TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1968
Monday 1st January 1968
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Roy Budd
BBC2 Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music 10.35 -
Ella Fitzgerald, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Tuesday 2nd January 1968
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 9.05 -
The show would reach 6.9 million homes according to the Television Audience Measurement top ten ratings
Petula Clark
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Wednesday 3rd January 1968
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
The Love Affair
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Thursday 4th January 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Peter Tork
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Four Tops -
Georgie Fame -
Love Affair -
Petula Clark -
The Small Faces with P.P.Arnold -
Tom Jones -
The Beatles -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Friday 5th January 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Small Faces
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
The Small Faces were scheduled, but cancelled, likewise The Bee Gees were to perform World. All the acts wear big headphones, except P P Arnold
Hosted by Alan Freeman
The Morgan-
Vox Pop piece
The Beach Boys -
Mickie Most -
P P Arnold -
The Cedars -
Helen (otherwise unidentified young girl) -
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Peter Noone -
Hermans Hermits -
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Williams
BBC2 The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour 9.55 -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Southern New Release 7.00 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn who concluded "Couldn't really have too much controversy
on tonight's show -
The Tremeloes
Andy Ellison
Manfred Mann (Blackburn asked Manfred "What's going to happen in 1968" to which Kenny Lynch jumped in with "I might change my underwear.")
Herman's Hermits
Kenny Lynch
Guest reviewer -
ATV Frank Ifield 8.30 -
Frank Ifield
Janie Marden
Tyne Tees Geordie Girl 11.15 -
Susan Maughan
Alan Price
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Saturday 6th January 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
Monkees Marooned
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
Mickie Most and Peter Noone promised to donate their royalties from Herman Hermits' I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving to the I'm Backing Britain campaign. Dee agrees to donate this weeks' fee also.
The Smothers Brothers
Roy Budd
Salena Jones
Tom Rush
Marty Wilde
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.55 -
Brook Benton – Love Come Back To Me, Ol’ Man River
Georgia Brown – For Months and Months and Months, & Rolf Harris – A Little Of What You Fancy
The Morgan / James Duo – If It Comes To That
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.00 -
Scaffold
Jeannie Lambe -
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.30 -
Julie Felix
The Bee Gees -
Josh White
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 5.50 -
Manfred Mann
Eric Burdon
The Spencer Davis Group
ABC Mike And Bernie’s Show 6.20 -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (also seen as just The Shadows)
Anita Harris
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier. Hosted by Michael Wale.
Sunday 7th January 1968
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
Esther Ofarim
BBC2 The Charlie Drake Show 8.15 -
The Three Bells
Josie Lee -
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
John Hanson and the company of Desert Song
ATV Spotlight 8.25 -
Barbara McNair
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
The High Windows (Israeli pop group)
(possibly) Don Partridge -
Monday 8th January 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Elaine Delmar
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.25 -
The Dallas Boys
Janie Marden
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Tuesday 9th January 1968
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 9.05 -
Petula Clark
Sacha Distel
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Wednesday 10th January 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Rosemary Squires
Rediffusion The Dickie Valentine Show: The Image 8.00 -
Peter Murray as himself
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Thursday 11th January 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Johnnie Stewart leaves to work on All Systems Freeman and is replaced by new producer Colin Charman
Hosted by Peter Murray, Dave Cash
Georgie Fame -
The Bee Gees -
Love Affair -
The Small Faces with P.P.Arnold -
The Herd -
Hank B.Marvin -
The Tremeloes -
The Beatles -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Friday 12th January 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Herman's Hermits
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
Manfred Mann
Amen Corner
Long John Baldry
Kenny Lynch
Marty Wilde
Les Reed
Tony Blackburn -
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Willams
Trini Lopez
Southern New Release 7.00 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Tony Blackburn -
The Spencer Davis Group
Grapefruit
The Small Faces
Glenn Weston
Anita Harris
Jackie Trent
P P Arnold
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
ATV Frank Ifield 8.30 -
Frank Ifield
Jackie Trent
(possibly) The Harbour Lites
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Saturday 13th January 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
A Coffin Too Frequent
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
Tony Blackburn -
Herman’s Hermits
Allan Sherman
The Morgan-
Maynard Ferguson
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.55 -
Dusty Springfield -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Janis Ian
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.05 -
Scaffold
Jeannie Lambe -
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.30 -
Julie Felix
The Dubliners
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 5.50 -
The Foundations
Cathy McGowan
Adrienne Posta
Georgia Brown
Gordon Waller
Dave Dee
Manfred Mann
Pete Townshend
ABC Mike And Bernie’s Show 6.20 -
Malcolm Roberts
The Kaye Sisters
Sandie Shaw
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier
Sunday 14th January 1968
BBC1 Meeting Point: My Songs Are Me (also seen as My Song Is Me) 6.15 -
Pop performers – Alan Price, Spencer Davis & Eddie Harding, Cat Stevens, Ray & Dave Davies all talk about the songwriting process
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
Shirley Jones
Noel Harrison
Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Joe Brown and the company of Charlie Girl
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.20 -
The Moody Blues -
Tommy Leonetti -
Millicent Martin -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Engelbert Humperdinck
Monday 15th January 1968
BBC2 The Dick Emery Show 8.00 -
Tricia Noble
Kenny Baker and Stan Roderick
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.30 -
Sandie Shaw
Roy Budd
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Granada World In Action: Alas Poor Hippies, Love Is Dead 8.00 -
Report on current activities at Haight / Ashbury and east New York City
Tuesday 16th January 1968
BBC1 This Is Petula Clark 9.15 -
No guests, just a solo show
Petula Clark
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Wednesday 17th January 1968
BBC1 Tomorrow’s World 6.40 -
Mike Leonard light show article with The Pink Floyd, The Tremeloes (rehearsal for 25th December 1967 Top of the Pops)
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Rosemary Squires
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
Janis Ian
Cleo Laine
Thursday 18th January 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, David Symonds
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Four Tops -
Herman's Hermits -
Love Affair -
Manfred Mann -
Plastic Penny -
John Fred & His Playboy Band -
Georgie Fame -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Friday 19th January 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Spencer Davis Group
(possibly) The Easybeats
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
Top of the Pops director Johnnie Stewart takes over production tonight
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Cat Stevens
The Alan Price Set
The Foundations
Julie Rogers
Gordon Waller
Herb Albert (film clip)
The Marvellettes (film clip)
Andrew Oldham -
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Williams
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Eddie Fisher
George Chakaris
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Granada Scene 6.05 -
Amen Corner
Southern New Release 7.00 -
Glen Campbell was due to appear but cancelled
Hosted by Tony Blackburn, plus panel members Penny Valentine, Mike Lennox
Tony Blackburn -
P J Proby
Gordon Waller
The Loot (film clip)
Tom Rush -
Denny Laine
Janis Ian
ATV Frank Ifield 8.30 -
Frank Ifield
Trisha Noble
Rosemary Squires
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Saturday 20th January 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
Monkees In Texas
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
Blossom Dearie
Long John Baldry
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
The Spencer Davis Group
Kenny Damon
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.55 -
Georgie Fame
Roy Budd
The New Faces
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.20 -
The Scaffold
Jeannie Lambe -
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.25 -
Julie Felix
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 5.50 -
The Move -
ABC Doddy’s Music Box 6.20 -
Hosted by Ken Dodd
The Bachelors
The Tremeloes
Salena Jones
Solomon King
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier
Sunday 21st January 1968
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
Nancy Sinatra
Frank Sinatra Jr
BBC2 The Charlie Drake Show 8.15 -
The Three Bells
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
The Bachelors
Tony Blackburn -
ATV Piccadilly Palace 8.25 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Millicent Martin
Topol -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Artie Shaw
Carmen McRae
Monday 22nd January 1968
BBC1 Eric Robinson Presents 10.25 -
David Hughes
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.35 -
Vera Lynn
Winifred Atwell
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Blossom Dearie Sings For Your Approval 9.45 – 10.00 pm
Live from Ronnie Scott's Club, London
Tuesday 23rd January 1968
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Rediffusion Here Comes That Girl: Dodie West 6.33 -
Wednesday 24th January 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Rosemary Squires
BBC1 The Good Old Days 8.00 -
The 100th edition
Vince Hill
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Manfred Mann
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Thursday 25th January 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman, Jimmy Savile, Peter Murray, Ed Stewart (Daily Mirror says Peter Murray only)
Quite why the show would be hosted by four presenters is unknown as there was no anniversary aspect to the show
The Alan Price Set -
Engelbert Humperdinck -
The Small Faces with P.P. Arnold -
Amen Corner -
Solomon King -
John Fred & His Playboy Band -
The Tremeloes -
Love Affair -
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Friday 26th January 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Tremeloes
Tony Blackburn -
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
Procol Harum were penciled in to appear
The Move
Eric Burdon
Sandie Shaw
Danny Williams
The Bee Gees (film clip)
The Buckinghams (film clip)
Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent -
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Williams
Ella Fitzgerald
Henry Mancini
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Southern New Release 7.00 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Sandie Shaw
Toby Twirl
P J Proby
Rediffusion The Frost Programme 10.30 -
contents unknown
Saturday 27th January 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
Wild Monkees
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
The Hollies were penciled in to appear, possibly performing Dear Eloise, which was expected to be a single, but the band then decided against releasing it as such in the UK
Cilla Black
Elaine Delmar
The Tremeloes
Solomon King
Michael Flanders
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.55 -
Mina (Italian pop singer)
Kenneth McKellar
Maynard Ferguson
Shirley Bassey – This Is My Life
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.10 -
The Scaffold
Jeannie Lambe -
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.25 -
Julie Felix
Alan Price Set
Leonard Cohen -
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 5.50 -
The producers were negotiating to include a five minute film clip of Diana Ross & The Supremes while they were in London
Brenton Wood
ABC Doddy’s Music Box 6.20 -
Herman's Hermits -
Julie Rogers
Billy Fury
Love Affair
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier
Sunday 28th January 1968
BBC1 Look Today (regional news)
The filming of pop movie A Romp In The Bracken
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
Jimmie Rodgers
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Frank Ifield
Shirley Abicair
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
The Supremes had requested that they duet with Tom Jones on the show
Hosted by Des O'Connor
Tom Jones -
Diana Ross and The Supremes -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Carmen McRae
Monday 29th January 1968
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.35 -
Georgie Fame
Trisha Noble
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Tuesday 30th January 1968
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
The New Kentucky Minstrels were penciled in to appear. In a Candid Camera type film Cilla works behind the counter in a shop in Birmingham, but is not recognised by any of the shoppers.
