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Post by petercheck on May 9, 2018 13:47:11 GMT
Quick question: did this show feature the band The Herd? Certainly they existed in late 1966, but as they hadn't had any hits yet it seems strange that they'd have their own TV series... I think that should be "Here at the Scene"?
Certainly makes sense, though both Kaleidoscope & TV Pop Diaries also call it "Herd at the Scene" (no sources are infallible of course).
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Post by johnpoole on May 9, 2018 14:56:25 GMT
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Post by markdixon on May 9, 2018 17:04:29 GMT
Hi William,
I noticed that you wrote “TV station unknown” next to “Music Mine” (number 62 on the list). I’ve found some information about this very obscure programme. It was a Grampian production. The series featured Scottish folk-singer Eleanor Leith, who sang some of her favourite traditional songs.
By the way, I can confirm that the TWW pop show from 1966 was called “Herd at the Scene”. This is from “The Stage” (15 September 1966):
A NEW all-pop show called Herd at the Scene introduced by the Small Faces, and the St. Louis Union, will be transmitted by TWW on Friday, September 16, at 6.30 p.m. The idea for the programme grew out of a meeting between the St. Louis Union and TWW producer Terry Delacey when the group suggested that there should be more music on pop shows. The result is Herd at the Scene, 30 minutes of pop music introduced by the groups themselves, already voted a success by an invited audience of teenagers. TWW plan another edition of the programme in a few weeks’ time.
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Post by williammcgregor on May 10, 2018 4:56:57 GMT
UPDATES:
I have added a link to number 55 on the list please see post on 1st page of this thread.
ALSO...
I have also updated the information below to the 100 list on page 1 of this thread...
1) Adam Faith BBC tv
Wednesday 19/9/62 19.30 - 20.00 Guest Star: Helen Shapiro, regulars The Kestrels, The Roulettes
26/9/62 Guest Star Don Arrol, Cloda Rogers
3/10/62 Guest Star: Betty Mardsen
10/10/62 Guest Star:Chris Barber, Ottillie Patterson
17/10/62 Guest Star: Tsai Chin
24/10/62 Guest Star: Kenneth Connor, Dilys Watling
We now know there were 6 episodes to this Pop Series, can anyone find out anymore about it please?
4) An Evening with Petula BBC1 Saturday 15th November 1969 BBC1 Colour starts today with a
Special Programme An Evening with Petula starring Petula Clark in concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Television presentation Yvonne Littlewood
Re-shown on BBC2 Wednesday 4 February 1970 21.10 - 22.00 Show of the Week An Evening with Petula
starring Petula Clark in the first half of her highly successful concert from the Royal Albert Hall in London
Both 15/11/69 and 4/2/70 are listed as Missing on TV Brain Kaleidoscope
Are there any photographs on line of this Pop programme? please?
8) Bachelors Night Out Thames Television 31/7/68
The Bachelors, Freddie And The Dreamers, Anita Harris, Freddie Davis, Mike Hope, Albie Keen
Does anyone know how long this Pop Show was or anything else about it please?
Thames Television I believe started on 30 July 1968, can anyone confirm this please?
