TV Shows released in 1961

Whispering Smith

75/100

Whispering Smith was a detective on the Denver, Colorado Police Department in the 1870s. This show took case histories from Smith's adventures. George Romack was Smith's partner and John ... See full summary »

Hancock

83/100

Comedian Tony Hancock stars, in this BBC situation comedy TV series, as Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living in East Cheam.

'Way Out

82/100

A new drama in the macabre genre was broadcast each week hosted by Roald Dahl.

MisteRogers

89/100

Mr. Rogers and a host of colorful characters, both puppet and human, demonstrate all kinds of interesting and intriguing things through imagination, music and art.

87th Precinct

86/100

Manhattan's 87th precinct forms the backdrop for this grim and gritty police drama based on the long-running series of novels by Ed McBain. Storylines focus on neighborhood crime, and the ... See full summary »

Hollywood Hist-o-Rama

57/100

This syndicated series used still pictures and narration to chronicle the careers of motion picture performers, directors, and producers.

Sportschau

72/100

The german TV-show from "Das Erste" is about every kind of sport, from winter sport to football, from tennis to motor sport.

Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer

85/100

The DuPont Show of the Week

58/100

Alcoa Premiere

74/100

Hosted by famous dancer and actor Fred Astaire, this series presented a new drama with each week's episode. Unlike some of the earlier drama series, which tended either toward classics or ... See full summary »

A for Andromeda

77/100

In 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes ... See full summary »

Tales of the Wizard of Oz

74/100

This 150-episode series of shorts chronicles Dorothy's long stay in the land of Oz. The Munchkins are portrayed as tiny globs; the Scarecrow is a fool named Socrates; the Tin Woodman is a ... See full summary »

Songs of Praise

45/100

Long-running religious programme broadcasting church services and in particular the singing of Christian hymns from a different place of worship each week. Also featuring interviews and news segments of interest to the Christian community.

Bozo's Circus

86/100

An iconic children's show on Chicago's WGN television station. Children would go home from school at noon to have lunch and watch the show! They had a terrific band and funny skits with ... See full summary »

The Bob Newhart Show

75/100

Sir Francis Drake

84/100

The adventures of Sir Francis Drake during the 1500's. Sir Francis is probably one of the most famous explorers of the high seas. The twenty six episodes of the series are about his ... See full summary »

The Rag Trade

74/100

Fenner Fashions make women's clothing. It's run by Henry Fenner, (Peter Jones). Reg Turner (Reg Varney) is the downtrodden foreman on the shop floor. The machinists are all women lead by ... See full summary »

The New Steve Allen Show

82/100

It was a show basically about laughing until you were in tears, or just falling down, doubling over with laughter...a show for the whole family, with some of the funniest comic people on ... See full summary »

Diver Dan

77/100

Dan explores a magical undersea world "peopled" by talking fish and ruled by a beautiful and wise mermaid. Much of the drama is fueled by the nefarious Baron Barracuda and his henchfish ... See full summary »

Biography

83/100

A show that tells someone's life story every interesting episode at a time.