Hosted by Cilla Black
Theme: Step Inside Love written by Paul McCartney
Cilla Black -
Tom Jones & Cilla Black -
Tom Jones -
Le Serfs -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
The Herd
Rediffusion Here Comes That Girl: Dodie West 6.33 -
Rediffusion International Cover Girl '68 9.15 -
Long John Baldry -
ATV The Making Of Music: To Beat...Or Not To Beat 11.25 -
content unknown
Wednesday 31st January 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Rosemary Squires
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Thursday 1st February 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Procol Harum were penciled in to appear
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, John Peel
Sandie Shaw -
The Move -
Amen Corner -
Brenton Wood -
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Manfred Mann -
Plastic Penny -
The Tremeloes -
Love Affair -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
BBC1 (Wales) The Victor Spinetti Show
Amen Corner
Friday 2nd February 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Manfred Mann
Roger Whittaker
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
The Casuals
Shirley Bassey
Eric Burdon (film clip)
Freddie Garrity
The Eagles
Arlo Guthrie
BBC1 Film Review 10.50 -
Marianne Faithfull interview
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Williams
Steve Lawrence & Edie Gorme
The Kingston Trio
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Southern New Release! 7.00 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Procol Harum were penciled in to appear
The Frugal Sound
Sundragon
The Move
Saturday 3rd February 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
Hitting The High Seas
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
Sandie Shaw
Manfred Mann
Billy Fury
Carmen McRae
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.55 -
David McWilliams
Esther & Abi Ofarim
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.00 -
Mike McGear & Roger McGough
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.15 -
Julie Felix
The Incredible String Band
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 5.50 -
content unknown
ABC Doddy’s Music Box 6.20 -
Long John Baldry -
The Moody Blues
Clinton Ford
The Rockin' Berries
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier
Sunday 4th February 1968
BBC1 Personal Choice 2.45 -
Cliff Michelmore talks to Tommy Steele
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
Janis Ian
BBC2 The Charlie Drake Show 8.15 -
The Three Bells
Jill Day
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
The Morgan – James Duo
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
The Tremeloes -
Peter Nero -
Millicent Martin -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Monday 5th February 1968
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Tuesday 6th February 1968
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
The previous show had an audience of 11 million, but this one with Ringo reached 13 million.
Cilla Black
Ringo Starr -
Tom Jones -
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Wednesday 7th February 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 6.15 -
Julie Rogers
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Thursday 8th February 1968
BBC1 The Newcomers 6.40 -
with singer / actress Maggie Fitzgibbon
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The Cowsills were penciled in for an appearance but had to cancel due to a banning by the Ministries of Labour and Education regarding the age of the children. Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky, Micky and Tich were also due to appear
Hosted by Peter Murray, Stuart Henry
The Beach Boys -
Manfred Mann -
The Bee Gees -
The Status Quo -
Grapefruit -
Solomon King -
John Fred & His Playboy Band -
Love Affair -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Friday 9th February 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Symbols
The Love Affair
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
Gray Walker & The Rain -
Dave Berry -
Dave Dee
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Long John Baldry
The Cowsills (film clip) The band were due to make a personal appearance but the problems with the Ministries of Labour and Education as mentioned on Top Of The Pops meant they didn't.
Alan Blakley & David Munden of The Tremeloes interview
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Williams
Vic Damone
Nancy Ames
The Osmond Brothers
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Southern New Release! 7.00 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Nerve
Dave Berry
James & Bobby Purify -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Saturday 10th February 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 5.50 -
The Cowsills were penciled in for an appearance but had to cancel, Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky, Micky and Tich were also due to appear
Plastic Penny
Elanie Delmar
Solomon King
Francoise Hardy
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.10 -
Lulu (cancelled due to illness)
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.20 -
The Scaffold -
Jeannie Lambe -
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.25 -
Julie Felix
Tom Paxton
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 5.50 -
Love Affair -
ABC Doddy’s Music Box 6.15 -
Manfred Mann
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Anita Harris
Freddie Garrity
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier
Sunday 11th February 1968
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
Jimmy Rodgers
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
The Tremeloes
Dickie Valentine
ATV Piccadilly Palace 8.25 -
Matt Monro
Millicent Martin
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
content unknown
Monday 12th February 1968
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.15 -
Matt Monro
Francoise Hardy
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Tuesday 13th February 1968
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
Cilla Black
Donovan – Jennifer Juniper, & Cilla Black – What Beautiful Creatures We Are
Frankie Vaughan
Roger Miller (cancelled)
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
ATV We’ll Meet Again 9.00 -
Vera Lynn
Ronnie Carroll
The Rockin' Berries
The New Faces
ATV The Making Of Music: Making The Scene 11.25 -
content unknown
Wednesday 14th February 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Julie Rogers
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Sounds Exciting 5.25 -
content unknown
Thursday 15th February 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Anita Harris was penciled in to appear, Long John Baldry was due to sing Daybreak. Disc claimed that The Shadows had taped a clip for the show at about this time
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Dave Cash
Chart run-
The Foundations -
The Status Quo – Pictures Of Matchstick Men (live vocal)
The Alan Price Set – Don’t Stop The Carnival (re-
Brenton Wood – Gimme Little Sign (live)
The Move -
Herman’s Hermits -
Amen Corner -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu (live vocal)
Manfred Mann – The Mighty Quinn (live vocal) number one
end credits with audience dancing
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
ITN News At Ten 10.00 -
John Lennon and George Harrison leave for India
Friday 16th February 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Leslie Crowther’s final show as host
The Foundations
Roger Whittaker (who starts his own series Whistle Stop this time next week)
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
The Troggs -
Lulu
Frankie Vaughan -
Tim Rose
The Peddlers
Jown Rowles
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Southern New Release! 7.00 -
After the taping Tim Rose refused to share a taxi with David Wigg after he slammed Rose's disc on the show
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Troggs -
Tim Rose
Long John Baldry
Francoise Hardy
Cat Stevens
David Wigg -
Saturday 17th February 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
Double Barrell Shotgun Wedding
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
The Move
Maynard Ferguson
Dakota Staton
Eddy Arnold
David and Marianne Delmour
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 8.-
Trio Athenee
Yaffa Yarkoni
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.35 pm -
Jeannie Lambe -
The Scaffold
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.30 -
Julie Felix
Donovan & Julie Felix – Happiness Runs
Donovan – As I Recall, Lalena
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 5.50 -
The Rock N Roll Revival
Carl Wayne of The Move
At Last The 1958 Rock N Roll Show
P J Proby
ABC Doddy’s Music Box 6.15 -
The Dave Clark Five (cancelled as the filming of their own special had fallen behind schedule according to the NME), Frankie Vaughan was also penciled in to appear
Paul Jones
Paul and Barry Ryan
Friday Brown
The New Faces
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier
Sunday 18th February 1968
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
Nancy Wilson
BBC2 The Charlie Drake Show 8.15 -
David McWilliams
The Three Bells
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Dennis Lotis
Tyne Tees Cliff Richard at City Hall 6.35 -
Hymns and conversation at City Hall, Newcastle
Cliff talks to Barry Westward, and takes questions from the audience
How Great Thou Art (with Choir), We Shall Be Changed, It Is No Secret, Good News, What A Friend We Have In Jesus (with choir), Can It Be (with choir)
ATV Spotlight 8.25 -
Tom Jones
Fran Jeffries
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Lulu (cancelled due to illness)
Julie Rogers (takes Lulu's place)
Monday 19th February 1968
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.30 -
Marion Montgomery
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Granada Scene 6.05 -
Tim Rose
ITN News At Ten 10.00 -
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr leave for India
Tuesday 20th February 1968
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
Cilla Black
Lulu -
Dickie Henderson -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 21st February 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Julie Rogers
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Thursday 22nd February 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The Troggs and The Bee Gees had been penciled in to appear
Hosted by Peter Murray, Chris Denning
Donovan -
Lulu -
The Move -
Anita Harris -
Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Don Partridge -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
Lemon Pipers -
