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Post by williammcgregor on May 15, 2018 8:23:18 GMT
Thanks John....
Meanwhile...
Update...
some breaking news to report..
ITV have been contacted and they have had another look and here is what they say they hold!
3) Adge Cutler - First Wurzel HTV 4/4/84 YES
72) Pop Scene '64 Ulster tv 28/9/64 - 23/12/64 SOME INSERTS NOT FULL PROGS
For the following they suggest contacting
National Archive of Wales of the West Co/HTV titles they hold the film for those
collections...
7) At The Cider Apple TWW 6/5 -16/6/66
38) Great western Musical Thunderbox, The 1974-5
40) Herd At The Scene TWW 1966
51) Jam HTV 1977-8
84) Spin Along Westward tv 12/9/61-30/11/61
96) Westward Beat Competition 9/7/64
For
9) Beat...An Anglia Musical 1/3/62 and 8/3/62 Contact EAFA
Now who is happy to contact the archives above, to ask if they what they hold of these shows,as suggested by ITV please.
For 3) and 72) above, Chris Perry of Kaleidoscope has been advised.
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Post by williammcgregor on May 17, 2018 6:22:11 GMT
UPDATE:
Number 88 in the 100,
Beat And Ballad BBC1 Wales
We know there were the following 17 episodes, but were there more than this?
We only know some of those who appeared on 9 of the 17, so can anyone find out who were on the other 8 and
were there any more groups, singers as well. We know 1 episode was 20 minutes, was this the same for all?
Wednesday 13/4/66 Unknown
Tuesday 16/5/66 10.00 - 10.20 pm Unknown
The 100 list has been updated with this information
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Post by markdixon on May 17, 2018 19:55:24 GMT
Hi William,
I’d never heard of BBC Wales’s “Beat and Ballad” before I looked at this thread. However, I noticed that some of the details you provided regarding guests and transmission dates are identical to those for TWW’s “Now!” series. I was wondering if your notes for these two series got mixed-up somehow?
I had a trawl through the TV listings in “The Times” and a couple of other newspapers. These are the transmission details that I found for “Beat and Ballad”:
Wednesday 13 April 1966
Monday 16 May 1966
Monday 27 June 1966
Saturday 02 July 1966
Wednesday 06 July 1966
Wednesday 13 July 1966
Wednesday 23 July 1966
Monday 12 December 1966
There appear to have been 8 episodes, but I suspect there may have been less than that. A couple of these broadcasts may have been afternoon repeats.
Episodes were either 15 or 20 minutes in length.
I’ve not been able to find any information regarding guests, but “The Times” described the programme as “light entertainment”. It’s difficult to know for sure, but I don’t think it was a pop programme aimed at teenagers.
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Post by williammcgregor on May 18, 2018 14:33:46 GMT
Hi Mark,
You are absolutely correct, (Thank You for drawing attention to my error.)
When I checked my source it agrees with what you say above, in fact I could only come up with
2 dates for Beat and Ballad, those being
Wednesday 13/4/66
Monday 16/5/66
those other dates I posted above are a continuation of Now! which was also above the 2 entries I list here for
Beat and Ballad.
(I have therefore corrected number 88 on the 100 list on page 1 of this thread)
This is what we need, each other checking to confrim that what we think is correct, is actually correct?
These 2 dates above for Beat and Ballad come from tvpopdiaries, so they seem to think it was pop oriented,
athough they do not know the content on those 2 show dates.
I guess we need someone on the forum who actually lives in Wales, like cjones who I believe said he lives near
Wrexham, to possibly look into this via local newspapers for those dates above, to see if they list pop acts,
with a name like Beat and Ballad, it tends to make us think it was a pop music show...
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Post by ashleywood on May 18, 2018 20:47:18 GMT
Music Mine was a 1966 Grampian TV series, 15-ish mins long tx at 18.15 (just before Thunderbirds !). 6 episodes , possibly one of which was also TX on London ITV ??
1st and 3rd ep. starred Eleanor Leith (they may all have done (?))
November 24 Eleanor Leith
December 1st
December 8th - Eleanor Leith sings Coulters Candy, The Riddle Song, The Last Thing On My Mind, Old Maid In A Garrett
December 15
December 22
December 29
Also a programme called Music Mine was tx on London ITV at 8.10 a.m. on Tuesday December 27th 1966 - I don't have my TV Times handy but maybe someone can confirm whether this was a broadcast of an edition of the Grampian TV show. This broadcast was also 15 mins so might have been one of the Grampian episodes already listed above ?
