Sequences of the 1970s

178 sequences from shows that began in the 1970s. A show’s sequences stay together under the decade it started in, even where the run carried on into the next one.

• 20/20 — Season 1No usable clip kept. The one upload of the titles carries no date, and this catalogue places a sequence against the season it ran in.
• ABC World News Tonight — Season 1No usable clip kept. The one result documents a night when the wrong graphics went to air, which is not the sequence as it normally runs.
• Alias Smith and Jones — Season 162sThe western's own titles, found on a later pass. Searches are still mostly captured by the British sketch show that puns on this title.
• All in the Family — Season 169s'Those Were the Days', sung by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton at the piano.
• All My Children — Season 2345sFan upload dated January 1992; counting a season per year from the January 1970 launch, that is the twenty-third.
• All My Children — Season 4147sFan upload dated December 2010; counting a season per year from the January 1970 launch, that is the forty-first.
• The Amazing Spider-Man — Season 158sFan upload of the 1977 intro. The better-ranked copy is upscaled to 4K.
• Antiques Roadshow — Season 1No usable clip kept. The one upload of the titles carries no date, and this catalogue places a sequence against the season it ran in. The only dated copies are from 2025, forty-six years after the season this entry is filed at.
• Archie Bunker's Place — Season 148sFan upload of the intro.
• Are You Being Served? — Season 137sPosted by the David Croft estate — the third of his series here from the same source.
• The Ascent of Man — Season 147sFan upload.
• Austin City Limits — Season 2035sFan upload, labelled by the uploader as the twentieth season, 1995.
• Bagpuss — Season 185sFan upload of the full opening.
• Baretta — Season 162sRestored fan upload of the first season.
• Barnaby Jones — Season 178sFan upload.
• Barney Miller — Season 353sThe third season's intro, from a remastered source.
• Battle of the Planets — Season 190sRestored upload of the 1978 credits.
• Battlestar Galactica (1978) — Season 1The original opening, as posted by NBC.
• The Beachcombers — Season 1441sArchive upload dated 5 January 1986, which falls in the fourteenth season counted from the October 1972 launch.
• Benson — Season 262sFan upload of the second season's titles.
• The Bionic Woman — Season 179sThe 1976 opening titles.
• Blake's 7 — Seasons 1–4135sEvery series' opening collected together, since each was re-cut around whoever was still alive.
• Blankety Blank — Season 128sThe 1979 titles, panellists in triangles against the name repeated behind them.
• The Bob Newhart Show — Season 180sThe opening sequence, from Shout! Studios. Added under its own name because it is what searching for the later series Newhart returns.
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Season 167sThe first season's titles.
• Butterflies — Season 134sFan upload.
• Cannon — Season 142sFan upload from a season-retrospective channel.
• Charlie's Angels — Season 169sFan upload. The first search returned an opening-and-closing bundle; this is the opening alone.
• CHiPs — Season 170sRestored fan upload.
• Chorlton and the Wheelies — Season 152sFan upload, dated by the uploader to 1976.
• Circle of Fear — Season 126sFan upload of the retitled version's opening, dated 1973.
• Citizen Smith — Season 141sWolfie past the policeman, off a clean copy of the theme.
• Columbo — Season 124sThe 1975 opening. The show frequently ran with a plain card instead.
• Connections — Season 146sArchive upload of the first episode's opening, machine-upscaled to 1080p by the uploader.
• Dallas — Season 1086sThe version broadcast in 1986, opening titles only. The split-screen panels were recut repeatedly across thirteen years, so this is one arrangement of many.
• Diff'rent Strokes — Season 155sFan upload of the first season's intro.
• Doomwatch — Season 137sFan upload.
• The Dukes of Hazzard — Season 160sFan upload from a classic-television archive channel.
• Eight Is Enough — Season 164sFan upload from a titles-only channel.
• El Chavo del Ocho — Seasons 4–677sFan upload of the 1975-1977 version. Spanish original audio.
• The Electric Company — Season 169sRestored fan upload. Rita Moreno's shouted "Hey you guys!" opens it, and is the best-remembered thing about the series.
• Emergency! — Season 156sFan upload of the first season's credits.
• Emmerdale — Season 2730sFan upload. The uploader dates this version to 1998 through 2005; counting a season per year from the October 1972 launch, it starts at the twenty-seventh.
• Emmerdale — Season 4928sFan upload dated 2020 — the forty-ninth season counted from the October 1972 launch.
