TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1966
Saturday 1st January 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 8.55 -
Russ Conway had to cancel due to illness.
Petula Clark -
Dudley Moore
George Chisholm
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.35 -
Peter Paul and Mary part two
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
The Bachelors
The Searchers
The Fortunes
Julie Rogers
Lance Percival
Jackie Trent
The Gibsons
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
The Seekers
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Sheila Southern
Sunday 2nd January 1966
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Petula Clark
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck (who apparently took time to make jibes at his critics)
Shirley Bassey – The Liquidator
The Alexander Brothers -
Acker Bilk -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
Dusty Springfield
Monday 3rd January 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.00 -
Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours – Mirror Mirror
BBC1 Stramash! The Big Noise From Glasgow 6.30 -
The Last one to be seen in the UK, as from next week it returns as a BBC1 Scotland only broadcast
Wayne Fontana
Lulu and the Luvvers
BBC2 Thirty Minute Theatre: The Flip Side 9.50 -
Bob Monkhouse plays a DJ
ATV Action 5.00 -
The Countrymen
Granada Scene at 6.30
Lulu
Rediffusion Stars And Garters 9.10 -
Dickie Valentine
Lonnie Donegan
Ivor Emmanuel
Gary Miller
Mike McKenzie
Dodie West
Lynn Holland
Valerie Curran
Tuesday 4th January 1966
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Tommy Quickly
The Shindigs
Janie Jones
Mick Softley
Paul Williams
Lorne Gibson
Rediffusion Stage One Contest 5.25 -
The Winning Team (play) with Paul Jones
Southern All-
Theme by The Squires
Panel -
Wednesday 5th January 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30-
Eric Clapton seen in opening credits
The Who -
Lulu guest agony aunt
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.25 -
The Thelonius Monk Quartet
Granada Scene at 6.30
Frankie Vaughan
TWW Now! 6.30 -
(possibly) The Spencer Davis Group -
Thursday 6th January 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Chart run down with the number one record The Beatles' Day Tripper (however, despite being the number one disc it was not played at the end of the show as per usual, being replaced with The Spencer Davis Group)
David & Jonathan -
Herman's Hermits -
Ken Dodd -
The Kinks -
Fontella Bass -
The Overlanders -
Tom Jones -
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass -
The Spencer Davis Group -
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 9.00 -
Kenneth Mckellar sings A Song For Europe
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Fontella Bass
Friday 7th January 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick And Tich
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Tommy Quickly
Leapy Lee
The Shots
Selina Jones
Patrick Dane
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
The first half hour show with Crossroads now occupying 6.35 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Exciters – A Little Bit Of Soap
Georgie Fame –
The Hollies – I Can’t Let Go
Chris Farlowe
Boz
The Mark Leeman Five
Saturday 8th January 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records featured The Swinging Blue Jeans -
BBC1 The Benny Hill Show 8.50 -
Patsy Ann Noble – The Flight of the Phoenix
BBC1 BBC3 10.40 -
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Tonight In Person: The Voice And Sound In Africa 9.35 -
Miriam Makeba
Hugh Masakela
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Cilla Black
The Walker Brothers (cancelled as they missed their train connection from Dunfries to Birmingham for the recording the previous Sunday)
The Mindbenders
Eddie Calvert
Twinkle
The Morgan-
Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band
The Candy Dates
David & Jonathan
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Anne Shelton
Acker Bilk
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
The Barron Knights
Al Saxon
Sunday 9th January 1966
ABC The Duke Wore Jeans movie with Tommy Steele
Southern My Kind Of Folk 5.30 -
Hosted by George Melly
Resident acts -
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
The Seekers cancelled
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
The Square Pegs
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
content unknown
Monday 10th January 1966
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall and MacGregor
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Nancy Wilson
ATV Action 5.00 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
content unknown
Rediffusion Late Show London 11.10 -
Eric Burdon talks to Benny Green (who wouldn't let Burdon speak much)
Tuesday 11th January 1966
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Ella Fitzgerald 8.50 -
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Patti LaBelle & Her Belles
Joni Adam
David Essex
Adamo
Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours
Wednesday 12th January 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The Pretty Things – Midnight to Six
Sandie Shaw – The Long Walk Home, article
Jonathan King
Patti Boyd
Paul Jones of Manfred Mann in audience
TWW Now! 6.30 -
The Walker Brothers
Johnny Tillotson
Deano (in a sketch Deano bit into a stick of celery and two tiers of the audience seating collapsed, probably a gag realating to last weeks' accident)
The Exciters
Fontella Bass
ATV Hope and Keen 9.10 -
The Square Pegs
Anita Harris
Thursday 13th January 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The last Manchester show. Fontella Bass was penciled in to appear.
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Chart run down with the number one record
The Kinks -
Herman's Hermits -
The Walker Brothers -
Len Barry -
The Overlanders -
The Four Seasons -
Paul & Barry Ryan seen dancing in the audience
The Nashville Teens -
Tony Bennett -
The Spencer Davis Group -
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 9.00 -
Kenneth McKellar each week will sings the entries for A Song For Europe
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Ivor Cutler
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Friday 14th January 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Spencer Davis Group
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Pat Boone
BBC1 (Scotland) Stramash
content unknown
BBC1 (Northern Ireland) Swing n-
The Demours
The Glen Folk Four
The Tony Martin Trio
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
David & Jonathan
Chris Farlowe -
Elaine Delmar
Julie Rogers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
New theme -
Tom Jones was booked to appear, but had to cancel due to a barring clause in his
contract with ABC-
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Kinks (Ray Davies was knocked out when he collided with an engineer backstage according to Melody Maker, while their drummer Mick Avory was unwell during rehearsals, so their road manager Sam Curtis took over on drums while Avory recovered enough for the broadcast)
Fontella Bass -
Lee Dorsey – Get Out Of My Life Woman
Patti LaBelle & Her Belles – All Or Nothing
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Exciters
Border The Dean Martin Show 10.52 -
Saturday 15th January 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Not Only...But Also 9.30 -
Music by The Dudley Moore Trio
Cilla Black – If I Fell, Let There Be Love
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Adam Faith
Lulu
Rolf Harris
Anne Shelton
Paul & Barry Ryan
The Nashville Teens
The Mark Leeman Five (Mark Leeman himself had died the previous June)
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Tom Jones & The Squires
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.20 -
The King Brothers
Janie Marden
Sunday 16th January 1966
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.05 -
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
ATV Storytime 6.15 -
Shirley Abicair
ATV Hallelujah 7.05 -
The Joy Strings
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
The Bachelors
Peter Nero
The Beverley Sisters
ABC Light Up The Sky 1960 movie with Tommy Steele
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Diane Cilento (singer)
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Monday 17th January 1966
BBC1 The Tich and Quckers Show 5.25 -
Jerry Allen (show regular)
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall & MacGregor
BBC2 Music On Two: Let’s Fake An Opera 8.50 -
with Dudley Moore
ATV Action 5.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 18th January 1966
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet
Hosted by Gerry Marsden (along with regulars Muriel Young, Wally Whyton)
Robb Storm – Where’s My Girl
The Truth -
The Exciters
Lulu
The Mindbenders – Groovy Kind of Love
The Nashville Teens
Rediffusion No Hiding Place
Janie Marden (in acting role)
Wednesday 19th January 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The Kinks (according to a report in Melody Maker "Pete Quaife horrified BBC staff with a fake severed thumb at 'A Whole Scene Going'")
Ray Davies -
The Gospelaires
Mike Sarne
Patti LaBelle & Her Belles (not on)
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.10 -
Maynard Ferguson
Johnny Dankworth Orchestra
BBC2 Late Night Line Up 11.05 pm -
Paul Jones (with his right arm in a sling) and Spencer Davis discuss A Whole Scene Going, includes Ray Davies clip from that night's show
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Chris Farlowe
TWW Now! 6.30 -
Paul and Barry Ryan
Patti LaBelle and Her Belles
Bluesology Incorporated
The Drifters
Rediffusion Here Come The Animals 9.10 -
The House of the Rising Sun, plus others (featuring their new brass sound)
Rediffusion A Boy Called Donovan 9.40 -
Donovan performing songs in a documentary
Thursday 20th January 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The first show from the new permanent home at studio 2 in Lime Grove, London
Hosted by David Jacobs (who announces that this is the 107th show)
The new opening theme is possibly called Topsy Popsy, written by Johnny Person
Chart run down with the number one record
Herman's Hermits -
David & Jonathan -
Stevie Wonder -
Crispian St. Peters -
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass -
Paul & Barry Ryan -
Otis Redding -
The Overlanders -
Cilla Black -
The Spencer Davis Group -
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 9.00 -
Kenneth McKellar sings A Song For Europe
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Anglia News 6.05 -
Radio Caroline runs aground, interview with DJ Tom Lodge
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Lee Dorsey
Friday 21st January 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Fontella Bass
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Antonio Carlos Jobim
BBC1 News 8.50 -
Radio Caroline runs aground at Frinton, Essex
BBC1 (Scotland) Stramash
Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
Jimmy Cliff
The Nashville Teens
Dodie West
The Morgan-
Herman’s Hermits
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Donovan -
Stevie Wonder -
Dusty Springfield – Little By Little (live), Shake (live)
The Nashville Teens
Saturday 22nd January 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 8.25 -
Kathy Kirby
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
BBC1 BBC3 10.40 -
This edition possibly contained a spoof of the Donovan documentary
BBC2 Not Only...But Also 9.35 -
Music by The Dudley Moore Trio
Dakota Staton -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours
The Truth
Herman’s Hermits
Sandie Shaw
Julie Rogers
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Patti LaBelle & Her Belles
Doug Sheldon
Fontella Bass
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Freddie & The Dreamers
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
Lulu
Paul & Barry Ryan
ITN News 9.55 -
George Harrison gets married
Sunday 23rd January 1966
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.20 -
Joan Baez in Edinburgh
Southern My Kind Of Folk 5.30 -
Donovan
ATV Storytime 6.15 -
Shirley Abiacir
ABC Hallelujah 7.05 -
The Joy Strings
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Paul & Barry Ryan cancelled
Frankie Vaughan and The V Men (including Red Price from ‘Oh Boy!’ on saxophone)
The Overlanders
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
Cilla Black (also seen as appearing on 16th January 1966)
Monday 24th January 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.00 -
Unit 4+2 – Rainy Day
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
ATV Action 5.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 25th January 1966
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet
Hosted by Gerry Marsden
Doug Sheldon
The Pretty Things
Paul & Barry Ryan (the most requested act on the show, according to the show's director)
Stevie Wonder
John Summers
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Dusty Springfield
Wednesday 26th January 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.35 -
Manfred Mann and Paul Jones -
Paul & Barry Ryan
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.00 -
Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith
Southern Six Shades Of Ketty 9.10 -
Originally intended as a 45 minute special, due to be shown 5th December 1965. Directed by Mike Mansfield.
Ketty Lester -
TWW Now! 6.30 -
The Exciters
The League of Gentlemen
Tracy Rogers
The Fortunes
Lee Dorsey
(possibly) Michael Palin sketch as a long distance runner while The Spencer Davis Group 'Keep On Running' plays
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Small Faces
Thursday 27th January 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Donovan and Petula Clark had been penciled in to appear. Donovan had to cancel as his new single Sunshine Superman as it was the subject of a court case.
Hosted by Peter Murray
Chart run down with the number one record
Herman's Hermits -
Crispian St. Peters -
The Mindbenders -
Sandie Shaw -
Pinkerton's Assorted Colours -
Cilla Black -
Dusty Springfield -
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass -
Len Barry -
The Overlanders -
BBC1 A Song For Europe 9.00 -
Kenneth McKellar sings the five songs that the public will choose from. A pre-
A Man Without Love (written by Cyril Ornadel)
As Long As The Sun Shines (written by Ian Gourlay and Cliff Hanley)
A Touch Of The Tartan (written by Phil Green)
Comes The Time (written by Ron Grainer, Caryl Brahams and Ned Sherrin)
Country Girl (written by Robert Farnon)
BBC1 Nancy Wilson 11.35 pm -
Nancy Wilson with Ted Heath and his orchestra
Friday 28th January 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Hollies -
Crispian St. Peters
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Bobby Darin
Vic Damone
Henry Mancini
BBC1 Scotland Stramash 6.30 -
The Exciters
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet
Hosted by Gerry Marsden
The Original Drifters
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Small Faces – Sha La La La Lee
Sandie Shaw -
Paul & Barry Ryan – Have Pity On The Boy
The Who – Circles
Dionne Warwick
Saturday 29th January 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Max Bygraves Entertains 8.15 -
Max Bygraves in a one-
BBC2 Not Only...But Also 9.25 -
Music by The Dudley Moore Trio
Blossom Dearie -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Donovan had to cancel as his new single Sunshine Superman was the subject of a court case
Hosted by Jim Dale
Matt Monro
The Walker Brothers
The Migil Five
The Fortunes
Danny Williams
Jackie Trent
St Louis Union (the group had won a Melody Maker talent contest in August 1965 and a part of the top prize was an appearance on Thank Your Lucky Stars, but it took until their first record release for this to happen)
Adrienne Posta/Poster
(possibly) The Rockin' Berries
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
The Rockin’ Berries
Lorne Lesley
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
Morgan James
Susan Maughan
Sunday 30th January 1966
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.15 -
Tom Paxton
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Petula Clark
The Countrymen
Leon Bibb
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
Eddy Arnold
Cilla Black
Monday 31st January 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.00 -
Report on the Beatles and John Lennon’s Rolls Royce
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
The Countrymen
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall & MacGregor
ATV Action 5.00 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Chad and Jeremy
Tuesday 1st February 1966
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
The Merseys
Ernestine Anderson
Matt Monro
The Fortunes
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Vic Dana
Crispian St Peters
Southern What's In A Name (first in quiz show series)
Kenny Lynch on panel
Wednesday 2nd February 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The Fortunes
Jonathan King
Hedgehoppers Anonymous
Pete Quaife (The Kinks)
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.30 -
Dakota Staton
The Tony Coe Quintet
TWW Now! 6.30 -
Crispian St Peters
Lee Dorsey
Friday Browne
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Eddy Arnold
Southern The Chart Busters shown on Westward 9.10 -
content unknown
Thursday 3rd February 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.00 -
Sandie Shaw, The Fortunes and Pinkerton's Assorted Colours were penciled in to appear
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass -
Nancy Sinatra -
Petula Clark -
St. Louis Union -
Crispian St. Peters -
The Rolling Stones -
Eddy Arnold -
Spencer Davis Group -
The Overlanders -
BBC1 The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Discotheque Affair 8.00 -
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 9.00 -
Kenneth McKellar sings winning A Song For Europe song
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Four Pennies
Friday 4th February 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Paul & Barry Ryan
The Nashville Teens
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Peggy Lee
BBC1 Scotland Stramash 6.30 -
Lee Dorsey
The Drifters
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
Billie Davis & Keith Powell
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Matt Monro
There is also a twenty piece dance band who play Frere Jacques and Tuxedo Junction that are conducted by a member of a teaching order, The De la Salle Brothers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Adam Faith -
The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running
Paddy, Klaus & Gibson
Billie Davis and Keith Powell
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Inez and Charlie Foxx
Saturday 5th February 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Not Only...But Also 9.35 -
Music by The Dudley Moore Trio
Emile Lancey -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Dusty Springfield -
The Twins
Gerry & The Pacemakers
The King Brothers
The Small Faces
Salena Jones
The Uglys
Neil Landon
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
Jackie Trent -
The New Faces -
Sunday 6th February 1966
BBC2 Tonight in Person 10.15 -
Jose Greco and his Gypsies
ABC Tempo: A Tale Of Two Talents 2.20 -
Tom Jones and Canadian ballerina Lynn Seymour
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 4.40 -
The Dallas Boys
Audrey Jeans
ABC Hallelujah 7.10 -
Wine and Water
Nadia Catthuse
Martin Carthy
The Johnny Scott Trio
Isla Cameron
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.55 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Pat Boone
The Kaye Sisters
The Swinging Blue Jeans
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
The Rolling Stones -
Monday 7th February 1966
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.05 -
Sandie Shaw
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall & MacGregor
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Shirley Bassey & Danny Kaye – A Spoonful of Sugar
ATV Action 5.00 -
Eddy Arnold – Make The World Go Away
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Doris Troy
Tuesday 8th February 1966
BBC2 Show Of The Week 8.50 -
An Evening With Petula Clark & Sacha Distel (the show ould be BBC's entry into the Golden Rose of Montreux television festival in April)
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
The Silkie
Danny Williams
Gary Benson
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Len Barry
Southern The Star Who Went Pop 10.47 -
Ricky Valance interview
Wednesday 9th February 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
P J Proby
Len Barry
The Spencer Davis Group
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.30 -
The Jimmy Smith Trio part two
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
David and Jonathan
Stevie Wonder
Peter & Gordon
The Sidewinders
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Animals
Thursday 10th February 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
P J Proby, Gary Walker and Billy Fury were penciled in to appear
Hosted by David Jacobs
Chart run down with the number one record
Paul & Barry Ryan -
Len Barry -
The Mindbenders -
Crispian St Peters -
The Animals -
Sandie Shaw -
Pinkerton's Assorted Colours -
Gene Pitney -
The Rolling Stones -
Top Of The Pops end music with credits
BBC1 Vikki Carr Sings 9.00 -
with Tony Oborne and his Orchestra
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Peter & Gordon
Friday 11th February 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Fortunes
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Al Hirt
Tennessee Ernie Ford
BBC1 (Scotland) Stramash! 6.30 -
Lulu & The Luvvers
Doris Troy
Mike Felix
Sol Byron & The Senate
Chris McClure
Peter London
BBC2 The Stan Tracey Quartet
A colour programme shown for test purposes
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
According to a Melody Maker piece the St Louis Union were on the show February 9th
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
Chad & Jeremy
Billy J Kramer -
Mark Murphy
The Soulmates -
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
James Brown might have been penciled in, but he appeared on 11th March 1966. Granada were advertising last weeks' show in this time slot in TV Times, but might have had shown this weeks' edition live
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Len Barry -
The Action -
The Animals -
The Breakaways
The Mindbenders
Kiki Dee
The Fortunes
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Billy Fury
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
St Louis Union
Peter and Gordon
Rediffusion Late Show London 10.37 -
Benny Green hosts discussion on the pop chart with Adam Faith, Alexis Korner and Gene Pitney
Gene Pitney -
Saturday 12th February 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 8.25 -
Kathy Kirby
Nina and Frederick
BBC2 Not Only… But Also 9.35 -
Music by The Dudley Moore Trio
Dionne Warwick -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Joe Brown
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
The Four Pennies
Gary Walker
Valerie Mitchell – Never Let It Be Said
Vic Dana
Andee Silver
Adam Mike & Tim
Unit 4 + 2
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
Millicent Martin
The Fortunes
Sunday 13th February 1966
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.10 -
Carolyn Hester
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 4.40 -
Dickie Valentine
ABC Hallelujah 7.05 -
content unknown
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Cilla Black
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
content unknown
Monday 14th February 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.00 -
Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours – Mirror Mirror (repeat?)
