Three Go Round Southern TV 1964 - 65

[williammcgregor]

Southern ITV, Anglia and Channel regions only...


THREE GO ROUND

Series 1

5.25 to 5.55 pm

Each episode missing...

Updates courtesy of * MarkDixon

12.02.1964
19.02.1964
26.02.1964
MARCH 1964 *Trendsetters Limited, Henry Mancini (Date Unknown)
04.03.1964
11.03.1964
18.03.1964 * The Applejacks
01.04.1964
08.04.1964
15.04.1964
22.04.1964
29.04.1964
06.05.1964
13.05.1964
20.05.1964
27.05.1964
JUNE 1964 * The Katy-Dids (early incarnation of Pan’s People), John Lee Hooker
03.06.1964
10.06.1964
17.06.1964 The Animals
24.06.1964
01.07.1964
08.07.1964
15.07.1964
22.07.1964
29.07.1964
05.08.1964
12.08.1964
19.08.1964
26.08.1964
02.09.1964 *Mark Murphy
09.09.1964
16.09.1964
23.09.1964
01.10.1964
08.10.1964 * The Golden Crusaders
15.10.1964
22.10.1964
23.10.1964 *The Yardbirds (this was the recording date, not the broadcast date)
29.10.1964
05.11.1964
12.11.1964
19.11.1964
26.11.1964
03.12.1964
10.12.1964
17.12.1964
24.12.1964
31.12.1964
07.01.1965
14.01.1965
21.01.1965
28.01.1965
04.02.1965 *Millie
11.02.1965
18.02.1965 *The Hollies
25.02.1965 Manfred Mann
04.03.1965 Crispian St Peters
11.03.1965 *T-Bone Walker with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

18.03.1965
25.03.1965
01.04.1965
08.04.1965
15.04.1965
22.04.1965
29.04.1965
06.05.1965 * The Rolling Stones “Not Fade Away”
13.05.1965
20.05.1965 The Who (film footage playing at the Carribean Hotel Bognor Regis) filming date unknown
27.05.1965
03.06.1965
10.06.1965
17.06.1965
24.06.1965
01.07.1965
08.07.1965
15.07.1965


Series 2

26.08.1965
02.09.1965
09.09.1965
16.09.1965
23.09.1965
30.09.1965
07.10.1965
14.10.1965
21.10.1965
28.10.1965
04.11.1965
11.11.1965
18.11.1965
25.11.1965
02.12.1965
09.12.1965 The Fortunes
16.12.1965 The Animals... also The Who (film of The Who singing "My Generation"in Battersea Park) filming date unknown
23.12.1965
30.12.1965
06.01.1966
13.01.1966
20.01.1966




Seemingly future Magpie presenter Tony Bastable was also presenter on Three Go Round...

He was first employed by Southern TV at Southampton as a news reporter, but was judged too youthful in appearance and manner to convey authority and was instead switched in 1964 to Southern TV's children's programme Three-Go-Round, where he stayed for 18 months before moving to ATV.

[markdixon]

Here’s what I could find about the series:

It began on 19 February 1964 (according to “The Stage” newspaper). Presenters at various times included Fred Dinenage, Jane Sinclair, Diane Keen, Britt Allcroft, Tony Bastable and Carol Binstead. The director was Angus Wright. This Southern production was also shown on Anglia, TWW, Channel and STV.

Mitch Murray provided tips on songwriting and judged a songwriting competition during the first few weeks of the show’s run. 

Here are some more musical guests:
 
18 March 1964: The Applejacks
c. March 1964: Trendsetters Limited, Henry Mancini
06 May 1964: The Rolling Stones “Not Fade Away”
c. June 1964: The Katy-Dids (early incarnation of Pan’s People), John Lee Hooker
02 September 1964: Mark Murphy
23 October 1964: The Yardbirds (this was the recording date, not the broadcast date)
04 February 1965: Millie
10 March 1965: T-Bone Walker with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

Every single one's missing.

[Bob Savage (robstar)]

If it was sgown on other ITV regions is there a greater chance of survival? Would copies have been made and sent to these companies from Southern?

[williammcgregor]

Apr 18, 2018 19:57:56 GMT markdixon said:

Here’s what I could find about the series:

It began on 19 February 1964 (according to “The Stage” newspaper). Presenters at various times included Fred Dinenage, Jane Sinclair, Diane Keen, Britt Allcroft, Tony Bastable and Carol Binstead. The director was Angus Wright. This Southern production was also shown on Anglia, TWW, Channel and STV.

Mitch Murray provided tips on songwriting and judged a songwriting competition during the first few weeks of the show’s run. 

