TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1962
The Equity strike continues with ten ITV shows off air, leading to a schedule reshuffle. It was also affecting the filming of TV series for ITC.
Monday 1st January 1962
BBC (Scotland) Jimmy Logan and His Friends 2.25 – 3.25 pm
Elaine & Derek
ATV Winifred Atwell 6.30 -
AR Chan Canatsa 10.10 -
Ruby Murray
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.07 pm -
Tubby Hayes
Tuesday 2nd January 1962
BBC Z Cars: Four of a Kind 8.30 -
Despite being written with co-
David Jones (future Monkee) as Willie Thatcher
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR The Steve Race Four 6.08 -
Wednesday 3rd January 1962
BBC The Singing Years 8.45 -
The designer on the show is otherwise known as Captain Cephas Howard of The Temperance Seven
Songs from the years 1916, 1926, 1936, 1946
Dennis Lotis
Sheila Buxton
Stephanie Voss
Benny Lee
Andy Cole
Jean Muir
BBC The Temperance Seven 10.30 -
Talking to Record Mirror during recording of the show in October 1961 BBC producer
Richard Evans told them "Everything at the telerecording of the first show went as
expected. Brian Innes changed the script six times during rehearsal, the floor was
knee deep in cigar butts, Alan Swainson Cooper tried to smuggle away one of the cameras,
Cephas Howard began to fear for the setting he had designed. But when it finally
came to shooting, I think we got a first-
Members of the band also had other day jobs with singer Paul McDowell and percussionist Brian Innes working as TV script writers.
The Temperance Seven
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Organist Frieda Hall and pianist Jack Freedman play requests made over the phone by the public
Granada Personal Appearance: Paul Anka 8.00 -
Paul Anka -
Linda Scott (she tapes a clip for Trad With A Twist at the same session)
Paul Anka and Linda Scott
Thursday 4th January 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Matt Monro
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Pop Party 7.00 -
content unknown
AR Parade 7.30 8.00 pm
This Canadian show was bought by AR to fill the gap caused by an Equity union strike
Rosemary Clooney & Nelson Riddle
Friday 5th January 1962
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Billy Fury
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
The Brook Brothers
The Eric Delaney Band
Valerie Masters
Ray Ellington
with resident band Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 6th January 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
The show is getting about twelve million viewers each week
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 6.30 pm, also on Westward, Southern 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Alex Welsh Jazzband
Robb Storme
Don Arrol
The Brook Brothers
Shane Fenton
Miki and Griff
Carole Deene
Guest DJ Brook Denning and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Grampian The Winifred Atwell Show 7.15 – 7.30 pm
Winifred Atwell
Sunday 7th January 1962
BBC Film Matinee: The Bells Of St Mary's 3.10 -
BBC The Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 8.35 pm
Alma Cogan
The Ivor Raymonde Singers
ABC Tempo 2.45 -
Pete Seeger
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.45 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Barbara Law
Don Rennie
The Raindrops
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan (his first show as compere)
The orchestrations for Tommy Steele’s performance had been left in a taxi, but eventually arrived after being handed in at a police station
Tommy Steele -
The Dallas Boys
TWW Here Today
Steve Benbow
Monday 8th January 1962
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
AR Chan Canasta 10.10 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.07 pm -
Tubby Hayes
Tuesday 9th January 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 -
Andy Stewart
The Scottish Junior Singers
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Danny Williams (cancelled due to flu)
AR The Steve Race Four 6.08 -
ITV Tom Browne’s Schooldays movie with Max Bygraves 8.00 – 10.05 pm (including a break for the news)
Wednesday 10th January 1962
BBC Time For (first in series) (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Robin Hall and Jimmy Macgregor
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 – 8.00 pm
Hosted by Alan Freeman
BBC The Temperance Seven 10.30 -
TWW Here Today 6.15 -
Steve Benbow
(possibly) Danny Williams (cancelled due to flu)
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Frieda Hall and Jack Freedman
AR Hippodrome 8.00 9.00 pm
Cleo Laine
Thursday 11th January 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Adam Faith
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Parade 7.30 -
Hosted by Dick Shawn who does a skit on pop singers
Friday 12th January 1962
BBC Sing A Song With Bob Cort 5.00 -
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Joe Brown
Tubby Hayes Quartet
The Viscounts -
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
Ray Ellington Quartet
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 13th January 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records featured Carole Deene -
BBC Black and White Minstrel Show 7.15 – 8.00 pm
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 6.30 pm, also on Westward, Southern 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Chris Barber
Lonnie Donegan
Dennis Newey
Brad Newman
Ruby Murray
The Kaye Sisters
Guest DJ (unknown) and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV Atlantic Showboat 10.00 11.00 pm (repeat 10th January 1959)
Sunday 14th January 1962
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.45 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Barbara Law
Don Rennie
The Raindrops
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
Second City Jazzmen
Grampian The Winifred Atwell Show 7.15 – 7.30 pm
Winifred Atwell
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Neil Sedaka -
Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen
Monday 15th January 1961
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.07 pm -
Tubby Hayes
TWW Here Today
Susan Maughan
Tuesday 16th January 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 -
Andy Stewart
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Peter Elliott
Sylvia Sands
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR The Steve Race Four 6.08 -
Wednesday 17th January 1962
BBC Wednesday Magazine 1.30 -
Anthony Newley
BBC The Singing Years: Songs of the Century 8.45 -
The show features songs from 1922, 1932, 1942 and 1952
Dennis Lotis -
Sheila Buxton
Benny Lee
Stephanie Voss & Andy Cole -
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
quiz show hosted by Alan Freeman
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Peter Elliott
Sylvia Sands
AR The Flintstones: The Hit Songwriters 6.15 -
with Hoagy Charmichael
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Shirley Bassey
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Frieda Hall and Jack Freedman
Granada Personal Appearance: Trad With A Twist 8.00 -
Chris Barber's Jazzband
Ronnie Scott
Ottilie Patterson
Betty Smith
The Viscounts
Tommy Whittle
Linda Scott
Chubby Checker -
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
The Galliards
Kathy Stobart
The Back O'Town Syncopaters
The Original Downtown Syncopaters
Thursday 18th January 1962
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Peter Elliott
Sylvia Sands
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Parade: The Jet Age 7.30 -
The Billy Van Four
Bert Noisi and his orchestra
Friday 19th January 1962
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Peter Elliott
Sylvia Sands
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Chris Barber's Jazzband
Ottilie Patterson
The Dallas Boys
The John Barry Seven
Gary Lane
Sheila Southern
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
ATV Midland Profile 10.30 -
Johnny Dankworth
Granada Josh White Sings 11.10 -
Saturday 20th January 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Adam Faith
Danny Williams
Mrs Mills
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.35 -
Winifred Atwell
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The King Brothers
Gary Miller
Robert Earl
Danny Williams
The Allisons
The Maple Leaf Four
Peter Elliott
Guest DJ Sam Costa and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases in Spin-
Sunday 21st January 1962
BBC Appeal: Frankie Vaughan on behalf of the National Association of Boys' Clubs 6.50 6.55 pm
BBC The Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Johnny Dankworth
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Barbara Law
Don Ronnie
The Raindrops
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
Elaine and Derek
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Lonnie Donegan (delayed from his intended appearance on new year's eve, due to bad weather)
Miki & Griff
Pat Boone
Monday 22nd January 1962
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.17 -
Tubby Hayes
Tuesday 23rd January 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
Moira Anderson
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Susan Maughan
David Macbeth
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR The Steve Race Four 6.08 -
Wednesday 24th January 1962
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Susan Maughan
David Macbeth
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Sheila Buxton
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
The Clyde Valley Stompers
The Hedley Ward Trio
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Frieda Hall and Jack Freedman
Thursday 25th January 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Shirley Abacair
BBC (Scotland) Burns Night 10.15 – 10.45 pm
Andy Stewart
Moira Anderson
James Urquhart
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Susan Maughan
David Macbeth
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Parade 7.30 -
George Shearing and his Quintet
Friday 26th January 1962
BBC Sing A Song With Bob Cort 5.00 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Susan Maughan
David Macbeth
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen -
Cleo Laine -
Billy Fury
Bob Miller and the Millermen
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Granada Josh White 10.10 -
Saturday 27th January 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.15 -
George Chisholm & His Jazzmen
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.35 5.45 pm
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Des O'Connor
Carole Carr
Mike Cotton's Jazzmen (but without their singer Jeannie Lamb who is an Equity union member who are currently in dispute with ITV)
Ricky Stevens
Dorothy Squires
Sylvia Sands
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Des O'Connor
Guest DJ Carole Carr and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.40 8.20 pm
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson were due to be the weekly featured singers, but there had been a problem with Carr's Equity membership due to the union's ongoing dispute with ITV. ABC didn't show the series, so ATV Midlands played it the following Tuesday night.
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 28th January 1962
BBC Meeting Point 6.55 -
Adam Faith in conversation with the Archbishop of York
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.45 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Jackie Lee
The Raindrops
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
Mike Cotton Jazzmen
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.50 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
A dispute between actors' union Equity and ITV means that the dance troupe still can't appear on the show
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
David Whitfield
The Eric Delaney Band
The Mudlarks
Monday 29th January 1962
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
AR Chan Canasta 10.10 -
Joy Beverley
Sheila Buxton
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.07 -
Tubby Hayes
Tuesday 30th January 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club
Andy Stewart
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Frank Ifield
Sheila Southern
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Bobby Vee (in Bert Weedon's Lucky Dip)
The Allisons
Tony Orlando
Wednesday 31st January 1962
BBC The Singing Years: Songs of the Century 9.25 -
Dennis Lotis, Sheila Buxton, Benny Lee
BBC The Temperance Seven 11.00 -
The Temperance Seven – Chilli Bom Bom, Vo Do Do De O Blues, Charley My Boy, Sugar
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Frank Ifield
Sheila Southern
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show 1.02 -
Vince Eager
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Bobby Vee
Vince Eager
The Honeys
Sylvia Sands
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Frieda Hall and Jack Freedman
AR Hippodrome 8.00 -
The dancing girls were to be replaced by professional models resulting in Equity threatened action
Anne Shelton -
Border Beat in the Border (one-
content unknown
Thursday 1st February 1962
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Frank Ifield
Sheila Southern
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Parade 7.30 -
Juliette (Canadian singer)
ATV The Denny Willis Show (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
The Alex Welsh Band
Friday 2nd February 1962
BBC Let's Imagine: A World Of One’s Own 1.30 -
Ivor Cutler of Y'hup
BBC Paris Music Box 10.35 -
Yvette Giraud
Les Trois Menestrels
Serge Gainsbourg
Catherine Sauvage
Eddy Marnay
Nicole Louvier
Francis Lemarque
Anna Gaylor
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Frank Ifield
Sheila Southern
Tyne Tees Ten O'Clock Special 10.00 -
Awards show with Vera Lynn presenting award
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson – There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Tavern Tonight
The Dallas Boys
The John Barry Seven
Sheila Southern -
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Granada Josh White Sings 11.10 -
Saturday 3rd February 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
Matt Monro
Mrs Mills
Harry Secombe
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.35 -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Bobby Vee -
Valerie Masters
Ronnie Carroll
Big Ben Trad Band
Tommy Bruce
Susan Maughan
Guest DJ Alan Dell and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.55 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 4th February 1962
BBC Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 -
The Springfields
Dickie Valentine
Lena Martell -
ABC Tempo 2.45 -
Larry Adler
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.50 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
The Raindrops
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Bobby Vee (according to Record Mirror "flops hopelessly and helplessly")
Buddy Greco
Monday 5th February 1962
BBC Come Dancing: The Carl-
Those receiving awards are Billy Fury, Mr Acker Bilk, Joe Loss, Jimmy Shand
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
AR Chan Canasta 10.10 -
Steve Race
Dorothy Squires
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.07 -
Tubby Hayes
Tuesday 6th February 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
Moira Andeson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
(possibly) Tony Orlando
Wednesday 7th February 1962
BBC Music in Camera 9.25 -
Larry Adler
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
By this time an entertainment spot becomes a regular feature of this daily magazine show, under the direction of Mike Mansfield
Danny Williams
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
Tony Orlando
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Frieda Hall and Jack Freedman
ATV The Roy Castle Show 8.00 -
Cleo Laine
The King Brothers
Kenny Baker
Thursday 8th February 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Russ Conway
AR The Steve Race Four 6.11 -
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Terry Lightfoot
TWW Discs-
The New Orleans Knights
The Confederates Jazz Band
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
The Clyde Valley Stompers
AR Parade 7.30 -
The Limeliters
ATV (probably) Midland News 6.05 -
Footage of Lonnie Donegan at a wedding
Friday 9th February 1962
BBC Sing A Song with Bob Cort 5.00 -
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
The Karl Denver Trio
Lorie Mann
Mick Mulligan and his Band
Frank Ifield
Bob Miller and the Millermen
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 10th February 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Black and White Minstrel Show 7.15 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
Semprini
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 to 6.30 pm, also on ATV, TWW, Westward, Southern, Tyne Tees, Ulster (same time as ABC)
A young girl was injured as a car carrying Tony Orlando drove away after the broadcast. Orlando stayed with her for several hours at the local hospital to make sure she was not badly injured. Bobby Vee may have been pencilled in to appear.
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Tony Orlando
The Karl Denver Trio
The Viscounts
Don Charles
Barbara Kay
Gene Pitney -
Guest DJ Jimmy Savile and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases in
Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 11th February 1962
BBC A Song For Europe 7.55 -
The show had the involvement of five major British recording companies -
Hosted by David Jacobs (a negative review of the show in the Birmingham Mail claimed "I wish David Jacobs had brought along his hooter.")