• The Facts of Life — Season 169sFan upload. Jenny O'Hara's name card dates it to the first season, the only one she was in.
• The Facts of Life — Season 750sThe seventh season's, taped from a rerun and carrying that channel's bug in the corner.
• The Facts of Life — Season 873sThe eighth season's, posted by the studio that released the series on disc.
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin — Season 146sFan upload. The titles show the beach walk that the series repeats as its central act.
• Family Feud — Season 145sFan upload of the 1976 open, from the launch year.
• Family Feud — Season 3529sFan upload. The uploader dates this version from 2010 — the Steve Harvey era, and the thirty-fifth season counted from the 1976 launch.
• Fantasy Island — Season 195sFan upload.
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids — Season 165sThe 1984 opening alone, in place of the intro-and-closing pair.
• Fawlty Towers — Season 128sThe opening. The sign is relettered each week, so no two broadcasts carry the same title card.
• The Flip Wilson Show — Season 1No usable clip kept. The one upload collects several seasons' openings rather than any one of them.
• Going Straight — Season 148sThe gate closing behind him, with the name across it.
• The Good Life — Season 132sFan upload.
• Good Morning America — Season 1No usable clip placed. The one upload is dated only to the 1990s, and the titles were rebuilt several times inside that decade.
• Good Times — Season 150sThe opening credits.
• The Goodies — Season 151sFan upload of the first series' theme, from 1970.
• Grange Hill — Season 139sFan upload of the 1978 intro, from the first series.
• Grange Hill — Seasons 13–1641sFan upload. The uploader dates this version to 1990 through 1993; counting a series per year from the 1978 launch, those are the thirteenth to sixteenth.
• Happy Days — Season 179sThe opening titles.
• Hart to Hart — Season 177sFan upload of the first season's open.
• Holocaust — Season 1103sFan upload of the credits, carrying a retro-television channel's watermarks in two corners. The alternatives are a vertical phone repost and a shorts clip.
• Hong Kong Phooey — Season 167sFan upload.
• I, Claudius — Season 145sThe opening, with the snake moving across the mosaic floor.
• The Incredible Hulk — Season 170sThe opening titles, with the origin narrated in full each week.
• It Ain't Half Hot Mum — Season 147sPosted by the David Croft estate — the fifth of his series from the same source.
• Jabberjaw — Season 157sFan upload.
• Jamie and the Magic Torch — Season 1104sFan upload.
• The Jeffersons — Season 188sThe first season's opening, from Shout! Studios.
• Jesus of Nazareth — Season 1129sFan upload of the credits. Two minutes, which is what the cast list needs.
• Josie and the Pussycats — Season 160sFan upload of the 1970 intro.
• Kamen Rider — Season 1No usable clip verified. The available uploads carry English subtitles burnt into the picture.
• King of Kensington — Season 261sArchive upload dated 15 March 1977, which falls in the second season counted from the September 1975 launch.
• Knots Landing — Season 1119sThe pilot's opening sequence.
• Kojak — Season 150sThe opening.
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker — Season 126sThe opening narration.
• The Krypton Factor — Season 144sFan upload.
• Kung Fu — Season 1No usable clip kept. The one upload labelled as the opening titles runs nearly three minutes and carries the episode's teaser with it.
• Land of the Lost — Season 173sFan upload of the 1974 opening.
• Last of the Summer Wine — Season 1No usable clip verified. The only result runs nearly two and a half minutes against a much shorter open.
• Laverne & Shirley — Season 179sThe first season's intro.
• The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams — Season 194sPosted by Shout! Studios, who released the series.
• Life on Earth — Season 134sFan upload.
• Little House on the Prairie — Season 164sThe opening credits and theme.
• Logan's Run — Season 167sCast cards naming the parts, off tape.
• Lou Grant — Season 162sFan upload. The sequence follows a newspaper from pulp to print to birdcage lining, which is the whole editorial argument of the series.
• The Love Boat — Season 396sFan upload of the 1979 version. The sequence names that week's guest stars, so it was recut constantly.
• M*A*S*H — Seasons 1–11One entry for eleven seasons. The montage was recut over the years, but only to keep up with a cast that turned over almost completely, which is the same reason Breaking Bad has one entry — the sequence itself never changed. Johnny Mandel's melody is played rather than sung throughout: the lyric is called 'Suicide Is Painless', and the network wanted the words nowhere near a Sunday night.
• Man About the House — Season 1No usable clip verified. The only result runs over a hundred seconds against a much shorter broadcast open.
