Lost (?) Alma Cogan and Cliff Richard on Footage Detectives.

[John Green]

About 20 mins. in: www.tptvencore.co.uk/Video/The-Footage-Detectives-Episode-92?id=3cb3d75b-7440-4a56-8e3f-0d303ab24209 It's from 1959, so could be one of these?
(VAL PARNELL'S) STAR TIME
Series 2
08.10.1959 With Alma Cogan, The Dallas Boys, Jack Parnell and his Orchestra (missing)
29.10.1959 With Alma Cogan, Jack Parnell and his Orchestra (missing)
19.11.1959 With Alma Cogan, The Dallas Boys, Lenny The Lion with Terry Hall, Lonnie Donegan, Jack Parnell and his Orchestra (missing).

(They introdue it as a Val Parnell Special). No mention of Cliff Richard in those listings.

Via Francis Essex, former head of Light Entertainment at ATV. There's "an archive of reels", "We've uncovered some real gems".

[Peter Stirling]

Yes Francis Essex was 'Mr Variety' at ATV so should have a few gems there.

But if TPTV ever listened to anybody else they could have put together a variety series of Saturday Spectaculars
with all the episodes that actually exist anyway.

[Paul Rumbol]

Alma Cogan's 'Saturday Spectacular' from 19th December 1959 featured Cliff and The Shadows as star guests. The filmprint was recovered and added to the ITV catalogue in about 2018 by Tim Disney who now works there.
As ITV charge a hefty fee to supply a 'screener' I am unable to confirm if the clip is indeed from that show. The set doesn't look very Christmassy so I have my doubts.
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Cliff made his debut appearance on Alma's ATV show on 5th September 1959 which is missing. Cliff that week had just recorded the evergreen ballad 'I Don't Know Why' for his forthcoming LP release 'Cliff Sings' ... coincidentally this is the number he's singing with Alma in the clip!

If i were a betting man I'd plump that this is the new show that's been found!

[Jeff Leach]

A recent upload of Cliff and Alma together - Though the poster says it's from 1961


youtu.be/R7Nz4xXtunM?si=MI2A_PlDuea3cXTR

[Paul Rumbol]

Jeff that clip is from Cliff's first six part series for ATV. Alma made a guest appearance on 9th March 1961 show. Other guests during the series included Marty Wilde, Kaye Sisters,Lyn Cornell and Petula Clark.