Johnny Angel -
The Brook Brothers
Ronnie Carroll -
The Karl Denver Trio (the staging was produced by Jack Good)
Donna Douglas
Frank Ifield -
Jackie Lee
Kenny Lynch -
Brad Newman
Rikki Price
Doug Sheldon
Robb Storme
BBC Monitor: Do My Ears Deceive Me? Music Of Our Day From Jazz To Schoenberg 10.05
-
Michael Tippett
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.45 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
The Kentones
The Mudlarks
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Bobby Rydell -
Russ Conway
Monday 12th February 1962
The Pilkington Committee into the future of broadcasting in Britain suggests that Pay television should be trialled and that the BBC should have a second television channel.
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
AR Chan Canasta 10.10 -
Ruby Murray
Donald Peers
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.07 -
Resident: Wout Steinhuis, Dorita Y Pepe
Ken Skyora
Tuesday 13th February 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
Anne & Laura Brand
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Muriel Young and Rolly Daniels demonstrate the dance The Method
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Bobby Vee
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
The Monty Sunshine Band
Ruby Murray
Wednesday 14th February 1962
BBC Wednesday Magazine 1.30 -
Tony Orlando
Bobby Vee
BBC The Singing Years 9.25 -
Dennis Lotis
Stephanie Voss
Sheila Buxton
Benny Lee
Andy Cole – Island In The Sun (singing in a raincoat with the collar turned up)
ATV The Alma Cogan Show 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
Bobby Rydell
Alma Cogan & Bobby Rydell -
Susan Lane
Southern Day By Day
Lynn Cornell
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
The format now changes with Ronnie Aldrich on piano, Joe Muddell on bass and James Neale on drums. Each song request will be on a card chosen at random from a tombola style drum and then performed by the trio
Grampian Mantovani 11.17 – 11.42 pm
Mantovani
Connie Francis
Vic Damone
Thursday 15th February 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Dorothy Squires
AR The Steve Race Four 6.11 -
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Parade 7.30 -
The Billy Van Four
Julius La Rosa & Shirley Harmer -
Friday 16th February 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Kenny Ball
AR Here and Now 6.45 -
Tubby Hayes
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
The King Brothers -
Janie Marden -
Bob Miller and the Millermen -
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen -
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Granada Josh White Sings 11.10 -
Saturday 17th February 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
Ronnie Carroll
Kathie Kay
Alan Breeze
The High-
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 to 6.30 pm, also on ATV, TWW, Westward, Southern, Tyne Tees, Ulster (same time as ABC)
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Anne Shelton
Miki and Griff
The Mudlarks
Clinton Ford
Phil Fernando
Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry
Guest DJ Barry Aldiss and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases in
Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 18th February 1962
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.50 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
The Kentones
The Mudlarks
ABC The Sunday Break
The Galliards
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Helen Shapiro (replacing an ill Dorothy Provine)
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Monday 19th February 1962
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
AR Chan Canasta 10.10 -
Ronnie Hilton
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.07 -
Resident: Wout Steinhuis, Dorita Y Pepe
Tuesday 20th February 1962
BBC What's New 5.30 -
Kenny Ball
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
Sally Logan
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Wednesday 21st February 1962
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
AR Hippodrome 8.00 -
The Kaye Sisters
Thursday 22nd February 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
content unknown
BBC News 9.15 -
Dickie Valentine, Vera Lynn at film premier
BBC (North) Show Biz (first edition)
Screaming Lord Sutch -
Edna Savage
Jimmy Henney hosts a look at news from Tin Pan Alley
The Northern Dance Orchestra with Director Bernard Herrmann -
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Mike Cotton Jazzmen
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Parade: You're Gonna Have A What? 7.30 -
Billy Van Four
Friday 23rd February 1962
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen
Buddy Greco
Ken Macintosh and his orchestra
Tony Golan
Granada Josh White Sings 11.10 -
Saturday 24th February 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.15 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.35 -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Russ Conway
The Shadows
Danny Williams
Bob Willis and his Storyville Jazzmen
Russ Hamilton
Susan Singer -
Terry Young & The Youngsters
Buddy Greco (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Jimmy Young and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases in
Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 25th February 1962
BBC Monitor 10.05 -
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.50 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
The Kentones
The Mudlarks
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
Valerie Mountain
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Des O'Connor (Norman Vaughan was ill that week)
Jimmy Dean -
Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband -
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 26th February 1962
BBC Table Talk 1.30 -
Larry Adler
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
AR Chan Canasta 10.10 -
Paddy Roberts
Vera Lynn
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.07 -
Resident: Wout Steinhuis, Dorita Y Pepe
Tuesday 27th February 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
Moira Anderson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Janie Marden & The Roger Webb Trio
AR Swing-
Johnnie Spence and his orchestra
The Mudlarks
Sheila Southern
Wednesday 28th February 1962
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
ATV Val Parnell's Star Time 8.00 -
The Springfields
Danny Williams
Susan Lane
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
Susan Singer -
Thursday 1st March 1962
Anglia Beat 7.30 8.00 pm
A musical
TWW Discs-
The Mudlarks -
Mike Cotton and his Jazzmen
AR Parade 7.30 -
also seen as The Oscar Peterson Trio with Ernestine Anderson
Erroll Garner
Maynard Ferguson
Ann Marie Moss (singer)
Jackie Paris (singer)
Don Lammond (drummer)
Friday 2nd March 1962
BBC Stranger On The Shore 5.05 -
Music Mr Acker Bilk
BBC The Temperance Seven 10.30 -
Southern Day By Day
Terry Young and The Young Stars
Granada People and Places
Alberta Laine
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Emile Ford and The Checkmates -
Ronnie Aldrich and The Squadronaires -
Alex Welsh and his Band -
Jo Leemans -
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra -
Granada Josh White 11.10 -
Saturday 3rd March 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
One of the records the jury voted on was Bruce Channel 'Hey Baby'
BBC Dixon Of Dock Green: Bells In My Ears 6.30 -
Danny Williams plays a singer
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
The Springfields -
Mrs Mills
Kathie Kay – Pianissimo
Alan Breeze
The High-
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The King Brothers
Billy Fury
Ronnie Hilton
David Ede and The Rabin Band
Tony Osbourne
Bobby Shafto
Marie McCann
Bobby Rydell
Guest DJ Ted King and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 4th March 1962
BBC Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 -
Anne Shelton
Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen
Tyne Tees Young Outlook 4.30 -
(possibly) Danny Rivers
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.50 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.50 -
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Ella Fitzgerald with the Paul Smith Trio
with Frankie Vaughan as a guest
Monday 5th March 1962
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show 1.02 -
Susan Singer
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.45 -
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Russ Conway
AR Chan Canasta 10.10 -
Anne Shelton & Jo Shelton
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.07 -
Resident: Wout Steinhuis, Dorita Y Pepe
Tuesday 6th March 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
Anne & Laura Brand
The Joe Gordon Folk Four
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show 1.02 -
Susan Singer
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
The Countrymen
Scottish Here and Now 6.05 -
Forrie Cairns And The Clansmen
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
June Marlow
Wednesday 7th March 1962
BBC The Temperance Seven 10.40 -
The Temperance Seven -
BBC (Scotland) Music Of The Gael 10.40 – 10.55 pm
Content unknown
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Ella Fitzgerald and Norman Grantz -
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Granada Personal Appearance 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Eddie Calvert
Jack Durant
The Four Aces
Bob De Voye Trio
Gilles Segal
Allan Kemble and Christine
Border Beat in the Border (first in series)
content unknown
Tyne Tees Young At Heart
Terry Young and The Young Stars
Thursday 8th March 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Ronnie Carroll
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Scottish This Wonderful World 7.00 -
Bill Bill Broonzy
Anglia Beat: A Musical 7.30 -
content unknown
AR Parade: Sing, Sing, Sing, Sing 7.30 -
Bill Walker -
The Gino Silvi Singers
Friday 9th March 1962
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Danny Williams -
Eric Delaney and his Band
Bebe Hong Suong -
Ken MacKintosh and his Orchestra
With Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Granada Josh White 11.10 -
Saturday 10th March 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.00 -
George Chisholm & His Jazzmen
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The show features Ronnie Carroll, Frank Ifield and Donna Douglas who took 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the A Song For Europe British heat
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Helen Shapiro -
Ronnie Carroll
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
Frank Ifield
Donna Douglas
Tony Orlando
Guest DJ Muriel Young and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 11th March 1962
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
Grampian Mantovani 5.40 -
Mantovani
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Billy Daniels
The Kaye Sisters
Sergio Franchi (Italian ballad singer)
Monday 12th March 1962
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show
The Hedley Ward Trio
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Dorothy Squires
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.45 -
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Find The Singer £1000 contest 10.10 -
Featuring six contestants per week, the winner receiving £500 and a record contact
Lou Preager
Judges include Dorothy Squires
Contestants for the first few shows included Pauline Hodgkins, Margaret Reeves, Colin Hunter, Albert Martell, Sally Quaintance, Christine Moore, Wendy Moses, Kathy
Shaw, Mervyn Harrison
AR Swing-
Ronnie Carroll
The Mudlarks
Sheila Southern
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 10.35 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Evelyn Henry, Bill Murray, Anne Gilles
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.07 -
Resident: Wout Steinhuis, Dorita Y Pepe
Tuesday 13th March 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
Moira Anderson
ATV Lunch Box
Eula Parker
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show
The Hedley Ward Trio
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Wednesday 14th March 1962
BBC Variety Club of Great Britain: Awards For 1961 10.00 -
Awards given to Cliff Richard, Helen Shapiro
BBC The Singing Years 9.25 – 10.00 pm (cancelled due to live ice skating)
Content unknown
ATV Lunch Box
Eula Parker
AR Hippodrome 8.00 -
Vince Taylor
plus chimpanzees who did the twist
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Tyne Tees Young At Heart 6.30 – 7.00 pm
The Ray Ellington Quartet with singer Susan Maughan
The Dallas Boys
The Kaye Sisters
Grampian Mike On Holiday 10.50 – 11.15 pm
Michael Holliday with Johnny Pearson and his orchestra
Thursday 15th March 1962
ATV Lunch Box
Eula Parker
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Sheila Southern
AR Parade: Post Office 7.30 -
The Billy Van Four
Anglia Rehearsal Room 7.30 -
content unknown
Friday 16th March 1962
ATV Lunch Box
Eula Parker
AR Discover Your City: Soho 5.00 -
Terry Lightfoot
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Kenny Ball
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
The Dallas Boys
Bob Miller and the Millermen
Donna Hightower
The Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Granada Josh White 11.10 -
Saturday 17th March 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.00 -
The Beverley Sisters
Mrs Mills
Alan Breeze
Kathie Kay
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Emile Ford
The Karl Denver Trio
Mr Acker Bilk
Shane Fenton & The Fentones -
The Countrymen
Buddy Britten
Billy Daniels
Guest DJ Sam Costa and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 18th March 1962
BBC The Eurovision Song Contest 1962: Grand Prix 8.30 -
UK entry: Ronnie Carroll -
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
The Mudlarks
The Kentones
Barbara Law
Don Rennie
Grampian Mantovani 5.40 – 6.05 pm
Mantovani
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
Rodney Foster and his Jazzmen
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
The Springfields -
Eartha Kitt
Larry Adler
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.15 pm -
The Gale Boys
Jeannie Lamb
Monday 19th March 1962
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
TWW Discs-
The Mike Cotton Jazzband
Susan Singer
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 10.10 -
Hosted by Lou Prager and Kenneth MacLeod
The Barrie Sisters
Grampian Callum’s Ceilidh 10.35 – 11.05 pm
Callum Kennedy – Make Your Way To Stornoway
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.07 -
Regulars Porita y Pepe, Wout Steinhuis
Bert Weedon
Tuesday 20th March 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 5.20 – 5.50 pm
Andy Stewart
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Granada Swinging Along 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
ATV Pencil and Paper 10.35 -
Quiz show -
Ulster Preview
Susan Singer
Wednesday 21st March 1962
Tyne Tees Young At Heart 6.30 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
Ronnie Hilton
The Karl Denver Trio
AR Dan Farson Meets The Shadows 9.15 -
The show reaches number nine in the network TAM ratings for that week
The Shadows -
Grampian The Amazing Miss “A” 9.30 – 9.45 pm
Winifred Atwell
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 22nd March 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.05 -
contents unknown
AR Parade: Folk Song Clubs of Canada 7.30 -
Folk song special
Anglia Rehearsal Room 7.30 -
content unknown
Friday 23rd March 1962
AR Steve and Maria 6.13 -
Steve Race and Marian Pavlou
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
Kaye Sisters
The Viscounts
Johnnie Gray's Band of the Day
With Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Granada Josh White 11.10 -
Saturday 24th March 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.30 -
Jury -
Guest -
One of the records judges was Grant Tracy 'The Great Matchmaker'
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.00 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzmen
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Ken Dodd -
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band -
Bert Weedon
Jimmy Justice
Patti Brook
Frankie Townsend -
Peter Wynne
Cliff Richard -
Guest DJ Steve Race and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 25th March 1962
BBC Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 -
Vera Lynn – I’ll Be Seeing You
Jackie Lynn – They’ll Be Some Changes Made
The Dick Charlesworth Band
The Four Freshmen
Jerri Southern
Matt Monro
Danny Williams
The Kenny Baker Band
BBC Monitor: Pop Goes The Easel 9.55 -
Four “pop art” artists, including Peter Blake. Directed by Ken Russell
Grampian Mantovani 5.40 – 6.05 pm
Mantovani
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
The Mudlarks
The Kentones
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
Carole Simpson
Colin James
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth (who returns for one show)
The Beverley Twins join Bruce Forsyth in a sketch
Joan Regan -
Monday 26th March 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 – 7.20 pm
Robin Hall & Jimmie Macgregor
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
TWW Discs-
The Avon Cities Jazz Band
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 10.10 -
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
Ulster Preview
Susan Singer
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 10.35 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Evelyn Henry, Bill Murray
Tyne Tees Three Of A Kind 11.07 – 11.35 pm
Wout Steinhuis, Dorita Y Pepe
Tuesday 27th March 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
Moira Anderson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Paddy Roberts
ITV Here and Now 6.45 -
Talent show
Paul Griggs (later of Guys n Dolls)
Granada Swinging Along 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Peter Knight and his Orchestra
Wednesday 28th March 1962
BBC The Singing Years 9.45 -
Dennis Lotis
Stephanie Voss
Benny Lee
Sheila Buxton
BBC (Scotland) Music Of The Gael 10.50 – 11.05 pm
Rhona MacLeod
Ian Carmichael (singer)
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Jeri Southern
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
The Melbourne New Orleans Jazzband
ATV Startime 8.00 -
The Dallas Boys
Sergio Franchi (Italian ballad singer)
Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen (probably appeared as Alex Welsh and his band had to cancel)
Susan Lane
AR Dan Farson Meets Johnny Dankworth 9.15 -
Johnny Dankworth
Border Beat in the Border
Jo Peters -
Granada unknown show
Hosted by Gary Marshall
The Four Aces
Odetta
Thursday 29th March 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Clyde Valley Stompers
AR Steve And Julie 6.11 -
Steve Race and Julie Dawn
Anglia Rehearsal Room 7.30 -
Tubby Hayes
AR Parade: Winter Wonderland 7.30 -
Shirley Harmer
The Bobby Van Four
Tommy Common
Friday 30th March 1962
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson
Frank Ifield
Ronnie Aldrich and The Squadronaires
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Granada Josh White 11.00 -
Tyne Tees unknown show
Barbara Kay (The Rabin Band singer replaced Jerri Southern who cancelled due to illness)
Saturday 31st March 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.00 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Mrs Mills
The Three Monarchs
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Lonnie Donegan
Gary Miller
The Springfields
Susan Terry
Gary Edwards Combo
Danny Davis
Tony Rocco
Chubby Checker -
Guest DJ Paul Hollingdale and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in
Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 1st April 1962
BBC Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 -
The Temperance Seven
The Beverley Sisters
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.50 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
The Ted Taylor Four
Grampian Mantovani 5.40 – 6.05 pm
Mantovani
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Brenda Lee
Gary Miller
ABC Music for Dreaming 11.15 pm -
The Freemen
Marion Keene
Monday 2nd April 1962
Today Equity sends their members letters telling them that they are now allowed to work for ITV, ending the strike. However it would take several weeks for the effects to register in the schedules
BBC Big Band Concert 8.00 -
The BBC’s entry into the Montreux Television Festival this year would be this TV presentation of Heath's Big Band Percussion LP
Ted Heath Orchestra
Anita Harris
Tubby Hayes
Jack Parnell
Reg Owen
Kenny Baker
Carole Carr
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 10.10 -
Lou Preager
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 10.35 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Anne Gilles
Arlon Choir
Dave McIntosh with Jack Sinclair’s band
Tuesday 3rd April 1962
BBC Picture Parade 10.25 -
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope perform a sketch filmed while making ‘The Road To Hong Kong’ in London
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Terry Lightfoot and His New Orleans Jazzmen
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Granada Swinging Along 7.31 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Wednesday 4th April 1962
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 – 8.00 pm
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Tyne Tees Young At Heart 6.30 -
Brenda Lee
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Danny Williams
The Tubby Hayes Quartet
Thursday 5th April 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
contents unknown
AR Parade 10.15 -
Despite the end of the Equity performers strike Canadian import Parade will continue to be shown as Rediffusion have many editions still not shown.
