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Cervantes in space: Don Quick (Ian Hendry), astronaut, is the anti-hero of this science fiction satire.

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday appeared on British television screens in 1960, three years after it had been cancelled by the US network NBC.

The adventures of an American frontiersman who roams the West, righting wrongs and helping those in need.

Australian series filmed in colour but only available to the UK viewing public of 1957 in black and white, The Adventures of Long John Silver was based very loosely on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island.

The real-life Nelson family - Ozzie, his wife Harriet and their sons David and Ricky - played themselves in this long-running US sitcom.

Portland Bill is the keeper of the Trinity House lighthouse, on Guillermot Rock in a children's stop-motion animated series.

TV series based on one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1920s, Rin Tin Tin was one of two survivor of an Apache assault on a wagon train, a scenario that wasn't a million miles from the dog's true origins.

Richard Greene starred as the legendary 12th century outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. ITV's first adventure series managed to maintain a high standard of writing, employing blacklisted Hollywood writers who wrote under various aliases.

Daniel Defoe's classic adventure story of a young Englishman's sole quest for survival on a desert island is never more memorable than in this 1964 series.

Live-action puppet television series, based on Mary Tourtel's much-loved character Rupert Bear, produced by ATV and featuring one of the most enduring theme tunes of all time