Here are some more musical guests:
 
18 March 1964: The Applejacks
c. March 1964: Trendsetters Limited, Henry Mancini
06 May 1964: The Rolling Stones “Not Fade Away”
c. June 1964: The Katy-Dids (early incarnation of Pan’s People), John Lee Hooker
02 September 1964: Mark Murphy
23 October 1964: The Yardbirds (this was the recording date, not the broadcast date)
04 February 1965: Millie
10 March 1965: T-Bone Walker with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

Great information Mark thanks...I have taken the liberty of updating my initial list with your research and given you a credit as well. ** denotes you.

[williammcgregor]

Apr 18, 2018 23:14:27 GMT Bob Savage (robstar) said:

If it was sgown on other ITV regions is there a greater chance of survival? Would copies have been made and sent to these companies from Southern?

I'd like to think so Bob

[williammcgregor]

Apr 18, 2018 20:27:51 GMT Ray Langstone (was saintsray) said:

Every single one's missing.

That's sad

[williammcgregor]

Update: The Animals 16th June 1964 per Melody Maker (initial list updated)

[williammcgregor]

Three Go Round began in February 1964 and was a children's pop competition. Viewers were invited to write a pop song, the
best of which would be submitted to record companies.

It was hosted by Mitch Murray, who explained how to write a lyric, then in week two, how to compose a tune.


Then on March 18th 1964, the best entry was announced and played by a group... (The Applejacks)

The series also marked the tv debut of Southern's very own icon Fred Dineage.

So if we look at the programme format above, there would perhaps not have been groups on every episode? perhaps only when they
played 'the best entry' mentioned above?

[Alan Turrell]

We had Southern ITV but for the life of me i don't remember Three Go Round although i would have only been 7 years old, there seems to be so many of these pretty obscure pop shows from those days with the majority of them missing or gone forever i'd like to see a comprehensive list or a book of all these pop type shows with what exists and what doesn't it would make interesting reading.These are the sort of shows i'd love to see again as so little remains.

[markdixon]

Apr 20, 2018 5:03:46 GMT williammcgregor said:

Three Go Round began in February 1964 and was a children's pop competition. Viewers were invited to write a pop song, the
best of which would be submitted to record companies.

It was hosted by Mitch Murray, who explained how to write a lyric, then in week two, how to compose a tune.


Then on March 18th 1964, the best entry was announced and played by a group... (The Applejacks)

The series also marked the tv debut of Southern's very own icon Fred Dineage.

So if we look at the programme format above, there would perhaps not have been groups on every episode? perhaps only when they
played 'the best entry' mentioned above?

From what I can gather, “Three Go Round” was a teenage magazine programme which contained interviews and filmed reports on topics of interest to young people. I imagine there was a musical guest each week.

The songwriting contest only appeared in the first few weeks of the programme. Mitch Murray would have been a recurring guest, rather than a main presenter. Judging by the show’s title, I think there were always three main presenters. The first team were Fred Dinenage, Jane Sinclair and Britt Allcroft. The line-up of presenters changed a few times during the course of the series.

One of the show’s final presenters, Carol Binstead, left to become an interviewer on “A Whole Scene Going”. Perhaps “Three Go Round” was an influence on the format of that programme. 

By the way, I’ve got another guest to add to the list. A Scottish group called the Golden Crusaders appeared on “Three Go Round” on 08 October 1964.

[williammcgregor]

Thanks Mark I have added The Golden Crusaders to the list

[Larry Dutch]

Apr 18, 2018 19:57:56 GMT markdixon said:

This Southern production was also shown on Anglia, TWW, Channel and STV.

Please forgive my ignorance here but if something was created by Southern but also shown on Anglia, TWW, Channel and STV, how was this done back in the day? Would something be broadcast from Southern's HQ and be picked up by these other networks 'tuning in' to some specific frequency or would they each be sent videotape or film telerecordings of each episode (by train I assume) to then be aired in their own designated schedule at a time of the station's choosing?

If the latter, would this mean that by rights, there were 4 separate copies of the program made and sent out to the networks for each ep?
Always been curious about this - and yes I'm not a UK resident as you may be able to tell.

Such a shame not a second (?) of Three Go Round survives. One of the show's hostesses - Britt Allcroft - would of course go on to bigger and better things with her heavy involvement in the creation of the Thomas The Tank Engine behemoth.

[markdixon]

I suspect that Southern provided a live feed to the other four TV stations, because “Three Go Round” was broadcast at the same time in all these regions. Therefore, there wouldn’t have been multiple copies of each episode in existence.

The early episodes of the series were shown in the Southern region only. I think the show was part-networked from September or October 1964 onwards. It looks like TWW and STV stopped showing the series after a few months.

[williammcgregor]

Apr 20, 2018 9:28:01 GMT Alan Turrell said:

We had Southern ITV but for the life of me i don't remember Three Go Round although i would have only been 7 years old, there seems to be so many of these pretty obscure pop shows from those days with the majority of them missing or gone forever i'd like to see a comprehensive list or a book of all these pop type shows with what exists and what doesn't it would make interesting reading.These are the sort of shows i'd love to see again as so little remains.

Something coming soon Alan