Manfred Mann -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Friday 23rd February 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
Gary Walker & The Rain (the injunction that stopped the band appearing on TV was now resolved)
Traffic
Cat Stevens
Val Doonican
The Dave Clark Five
The Paper Dolls
George Martin
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Williams
Robert Goulet
Shirley Jones
Erroll Garner
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Southern New Release! 7.00 -
The last show to be broadcast with this title. It would be re-
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Paul Jones
Saturday 24th February 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
The Card-
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
Val Doonican
The Dave Clark Five
Tim Rose
Maggie Fitzgibbon
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 8.00 -
The Four Freshmen
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.10 -
The Scaffold
Jeannie Lambe -
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.30 -
Julie Felix
John Renbourn and Terry Cox
Tom Rush
ATV London show Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Frankie Vaughan
Paul & Barry Ryan
The Dave Clark Five
David Wigg (guest reviewer)
ABC Doddy’s Music Box 6.15 -
Sandie Shaw
Vince Everett
The Troggs
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 11.20 -
content unknown
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier
Sunday 25th February 1968
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
content unknown
BBC1 Personal Choice 2.45 -
Marianne Faithfull talks to Michael Barrett
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Frankie Vaughan -
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Eric Burdon & the Animals -
Gene Pitney -
Millicent Martin -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
Harry Secombe
Monday 26th February 1968
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.30 -
Malcolm Roberts
Frankie Vaughan
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Granada Scene 6.05 -
Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
Tuesday 27th February 1968
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
Cilla Black
Matt Monro
Russ Conway
Julie Driscoll (also seen listed)
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 28th February 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Julie Rogers
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Thursday 29th February 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Ed Stewart
The Beach Boys -
The Move -
Tom Jones -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Don Partridge -
John Rowles -
Lemon Pipers -
The Bee Gees -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
Michael Palin was ill and was replaced by Tim Brooke-
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Friday 1st March 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Kenny Lynch
Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich -
BBC1 Tamed and Shabby Tiger 6.15 -
Documentary about Tiger Bay
Shirley Bassey -
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
Alan Bown
The Lemon Tree
Rupert’s People
Wayne Fontana
The Dalys
The Small Faces
Norman Newall (of EMI Records) -
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Burl Ives
Noel Harrison
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Southern Time For Blackburn! 7.00 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Move
The Troggs
Sandie Shaw -
The Easybeats
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
Saturday 2nd March 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
Fairy Tale
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
The Four Freshmen
Frankie Vaughan -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
The Teddy Wilson Trio
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 8.00 -
Nancy Wilson
Paul Jones
BBC1 At The Eleventh Hour 11.05 -
The Scaffold
Jeannie Lambe -
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.30 -
Julie Felix
John Cameron Quartet
ABC Doddy’s Music Box 6.15 -
Adam Faith
Vince Hill
Anita Harris
TWW Discs-
Broadcast live, also seen as 'Discs-
Dance troupe: The Go-
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Paul & Barry Ryan
Tomorrow -
Solomon King -
Tony Crane -
Engelbert Humperdinck
Samantha Lee -
Bob Miller & The Millermen
The Mike Sammes Singers
The Symbols -
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 11.20 -
content unknown
ATV Follow-
Discussing a controversial topic raised in Good Evening earlier
Sunday 3rd March 1968
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
The Baja Marimba Band
BBC2 The Charlie Drake Show 8.15 -
The Three Bells
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
content unknown
ATV Piccadilly Palace 8.25 -
Millicent Martin
Frank Ifield
TWW Sing Me A Fantasy 10.05 -
Also seen as Tony Crane Show. Filmed in colour on 35mm film. This was meant to be
two thirty-
Tony Crane
Kenny Lynch
Joan Savage
The Millermen
TWW All Good Things... 10.35 -
...Comes To An End was a following poem by John Betjeman which closed TWW for good
Manfred Mann
Anita Harris
Bob Miller & The Millermen
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Malcolm Roberts
Millicent Martin
Monday 4th March 1968
Independent Television for Wales assumes TWWs role as broadcaster for Wales and the west of England as TWW's replacement Harlech wasn’t due to go on air for another several months.
BBC1 Beryl Reid Says Good Evening 7.30 -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.25 -
Frankie Vaughan
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Tuesday 5th March 1968
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
The show would reach the top ten ratings almost immediately with 7 million homes tuning in.
Cilla Black
A Song For Europe: Cliff Richard performs all six songs up for the public vote. The Shadows were rumoured to be writing a song for the contest.
1: Do You Remember (Tommy Scott)
2: Wonderful World (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett)
3: High 'n' Dry (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) Coming second, the song was released as the B side to Congratulations, the winning song.
4: The Sound of the Candyman's Trumpet (Tony Hazzard)
5: Congratulations (Bill Martin, Phil Coulter) Congratulations won the contest, receiving 171,000 of the 250,000 votes cast.
6: Little Rag Doll (Mike Leander)
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 6th March 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Myrna Rose
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Thursday 7th March 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray, Stuart Henry, Jimmy Savile, Dave Cash
Donovan -
Lulu -
The Move -
The Lemon Tree -
Tom Jones -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Don Partridge -
Val Doonican -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Friday 8th March 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Roy Budd
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
The Spencer Davis Group
Adam Faith
Vince Hill
Paul Jones
The New Vaudeville Band
Engelbert Humperdinck -
BBC1 The Good Old Days 7.30 -
Sheila Buxton
BBC1 The Newcomers 9.05 -
Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions -
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Williams
Sonny and Cher
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Saturday 9th March 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.00 -
The Monstrous Monkee Mash
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
Grapefruit
Jackie Trent
Paul and Barry Ryan
Danny Williams
The Peddlers
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 8.00 -
Carloyn Hester – Get Together
Frankie Vaughan – You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Time After Time
Gilbert Becaud (listed but not on show)
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.30 -
Julie Felix
The Corries
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
The Spencer Davis Group were possibly booked to appear
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
Paul Jones
ABC Doddy’s Music Box 6.15 -
Matt Monro
Lena Martell
The Scaffold
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 11.20 -
The Beatles' Lady Madonna promo clip was offered to the show as an exclusive but
was turned down by ATV with King saying "It wasn't that they thought it was unshowable
-
content unknown
Sunday 10th March 1968
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
Ravi Shankar
Mel Torme
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Roy Castle
ATV The London Palladium Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Tony Bennett
Dusty Springfield -
Buddy Rich and his orchestra
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
Buffy Sainte-
Tom Jones
Monday 11th March 1968
BBC1 Beryl Reid says Good Evening 7.30 -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.20 -
Françoise Hardy
Tuesday 12th March 1968
BBC1 Variety Club of Great Britain: Awards for 1967 6.25 -
Engelbert Humperdinck
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
Cilla Black
A Song For Europe: Cliff Richard – Congratulations
Cliff Richard & Cilla Black -
Sandie Shaw -
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 13th March 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Myrna Rose
Thursday 14th March 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Doctor Who's Deborah Watling and Frasier Hines are in the audience
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Tom Edwards (Savile does the show with a suspected broken rib after a wrestling bout)
The Beatles -
Cilla Black -
Cliff Richard -
Donovan -
Elvis Presley -
Otis Redding -
Tom Jones -
Don Partridge -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
BBC2 Late Night Line-
The Beatles -
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Friday 15th March 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
The Peddlers
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
The Beatles -
The End
The Symbols
The Scaffold
Jimmy Young
Lena Martell
Spencer Davis (guest reviewer)
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
Andy Williams
The Osmond Brothers
Claudine Longet
Granada Scene 6.05 -
Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions
Saturday 16th March 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 5.50 -
The BBC announce that they are cut down on the number of American imports, so shows like The Andy Williams Show, Green Acres, The Man From UNCLE, A Man Called Ironside are not likely to be renewed. Despite giving The Monkees a reprieve it hasn't got long to go as a series anyway.
The Monkees’ Paw
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
guest Phyllis Diller says "You gotta big mouth, Simon."
