1958 Snap Card Products Ltd. : ATV Stars Series No. 1



1958 Snap Card Products, Ltd. : ATV Stars Series No. 1

The first series of ATV Stars was released in late 1958 by Snap Card Products Ltd. of London, England. The 50-card collection of film and television personalities was randomly dispensed from vending machines in England. The Associated TeleVision (ATV) promotional images also appear on Kane's ATV Pocket Pack card panels from Kane Products Ltd.

ATV Stars measure approximately 2.625 x 3.625 inches, slightly larger than a standard trading card. An ATV Stars collector album was sold separately by mail order for three shillings and six pence. A second series of ATV Stars featuring different celebrities was released in 1960.

1958 Snap Card Products, Ltd. : ATV Stars Series No. 1 - No. 4 - Superman

Card No. 4 features an image of George Reeves in an iconic pose from The Adventures of Superman television show. The series aired for six seasons from 1952–1958, and began syndication in 1965. A series of Superman Trading Cards was released by Topps Chewing Gum from 1965–1966.

Desi Arnaz is misspelled as "Arnez" on card #15. No card was distributed for #33. Two different cards are printed as #34.

Series No. 1 Checklist
1 Shirley Bassey: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
2 Broderick Crawford: Highway Patrol
3 Richard Greene & Pat Driscoll: Adventures of Robin Hood
4 Superman (George Reeves)
5 Eartha Kitt: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
6 Channing Pollock: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
7 Willoughby Goddard & Conrad Phillips: William Tell
8 Joan Regan & Max Bygraves: Saturday Spectacular
9 Dickie Valentine: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
10 Alma Cogan: Saturday Spectacular
11 Joan Savage & Ken Morris: Top Tune Time
12 Robert Morley: Beat the Clock
13 Jack Parnell: Saturday Spectacular
14 Guy Mitchell: Sunday Night at the Prince of Wales
15 Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez (Arnaz): I Love Lucy
16 Jimmy Jewel & Ben Warriss: The Jewel and Warriss Show
17 Eric Sykes & Max Bygraves: Saturday Spectacular
18 Carroll Levis: Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
19 Jack Jackson & Joan Savage: The Jack Jackson Show
20 Lorne Greene: Sailor of Fortune
21 Keith Larsen & Kim Winona: Brave Eagle
22 John Bromfield & Stan Jones: Sheriff of Cochise
23 Lloyd Bridges: Sea Hunt
24 Tommy Rettig & Lassie: Lassie
25 Tommy Cooper & Aileen Cochrane
26 Bill Owen, Margaret Simmons & R. John Irwin: Keep it in the Family
27 Jill Browne, Charles Tingwell, Rosemary Miller: Emergency Ward 10
28 Dickie Henderson, Shani Wallis & Harry Secombe: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
29 Robert Shaw: The Buccaneers
30 George Margo: The Buccaneers
31 Hawkeye & Chingachgook and the Last of the Mohicans
32 Tommy Trinder: Beat the Clock
34 Ruby Murray & The Jones Boys: Startime
34 William Russell: Sir Lancelot
35 Bob Hope & Marion Keene: Saturday Spectacular
36 Adrienne Corri & Edmund Purdom: Sword of Freedom
37 Bernard Bresslaw & Jill Day: Saturday Spectacular
38 Mindy Carson: Saturday Spectacular
39 Marius Goring: Adventures of Scarlet Pimpernel
40 Alma Cogan & Bob Crosby: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
41 Doretta Morrow: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
42 Jane Hylton: Sir Lancelot
43 Carrol Naish: Adventures of Charlie Chan
44 Jayne Mansfield: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
45 Robert Gladwell: Dotto
46 Anne Shelto, Dennis Lotis, Jewel & Warriss
47 Marvin Rainwater: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
48 Bruce Forsyth: Sunday Night at the London Palladium
49 Roy Castle: "New Look"
50 Tiller Girls: Sunday Night at the London Palladium