www.whirligig-tv.co.uk

British 1950s TV and Radio

This wonderful nostalgia site celebrates the '50s in all its monochrome glory; the quaintly formal presenters with their clipped English accents, the clunky theatrical dramas, the cosy parlour games, and the first TV adverts with their curiously infectious jingles. To get a real sense of the era, you neeed to see the programmes themselves and there are clips of everything from Andy Pandy to Zorro