Paul Jones
Anita Harris
Max Bygraves -
The Peddlers
Nigel Hopkins
Joy Marshall
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.50 -
Vikki Carr
Jacques Loussier Trio
The High Windows
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.25 -
Julie Felix
Brook Benton
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Procol Harum
Border Gazette
Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions
The Scaffold
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
Wayne Thomas
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 11.10 pm -
content unknown
Sunday 17th March 1968
BBC2 The Charlie Drake Show 8.15 -
The Three Bells
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Ronnie Carroll
Ruby Murray
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Georgie Fame -
Bobby Vinton -
Millicent Martin -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
John Rowles
Monday 18th March 1968
BBC1 Beryl Reid Says…Good Evening 7.30 -
Jake Thackray – The Black Swan
BBC1 The Carl-
Awarded by Prince Georg and Princess Anne of Denmark
Engelbert Humperdinck
The Bee Gees
Tony Blackburn
Top Tunes 67 with Johnny Howard and Gulliver's People
BBC2 International Cabaret 10.35 -
Nancy Wilson
Channel Musical Romance 6.15 -
content unknown
Tuesday 19th March 1968
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
Cilla Black
Scott Walker
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 20th March 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Myrna Rose
Rediffusion The Settlers 8.55 -
Granada Rolf Harris Sings 8.55 -
ATV A Session With The Peddlers 9.48 -
ITV For Wales and West Live Like A Lord 9.15 -
Ivor Emmanuel
Ulster Joan Baez 9.50 -
Thursday 21st March 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Arthur Conley was penciled in to appear, but he was only in the country for 24 hours
Hosted by Peter Murray, David Symonds
Chart run down with the number one record
Four Tops -
Cilla Black -
The Spencer Davis Group -
Louis Armstrong -
Ranee & Raj -
Lulu -
Tony Blackburn -
Tom Jones -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Tyne Tees The Late Mood 11.30 -
Bill La Sage
Janie Marden
Billy Hutchinson and the quartet
Friday 22nd March 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
The Scaffold
BBC1 All Systems Freeman! 6.40 -
Gene Pitney
Procol Harum
The Hollies
The Herd
The Symbols (Their stage clothes had been stolen and had to use any clothes that came to hand at the studio)
The Karlins -
Paul Jones -
Paul Revere & The Raiders (film clip)
BBC1 Film Preview 10.50 -
Features a clip from Roger Corman's movie The Trip
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 8.20 -
The Kingston Trio
The Lennon Sisters
Liberace
Granada On Air and Firstimers 4.50 -
content unknown
Scottish play Doddy's Music Box 10.30 -
Saturday 23rd March 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 5.50 -
The Monkees On The Wheel repeat
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
The Easybeats
Cliff Richard (couldn't sing due to throat problem)
Joe Brown
Adam Faith
Lois Lane
The Paper Dolls
The Scaffold
Tom Jones (chat via satellite from Las Vegas)
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.50 -
Paul Mauriat
Esther & Abi Ofarim
BBC1 Saturday Thriller
Never Let Me Go movie with Adam Faith (this movie was replaced with another)
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.20 -
Julie Felix
The Incredible Sting Band
BBC2 Release 9.50 -
Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Tony Blackburn -
Spencer Davis Group
The Merseys
Gene Pitney
The Lemon Tree -
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 11.20 -
content unknown
Sunday 24th March 1968
BBC1 Meeting Point 6.16 -
Mothers and Mother Figures with Jimmy Savile
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 7.25 -
The BBC had decided to drop a number of American shows and this would be one of them, but there were still a few shows still to be broadcast. The BBC explained to Disc "Their show has been nowhere near as successful as we hoped. This kind of American humour obviously hasn't gone down well in this country."
content unknown
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
content unknown
ATV Spotlight 8.25 -
Eddie Fisher
Connie Stevens
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Adam Faith
Liberace
Monday 25th March 1968
BBC2 Beryl Reid Says…Good Evening 7.30 -
Jake Thackray
Tuesday 26th March 1968
BBC1 Cilla 8.00 -
Cilla bursts into tears during Step Inside Love later claiming "It was just that I got this sudden end of term feeling about it all. And once I started to get upset I just couldn't hold back the tears."
Cilla Black
The Dudley Moore Trio
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Anglia The Cool Mikado movie 7.00 -
Ulster The Alexander Brothers In Lights 7.00 -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 8.30 -
The show is not networked across the ITV regions "because it's too similar to the 'Eamonn Andrews Show'" according to a Tyne Tees spokesman
content unknown
Wednesday 27th March 1968
BBC1 The Nixon Line 7.05 -
Myrna Rose
Thursday 28th March 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Procol Harum were penciled in for an appearance
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Dave Cash
Cilla Black -
Cliff Richard -
Gene Pitney -
The Hollies -
Louis Armstrong -
John Rowles -
The Paper Dolls -
The Showstoppers -
The Beatles -
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 5.25 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Friday 29th March 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound -
BBC1 The Record Star Show 7.30 -
From Radio Times "Televised by arrangement with the Daily Express and The Stars Organisation for Spastics." Two live sets were recorded Sunday 24th March 1968 at The Empire Pool, Wembley
Featuring...
Radio One DJs -
Cliff Richard
The Foundations
Amen Corner
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich
The Spencer Davis Group
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
The Easybeats
Chris Farlowe
The Flowerpot Men
The Move
The New Vaudeville Band
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
P J Proby
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.55 -
The Four Freshmen
ATV Tarbuck’s Back 8.30 -
Georgie Fame
Anita Harris
Saturday 30th March 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 5.50 -
Fairy Tale
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Gene Pitney
John Rowles
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.50 -
Vince Hill
Don Partridge
The Seekers
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.15 -
Julie Felix
Paco Pena
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Paul Jones
Kiki Dee
Tony Colton
Andy Ellison
The Lemon Tree
The Nite People -
Emperor Rosko
ABC Opportunity Knocks
The Emerald Showband
ATV Good Evening! I'm Jonathan King 11.20 -
Harry Nilsson
Sunday 31st March 1968
BBC1 Gala Variety 8.15 -
Royal Air Forces Association Jubilee Festival
The Bachelors
Vera Lynn
The Kaye Sisters
Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen
BBC2 The Charlie Drake Show 8.15 -
The Three Bells
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band -
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Millicent Martin
Cliff Richard
The Dave Clark Five
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Anita Harris
Rosemary Clooney
Monday 1st April 1968
BBC2 Beryl Reid Says…Good Evening 7.30 -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Tim Buckley
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Rediffusion Playhouse: A Matter Of Diamonds 8.30 -
Cliff Richard plays Riley Walker, a smooth con-
Tuesday 2nd April 1968
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.05 -
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 3rd April 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 4th April 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman, Ed Stewart
Cilla Black -
The Monkees -
Tom Jones -
The Herd -
John Rowles -
1910 Fruitgum Co. -
Dorian Gray -
Reparata & The Delrons -
The Beatles -
Granada Firstimers Awards Edition 6.30 -
Best group: The Rock 'N' Roll Revival Band (overall winners of the contest)
Best female singer: Nina Shaw
Best male singer: Richard Fox
Best folk act: Kath Wood
Best musician: John Zaradin
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
contents unknown
Friday 5th April 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 pm
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Tony Blackburn
BBC1 A Spoonful of Sugar 6.40 -
content unknown
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.55 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Arlo Guthrie
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV Tarbuck’s Back 8.30 -
The Hollies
Saturday 6th April 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 5.40 -
The Monkees Mind Their Manor
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
First birthday edition
Dusty Springfield
Matt Monro
Arlo Guthrie
Jimmy Young
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
Reparata & The Delrons -
Spanky and Our Gang
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest 10.00 -
Its was alleged in 2008 that Spain’s General Franco had paid judges to vote for his country's song, leading to its win. A member of Portugal's delegation complained that there hadn't been enough time for rehearsal, to which a BBC spokesman suggested "My dear chap, you had 50 minutes for that yesterday and you did order a Hammond organ. It is not our fault you did not have someone to play the thing."
UK entry: Cliff Richard -
BBC2 Release 10.00 -
The Incredible String Band -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Partially filmed in Luxembourg
Anita Harris and Tony Blackburn in Luxembourg
The New Faces
Joe Cocker
The Honeybus
Billy J Kramer
The Paper Dolls
Reparata & The Delrons -
Sunday 7th April 1968
BBC1 Love, Andy 7.25 -
Produced by Jack Good
Andy Williams
Claudine Longet
Henry Mancini
Errol Garner
BBC2 The Eurovision Song Contest 4.30 -
ATV The Golden Shot: RAF 50th Anniversary Show (TV Times says Anglia Production)
content unknown
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
The series was called Showtime in the USA
The Dallas Boys
Mireille Mathieu
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Lulu
The Four Seasons (cancelled due to Frankie Valli's ear operation in the USA)
Monday 8th April 1968
BBC1 Beryl Reid Says…Good Evening 7.30 -
Jake Thackray -
BBC1 International Ballroom Queen 10.25 -
Paul and Barry Ryan
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Tuesday 9th April 1968
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.05 -
Rediffusion Come Here Often: Special Edition! 5.25 – 5.55 pm
The finals of the write your own song competition with judges George Martin and Alan Price. A special film was also promised.
