Editing ABC Weekend TV (section)

== Programming ==
Networked programmes from ABC included the drama series ''[[Police Surgeon (British TV series)|Police Surgeon]]'', ''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]]'', ''[[Undermind (TV series)|Undermind]]'', ''[[Redcap (TV series)|Redcap]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', the ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' series of single plays, the ''Habatales'' cartoons, the popular shows ''[[Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)|Thank Your Lucky Stars]]'', ''[[Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'', ''Big Night Out'', ''Doddy's Music Box'' and ''[[Oh Boy! (TV series)|Oh Boy!]]'', [[Tommy Cooper]]'s shows ''Cooperama'' and ''Life with Cooper'', the UK and international artist folk and blues music series [[Hullabaloo (British TV series)|Hullabaloo]], the children's science fiction serials ''[[Emerald Soup]]'', ''[[Target Luna]]'' and its sequels ''Pathfinders in Space'', ''Pathfinders to Mars'' and ''Pathfinders to Venus'', and the gritty drama series ''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'' and ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'' (both of which continued as Thames productions after 1968). ITV's first weekly series devoted to the arts, ''Tempo'', was introduced by ABC, as was its first hidden camera show, ''[[Candid Camera]]'', and its first attempt to challenge the BBC's dominance of television sport, with ''[[World of Sport (British TV programme)|World of Sport]]''. ABC also introduced British television's first late night chat show, ''The [[Eamonn Andrews]] Show''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rinaldi |first1=Graham |title=Andrews, Eamonn (1922-1987) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/569940/ |website=BFI Screenonline |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> and, together with ATV, British television's first regular weekly series of adult education programmes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/521981/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Broadcasters and Industry Bodies > ABC Television|website=www.screenonline.org.uk|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>