40) Herd at the Scene...(TWW) 6.30 to 7pm...16/09/66 ...The Small Faces, The St Louis Union
31/10/66 The Silverstone Set ( featuring Andy Scott later of Sweet) 28/11/66 With The Spencer Davis Group
Can anyone come up with anything about Numbers 2), 3), 6) or 7) in this 100 Completely Missing Music Shows please? (Thanks)
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Post by williammcgregor on May 10, 2018 5:22:59 GMT
Hi William, I noticed that you wrote “TV station unknown” next to “Music Mine” (number 62 on the list). I’ve found some information about this very obscure programme. It was a Grampian production. The series featured Scottish folk-singer Eleanor Leith, who sang some of her favourite traditional songs. By the way, I can confirm that the TWW pop show from 1966 was called “Herd at the Scene”. This is from “The Stage” (15 September 1966): A NEW all-pop show called Herd at the Scene introduced by the Small Faces, and the St. Louis Union, will be transmitted by TWW on Friday, September 16, at 6.30 p.m. The idea for the programme grew out of a meeting between the St. Louis Union and TWW producer Terry Delacey when the group suggested that there should be more music on pop shows. The result is Herd at the Scene, 30 minutes of pop music introduced by the groups themselves, already voted a success by an invited audience of teenagers. TWW plan another edition of the programme in a few weeks’ time. |
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Post by johnpoole on May 10, 2018 8:53:33 GMT
TV Pop Diaries indicates that "A Date with ..." began on 4/6/66 - it appears to have been initially broadcast in the ten minutes before midnight (probably lasted not much more than 5 minutes) on Saturday nights; then went to weeknights in October, probably repeats from mid-November as the same names start reappearing - the King Brothers, Ray Ellington, Janie Marden, the Londonaires, the Seekers, the Dallas Boys (four episodes each) Dates here - www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/1966.htmlI am still puzzled as to why the TWW show was called "Herd at the Scene" unless it was presented by a Mr (or Miss) Herd? |
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Post by John Williams on May 10, 2018 10:15:28 GMT
Thanks Mark!...that magazine "The Stage" gives brilliant, detailed information...I've looked to see if it's available at the National Library of Scotland but I don't think it is? where do you get access to it please? You can access The Stage archive via the British Library Newspaper Archive (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) either by paying for access (1 month, 3 months, etc) or in some cases you can access it from a PC in your local library for free. |
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Post by robertreinstein on May 10, 2018 12:31:18 GMT
I am still puzzled as to why the TWW show was called "Herd at the Scene" unless it was presented by a Mr (or Miss) Herd? I think they are referring to a group of teens, as in a herd of cattle. |
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Post by johnpoole on May 10, 2018 21:31:33 GMT
I am still puzzled as to why the TWW show was called "Herd at the Scene" unless it was presented by a Mr (or Miss) Herd? I think they are referring to a group of teens, as in a herd of cattle. Perhaps so; - maybe one reason why the series was short-lived. |
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Post by williammcgregor on May 11, 2018 8:56:35 GMT
Here's a great newspaper article a friend of mine sent to me about The Silverstone Set when Andy Scott (later of Sweet) was in the group and their appearance on "Herd at the Scene"... www.andyscott.info/q/SilverstoneSet001.jpgI have now updated the 100 list with this link also |
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Post by markdixon on May 11, 2018 17:12:49 GMT
Here's a great newspaper article a friend of mine sent to me about The Silverstone Set when Andy Scott (later of Sweet) was in the group and their appearance on "Herd at the Scene"... www.andyscott.info/q/SilverstoneSet001.jpgI have now updated the 100 list with this link also That’s an interesting article. I didn’t know that Herman’s Hermits appeared in the second episode of “Herd at the Scene”. The article refers to a TWW show called “Popportunity Knocks”. I’ve found out that this was really “Popportunity Now”, a special talent show edition of “Now!” presented by Michael Palin. I had a look on the British Newspaper Archive site and found an article from “The Stage” (30 June 1966) about this competition. The ten finalists who appeared on “Now!” on 01 July 1966 were The Next of Kin, The In-Sect, Sect Maniacs, The Sensational Sultans, The Vagrants, The Vogues, The Mountain Men, Mike Starr and the Citizens, Pentworths People and The Silverstone Set. The judges were Tom Jones, Spencer Davis, and the pop correspondents of the Bristol Evening Post and the South Wales Echo. The results were announced on an edition of “Now!” broadcast on 15 July 1966 and the winners also performed on that show. |
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Post by williammcgregor on May 12, 2018 4:55:30 GMT
Thank you for this great information Mark.....would you be willing to put the same info into the NOW! thread (link is on page 1 of this thread next to NOW!programme)
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Post by markdixon on May 12, 2018 9:37:09 GMT
I've added this info to the "Now!" thread along with a few other details that I've found out about the series.
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Post by williammcgregor on May 13, 2018 19:52:49 GMT
Thanks Mark
Boy Meets Girls... 9 January 1960 6.30 - 7pm
does anybody know who Jack Good's Firing Squad were?... who was Little Tony?
Here's Little Tony and his Brothers from 1960...
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Post by johnpoole on May 13, 2018 21:43:41 GMT
I believe "Jack Good's Firing Squad" was the name given to the backing musicians on Boy Meets Girls; Joe Brown was the lead guitarist on at least some of the shows. Wikipedia entry on Little Tony - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Tony_(singer) |
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