The Limelighters
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Anglia Rehearsal Room 10.15 -
content unknown
Friday 6th April 1962
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen (with Ginger Baker?)
The Cousins -
Jackie Trent Pick Up The Pieces, If I Had My Way
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 7th April 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrels 7.00 -
George Chisholm & his Jazzmen
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Danny Williams
The Four Freshmen
The Eric Delaney Band
Mike Berry and The Outlaws
Mark Dwayne
Brenda Lee
Guest DJ Jimmy Savile and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC The Big Film: The Gay Dog movie with Petula Clark 8.05 -
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris and Joan Savage
Sunday 8th April 1962
Grampian The Amazing Miss “A” 4.35 – 5.05 pm
Winifred Atwell
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 5.50 pm
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Don Rennie
Barbara Law
The Mudlarks
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
A Man Dies (excerpts from last year's broadcast)
Larry Adler on pop music article "Is pop music trash?" (apparently he dislikes pop music a lot)
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
The first show since the Equity strike was called off, so The Tiller Girls return after five months
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Max Bygraves
David Hughes
Excerpt from West End musical Scapa
Monday 9th April 1962
BBC Hot Ice And Cool Music 7.30 -
Recorded in the Ice Stadium, Nottingham
Round 1 of ice skating to pop music contest
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Let's Twist To Win 9.15 -
Louise Cordet
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 10.10 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Evelyn Henry
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 10.42 -
Hosted by Lou Preager
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
Tuesday 10th April 1962
BBC The Singing Years 8.00 -
Dennis Lotis
BBC Z Cars 8.30 -
The Best Days
David Jones (future Monkee) as Frankie Sale
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Granada Swinging Along 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
The Tobert Trio
AR Let s Twist To Win 9.15 -
The final of the contest to find the Best Girl Twister and Best Man Twister of 1962
Wednesday 11th April 1962
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Humphrey Lyttelton
Kathy Kirby
Peter Wynnes
The Mudlarks
Don Charles
The Visionaires
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
ATV Startime 8.00 -
Helen Shapiro
The King Brothers
Ronnie Hilton
The Clark Brothers
Granada Rendezvous 9.15 -
Odetta
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 12th April 1962
TWW Looking For The Stars 7.00 -
The Kerri Sisters (singers)
The Fleetwoods (pop group)
Neville Borde (singer)
Molly Coombes (singer)
Graham Watkins (jazz pianist)
AR Parade: Patrice Goes Pop 7.30 -
Also seen listed as 'Income Tax Blues'
Patrice Munsel
The Billy Van Four
Anglia Rehearsal Room 7.30 -
The Contours
Susan Sorrell
Vic Ash
Friday 13th April 1962
BBC News 9.15 -
Film premier with Shirley Bassey
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Clinton Ford -
Bob Miller and the Millermen
Tubby Hayes Quintet
Susan Maughan
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 14th April 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.00 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Frankie Vaughan
Danny Williams
Mrs Mills
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The show gets the coveted front cover of TV Times this week
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Gene Vincent -
The Brook Brothers
The John Barry Seven
Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas
Susan Maughan -
Johnny Worth
Danny Rivers
Jeri Southern (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Jimmy Henney and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris & Joan Savage
Sunday 15th April 1962
BBC Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 -
Hungarian artists
BBC Music in Camera 10.05 – 10.40 pm
Bach in jazz
Grampian The Amazing Miss “A” 4.35 – 5.05 pm
Winifred Atwell
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
A Man Dies
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
250th show. The show gets a rating of about 20 million viewers.
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Harry Secombe
Monday 16th April 1962
BBC Hot Ice and Cool Music 7.30 -
Round 2 of ice skating to pop music contest
BBC1 This is Your Life: Acker Bilk 8.00 – 8.30 pm
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.45 -
TWW Discs-
Kenny Lynch
The Viscounts
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 10.10 -
Hosted by Lou Preager
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 10.35 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
The Arlon Singers – Afton Water
Tuesday 17th April 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Granada Swinging Along 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
The Tobert Trio
AR The Runaway Bus movie with Petula Clark 8.30 -
Grampian Mantovani 11.30 – 11.45 pm
Mantovani
Wednesday 18th April 1962
BBC (Scotland) Ceilidh 10.00 – 10.30 pm
Content unknown
AR Hippodrome 8.00 -
Three of the non-
Dorit Oliver (German jazz singer)
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
Monty Sunshine's Jazzband with Beryl Brydon
Tony Rocco
Beryl Bryden
The Paul Russell Four
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Grampian Mantovani 11.30 – 11.45 pm
Mantovani
Thursday 19th April 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Mr Acker Bilk
AR Parade 7.30 -
Maynard Ferguson
Anglia Rehearsal Room 7.30 -
Paul Chris
Music Makers
Kenny Baker
Susan Maughan
Friday 20th April 1962 Good Friday
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Roy Castle
Johnny Howard and his Orchestra
The Sadi Quintet
Cecily Forde
Rene Thomas
The Bobby Jaspar Sextet
With Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 21st April 1962
BBC Mr Pastry's Progress 5.25 -
Stephen Marriott (as Harry Scroggs)
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.00 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzmen
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Gene McDaniels was pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Billy Fury
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen
The Viscounts
Jim Dale
Julie Grant
Johnny Burnette
US Bonds (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Jimmy Young and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Hayes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris & Joan Savage
Sunday 22nd April 1962 Easter Sunday
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Henderson would turn down a £5000 contract to host a third series in July
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Barbara Law
Don Rennie
The Mudlarks
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Lonnie Donegan
Vera Lynn
Monday 23rd April 1962 Bank Holiday
BBC Hot Ice and Cool Music 7.30 -
Round 3 of ice skating to pop music contest
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
TWW Discs-
Jim McHarg and His Scotsville Jazz Band
John Leyton
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 10.10 -
Lou Preager
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
Tyne Tees Three Of A Kind 11.07 – 11.35 pm
Content unknown
Tuesday 24th April 1962
BBC (Scotland) The Kilt Is My Delight 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Bobby Watson
Jim MacLeod
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Granada Swinging Along 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
John Leyton
Wednesday 25th April 1962
ATV Startime 8.00 -
The Countrymen -
Janie Marden -
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Dave King
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Grampian Young At Heart 6.30 – 7.00 pm
Joe Brown
Border Beat in the Border
Humphrey Lyttelton
Thursday 26th April 1962
AR Parade 7.30 -
content unknown
Anglia Rehearsal Room 7.30 -
content unknown
Friday 27th April 1962
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Marty Wilde -
Janie Marden
Sid Phillips and his Band
Bruce Turner and his Jump Band
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Tyne Tees Young Outlook (information from 'Disc', but no show of that name on Tyne Tees that day)
John Leyton
Saturday 28th April 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.00 -
Mrs Mills
Arthur Askey -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Gene McDaniels, The Flee-
Hosted by Brian Matthew
John Leyton
Craig Douglas
Chris Barber's Jazzband and Ottilie Patterson
The Avons
Donna Douglas
Iain Gregory -
The Temperance Seven (It’s Trad Dad movie clip)
Guest DJ Carole Carr and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Saturday Bandbox 6.30 -
The Kaye Sisters -
Shirley Abicair
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris & Joan Savage
Sunday 29th April 1962
BBC Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 -
The Four Freshmen
Matt Monro
Danny Williams
Kenny Baker and His Band
Rosemary Squires
ATV Godfrey Winn's Birthday Honours 5.45 -
Lonnie Donegan
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Pat Boone
Monday 30th April 1962
Ulster Teatime With Tommy 6.06 -
Ruby Murray
ATV The Winifred Atwell show 6.45 -
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Spin Along 7.30 -
content unknown
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 10.10 -
Lou Preager Orchestra
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.07 -
Diz Disley
Tuesday 1st May 1962
BBC (Scotland) The Kilt is My Delight 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Kenneth McKellar
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Ulster Teatime With Tommy 6.06 -
Ruby Murray
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Don Rennie
Granada Swinging Along 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
Wednesday 2nd May 1962
Ulster Teatime With Tommy 6.06 -
Ruby Murray
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Eric Delaney
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Granada Personal Appearance 8.00 -
Larry Adler -
The Four Aces Love Is A Many-
Bob De Voye Trio
Odetta -
Sid Milward & The Nitwits
Italo Medini and Vicky
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 3rd May 1962
BBC Crackerjack 100th show 5.00 -
Adam Faith -
Ulster Teatime With Tommy 6.06 -
Ruby Murray
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Tubby Hayes
AR Dan Farson Meets Ted Heath and His Music 7.30 -
Anglia Rehearsal Room 7.30 -
Bill McGuffie
Anita Harris
Friday 4th May 1962
Ulster Teatime With Tommy 6.06 -
Ruby Murray
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Paddy Roberts
ATV All That Jazz 10.00 -
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
The Mike Cotton Jazzmen
The Springfields
Tito Puente
Marty Wilde
with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Westward Swingalong
Iain Gregory -
Saturday 5th May 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Andy Stewart in London 7.00 -
Andy Stewart
Terry Lightfoot and His New Orleans Jazzmen
Steve Race
Bobby Watson
Adele Leigh
Bill McGuffie
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
The Shadows
Eden Kane
Joe Brown
The Vernons Girls
Candy Sparling
Guest DJ Pete Murray and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Saturday Bandbox 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris & Joan Savage
Sunday 6th May 1962
ABC The Sunday Break: Jazz On Sundays 6.30 7.00 pm
From TV Times "Thousands of young people are mad on Traditional Jazz. But how many of them realise that much of this music has its roots in religion".
