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Post by markdixon on Jun 9, 2018 8:17:17 GMT
Here’s a list of a few more guests who appeared on “Whistle Stop”
23.02.68: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich 01.03.68: Kenny Lynch 08.03.68: Roy Budd 12.04.68: Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen 03.05.68: Herman’s Hermits 10.05.68 New Christy Minstrels 17.05.68 The Tremeloes 31.05.68: The Barron Knights
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Post by markdixon on Jun 2, 2018 17:44:43 GMT
I’ve found out that the two clips of Louise Cordet are from a French TV special called “Rythmes sous capes”, which was broadcast on 16 August 1963.
Louise Cordet performed “L’Amour tourne en rond” on the show, but the English version “Around and Around” has been dubbed onto the YouTube clip.
Both clips can be seen on the website of INA France (www.ina.fr).
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Post by markdixon on May 27, 2018 19:22:05 GMT
Here’s some information about “Birth of the Beat”. It was a documentary made by Southern TV, which included footage of the Applejacks, Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley.
The programme was mentioned briefly in an article by Simon Raven, which was published in “The Spectator” (30 July 1964).
Last week wasn't very hot on documentary; but a repeat of The Life and Times of Marshal Tito (Eye on the World, BBC-1, July 19) deployed a few sombre clichés to strong effect, and Birth of the Beat (Southern, July 21), whether intentionally or not, gave apt illustration of how youth is wasted on the young.
“Birth of the Beat” was shown by most of the smaller ITV companies on various dates, so presumably a few copies of the show were in existence at the time. Here are the complete transmission dates:
12 July 1964: Tyne Tees (4:10-5:05pm) 21 July 1964: Westward, Channel, Southern, Anglia and Border (10:37-11:22 pm) 28 July 1964: TWW and Teledu Cymru (10:45-11:30 pm) 05 August 1964: Scottish TV (10:40-11:25 pm) 10 August 1964: Ulster TV (10:30-11:15 pm)
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Post by markdixon on May 24, 2018 19:35:41 GMT
Here’s some information about “Beauty and the Beat”, which was shown in the Border, Anglia and Tyne Tees areas in 1964 and 1965.
The series featured jazz singer Sheila Southern and the drummer and bandleader Eric Delaney. It was produced by Bryan Izzard for Border Television.
The following is from the programme description for "Beauty and the Beat" in the Tyne Tees listing magazine, “The Viewer,” (20 December 1964 – 02 January 1965)
Two stars with a single thought, to bring you 30 minutes of top entertainment with music, song and laughter.
The same issue also had a short article about the show.
Sounding the beat
Whatever the title suggests, Beauty and the Beat is neither a panto nor a fairy story – even though Eric Delaney - who provides the “beat” admits to being the “noisy giant” guarding over the musical fortunes of the “beauty”, Sheila Southern.
The popular couple, plus the Delaney Band, help to fill a show packed with tunes old and new.
It’s a new-style Delaney who comes up in this show – one ready to take up comedy spots and join Sheila in some of the numbers as well as providing a backing for her own songs.
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Post by markdixon on May 23, 2018 20:33:32 GMT
There were 13 episodes of “Hats Off”, but the Lost Shows database on the TV Brain website only lists 12. Does that mean that one episode still exists?
The final episode is not listed on TV Brain. It was broadcast on 23 October 1968 and it featured Will Gaines, Peter Sarstedt, Checker Wheel, and Rondart and Jean.
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Post by markdixon on May 23, 2018 19:49:09 GMT
Here’s some information about “Hats Off”. It was one of the first programmes made by Granada’s Children’s Department and it was broadcast nationally from 31 July 1968 to 23 October 1968. Each week, Jimmy Thompson presented a line-up consisting of pop stars and variety acts. The series was produced by Rod Taylor and directed by David Warwick.
Here’s a review of one of the episodes from “The Stage” (22 August 1968)
Packed live acts into 20 minutes by James Towler
Hats Off, Granada, August 14. If you want to see true Vaudeville on television, you have to look to the children’s shows. It comes in a variety of guises and isn’t always ideally presented. But never mind, it can at least be enjoyed if only to bring back the palmy days of post-war variety. Hats Off has the advantage of packing five acts into just over twenty minutes. If that isn’t television’s answer to quick-fire variety I’d like to know what is. It also has the added advantage that even if one doesn’t particularly like the act one hasn’t to suffer for too long.
Artists involved in this particular edition were Susan Maughan, Hope and Keen, Albert Modley, Vince Hill and The Three Monarchs. Compere Jimmy Thompson had a comparatively easy passage as there were no party games to organise. Even so, I detected some discerning critics in the youthful studio audience, I’m sure I heard two shouts of No when the ubiquitous Mr Thompson asked if they would like Miss Maughan to sing. Even Albert Modley’s reference to his square pig brought a youthful Just like you retort or is it just my set? A passable if uneventful tea time offering which should keep the kids quiet and allow Dad to keep one eye on the programme and the other on his evening paper.
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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 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 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 markdixon on May 14, 2018 18:38:16 GMT
I haven’t read anything about a “Now!” film insert featuring a Bonzo Dog soundtrack, but it’s possible that it exists somewhere.
It appears that the National Library of Wales don’t hold all the film inserts that were produced for the series. Apparently, "These Boots Are Made for Walking" was on the soundtrack of a film clip that hasn't survived. Michael Palin was shown walking across the Clifton Suspension Bridge in a striped Edwardian bathing costume and wellingtons. Palin mentioned this clip during an interview with “The Independent” in 2008 (https://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/my-first-job-former-python-michael-palin-was-a-pop-show-presenter-775912.html)
By the way, Palin mentioned in the same interview that Rod Stewart, Manfred Mann and Peter Cook and Dudley Moore all made appearances on “Now!”.
The article also states that Palin had three co-presenters on the show. Two of these I’ve mentioned already: Wendy Varnals (who was also an actress) and Cynthia Pettigrew (who started out as a dancer on the show, before being made a compere). I've found out from looking at an issue of the TWW listing magazine "TV Weekly" that the other presenter was Cherry Farrow. She had a regular fashion spot on the programme.
I’ve also found out that Palin often appeared alongside a guest compere from the pop world. For example, singer Tracy Rogers co-presented the show on 26 January 1966 and I think she was a semi-regular guest after that. I don’t know why a half-hour show needed so many presenters.
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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 markdixon on May 12, 2018 9:33:38 GMT
Here’s some information about “Now!” that I’ve found in “The Stage”.
Presenters and guests
Wendy Varnals and Cynthia Pettigrew co-presented some of the episodes with Michael Palin. Apparently, Varnals provided a “tongue-in-cheek comment spot on the teenage scene”. Billie Davis was a guest compere on 18 March 1966.
Tom Jones performed “Not Responsible” and “Once There Was A Time” on the edition broadcast on 20 May 1966.
"Popportunity Now"
On 15 April 1966, Michael Palin announced a talent contest for groups and singers. The finalists appeared on a special edition of the show called “Popportunity Now” which was broadcast on 01 July 1966. The ten finalists 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, Pentworth’s 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 the show.
Cancellation
The series ended on 22 July 1966. The cancellation of the series was announced in “The Stage” the previous day. Bryan Michie, TWW’s programme controller, was interviewed for the article.
The pop scene is changing this year, says Bryan, and our next teenage programme might have to be a different type of show. We will study the position this autumn. The Musicians’ Union ban on miming has not made much difference, he adds, as most groups nowadays prefer to give a live studio performance rather than mime to their current release.
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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 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 markdixon on May 7, 2018 16:08:39 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.
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