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on May 19, 2018 8:09:58 GMT
I've thought of a good one for your excellent list, William!
How about one starting with z!
Zoom, In, Zoom Out. Ulster Televison. Late 60's. Hosted by Gordon Burns of Krypton Factor fame. The Foundations appeared.
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Post by markdixon on May 19, 2018 9:18:40 GMT
Music Mine was a 1966 Grampian TV series, 15-ish mins long tx at 18.15 (just before Thunderbirds !). 6 episodes , possibly one of which was also TX on London ITV ?? 1st and 3rd ep. starred Eleanor Leith (they may all have done (?)) November 24 Eleanor Leith December 1st December 8th - Eleanor Leith sings Coulters Candy, The Riddle Song, The Last Thing On My Mind, Old Maid In A Garrett December 15 December 22 December 29 Also a programme called Music Mine was tx on London ITV at 8.10 a.m. on Tuesday December 27th 1966 - I don't have my TV Times handy but maybe someone can confirm whether this was a broadcast of an edition of the Grampian TV show. This broadcast was also 15 mins so might have been one of the Grampian episodes already listed above ? According to the TV Times, Rediffusion in London showed the following programme at 8:10 a.m. on 27 December 1966: Music Mine
With Eleanor Leith
Directed by Mike Bevan
Grampian ProductionAs far as I know, this was the only time an episode of the series was shown outside the Grampian area. I imagine that the songs performed in that episode related to Christmas and the New Year. |
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Post by williammcgregor on May 19, 2018 9:38:37 GMT
I've thought of a good one for your excellent list, William! How about one starting with z! Zoom, In, Zoom Out. Ulster Televison. Late 60's. Hosted by Gordon Burns of Krypton Factor fame. The Foundations appeared. Brilliant idea Kev!... Let's do it... This Z will be added to the thread... So I will change the title of the thread to indicate it could stretch to whatever figure... Kev do you have any more details about this show/series? or indeed anyone else please? The more we know, the more entertaining it is to read about... |
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on May 19, 2018 11:22:26 GMT
William!
Here's a quote from 60's city.
A 1967 series from Ulster TV called 'Zoom In', conceived by Gordon Burns of 'Krypton Factor' fame, was originally planned to be just two 'filler' shows called 'Zoom In' and 'Zoom Out' but was sufficiently successful to be given a run in the 7.00pm prime time slot. Co-produced by Tony Eames, it featured both Irish showbands and visiting English artists with two regular go-go dancers and the studio audience. The show also contained comedy sketches featuring DJ Hendi (Michael Henderson).
and from Wikipedia
Michael "Hendi" Henderson is a Northern Irish broadcaster, best known for his voiceover work on UTV and a weekly radio programme on Belfast-based radio station U105.
Henderson began his broadcasting career in the mid-1960s, working for the BBC Northern Ireland Home Service on various programmes, mainly as a presenter on a programme called Soundings. He became a well-known figure on the local club and disco scene, as well as a guest presenter for many BBC Radio 1 roadshows in Northern Ireland. In 1968, he made his television debut, starring in an Ulster Television music series called Zoom In, produced by Gordon Burns (later presenter of The Krypton Factor) and Tony Eames.
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on May 19, 2018 11:45:17 GMT
Gordon Burns said...
About the question "who devised Zoom In on UTV?" Well, er, I did! Brilliant wasn't it? Originally it was just two programmes to fill a couple of spare slots so I called them Zoom In and Zoom Out - pretty slick huh? They were deemed a success so a series followed in a peak 7pm evening slot. I hauled in my old East Antrim Times mate and very good friend Tony Eames to co produce, decided on Zoom In (rather than Out)as the permanent title and it proved to be a success. It was a sort of Top of the Pops style show. We featured Irish showbands like The Freshmen and visiting English groups ( I remember we had the Equals and the Foundations amongst others). There was dancing in the studio with Ulster's young set turning up in their micro mini skirts to shake it about. We only wanted the good-lookers near the cameras so we designated a "grot corner" to where Tony and I, watching on a monitor from an office, directed the floor manager via his headset to despatch all ugly women! (Would never be allowed to today!!). The programme also featured funny sketches written by Tony and me and starring DJ Hendi (Michael Henderson). It was the best fun in the world and ran for two series. Oh yes, and we also had two regular go-go dancers who did a slot each week - usually terrible but they had VERY short skirts and we shot it from VERY low angles. I have pics somewhere! Those were days of pioneering TV huh?
