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The Tarzan Adventures (1975)

A season of films featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary ape man and starring, as Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller (1932-48) and Lex Barker (1949-53)
Shown on BBC 1
Produced by BBC
Series: one (16 films)
Broadcast August 5 -November 18, 1975

Films

August 5, 1975: Tarzan And His Mate (1934)
August 12, 1975: Tarzan Escapes (1936)
August 19, 1975: Tarzan Finds A Son! (1939)
August 26, 1975: Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
September 2, 1975: Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
September 9, 1975: Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
September 16, 1975: Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
September 23, 1975: Tarzan and The Amazons (1945)
September 30, 1975: Tarzan And The Leopard Woman (1946)
October 7, 1975: Tarzan And The Huntress (1947)
October 14, 1975: Tarzan And the Mermaids (1948)
October 21, 1975: Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
October 28, 1975: Tarzan And The Slave Girl (1950)
November 4, 1975: Tarzan's Peril (1951)
November 11, 1975: Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)
November 18, 1975: Tarzan And The She-Devil (1953)

The BBC did not show Tarzan The Ape Man (1932), which had been shown for the first time by the BBC in 1973. All the other films in this season were being shown for the first time by the BBC.

Think Of A Number (1977-84)

British children's educational TV series
Created by N/A
Produced by BBC
Series: six (36 episodes + pilot, 1977-84)
Debut: April 2, 1977 (pilot); April 12, 1978 (series) (BBC 1)

Presenters (1972-90)

Johnny Ball

Writer(s): Johnny Ball
Director(s): Timothy John Byford; Albert Barber (pilot)
Producer(s): Anne Reay (pilot & series 1, 1977-78); Cynthia Felgate (series 1, 1978); Albert Barber (series 1-6, 1978-84); John Smith (series 4, 1982)

Tom And Jerry (1940-67)

American animated theatrical short films
Created by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Produced by Hannah-Barbera, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1940-58); Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Films (1961-62); Chuck Jones/Sib Tower (1963-67
Series: N/A
- 1940-58: 114
- 1961-62: 13
- 1963-67: 34
Debut: April 4, 1967 (BBC 1)

Voice cast

Tom: Harry E Lang (1940-53), William Hanna (1941-58), Allen Swift 1961-62), Mel Blanc (1963-67)
Jerry: William Hanna (1940-58), Harry E Lang (1943, 1945), Sara Berner (1944-45), Paul Frees (1951, 1956), Manuel Paris (1957), Allen Swift (1961-62), Mel Blanc (1963-67), Terrance Monk (1964), June Foray (1965-67), Dallas McKennon (1967)
Spike: Billy Bletcher (1944–1948), Patrick McGeehan (1949, 1957), Jerry Mann (1950), Bob Shamrock (1951–1952), John Brown (1953), Stan Freberg (1954), Daws Butler (1955–1957)
Tyke: William Hanna (1949-57)
Butch: Tex Avery (1949-1952, 1956-1957), Daws Butler (1950-1951, 1957), Bill Thompson (1951, 1957-1958), Carlos Julio Ramírez (1952), Paul Frees (1952, 1958)

Writer(s): Various
Director(s): Various
Producer(s): Various

In 1975 Hanna-Barbera introduced The Tom & Jerry Show. Filmation, in association with MGM Television, produced The Tom And Jerry Comedy Show in 1980.

The Tom And Jerry Show (1975)

American animated TV series
Created by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Produced by Hannah-Barbera/MGM Television
Series: one (16 episodes/48 segments)
Debut: TBC

Voice cast

John Stephenson as Tom, Jerry, Spike
Don Messick as Spike
Joe E Ross as Spike

Writer(s): Various
Director(s): William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Producer(s): Iwao Takamoto (creative producer)
Theme tune by Hoyt Curtin

The series was based on Tom And Jerry (1940-67) and was the first time that Tom and Jerry appeared in animated instalments produced specifically for TV.

Filmation, in association with MGM Television, produced The Tom And Jerry Comedy Show in 1980