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
Adam Faith
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall & MacGregor
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Harry Belefonte
ATV Action 5.00 -
The Action
Southern Big Sing 5.25 -
school choirs competition with Tony Hatch on judging panel
Scottish The Serendipity Singers 10.35 -
Tuesday 15th February 1966
BBC2 Show Of The Week: The Julie Andrews Show 8.50 -
The New Christy Minstrels
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
The Four Pennies
Charlie & Inez Foxx
Janie Marden
Brendan Phillips
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Hollies
Grampian The Dean Martin Show 9.10 -
Wednesday 16th February 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
Unit Four + Two
Marianne Faithfull -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.00 -
Jimmy Witherspoon with The Dick Morrissey Quartet
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Hollies
Anglia Around Anglia
The Fortunes
Thursday 17th February 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
The Small Faces -
Petula Clark -
The Truth -
Dusty Springfield -
The Animals -
Nancy Sinatra -
The Mindbenders -
Lulu -
The Rolling Stones -
BBC1 Vikki Carr 9.00 – 9.25 pm
with Tony Osborne and His Orchestra
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Unit 4 + 2
Friday 18th February 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Four Pennies
BBC1 Folk In Focus 6.30 -
Stramash might have taken bookings for this week with The Fortunes due to appear, however Folk In Focus replaces it
The Spinners
Paddie Bell
Sheila Cameron
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show
Andy Williams
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
The Migil Five – Pencil and Paper
Tammy St John
Lorne Lesley -
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
James Brown was penciled in to appear, but appeared on 11th March 1966
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Tom Jones & The Squires -
Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things, You’re A Better Man Than I
The Hollies – I Can’t Let Go
Boz -
Adam Mkie & Tim
TWW Now!
The Animals (possibly Eric Burdon on his own)
Doris Troy
Tom Jones
Saturday 19th February 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Not Only...But Also 9.35 -
Music by The Dudley Moore Trio
Dusty Springfield -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Lulu
Billy Fury
Peter & Gordon
The Animals
The Kaye Sisters
The Mark Four
Mike Felix
Marc Bolan -
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Julie Rogers
Sunday 20th February 1966
BBC1 The Lucy Show: Lucy Dates Dean Martin 5.05 -
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.50 -
The Womenfolk
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 4.40 -
The Headliners
ABC Hallelujah 7.05 -
content unknown
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Dickie Valentine
Dave King
Kenny Ball
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
celebrating the 10th anniversary of ITV in the Midlands, live from Coventry
Joe Loss & his orchestra
Kathy Kirby
Monday 21st February 1966
The Animals had been booked to appear on TWW's Discs-
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
Lulu
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall & MacGregor
BBC1 The Good Old Days 9.50 -
Ronnie Hilton
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Herman’s Hermits
Nana Mouskouri
ATV Action 5.00 -
Lulu
Eric Burdon
Raymond
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Gene Pitney
The Walker Brothers
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Tyne Tees Three Rivers Club
Peter & Gordon
Tuesday 22nd February 1966
BBC2 The Show Of The Week: Shirley Bassey 8.50 – 9.35 pm
The second attempt to film the show as Bassey fell ill during the first attempt
Shirley Bassey -
BBC2 Humphrey Lyttelton Plays 9.35 – 9.45 pm
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
The Hollies
Glenda Collins
Justin & Karlson
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Walker Brothers
Southern The Dean Martin Show 8.00 -
Wednesday 23rd February 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
Eric Burdon and The Animals
The Hollies
The Beatmen (pop group from Czechoslovakia)
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.20 -
The Alex Welch Band with Dickie Wells
Thursday 24th February 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
The Mindbenders -
The Hollies -
Stevie Wonder -
Eddy Arnold -
The Beach Boys -
Gene Pitney -
Small Faces -
The Walker Brothers -
The Rolling Stones -
Friday 25th February 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Mindbenders
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Roger Miller
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden (his contract to co-
Adam Faith
The Twins
The King Brothers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore, Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Scott and Gary had £30 stolen)
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Doris Troy
Dianne Ferrox & Nicky Scott – Me and You
Lulu
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames
TWW Now! 6.30 -
Lulu
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames -
The Hollies
Gary Walker
Rediffusion A Swinging Scene 10.37 -
Hosted by Neil McCallum
Joan Savage
Saturday 26th February 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Not Only...But Also 9.30 -
Music by The Dudley Moore Trio
Marian Montgomery
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Tom Jones
Gene Pitney
Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things
Patsy Ann Noble
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Kiki Dee
The Marionettes
Paddy Klaus & Gibson
Carol Deene
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
The Settlers
Barbara Law
Sunday 27th February 1966
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.10 -
Luis Alberto Del Parana and Los Paraguayos
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 4.40 -
Lulu & The Luvvers
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Matt Monro
Larry Adler
The Kessler Twins
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
The Walker Brothers were penciled in for an appearance
Monday 28th February 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.00 -
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Bill Bailey
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
The Four Pennies
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall & MacGregor
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Oscar Peterson
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Brian Epstein interviewed by Dennis Tuohy
ATV Action 5.00 -
Unit 4 + 2
Southern unknown show possibly Day By Day
Lulu
Tuesday 1st March 1966
The Musicians Union seeks to have all miming stopped on ITV shows by today. The BBC were expecting the same request.
BBC1 The Beatles At Shea Stadium 8.00 -
The Beatles, Murray The K, Ed Sullivan, The Ronettes, Sounds Inc
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
The show today makes an appeal to children to send in wrapped sweets to send to under privileged children
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things
Unit 4+2
Charles Dickens
Grampian The Dean Martin Show
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Wednesday 2nd March 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
Gene Pitney (filmed on stage at Cheltenham, Bolton and Chester)
The Animals
Peter & Gordon
BBC Jazz 625 10.30 -
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Thursday 3rd March 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Chart run down the with number one record
The Fortunes -
Gene Pitney -
The Shadows -
The Animals -
The Beach Boys -
The Hollies -
The Walker Brothers -
Tom Jones -
The Rolling Stones -
Friday 4th March 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
Lulu
The Ivy League
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Roger Miller
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Gerry Marsden
Lulu
Len Barry
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Yardbirds
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Sandy Sarjeant had won a dance contest on the show in January and had been invited to become the shows' first cage dancer, with the cage dangling above the stage. Producer Francis Hitching got the idea from American discotheques.
Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things
The Spencer Davis Group
Manfred Mann
The Small Faces -
David Bowie & The Buzz – Can’t Help Thinking About Me
Clarence Frogman Henry
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things
Jimmy Cliff
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
Rediffusion A Swinging Scene 10.37 -
content unknown
Saturday 5th March 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest: Grand Prix 1966 9.00 -
Kenneth McKellar (UK entrant)
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The Walker Brothers and Carol Deene were probably scheduled to appear
Hosted by Jim Dale
Sons Of Fred -
Mr Murray / Mitch Murray -
Eden Kane -
The Kinks -
Deke Arlon -
Sharon Tandy -
Freddie & The Dreamers -
Petula Clark -
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
The King Brothers
Sunday 6th March 1966
BBC1 The Pinky and Perky Show 5.55 -
Freddie & The Dreamers
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.25 -
Julie Felix
ABC Tempo Entertainers 2.20 -
Meet The Duke: Duke Ellington
ABC David Nixon's Comedy Bandbox 4.40 -
content unknown
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Frank Ifield
Russ Conway
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 7th March 1966
BBC1 The Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
Val Doonican
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall & MacGregor
ATV Action! 5.00 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Who
Tuesday 8th March 1966
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
Eden Kane
Frank D'Rone
Wednesday 9th March 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
Peter and Gordon
The Dave Clark Five
Dave Berry
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.40 -
Don Byas with Bruce Turner's Jump Band
Thursday 10th March 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Samantha Juste was ill with jaundice, so didn't appear
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Chart run down with the number one record
Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things
The Mindbenders -
Lou Christie -
The Bachelors -
The Kinks -
Val Doonican -
The Beach Boys -
The Walker Brothers -
The Small Faces -
BBC1 The Frost Report: On Authority 9.40 -
songs included in the 43 minute pilot show includes Tom Lehrer -
Julie Felix -
Tom Lehrer -
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Clarence Frogman Henry
Bob Lind
Friday 11th March 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Barron Knights -
Tom Jones -
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
The Bachelors
Graham Bonney
Diane Ferraz and Nicky Scott
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Wilson Pickett and Irma Thomas were originally booked for this edition. Ahead of the transmission Rediffusion promoted the show by playing a 17 minute film of James Brown live in America to journalists at Television House in Kingsway. This possibly might haven been his TAMI Show appearance.
The James Brown Ready Steady Go Show
James Brown and His Famous Flames
TWW Now! 6.30 -
Spencer Davis Group
Herman's Hermits
Peter Noone -
Mike Felix
Rediffusion A Swinging Scene 11.07 -
content unknown
Saturday 12th March 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.50 -
One of the records played, Sgt Barry Sadler 'Ballad of The Green Berets' was called "one of the sickest records I have ever heard" by Brian Matthew
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 10.50 -
Andy Williams
Eddie Fisher
Vic Damone
Roger Williams
BBC2 Bob Dylan 8.40 -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Herman’s Hermits
Libby Morris (comedienne)
The Ivy League
The Spencer Davis Group
Unit 4+2
Dennis Lotis
Graham Bonney
Jenny Wren
Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
The Shadows
Janie Marden
Sunday 13th March 1966
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.30 -
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 4.40 -
Tony Dali
Carole Deene
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
The Bachelors
Andy Stewart
The Dallas Boys
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
content unknown
Monday 14th March 1966
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
Joe Mister Piano Henderson
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall & MacGregor
ATV Action! 5.00 -
unknown act – Norwegian Wood
Tuesday 15th March 1966
BBC2 Show Of The Week 9.20 -
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
Freddie & The Dreamers
Al Saxon
Patsy Ann Noble
Wednesday 16th March 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
Judy Collins
Spencer Davis
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things
ATV Lena 9.25 – 10.30 pm
Lena Horne with the Jack Parnell Orchestra. Recorded in 1965
Thursday 17th March 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Producer Johnnie Stewart bemoans the fact that Elvis Presley's management won't send over promo film material of his hits. The legal dispute over The Who single Substitute prevents the group from appearing this week. The Spencer Davis Group were penciled in to appear and a dressing room set aside for them.
Hosted by David Jacobs
Chart run down with the number one record
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Sonny & Cher -
Herman's Hermits -
Elvis Presley -
Gene Pitney -
Yardbirds -
Bob Lind -
The Hollies -
The Walker Brothers -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Holidays 9.05 -
Tom Lehrer
Julie Felix
Southern The Dean Martin Show 9.40 – 10.35 pm
Southern My Kind Of Folk 10.35 – 11.05 pm
content unknown
Friday 18th March 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Bachelors
Rediffusion The Five O'Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
The Spencer Davis Group
The Settlers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Mary Quant will judge a fashion competition on the show
The Spencer Davis Group – Somebody Help Me
Billy Fury – I’ll Never Quite Get Over You
The Who – Barbara Ann, Substitute
Irma Thomas
Bob Lind – Elusive Butterfly
Barbara Lewis
TWW Now! 6.30 -
Freddie & The Dreamers
Diane Ferraz and Nicky Scott
Billie Davis
Rediffusion A Swinging Scene 11.30 pm -
Joan Savage
Saturday 19th March 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Black and White Minstrel Show 8.20 -
Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass
Ronnie Ronalde
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 10.35 -
Andy Williams
Andre Previn
Ella Fitzgerald
BBC2 Mild and Bitter 9.30 -
Anita Harris
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Long John Baldry
Fran & Alan
The Craig
The Shadows
The Walker Brothers -
Dave Berry
Valerie Masters
Chris Rayburn
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.20 -
Herman’s Hermits – You Won’t Be Leaving
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Sunday 20th March 1966
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 4.40 -
Tom Jones
Carole Deene
ABC Hallelujah 7.05 -
content unknown
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
this was videotaped in colour in 525 line NTSC for NBC in the USA
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Julie Rogers – Temptation, In My Room
The Seekers – Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen, Someday One Day, Up Dem Pearly Gates
Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman, In Dreams, Twinkle Toes, It's Over (Roy had broken a bone in his foot while dirt bike scrambling so performed some of his set sitting on a stool)
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
(possibly) Carolyn Hester
Monday 21st March 1966
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
The Barron Knights
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.30 -
Hall and MacGregor
BBC1 The Carl-
Len Barry collects award for ‘1-
The Seekers collects award for Outstanding Group of 1965
Joe Loss receives his 14th Carl Alan Award as Britain's Outstanding Bandleader
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Vikki Carr (clips from her BBC show)
ATV Action! 5.00 -
Adam Mike & Tim
Sunshine
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Billy Joe Royal
Tuesday 22nd March 1966
BBC1 (Northern Ireland) Lighting Up Time
Irene Sandford (singer)
Daphne Arlow (singer)
Cyril Willoghby (singer)
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Vikki Carr 9.20 – 10.05 pm
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
Gina Carroll
The Dave Clark Five
The Seekers
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Chris Andrews
Wednesday 23rd March 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.35 -
Herman’s Hermits
Crispian St Peters
Barry Fantoni -
BBC2 The Cool Of The Evening 9.00 – 9.10 pm
Jazz wirh David Snell, Frank Clarke. Barry Margon
Rediffusion Tom Jones 9.25 -
Tom Jones with the Squires
Kiki Dee
Thursday 24th March 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Bob Lind and The Seekers were penciled in to appear. A technical problem with the cameras meant that The Walker Brothers and The Hollies couldn't be recorded, so repeat clips were used instead.
Hosted by Peter Murray
Chart run down with the number one record
The Spencer Davis Group -
The Kinks -
Val Doonican -
The Ramsey Lewis Trio -
The Bachelors -
The Hollies -
Cilla Black -
Roy Orbison -
The Who -
The Walker Brothers -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Sin 9.25 -
Julie Felix -
Tom Lehrer -
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Judy Collins
Friday 25th March 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
The Spencer Davis Group
Roy Orbison
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
The Seekers
Perpetual Langley
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Otis Redding was penciled in to appear. The show is now networked across ITV with a few exceptions.
