Phillip Schofield surveys the most-watched programmes in the history of British television. 1962. His guests are: Brian Blessed of Z Cars, Lord Callaghan, whose party political broadcast was one of the five most-viewed shows of the year; and Norman Vaughan, host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium and the Royal Variety Performance.
Plus clips of Frank Sinatra making his first personal appearance on British TV, US President John Kennedy speaking on the Cuban missile crisis and Desmond Wilcox recommending that his This Week audience go on holiday to New York's Times Square.
Director/Producer Bill Wilson
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