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ADISEASE which has paralysed America is about to hit Britain. It's called Batmania. For twenty-eight years ..

... twenty-eight years Batman was just another cliff-hanger comic strip character amid the welter of America's Technicolor heroes, Then they made him into a TV star. Since the twice - weekly series began in January, America hes gone mad for Batman and his faithful ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 98 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

EXCHANGE — 1 Two-bedroomed Third Storey (top) Flat for council property, Brickkilnstreet, Wolverhampton, area. ..

... Two-bedroomed Third Storey (top) Flat for council property, Brickkilnstreet, Wolverhampton, area. Apply by letter, 23¢c, BATMANS HILL-ROAD, TIPTON. 14 3 BEDROOMED non-pariour, Rake Gate, for pariour m most areas considered; write — . Express and Star ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 94 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

for beginners

... glamorous girl does a Batusi dance wearing a Batman cape and mask and the bottom half of a bikini. That's all. At least 130 firms are producing Batman items. One company has sold nearly half a million Batman sweatshirts, and they can't keep up with the ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 129 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Batmania

... to turn out Batman products. You can decorate your room with Batman wallpaper, read by the light of a Batlamp, eat Batman ice cream, keep the rain off with a Batcape, fly a Batkite, drip dry on a Batman bathmat and even sleep with Batman ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 156 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

“That Riviera Touch”

... Bridge on Tuesday to entertain residents at the White Windows Cheshire Home. “BATMAN.” ABC’s new weekend series, can be seen at 6.35 tonight and 7.25 SomoEßow. . o e b Batman, played by Adam West, cliff-hanged his way to the top of America’s TV charts ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Hooked

... Hooked Parents are hooked on Batman, too. It's fashionable to be a grown-up Batfan in America today. Twice a week the nation goes into a hysteria of hoots as the tongue-in-cheek series plunges Batman into yet another impos- Joan Kemp-Welch and husband ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 44 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Gear

... Gear This year Batman gear will bring in an estimated £25,000,000. In the T V series Batman is played by veteran actor Ad a m West. Twenty-year-old ex-college student Burt Ward plays Robin, the youthful helper who comes out with expressions like ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 42 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

SOUTHERN ITV

... Weather. 2.50 The Saint. 3.40 Bonanza. 4.35 O.K. Crackerby. 5.0 Mad Movies. 5.30-6.0 Weavers Gre e n. 6.55 Quo Vadis . . .? 7.25 Batman. 8.20 Film: Castle In the Air. 9.55 News. 10.5 Tarbuck at the Prince of Wales. 11.5 Eamonn Andrews Show. 11.50 Weather; Encounter ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 99 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

LneEE (Channel Eight)

... Hackett, Buffy Sainte Marie. Kim Cordell, 6.3s—Batman. Pow! Wham! and Krunch! Batman is here with Boy Wonder Robin in this new all-action series. Part 1: “Hi Diddle Riddle,” starring Adam West as “ Batman * and ¢ Burt Ward as “Robin” aecial guest villain ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 297 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

TREND OF THINGS

... Y)ecorawrs. Crossley Street—(Advt.), R Batman is here DR. WHO, your days are numbered! This column unashamedly predicts that a new cult will be born tonight '|with the first showing on '|British television of “Batman.” | Pow! One in the eye for the |time-worn ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 553 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Bitter pill for viewers

... 21, 1966 It must have something. The Russians have accused America of using Batman to brainwash Americans into becoming willing murderers in Vietnam. My kids have had Batman comics lying around the house for the past 18 months. glance at them occasional) ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 473 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MIDLAND

... MIDLAND CHANNEL 8 UNTIL 5.15 WORLD OF SPORT 5.15 MAD MOVIES 5.45 NEWS FROM ITN 5.50 THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS 6.35 BATMAN Part 1 Hi Diddle Riddle The Riddler kidnaps Robin and Molly takes his place in a perfect plot to capture the criminalcrusher 7.05 THE ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1966
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 102 | Page: 10 | Tags: none