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Robert Henry – Walk Away Like A Winner (Western actor turned singer)
Roy Orbison
Wilson Pickett – 634-
Mary Wells
The Animals – Inside Looking Out
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
The Walker Brothers
TWW Now! 6.30 -
Tom Jones
Wilson Pickett
The Statesiders
Valerie Masters
Rediffusion A Swinging Scene 11.13 -
Jeane Lambe
Saturday 26th March 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Barbra Streisand: My Name Is Barbra 8.15 -
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 11.00 -
Andy Williams
BBC2 Mild and Bitter 8.40 -
Salena Jones
Anglia News 5.45 -
Radio Caroline comes into port report
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Barbara Lewis
Tim Thomas
Janie Jones
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
Billy Joe Royal
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
The Quiet Five -
The Walker Brothers
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.20 -
The Fortunes
The Morgan-
Sunday 27th March 1966
ABC David Nixon’s Comedy Bandbox 4.40 -
Carole Deene
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Lonnie Donegan
Nina and Frederick
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
content unknown
Monday 28th March 1966
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
The Overlanders
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
The Righteous Brothers
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
Tuesday 29th March 1966
BBC2 Show Of the Week: Pat Boone 9.25 -
Marion Montgomery
Françoise Hardy
Lulu
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
Kiki Dee
Billy Joe Royal
Wednesday 30th March 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.03 -
The Ivy League
The Mindbenders (cancelled)
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 9.15 -
Lulu
ITV The World of Millicent Martin 9.40 -
Millicent Martin
Thursday 31st March 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.00 -
Three Good Reasons – Wire Wheels (film)
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Yardbirds -
Dusty Springfield -
The Kinks -
The Seekers -
The Spencer Davis Group -
The Who -
Bob Lind -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
The Walker Brothers -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Elections 9.00 -
Broadcast on the day of the General Election
Ton Lehrer
Julie Felix
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Arthur Alexander
Timi Yuro
Southern The Dean Martin Show 8.55 -
Friday 1st April 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
contents unknown
BBC1 Nancy Wilson 9.30 -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
The Peter B’s
Crispian St Peters
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Allez! 7.00 -
Live from La Locomotive Discotechque and the Palace Pigalle, Paris (despite it being the 1st of April it did actually come from Paris). Cathy McGowan had been taking French lessons especially for the show. Martha & The Vandellas were scheduled to appear but appeared the following week in London.
Hosted by Cathy McGowan, Dick Rivers
Antoine
Hugues Aufray
les Ingoes
Karine
Mirielle Mathieu
Eddy Mitchell
Annie Philippe
The Who -
Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things
Bill Wyman & Brian Jones
Rediffusion A Swinging Scene 11.14 -
content unknown
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
Hosted by Michael Palin, Cynthia Pettigrew, Billie Davis
Chris Andrews -
Don Covay
The League Of Gentlemen
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Alan Price
Saturday 2nd April 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Max Bygraves Show 8.30 -
Max Bygraves
Alan Freeman
BBC1 Mild and Bitter 9.45 -
Blossom Dearie
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Frank Ifield
Vince Hill -
The Lorne Gibson Trio
Julie Rogers
Carol Deene
Chris Andrews
Them
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.20 -
Lulu
The Seekers
Southern Countdown 5.15 -
The first pilot show, recorded 28th January 1966. Broadcast locally, but due to be networked on ITV later in the month.
Hosted by Don Wardell, with questions put by Muriel Young
Boys team -
Girls team -
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
Sunday 3rd April 1966
ABC Mike & Bernie’s Show 5.00 -
Judy Collins
ABC Hallelujah 7.10 -
content unknown
ATV Danger Man: The Not So Jolly Roger 7.25 -
From TV Times "Replacing M.9's contact who meets with an apparently accidental death, John Drake becomes a disc jockey at a 'pirate' radio station on a lonely sea fort"
The tracks played by the DJs include Patsy Ann Noble, 'Ted' Astley, Philip Goodhand-
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Tom Jones & The Squires – Autumn Leaves, It’s Not Unusual
The Oscar Peterson Trio
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
content unknown
Monday 4th April 1966
BBC1 Tich and Quackers Show 5.25 -
Des Lane
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Charles Aznavour
Stan Worth
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Martha & The Vandellas
Tuesday 5th April 1966
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Cliff Richard & The Shadows 9.00 -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
Arthur Alexander
Herman’s Hermits
Antoinette
Southern Pop The Question 6.35 -
Recorded at The Congress Theatre, Eastbourne. Producer Mike Mansfield had recently filmed Unit 4 + 2 in a recording studio for the forthcoming A Tale Of Two Rivers but the band couldn't make their mind up which of the five songs recorded should be the new single. So Mansfield issued the Pop The Question audience with voting cards and played them each song and the two were chosen that way.
possibly Dusty Springfield, Adam Faith, Jackie Trent, Cindy from The Settlers
Alan Price
The Fortunes
Granada unknown American Folk music show 10.05 -
Southern Music In Person 10.47 -
content unknown
Border Songs That Sold A Million
content unknown
Wednesday 6th April 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The show may have had a feature on the contoversial song The Ballad Of The Green Berets
The Small Faces -
Lou Christie
Earl Hines
BBC1 Al Read Says What A Life! 7.30 -
The Countrymen
Anita Harris
BBC2 The Best of Jazz 625 10.20 -
Erroll Garner
ITN News 8.55 -
The Rolling Stones return from European tour
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 9.10 -
Lynn Roger -
Thursday 7th April 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
The Alan Price Set -
Cilla Black -
Dusty Springfield -
Herman's Hermits -
The Spencer Davis Group -
The Bachelors -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Cher -
The Walker Brothers -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Class 9.05 -
Tom Lehrer
Julie Felix
Southern The Dean Martin Show (noted in music press, not listed in newspapers)
Dean Martin
Buddy Greco
Friday 8th April 1966 Good Friday
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
Joe Brown
BBC1 The Lance Percival Show 7.00 -
Millicent Martin
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
Mr Murray
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Lou Christie
Martha & The Vandellas
Arthur Alexander
Don Covay
Cilla Black – Alfie
The Shangri Las
TWW Now! 6.30 -
The Mindbenders (cancelled)
Cilla Black
The She Trinity
Dusty Springfield
Saturday 9th April 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 9.25 -
The Dick Morrissey Quartet
BBC2 Mild and Bitter 9.35 -
Timi Yuro
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 – 6.35 pm, also on Southern, Ulster (same time as
ABC), Westward, Channel, Scottish 6.15 – 6.55 pm, ATV Sunday 10th April 1965 3.30
-
The show celebrated its fifth anniversary, only to be cancelled the following week
Hosted by Jim Dale
Chris Andrews
The Bachelors
The Seekers
The Searchers
Crispian St Peters
Billie Davis
Sheila Southern
Danny Williams
The Epics
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.35 -
Kenny Ball
Susan Maughan
ATV A Date With The Seekers 11.45 pm -
The Seekers
Sunday 10th April 1966 Easter Sunday
BBC1 The Record Star Show: Presented By the Star Organisation For Spastics 2.30 -
Recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley
ATV Celebration 6.30 -
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra at Coventry Cathedral playing the Concert of Sacred Music
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Wayne Fontana had been invited to appear but was already recording his clip for next week's Thank Your Lucky Stars in Birmingham
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Kathy Kirby
Unit 4 + 2 -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
content unknown
Monday 11th April 1966 Bank Holiday
The Lovin' Spoonful may have been on TV today according to a Kenny Everett radio broadcast the following day
ATV Action! 5.05 -
content unknown
Anglia About Anglia 6.35 -
News report about Radio Caroline coming back on air
Tuesday 12th April 1966
BBC1 Play Of The Month: Make Me An Offer 8.00 -
Musical about dealers in the Portobello Road in London
Diana Coupland
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Marlene Dietrich Sings 9.00 -
BBC2 Oscar Brown Jr Entertains: Husbands and Fathers 9.30 -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Joe Brown
Janie Jones
The Alan Price Set
Roy Orbison
Matha & The Vandellas
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Wayne Fontana
Southern Pop The Question 6.35 -
Panels -
Lulu
ATV Mrs Thursday 8.00 -
Theme by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
TWW The Dean Martin Show 10.05 -
Border Songs That Sold A Million
content unknown
Wednesday 13th April 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The Walker Brothers were due to appear but got their dates mixed up. They were due to appear in the 'hot seat' section. It was at this show that Manfred Mann talked to Mike D'Abo, singer with A Band Of Angels about replacing Paul Jones. Producer Elizabeth Cowley later stated in Melody Maker that everyone this week performed live.
Manfred Mann
Paul Jones
The Alan Price Set
Timi Yuro
The Band Of Angels -
Plus a piece on model Twiggy
BBC1 Wales Beat And Ballad 10.00 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Best of Jazz 625 10.15 -
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Searchers
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 9.10 -
Marion Ryan
Rediffusion A Funny Things Happened On The Way To The Piano 9.40 – 10.40 pm
A Jule Styne tribute hosted by Bob Monkhouse and produced by Rediffusion’s new head of Light Entertainment Buddy Bregman, Jule Styne’s nephew.
Millicent Martin -
Matt Monro -
Patsy Ann Noble -
Janie Marden -
Jule Styne conducts songs from Funny Girl which opened in London on this night
Thursday 14th April 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Producer Johnnie Stewart had requested that the security staff be aware of potential gate crashers. "We have to take precautions like this when artists like the Stones appear."
Hosted by David Jacobs
The Alan Price Set -
Dusty Springfield -
The Rolling Stones -
The Seekers -
Simon & Garfunkel -
The Who -
The Searchers -
Crispian St. Peters -
The Spencer Davis Group -
BBC1 The Frost Report on The News 9.00 -
Tom Lehrer
Julie Felix -
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.25 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Lewis Rich
Southern My Kind Of Folk 10.47 -
content unknown
Southern The Dean Martin Show (noted in music press, not listed in newspapers)
Dean Martin
Peggy Lee
Jack Jones
Friday 15th April 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
contents unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Joe Brown
Roy Orbison
Martha & The Vandellas
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Chris Andrews – Something On My Mind
The Lovin’ Spoonful -
The Vibrations
Timi Yuro
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (three boys got up on stage to dance with Dusty but fell off)
The Searchers -
TWW Now! 6.30 -
'Pop Personality Contest' is launched
Frankie and Johnny
The Vibrations
Wayne Fontana
The Excitements
Kiki Dee
Granada Cinema 9.10 -
A profile of Dean Martin
Saturday 16th April 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music 8.20 -
BBC1 BBC3 10.40 -
Cleo Laine
Millicent Martin
BBC2 Mild and Bitter 9.35 -
Joy Marshall & The Cam River Boys
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Cilla Black
Dee Dee Warwick -
Wayne Fontana -
The Karl Denver Trio
The Merseys -
The Echoes
Lewis Rich
The She Trinity
David & Jonathan
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.35 -
Unit4+2
Jackie Trent
ATV A Date With The Seekers 11.45 pm – 12.00 am
The Seekers
Border The Dean Martin Show
Sunday 17th April 1966
ABC Mike & Bernie’s Show 4.30 -
content unknown
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Trini Lopez
Edmund Hockridge -
Monday 18th April 1966
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Caterina Valente
Benny Goodman
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Lee Dorsey
Tuesday 19th April 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Joe Brown
Lewis Rich
Wayne Fontana
Border Songs That Sold A Million
content unknown
Wednesday 20th April 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
another source has this as The Dixie Cups, Roy Orbison
The Vibrations
Jimmy Witherspoon
BBC1 Al Read Says What A Life! 7.30 -
Jackie Trent
The New Faces
The Seekers
BBC1 The Wednesday Play: The Snow Ball 9.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
BBC2 The Best Of Jazz 625 10.15 -
Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 9.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
Thursday 21st April 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
Cilla Black -
The Lovin' Spoonful -
Manfred Mann -
The Rolling Stones -
The Seekers -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Cher -
Crispian St. Peters -
Dusty Springfield -
BBC1 News 8.50 -
Nancy Sinatra in London
BBC1 The Frost Report on Education 9.00 -
Julie Felix
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.25 -
content unknown
Southern The Dean Martin Show (noted in music press, not listed in newspapers)
Dean Martin
The Dave Clark Five
Eddie Fisher
Abbe Lane
Friday 22nd April 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Joe Brown
Wayne Fontana
Fran & Alan
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore -
Manfred Mann
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Manfred Mann
The Lovin’ Spoonful -
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
Graham Bonney
Betty Everett
Granada Cinema 9.10 -
A profile of Elvis Presley and his new movie Frankie and Johnny
Saturday 23rd April 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
Among the records played was David McCallum 'My Carousel', the B side to 'Communication'
BBC1 The Long Cocktail Party 9.40 -
A musical featuring songs from the 1930's
Millicent Martin
Elisabeth Welch
BBC2 Mild and Bitter 9.30 -
Anita Harris
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Joe Brown
Russ Conway
The Overlanders
The Lovin’ Spoonful -
Timi Yuro
The Alan Price Set
Jimmy Wilson
Dorothy Squires
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.35 -
Julie Rogers
The Countrymen
ATV A Date With The Seekers 11.45 pm -
The Seekers
Sunday 24th April 1966
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 8.20 – 8.30 pm
Jazz with Brian Lemon
ABC Mike & Bernie’s Show 4.30 -
Eric Delaney
ATV Tarbuck At The Prince Of Wales 8.25 -
An edition of The London Palladium Show was recorded this evening for showing on NBC shot in both colour and black and white, hosted by Jonathan Winters, featuring guest singers Millicent Martin and Frank Ifield, plus a two song set by The Seekers to be shown on 5th June. The regular UK London Palladium Show was temporarily moved to the Prince of Wales Theatre
another source has the title as Tarbuck and Friends at the Prince of Wales
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
The Rockin’ Berries
Jackie Trent
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 25th April 1966
ATV Action!
Manfred Mann – Pretty Flamingo (dressed as an orchestra with string instruments)
Tuesday 26th April 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Sextet, Billy Boyle
Jimmy Wilson (probably the singer on Decca)
Southern Pop The Question 6.35 -
Panel -
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
TC The Dean Martin Show 9.10 -
Wednesday 27th April 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The Dixie Cups
Roy Orbison -
Spencer's Washboard Kings
BBC1 Al Read Says What A Life! 7.30 -
Susan Lane
BBC2 Call My Bluff 8.00 -
Julie Felix
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Mindbenders
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 9.10 -
Tom Jones
Thursday 28th April 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Beach Boys -
Elvis Presley -
Trini Lopez -
The Lovin' Spoonful -
Manfred Mann -
Nancy Sinatra -
Pinkerton's Assorted Colours -
Crispian St. Peters -
Dusty Springfield -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Love 9.00 -
Julie Felix -
Tom Lehrer -
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Southern My Kind Of Folk 10.47 -
content unknown
Southern The Dean Martin Show (noted in music press, not listed in newspapers)
Dean Martin
Vic Damone
Gordon & Sheila McRae
Allan Sherman
Shani Wallis
Friday 29th April 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
David and Jonathan
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
Craig Douglas
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Manfred Mann
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Keith Relf – Mr Zero
Yardbirds – Jeff’s Boogie (despite the miming ban a harmonica part is heard but not seen)
Neil Christian – That’s Nice
Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours – Don’t Stop Loving Me Baby
The Dixie Cups
Alvin Robinson
Saturday 30th April 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Norman Vaughan Show 8.25 -
Ronnie Hilton
Russ Conway
BBC1 Club Night 10.40 -
The Barron Knights
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
It's likely The Small Faces walked out over the billing placement
Hosted by Jim Dale
Herman’s Hermits
Cleo Laine
The Mindbenders
Paul & Barry Ryan
Nita Rossi
Robbie Porter
Michael Cox
Goldie
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen -
Lance Percival
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
This was the last show in the series and his last TV show in Britain. He would go to New York to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, but died suddenly on his return home. Earlier in 1966 he had signed a new three year deal with ATV.
