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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 5, 2018 16:38:15 GMT
Came across this in a 1967 TV Times today at the library.....has anyone heard of this show ? no mention in TV Brain The Coloured Raisins !!!! I have heard of some daft names for pop groups but that's a stoater!  |
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Post by petercheck on Oct 5, 2018 16:49:50 GMT
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Oct 5, 2018 17:06:08 GMT
Interesting to note that BEATWAVE was produced by Derek Batey, who joined Border TV in 1961 and went on to host MR & MRS for them from 1967-1988. Not many Border productions were networked on ITV so I doubt many people outside of Cumbria will have heard of BEATWAVE. It also makes it highly unlikely that it would have been archived but you never know...
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 5, 2018 19:43:48 GMT
Forgot to say that the show was on STV 11th October 1967 it seems to have been a one-off to fill in an empty schedule?
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Post by markdixon on Oct 5, 2018 20:12:29 GMT
I had a look at some newspaper listings and it appears that 'Beatwave' (sometimes listed as 'Beat Wave') was a short music programme that Border showed on an occasional basis. I found listings for the following dates:
29 September 1965
25 December 1965
24 December 1966
26 December 1966
11 October 1967
Anglia and Scottish TV broadcast a couple of episodes each and I think Grampian showed it once.
I haven’t been able to find any more details regarding guests or production credits.
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 6, 2018 5:54:01 GMT
I'll check those dates at the library Mark thanks. Also thanks to Peter and Simon
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Post by markdixon on Oct 7, 2018 9:38:59 GMT
Hi William,
The dates I gave above are for the Border region only, so further information about these might not be available in Scottish libraries.
I think 'Beatwave' was only shown on STV on the following dates:
20 March 1967
11 October 1967
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 7, 2018 16:30:22 GMT
Hi Mark,
Thanks for letting me know
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Post by John Green on Oct 7, 2018 16:56:32 GMT
The group's name had me thinking of: "A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.[1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred"[2]) by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood as they attempt to "better" themselves with an insurance payout following the death of the father. The New York Drama Critics' Circle named it the best play of 1959." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_SunThe film,with Sidney Poitier,(which came out on DVD a while back),was released in 1961. The group was formed in 1966. A bit tenuous,maybe. p.s.Anyone remember these: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_California_Raisins |
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Post by johnpoole on Oct 9, 2018 9:01:38 GMT
I guess this is the group that appeared on Beatwave - 'B' side of single released on Major Minor Records as The Raisins on 3rd November, 1967 www.youtube.com/watch?v=39mwOb5WCJo |
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 21, 2018 7:05:31 GMT
The Daily Mirror dated Saturday the 31st December 1966 (my 11th birthday) had Beatwave on at 2.50pm to 3.15pm in between Farming Diary and The Wren Library (exciting stuff for an 11 yr old!)
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