Wacky Races (1968 TV series) third placings are given by the narrator, and we sometimes saw some or all of the other cars cross the finish line). The show never indicated a particular scoring system or way to determine who won the Wacky Races as a whole. The cumulative totals for first, second, and third-place finishes for each contestant are presented below: Penelope Pitstop and the Ant Hill Mob were spun off into another cartoon series in 1969 titled "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop". In the same year, Dick Dastardly and Muttley were given a spin-off series titled "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines".
Compact (TV series) Compact (TV series) Compact was a British television soap opera shown by the BBC from 1962 to 1965. The series was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who together subsequently devised "Crossroads". In contrast to the kitchen sink realism of "Coronation Street", "Compact" was a distinctly middle-class serial, set in the more "sophisticated" arena of magazine publishing. An early "avarice" soap, it took the viewer into the business workplace, and aligned the professional lives of the characters with more personal storylines. The show was scheduled for broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays, thus avoiding a clash with ITV's "Coronation Street"