Julie Felix
Wednesday 10th April 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 11th April 1968
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.40 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Newcomers 7.05 -
Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Spanky & Our Gang and Status Quo were penciled in to appear
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Lulu (Savile was wearing a brown corduroy romper suit according to the NME)
Andy Williams -
The Hollies -
The Shadows -
The Small Faces -
The Paper Dolls -
The Honeybus -
Massiel -
Cliff Richard -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show
The Morgan-
Friday 12th April 1968 Good Friday
BBC1 Whistle Stop 5.05 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
The Paper Dolls
BBC1 A Spoonful of Sugar 6.15 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Good Old Days 7.30 -
Clinton Ford
BBC2 Movin’ With Nancy Sinatra 10.10 -
Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV Tarbuck’s Back 8.30 -
Frankie Vaughan
Scottish The Hilton Half-
Ronnie Hilton
Bernadette
Saturday 13th April 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 5.40 pm
edition unknown
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Spanky & Our Gang were penciled in to appear
The Hollies
Roy Harper
BBC1 A Man And His Music: Frank Sinatra 9.30 -
Frank Sinatra
Ella Fitzgerald
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Jimmy Young
Muriel Young (guest DJ)
Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch
The Kinks
Status Quo
(possibly) Reparata & The Delrons -
ATV Milly! 7.00 -
Millicent Martin special, which was ITV's entry for the Montreux Television Festival
Sunday 14th April 1968 Easter Sunday
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show (repeat from BBC2)
Andy Williams
Peggy Lee
Tony Bennett
ABC Frankie & Brucie’s Christmas Show 3.15 -
The Rockin’ Berries
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
The New Faces
ABC Candid Camera 7.25 -
The Orange Bicycle -
ATV Spotlight 8.25 -
Paul Anka
Frankie Vaughan
Vicki Carr
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Engelbert Humperdinck
Al Jolson Jr
Monday 15th April 1968 Easter Monday
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Tuesday 16th April 1968
BBC1 Moria Anderson Sings 9.05 -
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Rediffusion Star Performance: Saturday Night Around The World 7.25 -
A musical documentary which looks at Saturday night around the world. Music by Richard Rodgers
Tom Jones -
The Supremes -
The Peddlers -
Wednesday 17th April 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 18th April 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman, Stuart Henry
Engelbert Humperdinck -
The Kinks -
The Box Tops -
John Rowles -
The Paper Dolls -
Reparata & The Delrons -
The Showstoppers -
Spanky and Our Gang -
Louis Armstrong -
BBC1 (Northern Ireland) Kate at Eight
Phil Coulter
We Four
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show
Kiki Dee
Friday 19th April 1968
BBC1 A Spoonful of Sugar 6.15 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Newcomers 7.05 -
Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
The Love Affair -
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV Tarbuck’s Back 8.30 -
Buddy Greco
Scottish Hilton's Half-
Ronnie Hilton
Saturday 20th April 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 5.40 -
episode unknown
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
The Herd
Roger Miller (cancelled due to gun accident in America)
The Colours Of Love
Lena Martell
Jon Hendricks
Allan Sherman
BBC1 The Benny Hill Show 7.50 -
Janie Marden
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Herman’s Hermits
J J Jackson -
Gene Pitney
Anita Harris
The Scaffold
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.00 -
Matt Monro -
Solomon King
Sunday 21st April 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 7.25 -
Andy Williams
Pat Boone
The Association
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
This was an old time music hall special
content unknown
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
Frank Ifield
Dusty Springfield
The High Windows
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.15 pm -
Sandie Shaw -
Monday 22nd April 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Pat and Olivia
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Southern A Tale Of Two Rivers 9.30 -
Tuesday 23rd April 1968
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.05 -
Edmund Hockeridge
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 24th April 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 25th April 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
The Hollies -
Sandie Shaw -
The Small Faces -
The Herd -
Scott Walker -
1910 Fruitgum Co. -
Jacky -
Honeybus -
Louis Armstrong -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 26th April 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
The Herd
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
content unknown
BBC1 24 Hours 9.55 -
The Rock and Roll Revival -
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.55 -
Vikki Carr
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV Tarbuck’s Back 8.30 -
Russ Conway
Alan Freeman
Scottish Hilton's Half-
Ronnie Hilton
Saturday 27th April 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
From the Montreux Television Festival
content unknown
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 7.50 -
Sandie Shaw
The Clancy Brothers
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Ike and Tina Turner
The Honeybus
Peter & Gordon
Bobby Goldsboro
Massiel
Wishful Thinking -
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Clinton Ford
Sunday 28th April 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 7.25 -
Andy Williams
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Claudine Longet
Joey Hetherington
BBC2 The Charlie Drake Show 8.15 -
The Three Bells
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
The Dallas Boys
The Karlins
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
Shirley Bassey
Mr Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
Matt Monro -
Los Paraguayos
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 pm -
Bill Haley & The Comets
Francoise Hardy
Jack Good
Monday 29th April 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Anita Harris
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Southern A Tale Of Two Rivers 9.30 -
Adam Faith
Marianne Faithfull
Claude Francois
Unit 4 + 2 -
Sandie Shaw
Mark Wynter
Lulu -
Petula Clark
The Gojos
Tuesday 30th April 1968
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.05 -
Russ Conway
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Rediffusion Star Performance: At The Drop Of Another Hat 8.00 -
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
Wednesday 1st May 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 2nd May 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.15 -
The show loses its Saturday night slot, seen as a demotion, and loses viewers from around ten and a half million to sbout eight million.
Mijacgeo
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The Foundations were penciled to appear
Hosted by Alan Freeman, Alan Price (it was noted in later reviews that Price looked unhappy as a compere)
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Gene Pitney -
The Seekers -
Bobby Goldsboro -
The Union Gap -
The Herd -
The Tremeloes -
Louis Armstrong -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
ITV TWA advert using Up Up And Away
Friday 3rd May 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Herman’s Hermits
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
content unknown
BBC1 (South) Whatever Next 10.50 -
Adge Cutler
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada Firstimers 6.10 -
Hosted by Tommy Vance
ATV Tarbuck’s Back 8.30 -
The Shadows
Kenny Lynch
Scottish Hilton's Half-
Ronnie Hilton
Saturday 4th May 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Bill Haley & The Comets
Bobby Goldsboro
The Everly Brothers
J J Jackson
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 7.50 -
John Rowles
Solomon King
The New Christy Minstrels
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Ike and Tina Turner
The Tremeloes
Dave Berry
Françoise Hardy
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
Mary Hopkin -
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.00 -
Engelbert Humperdinck
Mireille Mathieu
Sunday 5th May 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Val Doonican 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Matt Monro
Trio Athnee
The Gojos
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
The Paper Dolls
Dickie Valentine
Lita Roza
Solomon King
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
Also seen as Lulu, Cliff Richard, The Bonzo Dog Doo-
The Shadows
Frankie Vaughan
Anita Harris
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
The Bee Gees
Monday 6th May 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada Ella 9.15 -
live in Manchester
Ella Fitzgerald
Oscar Peterson Trio
Tuesday 7th May 1968
BBC1 Jackanory 4.40 -
The Elephant's Child read by Elisabeth Welch
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.05 -
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 8th May 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 9th May 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.15 -
unknown episode
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, David Symonds
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Herman's Hermits -
The Love Affair -
PJ Proby -
The Small Faces -
The Association -
Jacky -
Louis Armstrong -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
Susan Maughan
Friday 10th May 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
New Christy Minstrels
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada New Faces 6.10 -
content unknown
ATV It Must Be Dusty! 8.30 -
Dusty Springfield -
Scott Walker -
Dusty Springfield & Scott Walker -
Scottish Hilton's Half-
Ronnie Hilton
Saturday 11th May 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
The Honeybus -
Lulu -
The Association
Glen Campbell
The New Christy Minstrels
BBC1 Billy Cotton’s Music Hall 7.50 -
Scott Walker -
The Seekers -
BBC1 News 10.25 -
Kathy Kirby in news item
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
It's possible that The Gibbs will write a song for Tony Blackburn to sing. The Association might have been booked to appear as a part of the regular series, rather than this special
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Bee Gees special with Paul Jones
The Bee Gees
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
Mary Hopkin
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Mrs Mills
The Singing Postman
Sunday 12th May 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 7.25 -
Andy Williams
Anthony Newley
Bobby Darin
Nancy Wilson
BBC2 Show Of the Week 9.15 -
Together...Count Basie and Georgie Fame
ATV The Golden Disc 1958 movie with Terry Dene
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Grapefruit
ABC Don't Just Sit There Sing! 7.00 -
Donald Swann (of Flanders and Swann)
ABC Howerd’s Hour 8.25 -
This show was originally announced for broadcast 22nd December 1967
Scott Walker -
Sandie Shaw -
Sandie Shaw and Scott Walker in sketch
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
Don Partridge
Monday 13th May 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Tricia Noble
