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5 November – The BBC Light Programme first airs Life with the Lyons, the UK's first sitcom, featuring British-domiciled American couple Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. 28 November – James Corbitt is hanged at Strangeways Prison, Manchester, for the premeditated murder in August of his mistress at Ashton-under-Lyne.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1950: The Angel with the Trumpet: Anthony Bushell: Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, Maria Schell: Drama: The Astonished Heart: Terence Fisher: Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, Margaret Leighton
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1969. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. For narratives about this time period, see Post-war Britain (1945–1979), Social history of post-war Britain (1945–1979),
Bait (1950 film) The Bandit of Zhobe; Bang! You're Dead; The Bank Raiders; Barbados Quest; Barnacle Bill (1957 film) The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957 film) The Battle of the River Plate (film) The Battle of the Sexes (1959 film) Battle of the V-1; The Beachcomber (1954 film) Beat the Devil (film) Beau Brummell (1954 film) Before I Wake ...
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1 January – The UK's first atomic bomber unit, No. 138 Squadron RAF, is formed, flying Vickers Valiants from RAF Gaydon in Warwickshire. [1]7 January – UK release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release, covertly funded by the CIA.
Madeleine (1950) – British crime drama film based on a true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier [13] The Magnificent Yankee (1950) – biographical drama film examining the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr ...
L. The Lady with a Lamp; The Last Command (1955 film) The Last Stagecoach West; The Late Edwina Black; Leathernose; Legions of the Nile; Leila and Gábor; The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch