offer to research old NME's Disc for tv show info

[Thomas Walsh]

Yes William, apologies for not thanking you for your wonderful research on The Honeybus and The Idle Race. Thank you. Now can you go and find all these programmes in an airtight cardboard box and copy them and become Santa Claus and deliver them to us all at Christmas!! No.....? Worth a try mate.

[williammcgregor]

Thanks Thomas,

(What a wonderful idea) but as Christmas is only 9 months away I'd better get a move on!

regards William

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

Great stuff William!

[williammcgregor]

Mar 19, 2013 17:57:18 GMT jerryg said:

Hi william ,thank you so much for researching the info on lift off.you have certainley filled in a lot of gaps of artists that appeared on lift off,you have found some excellent info on pop shows ,can i just thank you so much for all your input on here ,if any time you come accross any more info on lift off either from 1971 ,or 1972 ,it would be very much appreciated.

Lift-Off UPDATE number 4

taken from the pages of the Record Mirror

8th April 1972 page 7 article

Granada TV's "Lift Off" programme returns on April 12th for a 13 week series. The opening programme features Roy Wood, The Move and Colin Blunstone. Gene Pitney and Peter Straker are set for the following week.

22nd April 1972 page 7 article

Future line up of guests for Granada TV's show "Lift Off" includes New World, Dave Newman and Staveley Makepeace (April 26th) Bay City Rollers and The Real Thing (May 3rd) Labi Siffe, Chicory tip and Peter Noone (May 10th)


1st July 1972 page 5 article

"Lift Off" leaves the airwaves until October when the current series finishes on July 5th with Jo-Anne Love and Vanity Fare.

23rd December 1972 page 6 article

and on Christmas Eve.... Christmas "Lift Off" brings you The Sweet, New World, Ben Thomas, and Miki Anthony.

This is what the article said about Boxing Day (see below)

(The only good thing about the day is LIFT OFF when Ayshea introduces Olivia Newton John, 10CC, Franki Stevens (sic) and Roger Whittaker.)

more "Lift-Off" on pages 6 and 8

[Peter Stirling]

William do you know if 'A Tale of Two Rivers' actually got transmitted further than Southern?
I think it was shot in 1966 so the 1968 dates seem a bit far away? considering in those fast changing days many of the acts and fashions featured were pretty much passe by 1968 I think?
I was wondering if you could check Mar/April 67 ?

(I recall watching Gideon's Way around 68 and thinking how old fashioned it looked)

[jerryg]

Hi william,only just spotted your post on lift -off ,many thanks for the info ,much appreciated mate.

[williammcgregor]

Mar 31, 2013 9:39:08 GMT Peter Stirling said:

William do you know if 'A Tale of Two Rivers' actually got transmitted further than Southern?
I think it was shot in 1966 so the 1968 dates seem a bit far away? considering in those fast changing days many of the acts and fashions featured were pretty much passe by 1968 I think?
I was wondering if you could check Mar/April 67 ?

(I recall watching Gideon's Way around 68 and thinking how old fashioned it looked)

Hi Peter,

I don't know if 'A Tale of Two Rivers' was transmitted further than Southern, my hunch is that it was? maybe some other members can find out? meantime I will check Mar/April 67.

re Gideon's Way I can't remember anything about that show, I must check it out.

P.S. I came across this large 2 page article about 'Two Rivers' within Fabulous 208 magazine dated 3rd September 1966 hope you can make out the article, I have tried to catch all the wording, (on the 3rd link read only the left hand side then go to link 4 and follow on, that way it'll make sense; I'll post some more of the photos only later.

































cheers William

[williammcgregor]

Mar 31, 2013 12:02:49 GMT jerryg said:

Hi william,only just spotted your post on lift -off ,many thanks for the info ,much appreciated mate.

thanks jerry (It's a pleasure)

William

[Peter Stirling]

Crikey William that show looks a bit of a classic doesn't it?
trust Mike Mansfield to stick a full (1960s technology) VTR rig on a boat- I wonder what ever happened to that show?

Thanks tremendously for sticking all those lovely photos up, my humble offering to you is just a clip of Gideon's Way..and even that is subtitled
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2_Z7bfRycM

[John Green]

A motor-torpedo boat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southerner_(marine_vessel)

What a channel.

[williammcgregor]

Thanks for the Gideon's Way clip Peter, but it still does'nt ring a bell with me (oh well)...

Nice theme tune though and I remember John Gregson the actor,

re the building they are based in, that looks suspiciously like the building used in the Beatles film "Help" to portray Old Scotland Yard in the scene were the Beatles are seeking protection from Clang and his thugs in the office of superintendant Gluck.

[Peter Stirling]

William here is another Gideon's Way clip with two greats John Hurt and Derren Nesbitt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xajo-SFCMTg

As for Tale of Two Rivers I don't remember that either but JGreen has painted in a bit more of the picture and along with your stuff has made an absolutely fascinating read -thank you both.

That show should have really had a prominent network airing on a holiday weekend or something, but little TV stations like Southern and Anglia had a hard job doing that amongst the big five stations.

[williammcgregor]

Mar 1, 2013 17:03:24 GMT williammcgregor said:

GoJos update

The following is taken from the NME dated 30/3/68 page 8

Hostess Pet

Southern-TV's "A Tale of Two Rivers" series-screened in its own local region last year-is to be fully networked on Monday nights from April 15th. The four half-hour shows, all hosted by Petula Clark, were filmed entirely on location on the river Thames and river Seine.

Lulu, Marianne Faithfull, Mark Wynter, Claude Francoise and THE GOJOS appear in all four editions. Sandie Shaw and Unit Four Plus Two are featured in the first three. Adam Faith guests in the first and third programme. Dave Clark and Cathy McGowan guest in the second show, and Richard Anthony in the fourth.

(end)

Hi Peter,

Thanks for more of Gideon's Way I really enjoyed watching such accomplished actors

re 'A Tale of Two Rivers' it was seemingly fully networked
please see above....but the question is... DOES IT SURVIVE?

Strange that the show was filmed around September 1966 but it took until April 1968 for it to be fully networked?

cheers William

[williammcgregor]

Just noticed this great front cover of Sandie Shaw and Unit Four Plus Two on board the Southerner boat on the river Seine from Fabulous 208 magazine dated 3rd September 1966 that included the large 2 page article about the TV series 'A Tale of Two Rivers'



William

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Great pic of Dudley too :-)