Chris Barber and Ottilie Patterson
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
Amy Shuard (singer)
Grampian Three of A Kind 11.12 – 11.40 pm
Wout Steenhuis, Dorita y Pepe
Monday 7th May 1962
Many ITV favourite shows return to the screens tonight after the Equity strike
BBC Hot Ice and Cool Music 7.30 -
First semi-
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Vierra
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 6.15 -
Lou Preager and his Orchestra
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
TWW Discs-
Eden Kane
Marty Wilde
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 8th May 1962
BBC (Scotland) The Kilt Is My delight 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Jimmy Shand and his band
Moira Anderson
Bobby Watson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Max Bygraves
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Joe Harriott
Granada Swinging Along 7.00 -
Granada extends the show to fourteen editions and moved to 7.00 pm from tonight
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
AR Let s Twist In Paris 9.15 -
David Frost introduces twist contest from Le Madison, Paris
Wednesday 9th May 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Mike Preston
AR Find The Singer 6.30 – 7.00 pm
The Aberdeen heat
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
AR London Vs Paris Twist 9.15 -
Hosted by David Frost
AR Hippodrome 9.57 -
Curtis Pierre and The Trinidad Steel Band
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 10th May 1962
BBC Pops And Lenny 5.00 -
The Springfields might have been booked for this edition
David Jacobs
Craig Douglas
The Avons
Eden Kane
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Dorothy Squires
AR Dan Farson Meets Johnny Dankworth 10.55 -
Anglia Rehearsal Room 7.30 -
Edna Savage
Friday 11th May 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Margaret Bond
ATV All That Jazz 10.10 -
Alex Welsh and his Band
The Peters Sisters
Chico Arnez and his Latin American Orchestra (Arnez was actually a Londoner called Jackie Davis) Up A Lazy River
Jimmy Justice
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 12th May 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.00 -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Mrs Mills
Grampian The Amazing Miss “A” 5.15 – 5.30 pm
Winifred Atwell
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Adam Faith
Marty Wilde -
The Springfields
Eddie Calvert and the C Men
Kenny Lynch
Dave Carey
Christine Campbell
Guest DJ Don Moss and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris & Joan Savage
Sunday 13th May 1962
BBC The Ivor Novello Awards 10.10 -
Hosted by Katy Boyle
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Helen Shapiro
Matt Monro
Anthony Newley
The Allisons (referred to by host Boyle as The Allison Brothers)
Johnny Dankworth and his orchestra
Tony Osborne
Ron Grainer
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
The Countrymen
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Norman Vaughan – Singin’ In The Rain (his single at the time)
Eartha Kitt
Shirley Bassey
The Temperance Seven
Monday 14th May 1962
BBC Hot Ice and Cool Music 7.30 -
Second semi-
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Ronnie Carroll
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 6.15 -
Hosted by Lou Praeger
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Ulster Preview 7.00 -
Marty Wilde
TWW Discs-
Marty Wilde
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Grampian Three Of A Kind 11.12 – 11.40 pm
Wout Steenhuis, Dorita y Pepe
Tuesday 15th May 1962
BBC (Scotland) The Kilt Is My Delight 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Jim McLeod and his band
Bobby Watson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Granada Swinging Along 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Wednesday 16th May 1962
ATV Val Parnell's Star Time 9.45 -
Alan Elsdon Jazzband
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Eden Kane
Anglia Survival 9.15 -
Music by Johnny Dankworth
ATV Startime 9.45 -
content unknown
ATV The Arthur Hayes Show 9.15 -
Ken Morris & Joan Savage
Border Beat in the Border
Nan Gibson and Carol Frazer, Jazz Workshop Minton's Minions, Guest singer Brian Davies
Thursday 17th May 1962
BBC Pops And Lenny 5.00 -
The Brook Brothers
The Karl Denver Trio
The Vernons Girls
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Judith Silver
AR Dan Farson Meets Clinton Ford 10.55 -
Friday 18th May 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Jerry Lordan
ATV All That Jazz 10.10 -
Barbara McNair -
Bob Miller and the Millermen
Johnny Hawksworth and his Easy Rhythm
The Kestrels
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 19th May 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.35 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show 7.30 -
Recorded at the Pavilion Theatre, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Eddie Calvert & The C Men -
Julia de Palma (Italian pop singer)
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.30 -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Petula Clark -
Russ Conway
Michael Holliday
The Brook Brothers
Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Mike Sarne
Brian Poole and The Tremeloes
Matt Monro (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Keith Fordyce and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Saturday Bandbox 6.30 -
Ruby Murray
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7.25 -
Ken Morris & Joan Savage
Monday 21st May 1962
BBC Tonight 7.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie Macgregor
BBC Hot Ice and Cool Music 7.30 -
Final of ice skating to pop tunes contest
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Joe Harriott
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 6.15 -
Last heat before the semi-
Jim Dale
Lou Peager
The Barrie Sisters
ATV Winifred Atwell 6.30 -
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
Marty Wilde
Ulster (possibly) Preview 7.00 -
Johnny Leyton
Grampian Three Of A Kind 11.12 – 11.40 pm
Wout Steenhuis, Dorita y Pepe
Tuesday 22nd May 1962
BBC (Scotland) The Kilt Is My Delight 6.20 – 6.50 pm
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Kenny Lynch
Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Susan Maughan
Granada Swinging Along 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
The Tobert Duo
Des O’Conner
Wednesday 23rd May 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
John Leyton
Anglia Thirty Minute Theatre: Kind To Everyone 9.15 -
with Noel Harrison (in acting role)
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 24th May 1962
BBC Pops And Lenny 5.00 -
Carol Deene
Frank Ifield
Bert Weedon
AR Dan Farson Meets Adam Faith 10.55 -
This was cancelled due to NASA space mission launch show ‘This Is Happening’ . This was also seen as Daniel Farson Meets Donald Peers.
Friday 25th May 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Margaret Bond
ATV All That Jazz 10.10 -
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra -
The Maori High 5 -
The Joe Harriott Quintet -
Sheila Buxton -
Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band -
Saturday 26th May 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.00 -
The Ivor Raymonde Singers
ATV The Winifred Atwell show 5.35 -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
John Leyton -
The Temperance Seven
Mrs Mills
Mark Wynter -
Lyn Cornell
The Flee-
Brad Newman
Guest DJ Kent Walton and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Saturday Bandbox 6.30 -
Adele Leigh
Sunday 27th May 1962
BBC Eartha Kitt True Stories From Daniel part one (this was reviewed the following day as such, but some newspapers have it has David Kossoff reading The Story of Tobias)
Sunday Night At The London Palladium replaced by The Blackpool Tower Circus
Monday 28th May 1962
BBC Hot Ice Special 7.30 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 6.15 -
First semi-
Lou Praeger
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
TWW Discs-
Doug Sheldon -
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
AR The Dickie Henderson Show 9.15 -
Eve Boswell
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.07 -
Wout Steenhuis, Dorita y Pepe
Ulster (possibly) Preview 7.00 -
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Mike Sarne
Tuesday 29th May 1962
BBC (Scotland) The Kilt Is My Delight 6.20 – 6.50 pm
Kenneth McKellar
Bobby Watson
Robin Hall & Jimmie Macgregor
Jim McLeod and his band
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon (his last studio appearance as he will be appearing in a seaside summer show, however he will continue in the show as a 'roving reporter')
Matt Monro
Danny Davis
Granada Swinging Along 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
The Tobert Duo
Wednesday 30th May 1962
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 31st May 1962
BBC Pops And Lenny 5.00 -
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
Donna Douglas
The Mudlarks
BBC The Temperance Seven 6.35 -
AR Up To Date 6.11 -
Sheila Southern & The Eddy Nelson Sextet
AR Dan Farson Meets Tubby Hayes 10.55 -
Friday 1st June 1962
AR Up To Date 6.11 -
Sheila Southern & The Eddy Nelson Sextet
ATV All That Jazz 10.10 -
The Tony Kinsey Quintet -
The Brook Brothers -
Alan Elsdon's Jazzband
The Montoya Sisters -
John Leyton
Mike Sarne
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 2nd June 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.35 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show 7.30 -
Hazel Scott (jazz pianist)
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Joan Regan
Matt Monro
Mickey Ashman s Ragtime Jazz Band
Jimmy Justice
The Alberts
Winifred Atwell
Danny Williams (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Sam Costa and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Saturday Bandbox 6.30 -
The Vernons Girls
ABC This Is Sinatra! 8.25 -
Frank Sinatra at the Royal Festival Hall, London with the Bill Miller Sextet
Introduced by David Jacobs with guests Shirley Bassey, Nelson Riddle, Matt Monro
Goody Goody, Imagination, At Long Last Love, Moonlight In Vermont, chats with audience and introduces band, That Can't Take That Away From Me, All The Way, Chicago, One For My Baby, The Lady Is A Tramp, Ol' Man River, You Make Me Feel So Young, Nancy, Come Fly With Me
ABC Seeing Life 9.30 -
Ronnie Carroll -
The Vernons Girls
The Kevin Kent Four
The Harry Hayward Sextet
Sunday 3rd June 1962
BBC Eartha Kitt True Stories From Daniel part two 6.15 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
The Peter Slade Trio
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Danny Williams
Dorothy Provine (Due to laryngitis she lip-
Monday 4th June 1962
BBC Schools: The Big Time 2.05 -
Promoter Bunny Lewis talks about the pop music world
Jack Good
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 6.15 -
Second semi-
Lou Preager
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
Mark Wynter
(possibly) Doug Sheldon -
TWW Discs-
Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.12 -
content unknown
Tuesday 5th June 1962
BBC Nice N Easy 6.20 -
Janie Marden
The Billy Van Four
Dennis Newey
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Granada Swinging Along 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
The Tobert Duo
Wednesday 6th June 1962
BBC Wednesday Magazine 1.30 -
Eartha Kitt
BBC (Wales) Donald Peers
Tom Jones
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
AR Daniel Farson Meets Danny Williams 9.15 -
Granada Personal Appearance: The Count Basie Orchestra 9.55 -
The Count Basie Orchestra
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
Ocie (O.C.) Smith
Irene Reid
Friday 8th June 1962
BBC (Wales) Donald Peers
Tom Jones
ATV All That Jazz 10.10 -
John Leyton was due to appear but took a filming job in Germany instead
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen -
Eden Kane -
Ronnie Ross Quartet
Haydee
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 9th June 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Suddenly It's Jim 7.00 -
Larry Adler
Adele Leigh
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Helen Shapiro had been booked to appear but had to cancel due to other engagements
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Billy Fury
The Karl Denver Trio
Bert Weedon
The Saints Jazz Band
Don Charles
Carmita
Vince Hill
Guest DJ Ted King and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Saturday Bandbox 6.30 -
no musical guests
ABC Seeing Life 9.30 -
The Lana Sisters
Ronnie Carroll
The Kevin Kent Four
The Harry Heyward Sextet
Sunday 10th June 1962
BBC Eartha Kitt True Stories From Daniel part three 6.15 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Steve Arlen and the Expresso Five
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
The DeCastro Sisters
Monday 11th June 1962 Bank Holiday
BBC The Judy Garland Show 8.00 -
Made by CBS in America
Judy Garland
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest 6.15 -
The final
Lou Preager
Jim Dale
The Barrie Sisters
Stuart Gillies (one of the finalists)
TWW Discs-
The Brook Brothers
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Southern Three of a Kind 11.12 pm – 11.40 pm also on Grampian
Wout Steenhuis, Dorita y Pepe, Peggy Seeger
Tuesday 12th June 1962
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
'Pick A Pop' Peter Elliott
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Matt Monro
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Ulster Roundabout 6.18 -
Rog Whittaker
Granada Swinging Along 7.00 7.30 pm
The show now has two female dancers
Marion Ryan -
The King Brothers
Des O’Connor
The Tobert Duo
Thursday 14th June 1962
BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show 5.00 -
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband
Regular: Ivor Cutler (of Y Hup O.M.P.)
Granada It's A Wonderful World movie with Dennis Lotis, Ted Heath and his music 7.30
-
AR Dan Farson Meets Adam Faith 10.55 -
Friday 15th June 1962
AR Stop -
Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Dancers interpreted the songs, with no actual artists appearing. This was one of the first shows commissioned by the new Head of Light Entertainment Elkan Allan. According to a later review in the Daily Mirror there were many viewer complaints about the show. Four recordings were played.
Referee: Keith Fordyce
American promoter: David Gell
British promoter: Oliver Reed
International Jury Judge: Caterine Millinair
Kenny Lynch
ATV All That Jazz 10.10 -
Tommy Bruce
Lita Roza
Ronnie Scott Quartet
Stan Reynolds and his Music
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 16th June 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.00 -
Winifred Atwell
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Kenny Ball Jazzmen -
Craig Douglas
The Polka Dots
Doug Sheldon -
Carol Deene
Don Neilson
Bobby Vee -
Guest DJ Bill Crozier and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Denny Willis Show 10.20 -
Janie Marden
ABC Saturday Bandbox 7.25 -
content unknown
ABC Seeing Life 9.30 -
Ronnie Carroll
The Kevin Kent Four
The Harry Hayward Sextet
ITN News 10.55 -
Frank Sinatra at the premier of The Manchurian Candidate
Sunday 17th June 1962
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Carole Simpson
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Lisa Kirk with the Four Saints
Monday 18th June 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
TWW Discs-
Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Southern Three Of A Kind 11.12 -
content unknown
Tuesday 19th June 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Joe Brown
Granada Swinging Along 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
The King Brothers
Tobert Duo
Des O'Connor
Wednesday 20th June 1962
BBC Wednesday Magazine 1.30 -
The Folklanders
Bernard Cribbins
AR Let s Twist On The Riviera 9.15 -
Hosted by David Frost
AR Hippodrome 9.57 -
Vivian Blaine
Thursday 21st June 1962
BBC Let's Go! 5.00 -
Talent show
Irving Martin and the M squad (jazz group)
Brian Beaton (Canadian folk singer)
Rich Bono (singer and pianist)
BBC At The Drop Of A Hat 7.55 -
Flanders & Swann
AR Daniel Farson Meets The Temperance Seven 10.55 -
Friday 22nd June 1962
AR Stop -
Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee: Keith Fordyce
American promoter: David Gell
British promoter: Oliver Reed
ATV All That Jazz 10.10 -
The Johnny Dankworth Quintet
Petula Clark
Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen
Rog Whittaker
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 23rd June 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.35 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Shirley Sings And Riddle Swings 8.20 -
Bassey only performed four songs and later complained about the way her set was shot
Shirley Bassey & Nelson Riddle
The Hi Los
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Adam Faith
Bernard Cribbins
Joyce Blair
Ray Ellington Quartet
Danny Williams
Susan Maughan
Tommy Steele
Ronnie Carroll (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Pete Murray and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Denny Willis Show 10.20 -
Ray Ellington
Joan Turner
Janie Marden
ABC Bandbox 7.25 -
content unknown
ABC Seeing Life 9.30 -
Ronnie Carroll
The Kevin Kent Four
The Harry Hayward Sextet
Sunday 24th June 1962
BBC Sunday Night Play: Member of the Family 8.45 -
The play was especially written for Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Helen Shapiro
The Dallas Boys
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.35 pm -
content unknown
Monday 25th June 1962
BBC Blue Peter 5.00 -
(possibly) Steve Benbow
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Steve Benbow
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
The Viscounts
Granada One Man s Music 10.10 -
Cleo Laine learns 104 songs for the series. The arranger is David Lee, composer of Peter Sellers’ hits Goodness Gracious Me and Bangers and Mash.