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Don Partridge
Southern A Tale Of Two Rivers 10.30 -
Richard Anthony
Marianne Faithfull
Claude Francois
Lulu -
Mark Wynter
Petula Clark
The Gojos
Tuesday 14th May 1968
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Salena Jones
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 15th May 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 16th May 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.15 -
Monkee See...Monkee Die
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Aretha Franklin -
Bobby Goldsboro -
The Everly Brothers -
The Herd -
Sacha Distel -
Scott Walker -
The Tremeloes -
The Union Gap -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 17th May 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
The Tremeloes
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Talk Of The Town: Sammy Davis Jr In London part one 9.55 -
Sammy Davis Jr at The Talk Of The Town
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada New Faces 6.10 -
content unknown
ATV It Must Be Dusty! 8.30 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim were listed as guests but didn't appear
Dusty Springfield -
Mark Murphy
Scottish Hilton's Half-
Ronnie Hilton
Saturday 18th May 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
Scott Walker
BBC1 Billy Cotton Music Hall 7.50 -
Sacha Distel
Anita Harris
BBC2 Release
European International Pop Festival, Rome
Pink Floyd, Julie Driscoll -
BBC2 Esther & Obi Ofarim 9.25 -
Esther & Obi Ofarim -
Donovan
Donovan & Esther Ofarmim
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: Katch 22 (not the entire show)
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
After getting clearance to show some of the most recent NME Pollwinners' Concert Mike Mansfield tells the NME "It was such a fantastic occasion that I have decided to devote most of this week's programme to it." The Episode were due to appear in the studio
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Rolling Stones -
Mick Jagger, Dusty Springfield, Cliff Richard, Lulu, Dave Dee, Scott Walker, Don
Partridge -
Sandie Shaw -
Scott Walker -
Paul Jones -
Eric Burdon & The Animals
The Troggs -
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
Mary Hopkin
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.05 -
Vince Hill
Ronnie Carroll
Sunday 19th May 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Rolf Harris 8.35 -
The Paper Dolls
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Anita Harris
Eric Burdon and The Animals
ATV A Special Royal Performance 8.25 -
An Olympic fundraiser recorded at the London Palladium
Dusty Springfield
Tom Jones
Long John Baldry -
New Christy Minstrels
Esther & Abi Ofarim
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
Sarolta (singer from Hungary) (co-
Lou Rawls
Monday 20th May 1968
Harlech Television / Teledu Harlech debuts
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Trisha Noble
BBC2 Theatre 625: The Pistol Shot 9.05 -
play, with David Bowie and Hermione Farthingale in a mime scene
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV Today 6.15 -
Anita Harris
Harlech Harlech Opening Night 9.00 -
Harry Secombe
Tuesday 21st May 1968
BBC1 Lulu’s Back In Town 9.05 -
Lulu -
Rolf Harris
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
ITN News at Ten 10.00 -
Brian Jones arrested for cannabis possession
Wednesday 22nd May 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 23rd May 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.15 -
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Kidnappers
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Lou Rawls, The Tremeloes and Eric Burdon & The Animals were penciled in to appear. If The Monkees' Davy Jones arrived in London in time he would appear, but Dolenz appears instead, together with girlfriend Samantha Juste
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Micky Dolenz
Chart run down with the number one record
Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & The Trinity -
Savile shows paintings done by an eight year old boy in a Bristol hospital
Herman's Hermits -
Savile talks to Micky Dolenz
Bobbie Gentry -
The Love Affair -
Lulu -
The Rolling Stones -
Val Doonican -
The Union Gap -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 24th May 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Honeybus
BBC2 The Talk Of The Town: Sammy Davis Jr In London part two 9.55 -
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV It Must Be Dusty! 8.30 -
Dusty Springfield -
Donovan
Saturday 25th May 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
If Davy Jones is in London he was penciled in for an appearance
Herman’s Hermits
Val Doonican
P J Proby
BBC1 Billy Cotton Music Hall 7.50 -
The Tremeloes
Solomon King
BBC2 Esther & Abi Ofarim 9.40 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Abi Ofarim -
Scott Walker -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Bobby Goldsboro
Anita Harris
The Herd
Paul Jones (Blackburn was apparently quite rude about Jones on the show)
The Troggs -
Eric Burdon & The Animals
P J Proby
Unit Four Plus Two
The Episode
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
Mary Hopkin
The London Youth Jazz Orchestra
ATV Des O’Connor 7.00 -
Sandie Shaw
Anita Harris
Sunday 26th May 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 7.25 -
Andy Williams
Jimmy Dean
BBC2 Show Of The Week
Bill Haley & His Comets (dropped due to work permit problems)
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
The Herd
Jacky
ABC Don't Just Sit There Sing! 7.00 -
Donald Swann (of Flanders and Swann)
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
Eddie Arnold
Freddie & The Dreamers
Susan Maughan
Janie Marden
The Shadows
Frankie Vaughan
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
John Rowles
Monday 27th May 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Trisha Noble
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Mrs Mills
ATV Today 6.15 -
Anita Harris
Southern A Tale Of Two Rivers 10.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 28th May 1968
BBC1 Lulu’s Back In Town 9.05 -
Georgie Fame might have also been a guest
Lulu -
The Alan Price Set -
Lulu and Alan Price -
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Duane Eddy
Salena Jones
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Grampian Joan Baez Sings 8.40 -
Wednesday 29th May 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Mrs Mills
Thursday 30th May 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.15 -
Don’t Look A Gift Horse
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Davy Jones might make an appearance as he didn't make it last week, but it was unlikely
Hosted by Peter Murray (his first show since he finished his commitments on sitcom Mum's Boys), however the Daily Mirror have the host as Jimmy Savile (an audio recording proves it to be Peter Murray)
Chart run down with the number one record
The Marmalade -
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Elvis Presley -
The Herd -
Des O'Connor -
Des O'Connor chat with host about his racehorse 'The Whole Truth'
The Tremeloes -
Host gives a plug for the Radio Times while Donovan gets ready
Donovan -
The Union Gap -
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 10.25 -
Diahann Carroll
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 31st May 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
The Barron Knights
BBC1 The Good Old Days 7.30 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC2 Kenneth McKellar at the Talk Of The Town 9.55 -
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Andy Williams
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Mrs Mills
Granada New Faces 6.15 -
content unknown
ATV It Must Be Dusty! 8.30 -
Dusty Springfield -
Georgie Fame
Saturday 1st June 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
Davy Jones
Donovan
The Tremeloes
Duane Eddy
Denna Webster
BBC1 Movin’ With Nancy 7.50 -
Nancy Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr
Frank Sinatra Jr
Lee Hazlewood
BBC2 Esther & Obi Ofarim 9.25 -
Esther & Obi Ofarim
Julian Bream
BBC2 Release 9.55 -
Work, What Is It All About
Documentary about the making of the movie Work Is A Four Letter Word co-
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.55 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Marmalade
The Satin Belles
Tony Blackburn (as singer)
Bobby Goldsboro
The Tremeloes
Chris Denning (guest DJ)
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.00 -
content unknown
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
Mary Hopkin
Sunday 2nd June 1968
BBC1 Great Scot! 7.25 -
Hall and MacGregor
George Chisholm
BBC2 Show Of The Week 9.15 -
Andy Williams live at the Royal Albert Hall with Henry Mancini
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Kiki Dee
The Satin Bells
ABC Don't Just Sit There 7.05 -
Donald Swann
ATV Spotlight 8.25 -
Trini Lopez
Georgia Brown
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.10 pm -
content unknown
Monday 3rd June 1968 Bank Holiday
BBC1 The Best Of Twice A Fortnight 10.50 -
Kenny Lynch -
The Spinners
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.44 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV Today 6.15 -
Anita Harris
Rediffusion What’s The Life Of A Man? 11.25 pm -
Dave & Toni Arthur (folk singers)
Tuesday 4th June 1968
BBC1 Lulu’s Back In Town 9.05 -
The show would reach the ratings' top ten by the end of the month reaching 6.1 million homes
Lulu
Peter Nero
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Border The Alexander Brothers 7.00 -
Wednesday 5th June 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 6th June 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Kenny Everett referred to the Cilla Black appearance on his radio show the following Sunday saying 'I wish they'd keep the cameras still'
Hosted by Jimmy Savile with Davy Jones. Savile is wearing a Monkees comic strip t-
Top 20 chart run-
The Equals -
Dionne Warwick -
Don Partridge -
Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and The Trinity -
Manfred Mann -
Cilla Black -
The Rolling Stones -
The Union Gap -
end credits with audience dancing
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 7th June 1968
BBC1 Whistle Stop 4.55 -
Hosted by Roger Whittaker
Don Partridge
BBC2 The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem 9.05 -
Live at the Talk of the Town, London
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada Nice Time 7.00 -
Co-
ATV It Must Be Dusty! 8.30 -
Dusty Springfield -
Saturday 8th June 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 5.50 -
Manfred Mann -
BBC1 Billy Cotton Music Hall 7.35 -
Bobbie Gentry
John Rowles
BBC1 Erroll Garner
cancelled due to coverage of funeral of Senator Robert Kennedy
BBC2 Esther & Abi Ofarim 9.40 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Glen Campbell
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Manfred Mann
The Bee Gees
Mike Batt
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
Scott Walker
Des O'Connor
Diana Dors (guest critic)
Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & The Trinity
P P Arnold
Georgie Fame
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
Mary Hopkin
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.00 -
Tom Jones was penciled in for an appearance
Esther & Abi Ofrarim -
The Barron Knights
Sunday 9th June 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 7.25 -
Pat Boone
BBC1 Sammy Davis In Europe 10.45 -
Replaces a proposed thirteen week series.
