Sound of Petula EXCERPT/RSG query

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

""Broadcast:

14/03/73
Title:

VAL MEETS THE VIP'S: PETULA CLARK
Description:
Children's chat show. Former "Blue Peter" presenter Valerie SINGLETON talks to people who have earned the title Very Important Persons. An audience of children join in and put their questions to pop singer Petula CLARK.
> sps vt & film, ex lib film & vt, cpyrt film, stillsFeatures 0m51s of specially shot film material
EX LIB VT: "The Petula Clark Show" 1m41s Tx'd 10/3/73
CPYRT FILM: 1m58s 16mm film from EMI Pathe News
1m01s 16mm film from Rediffusion TV
1m01s 16mm film from Warner Bros.

Duration:

00:24:19.000+01:00""

The first one is from a missing show (checked the BFI and Motion Gallery....lostshows not accurate....the "Rediffusion" clip....RSG?

Any ideas anyone?

[Peter Stirling]

Could be from RSG or 'here come the girls'

[Deleted]

For somebody who was a consistent name throughout the 50's and 60's it seems very odd just how little UK TV there seems to be of Petula Clark in action. No TOTP, RSG, TYLS and I can't think of any variety shows I know of after 1960 or 61 that she's guesting in. Most of what there is is from overseas.

Also, is it true that the very first program to be broadcast in Colour on BBC1 was a Petula concert from the Royal Albert Hall? One would had thought the BBC would had kept that for the sake of history but I've not seen or heard anything suggesting it's survived.

Any clues on Petula? What UK TV performances actually survive from the 60's?

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

The BBC have 2 songs on the Best of Both World 10/01/1965; The whole 'This is Petula Clark' from 30/06/66; 1 songs from the Wayne and Shuster show 25/09/1965 and 2 clips - as found by me and mentioned before, just excerpts from This is Petula Clark 28/11/67.

A start.

[Deleted]

Cheers. A real pity the BBC haven't bothered to show any of that material. It does annoy me that there has been much revisionism when it comes to Petula in the 60's in retro shows or compilations... it's as if she never existed and only had the one hit record "Downtown."

[Deleted]

Let's not forget John Henshall showed some missing Petula at the recent KAL event.
There doesn't seem to be much 60's footage from the UK but there are two great early 70's performances around.
'The Fool On The Hill' from the Film & Television Awards, London Palladium 8/3/70 was recently released on the Frost On Sunday DVD.
'The Story Of My Life' from Top Of The Pops 21/1/71 survives via the ZDF archives in Germany.

[Richard Marple]

The Rock & Rolls Years has a couple of clips from the early 1960s, I'm guessing sourced from abroad.

I know she was very popular in France & one song in the clips sounds like it's sung in French.

[Deleted]

I asked John Henshall about the Petula footage and he's pretty busy at the moment but said I could post this on his behalf.

I was surprised to learn at Kaleidoscope that two Petula Clark numbers rescued from my 2-inch tapes had been wiped by the BBC.
Fortunately I saved them in full broadcast quality – because not only was I one of the main cameramen but also they used my Telefex optical effects.
The numbers were "It's a Wonderful World" (opening number) and "The World is a Circle" from "The Sound of Petula", recorded in BBC-TVC Studio TC1 sometime in the early 1970s. I have an LP signed to me from Pet Clark in 1973, which might be the year.

[Stephen Doran]

Im sure Downtown clip was from Crackerjack.

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

Jul 4, 2012 9:22:03 GMT Ray Langstone (was saintsray) said:

""Broadcast:

14/03/73
Title:

VAL MEETS THE VIP'S: PETULA CLARK
Description:
Children's chat show. Former "Blue Peter" presenter Valerie SINGLETON talks to people who have earned the title Very Important Persons. An audience of children join in and put their questions to pop singer Petula CLARK.
> sps vt & film, ex lib film & vt, cpyrt film, stillsFeatures 0m51s of specially shot film material
EX LIB VT: "The Petula Clark Show" 1m41s Tx'd 10/3/73
CPYRT FILM: 1m58s 16mm film from EMI Pathe News
1m01s 16mm film from Rediffusion TV
1m01s 16mm film from Warner Bros.

Duration:

00:24:19.000+01:00""

The first one is from a missing show (checked the BFI and Motion Gallery....lostshows not accurate....the "Rediffusion" clip....RSG?

Any ideas anyone?

My money's on 18/12/1964, RSG.

[John Green]

OT,but I wondered if people would be interested in this?
The Mantovani Show was recorded in the UK in the late 50s but not shown here,being syndicated in the U.S.
Petula Clark was the guest vocalist on at least one show,which has been released on DVD.


www.soundtrackfan.com/ezvid/videos/mantovani/mantovani-vhs-musical-varities.htm

And while the Malcolm Saville TV serials are missing,this 1946 film gave PC her first singing role:

www.amazon.co.uk/Treasure-and-Trouble-Malcolm-Saville/dp/B0018KJUS4/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1344341553&sr=1-1

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

I can reveal that the 'Rediffusion' clip is not a TV programme at all. It is a clip from 'the Runaway Bus'. (further research has found the bus was meant to be going to Blackbushe Airport - near me!!!!)

However I can confirm that the clip from 10/03/1973 IS from the Sound of Petula, it IS missing, and covers the Groovy Kind of Love/You're So Vain part of the medley that was performed (Groovy Kind Of Love/You're So Vain/What Would I Be/ Until It's Time For Me To Go).

[John Green]

Pause for hollow laughter about the 'Runaway Bus' clip,since the only DVD release is badly cut www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B000IYV1SI/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending . It'd be nice if this was a missing scene,though I believe that complete(er?) copies have been shown on TV.As far as I recall-I've got a copy somewhere-it's a non-singing role for Petula.