The songs of Jerome Kern
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Southern Sweet 'n' Sour 11.12 -
Music provided by Art Jones and his Quintet
Ulster (possibly) Roundabout 6.18 -
Rog Whittaker
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.12 -
The Art Jones Trio
Tuesday 26th June 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Don Charles
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Steve Benbow
Wednesday 27th June 1962
BBC (Scotland) Music Of The Gael 10.10 -
The Albion Singers
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Christine Campbell
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Steve Benbow
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
ATV Startime 9.45 -
Alma Cogan
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen -
Frank Ifield
Grampian Mantovani 11.17 -
Mantovani
Thursday 28th June 1962
BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show 5.00 -
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband
Ivor Cutler -
Adge Cutler
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Steve Benbow
AR Daniel Farson Meets Matt Monro 10.55 -
Matt Monro -
Friday 29th June 1962
AR Stop -
General knowledge quiz hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Steve Benbow
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Pop record contest
Referee: Keith Fordyce
American promoter: David Gell
British promoter: Oliver Reed
ATV All That Jazz 10.10 -
Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson
Joe Brown and his Bruvvers
Harry Klein Quartet
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Saturday 30th June 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Los Paraguayos 10.45 -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Recorded in Morecambe
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
contents unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Broadcast from the South Pier at Blackpool
Petula Clark
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Terry Lightfoot and His Jazzmen -
The Kaye Sisters -
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.50 pm -
The Freemen
Sheila Southern
Sunday 1st July 1962
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
includes This Twist Craze, comments by Larry Adler
ATV Bernard Delfont's Sunday Show 8.25 -
Recorded at Chipperfield's Circus
content unknown
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.35 pm -
content unknown
Monday 2nd July 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Granada One Man's Music 10.10 -
The songs of Hoagy Charmichael
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Tuesday 3rd July 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
The Viscounts
History of Jazz introduced by Bob Wallis
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Anita Harris
Wednesday 4th July 1962
BBC The Singing Summers 8.45 -
A summer version of The Singing Years
Singers -
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
John Leyton
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Antonio Navarro
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Thursday 5th July 1962
BBC Dark Pilgrimage 9.25 -
An opera with jazz group featuring Shake Keane, Joe Harriott, Coleridge Goode, Thomas Jones, Mike McKenzie
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Carmita
Granada Josh White Sings 6.45 -
AR Dan Farson Meets Paddy Roberts 10.55 -
Paddy Roberts -
Friday 6th July 1962
AR Stop -
Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Liza Page
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee: Keith Fordyce
American promoter: David Gell
British promoter: Oliver Reed
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Each edition starts with a silent Keystone Kops style sketch with comedian guest Billy Baxter
Lonnie Donegan -
Miki & Griff
The Kestrels
Saturday 7th July 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 7.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Saturday Show 7.55 -
Recorded at the Norbreck Hydro, Blackpool
Yana
David Hughes
Eddie Calvert and the C Men
BBC Twist! Music With A Beat 10.45 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
Don Lang and His Twisters
Tony Osborne & The Mellowmen
Petula Clark
The Viscounts
Twist contest -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Broadcast from the Winter Gardens, Morecambe
Anne Shelton
The Polka Dots
Jill Day
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen -
The Beverley Sisters -
Sunday 8th July 1962
BBC The Temperance Seven 5.55 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The Ronnie Ross Quartet
ATV Bernard Delfont's Sunday Show: The Steele Hour 8.25 -
Tommy Steele
The Raindrops
Jeannie Carson -
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.45 pm -
Wilf Todd and his trio
Marion Keene
The Dave Lee Quartet
Monday 9th July 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Rosemary Squires
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Granada One Man's Music 10.10 -
The songs of Noel Coward
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth -
AR Festival Of The City Of London 11.15 pm -
Tommy Steele
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.12 -
content unknown
Tuesday 10th July 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Sheila Matthews
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee: Keith Fordyce
American promoter: David Gell
British promoter: Oliver Reed
Wednesday 11th July 1962
BBC Barn Dance 7.05 -
Hosted by Brian Redhead
Regulars: The Liverpool Spinners
The Four Barry Sisters -
Billy Millar & The Cheviot Ranters
The John Peel Dancers
BBC The Singing Summers 8.45 -
Elizabeth Larner
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Joe Brown
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Ray Ellington
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Granada Personal Appearance: Bing Crosby & Bob Hope 9.45 -
Bing Crosby
Pete Fountain and His Group
The Smothers Brothers
Edie Adams -
Gary Crosby
Thursday 12th July 1962
BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show 5.00 -
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband
Ivor Cutler
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Tubby Hayes
Granada Josh White Sings 6.45 -
Josh White and Josh White Jr
AR Dan Farson Meets Joe Brown 10.55 -
Joe Brown -
Friday 13th July 1962
AR Stop -
Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
June Marlow
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Regulars: Marion Ryan, Pete Murray
Frank Ifield
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
Miki & Griff
The Kestrels
Saturday 14th July 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Saturday Show 7.00 -
The Hi Los
BBC Twist! Music With A Beat 10.50 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
Don Lang and His Twisters
Tony Osborne & The Mellowmen
Eden Kane
The Brook Brothers
Twist contest -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
From Prestatyn Holiday Camp
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Broadcast from the Orlion, Cleverlys
Frank Ifield
The Martin Sisters
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.30 -
Alex Welsh and His Jazzband -
The Beverley Sisters -
Sunday 15th July 1962
ABC The Sunday Break: Violence 6.15 -
songs by Allen Klein
ATV Bernard Delfont Sunday Show: The Great All-
Introduced by Jo Stafford
The Polka Dots
Monday 16th July 1962
BBC Like Jazz 6.20 -
Hosted by Alan Dell
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Granada One Man's Music 10.10 -
The songs of George Gershwin
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Grampian Top Team 10.10 -
The Forres Group (winners of Inverurie musical society's competition)
AR Festival of the City of London: In Praise of Wine 11.15 -
Dennis Lotis
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.12 -
content unknown
Tuesday 17th July 1962
Tyne Tees One O'Clock Show
Joe Brown
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee Drew Russell
British promoter Oliver Reed
American promoter David Gell
Guest of the week Maureen Evans
Wednesday 18th July 1962
BBC Barn Dance 7.05 -
The Four Barry Sisters
The Liverpool Spinners
BBC The Singing Summers 8.45 -
Pip Hinton
Andy Cole
BBC (Scotland) Music of the Gael10.15 -
The Albion Singers
George Clavely
BBC Light and Shade 10.30 -
Vierra
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
'Pick A Pop' with Steve Arlen
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Thursday 19th July 1962
AR Roving Report 6.20 -
Meet The Pirates
A report on the Denmark pirate radio ship which was about to go off air.
Friday 20th July 1962
AR Stop -
Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
This was Marion Ryan s 200th show. The Yorkshire cricketer Freddie Truman helped celebrate with a personal appearance on the show and presented her with a tiny autographed cricket bat. His subsequent late arrival at the team hotel at 3am led to a missed early morning call, which in turn led to him being dropped from the side that day
Marion Ryan
Johnny Grey’s Band
Joe Brown
plus Pete Murray
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
Miki & Griff
The Kestrels
Saturday 21st July 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Saturday Show 7.00 -
Semprini
BBC Twist! Music With A Beat 10.50 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
Don Lang and His Twisters
Tony Osborne & The Mellowmen
Helen Shapiro
Mike Sarne & Wendy (Richards)
Sandu Scott
Twist contest -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Broadcast from the Pavilion, Rhyl
The Kaye Sisters
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Mr Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazzband -
The Beverley Sisters -
Sunday 22nd July 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Show 8.15 -
Cy Grant
ATV About Religion 7.00 -
The first in a series of plays written for the new Coventry Cathedral
Music by John Barry
ATV The Roy Castle Show 8.25 -
Janie Marden
The Polka Dots
Southern Mantovani 11.05 -
Monday 23rd July 1962
Both BBC and ITV show programming that was either sent or received via Telstar
BBC Like Jazz 6.20 -
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Granada One Man's Music 10.25 -
The songs of Cole Porter
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Grampian Top Team 10.25 -
The Forres Group
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.22 -
Pip Hinton
Tuesday 24th July 1962
Tyne Tees One O'Clock Show
The Brook Brothers
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
British promoter Oliver Reed
American promoter David Gell
Needle Match guest of the week Ronnie Carroll
Wednesday 25th July 1962
BBC Barn Dance 7.05 -
The Four Barry Sisters
The Liverpool Spinners
BBC The Singing Summers 8.45 -
Pip Hinton etc
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Thursday 26th July 1962
BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show 5.00 -
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband
Ivor Cutler
Friday 27th July 1962
AR Stop -
Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan, Pete Murray
Paul McDowell (The Temperance Seven)
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
Miki & Griff
The Kestrels
Saturday 28th July 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.35 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Saturday Show 7.35 -
Michael Holliday
Sheila Buxton
BBC Twist! Music With A Beat 10.30 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
Don Lang and His Twisters
Tony Osborne & The Mellowmen
The Polka Dots
Kenny Lynch
Carole Deene
Twist contest -
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Stars from the summer shows
Janie Marden
Stubby Kaye
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Mike Cotton Jazzband -
Susan Maughan -
Sunday 29th July 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Choir -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Colin James
ATV The Award Show 8.25 -
An awards show held in conjunction with the Daily Mirror
Cliff Richard and The Shadows
Adele Leigh
Monday 30th July 1962
BBC The Black and White Minstrels Highlights 8.05 -
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Granada One Man's Music 10.10 -
The songs of Duke Ellington
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth -
Grampian Music In The Gloaming 10.10 -
The Johnny Scott Quartet
The Cliff Jordan Singers
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.12 -
Pip HInton
Tuesday 31st July 1962
BBC Los Paraguayos 10.05 -
Introduced by Viera
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
History of Jazz with Bob Wallis and the Storyville Jazzmen
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee Keith Fordyce
Barry Barnett
Wednesday 1st August 1962
BBC Barn Dance 7.05 -
The Four Barry Sisters
The Liverpool Spinners
BBC The Singing Summers 8.45 -
Elizabeth Larner
BBC (Scotland) Music Of The Gael 10.15 -
The Albion Singers
BBC Like Jazz 10.30 -
Probably moved to later in the evening to co-
Mr Acker Bilk
ATV The Story Of Trad 9.45 -
The story of traditional jazz as told by George Melly in conversation with racing driver Stirling Moss. It made joint seventeen in the network TAM ratings for that week
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
George Melly
Bob Wallis and The Storyville Jazzmen
Monty Sunshine's Jazzband
Beryl Bryden
George Webb
Acker Bilk -
Ken Colyer
Granada West End
The Temperance Seven
Caterina Valente
Bobby Van
Alan King
Friday 3rd August 1962
BBC Matt Monro Sings His Kind Of Songs 7.15 -
AR Stop -
Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan, Pete Murray, Johnny Grey's Band of the Day
Barry Barnett
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
Miki & Griff
The Kestrels
Saturday 4th August 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Saturday Show 7.00 -
Rog Whittaker
Stubby Kaye
BBC Twist! Music With A Beat 10.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
Don Lang and His Twisters
Tony Osborne & The Mellowmen
Alma Cogan
Jimmy Justice
Twist contest -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
From Southport
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Sheila Southern
Earl and Vaughan
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Chris Barber Jazzband -
Chris Barber Jazzband and Ottilie Patterson -
The Beverley Sisters -
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.50 -
The Gale Boys
Pat Lorenz
Sunday 5th August 1962
BBC Like Jazz 2.55 -
Chris Barber & Ottile Patterson
BBC The George Mitchell Singers -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The Steve Race Trio
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show: You’ll See Stars 8.25 -
Excerpts from You'll See Stars from Blackpool
Nina and Frederick
Monday 6th August 1962 Bank Holiday
BBC The Big Parade 8.15 -
Alvino Ray and his talking guitar
Norrie Paramour and his Recording Orchestra
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Countrymen
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Granada One Man's Music 10.10 -
The songs of Irving Berlin
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.132 -
Pip Hinton
Tuesday 7th August 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Elaine Delmar
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee Keith Fordyce with Wally Whyton and David Gell
Needle Match Guest of the Week -
Records played Georgia Brown -
Scottish Studio Downbeat
Ricky Valance -
Wednesday 8th August 1962
BBC Barn Dance 7.05 -
The Four Barry Sisters
The Liverpool Spinners
BBC The Golden Rose 9.25 -
Sweden's winning entry: Cascade
Eartha Kitt -
also includes a version of Underneath The Arches in Swedish
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Brook Brothers
Thursday 9th August 1962
BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show 5.00 -
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband
Ivor Cutler
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Beryl Bryden
AR Dan Farson Meets Dudley Moore 10.55 -
Friday 10th August 1962
BBC Matt Monro Sings His Kind of Songs 7.15 -
AR Holiday Music 5.00 -
Barbara Brown
The Ted Taylor Four
Joe Brown
Eden Kane
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Eric Delaney
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan, Pete Murray
Jet Harris & The Jet Blacks
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
Miki & Griff
The Kestrels
Saturday 11th August 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records played -
BBC Twist! Music With A Beat 10.40 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
Don Lang and His Twisters -
Susan Maughan -
Tony Osborne & The Mellowmen -
Mike Berry -
Don Lang and His Twisters -
Twist contest -
Susan Maughan -
Tony Osborne & The Mellowmen -
Ronnie Carroll -
Don Lang and His Twisters -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
From Skegness
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Bert Weedon -
Eve Boswell -
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
The Clyde Valley Stompers -
The Beverley Sisters -
ABC Music For Dreaming (not listed in newspapers)
The Kentones
Jeanne Lambe
Sunday 12th August 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Choir -
ITV You'll Never Believe It 5.35 -
Larry Adler
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Valerie Mountain
ATV Barnard Delfont’s Sunday Show: A Show Of Steele 8.25 -
Complaints were made about Steele lip synching to existing recordings
Tommy Steele -
Monday 13th August 1962
BBC Like Jazz 6.20 -
Chris Barber & Ottilie Patterson
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
AR Here and Now 6.45 -
Steve Race
TWW Discs-
Mike Cotton Jazzmen (the band begin a residency)
Granada One Man's Music 10.10 -
The songs of Richard Rodgers
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Grampian Music In The Gloaming 10.10 -
The Johnny Scott Quartet
Tuesday 14th August 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
History of Jazz with Bob Wallis
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
AR Needle Time 7.00 -
Referee Keith Fordyce
British promoter Wally Whyton
American promoter David Gell
Guest of the week Tim Connor
Wednesday 15th August 1962
BBC Barn Dance 7.05 -
The Four Barry Sisters
The Liverpool Spinners
BBC (Scotland) Music of the Gael 10.20 -
Carol Galbraith and the Albion Singers
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
ATV Startime 9.15 -
Alma Cogan
Dave King
The Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Thursday 16th August 1962
BBC Let's Go 5.00 -
The Eagles
The Alvin Roy Jazz Band
BBC (Scotland) Home In Aberdeen 6.35 -
Anne and Laura Brand
Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor
AR Dan Farson Meets Mike Sarne 10.55 -
Mike Sarne -
Friday 17th August 1962
BBC Big Band Concert 6.55 -
AR Holiday Music 5.00 -
Barbara Brown
Ted Taylor Four
Ronnie Carroll
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan, Pete Murray
Suzy Cope
AR Twenties Rhythm 10.10 -
This was intended to be ‘The Dorothy Provine Show’, recorded when the American star was in the country earlier in the year to appear on Sunday Night at the London Palladium, but she contracted laryngitis, so had to cancel the special. This show features other material recorded for the show.