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Seasons 4–7No usable clip kept — the available upload is a 4K upscale rather than the broadcast picture.
• Maude — Season 169sPosted by Shout! Studios, who hold the series — a rights-holder upload for a 1972 sitcom.
• McCloud — Season 160sFan upload.
• Mind Your Language — Seasons 1–331sRestored fan upload from a classic-television channel.
• Minder — Season 171sFan upload.
• Monday Night Football — Season 251sFan upload of the 1971 open — the second season, counted from the 1970 launch.
• Mork & Mindy — Season 185sThe opening credits.
• Mr Benn — Season 146sFan upload of the 1971 titles.
• The Muppet Show — Season 156sThe first series' opening. The joke at the end and the heckle from the box are rewritten for every episode, so no two broadcasts match.
• NBC Nightly News — Season 4714sFan upload dated 10 October 2016; counting a season per year from the 1970 launch, that is the forty-seventh.
• Not the Nine O'Clock News — Season 134sFan upload of the first series' titles.
• The Odd Couple — Season 286sThe second season's opening theme.
• The Old Grey Whistle Test — Season 128sFan upload.
• Only When I Laugh — Season 137sThe ward itself, with the cast named across the trolley.
• Open All Hours — Season 160sFan upload.
• Pennies from Heaven — Season 1No usable clip found — no result matched the serial.
• The Persuaders! — Season 172sRestored fan upload. Split-screen biographies of the two leads run side by side — passports, newspaper cuttings, school photographs — establishing the class contrast the whole series turns on.
• Porridge — Season 158sFan upload. The sentence is read aloud over the titles, so the audience is told the length of the stretch before the first scene.
• The Price Is Right — Season 164sFan upload of the premiere, 8 September 1972.
• The Price Is Right — Season 3637sDrew Carey's first episode, October 2007 — the thirty-sixth season counted from the 1972 premiere, and the same three words to open it.
• The Professionals — Season 147sFan upload of the first season's opening. The better-ranked copy is an upscale.
• The Protectors — Season 140sRestored fan upload. Catalogued after the series turned up repeatedly as a wrong-show hit for other queries — the recurring false positive was itself a missing entry.
• Quatermass — Season 1No usable clip kept. The copy offered as opening credits belongs to The Quatermass Conclusion, the feature-length edit, and says so on its own title card. The serial's own upload runs the opening and closing credits together rather than the opening alone.
• A Question of Sport — Season 2038sFan upload of the 1989 titles; counting a season per year from the 1970 launch, that is the twentieth.
• Quincy, M.E. — Season 173sFan upload.
• Rainbow — Season 141sFan upload of the original 1972 theme.
• Rentaghost — Season 131sThe opening alone, taken from the first series' second episode in 1976 — the drawn ghost over the shop.
• Rhoda — Season 153sFan upload of the first season's sequence.
• Rich Man, Poor Man — Season 1No usable clip kept. The available upload is Alex North's main title music posted as a music release rather than the sequence.
• Rising Damp — Season 170sFan upload.
• Robin's Nest — Season 242sThree portraits in ovals. The uploader dates it to the second series.
• The Rockford Files — Seasons 1–6The sequence held for six years, but the message never repeated: a different one opened all 122 episodes, which makes this the most-changed opening in the catalogue and a single entry at the same time. The pictures and Mike Post and Pete Carpenter's theme are fixed; the writing on top of them was rewritten weekly.
• Roobarb — Season 122sFan upload of the 1974 opening.
• Roots — Season 161sThe opening credits.
• The Ropers — Season 139sOff air on 17 April 1979, with a San Francisco station's identification along the bottom.
• Ryan's Hope — Season 132sFan upload of the 1975 opening, from the launch year.
• S.W.A.T. — Season 184sFan upload of the first season's intro, 1975.
• Salem's Lot — Season 1No usable clip kept. What is posted as the intro is the opening scene in Guatemala rather than the credits, the alternative is the theatrical cut, and the copy labelled as the network opening is CBS's Special Movie presentation ident followed by a promotional montage.
• The Sandbaggers — Season 160sFeet on pavement, names dropped in one at a time.
• Sanford and Son — Season 151s'The Streetbeater', over the junkyard.
• Sapphire & Steel — Season 151sFan upload. The uploader dates this version across the whole 1979 to 1982 run.
• Saturday Night Live — Season 1129sEvery cast introduction in the show's history, collected. No single season's version could stand for a sequence that has been rebuilt fifty times.
