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* [[Agatha Christie]]'s theatrical play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1952|11}}: Has been running on the West End since November 1952.

* The [[w:Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney anthology television series]] – {{Years or months ago|1959}}: Nine different series airing continuously since the premiere of ''Walt Disney's Disneyland'' in 1954 and most recently incarnated as ''The Wonderful World of Disney''.

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* ''[[The Nature of Things]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1960|11}}: Science documentary series on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] since November 1960; hosted continuously by zoologist and environmentalist David Suzuki since 1979.

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* ''[[Coronation Street]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1960|12}}: ~7,500 episodes since December 1960

== At least 50 years ==

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* ''[[The Sooty Show]]'' – 52 years: British children's TV favourite ran roughly from 1952-2004 under slightly different title changes and presenters. There are currently plans for a revived new series.

* ''[[As the World Turns]]'' – 54 years: Ran from 1956-2010; 13,858 episodes.

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* ''The Nature of Things'' – {{Years or months ago|1960|11}}: Science documentary series on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] since November 1960; hosted continuously by zoologist and environmentalist David Suzuki since 1979.

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* ''[[Coronation Street]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1960|12}}: ~7,500 episodes since December 1960

* ''It's Academic'' – {{Years or months ago|1961}}: Washington, D.C. televised academic game show, continually produced since 1961; listed in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'' as the longest running quiz show in television history.

* ''Four Corners'' – {{Years or months ago|1961|08}}: Australian current-affairs show, running since August 1961

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* ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby-Doo]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1969|09}}: Multiple series; at least one series was in first-run almost every year from 1969–91 and since 2002, plus one or more direct-to-video movies each year since 1998.

* ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970|09}}: Running continuously since September 21, 1970, until 2005 on [[ABC]], currently on [[ESPN]].

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* ''[[Tatort]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970|11}}: Known as ''Scene of the Crime'' in the USA. A German-language detective series which began airing in November 1970 on Das Erste in [[West Germany]], in 1972 on ORF 2 in Austria, and from 1990-2001 and again starting in 2011 on SF1 in Switzerland. Over 800 episodes have been produced, although the regional ARD broadcasters, ORF, and SF all contribute locally-produced episodes to the series, so that rather than having one central cast and location, different episodes will feature different casts and settings. Its [[East Germany|East German]] counterpart ''Polizeiruf 110'' has aired over 320 episodes since June 1971, on Fernsehen der DDR until 1990 and on Das Erste following the re-unification. Both shows share a timeslot in [[The Berlin Republic]].

== At least 40 years ==

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* ''Romper Room'' – 41 years: 1953–94, in various local franchised versions. TVOntario ran a very similar programme as the ''Polka Dot Door'' (1971-1993), which initially was based heavily on the [[BBC]] (UK) version of ''[[Play School]]'' (1964-1988).

* ''[[Die Sendung mit der Maus]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1971}}: German [[Edutainment Show]] for children, airing since 1971

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* ''[[Tatort]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970|11}}: Known as ''Scene of the Crime'' in the USA. A German-language detective series which began airing in November 1970 on Das Erste in [[West Germany]], in 1972 on ORF 2 in Austria, and from 1990-2001 and again starting in 2011 on SF1 in Switzerland. Over 800 episodes have been produced, although the regional ARD broadcasters, ORF, and SF all contribute locally-produced episodes to the series, so that rather than having one central cast and location, different episodes will feature different casts and settings. Its [[East Germany|East German]] counterpart ''Polizeiruf 110'' has aired over 320 episodes since June 1971, on Fernsehen der DDR until 1990 and on Das Erste following the re-unification. Both shows share a timeslot in [[The Berlin Republic]].

* ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' – 42 years: Started in 1964; weekly show stopped in 2006, but lives on in special editions.

* ''[[20/20]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1978}}: ABC's US newsmagazine, airing since 1978.

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* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1986}}: The game of fantasy battles, actually appeared first, in 1983.

* ''You've Been Framed'' – {{Years or months ago|1989}}: British home video series, first broadcast in 1989.

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* ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – {{Years or months ago|1987}}: (1987-)

== At least 20 years ==

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* ''[[Big Brother]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1999}}: The show premièred in the Netherlands in 1999. While the original version has ended, several international versions continue to air.

* ''[[The Bill]]'' – 26 years: Pilot in 1983, full series in 1984, weekly since 1987. Ended in September 2010.

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* ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' – {{Years or months ago|1987}}: (1987-)

* ''Brookside'' – 21 years: Channel 4 UK soap opera and one of the channel's first shows (1982-2003)

* ''Cat and Girl'' – {{Years or months ago|1999}}: A web comic that has been running since 1999.