The New Faces
Barbara Law
ATV A Date With The Seekers 11.45 pm -
The Seekers
ABC The ABC of ABC 11.00 pm -
Tenth anniversary show
The Vernons Girls -
Cliff Richard & The Drifters -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Valerie Mountain -
Valerie Mountain -
Frank Sinatra -
Oscar Brown -
The Beatles -
Sunday 1st May 1966
ABC The Song Break 6.35 -
The Joy Strings
ATV Tarbuck at The Prince Of Wales 8.25 -
Lisa Shane had been due to sing Miss Nobody, a two minute song, but producer Dicky
Leeman decided to cut her appearance to ninety seconds. Dismayed, Shane left the
show in tears. A few days' before she had been booed on the same stage in her capacity
as stand-
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Lulu
The King Brothers
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 2nd May 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.00 -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – Hold Tight
BBC1 Chan Canasta 6.30 – 7.00 pm
Helen Shapiro
Vince Hill
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Vikki Carr
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.20 -
Judy Collins
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Small Faces
Tuesday 3rd May 1966
The Five O’Clock Club not broadcast due to the coverage of the Budget, but The Koobas and Neil Christian were due to appear had it gone ahead
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Bruce Forsyth 9.25 -
Millicent Martin
Edmund Hockridge
Southern Pop The Question 6.35 -
content unknown
ATV Gideon's Way 10.50 -
The Rhyme and the Reason -
Wednesday 4th May 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.35 -
Buffy Sainte-
John Lee Hooker
The Slade Brothers
BBC1 Al Read Says What A Life! 7.30 -
Julie Rogers
Herman’s Hermits
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 9.00 -
The Tony Coe Quartet
BBC2 The Best of Jazz 625 9.25 -
Willie 'The Lion' Smith
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
News report on Radio England
Thursday 5th May 1966
no Top Of The Pops due to European Cup Winners Cup Final
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Southern My Kind Of Folk 10.47 -
content unknown
Friday 6th May 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
Lulu
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Billy Boyle
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Ken Kirkham -
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Patti LaBelle & Her Belles -
The Small Faces – Hey Girl
Wayne Fontana – Come On Home
Tom Jones – Once There Was A Time, Not Responsible
Lee Dorsey
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
Michael Palin in sketches spoofing Ravi Shankar and another where he climbed up a rope to announce the next act
The Mindbenders
The Small Faces -
Steve Marriott introduces the Pop Periscope section
Neil Christian
TWW At The Cider Apple 10.35 -
TWW's take on Stars and Garters is this pub within a studio
Hosted by Steve Benbow with Judy Kenny behind the bar
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas (regulars)
Adge Cutler
The Crofters
Tommy Reilly
Shirley Collins
Saturday 7th May 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Quick Before They Catch Us 6.40 -
1: The Weasel Goes Pop
drama series
Theme written by Monty Norman, performed by by Paddy, Klaus and Gibson
BBC1 The Black and White Minstrel Show 9.10 -
The Square Pegs
BBC1 Club Night 11.00 -
Eddie Calvert
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Manfred Mann
Terry Scott (comedy actor)
The Rockin’ Berries
Craig Douglas
The Troggs
Angela Richards
The Gibsons
Neil Christian
Marilyn Powell
ATV The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.35 -
Frankie Vaughan
Dickie Valentine
ATV A Date With The Dallas Boys 11.45 pm -
The Dallas Boys
Southern The Dean Martin Show (noted in music press, not listed in newspapers)
Dean Martin
Buddy Greco
Sunday 8th May 1966
ABC The New Musical Express Poll Winners’ Concert 3.50 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Peter Murray
Sounds Incorporated
The Overlanders
The Small Faces
The Spencer Davis Group
Roy Orbison
The Who
The Seekers
The Shadows
Cliff Richard
ATV Tarbuck At The Prince Of Wales 8.25 -
An edition of The London Palladium Show was recorded this evening for showing on NBC shot in both colour and black and white, hosted by Lorne Greene and featuring musical guests Millicent Martin and Kathy Kirby
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Dusty Springfield
Paul & Barry Ryan
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
Tenth anniversary of ITA in the north (recorded the Hotel Piccadilly, Manchester)
Gerry Marsden – Hallelujah I Love Her So
Jackie Trent – You’ve Come A Long Way From St Louis
Monday 9th May 1966
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.20 -
Ian and Sylvia
ATV Action! 5.25 -
content unknown
Tuesday 10th May 1966
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Nina and Frederick 8.00 -
Nina and Frederick -
with orchestra conducted by John Barry
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
Paul & Barry Ryan
The Mindbenders
The Dudley Moore Trio
Southern Pop The Question 6.35 -
content unknown
ATV Call In On Tom Jones 9.10 -
The last show Tom did before having his tonsils out
Tom Jones & The Squires
Kiki Dee
The Mindbenders
Westward Jazz Scene USA 9.45 – 10.15 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 11th May 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
Paul and Barry Ryan
Patti LaBelle & Her Belles
Dusty Springfield -
The Pretty Things -
BBC1 Al Read Says What A Life! 7.30 -
Sheila Southern
The Gibsons
BBC2 The Best of Jazz 625 9.00 -
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Rediffusion Small Time: Music Box 4.45 -
Wally Whyton
Rediffusion Here Comes That Girl 9.10 -
Dodie West in a folk mood
Tyne Tees News
Radio 270 article
Thursday 12th May 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
The Beach Boys -
The Merseys -
Nancy Sinatra -
Paul & Barry Ryan -
The Rolling Stones -
The Troggs -
Neil Christian -
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore -
Manfred Mann -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Law 9.00 -
Julie Felix -
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Sandie Shaw
Southern My Kind Of Folk 10.47 -
content unknown
Friday 13th May 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
The Barron Knights
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
Billie Davis
The Barron Knights
The Koobas
David Ballantyne
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Hosted by Mike McGear (McCartney) as Cathy McGowan is on holiday
The Scaffold – 2 Day’s Monday
The Everly Brothers
The Mindbenders – Can’t Live With You (interrupted by The Scaffold)
The Searchers
Georgie Fame
Patti LaBelle & Her Belles
The Troggs
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Tom Jones
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
The Koobas
The Small Faces
The Dave Clark Five
Georgie Fame
Johnny Kidd
TWW At The Cider Apple 10.35 -
content unknown
Saturday 14th May 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.20 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.50 -
The GoJos were the resident dance troupe
Val Doonican
The Beverley Sisters
George Chisholm
BBC1 Club Night 10.40 -
Freddie & The Dreamers
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The Small Faces were withdrawn from the show by their manager Don Arden who would only allow the band to appear if they were allowed to perform two songs
Hosted by Jim Dale
The Koobas – You Better Make Up Your Mind
Deano -
The Morgan-
Tom Jones – Not Responsible, interview, Once There Was A Time
The Kentuckians – She Thinks I Still Cares
Lorne Lesley – Somebody’s Gonna Be Sorry
Ronnie Carroll – Wait For Me
The Londonaires -
The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane, interview, Paint It Black
ATV The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.35 -
Frankie Vaughan
ATV A Date With The Dallas Boys 11.45 pm -
The Dallas Boys
Southern The Dean Martin Show (noted in music press, not listed in music press)
Dean Martin
Peggy Lee
Jack Jones
Sunday 15th May 1966
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
The Hollies -
Liza Minnelli
ABC The New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert 3.50 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Peter Murray
Sounds Incorporated – Hall Of The Mountain King, Zorba The Greek
The Fortunes – This Golden Ring, You’ve Got Your Troubles
Herman’s Hermits – A Must To Avoid, You Won’t Be Leaving
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich – You Make It Move, Hold Tight
Yardbirds – The Train Kept A Rollin’, Shapes Of Things
Crispian St Peters – Send Me Some Lovin’, The Pied Piper
The Alan Price Set – Baby Workout, I Put A Spell On You
Dusty Springfield & The Echoes – In The Middle Of Nowhere, You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me, Shake
Awards presentation include The Shadows, The Seekers, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
Sandie Shaw
Monday 16th May 1966
BBC1 Chan Canasta 6.35 -
Samantha Juste, Miki and Griff, Lonnie Donegan, Ronnie Hilton
BBC1 Wales Beat and Ballad 10.00 – 10.20 pm
content unknown
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Astrud Gilberto
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.00 -
Amalia Rodrigues
ATV Action! 5.25 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Johnny Cash
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
Tuesday 17th May 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Joe Brown
Vince Hill
Sandie Shaw
Ray Martine
Southern Pop The Question 6.35 -
content unknown
Wednesday 18th May 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The Koobas
Paddy, Klaus and Gibson
Marianne Faithfull
BBC2 The Best of Jazz 625 10.20 -
The Woody Herman Orchestra
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Troggs
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 9.10 -
content unknown
ATV Check Mates! 9.40 -
Variety show starring Roy Castle featuring artists' names that have an aristocratic connection
The King Brothers
Thursday 19th May 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The Small Faces walked out of the show as they couldn’t agree on a billing placement.
When they were told that they would be opening the show Steve Marriott told the producer
to 'fuck off', leading to a ban. Their manager Don Arden argued "We always open bills
-
Hosted by David Jacobs
Bob Dylan -
The Merseys -
The Rolling Stones -
Sandie Shaw -
Tom Jones -
The Troggs -
Ken Dodd -
Roy C -
Manfred Mann -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Leisure 9.00 -
Julie Felix
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Southern My Kind Of Folk 10.47 -
content unknown
Friday 20th May 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
Sandie Shaw
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Joe Brown
The Artwoods
Kenny Damon
Marty Wilde
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Hosted by ? (Cathy McGowan was on holiday)
Sandie Shaw – Nothing Comes Easy
Ben E King
Paul & Barry Ryan – I Love Her
Episode Six
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
Tom Jones -
Patti LaBelle & Her Belles ("The Bluesology" were also listed for this edition by Melody Maker. Reg Dwight/Elton John's group were backing up Patti LaBelle and her group on their UK tour at the time)
The Alan Price Set
The Everly Brothers -
The Dave Clark Five
TWW At The Cider Apple 10.35 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Floor Show
Dickie Valentine -
Saturday 21st May 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Not Only...But Also 8.50 -
Cilla Black
The Dudley Moore Trio
BBC1 Club Night 10.25 -
Mark Wynter
BBC2 Travelling For A Living 8.50 -
Documentary about folk group The Watersons who sing eight songs
Anne Briggs
Louis Killen
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The Small Faces were due to play two songs, their new single Hey Girl and a song from their album
Hosted by Jim Dale
The Dave Clark Five
Lonnie Donegan -
The Statler Brothers
Johnny Hackett
Buffy Sainte-
Kim Cordell -
Twice As Much (introduced by Andrew Oldham)
Marty Wilde
Ken Kirkham
David and Andrew
ATV The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.35 -
Frankie Vaughan
The Seekers
ATV A Date With The Dallas Boys 11.45 pm -
The Dallas Boys
Sunday 22nd May 1966
BBC1 The Black and White Minstrel Show 9.00 -
The Barron Knights
ATV Tarbuck at the Prince Of Wales 8.25 -
An edition of The London Palladium Show was recorded this evening for showing on NBC shot in both colour and black and white, hosted by Kate Smith and featuring musical guests Millicent Martin and Tom Jones
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Janie Marden
Acker Bilk
Lisa Shane
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
The Dudley Moore Trio – Samantha
Carmen McRae
Monday 23rd May 1966
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 9.35 -
Jimmy Witherspoon
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.20 -
Tom Paxton part two
ATV Action! 5.25 -
content unknown
Tuesday 24th May 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
The Dave Clark Five
Ronnie Carroll
Frankie & Johnny (Maggie Bell)
Southern Pop The Question
The Troggs
TWW The Dean Martin Show 9.10 -
Westward Jazz Scene USA 11.35 pm -
content unknown
Wednesday 25th May 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
Georgie Fame
The Animals
Gary Walker/Leeds
Rex Stewart (American jazz musician)
The show finished with a jam session featuring Fame, Stewart and The Animals
BBC2 The Best of Jazz 625
The Oscar Peterson Trio
ATV Millicent (first in series) 9.10 -
Millicent Martin
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 26th May 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Pinkerton's Assorted Colours were penciled in for an appearance
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
The Animals -
The Merseys -
The Small Faces -
The Troggs -
Chris Andrews -
Ken Dodd -
Wayne Fontana -
Frank Sinatra -
The Rolling Stones -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Medicine 9.00 -
Tom Lehrer -
Julie Felix -
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Friday 27th May 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
Freddie & The Dreamers -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
Billy Fury
The Truth
The Tony Jackson Group
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
It had been the intention to only feature The Rolling Stones, The Animals and the Yardbirds in this show.
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Rolling Stones – I Am Waiting, Under My Thumb, Paint It Black
The Animals – Don’t Bring Me Down
Yardbirds -
Chris Andrews – Whatcha Gonna Do Now
David Garrick
Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston and Keith Moon – interview (possible date)
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
The Small Faces
Barry Mason
Tony Rivers
TWW At The Cider Apple 10.35 -
content unknown
Saturday 28th May 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.05 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Not Only...But Also 8.50 -
Dusty Springfield
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Sandie Shaw
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Unit 4+2
Jimmy Young
Lyn & Graham McCarthy
The Rothchilds
Barry Mason
Adam, Mike and Tim
The Tony Jackson Group
David Ballantyne
ATV The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.25 -
Frankie Vaughan
Tom Jones
ATV A Date With the Dallas Boys 11.45 pm -
The Dallas Boys
Southern The Dean Martin Show (noted in music press, but not listed in newspapers)
Dean Martin
Vic Damone and Sheila McRae
Shani Wallis
Allan Sherman
Sunday 29th May 1966
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 9.10 -
Val Doonican
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
The GoJos dance routine
BBC1 Marlene Dietrich Sings 10.50 -
ABC Tempo International 2.50 -
United Kingdom – Jazz in Wonderland with Stan Tracey
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Erroll Garner
Susan Maughan
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Cila Black -
Monday 30th May 1966 Bank Holiday
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 9.05 -
Pat Boone
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.25 -
Buffy Sainte-
ATV Action! 5.25 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Marianne Faithfull
Tuesday 31st May 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
The Morgan-
Barry Mason
Cilla Black
Shirley Abicair
Tom Jones
Southern Pop The Question 6.35 -
content unknown
Wednesday 1st June 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The Merseys -
Twice As Much
Cilla Black -
The Jacques Loussier Trio
ATV Stingray: Titan Goes Pop 5.25 -
ATV Millicent 9.10 -
Millicent Martin
Thursday 2nd June 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
The Beatles -
The Animals -
Cilla Black -
The Mamas & The Papas -
The Merseys -
Paul & Barry Ryan -
Sandie Shaw -
Eddy Arnold -
Wayne Fontana -
Frank Sinatra -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Food and Drink 9.05 -
Julie Felix -
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Addams Family: Lurch, The Teenage Idol 6.07 -
Friday 3rd June 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
Marianne Faithfull
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Animals were penciled in to appear
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Gerry Marsden
Tom Jones & The Squires
Jackie Trent
Gary Benson
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
The Animals had been booked to appear, but this was brought forward a week to 27th May 1966. Although the show also had a policy of not showing "filmed items" it made an exception for a Beatles' promo clips.
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Beatles -
Cilla Black – Don’t Answer Me
Roy C – Shotgun Wedding
Billie Davis & Keith Powell – You Don’t Know Like I Know
Oscar – Club Of Lights
The Merseys
Wilson Pickett
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
Neil Christian
The Animals
Chris Andrews
St Louis Union -
TWW At The Cider Apple 10.35 -
content unknown
Saturday 4th June 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.05 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Not Only...But Also 8.40 -
Dionne Warwick
The Dudley Moore Trio
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Ken Dodd -
Freddie & The Dreamers
Chris Andrews
Shirey Abacair
The Luvvers
Tony Hazzard
Don Spencer
Tony Carroll
The Animals
ATV The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.35 -
Frankie Vaughan
The Kaye Sisters
ATV A Date With The King Brothers 11.50 pm -
The King Brothers
Sunday 5th June 1966
BBC1 The Black and White Minstrel Show 9.00 -
George Chisholm
ATV Tarbuck At The Prince Of Wales 8.25 -
An edition of The London Palladium Show was recorded this evening for showing on
NBC shot in both colour and black and white, hosted by Fess Parker, with musical
guests Millicent Martin, and a pre-
Connie Francis was penciled in to appear either on the 5th or the 12th.
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Frank Ifield
Cleo Laine
The Morgan-
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 6th June 1966
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.20 -
Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor
ATV Schools: English For Life (number five) Gambling And Pop Music
content unknown
ATV Action! 5.25 -
Eddy Arnold
Granana Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Jay & The Americans
Tuesday 7th June 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
Mark Wynter
Mikki Dalton
The Newby
Jay & The Americans
Southern Pop The Question 6.35 -
content unknown
Westward Jazz Scene USA 11.35 pm -
content unknown
TWW Reports
Eddy Arnold
Wednesday 8th June 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
The Kinks (without Pete Quaife) – Sunny Afternoon
Yardbirds -
Ravi Shankar
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Ray Nance & The Bruce Turner Band (Duke Ellington band member)
ATV Millicent 9.10 -
Millicent Martin
Marian Montgomery
Scottish unknown show
Eddy Arnold
Thursday 9th June 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
The Beatles -
Yardbirds – Over Under Sideways Down
The Animals -
Cilla Black -
Sandie Shaw -
Tom Jones -
Yardbirds -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Ken Dodd -
Wayne Fontana -
Frank Sinatra -
BBC1 The Frost Report on Trends 9.00 -
Julie Felix -
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Friday 10th June 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
The Mindbenders
Shirley Abacair
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
The Jeeps,
Dev Douglas
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Melody Maker reported that Steve Marriott fell ill during the show "He collapsed with stomach trouble during a number in Rediffusion's Ready Steady Go but recovered."
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Small Faces
Manfred Mann – You Gave Me Somebody To Love
Twice As Much – Sittin’ On A Fence
Tom Hazzard – You’ll Never Put Shackles On Me
Spencer Davis Group
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
The Beatles -
Stevie Wonder
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
The Troggs
The Spencer Davis Group -
Wayne Fontana
Gary Walker/Leeds
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Marianne Faithfull
TWW At The Cider Apple 10.35 -
content unknown
Saturday 11th June 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.05 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Not Only...But Also 8.50 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Jim Dale
Billy Fury
The Kinks -
Jay & The Americans
Susan Maughan
Mark Wynter
Marianne Faithfull
The Karlins
Barry Benson
ATV The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.35 -
Frankie Vaughan
Millicent Martin
ATV A Date With The King Brothers 11.45 pm -
The King Brothers
Sunday 12th June 1966
BBC1 The Norman Vaughan Show 9.00 -
Joe Henderson
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
The Walker Brothers (their appearance had originally planned for 5th June 1966)
Dickie Valentine
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 13th June 1966
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Shani Wallis
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.20 -
Leon Bibb
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Beatles -
ATV Action! 5.25 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Seven Deadly Sins: Cat In The Night 9.40 -
Play with Adam Faith as a blackmail victim
Tuesday 14th June 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
Guy Darrell (credited as Dy Darrell in TV Times)
David Garrick
Julie Rogers
Southern Countdown 6.30 -
First in the thirty minute format
Boys team -
Girls team -
Unit 4+2
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Chris Farlowe
Wednesday 15th June 1966
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going 6.30 -
Jimmy Witherspoon
Chris Farlowe
Mick Jagger -
The Who -
Stevie Wonder (cancelled as tour was called off)
TWW Now! 6.30 -
David Garrick
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Hollies (Eric Haydock returns to the band)
ATV Millicent 9.10 -
Millicent Martin
Thursday 16th June 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Producer Johnnie Stewart was hoping that filmed clips of Percy Sledge and Ike & Tina Turner would arrive from the USA in time for tonight's show. They don't but are included in next week's show.