• Schoolhouse Rock! — Season 117sFan upload.
• SCTV — Season 148sFan upload, labelled by the uploader as the first season of the American run.
• Secret Army — Season 157sA cobbled road under bare trees, and nothing else.
• Sigmund and the Sea Monsters — Season 176sThe opening alone, on the Krofft title card over the beach.
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Season 131sThe opening alone, opening on the telemetry screen from the crash. Half a minute, so shorter than the full broadcast version, but not a bundle.
• Ski Sunday — Season 4347sFan upload of the 2020 intro; counting a season per year from the 1978 launch, that is the forty-third.
• Soap — Season 153sThe first season's intro.
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em — Season 130sFan upload. The theme is whistled in morse code — it spells the show's title.
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour — Season 156sFan upload of the first season, 1971.
• Soul Train — Season 124sFan upload, dated by the uploader to the 1970s.
• Space: 1999 — Season 168sThe first series' titles, from Gerry Anderson's own channel. The middle section was re-cut for every episode, so this is one instance of a sequence that never repeated exactly.
• Space: 1999 — Season 258sYear Two, rebuilt with a new theme and a faster edit after the production was retooled.
• SportsCenter — Season 1No usable clip placed. The one upload of the titles carries no date, and the programme has rebuilt them almost yearly for forty-five years.
• Star Trek: The Animated Series — Seasons 1–264sUnchanged across both seasons — animated Enterprise passes camera, Shatner narrates, and Ray Ellis's arrangement takes Courage's theme at a brisk cartoon tempo.
• Starsky & Hutch — Season 189sFan upload.
• The Streets of San Francisco — Season 170sFan upload of the first season's open.
• Super Sentai — Season 1No usable clip verified. The only result is a fiftieth-anniversary special's opening rather than any series' own.
• Survivors — Season 157sFan upload.
• The Sweeney — Season 146sThe opening theme alone, in place of the bundle that had been the only copy.
• Tales of the Unexpected — Season 1102sThe opening titles.
• Taxi — Season 1'Angela', over one taxi and the bridge.
• Terry and June — Season 149sThe pair outside the house, named in script.
• Three's Company — Season 144sThe opening theme.
• Thriller (1973) — Season 121sFan upload.
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Season 1143sThe opening sequence, with the matryoshka and the choral setting.
• To the Manor Born — Season 142sFan upload of the first series' open.
• The Tomorrow People — Season 156sFan upload of the 1973 original. Found while searching for the 2013 CW remake, which remains uncatalogued — the search returned the ancestor instead of the descendant.
• Trapper John, M.D. — Season 673sFan upload of the sixth season's sequence, which is the version available.
• The Two Ronnies — Season 122sFan upload.
• UFO — Season 181sPosted by the official Gerry Anderson channel.
• Upstairs, Downstairs — Season 175sA moving copy of the intro. The alternatives are a remastered opening-and-closing pair and an audio rip.
• Van der Valk — Season 1No usable clip verified. The only result appears to be a sponsor-branded cut rather than the broadcast sequence.
• The Waltons — Season 1The opening credits and theme.
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? — Season 135sRestored fan upload of the sequel series, which is the version available; the 1964 original's titles have not been found.
• Wheel of Fortune — Season 1No usable clip kept. The available upload pairs one season's pictures with a different era's music, and the mismatch is stated in its own title.
• The White Shadow — Season 161sThe team in the car, shot from the passenger seat.
• WKRP in Cincinnati — Season 186sThe opening sequence, from Shout! Studios' complete-series release.
• The Wombles — Season 132sRestored upload of the first series' credits.
• Wonder Woman — Season 2101sThe second season's opening, with Lyle Waggoner's name card in it. The copy rejected before ran the closing credits on the end.
• The World at War — Season 189sUploaded by Thames Television itself. Photographs of faces burn away to white over Carl Davis's theme — a title sequence that states the subject without a frame of moving footage.
• Worzel Gummidge — Season 146sPertwee named in the straw lettering the series used throughout.
• You Can't Do That on Television — Season 138sThe cast against the bus set. The alternative copy runs the opening and closing together.
• The Young and the Restless — Season 1633sFan upload. The uploader dates this version to 1988 through 1990; counting a season per year from the March 1973 launch, it starts at the sixteenth.
• The Young and the Restless — Season 4532sFan upload of the 2017 titles; counting a season per year from the March 1973 launch, that is the forty-fifth.
• Zoom — Season 194sFan upload of the 1972 intro, from the launch year.

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