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Post by markdixon on May 20, 2018 6:26:19 GMT
Here’s some information about Zoom In.
There were 20 episodes altogether.
The two pilot episodes were shown on Wednesday 16 Oct 1968 and Wednesday 23 Oct 1968.
Series 1 ran each Thursday from 9 January 1969 to 03 April 1969. The time slot was 6.00-6.30 p.m.
Series 2 ran each Thursday from 24 April 1969 to 05 June 1969. The time slot was 7.00-7.30 p.m.
I haven’t been able to find many details regarding guests.
Helen Shapiro performed “Today Has Been Cancelled” on 26 March 1969.
I think The Group may have been the resident band on the series. They were from Belfast and they were influenced by the Beach Boys.
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Post by williammcgregor on May 20, 2018 8:48:31 GMT
UPDATE...
I have updated the full title of number 1 on the list to show "Adam Faith Sings Songs Old and New" and another couple of wee bits of info.
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Post by williammcgregor on May 20, 2018 9:12:37 GMT
This is a great idea for a thread. I looked through the list and I noticed two programmes which might not be missing. The first one is “Liverpool A Go-Go”. A documentary film of this name was made in 1965 for ABC TV in the USA. I suspect that this is what Grampian broadcast on 05 August 1966. If I’m correct, then this was the only time this film was shown on British TV. The documentary was presented by Cavern DJ Bob Wooler and featured several Liverpool groups including the Fourmost, the Spinners, the Hideaways and the Clayton Squares. It’s available to view on the BFI Player and YouTube. The second programme is “Melanie”. This was a 30-minute documentary shown in the Granada region only on 05 August 1969 (it was repeated on 16 September 1969.) This programme exists and I watched it on YouTube a few months ago. However, Melanie Safka also appeared in another British programme called “Melanie”. This was a 10-minute programme broadcast on BBC-2 on 8 May 1971. This programme is missing. UPDATE: Hi Mark, Many thanks for this update...I have taken Melanie and Liverpool a Go Go off the list. So the list is now down to 99. |
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Post by williammcgregor on May 20, 2018 12:54:21 GMT
UPDATE:
Sorry folks my mistake I have reinstated (Melanie) from BBC2 08/05/71 I got it confused with the 1969 episode.
So it's back to 100 now folks
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Post by ashleywood on May 20, 2018 16:07:00 GMT
Adam Faith (is just listed as Adam Faith on the pasb.s and also note shows weren't broadcast in recorded order.
The Kestrels and The Roulettes regulars
sept 19 1962 Helen Shapiro / Chance Gordon rec. 11/9 (? bit illegible)
sept 26 1962 Betty Marsden / Ian Patterson / Danny Levan (violin in clip) rec. 25/9
Oct 3 1962 Don Arrol / Cloda Rogers rec. 18/9
oct 10 1962 Chris Barber / Julie Grant / Sheila O’Neill (normally a dancer on this show but sang with Chris + Adam today) rec. 2/10
oct 17 1962 Tsai Chin / Lorne Gibson / rec. 9/10
oct 24 1962 Kenneth Connor / Carmen Dene rec. 16/10
Otillie Patterson and Dilys Watling don't seem to have been on the show.
A Date With details 1966 to 67
Sept 30 A Date With The Seekers
Oct 7 A Date With The Seekers
Oct 12 A Date With The Seekers
Oct 14 A Date With The Seekers
Oct 21 A Date With The Dallas Boys
Oct 28 A Date With The Dallas Boys
Nov 4 A Date With The Dallas Boys
Nov 11 A Date With The Dallas Boys
Nov 18 A Date With The King Brothers
Nov 25 A Date With The King Brothers
Nov 29 A Date With The King Brothers
Dec 2 A Date With Ray Ellington
Dec 6 A Date With The King Brothers
Dec 9 A Date With Ray Ellington
Dec 16 A Date With Ray Ellington
Dec 23 A Date With The Londonairs
Dec 27 A Date With The Londonairs
Dec 30 A Date With The Londonairs
jan 5 A Date With Janie Marden
jan 12 A Date With Janie Marden
jan 19 no show
jan 26 A Date With Janie Marden
Feb 2 A Date With Janie Marden
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