Continuing our look back at the Boldie decades, our penultimate look back at the 1950s, has a peek at the TV shows and adverts that set the stage for the golden age of radio and TV.
The first is short compilation of BBC’s Children’s hour
Here’s an OXO advert featuring Sooty
This was supposed to be the first advert of the 1950s for Gibbs SR toothpaste
This next ad was for kellogs Cornflakes – never go to work on an empty stomach
My father introduced me to Tony Hancock, he’s brilliant in these 1950 Ads
This next clip is a the first episode of Robin Hood from 1955, starring Richard Greene
Then there we have the variety acts of the time in these next 2 clips
And, finally we have a comedy film from 1953 – this was brilliant