BBC Television: a British engineering achievement
How Britain leads the world in the technology of television in 1958
Time flight: 1950
A journey around the media of 1950
Behind The News
With some of the Newscasters
The play’s the thing
Drama for everyone
Cadbury’s Drinking Chocolate
Print adverts for Cadbury's drinking chocolate
Mr Therm
Mr Therm burns to serve you!
What will the ad spots be like?
This is the most persistent question to reach TV MIRROR office during these past weeks. It has come not only from the outer London region, now awaiting its first Commercial TV programmes, but from the Midlands and North as well, testifying to the mounting interest in the new entertainment. Here, then, is the British way with TV advertising described for you
Food
On and off the ration
Banking
Cheques and saving
Flying
We'll take good care of you
“Sauce for the Gander”
Mary Malcolm defends British Housewives in a special advertising magazine on ITV
Television for younger viewers
A look at BBCtv programmes for children in 1951
Best selling music of the 1950s in the UK
The top ten best selling singles of the 1950s
Emergency … Ward 10
a T.V. series that has helped to conquer a fear of hospitals
Junior Criss-Cross Quiz
Prizes galore for the children who know the answers
Behind The News
With some of the Newscasters
Time flight: 1952
A journey around the media of 1952
Time flight: 1951
A journey around the media of 1951
Time flight: 1950
A journey around the media of 1950
Ursula Howells
Meet actress Ursula Howells
Shirley Abicair
Meet Centre Show star Shirley Abicair
Sally Barnes
Meet Face the Music star Sally Barnes
Reg Dixon
Meet farmer and variety star Reg Dixon
Joan Turner
Meet comedienne Joan Turner
Joan Regan
Meet Irish singer Joan Regan
Crime and punishment chronology
Crime and its punishment in Britain in the 1950s
Britain in the 1950s
Britain in the 1950s
Disasters chronology
Major disasters in the UK in the 1950s
BBC chronology
Some BBC dates
The Fifties – fearful and fabulous
Lord Tenby gives his impression of the 50s as the decade draws to a close
Expo 58
A gallery of publicity and posters for the Brussels Expo 1958
Facts and figures about British Railways 1959
British Railways takes us through the facts about the network in 1959
Facts and figures about British Railways 1958
British Railways takes us through the facts about the network in 1958
Facts and figures about British Railways 1957
British Railways takes us through the facts about the network in 1957
The Way to Go Round
Your guide to the Festival of Britain in 1951