Hosted by Peter Murray
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number two record Frank Sinatra -
Herman's Hermits -
Cilla Black -
Gene Pitney -
The Kinks -
The Hollies -
Yardbirds -
The Beach Boys -
The Beatles -
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 9.00 -
Arranger – Tony Hatch
Musical Director – Harry Rabinowitz
Petula Clark
Claude Francois
The Breakaways
BBC1 Calypso For Constantine 9.25 -
Cy Grant
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
ITN News 5.55 -
Donovan on drugs charge report
Friday 17th June 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.05 -
Susan Maughan
Billy Fury
BBC2 Late Night Line-
The Beatles -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
Tony Hazard
Brian Poole
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Gene Pitney – Nobody Needs Your Love
The Hollies – Bus Stop
Hermans Hermits – This Door Swings Both Ways
Chris Farlowe – Out Of Time
Mick Jagger – interviewed by Cathy McGowan
Billy Stewart (originally scheduled for 1st July 1966 his appearance was brought forward by two weeks)
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
David Garrick (a film clip of Garrick at Marquis of Bath's country home)
The Action (Show producer Chris Mercer told Rave magazine "I've never met such dedicated professionalism in a pop group." He had intended to book them again.)
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Dave Berry
Saturday 18th June 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.05 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Not Only...But Also 8.40 -
Dakota Staton
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Negotiations to obtain a clip of The Beatles performing either side of their new single came to nothing, but they were used the following week, the final show.
Hosted by Jim Dale
Los Bravos
Robbie Royal
The Chants
Billy Fury
The Kinks
Georgie Fame
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
Julie Rogers
Mark Wynter
Jay & The Americans
Freddie Frinton
Cilla Black
Oscar
Des and Dave
ABC Cooperama 8.35 -
Ray Eliington
Dilys Watling -
ATV A Date With The King Brothers 11.50 pm -
The King Brothers
Sunday 19th June 1966
An edition of The London Palladium Show was recorded this evening for showing on NBC shot in both colour and black and white, hosted by Roger Moore with musical guests Millicent Martin, Joe Brown, The Bachelors
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 8.15 -
Cilla Black
Russ Conway
BBC2 Cool Of The Evening 8.35 -
jazz
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.45 -
Juliette Greco
ABC The Blackpool Show 10.05 -
The show goes straight to the top of the TAMS ratings with 20,000,000 viewers
Broadcast live from the ABC Theatre, Blackpool, eight shows were planned with Tony Hancock presenting the first seven while a Bruce Forsyth special will occupy the final spot with Hancock expected to make a guest appearance
Presented by Tony Hancock (he disliked the word 'compere')
Marion Montgomery
Matt Monro
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
content unknown
Monday 20th June 1966
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Vikki Carr
ATV Action! 5.25 -
content unknown
Tuesday 21st June 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
Freddie & The Dreamers
Kim Cordell
The Hollies (either today or the 24th June 1966)
Westward Jazz Scene USA 11.40 pm -
content unknown
Wednesday 22nd June 1966
ATV Millicent 9.10 -
Millicent Martin
Ernestine Anderson
Thursday 23rd June 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.00 -
The Chipmunks-
Interview with a girl who sent herself to the Beatles in a crate
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Gene Pitney -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames -
The Hollies -
Ike & Tina Turner -
The Kinks -
Petula Clark -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Percy Sledge -
The Beatles -
BBC1 Adam Adamant Lives! 8.00 -
Theme sung by Kathy Kirby
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 9.00 -
Petula Clark
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Floor Show 11.07 -
Janie Marden
Friday 24th June 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Get Away
Bert Weedon
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billy Boyle
Susan Maughan
The Hollies (either today or the 21st June 1966)
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Listed as ‘new-
Hosted by Cathy McGwoan
Dave Berry -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Tom Jones – Not Responsible
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon, Dandy
Norma Tanega – Walking My Cat Named Dog
TWW Now! 6.30 -
The Hollies
Saturday 25th June 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.05 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Not Only...But Also 8.45 -
Blossom Dearie
ABC Goodbye Lucky Stars 5.50 -
ATV had dropped the show for its final two weeks
Hosted by Jim Dale
Roy C – Jumping Pneumonia
Peter and Gordon – To Show I Love You, interview
Peter Murray
Helen Shapiro – Shop Around
Keith Fordyce
Herman’s Hermits – This Door Swings Both Ways
The Ivy League – Willow Tree
Janice Nicholls
Ray Ellington & Cleo Laine – We Should Have
Brian Matthew
Gene Pitney – Nobody Needs Your Love More Than I Do
Miss Ruby Miller – Stop And Think
The Beatles -
The Beatles -
ABC Cooperama 8.35 -
The Morgan-
Anita Harris -
ATV A Date With The King Brothers 11.45 pm -
The King Brothers
Sunday 26th June 1966
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Music Hall 8.15 -
Sandie Shaw
Russ Conway
The Beat Girls (dance troupe from The Beat Room)
ABC Tempo International 2.20 -
America/France—The Ornette Coleman Trio (from the movie Who's Crazy)
ABC The Blackpool Show 10.05 -
Kathy Kirby
The Dallas Boys
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.06 pm -
content unknown
Monday 27th June 1966
BBC2 Thirty Minute Theatre: They Put You Where You Are 9.50 -
Story about a leader of a pop group, written by Paul Jones and his wife
ATV Action! 5.25 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Billy Stewart
Tuesday 28th June 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet, Billly Boyle
The Koobas
Neil Christian
Michael Cox
Westward Jazz Scene USA 11.35 pm -
content unknown
Wednesday 29th June 1966
ATV Millicent 9.10 -
Millicent Martin
Thursday 30th June 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
A specially filmed insert of The Walkers Brothers was due to be shown
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Chart run down with the number one record
Roy Orbison -
The Hollies -
Chris Farlowe -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames -
The Kinks -
Gene Pitney -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Dusty Springfield -
The Beatles -
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 9.00 -
Petula Clark
Conny Frobess
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.22 -
content unknown
Friday 1st July 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf (cancelled due to live cricket)
The Hollies -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Regulars: The Alexis Korner Quartet (their last show), Billy Boyle
David & Jonathan
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
The Hollies -
Chris Curtis – Aggravation (later accused by The Raver in Melody Maker of "putting it on a bit")
Dusty Springfield – Goin’ Back (live), Bring Him Back (live), SOS (Stop Him On Sight) (live) (she had brought two kittens with her to the studio)
Chris Farlowe
The Orlons
The Action -
TWW Now! 6.30 -
Popportunity Now a talent show featuring bands from the TWW area (the West Country and Wales), with the winners announced on the 15th July show
Judges were Tom Jones, Spencer Davis and a couple of local journalists
The Next of Kin
The In-
Sect Maniacs
The Sensational Sultans
The Vagrants
The Vogues
The Mountain Men
Mike Starr and the Citizens
Pentworths People
The Silverstone Set -
Saturday 2nd July 1966
no Juke Box Jury
BBC1 Not Only...But Also 8.50 -
Marian Montgomery
ABC Cooperama 8.35 -
Sheila Southern
Eric Delaney
ATV A Date With Ray Ellington 11.50 pm -
Ray Ellington
Sunday 3rd July 1966
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Music Hall 8.15 -
Russ Conway
The Womenfolk
The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.40 -
Theodore Bikel
ATV The Joker is Wild movie with Frank Sinatra
ABC The Blackpool Show 10.05 -
The Bachelors
Allan Sherman
Westward Love Song 6.35 -
Vashti
Don Peters
Michael Elliot
Monday 4th July 1966
ATV Action! 5.25 -
Boz -
Tuesday 5th July 1966
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 8.45 -
Jacques Loussier Trio
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Ivy League
Engelbert Humperdinck
Joy Marshall
The Fortunes -
Rediffusion Orlando 5.25 -
6: The Tables Turned
Marc Karlin as Kinks (it was rumoured that Marc Bolan had appeared in the series as a Teddy Boy, but this might not be him)
ITV Batman: Hi Diddle Riddle 6.07 -
Theme by Neil Hefti
TWW The Dean Martin Show 9.10 -
Dean Martin
Wednesday 6th July 1966
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.25 -
Bud Freeman and Alex Welch
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Dusty Springfield
Norma Tanega
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 9.10 -
Valentine got the deal for the series after performing in cabaret at an ATV staff Christmas party to which Lew Grade was present. It was scheduled for six shows, but was extended to nine.
Regular dance troupe The Beat Girls
Dickie Valentine
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Rediffusion Cilla At The Savoy 9.40 -
Recorded during her six-
Musical Director: George Martin
Cilla Black
Thursday 7th July 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The Hollies, Simon & Garfunkel and Dusty Springfield were penciled in to appear
Hosted by David Jacobs
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames -
Ike & Tina Turner -
James Brown -
Petula Clark -
The Shadows -
Chris Farlowe -
Los Bravos -
The Kinks -
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 9.00 -
Petula Clark
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.20 -
content unknown
TWW Now! 6.30 -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Tich
Paul and Barry Ryan
The Troggs
Friday 8th July 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It's Rolf 5.00 -
Simon & Garfunkel were due to appear but Paul Simon contracted tonsillitis, so cancelled
The Hollies
The Ivy League
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Fortunes
ITN News 5.55 -
The Beatles arrive from the Philippines
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
The second half of the show is devoted to The Walker Brothers
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Troggs – With A Girl Like You
Simon & Garfunkel – I Am A Rock
Joy Marshall – The More I See You
The Walker Brothers – You Don’t Have To Tell Me, No Sad Songs, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, We Can Work It Out, plus one (according to Disc "...The Walkers suffered from some bad sound on Scott's number.")
Saturday 9th July 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.05 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Ivor Cutler
ABC Cooperama 8.35 -
Acker Bilk
ABC A Date With Ray Ellington 11.15 pm -
Ray Ellington
Sunday 10th July 1966
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Band Show 8.15 -
Frank Ifield
Russ Conway
George Chisholm
ABC In View 6.55 -
Juile Felix
ABC The Blackpool Show 10.05 -
The Kaye Sisters
Monday 11th July 1966
BBC2 The Cool Of The Evening 9.20 -
Carol Ventura with the Stan Tracey Quartet
ATV Action! 5.25 -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
The Action -
Tuesday 12th July 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
The Frugal Sound
The Troggs
Rediffusion All About You: How ‘With-
Quiz show hosted by Barry Westwood
TWW The Dean Martin Show 9.10 -
Dean Martin
Wednesday 13th July 1966
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.00 -
Anita Day with the Colin King Quartet
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Simon & Garfunkel
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 9.10 -
Dickie Valentine
Janie Marden
The Beat Girls (dancers)
Thursday 14th July 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Cliff Richard was due to appear singing Visions, but filming commitments on Finder's Keepers preventing him from appearing
Hosted by Peter Murray
The Alan Price Set -
Dusty Springfield -
Gene Pitney -
The Walker Brothers -
Herman's Hermits -
Simon & Garfunkel -
Chris Montez -
Los Bravos -
The Kinks -
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 8.50 -
Petula Clark
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 9.45 -
Woody Herman
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.20 -
content unknown
Friday 15th July 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
The Ivy League
The She Trinity
BBC1 The Good Old Days 9.40 -
Marti Webb
David Hughes
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Troggs
Paul & Barry Ryan
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
The Alan Price Set
The Creation
Winners of Popportunity Now announced
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Dusty Springfield – Goin' Back
David & Jonathan – Lovers Of The World Unite
The Magic Lanterns
Dave Berry
Twice As Much
The Action
Saturday 16th July 1966
no Juke Box Jury due to the World Cup
Anglia show The World Of Millicent Martin 6.20 -
Millicent Martin
Sunday 17th July 1966
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 8.15 -
The Walker Brothers were due to appear but couldn't agree a fee
Dusty Springfield
Russ Conway
The Seekers
George Chisholm
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.40 -
Tommy Makem & The Clancy Brothers
ABC In View 6.55 -
Julie Felix
ABC The Blackpool Show 10.05 -
Elaine Taylor
Monday 18th July 1966
ATV Action! 5.00 -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
The Creation
Tuesday 19th July 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Madeline Bell
The Alan Price Set
Joe Brown
Wednesday 20th July 1966
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.00 -
Yuself Lateef with the Stan Tracey Trio
The Stan Tracey Trio
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Alan Price Set
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band
ATV The Dickie Valentine Special 9.37-
Dickie Valentine
Tom Jones
Diana Dors (as a singer)
The Beat Girls (dancers)
Thursday 21st July 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.00 -
The show was broadcast live for the first time
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Dave Berry -
Elvis Presley -
Chris Montez -
Petula Clark -
The Troggs -
The Walker Brothers -
Chris Farlowe -
Twice As Much -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames -
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 8.50 -
Petula Clark
Les Surfs
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.20 -
content unknown
Friday 22nd July 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Les Flambeaux (Trinidad steel band)
Paul & Barry Ryan
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Dusty Springfield
Peter & Gordon
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
The Walker Brothers were penciled in for a quick return to the show (they had half the show to themselves on the 8th July 1966)
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Madeline Bell -
Lee Drummond
Paul & Barry Ryan – I Love How You Love Me
Yardbirds – Farewell, Lost Woman
TWW Now!!! 6.30 -
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
Georgie Fame presents an award to Disc magazine to Now as best TV show
David & Jonathan
Engelbert Humperdinck
Saturday 23rd July 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.30 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records played include The Mamas & The Papas, Bob Dylan -
ABC Cooperama 8.30 -
Maggie Fitzgibbon
George Chisholm
Sunday 24th July 1966
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.15 -
Vicki Carr was due to appear but was kept away by a throat operation
Salena Jones – Walk In the Black Forest, I Am Yours
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.40 -
The Womenfolk
ABC In View 6.55 -
Julie Felix
ABC The Blackpool Show 10.05 -
Tony Hancock was "ill" and the compere's job given to Dave Allen
The Seekers
Monday 25th July 1966
ATV Action! 5.00 -
The Creation
Tuesday 26th July 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Creation
Dave Berry
The Merseys
Wednesday 27th July 1966
BBC1 Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass part one 8.50 -
Live in London
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.55 -
Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Manfred Mann (the group's first TV show with Mike D'Abo)
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 9.10 -
The New Faces
The Beat Girls (dancers)
Thursday 28th July 1966
no Top Of The Pops because of the World Cup
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.20 -
Paul & Barry Ryan
Friday 29th July 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Also seen as The Walker Brothers
Yardbirds – Rack My Mind
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Billy Fury
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Manfred Mann – Just Like A Woman, Mickey's Monkey
Joe Tex
The Merseys -
The Creation
Solomon Burke -
David & Jonathan -
The Alan Bown Set -
Rediffusion Light Up The Sky movie with Tommy Steele
Saturday 30th July 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury (due to be shown 5.40 – 6.05 pm, but probably delayed due to World Cup Final extra time and cup celebrations)
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Opportunity Knocks 5.45 -
Wishful Thinking (group)
ABC Cooperama 8.30 -
Julie Rogers -
ATV A Date With Ray Ellington 11.45 pm -
Sunday 31st July 1966
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.15 -
Cilla Black
The Barron Knights
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.40 -
William Clauson
ABC In View 6.55 – 7.25 pm
Julie Felix
Paul Jones
ABC The Blackpool Show 10.05 -
Jeannie Carson -
The Rockin’ Berries
Monday 1st August 1966
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 9.50 -
Kenneth McKeller
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 2nd August 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.00 -
Juliet Greco
BBC2 The Art Game 10.10 -
George Melly
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
All singers now have to sing live
Jonathan King
Lee Drummond
Channel Small Jazz Band 6.35 pm -
content unknown
Tyne Tees News
Radio 270 article
Wednesday 3rd August 1966
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.20 -
Modern Jazz Quartet
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 9.10 -
Dickie Valentine
Thursday 4th August 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The first live performance edition as the Musicians Union ban on miming came into being 1st August 1966
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Chart run down with the number one record
The Beach Boys -
Los Bravos -
Dusty Springfield -
Dave Berry -
David & Jonathan -
The Lovin' Spoonful -
Manfred Mann -
The Alan Price Set -
The Troggs -
BBC1 Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass 9.00 -
in London part two
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Eddy Arnold
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.25 -
content unknown
Friday 5th August 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
The Fortunes -
The Creation
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Manfred Mann
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Troggs -
The Small Faces
Edwin Starr
Wayne Fontana
Tom Jones
The Fortunes -
Los Bravos
Grampian Liverpool A Go-
Bob Wooler on a journey through Liverpool with The Fourmost, The Spinners, The Hideaways, The Clayton Squares, The Mersey Monsters and others
Saturday 6th August 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.10 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Cooperama 8.35 -
Chris Rayburn
Pepe Jaramillo
ABC A Date With Ray Ellington 11.45 pm -
Sunday 7th August 1966
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.15 -
Judy Collins
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.40 -
Judy Collins
ABC In View 6.55 -
Julie Felix
Paul Jones
ABC The Blackpool Show 10.20 -
The Morgan-
Anita Harris
Monday 8th August 1966
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 10.00 -
Kenneth McKeller
ATV Action! 5.00 -
Manfred Mann
Tuesday 9th August 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Ivy League
The Troggs
Danny Street -
Lesley Dawson
Wednesday 10th August 1966
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.40 -
Mark Murphy with the Stan Tracey Trio
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 9.10 -
The King Brothers
Granada Scene at 6.30
The Small Faces
Thursday 11th August 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
The Alan Price Set -
Billy Fury -
Bob Dylan -
Cliff Richard -
The Small Faces -
The Beatles -
David & Jonathan -
Los Bravos -
The Troggs -
BBC1 News 5.55 -
The Beatles leave London airport for American tour
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Diahann Carroll
Friday 12th August 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
The Alan Price Set
The Hallmarks
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Troggs
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Alan Price Set – Hi Lili Hi Lo, Barefootin' -
Julie Felix
The Fourmost
The Game
Chris Andrews
(possibly) Kim Fowley -
Saturday 13th August 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.10 -
Jury -
Guest -
Among the records played was Roy Orbison 'It's Too Soon To Know' which juror Anthony Booth and host Jacobs both thought to be in bad taste, since Orbison's wife had only recently died. They expressed the view that the record company should be ashamed.
