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== At least 50 years ==
* ''Letter From America'' ran– on58 years: On [[The BBC|BBC Radio]] from 1946-2004, ending when Alastair Cooke retired less than a month before his death.
* ''Come Dancing'', the– {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-2004+1995-1949}} years: The BBC televised ballroom dancing competition, originally ran from 1949–95, with intermittent specials in 1996 and 1998. Its revival with celebrity contestants as ''Strictly Come Dancing'' has aired since 2004.
* A theater example is [[Agatha Christie]]'s theatrical play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'', which– {{Years or months ago|1952|11}}: hasHas been running on the West End since November 1952.
* British children's TV favorite ''[[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.
* The news programme ''Tagesschau'' was– first{{Years or months ago|1952|12}}: The news programme has aired in the same 20:00 time slot on NWDR in Germany onsince Boxing Day 1952; andit went to being broadcast seven days a week in 1961. The programme now serves as ARD's flagship news brand and still occupies the same 20:00 time slot as it did in 1952.
* Current affairs show ''Panorama'' has– been{{Years or months ago|1953}}: Current affairs show airing on the BBC since 1953. and is presentlyPresently the longest-running program in the history of British television. Across the Channel, the German version of the program, produced by NDR and also called ''Panorama'', has aired on Das Erste since 1961.
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* The Major League Baseball ''Game of the Week'' – {{Years or months ago|1953}}: Ran on various networks from 1953–93; has aired on FOX since 1996.
* ''Brain of Britain'', – {{Years or months ago|1953}}: Britain's longest-running quiz program in any medium, began as a segment of ''What Do You Know?'' on BBC Radio in 1953, and has been a standalone program on Radio 4 since 1967. It has only had three regular presenters: Franklin Engelmann from 1953–72, Robert Robinson from 1973-2008, and Russell Davies since 2009.
* ''Face the Nation'' (airing weekly on CBS since 1954)
* ''[[TheFace Tonightthe Show]]Nation'' (airing– {{Years or months ago|1954}}: Airing weekly on NBCCBS since 1954).
* ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1954}}: Airing on NBC since 1954.
* ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (– 54 years,: Ran from 1956-2010; 13,858 episodes).
* ''Matysiakowie'' (– {{Years or months ago|1956}}: Polish radio drama airing weekly since 1956).
* ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]'' (since– {{Years or months ago|1956}}: Since 1956).
* ''The Sky at Night'' (airing– {{Years or months ago|1957|04}}: Airing once a lunar cycle since April 1957, longest-running show still with its original presenter —. Patrick Moore has missed the sum total of ''one'' episode, and then only due to food poisoning. Moore is now wheelchair-bound, so the show comes from his home and has a number of co-presenters)
* ''Telediario'' is– a{{Years or months ago|1957|09}}: A Spanish daily news program which started running in September 1957. Nowadays,; its title has become synonymous with "TV news" in Spain.
* ''Today'' (AKA ''The Today Programme''), a– {{Years or months ago|1957|10}}: British news daily, on BBC Radio running since October 1957. There is a (probably apocryphal) story that if a British nuclear submarine commander failed to receive the ''Today'' program three days in a row, they were to assume Britain had been nuked and open their sealed orders.
* ''[[Blue Peter]]'' – {{Years or months ago|1958}}: (4,000+ episodes since 1958, the longest-running children's show ever)
* Dutch sports program ''Studio Sport'' – {{Years or months ago|1959}}: Dutch sports program, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009.
* [[Supergirl]] was– created{{Years or months ago|1959|05}}: Created in May 1959, and has been an important part of the [[DC]] universe since. The character has starred in solo books and anthologies, and shows up in movies, TV shows, and cartoons.
* ''The Nature of Things'' (science– {{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).
* ''[[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)
* ''[[Chick Tracts]]'' were– all{{Years writtenor months ago|1960}}: Written over 56 years by Jack Chick until his death in 2016.
== At least 40 years ==
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