Hosted by Pete Murray
Dickie Valentine
Susan Maughan
The Kaye Sisters
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Saturday 18th August 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.35 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Starlight Rendezvous 7.35 -
Dickie Valentine
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Tessie O'Shea
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Eric Delaney and his Band -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson -
ABC Music For Dreaming 10.50 -
content unknown
Sunday 19th August 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Choir -
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show: The Roy Castle Show 8.25 -
Chris Barber and Ottilie Patterson
Dickie Valentine
Monday 20th August 1962
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Granada One Man's Music 10.10 -
The songs of Harold Arlen
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth -
Grampian Music In The Gloaming 10.10 -
The Johnny Scott Quartet
June Shields
The Cliff Jordan Singers
Anne Macdearmid
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.12 -
Pip Hinton
Tuesday 21st August 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee Keith Fordyce
British promoter Wally Whyton
American promoter David Gell
Guest of the week Kenny Lynch
Wednesday 22nd August 1962
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Thursday 23rd August 1962
BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show 5.00 -
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband
A J Cutler (presumably Adge Cutler)
AR A Touch of the Sun 7.30 -
AR Daniel Farson Meets Joe Brown Again 10.55 -
ATV The Denny Willis Show 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Friday 24th August 1962
AR Holiday Music 5.00 -
Penny Allen
Ted Taylor Four
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan, Pete Murray
Shane Fenton -
AR The Dickie Valentine Show 10.10 -
Dickie Valentine
Susan Maughan
Glen Mason
Paula Watson
Saturday 25th August 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Saturday Show 7.00 -
Toni Eden
Hazel Scott
Toni Eden
BBC The Saturday Film: New Orleans 1947 movie with Louis Armstrong 7.40 -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
George Chisholm's Jazz Gang -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson -
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.50 -
content unknown
Sunday 26th August 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Choir -
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 2.45 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Carole Simpson
The Brian Dee Trio
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.25 -
Lena Martell
Alex Welsh Band
Monday 27th August 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Judith Silver
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
TWW Discs-
Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Tuesday 28th August 1962
BBC Like Jazz 8.00 -
Acker Bilk
BBC The Bob Hope Show 8.15 -
Joannie Sommers
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Dorothy Squires
Ronnie Carroll
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee Keith Fordyce
Guest of the week Peter Gordeno
British promoter Don Moss
American promoter David Gell
Wednesday 29th August 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC (Scotland) Music Of The Gael 10.30 -
content unknwon
BBC (Northern Ireland) Band Date
The Earl Gill Showband
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Matt Monro
Thursday 30th August 1962
AR Daniel Farson Meets Mike MacKenzie 10.55 -
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Lita Roza
Grampian Music In The Gloaming 10.40 -
Dennis Clancy, Johnny Scott Quartet, Cliff Jordan Singers
ATV The Denny Willis Show 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Friday 31st August 1962
AR Holiday Music 5.00 -
Barbara Brown
Ted Taylor Four
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Forrie Cairns & The Clansmen
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan, Pete Murray
Kenny Lynch
ATV The Shadows Show 10.10 -
The show reaches number seventeen in the network TAM ratings for that week
The Shadows -
Cliff Richard -
Frank Ifield -
Scottish Studio Downbeat
Fifth anniversary show
Jet Harris
Kenny Lynch
Kenneth McKellar -
Fiona Duncan -
Joan Summers They Call Me Mimi, There's A Place For Us
The Merrytones
Saturday 1st September 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Starlight Rendezvous 7.00 -
Dickie Valentine
The Countrymen
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
From Bridlington, Yorkshire
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
The Springfields
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Humphrey Lyttelton and his Jazzband
Lita Roza -
Sunday 2nd September 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Choir -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Tubby Hayes Quintet
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show: Some Of Steele 8.25 -
Tommy Steele
Monday 3rd September 1962
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.12 -
content unknown
Tuesday 4th September 1962
BBC Presenting Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra 8.15 -
Danny Williams -
BBC Plain Song And All That Jazz 10.25 -
Hosted by Alex and Rory McEwan from the Edinburgh International Festival
Carolyn Hester
Dick Farina
George Melly
Al Fairweather
Sandy Brown All Stars
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
'Pick A Pop'
Russ Sainty
Maureen Evans
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee Jim Dale
British promoter Don Moss
American promoter David Gell
Julie Grant
Wednesday 5th September 1967
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Thursday 6th September 1962
BBC Let's Go 5.00 -
The Barron Knights
Grampian Music In The Gloaming 10.40 -
Evelyn Henry
AR Dan Farson Meets Alma Cogan 10.55 11.10 pm
Alma Cogan -
Friday 7th September 1962
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Maureen Evans
AR Holiday Music 5.00 -
Barbara Brown
Ted Taylor Four
Louise Cordet
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan, Pete Murray
Tsai Chin
ATV The Chubby Checker Show 10.10 -
The Brook Brothers and The Red Price Orchestra were supporting Checker on his current UK tour.
Chubby Checker -
The Brook Brothers – Don’t Ever Change, Welcome Home Baby
Valerie Masters -
The Red Price Orchestra
Saturday 8th September 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.30 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.20 -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows – It’ll Be Me, What Is There To Say
Russ Conway
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Ronnie Carroll
Donna Douglas
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Alex Welsh and his band -
Janie Marden -
Sunday 9th September 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Choir -
ABC The Sunday Break: No Jobs For The Boys 6.15 -
Joe Brown and His Bruvvers
ATV Bernard Delfont's Sunday Show 8.25 -
Eartha Kitt
Wout Steenhuis
Monday 10th September 1962
BBC Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill 11.00 -
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.12 -
content unknown
Tuesday 11th September 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
History of jazz with Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen
AR Needle Match 7.00 -
Referee: Keith Fordyce
British promoter: Don Moss
American promoter: David Gell
Needle Match Guest -
Wednesday 12th September 1962
AR Do You Come Here Often? The Story of Dancing: From The Waltz to the Twist 9.45 10.45 pm
Introduced by Mike Sarne
Thursday 13th September 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.05 -
Adam Faith
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Bobby Vinton
AR The Gay Dog movie with Petula Clark 7.30 -
AR Meet With David Gell...Len Peters 10.55 -
Due to be a part of the Dan Farson Meets series
Len Peters would later be half of Peters and Lee
Len Peters with Le Migils Instrumental Group
Grampian Music In The Gloaming 10.40 -
content unknown
Friday 14th September 1962
WWN -
AR Holiday Music 5.00 -
Barbara Brown
Ted Taylor Four
Eden Kane
ATV Melody and Rhythm 10.10 -
Danny Williams
The Springfields
Susan Maughan
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Saturday 15th September 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Starlight Rendezvous 10.10 -
Dickie Valentine
The De Lane Sisters
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
The Dallas Boys
Valerie Masters
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Mike Cotton Jazzmen -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson -
Sunday 16th September 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Choir -
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Shirley Bassey
Sugar Ray Robinson (singing)
Monday 17th September 1962
TWW Discs-
First anniversary edition
Eden Kane
Russ Sainty
Grampian Sweet and Sour 11.122 -
content unknown
Tuesday 18th September 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
Westward Spin Along
Eden Kane
ITV Max Bygraves in Roamin' Holiday 7.00 -
Wednesday 19th September 1962
BBC Adam Faith 7.30 -
Adam Faith -
The Roulettes
The Kestrels
Helen Shapiro -
Adam Faith & Helen Shapiro -
Chance Gordon (singer)
BBC Z Cars 8.00 -
On Watch -
David Jones (future Monkee) as Boy Footballer
ATV Lunch Box
Eden Kane
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Kenny Lynch
AR Meet with David Gell...Ronnie Carroll & Millicent Martin 11.00 -
Daniel Farson was due to interview, but had to go to hospital, so David Gell takes over for a few shows
Border Beat in the Border (first in second series)
Russ Sainty
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Thursday 20th September 1962
Grampian Music In The Gloaming 7.30 -
Tommy Wright (singer)
Granada Cleo Laine Sings 10.45 -
Cleo Laine with Johnny Dankworth and his band
Southern Personal Call 10.45 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Friday 21st September 1962
AR Strike A Chord 5.00 -
In each show songs will be linked by a theme
The Laurie Jay Combo
ATV Winning Widows 9.15 -
Pete Murray
The Springfields
Scottish Downbeat
Eden Kane
Saturday 22nd September 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.25 -
Russ Conway
Alma Cogan
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
ABC Holiday Time Parade 6.15 -
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Yana
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show -
Jack Parnell & His Debonaires -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson -
Sunday 23rd September 1962
BBC The George Mitchell Choir 8.15 -
ABC Sing Along With Mrs Mils (the first of 26 weekly shows)
This was a sequel to Sing Along With Joe as Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson didn't re-
Regular guests -
Mrs Mills
ITV You'd Never Believe It 5.35 -
Tim Briton looks at jazz
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The Countrymen
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan
Cleo Laine
Monday 24th September 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Tyne Tees One O'Clock Show
Eden Kane
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
Mark Wynter
Billy Boyle
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Southern A Handful of Songs 11.12 -
Hosted by Rosemary Squires
Tuesday 25th September 1962
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Mark Wynter -
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
History of Jazz with Bob Wallis
Eden Kane
ITV Max Bygraves in Roamin' Holiday 7.00 -
Wednesday 26th September 1962
BBC Adam Faith 7.30 -
Adam Faith
The Roulettes
The Kestrels
Cloda Rodgers -
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Mark Wynter
Southern Personal Call 6.40 -
Ronnie Aldrich
ATV Val Parnell's Star Time 9.45 -
Petula Clark
Ronnie Carroll
Barbara McNair
AR Meet Eve Boswell 11.00 -
Eve Boswell -
Granada Cleo Laine Sings 11.10 -
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Grampian Mantovani 11.32 -
Thursday 27th September 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.00 -
Eden Kane
Southern Day By Day 6.10-
Mark Wynter -
Friday 28th September 1962
AR Strike A Chord 5.00 -
The Laurie Jay Combo
Saturday 29th September 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Saturday Show 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
The Four Barry Sisters
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The format changes by dropping the debut acts. The show barely resembles the TV Times listing as Dion, Billy Fury, The Karl Denver Trio who were pencilled in didn't appear. Denver had been involved in a car crash recently.
