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Pictured: Host Michael Miles on the set of Take Your Pick (Associated-Rediffusion, 1955-68)
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Pictured: Millicent Martin in rehearsal for That Was The Week That Was (BBC Television, 1962-63)
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Pictured: A publicity shot of Jerry Lewis for his NBC TV Special (1958), The Day Today (BBC2, 1994)
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Pictured: Absolutely (Channel 4, 1989-93), Zodiac (Thames Television, 1974), The A-Z of TV (Illuminations Production for Channel 4, 1990)
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Pictured: Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote (Universal Television, 1984-96), The Search (Play of the Week, Associated-Rediffusion, 1963)
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Pictured: Host Dickie Davies at his desk on World of Sport (ITV Sport/ABC Television/London Weekend Television, 1965-84)
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Pictured: An homage to the TV anthology series of the 1950s and 1960s
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Pictured: Nicholas Parsons and Margaret Allworthy on What's It All About? (Associated Rediffusion, 1955)
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Pictured: Anne Robinson, one of many hosts of Points of View (BBC One, 1961-Present)