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* ''Letter From America'' – 58 years: On [[The BBC|BBC Radio]] from 1946-2004, ending when Alastair Cooke retired less than a month before his death.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[Chick Tracts]]'' – 56 years: Written by Jack Chick until his death in 2016.

* ''[[The Doctor Demento Show]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1970}}: Barret Hansen first took on the [[Dr. Demento]] persona in 1970 on Pasadena station KPPC-FM, although it would be another four years before his show was nationally syndicated. It shifted to online streaming-only distribution in 2011.

* ''[[60 Minutes]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1968}}: Continuously on CBS since 1968.

* ''The 700 Club'' – {{Years or months ago|1966}}: Religious program airing since 1966 on WYAH, in national syndication since 1974, and on CBN since 1977; well-known as one of two CBN / Family Channel shows remaining on FOX Family / ABC Family (it, ''Living the Life'', the annual day-long CBN telethon, and the channel's "Family" title were all stipulations when Pat Robertson sold the network in 1998). Has been hosted by Robertson since its inception.

* [[Anpanman]] – {{Years or months ago|1969}}: Made in part of a magazine in 1969, went to picture books in 1973, then became big on an anime called ''Soreike! Anpanman'', plus being the leader in the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|largest number of characters]] in any animated program. Creator Takashi Yanase still works on the series as well.

* ''[[As It Happens]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1968}}: Current events and interviews program on CBC Radio since 1968

* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1965}}: Running since 1965.

* ''Horizon'' – {{Years or months ago|1964}}: The BBC pop-science programme has been running since 1964.

* ''Ideas'' – {{Years or months ago|1965}}: Anthology series on CBC Radio since 1965

* ''[[Just a Minute]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1967}}: On BBC Radio 4 since 1967. Still presented by the original chairman, Nicholas Parsons, although the original regular panelists have all passed away (Kenneth Williams in 1988, Derek Nimmo in 1999, Peter Jones in 2000, and Clement Freud in 2009). The Swedish version of the program, ''På Minuten'', has aired since 1969 (with a hiatus from 1988-94).

* ''[[Lupin III]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1967}}: Manga came around in 1967, three TV shows aired on 1971-1972, 1977-1980 and 1984-1985 respectively, six movies were made (A live-action one in 1974, five animated ones in 1978, 1979, 1985, 1995 and 1996) along with three OAVs (in 1987, 2002, and 2008) and, to top it all off, [[TMS Entertainment]] is still producing annual TV-specials since 1989.

* ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' – {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1972+1965-1956}} years: 1956–65, then since 1972; originally hosted by Bill Cullen {1956-65}, then Bob Barker {1972-2007}, then Drew Carey {2007-}

* ''[[A Question of Sport]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1968}}: Kicked off in 1968, making it the oldest [[Panel Game]] in existence and arguably the longest continually running [[Game Show]] (while ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' has run for five more years overall and started twelve years earlier, it also spent seven years off the air). It has only had four regular presenters (Stuart Hall (1968–69), David Vine (1970–78), David Coleman (1979–97), and Sue Barker (1997-present)).

* ''Sabado Gigante'' – 53 years : Started in June 1962 (as ''Gran Show Dominical'' before moving from Sunday to Saturday in 1966), [[Channel Hop]]ped from Chile's Canal 13 to Univision in 1986; longest-running variety show in the world, presented by its original presenter, "Don Francisco" (Mario Kreutzberger), until its final airing in 2015.

* ''[[Sazae-san]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1969|10}}: Began in October 1969, and is the Guinness World Record certified longest-running animated series ever

* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1969|11}}: 4,000+ episodes since 10 Nov 1969. Multiple adaptations exist for other countries; there are also a few real streets named after the TV show.

* ''[[University Challenge]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1962}}: On ITV from 1962-87 with Bamber Gascoigne, and on BBC2 since 1994 with Jeremy Paxman; British television's longest-running quiz show.

* ''[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/68527 Vecernicek]'' – {{Years or months ago|1965}}: A Czech bedtime story program that has been running every evening since 1965, even with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ni6dIpQ2yM opening] unchanged for all these years.

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

* ''[[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]].

* ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1971}}: has aired on PBS since 1971, although it's just called ''Masterpiece'' now; its sister program, ''Mystery!'' {now known as ''Masterpiece Mystery''}, has aired since 1980.