ABC Mike and Bernie’s Show 8.35 -
content unknown
Bernie Winters plays Donovan in a sketch
ATV A Date With… The Londonaires 11.45 pm -
Sunday 14th August 1966
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.15 -
Vince Hill
The Mastersingers
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.40 -
Amalia Rodrigues
ABC In View 6.55 -
Julie Felix
Kenny Lynch
ABC The Bruce Forsyth Show 10.05 -
Bruce Forsyth -
Tom Jones -
Tom Jones & Bruce Forsyth -
Bruce Forsyth & Douglas Fairbanks Jr -
Monday 15th August 1966
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 10.00 -
Kennth McKellar
BBC2 The Cool Of The Evening 9.45 -
Alan Haven
Tony Crombie
BBC1 Wales Disc A Dawn 7.00 -
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 16th August 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.00 -
Georgia Brown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Washington DC’s
Chris Andrews
Wednesday 17th August 1966
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Pepe Jaramillo
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.15 -
Dizzy Gillespie part two
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 9.10 -
Dickie Valentine
Tyne Tees Gangway 5.25 -
Billy Fury
Thursday 18th August 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Apparently Samantha Juste actually spoke on this edition
Hosted by Peter Murray
Top ten rundown with the number one The Beatles -
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers -
Napoleon XIV -
The Alan Price Set -
Ken Dodd -
The Mamas & The Papas -
Manfred Mann -
The Small Faces -
Chris Andrews -
The Beatles -
BBC1 Dusty 9.00 -
Dusty Springfield -
The Dudley Moore Trio
The Dudley Moore Trio & Dusty Springfield -
ATV Crossroads 6.35 -
Joe Loss (along with Bob Monkhouse) judge a beauty contest and open a swimming pool
Friday 19th August 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Billy Fury & The Gamblers
Julie Felix
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.25 -
Andy Williams
Bobby Darin
Robert Goulet
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Wayne Fontana – Goodbye Bluebird
Jackie Trent
The Sounds Of Time
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – Got To Get You Into My Life
Manfred Mann -
The Who – A Legal Matter, I’m A Boy
Twice As Much –
Salena Jones – I Am Yours
Saturday 20th August 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Mike and Bernie’s Show 8.35 -
content unknown
ATV A Date With… The Londonaires 11.45 pm -
Sunday 21st August 1966
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Kenneth McKellar
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.40 -
Ian and Sylvia
ABC Tempo 2.15 -
Mods And Rockers (repeat of Western ballet production from 1963, with songs by Lennon & McCartney)
ABC The Bruce Forsyth Show 10.05 -
This becomes ABC's first Golden Rose of Montreux entry since the Thank Your Lucky Stars Mersey special in 1963
Bruce Forsyth -
Dudley Moore -
The Dudley Moore Trio -
Monday 22nd August 1966
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 23rd August 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.00 -
Abbe Lane
The Morgan-
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Billy Boyle
David Essex -
The King Brothers -
Wednesday 24th August 1966
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Alex Welsh & His Band
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.25 -
Henry ‘Red’ Allen with Alex Welsh & His Band
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Mindbenders (this might have been just the recording date)
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 9.10 -
Dickie Valentine
Tom Jones
Thursday 25th August 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Top ten rundown with the number one The Beatles -
Dave Berry -
The Lovin' Spoonful -
Manfred Mann -
Roy Orbison -
The Small Faces -
David & Jonathan -
The Mindbenders -
Sonny & Cher -
The Beatles -
The Beatles -
BBC1 Adam Adamant Lives!: Sing a Song of Murder 8.00 -
High frequencies hidden in a pop song ('This Is The Moment' by The News) are turning people into robots, controlled by an evil record company boss. The pop group is played by Barry Nobel, Emmett Hennessey and James Southwood
BBC1 Dusty 9.00 -
Dusty Springfield
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Nancy Wilson
ITN Reporting ‘66 6.07 -
The Beatles in the USA
Friday 26th August 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Manfred Mann
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.25 -
Andy Williams
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Billy Boyle
Vince Hill -
Greg Hunter
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Sonny & Cher – Little Man (the duo would get a police escort from the studio so that they can appear on stage at the Finsbury Park Astoria less than an hour later)
The Mindbenders – Ashes To Ashes
The Small Faces – All Or Nothing
The Overlanders – Go Where You Wanna Go
The Spencer Davis Group
Saturday 27th August 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records featured : The Spencer Davis Group (voted a miss)
BBC1 The Beatles At Shea Stadium 6.15 -
BBC1 This Is Joan Baez 11.25 -
Joan Baez
Donovan
BBC2 An Evening With Rolf Harris 8.10 -
Rolf sings his hits
ABC Mike And Bernie’s Show 8.35 -
Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours
ATV A Date With The Londonaires 11.45 pm -
Sunday 28th August 1966
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.15 -
Petula Clark
Eddie Calvert
ABC Tempo Encore 2.15 -
Wes Montgomery
Ben Webster
ABC Hallelujah 6.35 -
content unknown
ABC The Bruce Forsyth Show 10.05 -
Michael Des Barres in sketch
Kathy Kirby & Bruce Forsyth -
Ronnie Carroll & Bruce Forsyth -
Kathy Kirby -
Bruce Forsyth, Bye Bye Blues, I Left My Heart In San Fransisco
Kathy Kirby, Bruce Forsyth & Ronnie Carroll -
Monday 29th August 1966 Bank Holiday
ATV Action! 5.00 -
David & Jonathan
TWW The Dean Martin Show 9.40 -
Ulster Thirsty Boots 11.08 -
Rog Whittaker
Tuesday 30th August 1966
BBC1 Joe Brown At Clapham 5.25 -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Simon Dee as intended host Joe Brown had injured his foot
The Minbenders – Ashes To Ashes
Sandie Shaw
Ulster Thirsty Boots 11.17 -
Rog Whittaker
Wednesday 31st August 1966
BBC1 The Lucy Show: Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton 7.35 -
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
The Chants
The Londonaires
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 9.10 -
Dickie Valentine
Rosemary Squires
The Beat Girls (dance troupe)
Anglia Meet Dennis Lotis 9.40 -
Thursday 1st September 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
The Beach Boys -
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers -
Sandie Shaw -
The Seekers -
The Small Faces -
Lee Dorsey -
The Beatles -
BBC1 Dusty 9.00 -
Dusty Springfield -
Friday 2nd September 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Wayne Fontana
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.25 -
Andy Williams
Connie Francis
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Roger Williams
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Simon Dee as intended host Joe Brown had injured his foot
The Hollies -
Laura Lee
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Sandie Shaw -
The Spencer Davis Group – When I Come Home
The Fourtunes – Is It Really Worth Your While
Wayne Fontana – Goodbye Bluebird
Paul and Ritchie
The Crying Shames
Saturday 3rd September 1966
no Juke Box Jury due to European Athletics
ABC Mike and Bernie’s Show 8.35 -
Janie Jones
ATV A Date With Janie Marden 11.45 pm -
Sunday 4th September 1966
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.15 -
Shirley Bassey penciled in to appear
Shani Wallis
BBC2 Tonight In Person 9.40 -
Lyn & Graham McCarthy
ABC Tempo Encore 2.15 -
Odetta, and American Folk Blues with Howlin’ Wolf, Sugar Pie Desanto
ABC Hallelujah 6.35 -
content unknown
ABC The Bruce Forsyth Show 10.05 -
Reviewed from an incomplete copy of the show
Julie Rogers & Bruce Forsyth -
Bruce Forsyth -
Julie Rogers -
Monday 5th September 1966
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 9.40 -
Kenneth McKellar
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 6th September 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Mitch Murray
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Jackie Trent -
Hayes and Wadey -
Ulster Thirsty Boots 11.17 -
Rog Whittaker
Wednesday 7th September 1966
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
ATV Tom Jones! 9.15 -
Tom Jones – Ain’t That Good News
Truly Smith
Thursday 8th September 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
This would be Jacobs’ last show. He ends by saying ‘thank you for having me’
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers -
The Mamas & The Papas -
Manfred Mann -
The Small Faces -
David & Jonathan -
The Fortunes -
Jim Reeves -
The Searchers -
The Beatles -
BBC1 Dusty 9.05 -
Dusty Springfield -
The Four Freshmen -
Dusty Springfield -
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Donovan – Universal Soldier
The Singing Postman – Mind Your Head Boy
Friday 9th September 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
The Fortunes
Hari Har Ral (sitar player)
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.35 -
Andy Williams
Bobby Darin
Herb Alpert
Eddie Fisher
BBC2 Beaulieu World Folk Festival 8.00 -
The Melody Maker in July 1967 claimed "Last year BBC turned the distaster
that was Beaulieu Into two very nice TV shows."
Julie Felix
The Spinners
Cyril Tawney
The Settlers
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Mitch Murray: Guest host
Kenny Damon
Ian Robbins
The Rothchilds
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
The show is now pre-
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Peter & Gordon – Lady Godiva
Eddie Cave & The Fyx -
David Garrick – Dear Mrs Appleby
Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band – Big Time Operator
Twice As Much – Step Out Of Line
The Who – I’m A Boy, Heat Wave
Saturday 10th September 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Mike and Bernie’s Show 8.35 -
Alan Haven and Tony Crombie
ATV A Date With… Janie Marden 11.45 pm -
Sunday 11th September 1966
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.15 -
Dusty Springfield -
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 8.55 -
Richard Rodney Bennett plays jazz
ABC Hallelujah 6.35 -
Nadia Cattouse
Isla Cameron
Martin Carthy
ABC The Bruce Forsyth Show 10.05 -
Bruce Forsyth -
The Morgan-
The Morgan-
Bruce Forsyth, Michael Medwin & Diana Dors -
Monday 12th September 1966
BBC1 A Song For Everyone 9.40 -
Kenneth McKellar
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 13th September 1966
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Guest Hosted by Freddie Garrity
Dusty Springfield
Ian Robbins
Guy Darrell
Ulster Thirsty Boots 11.17 -
Rog Whittaker
Wednesday 14th September 1966
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
ATV Tom Jones! 9.10 -
Tom Jones
Salena Jones
Thursday 15th September 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
Dusty Springfield -
The Spencer Davis Group -
The Supremes -
The Who -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Los Bravos -
The Mindbenders -
Sonny & Cher -
The Small Faces -
BBC1 Dusty 9.00 -
Dusty Springfield -
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Herb Alpert
Chaim Topol
Friday 16th September 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Lulu
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.25 -
Andy Williams
Judy Garland -
BBC2 Beaulieu World Folk Festival 8.00 -
Tom Paxton
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
Rambling Jack Elliott
The Dubliners
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Freddie Garrity
Freddie & The Dreamers
Lulu
Chris Andrews
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
The show was originally scheduled for 9th September. Chris Curtis, Marianne Faithfull, Lulu, Freddie & The Dreamers, Screaming Lord Sutch were all in attendance.
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Otis Redding special with Chris Farlowe, Eric Burdon
TWW Herd At the Scene 6.30 -
The Small Faces
St Louis Union
Saturday 17th September 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Mike and Bernie’s Show 8.35 -
content unknown
ATV A Date With.. Janie Marden 11.45 pm -
Sunday 18th September 1966
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 9.05 -
The Seekers -
Johnny Mathis
BBC2 Tonight In Person 7.55 -
Tom Paxton
ABC Hallelujah 6.35 -
Sydney Carter talks about Lust and Charity
Nadia Cattouse
Isla Cameron
Martin Carthy
Leon Rosselson
ABC The Bruce Forsyth Show 10.05 -
Bruce Forsyth & Roy Castle -
Roy Castle -
Bruce Forsyth -
Monday 19th September 1966
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 20th September 1966
BBC1 Presenting Peter Nero 10.00 -
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.50 -
Shani Wallis
The Deep River Boys
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Gerry Marsden: Guest host
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
The Troggs -
Ulster Thirsty Boots 11.17 -
Rog Whittaker
Wednesday 21st September 1966
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Kenny Ball
ATV Tom Jones! 9.15 -
Tom Jones
Lulu
Tyne Tees Gangway
Alan Price
Thursday 22nd September 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Dusty Springfield -
The Rolling Stones -
The Seekers -
The Spencer Davis Group -
The Who -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
The Walker Brothers -
The New Vaudeville Band -
Jim Reeves -
BBC1 Dusty 9.05 -
Dusty Springfield -
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Vikki Carr
Friday 23rd September 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Susan Maughan
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.25 -
Andy Williams
The Righteous Brothers
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Gerry Marsden, plus past hosts Joe Brown, Simon Dee, Billy Boyle
The Troggs -
Susan Maughan
David Essex
The Dalys
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 7.00 -
It's possible that Paul Revere & The Raiders were penciled in to appear
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Walker Brothers – Another Tear Falls (Disc mentions that Scott "was making backing tracks for the group's appearance on this Friday's Ready Steady Go."