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Mike Sarne and Billie Davis
Chris Barber and his Jazzband
Petula Clark
Chubby Checker (a pre-
Mark Wynter
The Tornados
Guest DJ Alan Freeman and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV Bruce s Show 8.25 -
Harry Secombe
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.00 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
The Platters
Sunday 30th September 1962
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The Don Rendell Quintet
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
The show has a new producer Alan Tarrant
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Frank Ifield
Ferrante and Teicher
ABC Armchair Theatre 9.35 -
Afternoon of a Nymph
Music by Bill le Sage
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.35 pm -
content unknown
Monday 1st October 1962
Anglia Monday Date 1.33 -
Mike Sarne
TWW Discs-
Mark Wynter -
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
Kenny Lynch
Southern A Handful of Songs 11.25 -
Hosted by Rosemary Squires
Tuesday 2nd October 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
WWN Moment For Melody 6.56 -
content unknown
Wednesday 3rd October 1962
BBC Adam Faith 7.00 -
Adam Faith
The Roulettes -
The Kestrels
Ian Patterson
BBC Zero One 9.30 -
Jeannie Carson (singer with an acting role)
AR Meet Jet Harris 11.00 -
Interviewed by David Gell
Jet Harris and The Jetblacks -
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 4th October 1962
BBC Eartha Kitt reads The Happy Lion 5.00 -
Reads a story
Granada Cleo Laine Sings 10.45 -
Westward Meet Ronnie Carroll & Millicent Martin 10.45 -
Southern Personal Call 10.45 -
Ronnie Aldrich
Friday 5th October 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Chubby Checker
AR Strike A Chord 5.00 -
The Laurie Jay Combo
Scottish Studio Downbeat
Tony Rocco -
Saturday 6th October 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
No guests of interest in this edition
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Sam Cooke turned down an offer to appear, offering him their top appearance rate of 200
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen -
Craig Douglas
Eden Kane
The Spotnicks
The Vernons Girls -
Freddy/Freddie Cannon
Guest DJ Kent Walton and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 6.30 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Dorothy MacTavish
The Aberdeen Arlon Singers
Jack Sinclair & His Band with Dave McIntosh
ATV Bruce s Show 8.25 -
Ray Ellington
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.00 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
The Platters
Sunday 7th October 1962
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
ABC Tempo 2.25 -
Black Nativity (gospel music)
Marion Williams, Alex Bradford, Princess Stewart, The Stars of Faith, The Bradford Singers
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
Glen Mason
Dennis Lotis
ABC The Sunday Break: The Borstal Boys 6.15 -
Alan Klein
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Max Bygraves
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
The DeLaine Sisters
ABC Music For Dancing 11.35 pm -
The Kentones
Pat Lorenz
Monday 8th October 1962
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
Mike Cotton Jazzband
Jeannie Lambe
Jess Conrad
Mark Tracey
Southern A Handful of Songs 11.12 -
Hosted by Rosemary Squires
Tuesday 9th October 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
History of Jazz with Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen
Bert Weedon (who returns to the show after four months in summer season)
Wednesday 10th October 1962
BBC Adam Faith 7.30 -
Adam Faith
The Roulettes
The Kestrels
Chris Barber & Ottilie Patterson
Cloda Rodgers
Granada West End 9.45 -
Produced by an American it featured five American acts
Della Reese
AR Meet Lionel Bart With David Gell 11.00 -
Davy Jones (future Monkee) -
Graziana Frame -
Border Beat In The Border
Del Shannon -
Buzz Clifford -
John Alford of The Allisons
Thursday 11th October 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.00 -
Pinky and Perky
Granada Cleo Laine Sings 10.45 -
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
Channel Meet Eve Boswell 10.45 -
Friday 12th October 1962
BBC Brock Peters 10.35 -
sings spirituals
AR Strike A Chord 5.00 -
The Laurie Jay Combo
ATV Winning Widows 9.15 -
Pete Murray
Saturday 13th October 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Saturday Show 7.15 -
The Springfields
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Chubby Checker was pencilled in
Hosted by Brian Matthew
John Leyton -
Clinton Ford -
Dion -
Little Richard -
Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen -
Marion Ryan No Love But Your Love
Guest DJ Jimmy Savile and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV Bruce s Show 8.25 -
content unknown
ABC The Avengers: The Decapod 10.00 -
The Dave Lee Trio
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.15 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
Barbara McNair
Sunday 14th October 1962
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Johnny Halliday
Monday 15th October 1962
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
According to The Stage the show was "providing new and novel sounds by a rather unorthodox
use of both instruments and musical arrangements". Hosted by Reg Barrett-
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
TWW Here Today 6.43 -
Nat Russell
The Dave Lee Trio
TWW Discs-
Mike Cotton and His Jazzmen
Russ Sainty -
Christine Quaite -
Southern A Handful of Songs 11.12 -
Hosted by Rosemary Squires
Tuesday 16th October 1962
BBC The Dick Powell Show: The Legend 8.25 -
Sammy Davis Jr plays an ex-
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Wednesday 17th October 1962
BBC Adam Faith 7.30 -
Adam Faith
Adam Faith and Tsai Chin -
The Roulettes
The Kestrels
Tsai Chin
Granada People And Places 6.35 -
The Beatles -
TWW Here Today 6.43 -
Nat Russell
The Dave Lee Trio
AR Take Four 8.56 -
The first in a series of films which will use appropriate scenes to illustrate a pop hit. Compiled by Charles Squires.
contents unknown
AR Kingsley Amis Goes Pop 11.00 -
Billy Fury, Larry Parnes
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 18th October 1962
BBC Eartha Kitt reads the Happy Lion Roars 5.00 5.10 pm
WWN Moment For Melody 6.56 -
content unknown
Friday 19th October 1962
AR Strike A Chord 5.00 -
The Laurie Jay Combo
TWW Here Today 6.43 -
Nat Russell
The Dave Lee Trio
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
ATV Winning Widows 9.15 -
Craig Douglas makes a guest appearance in this comedy
Saturday 20th October 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
John Leyton
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Brook Brothers
The Eric Delaney Band
The Karl Denver Trio
Johnny de Little
Susan Maughan
Marty Wilde
Danny Williams
Lionel Blair and His Madison Girls -
Guest DJ Don Moss and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 6.30 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
ATV Bruce s Show 8.25 -
Roy Castle
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
The DeCastro Sisters
Sunday 21st October 1962
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 0 8.10 pm
Eddie Calvert
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
BBC The Johnny Darling Show 10.10 -
Anthony Newley Special
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
Glen Mason
Dennis Lotis
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Maureen Stobie
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Pat Boone -
The Everly Brothers
The Kaye Sisters -
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.30 pm -
Jeannie Lambe
The Dale Boys
Monday 22nd October 1962
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Southern A Handful of Songs 11.02 -
Hosted by Rosemary Squires
Tuesday 23rd October 1962
BBC This Is Your Life: Cleo Laine 7.55 -
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Ketty Lester
Wednesday 24th October 1962
BBC Wednesday Magazine 1.30 -
Pat Boone
BBC Adam Faith 7.30 -
Adam Faith
The Roulettes
The Kestrels
Dilys Watling
BBC Amalia Sings 10.45 -
Portuguese singer Amalia Rodrigues
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Eden Kane
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
AR Kingsley Amis Goes Pop 11.00 -
Vera Lynn
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 25th October 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.00 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Dany Clare
AR What The Public Wants 11.12 -
The Tubby Hayes Quintet
Friday 26th October 1962
BBC Pops And Lennie 5.00 -
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
The Springfields
The Avons
AR Strike A Chord 5.00 -
The Laurie Jay Combo
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Polka Dots
WWN Moment for Melody 6.56 -
content unknown
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Saturday 27th October 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.30 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show 7.15 -
The Kaye Sisters
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Frank Ifield
The Temperance Seven
Jess Conrad
The Avons
Buzz Clifford
Ketty Lester
Guest DJ Pete Murray and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV Bruce s Show 8.25 -
Adele Leigh
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 pm -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
Sunday 28th October 1962
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
Glen Mason
Dennis Lotis
ATV Fireball XL-
end song by Don Spencer
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Jill and Terry
ABC Music for Dreaming 11.30 pm -
The Freemen
Marion Keene
Monday 29th October 1962
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Jerry Loughran
WWN Moment for Melody 6.56 -
content unknown
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Southern A Handful of Songs 11.02 -
Hosted by Rosemary Squires
Tuesday 30th October 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Kathy Kirby
WWN Moment For Melody 6.56 -
content unknown
Wednesday 31st October 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Rose Brennan
WWN Moment For Melody 6.56 -
content unknown
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
AR Kingsley Amis Goes Pop 11.00 -
Cleo Laine
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 1st November 1962
BBC Eartha Kitt reads Three Happy Lions 5.00 -
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Kestrals
TWW Moment For Melody 6.56 -
content unknown
AR What The Public Wants 11.12 -
The Tubby Hayes Quintet
Friday 2nd November 1962
BBC Pops And Lenny 5.00 -
Eden Kane House to Let
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers -
The Avons -
Finale ensemble -
Granada People And Places 6.30 -
The Beatles -
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Brook Brothers
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Saturday 3rd November 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Russ Conway
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Acker Bilk was booked to appear, but cancelled due to work commitments in the USA
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Bobby Vee & The Crickets
The Flee-
Mark Wynter
Eve Boswell
Ronnie Carroll
Guest DJ Jimmy Henney and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC The Avengers: The Removal Men 10.05 -
The Dave Lee Trio
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
Tito Puente
WWN Moment for Melody 11.46 pm -
Sunday 4th November 1962
BBC The Royal Variety Show 7.25 -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Frank Ifield
Rosemary Clooney
Eartha Kitt & Harry Secombe -
Edmondo Ros
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
WWN Winifred Atwell 5.45 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Peter Elliott
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.30 pm -
content unknown
Monday 5th November 1962
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Anita Harris
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 8.30 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Will Starr
Tuesday 6th November 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous
Bert Weedon
Southern Day By Day
Andy Cole
Wednesday 7th November 1962
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
AR Kingsley Amis Goes Pop 9.15 -
The Madison with Eric Morley
ITV The Bob Hope Show 9.45 -
Bing Crosby
Les Brown and His Band of Renown
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Southern Day By Day
Sheila Mathews
Thursday 8th November 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.00 -
content unknown
BBC It's A Square World 8.45 -
features a Juke Box Jury spoof with panellists Carole Carr, Jack Payne, Jimmy Henney, Sylvia Sims
David Hughes
BBC Miss World 9.30 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Joyce Blair
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
Southern Handful of Songs 10.45 -
Rosemary Squires
AR What The Public Wants 11.12 -
Tubby Hayes (three of Hayes' regular band were aboard for the first edition of the show)
Friday 9th November 1962
BBC Pops And Lennie 5.00 -
Craig Douglas -
The Brook Brothers -
The Avons -
ensemble -
ATV The Dave King Show 8.30 -
Dave King
Joe Brown and His Bruvvers
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Valerie Masters
Saturday 10th November 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show 9.01 -
The Raindrops
Edmund Hockridge
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent (singing King Of Fools), The Flee-
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Matt Monro -
Shane Fenton and The Fentones -
The Viscounts -
Carole Deene -
The Mike Cotton Jazzmen -
Ken Kirkham -
Sam Cooke -
Guest DJ Kent Walton and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros and his orchestra and singers
Haydee and the Mambo Aces
Sunday 11th November 1962
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers with Jeannie Lambe -
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
Glen Mason
Dennis Lotis
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Eddie Calvert and the C Men
Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane
ABC Armchair Theatre: Thank You and Goodnight 9.35 -
A young woman finds herself in a train compartment with a pop singer (possibly Ian McShane)
Monday 12th November 1962
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 8.30 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Tuesday 13th November 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
History of Jazz with Bob Wallis
WWN Moment For Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
Wednesday 14th November 1962
Grampian Guitar for Two 8.56 -
Elizabeth Shand and Charles Mair
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
AR Kingsley Amis Goes Pop 9.15 -
Bobby Vee with The Crickets
AR The Superb Patrice Munsell and Friends 10.36 -
'Popera' singer with the Billy Van Four
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 15th November 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.25 -
Andy Stewart -
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
Grampian Guitar for One 8.56 -
Joe Gordon
Southern Handful Of Songs 10.45 -
Rosemary Squires
Friday 16th November 1962
BBC Pops And Lennie 5.00 -
Frank Ifield
Susan Maughan
The Avons
ATV The Dave King Show 8.30 -
Shani Wallis
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Saturday 17th November 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Russ Conway
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Max Bygraves
Pat Boone
The Kaye Sisters
Joe Brown -
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
Mickey Ashman s Ragtime Band
Guest DJ Ted King and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV Bruce's Show 8.25 -
Alma Cogan
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
The Van Dorn Sisters
Sunday 18th November 1962
BBC Pinky and Perky at the Pop-
ABC Tempo 2.25 -
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Mr Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazzband -
The Dallas Boys
Carmen McRae
Monday 19th November 1962
BBC Come Dancing 10.15 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
WWN Moment For Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 8.30 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Tuesday 20th November 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 21st November 1962
Granada People And Places 6.35 -
Bobby Vee
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Granada West End 9.45 -
Robert Goulet
George Sanders (as a singer/guitarist)
The Smothers Brothers
Lee Evans (jazz pianist)
AR Kingsley Amis Goes Pop 11.00 -
Bernard Cribbins
Border Beat In The Border
The Tornados -
Peter Jay -
Jimmy Justice -
Thursday 22nd November 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Karl Denver Trio
