Light Entertainment Rareties DVD from Network.Out now.

[John Green]

A staple genre on ITV from its early days and much loved by the viewing public, Light Entertainment shows transcended class, religion and age - their joyous mix of comedy, variety and music firmly establishing them as undeniable highlights of the weekly TV schedule. Producer of key shows across the ITV Network from the mid 1950s, ABC Television was perfectly placed to create both popular series and ratings hit specials – and this release contains four of their Light Entertainment shows from the 1960s:

Sammy Davis Jr Meets the British (1960)
Hot on the heels of his bravura Royal Variety Performance Sammy starred in this high profile TV spectacular.

Steamboat Shuffle (1960)
The sole surviving edition of the Dixieland music series, featuring jazz legend Kenny Baker.

Big Night Out presents The Peggy Lee Show (1961)
The incomparable Peggy Lee in her first ever British TV Show - with special guest Bing Crosby!

Celebration (1966)
This trailblazing fusion of secular and sacred featured the European Premiere of Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music.


• This is a PRE-ORDER for Light Entertainment Rarities DVD and is only available while stocks last.
• As this is a PRE-ORDER PAYMENT WILL BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY but the item(s) will not be despatched until 19 October 2020.
• The PRE-ORDER price for the set is £10.25 (including VAT). networkonair.com/coming-soon/3232-light-entertainment-rarities

[John Green]

TVBrain has:

STEAMBOAT SHUFFLE
13.08.1960 With The Humphrey Lyttelton Band, The Mike Daniels Delta Jazz Band, Chas McDevitt, Shirley Douglas, Maggie Fitzgibbon (missing)
20.08.1960 With Peter Elliott, Kenny Baker and The Swamplanders, Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen, The Fairweather-Brown All Stars, Dickie Pride (missing)
27.08.1960 With Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, Cy Grant, Don Rennie, Marion Williams (missing)
10.09.1960 With Peter Elliott, Kenny Baker and The Swamplanders, Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band, The Alex Welsh Band, Elaine Delmar (missing)
17.09.1960 With Peter Elliott, Kenny Baker and The Swamplanders, Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, Marion Williams (missing)
09.10.1960 With The Mike Daniels Delta Jazz Band, Doreen Beatty, The Fairweather-Brown All Stars, Joanne Scoon, Kenny Lynch (missing)
01.10.1960 With The Alex Welsh Band, The Mike Daniels Delta Jazz Band, Doreen Beatty, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Kenny Lynch (missing)
16.10.1960 With Peter Elliott, Kenny Baker and The Swamplanders, The Humphrey Lyttelton Band, The Alex Welsh Band, Maria Pavlou (missing)
23.10.1960 With Mick Mulligan and his Band, George Melly, The Mike Daniels Delta Jazz Band, Doreen Beatty, Don Rennie (missing)

So a bit irregular in its broadcasts. There doesn't seem to be a listing for "The sole surviving edition". Might it be a recent discovery?

[John Green]

This is nice: www.aspal.co.uk/abc/

[Peter Stirling]

What a great collection.

[John Green]

Now pushed back to 9th Nov.

[John Green]

Out now!