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Bend It
The Breakaways
The Alan Price Set
Lulu
Saturday 24th September 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Mike and Bernie’s Show 8.35 -
The Londonaires
Sunday 25th September 1966
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 9.05 -
Peter & Gordon
Petula Clark
BBC2 Tonight In Person 7.55 -
Tommy Makem & The Clancy Brothers
ABC Highlight: Hit Songs From Films 1920s to 1960s 4.00 -
content unknown
ABC Hallelujah 6.35 -
content unknown
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck
Kathy Kirby
Millicent Martin (appears now to be a resident guest in this series)
Monday 26th September 1966
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Hippodrome 8.00 -
A co-
Liza Minnelli – Liza With A Z
Rediffusion David Jacobs’ Words and Music 10.05 -
This was a substitute show for Kathy Kirby Sings
1: Immortality Is What the Other Man Does
Georgia Brown
Danny Street
Graham Armitage
The Mike Sammes Singers
Tuesday 27th September 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.00 -
Johnny Mathis
Wednesday 28th September 1966
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.37 -
Theme written by George Martin
Paul Jones -
Thursday 29th September 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.00 -
According to the New Musical Express the Yardbirds were filmed after a concert for inclusion in this weeks' show, also The Troggs were penciled in to appear
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Herman's Hermits -
Pinkerton's Assorted Colours -
Roy Orbison -
The Walker Brothers -
Bobby Hebb -
The New Vaudeville Band -
Sonny & Cher -
Jim Reeves -
The Rolling Stones -
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Glen Yarborough
Edie Adams
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.10 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Gangway
Cy Grant
Friday 30th September 1966
BBC1 Hey Presto It’s Rolf 5.00 -
Paul & Barry Ryan
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
The Lovin' Spoonful were penciled in to appear
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Herman’s Hermits
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
The Searchers -
Cathy McGowan and Tina Turner -
Ike & Tina Turner -
ATV Tom Jones! 8.25 -
Tom Jones
Dusty Springfield -
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
ATV A Date With The Seekers 11.35 -
Saturday 1st October 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.20 -
The Spinners at the Albert Hall, Bolton
Southern Countdown 4.00 -
Shown by Southern, ABC, ATV London, TWW with Anglia and Westward showing it the following day
Boys team -
Girls team -
Lulu
Adam Faith
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Jackie Trent
Sunday 2nd October 1966
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 9.10 -
Russ Conway
ABC Hallelujah 6.35 -
Martin Carthy
Nadia Cattouse
Isla Cameron
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
One of the shows specially made for NBC
Hosted by Kate Smith
Tom Jones – Not Responsible, Once Upon A Time, duet with Kate Smith It Takes A Worried Man
Millicent Martin
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Tom Jones
Monday 3rd October 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Nana Mouskouri
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Hippodrome 8.00 -
Dusty Springfield
The Everly Brothers
Rediffusion David Jacobs' Words And Music 10.10 -
2: A Sweet Disorder in the Dress
Georgia Brown
Granada Scene 10.40 -
contents unknown
Tuesday 4th October 1966
Granada Scene 10.45 -
contents unknown
Westward Folkwave 11.10 -
content unknown
Wednesday 5th October 1966
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.05 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Rediffusion Millicent and Roy 9.15 -
Millicent Martin
Roy Castle
Ronnie Carroll
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.45 -
Sandie Shaw -
Granada Scene 10.45 -
contents unknown
Thursday 6th October 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Simon Dee (his first show, he apparently fluffs his lines and forgets song titles)
Chart run down with the number one record
The Troggs -
The Seekers -
Cat Stevens -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Peter & Gordon -
The Hollies -
Georgie Fame -
Los Bravos -
Rolling Stones -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Jim Reeves -
BBC1 The Norman Vaughan Show 9.05 -
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.20 -
Leo Konitz & The Stan Tracey trio
Southern The New Forest Rustler 5.25 -
Anita Harris as Maureen
TWW The Dean Martin Show 10.15 -
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.15 -
content unknown
Granada Scene 10.40 -
contents unknown
Friday 7th October 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Rolling Stones -
Eric Burdon & The Animals – Help Me Girl
Eric Burdon -
Paul & Barry Ryan – Have You Ever Loved Somebody
Robert Parker
The Chiffons
ATV Tom Jones! 8.25 -
Tom Jones
Ivor Emmanuel
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Granada Scene 10.35 -
contents unknown
ATV A Date With The Seekers 11.35 -
Saturday 8th October 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 9.30 -
The Jacques Loussier Trio
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.30 -
Esther & Abraham Ofarim
Southern Countdown 4.00 -
Marianne Faithfull also seen listed for this edition
Boys Team -
Girls team -
The Spencer Davis Group
Wayne Gibson
(possibly) Patrick Kerr -
Sunday 9th October 1966
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 9.10 -
Cilla Black
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Broadcast live, rather than pre-
Hosted by Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (possibly Time Drags By)
The Shadows
Millicent Martin -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 10th October 1966
BBC1 The Genuine Dud 6.30 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Gilbert Becaud
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Hippodrome 8.00 -
Libby Morris
Freddie & The Dreamers -
The Kessler Twins
Rediffusion David Jacobs' World Of Music 10.05 -
3: Let Me See What Spring Is Like On Jupiter
Georgia Brown
Dennis Lotis
Wednesday 12th October 1966
BBC1 The Lucy Show: Lucy Dates Dean Martin 7.35 -
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.05 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Rediffusion The Frost programme 10.25 -
Georgie Fame -
ATV A Date With The Seekers 11.05 -
The Seekers
TWW unknown show (possibly the recording date)
Herman's Hermits
Thursday 13th October 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
The Sandpipers -
Herman's Hermits -
The Rolling Stones -
Eric Burdon & The Animals -
Georgie Fame -
The Troggs -
Cilla Black -
Robert Parker -
The Walker Brothers -
Jim Reeves -
BBC1 The Norman Vaughan Show 9.05 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Rosemary Squires
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.20 -
The Joe Harriott / John Mayer Double Quintet -
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.15 -
content unknown
Friday 14th October 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.00 -
The Spencer Davis Group
Carolyn Hester -
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.07 -
Dusty Springfield – All I See Is You
Ike & Tina Turner and Dusty Springfield -
Paul Jones – High Time
Chris Farlowe
Garnett Mimms
The Breakaways
The Troggs
Napoleon XIV (Richard Stern appeared, and not Jerry Samuels who is on the record)
-
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
Paul & Barry Ryan (listed for this week, moved back from last week)
ATV Tom Jones! 8.25 -
Tom Jones
Marianne Faithfull
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.40 -
content unknown
ATV A Date With The Seekers 11.40 -
Saturday 15th October 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records featured -
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 7.25 -
Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass
Dinah Shore
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.20 -
Julie Felix
Southern Countdown 4.00 -
Boys team -
Girls team -
Cilla Black -
The New Vaudeville Band
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Sunday 16th October 1966
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 9.10 -
The Walker Brothers -
ATV Secombe and Friends 8.25 -
Ray Ellington -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 17th October 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Kathy Kirby
ATV Action! 5.00 -
The Ivy League
Rediffusion Hippodrome 8.00 -
Hosted by Alan Sherman
The Zombies -
Linda Bennett
Rediffusion David Jacob’s Words And Music 10.05 -
4: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Lennon & McCartney special with Millicent Martin, Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 18th October 1966
ATV Words and Music 11.10 -
content unknown
Westward Folkwave 11.10 -
content unknown
Wednesday 19th October 1963
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.05 -
Patsy Ann Noble
The Karlins
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.43 -
content unknown
Thursday 20th October 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Cilla Black was penciled in to appear
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Paul Jones -
The Four Seasons -
Peter & Gordon -
The Hollies -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Lee Dorsey -
Manfred Mann -
The Troggs -
The New Vaudeville Band -
Four Tops -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.20 -
Wingy Manone
Rediffusion Here Comes That Boy: Joe Brown 7.00 -
Joe Brown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.10 -
content unknown
TWW The Dean Martin Show 10.10 -
Friday 21st October 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
David Garrick
Herman's Hermits
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.30 -
Andy Williams
Johnny Mathis
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
The Who were given the second half of the show, but Roger Daltrey allegedly walks off stage at some point complaining about the studio's P.A. system. The show's editor Vicki Wickham told The Stage "They're going to recreate their new stage act, never seen on television before. Each of the four boys will do a separate number and we're letting them smash up their gear and things the way they do on stage. They're going to augment all this with smoke bombs, lighting effects and even fireworks, I suppose. Of course, the audience will be kept at a safe distance." Described by the TV Times as "..for the first time on TV a special 'pop' happening."
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Georgie Fame -
Lee Dorsey – Holy Cow
The Who – Batman (with a Rediffusion staffer dressed as Batman jumping through a paper screen), Bucket T, I’m A Boy, Disguises, Cobwebs and Strange (the Andy Neill Ready Steady Go book credits it was 'Showbiz Sonato'), My Generation / Rule Britannia, mime to Summer Holiday (an EP was released with the title Ready Steady Who, but is not the TV soundtrack)
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 8.25 -
Millicent Martin
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Saturday 22th October 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Svend Asmussen
Marian Montgomery
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 7.25 -
Caterina Valente
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.25 -
Mike Seeger
Southern Countdown 4.00 -
Boys team -
Girls team -
Herman’s Hermits -
The Searchers
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
ABC Opportunity Knocks
The Vogues
Sunday 23th October 1966
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Music Hall 9.30 -
The Walker Brothers (Scott Walker collapses in his dressing room during rehearsals)
Paul Jones
BBC2 Call My Bluff 8.20 -
Marianne Faithfull
BBC2 Help! Mozart: The Songs Of Lennon & McCartney 9.10 -
From the Radio Times "Cathy Berberian interprets the songs of Lennon and McCartney accompanied by The Guy Boyer Quintet"
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
The Dallas Boys
Millicent Martin
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
Cilla Black
Monday 24th October 1966
BBC2 Play School 11.00 -
Wally Whyton joins
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Al Hirt
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion David Jacob’s Words And Music 10.05 -
5: The Singer Not The Song
Pearl Bailey
Georgia Brown
Wednesday 26th October 1966
BBC2 Play School 11.00 -
Elisabeth Welch
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.05 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Rediffusion Go, Go, Go, Said The Bird 9.45 -
Four young people behind the scenes of Swinging London, commentary by Nik Cohn
Millie, Simon Napier-
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.48 -
content unknown
Thursday 27th October 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The producer was hoping to show two new clips specially filmed for the show. Ike
and Tina Turner filmed at Syon Lodge, Isleworth and an American-
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Chart run down with the number one record
The Hollies -
Lulu & The Alan Price Set -
The Troggs -
Herman's Hermits -
The Dave Clark Five -
Paul Jones -
The Spencer Davis Group -
Cilla Black -
Four Tops -
BBC1 The Norman Vaughan Show 9.05 -
Lulu
BBC2 Jazz Goes to College 10.30 -
Thelonius Monk
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.10 -
content unknown
Friday 28th October 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Hosted by Leslie Crowther, with Peter Glaze, Jillian Comber and Christine Holmes
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
The Hollies walk out when they hear that The Dave Clark Five are topping the bill
Hosted by Cathy McGowan wrapped in a snood
Susan Hampshire -
The Dave Clark Five -
Edwin Starr -
Bobby Goldsboro
The Troggs -
The Drifters
Paul Jones -
Southern Countdown
content unknown
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 8.25 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
Cleo Laine
Saturday 29th October 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Wales Disc A Dawn 5.15 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.45 -
Val Doonican
Rita Pavone
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.15 -
Los Paraguayos
BBC1 The Mamas & The Papas Special
Scheduled but not shown
ABC Tommy The Toreador movie with Tommy Steele 7.05 -
Southern Countdown 11.40 pm -
Mike D'Abo is given questions about Paul Jones and retorts "It's very unkind to plug reminders of my predecessor")
Boys team -
Girls team -
Marianne Faithfull
Sunday 30th October 1966
BBC1 Billy Cotton Music Hall 9.10 -
George Chisholm
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Frank Ifield
Millicent Martin
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
Broadcast from the Royal Hall, Harrogate to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of ABC opening in Yorkshire
Monday 31st October 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Brook Benton
Rediffusion Hippodrome (scheduled, but only shown on Southern and Anglia 8.00 -
The Joystrings
Jimmy Dean
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion David Jacob’s Words And Music 10.05 -
6: A Pocketful of Rye
Georgia Brown, Dennis Lotis, Millicent Martin
TWW Herd at the Scene 6.30 -
The Silverstone Set (featuring Andy Scott later of Sweet)
Herman's Hermits
Tuesday 1st November 1966
Scottish Late Night Look. Country Style
Corrie Folk
Cy Grant
Wednesday 2nd November 1966
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 8.05 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Johnny Pearson Trio
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Thursday 3rd November 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Simon Dee
Cilla Black -
The Hollies -
Manfred Mann -
The Spencer Davis Group -
Chris Farlowe -
Paul Jones -
Val Doonican -
Paul Anka -
Four Tops -
BBC1 The Norman Vaughan Show 9.05 -
Dickie Valentine
BBC2 Jazz Goes to College 10.20 -
International Jazz recorded in The University of Leeds
New Orleans All Stars Alvin Alcorn, Darnell Howard, James Archey, Alton Purnell, Pops Foster, Cle Frasier
Rediffusion Hippodrome 9.40 -
The Searchers
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
TWW Small Band Jazz 11.17 -
content unknown
Friday 4th November 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Cat Stevens
Manfred Mann
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Cilla Black was scheduled to appear but cancelled
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Manfred Mann – Semi-
Cat Stevens
Bobby Darin – If I Were A Carpenter
Cream – Wrapping Paper, NSU (Rediffusion had put out a press release at about this time claiming that Cream were session players)
Dave Berry
The Breakaways
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 8.25 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Southern Countdown 10.52 -
Various reports have the contestants as Marion Montgomery, Chris Farlowe
Boys team -
Girls team -
The Dave Clark Five
Gerry & The Pacemakers
The Spencer Davis Group
Saturday 5th November 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.35 -
Val Doonican
Lonnie Donegan
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 9.30 -
Vikki Carr
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
ABC Opportunity Knocks! 5.50 -
The Fylde Coast Jazzmen
ABC Batman 6.35 -
The Devil's Fingers part one with Liberace as Fingers
Sunday 6th November 1966
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Music Hall 9.30 -
The 150th show, broadcast live from The Talk Of The Town, London
Cilla Black -
Russ Conway
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 9.10 -
The Davis Snell Trio
ABC Batman 7.25 -
The Devil's Fingers part two with Liberace as Fingers
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Fess Parker
The Seekers
Millicent Martin
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Sandie Shaw
Monday 7th November 1966
ATV Action! 5.00 -
Paul Anka
Rediffusion David Jacob’s Words And Music 10.05 -
...colour it blue
Georgia Brown
Danny Street
Granada Scene 10.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 8th November 1966
Scottish Late Night Look -
content unknown
Granada Scene 10.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 9th November 1966
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.20 -
content unknown
Granada Scene 10.20 -
Elkie Brooks
Thursday 10th November 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
It's possible that Paul Anka filmed a clip for inclusion in tonight's show
Hosted by Peter Murray
The Beach Boys -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Manfred Mann -
Sandie Shaw -
The Small Faces -
Bobby Darin -
Lee Dorsey -
Eric Burdon -
Four Tops -
BBC1 The Norman Vaughan Show 9.05 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC2 Jazz Goes To College 10.20 -
The Horace Silver Quintet introduced by Humphrey Lyttelton
Rediffusion Hippodrome 9.40 -
The Joystrings
Jimmy Dean
Anita Gillette
Granada Scene 10.35 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Friday 11th November 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Paul Jones
Sandie Shaw
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.30 -
Andy Williams
Anthony Newley
Alan Sherman
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
The Beach Boys -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan, Keith Fordyce
Cilla Black – A Fool Am I (re-
The Zombies -
The Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Loving
Wayne Fontana – Pamela Pamela
Françoise Hardy
Geno Washington & His Ram Jam Band – Que Sera Sera
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds -
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 8.25 -
Lyn Rogers – It Had Better Be Tonight
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
Brian Epstein interview (Epstein made in clear in advance that he wouldn’t talk about the Beatles’ current situation)
Four Tops
Granada Scene 10.35 -
content unknown
Southern Countdown 10.52 -
Girls team -
Boys team -
Saturday 12th November 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 9.15 -
Val Doonican
The Smothers Brothers
The GoJos dance routine
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.25 -
The Ian Campbell Group
ABC Opportunity Knocks 5.50 -
The Silverstone Set (featuring Andy Scott, later of Sweet)
ATV On The Braden Beat 11.15 -
Georgie Fame
Sunday 13th November 1966
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 8.50 -
content unknown
ATV The London Palladium Show
The show was cancelled -
Joe Brown
ATV Secombe and Friends 8.25 -
Harry Secombe
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 14th November 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Rita Pavone
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion David Jacob’s Words And Music 10.05 -
Don't Fence Me In
Patsy Ann Noble (replacing Millicent Martin)
Joan Savage
Malcolm Roberts
Grampian Cairngorm Ski Party 9.10 -
An apres-
contents unknown
Tuesday 15th November 1966
Westward Folkwave 11.10 -
Scottish Country Style
content unknown
Wednesday 16th November 1966
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.40 -
content unknown
