcatlarge.co.uk/with-an-independent-air-adding-colour/|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|volume=|pages=|via=}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.transdiffusion.org/2004/05/24/colour|title=Colour My Life|last=Bowden-Smith|first=Kif|date=May 24, 2004|website=Transdiffusion|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvbrain.info/|title=Kaleidoscope's TV Brain|last=|first=|date=|website=TV Brain|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 5. ^The first in a series of shows ATV filmed in NTSC colour for US transmission, though shown in monochrome in the UK. 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishtelevisiondrama.org.uk/?p=6434|title=Experiments in colour and electronic film systems: George’s Room (1967)|last=Simon Coward|first=David Rolison,|date=July 31, 2016|website=British Television Drama|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 7. ^Some episodes survive as inserts recorded by Bob Pratt, one complete episode survives as a B&W tele-recording. 8. ^Filmed in NTSC for US transmission, the series was shown in B&W in the UK. 9. ^The majority of episodes survive as NTSC copies. 10. ^Some 35mm Colour film inserts exist. 11. ^Three complete episodes survive in colour, an incomplete episode also exists. 12. ^Parts of the 1970 contest exist in Monochrome. 13. ^Some 1970-1 episodes were affected by the ITV Colour Strike. 14. ^Some surviving colour episodes survive as B&W tele-recordings. 15. ^A large number of episodes are missing from Series 1-8. 16. ^The five episodes of Series 5 were shot in monochrome due to the ITV Colour Strike. 17. ^Some episodes recovered from domestic videotape copies, courtesy of presenter, Bob Monkhouse. 18. ^Series 5 consists of short sketches that featured on "Bruce Forsyth's Big Night" (1978-80). Some of the episodes have been recovered from VHS recordings. 19. ^The majority of colour episodes are lost prior to 1981. 20. ^All episodes survive as NTSC copies. 21. ^Episodes 12-19 of Series 2 were affected by ITV Colour Strike. 22. ^Some surviving episodes survive as B&W tele-recordings. 23. ^Some colour episodes survive as NTSC copies, off-air tapes and B&W tele-recordings. 24. ^Some episodes survive as B&W tele-recordings. 25. ^One episode 'Rustless on Law' (TX: 17/7/1970) survives a B&W tele-recording. 26. ^Some episodes exist as B&W tele-recordings. 27. ^Some episodes from Series 1-5 are missing, a few exist as B&W tele-recordings. 28. ^All episodes survive as B&W tele-recordings. 29. ^All but one episode survives as B&W tele-recordings. 30. ^Some colour episodes exist as B&W tele-recordings.
FootnotesExternal links- Early Color Television, Early Television Museum
- [https://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/first-colour-television-transmission 'The First Colour Television' by Richard Cavendish, History Today, July 7, 2008.]
- Early BBC Colour Tests, www.meldrum.co.uk
- [https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/colour-television-britain/ Colour Television in Britain, by Iain Baird, Science + Media Museum, May 15, 2011]
- How colour TV crossed an ocean before it arrived in UK homes, by Chris Smith, BT, July 16, 2018.
- 1966 On This Day: BBC Tunes into Colour, March 3, 1966
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