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
No musical guests of interest
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
Nina and Frederick
Liberace
ABC Sunday Night People 11.55 pm -
Hosted by Robert Morley
content unknown
Monday 10th June 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Pat and Olivia
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.25 -
Regulars: The Corries, Bernadette
The Manhattan Brothers
BBC2 Princess Grace of Monaco 8.00 -
a tour of Monte Carlo
Gilbert Becaud
Françoise Hardy
BBC2 Jazz On A Summer’s Day movie 8.50 -
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Tuesday 11th June 1968
BBC1 Lulu’s Back In Town 9.05 -
Lulu -
The Everly Brothers -
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Granada New Faces 6.10 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Cliff Richard and The Shadows: ‘After Ten Fellas -
A light-
Wednesday 12th June 1968
BBC1 The Stanley Baxter Show 8.20 -
Danny Street
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 13th June 1968
BBC1 The Monkees 6.15 -
The Devil And Peter Tork
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
Donovan -
Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & The Trinity -
The Marmalade -
Des O'Connor -
Don Partridge -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
John Rowles -
Barry Ryan -
The Union Gap -
ATV The Golden Disc movie with Terry Dene
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 14th June 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
with 'Mister Rodney' Bewes
Manfred Mann -
BBC2 Late Night Line-
The Omega Red Star -
Colour Me Pop insert: Manfred Mann -
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada Nice Time 7.00 -
Co-
ATV It Must Be Dusty! 8.30 -
Dusty Springfield -
The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
Saturday 15th June 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Cupid’s Inspiration
Esther & Obi Ofarim -
BBC1 Billy Cotton Music Hall 7.50 -
Cilla Black
Don Partridge
Vince Hill
BBC2 Esther & Abi Ofarim 9.20 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Richard Rodney Bennett
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
Manfred Mann
Georgie Fame
P J Proby (apparently suffered from earache)
The Fortunes
Heath Hampstead
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
European Song Contest edition
Simon Smith (a singer managed by Hervey Lisberg, Herman's Hermits' manager)
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.00 -
Mireille Mathieu
Sunday 16th June 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 7.25 -
Andy Williams
Lena Horne
Joey Hetherington
The Osmond Brothers
BBC1 The Smothers Brothers 10.55 -
Diahann Carroll
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Cilla 8.15 -
Cilla Black -
Sacha Distel
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
P J Proby
The Paper Dolls
ATV Spotlight 8.25 -
Vikki Carr
Frankie Vaughan & The V Men
ABC Sunday Night People 11.15 pm -
Hosted by Marjorie Proops
content unknown
Monday 17th June 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Astrud Gilberto
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.25 – 10.55 pm
Regulars: The Corries, Bernadette
Teresa Clifford
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Tuesday 18th June 1968
BBC1 Lulu’s Back In Town 9.05 -
Lulu
Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan & Lulu
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 19th June 1968
BBC2 Cabin In The Sky movie with Louis Armstrong
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 20th June 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Cupid's Inspiration were penciled in to appear
Hosted by Stuart Henry
The Equals -
Des O'Connor -
Don Partridge -
Barry Ryan -
Lulu -
The Marmalade -
Cliff Richard -
The Rolling Stones -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 21st June 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
The Alan Price Set
BBC2 Impact: Operation Grief 8.15 -
Robert Goulet and Claudine Longet in acting roles
BBC2 Gilbert Becuad in Concert 9.05 -
BBC2 Late Night-
Colour Me Pop insert: The Small Faces perform Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake with Prof Stanley Unwin
Lazy Sunday (promo clip), Song Of A Baker, Happiness Stan, Rollin' Over, The Fly, The Journey, Mad John, Happy Days Toy Town
Granada Mr Rose: The Unlucky Dip
The Elastic Band (Andy Scott pre-
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada Nice Time 7.00 -
Co-
ATV It Must Be Dusty! 8.30 -
Dusty Springfield -
Manfred Mann -
Saturday 22nd June 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.35 -
Vanity Fare -
Dorian Gray -
BBC1 Billy Cotton Music Hall 7.50 -
Cliff Richard
BBC2 Esther & Abi Ofarim 9.35 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Nina Simone
BBC2 Release 10.05 -
John Lennon on new play In His Own Right with Victor Spinetti
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Gene Pitney
Malcolm Roberts
Matt Monro
Tony Blackburn (as singer)
Cupid’s Inspiration
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity
Sunday 23rd June 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 7.25 -
Andy Williams
Peggy Lee
Al Hirt
BBC2 Show Of The Week: The Dave Allen Show 8.15 -
Matt Monro -
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Manfred Mann
Barry Ryan -
Southern Nina & Frederick 8.20 -
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
Hosted by Steve Allen
Cliff Richard
Lulu & Steve Allen -
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Unfortunately host Steve Allen describes The Bonzos as a band following in the wake of The New Vaudeville Band. The exact opposite was true.)
ABC Sunday Night People 11.15 pm -
Hosted by David Hemmings
Richard Harris -
Monday 24th June 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Anita Harris
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.40 -
Regulars: The Corries, Bernadette
Doris Henderson, Walter Carr
BBC2 The Seekers 8.00 -
A musical tour of Australia
The Seekers Down Under
BBC2 The Cool Of The Evening 8.50 -
The Johnny Scott Quintet
Rediffusion Hullaballoo
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Tuesday 25th June 1968
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
Includes winner of a songwriting contest. Their song will be arranged for a recording session by George Martin
Granada New Faces 6.10 -
Linda Stevenson (singer with guitar who used to work as Bill Grundy's secretary at Granada)
Wednesday 26th June 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.45 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 27th June 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Cupid's Inspiration -
Donovan -
O.C.Smith -
Dusty Springfield -
Gene Pitney -
Manfred Mann -
John Rowles -
Rolling Stones -
Tyne Tees The David Jacobs Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 28th June 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
The Kinks -
BBC2 Cliff Richard In London 9.05 -
Live at the Talk Of The Town
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: Eclection
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.45 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada Nice Time 7.00 -
Co-
ATV With Bird Will Travel 9.00 -
Comedy series with John Bird
Mark Murphy
Saturday 29th June 1968
no Dee Time but Bobby Vee was penciled in to appear
BBC1 Billy Cotton Music Hall 7.50 -
Gene Pitney
Petula Clark -
BBC2 Release 10.10 -
Pink Floyd
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
The Paper Dolls were penciled in to appear
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Bee Gees -
Bobby Vee
Barry Ryan
Gulliver’s People
Sunday 30th June 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 7.25 -
Trini Lopez
The Lennon Sisters
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Roger McGough
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Manfred Mann
The Maydels
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
The Peddlers
Georgia Brown
Kenneth McKellar
ABC Sunday Night People 11.05 pm -
Hosted by Kenneth Horne
Dusty Springfield -
Monday 1st July 1968
BBC1 Look North 6.00 -
Paul McCartney interview
BBC1 The Best of Emery 7.30 -
Trisha Noble
Pepe Jaramillo
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.25 -
Regulars: The Corries, Bernadette
The Pentangle
Dixie Ingram
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.45 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Don Partridge
Tuesday 2nd July 1968
BBC1 Lulu’s Back In Town 9.05 -
Lulu
Lou Rawls
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 3rd July 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.45 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 4th July 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
It was reported in the NME 29th June 1968 that The Paper Dolls had been booked to
appear on three consecutive editions of The Pops, staring tonight. This was just
one of many other proposals involving the band that never materialised, a movie,
opening their own chain of record stores, a six part UK TV series, singing Christmas
carols at Westminster Abbey, an audience with the Archbishop or Dean of Westminster,
a West End Musical, and their own American TV series, among other things. The single
they were to promote My Life (Is In Your Hands) wasn't a hit anyway. However, Susie
Mathis from the group later co-
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
The Marmalade -
Petula Clark -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Des O'Connor -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
O.C.Smith -
Ohio Express -
The Equals -
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
Recorded at Club Fiesta, Stockton-
The series will feature Alan Price, Kenny Ball, John Rowles with Debbie Dean, Annie
Bright, The Morgan-
Friday 5th July 1968
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.45 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Don Partridge
Granada Nice Time 7.00 -
Co-
ATV With Bird Will Travel 9.00 -
Jon Hendricks
Saturday 6th July 1968
no Dee Time due to Wimbledon
BBC1 Billy Cotton's Music Hall 7.50 -
The Paper Dolls may have been penciled in to appear
Matt Monro
Allan Sherman
BBC2 Release 10.10 -
The Beatles’ animated movie Yellow Submarine clip and interview with George Dunning
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Dusty Springfield
Bobby Goldsboro
The Kinks
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich -
Richard Barnes -
The Paper Dolls
Sunday 7th July 1968
BBC1 Farewell The Seekers 7.25 -
Live in London
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Joe Brown
Vince Hill
Richard Barnes -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
This might have been intended for showing 2nd March 1968 under the Showtime title
Kathy Kirby
The Four Freshmen
Monday 8th July 1968
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.30 -
Trisha Noble
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
Hosted by Michael Aspel
content unknown
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.25 -
The Corries
Roger Whittaker
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
ITN News At Ten 10.00 -
The Beatles Yellow Submarine movie article
Tuesday 9th July 1968
BBC1 Lulu’s Back In Town 9.05 -
It's possible that Davy Jones of The Monkees would have appeared but had to cancel
Lulu
Georgie Fame
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 10th July 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
Deena Webster (resident singer)
Sammy Davis Jr
Topol
BBC1 The Stanley Baxter Show 8.25 -
Danny Street
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Granada Cinema 9.30 -
The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine review
Thursday 11th July 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Herman's Hermits, The Paper Dolls and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown were all penciled in to appear
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Cupid's Inspiration -
Ohio Express -
The Monkees -
John Rowles -
The Kinks -
Tommy James & The Shondells -
The Small Faces -
Des O'Connor -
The Equals -
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Tim Hardin -
Rediffusion The Flintstones: Shinrock-
The Beau Brummels play ‘The Beau Brummelstones’
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 12th July 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
The Paper Dolls may have been penciled in to appear
The Scaffold
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: Salena Jones with the Brian Lemon Trio -
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV With Bird Will Travel 8.30 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity
Saturday 13th July 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.35 -
Tim Hardin
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich -
BBC1 Billy Cotton's Music Hall 7.50 -
Dusty Springfield -
Kenneth McKellar
BBC2 Bobbie Gentry 10.10 -
Pan’s People were the resident dance troupe
Bobbie Gentry
The Alan Price Set
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Manfred Mann
Billie Davis -
Gene Pitney
Esther & Abi Ofarim (Esther sang up front, while husband Abi stayed in the background leading the host to ask the audience afterwards "should Esther and Abi split up?")