Thursday 17th November 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Recorded at Lime Grove studios, London
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (wearing a 'property of her majesty's prison Nassau, Bahamas'
t-
The Spencer Davis Group -
Gene Pitney -
Yardbirds -
Val Doonican -
Ike & Tina Turner -
Paul Jones -
The Shadows -
Tom Jones -
The Beach Boys -
BBC1 Miss World 1966 9.30 -
Mark Wynter
BBC2 Jazz Goes To College 10.20 -
Earl Hines, Bud Freeman, Buck Clayton, Rex Stewart
Rediffusion Hippodrome 9.40 -
Trini Lopez -
The Dave Clark Five – Look Before You Leap
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Friday 18th November 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Eric Burdon -
The Small Faces -
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band -
The Breakaways
Donovan -
The Kinks’ Dave Davies and Pete Quaife -
Four Tops -
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 8.25 -
Frank Ifield
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Southern Countdown 10.52 -
Girls panel -
Boys panel -
David & Jonathan
Paul & Barry Ryan -
Saturday 19th November 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.40 -
Val Doonican
The King Brothers
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.25 -
As part of his payment Seeger got to spend a day at BBC Television Centre looking at folk film and VT in the BBC's archive
Pete Seeger
ABC Opportunity Knocks 5.40 -
The Silverstone Set (winners from previous week)
ATV George and the Dragon 8.30 -
Theme by Tom Springfield
Sunday 20th November 1966
BBC1 Meeting Point: Outcasts and Outsiders 6.15 -
Folk music at Les Cousins, London
with Al Stewart, Jackson C Frank, Bert Jansch, Paul Simon, Stephen Delft, Weston Gavin
BBC1 The Royal Variety Performance 7.25 -
Gilbert Becaud withdrew from the show possibly because his time was cut
Gene Pitney – 24 Hours From Tulsa, Till The End Of Time
The Seekers
Matt Monro -
The Bachelors
Sammy Davis Jr
Henry Mancini
Tommy Steele
BBC2 Call My Bluff 8.20 -
Julie Felix
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 -
The Smothers Brothers
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore
Monday 21th November 1966
ATV Action! 5.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion David Jacob’s Words And Music 10.05 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Joan Savage
Grampian Cairngorm Ski Party 9.10 -
content unknown
Tuesday 22nd November 1966
Scottish Country Style
content unknown
Wednesday 23rd November 1966
Granada Scene 10.50 -
Little Richard
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.50 -
content unknown
Thursday 24th November 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The 150th show
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Paul & Barry Ryan -
The Small Faces -
The Spencer Davis Group -
The Easybeats -
Little Richard -
Lee Dorsey -
Samantha Juste -
Eric Burdon & The Animals -
The Beach Boys -
BBC1 I’m Going To Ask You To Get Up Out Of Your Seats 9.30 -
Documentary of Billy Graham in London with Cliff Richard at Empire Pool, Wembley
BBC2 Jazz Goes To College 10.20 -
The Stan Tracey Trio plays Under Milk Wood
Grampian Music Mine 6.15 -
Eleanor Leith
Rediffusion Hippdrome 9.40 -
Nancy Sinatra -
Paul & Barry Ryan
Rediffusion The Frost programme 10.35 -
Georgie Fame (making up for his cancelled 12th October 1966 appearance)
Friday 25th November 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Joe Brown
Paul & Barry Ryan
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.30 -
Andy Williams
The Osmond Brothers
Johnny Mathis
BBC1 All-
UNICEF benefit show from the Alhambra, Paris
Sandie Shaw
Bobby Darin
Juliette Greco
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Gene Pitney was due to appear but didn't due to work permit problems
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Little Richard – I Need Love
Donovan – Sunshine Superman, Season Of The Witch (sings in front of his own self-
Ben E King
Paul & Barry Ryan
The Creation (replacing The Young Rascals)
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Wayne Fontana
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 8.25 -
Ronnie Carroll
Ronnie Hilton
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Southern Countdown 10.52 -
Girls panel -
Boys panel -
Saturday 26th November 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
One of the discs played Roy Orbison's "There Won't Be Many Coming Back" is slammed by Burdon and host Jacobs
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.45 -
Val Doonican
The Beverley Sisters
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 7.25 -
Ella Fitzgerald
Buddy Greco
Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.30 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie McGregor
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.20 -
The Silverstone Set (winners from previous week)
Sunday 27th November 1966
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
One of the NBC shows
Hosted by Roger Moore
Joe Brown
The Bachelors
Morecombe & Wise – Boom Boom Ya Ta Ta Ta (with Millicent Martin and Roger Moore)
Millicent Martin -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
Julie Felix
Monday 28th November 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Paul Anka
TWW Herd at the Scene 6.30 -
The Spencer Davis Group
Pussyfoot
Rediffusion David Jacobs Words and Music 10.05 -
...The Continental Touch
Janie Marden -
Danny Street
Grampian Cairngorm Ski Party 9.10 -
content unknown
Tuesday 29th November 1966
Westward Folkwave 10.45 -
content unknown
Wednesday 30th November 1966
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.45 -
Helen Shapiro
Thursday 1st December 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Simon Dee
Donovan -
The Kinks -
Manfred Mann -
The Seekers -
The Small Faces -
Bobby Hebb -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Val Doonican -
Tom Jones -
BBC2 Jazz Goes To College 10.20 -
content unknown at the University of East Anglia, Norwich
Grampian Music Mine 6.15 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Hippodrome 9.40 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Friday 2nd December 1966
BBC1 Junior Points of View 4.55 -
Cliff Richard answers from fans (he gives answers according to his new found Christian faith)
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Dave Berry
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich -
The Young Rascals
Herman’s Hermits – East West
Chris Farlowe -
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Kenny Kynch
ATV The Best Of Morecambe & Wise 8.25 -
Paul & Barry Ryan
Lulu
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Southern Countdown 10.52 -
Girls team -
Boys team -
Saturday 3rd December 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
The all-
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.45 -
Val Doonican
David & Jonathan
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 9.55 -
Sonny Stitt
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.35 -
The Duadim
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.20 -
The Silverstone Set (winners from previous week)
Sunday 4th December 1966
ABC & ATV A Royal Gala 8.35 -
Charity show taped at the London Palladium 29th November 1966
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (minus Bruce Welch who was ill appearing as a trio)
The Walker Brothers -
Frank Ifield
Sandie Shaw -
Jackie Trent
The Dave Clark Five -
Frankie Vaughan and The V Group
Cathy McGowan -
Anita Harris
The Beverley Sisters
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Monday 5th December 1966
BBC1 Blue Peter 4.55 -
The Bobcats (new group)
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Malcolm Roberts -
Rediffusion David Jacobs Words and Music 10.05 -
...There Goes That Song Again
Jeannie Carson
Gary Miller
Grampian Cairngorm Ski Party 9.10 -
content unknown
Wednesday 7th December 1966
Granada Cinema 9.10 -
Cliff Richard interviewed about Finders Keepers on set at Pinewood studios
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.40 -
Mrs Miller
Thursday 8th December 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
The Kinks -
The Seekers -
The Supremes -
The Barron Knights -
The Easybeats -
Jimmy Ruffin -
The Young Rascals -
Tom Jones -
BBC2 Jazz Goes To College 10.20 -
The Ronnie Ross Big Band from the University of Bristol
Grampian Music Mine 6.15 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
Mrs Miller
TWW Time For Music 11.17 -
content unknown
Friday 9th December 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
The Small Faces
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
The Alan Price Set
Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon & Alan Price -
Peter & Gordon
Bobby Hebb -
The Move -
Jimmy Ruffin
ATV The Best Of Morecambe & Wise 9.35 -
Susan Maughan
The Morgan-
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Southern Countdown 10.52 -
Girls team -
Boys team -
The Small Faces
Saturday 10th December 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 9.00 -
Val Doonican
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 7.25 -
Leslie Uggams
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.10 -
Melody Maker has this down as a second appearance for Leon Bibb
Judy Collins
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.20 -
The Silverstone Set (winners from previous week)
TWW The Dean Martin Show 8.15 -
Sunday 11th December 1966
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Ray Fell
Nina & Frederick
Acker Bilk
Max Bygraves -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
Julie Rogers
Little Richard
Monday 12th December 1966
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Dave King
Rediffusion David Jacobs Words and Music 10.-
If I Had A Talking Picture
Janie Marden
Dennis Lotis
Joan Savage
Southen The Rat Catchers: Rendezvous Vienna 8.00 -
Kim Cordell (singer)
Tyne Tees Gangway
The New Vaudeville Band
Grampian Cairngorm Ski Party 9.10 -
content unknown
Tuesday 13th December 1966
Scottish Country Style
content unknown
Wednesday 14th November 1966
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.28 -
content unknown
Thursday 15th December 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
A film clip of The Supremes will be shown if it turns up in time from the USA
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Donovan -
Elvis Presley -
Rita Pavone -
Herman's Hermits -
The Seekers -
The Small Faces -
The Troggs -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Tom Jones -
BBC2 Jazz Goes To College 10.20 -
The Modern Jazz Quartet at the Hornsey College of Arts
Rediffusion Here Comes Christmas! 3.20 -
Cy Grant
Grampian Music Mine 6.15 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Friday 16th December 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Peter and Gordon
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 9.30 -
Andy Williams
The Osmond Brothers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Seen listed as The Ready Steady Go Troggs Spectacular
The Troggs -
Keith Relf -
The Escorts -
Four Tops -
Marc Bolan -
The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
The Merseys -
Victor Sylvester -
Southern Countdown 10.52 -
Girls team -
Boys team -
The Alan Price Set
The Settlers
ATV The Best of Morecambe & Wise 9.35 -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Julie Rogers
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
(possibly) Blossom Dearie -
Saturday 17th December 1966
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.55 -
Val Doonican
BBC2 Tonight In Person 10.25 -
William Clausen with Los Guaramex
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.20 -
The Silverstone Set (winners from previous week)
TWW The Dean Martin Show 9.15 -
Sunday 18th December 1966
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.20 pm -
Georgie Fame -
Monday 19th December 1966
Rediffusion Words And Music 10.05 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Joan Savage
Danny Street
Tuesday 20th December 1966
BBC2 New Release 10.15 -
Ravi Shankar plays music from ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Scottish Country Style
Cy Grant
Wednesday 21st December 1966
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.20 -
content unknown
Thursday 22nd December 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
A film clip of The Who 'Happy Jack' was to be shown
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Cliff Richard In The Country (film clip of Cliff and The Shadows in rehearsal for Cinderella at the London Palladium)
Donovan -
The Kinks -
The Supremes -
The Troggs -
The Barron Knights -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Wayne Fontana -
Tom Jones -
BBC2 Jazz Goes To College 10.25 -
Astrud Gilberto
Westward Here Comes Christmas 3.35 -
Bethlehem Blues
Cy Grant
Grampian Music Mine 6.15 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Friday 23rd December 1966
BBC1 Christmas Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Goes! 6.08 -
Hosted by Cathy McGowan
Disc Weekly said of the show "All are to sing at least some bars of their 1966 hits, with the exception of The Walkers." Dusty Springfield, Lulu, The Mindbenders, Peter & Gordon, The Small Faces, John and Gary Walker, and Dave Berry were penciled in to appear. Melody Maker claimed the show would be "an impromptu pantomime."
Keith Relf and Paul Samwell-
Eric Burdon & Alan Price -
Eric Burdon -
The Who -
Peter and Gordon -
Donovan -
The Spencer Davis Group -
Paul Jones -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Mick Jagger and Chris Farlowe -
plus appearances by Cat Stevens, Julie Felix, The Merseys
Kenny Lynch and ensemble -
Southern Countdown 11.02 -
Girls team -
Boys team -
The Troggs
The Settlers
ATV The Best Of Morecambe & Wise 9.35 -
The King Brothers
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.35 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Nina and Frederick 12.20 -
Saturday 24th December 1966 Christmas Eve
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.10 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.50 -
Val Doonican
Frank Ifield
BBC2 I Gotta Shoe or Cindy Ella 7.50 -
Cleo Laine
Elizabeth Welch
Cy Grant
ABC Gala Opportunity Knocks 6.40 -
content unknown
ABC Frankie & Bruce’s Christmas Show 9.40 -
Cilla Black
Tom Jones
The Kaye Sisters
Sunday 25th December 1966 Christmas Day
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 1.10 -
Andy Williams
The Williams Brothers
The Osmond Brothers
BBC1 The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
Elizabeth Welch
BBC1 The Ken Dodd Show 8.00 -
The Bachelors
BBC2 Meet The Swingles 10.10 -
The Swingle Singers
ATV Cliff Richard & The Shadows 2.00 -
in ‘When You Wish Upon A Wishbone’
Cliff Richard
The Shadows
Ivor Emmanuel
ATV Secombe, Friends and Relations 7.25 – 8.55 pm
The Seekers
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Acker Bilk
George Chisholm
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
ITV Young At Heart Frank Sinatra movie
Monday 26th December 1966 Boxing Day
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘66 part one 6.15 -
The number ones from the first half of the year
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Peter Murray
The Walker Brothers -
Nancy Sinatra -
The Rolling Stones -
The Small Faces -
Spencer Davis Group -
The Overlanders -
The Beatles -
Frank Sinatra -
The Spencer Davis Group -
Manfred Mann -
The Rolling Stones -
Dusty Springfield -
The Beatles -
The GoJos dance to the show's theme (and end credits)
BBC2 Not Only...But Also 9.00 -
Music by The Dudley Moore Trio
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore -
John Lennon as Dan the doorman in sketch
Marian Montgomery -
Rediffusion Here Comes That Boy Again: Joe Brown 12.10 -
Joe Brown with Vicki Brown
Rediffusion Hippodrome 2.40 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Jane Morgan
Rediffusion The Temptation Of Jezabel 10.52 -
Blues version of The Prodigal Son
Glory von Scott, Philip A Stamps, Vinette Carroll
Rediffusion Singing and Searching 11.30 pm -
Strangers at the Cradle with Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
Tuesday 27th December 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘66 part two 6.17 -
The number ones from the second half of the year
Hosted by Alan Freeman, Simon Dee with Samantha Juste
The Beatles -
Georgie Fame -
The Troggs -
Jim Reeves -
The Small Faces -
The Beatles -
Chris Farlowe -
The Beach Boys -
Tom Jones -
The Kinks -
Donovan -
The Seekers -
Four Tops -
Theme outro (and end credits)
Rediffusion Music Mine 8.10 -
contents unknown
Rediffusion Take Your Shows Off 12.45 -
The Serendipity Singers
Border Beatwave 10.10 -
Chris Rayburn -
Fran and Alan
The Spectres -
Granada Nothing But The Blues 11.25 pm -
A recording of the American Folk Blues package tour 30th September 1966
Joe Turner
Roosevelt Sykes
Robert Pete Williams
Sippe Wallace
Sleepy John Estes
Junior Wells
Otis Rush
Little Brother Montgomery
Rediffusion Singing and Searching 11.27 pm -
Possibly Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
Wednesday 28th December 1966
BBC1 Alice In Wonderland 9.05 -
Regarding the public’s comments about the show to duty officers a BBC spokesman in Manchester said ‘Most callers were quite angry’
Music by Ravi Shankar
BBC1 Masterworks: Brandenburg Concertos by Bach 11.02 -
Paul McCartney watched this classical music broadcast and was taken with the piccolo trumpet part, played by David Mason. The following month he was invited to the EMI recording studios to play on The Beatles' Penny Lane.
BBC2 Tonight In Person 8.05 -
Los Paraguoyos
Rediffusion Singing and Searching 12.04 am -
(possibly) Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
Tyne Tees unknown show (possibly Late Look)
The Four Pennies
Thursday 29th December 1966
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Jack Bruce would later claim that Ginger Baker overdosed on heroin in the dressing room before the show. According to Melody maker Cat Stevens was booked for the 30th December, but there wasn't a show that day.
Hosted by Simon Dee
The Monkees -
The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
Cream -
The Supremes -
The Who -
Dave Dee & Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Wayne Fontana -
Tom Jones -
BBC2 Jazz Goes To College 10.20 -
The Tubby Hayes Big Band
ITN Reporting ‘66: Are The Beatles Breaking Up? 6.08 -
The Beatles interviewed outside Abbey Road
Grampian Music Mine 6.15 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Singing and Searching 11.07 pm -
Possibly Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
Friday 30th December 1966
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Easybeats
BBC1 Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass 11.12 pm –12.00 am
BBC2 Ravi Shankar 9.55 -
ATV The Best of Morecombe & Wise 8.25 -
The Shadows
Janie Marden
Rediffusion Singing and Searching 11.45 pm -
Possibly Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
Grampian The Swinging World Of Sammy Davis Jr
Saturday 31st December 1966
Throughout the early evening on BBC1 there were specially made promos and reminders for The Monkees debut episode
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Monkees 6.15 -
Royal Flush
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC1 Ring In The New 12.01 am -
Lonnie Donegan
The Corries
ABC Teenage Revolution 12.30 -
Documentary, narrated by Van Helfin, about American youth
ABC Lucky Stars New Year Special 6.20 -
All the artists will have to perform live. It was originally intended to be shown on Christmas Eve.
Paul Jones
Sandie Shaw
Adam Faith
Russ Conway
Max Bygraves
Frankie Vaughan & The V Men
Scottish A Show For Hogmanay 11.15 pm -
The Bachelors
The Alexander Brothers
Ivor Emmanuel
Also This Year
ITV I Dream Of Jeannie: Jeannie the Hip Hippie
Phil Spector
Boyce And Hart -
Rediffusion Hippodrome was to be transmitted 7th November, but possibly cancelled
Dave Clark Five
BBC1 Top of the Pops -
BBC1 David Frost Show c.October
Paul Jones
ATV On The Braden Beat
Kenny Lynch each week as a commentator/comedian
Anglia Boz c.July 1966
A forty minute documentary about singer Boz. According to Disc Weekly Anglia were going to show the documentary.
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Mike D'Abo interview
BBC1 A Whole Scene Going mid-
Donovan appeared on the show wearing a kimono. He was there to promote his new single.
Scottish Hoot'nanny (March)
Carolyn Hester
ITV Lux advert
Sandie Shaw
Granada Late Scene (March)
The Mindbenders being presented with silver disc at New Century Hall, Manchester
Southern Pop The Question
Yardbirds interview
BBC1 or 2 unknown show to be broadcast 25th June (noted in music press)
Georgie Fame live at the Ricky Tick club, Windsor
ITV Coca Cola advert
The Who (also shown in colour in cinemas)
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show
The Hollies might have recorded a clip for the show 25th February 1966
Border Cock of The North
Diana Dors -
? Going Places
Lyn and Graham McCarthy record editions of the show to be broadcast on Wednesdays
ITV unknown paint company adverts
The Move -
BBC Mr President
Bob Kerr's Whooppe Band -
Westward unknown show, but likely a news programme and not Move Over Dad as stated on the BFI site
The Walker Brothers -
Available on the BFI player