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.25 -
Andy Stewart
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 11.00 -
AR What The Public Wants 11.02 -
Tubby Hayes
Friday 23rd November 1962
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
ATV The Dave King Show 8.30 -
The show was party blacked-
Matt Monro -
Saturday 24th November 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show (listed in music press but not in newspapers)
Rosemary Squires
BBC That Was The Week That Was 10.50 -
Millicent Martin is the show's regular singer
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Jet Harris was probably pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Adam Faith -
Rolf Harris
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
Gary Miller
Peppi
Sheila Southern
The Springfields -
Guest DJ Jack Train and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV Bruce's Show 8.25 -
Frank Ifield
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
The Montoya Sisters
Sunday 25th November 1962
BBC Pinky and Perky at the Pop-
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
Glen Mason
Dennis Lotis
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
The Dave Brubeck Quartet -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Monday 26th November 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Steve Benbow
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
AR Here and Now 6.45 -
Steve Race talks to young musicians
TWW Discs-
Hosted by Frank Hardin
Cloda Rodgers
Forrie Cairns & The Clansmen
Dick Kallman
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Ulster Preview 7.00 -
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 8.30 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Will Starr
Tuesday 27th November 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Steve Benbow
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
History of jazz with Bob Wallis
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
Wednesday 28th November 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Steve Benbow
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 29th November 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.25 -
Andy Stewart
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Steve Benbow
BBC Just Jazz 9.55 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Eamonn Andrews was in the wings waiting to spring his This Is Your Life surprise on Cleo Laine after the recording
BBC (Scotland) Ceilidh Beag 10.40 -
A ceilidh in miniature
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Friday 30th November 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Steve Benbow
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
ATV The Dave King Show 8.30 -
Lita Roza
Saturday 1st December 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Records played -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Russ Conway
BBC That Was The Week That Was 10.50 -
Millicent Martin
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The first show from ABC's newly re-
Johnny Halliday (provisional booking)
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Billy Fury
Eddie Calvert with the C Men
Bernard Cribbins
Nicky Henson
Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
Dick Kallman
The Vernons Girls
Bobby Vee and The Crickets
Guest DJ Muriel Young and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.30 -
Barbara Law
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
Barbara McNair
Sunday 2nd December 1962
BBC Pinky and Perky at the Pop-
BBC Raise Your Glasses 7.25 -
Eddie Calvert and The C Men
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Joe Brown and His Bruvvers
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
Desmond Lane
Monday 3rd December 1962
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
WWN Moment For Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
The Beatles -
The Mudlarks
The Springfields
Joyce Blair
Tony Osbourne
Johnny Kidd
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 8.30 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Will Starr
Tuesday 4th December 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
The Beatles -
Bert Weedon
WWN Moment For Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
Wednesday 5th December 1962
WWN Moment for Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
AR Time, Gentlemen, Please! 9.45 -
Documentary by Daniel Farson on the pub entertainment scene. Farson himself had recently become a pub landlord
Kim Cordell
AR Kingsley Amis Goes Pop 11.00 -
Rolf Harris
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 6th December 1962
BBC Crackerjack 5.00 -
content unknown
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.25 -
Andy Stewart
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Southern Handful of Songs 10.45 -
Rosemary Squires
AR What The Public Wants 11.12 -
Tubby Hayes possibly replaced by Johnny Hawksworth
Friday 7th December 1962
WWN Moment For Melody 6.52 -
content unknown
ATV The Dave King Show 8.30 -
The Vernons Girls
Saturday 8th December 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show 7.15 -
Rosemary Squires
BBC That Was The Week That Was 10.45 -
Millicent Martin
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson withdraw from the show, replaced by Julie Grant
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Johnny Tillotson
Freddy/Freddie Cannon
The Karl Denver Trio
The Eric Delaney Band
The Mudlarks
Don Charles
Julie Grant
Guest DJ Keith Fordyce and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Yana
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
Manolo Torrente
Sunday 9th December 1962
BBC Pinky and Perky at the Pop-
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Lonnie Donegan
Janie Marden
Monday 10th December 1962
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
The Countrymen (Kingston Trio style group who appear frequently in this series)
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
Reg Barrett-
WWN Moment For Melody 6.50 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
Hosted by Frank Harding
Mark Wynter
Jon and Julie
Zen Tracy
The Rhet Stoller Group
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 9.15 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Anne MacDearmid
Tuesday 11th December 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
History of jazz with Bob Wallis
WWN Moment For Melody 6.50 -
content unknown
Wednesday 12th December 1962
BBC Like... Music a new beat series 9.50 -
Host -
Resident band The Northern Dance Orchestra
The Trad Lads
Matt Monro
Joe Brown and his Bruvvers
The Brook Brothers
Lousie Cordett
Tsai Chin
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
AR Kingsley Amis Goes Pop (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Dickie Valentine, Alan Freeman
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 13th December 1962
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.25 -
Andy Stewart
Anne and Laura Brand
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Friday 14th December 1962
ATV The Dave King Show 8.30 -
Glen Mason
Saturday 15th December 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Craig Douglas
Russ Conway
BBC That Was The Week That Was 10.50 pm -
Millicent Martin
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Jet Harris had to withdraw from the show, replaced by Terry Scott and Joyce & Lionel Blair
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Cliff Richard
Mark Wynter
Joyce Blair
Terry Scott
The Tornados -
Neil Christian
Monty Sunshine Band
Lionel Blair and his dancers -
Guest DJ Jimmy Young and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.30 -
Billy Daniels
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The King Brothers
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
Sunday 16th December 1962
BBC Pinky and Perky at the Pop-
ABC Sing Along 4.10 -
Mrs Mills
ATV The Roy Castle Show 8.25 -
This takes the place of Tommy Steele's Quincy's Quest, which is now moved to 23rd December 1963
Matt Monro -
Roy Castle and Matt Monro -
Valerie Masters
Bernard Cribbins
Tommy Reilly
ABC The Sunday Break (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers, it might have been the one shown on 30th December 1962)
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Mike Sarne
Monday 17th December 1962
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Hedley Ward Trio
Granada People And Places 6.35-
The Beatles -
TWW Discs-
The Springfields
Eric Delaney and his band
Kenny Lynch
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
The Mudlarks
Grampian Callum's Ceilidh 8.00 -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Peter Mallan
Tuesday 18th December 1962
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Possibly the Tuesday Rendezvous pantomime with Bert Weedon as Buttons
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Sheila Southern
WWN Moment for Melody 6.50 -
content unknown
AR No Hiding Place: The Front Man 8.00 -
Jess Conrad (in acting role)
Wednesday 19th December 1962
BBC Like... Music 9.50 -
Billy Fury -
The Tornados -
Eden Kane -
John Leyton -
Anita Harris -
The Trad Lads
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Marion Keene
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
AR The Dickie Henderson Show 9.15 -
Ruby Murray
Border Beat in the Border
content unknown
Thursday 20th December 1962
BBC Christmas Crackerjack 5.00 -
Mark Wynter
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.25 = 6.50 pm
Andy Stewart
The Barry Sisters
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Dick Kallman
WWN Moment for Melody 6.50 -
content unknown
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
AR Song Plugger: Meet Eddie Rogers and Tommy Bruce 10.45 -
Song plugger Rogers talks to David Gell
Tommy Bruce -
Southern Handful of Songs 11.02 -
Rosemary Squires
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 11.10 -
AR What The Public Wants 11.12 -
Tubby Hayes possibly replaced by Johnny Hawksworth
Friday 21st December 1962
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Alma Cogan
AR The Dave King Show 8.30 -
Vicki Stuart
Saturday 22nd December 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Wayne and Shuster in London 8.00 -
Annie Ross
BBC That Was The Week That Was 10.50 -
Millicent Martin
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Winifred Atwell
Ray Bennett
The Beverley Sisters
Craig Douglas
Mike Sarne
The Shadows
Rosemary Squires
Norman Vaughan
Guest DJs Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin and a panel of teenagers review new American
releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.30 -
content unknown
Grampian Celebrity Spot 6.55 -
Cherry Wainer
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
The Platters
Sunday 23rd December 1962
BBC Pinky and Perky 4.45 -
at the Pop In
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
ABC Sing Along 3.55 -
Mrs Mills
Glen Mason
Dennis Lotis
ATV Quincy s Quest 8.25 -
A Christmas musical
Tommy Steele -
ABC Music for Dreaming 11.35 pm -
The Freemen
Sheila Southern
Monday 24th December Christmas Eve
Grampian Sounds New 6.10 -
content unknown
AR They're Singing Our Song 10.10 -
The Cliff Adams Singers -
Tuesday 25th December 1962 Christmas Day
BBC Like... Music 11.30 -
The Karl Denver Trio
Kathy Kirby
The Trad Lads
Danny Williams
Susan Maughan
BBC Max Bygraves Meets The Kids 2.10 -
Max Bygraves at Great Ormond Street Hospital
BBC Christmas Night With The Stars 7.15 -
Adam Sings -
Juke Box Jury -
The Billy Cotton Band Show -
Russ's Requests -
ATV Christmas Box 1.05 -
Christmas edition of Lunch Box
The Polka Dots -
Frank Ifield
Eula Parker
ATV Christmas Fare 2.00 -
Cliff Richard and the Shadows
Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Sheila Southern
Susan Lane
AR Close Up: All Singing All Dancing 4.10 -
Includes a clip from The Young Ones with Cliff Richard
Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby film clips
AR Christmas Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen
Westward Spin Along Santa 6.15 -
"Carols old and new"
Hosted by Leslie Hoare, compered by Alan Freeman
Joe Brown
The Viscounts
Tommy Bruce
Christine Campbell
Southern Day By Day 6.15 -
Adam Faith
The Beverley Sisters
Humphrey Lyttelton
Beryl Bryden
Tommy Loughran
TWW Discs-
content unknown
AR Black Nativity 10.10 -
Gospel version of the Christmas story with Marion Williams, The Stars of Faith, Alex Bradford etc
Granada People and Places
Kenny Lynch
Chris Langford
Jimmy Savile
Grampian Mantovani 11.10 -
Wednesday 26th December 1962 Boxing Day
Granada Lonely Boy 6.15 -
Paul Anka documentary
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Thursday 27th December 1962
BBC Eartha Kitt reads the story of Anatole and the mouse 5.10 -
BBC (Scotland) The White Heather Club 6.25 -
Andy Stewart
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Springfields (their fourth appearance on the show)
AR Take Four 8.56 -
content unknown
Friday 28th December 1962
BBC Johnny Mathis 8.45 -
Backed by Ted Heath's band
ITV There's Always Hope 8.30 -
Bob Hope special with Yana
Saturday 29th December 1962
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC That Was The Week That Was 10.40 -
Millicent Martin
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
This edition had an audience figure of eighteen million and gets into the TAM ratings top ten at joint fifth. Mike Sarne was pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew, who together with Frank Ifield and Craig Douglas play the part of milkmen in the show
Hit Parade of 1962 special
Cliff Richard -
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen -
Ronnie Carroll -
Petula Clark -
The Karl Denver Trio -
Craig Douglas -
Frank Ifield -
The Shadows -
Helen Shapiro -
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Janie Marden (cancelled due to illness)
The Mudlarks (replacing Janie Marden)
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.20 -
Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers
ATV There's Always Hope (shown 24th December 1962 in other regions)
A Bob Hope special
Yana
Sunday 30th December 1962
BBC Pink and Perky at the Pop-
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.25 -
Russ Conway
The Billy Cotton Band
ABC Sing Along 3.55 -
Mrs Mills visits cigarette factory in Hyde
Dennis Lotis
Glen Mason
Debbie Lee
The Cool School
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Behind The Idols
Mike Sarne talks to Barry Westwood
ATV Val Parnell's Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
The Stars Organisation for Spastics special edition with most of the acts participating in a performance of the pantomime Aladdin
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Alma Cogan
Michael Holliday
Bert Weedon
Vera Lynn
Dennis Lotis
Tony Osborne
Anne Rogers
Cyril Stapleton
Dickie Valentine
Slim Dusty
Pete Murray, David Jacobs and Alan Freeman -
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.35 pm -
The Keytones
Jeannie Lambe
The Dave Lee Quartet
Monday 31st December 1962 New Year's Eve
BBC (Scotland) A New Year Party 12.00 -
At The White Heather Club
Andy Stewart
Grampian Sounds New 6.15 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Southern Their Kind of Music 10.40 -
Two previous Southern shows Three Of A Kind and Strictly For The Birds are combined for this new series
Regulars -
Pepe Martino
Ronnie Winters (country and western singer)
ATV Sing In The New 11.15 -
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
Grampian A Guid New Year 11.15 pm -
Hosted by Callum Kennedy
Anne Gilles, Dave McIntosh, Aberdeen Arlon Singers, Arthur Spink, Terry Russell, The Jack Sinclair Band, The Bucksburn Pipe Band
Border Beat The Border
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates -
Also this year
ATV Tingha and Tucker
Cliff Richard meets the two little bears at Blackpool beach
TWW Here Today
in January Glenda Collins appeared
Tyne Tees Young at Heart
In January Glenda Collins makes three appearances
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars
In one edition with Billy Fury a spiral staircase collapses after the host leans on it. The mistake is kept in the final broadcast.
25th August 1962 Westward TV sponsor a day of jazz in Taunton in co-
Southern Day By Day
in December 1962 Kenny Lynch performs Up On The Roof on the roof of Southern TV's studios in Northam, Southampton
ABC You'll Never Believe It
Science show in which Dick Charlesworth inhales helium then plays the clarinet
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show
The Mudlarks record four songs on February 8th and 9th
ITV soap powder advert
Alan Freeman
ITV Dairy Box adverts (c.1962)
songs sung by Cleo Laine
BBC Tonight (c.October/November)
The Countrymen (a weekday residency)