P P Arnold -
Grapefruit
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
The New State Jazz Band
Sunday 14th July 1968
BBC1 The Charlie Drake Show 7.25 -
Trisha Noble
BBC2 Show Of The Week: David Nixon 8.15 -
Anita Harris
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Richard Barnes
Herman's Hermits
Anglia Hope 7.00 -
Madeline Bell
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
The Dave Clark Five
Buddy Greco
Monday 15th July 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
John Rowles
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
The Mojos
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.25 -
Regulars: The Corries, Bernadette
Doris Henderson
The Chieftains
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Tuesday 16th July 1968
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Granada New Faces 6.10 -
Hosted by Tommy Vance
This might be the finale, won by Wednesday Folk, who went on to be managed by Tommy Vance
Wednesday 17th July 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.20 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.35 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 18th July 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Alan Price and The Paper Dolls were penciled in to appear as was a clip of Simon & Garfunkel
Hosted by Peter Murray
Crazy World Of Arthur Brown -
Dusty Springfield -
Herman's Hermits -
Manfred Mann -
Roy Orbison -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Richard Harris -
The Equals -
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 19th July 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
also seen as Herman's Hermits
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
The Doors were scheduled to appear
Hosted by Peter Asher (sole host) Chris Denning (occasional appearances)
Manfred Mann
The Spinners
The Beatles Yellow Submarine clip -
John Lennon In His Own Write play clip
Yoko Ono
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: Fleetwood Mac
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Granada Nice Time 7.00 -
Kenny Everett
Westward Jazz Scene USA 11.00 -
content unknown
Saturday 20th July 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Guest Jane Asher announces that her engagement to Paul McCartney is now off
Joe Brown
The Alan Bown!
Dusty Springfield -
BBC1 Billy Cotton's Music Hall 7.50 -
Barry Ryan
Moira Anderson
BBC2 Bobbie Gentry 9.25 -
Bobbie Gentry
Don Partridge & Bobbie Gentry -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
The Southern TV ident catches fire, while the spoken introduction was actually Arthur Brown with audio effects put on
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Sue Nichols
Barry Ryan
Strawbs
Dusty Springfield
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown -
The Paper Dolls -
The Beatles -
ABC Opportunity Knocks -
The Dukes Nobelmen -
Mary Hopkins -
ATV With Bird Will Travel 8.00 -
Blossom Dearie
Sunday 21st July 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Jimmy Tarbuck 8.15 -
Herman’s Hermits
Bobbie Gentry
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Gene Pitney
O’Hara’s Playboys
The Maydels
Chris Rayburn
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Allan Sherman
Millicent Martin
Monday 22nd July 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
Mrs Mills
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.25 -
The Corries
Alexis Korner – Mary Open the Door
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Tuesday 23rd July 1968
Rediffusion Come Here Often 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 24th July 1968
Local programming from Grampian, Granada, Border and Anglia are interrupted by action by the ACTT
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 Contrasts: All That Jazz 10.45 -
Ronnie Scott
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
Thursday 25th July 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Number one record with chart run-
Hosted by Stuart Henry (talks a lot about losing his moustache)
The Amen Corner -
Sue Nicholls -
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown -
Tim Rose -
Simon & Garfunkel -
Host sends greetings to Samantha Juste who had just married Mickey Dolenz
Dusty Springfield -
The Bee Gees -
Tommy James & The Shondells -
ABC Armchair Theatre 10.30 pm -
This ABC show which would have been normally be shown on Sunday was brought forward several days
The Ballad Of Artificial Mash
with The Paper Dolls (as a kind of Greek chorus throughout the play)
Friday 26th July 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
Herman’s Hermits or Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
BBC1 How It Is 6.20 -
Hosted by Peter Asher, Richard Neville
Pentangle at The Cambridge Folk Festival
Article on stage show Hair – Just A Hairy Guy
The Doors – article and clip
The Span (Mike Stuart Span) -
Eric Burdon
BBC1 Errol Garner 11.05 -
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: The Kinks
Rediffusion Hullaballoo 4.38 -
Joe Brown
Shirley Abicair
Cy Grant
ATV With Bird Will Travel 8.30 -
Morgan-
Saturday 27th July 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.35 -
Amen Corner
The Flirtations -
BBC2 Bobbie Gentry 9.25 -
Bobbie Gentry -
Donovan – Young But Growing
Donovan & Bobbie Gentry -
Donovan -
Bobbie Gentry -
Donovan -
Bobbie Gentry -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.45 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Flirtations -
Long John Baldry
Billie Davis
P P Arnold
Susan Maughan
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich -
The Easybeats
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Fire (Arthur Brown sets light to his hair)
ABC Opportunity Knocks 6.15 -
The last edition from ABC's Didsbury, Manchester studios
The Birds n Bees
Sunday 28th July 1968
The last day of ABC Television, also ATV London disappears leaving ATV Midlands to become ATV, a seven days a week service. However both ABC and ATV London have programming disrupted by ACTT action.
BBC1 The Charlie Drake Show 7.25 -
David McWilliams
BBC2 Show Of The Week: The Bachelors 8.10 -
ATV The Golden Shot 4.45 -
Daily Mirror reported that fifteen minutes into the show a technical fault hit, while the rest of the show was cancelled by ACTT action
Sammy Davis Jr
Grapefruit
Jacky
The Roy Budd Trio
ATV The Big Show 8.25 -
Lonnie Donegan
Erroll Garner
Julie London
Tyne Tees Night Club
Roy Orbison
Monday 29th July 1968
Yorkshire Television debuts today, replacing Granada’s Yorkshire service. Granada now broadcsts seven days a week. ACTT action meant that some shows including Coronation Street were blacked out.
BBC1 The Price To Play 4.55 – 5.20 pm (first in series)
From Radio Times "Alan Price plays and sings his kind of music and talks about the lyrics, tunes, and rhythms which make up pop music"
Hosted by Alan Price
Chris Barber
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
Manfred Mann
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.25 -
The Corries
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Julie Felix
Channel Modern Rhythm 6.15 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Do Not Adjust Your Set 7.00 -
Special winner of Fairly Pointless Show of Prix Jeunesse, Munich (in reality it did win first prize at the Prix Jeunesse International Festival, Munich in June 1968)
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Yorkshire First Night 10.33 -
From the Refectory of Leeds University, hosted by Bob Monkhouse
Toni Lamond
Marion & David Dalmore
Frankie Vaughan -
Tuesday 30th July 1968
Thames Television debuts today, replacing Rediffusion from Monday to Friday and incorporating ABC into the new service. ACTT action disrupts Thames' opening day, along with blackouts at Tyne Tees.
BBC1 News 8.50 -
Nancy Sinatra in London
Thames The Sooty Show 4.40 -
Regular: Gerry Marsden
Thames Magpie 5.10 -
Theme by The Spencer Davis Group
One of the hosts is Pete Brady, who gave up hosting his daily Radio One show in the process
Thames Cooper King-
The show was disupted halfway through by industrial action
According to the NME "with several pop guests making surprise appearances", while TV Times claimed "We know who they are but we’re not telling Tommy."
Frankie Vaughan
Julie Rogers
Wednesday 31st July 1968
ACTT action disrupts commercials on ITV channels
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
Deena Webster
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
The Rockin’ Berries
Shirley Abicair
Thames The Bachelors’ Night Out 6.45 -
The Bachelors
Freddie & The Dreamers
Anita Harris
Thames Max 8.00 -
Max Bygraves
ATV With Bird Will Travel 10.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 1st August 1968
ITV threaten ACTT workers that if they carry out any further disuption then they will be fired.
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
The Status Quo -
Herb Alpert -
Herman's Hermits -
Bruce Channel -
Anita Harris -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Des O'Connor -
The Kinks -
Tommy James & The Shondells -
ATV A Royal Gala 7.00 -
From TV Times "Stars who replay the stars of yesterday"
Lulu
Malcolm Roberts
Georgia Brown
Harry Secombe
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 2nd August 1968
London Weekend Television begins transmission at 7.00 pm replacing ATV London and
uses the strapline "The weekend starts here." ACTT members blacked out its opening
show, and over the weekend filmed materials would not be broadcast, but videotaped
material would. According to the Daily Mirror an "off-
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
Vanity Fare
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Peter Asher, John Peel
Mike Stuart Span
Alexis Korner
BBC2 Louis Armstrong And His All-
LWT We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh 7.00 -
Theme by Don Partridge
LWT Thingumybob 7.30 -
Theme written by Paul McCartney
Saturday 3rd August 1968
With most ACTT members out on strike, non-
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Grapefruit
O C Smith
Susan Shirley
BBC2 Bobbie Gentry 9.20 -
Bobbie Gentry -
The Hollies -
Bobbie Gentry & The Hollies -
Bobbie Gentry -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Eclection
Rosetta Hightower
The Flirtations
Chris Farlowe
Amen Corner -
ITV/LWT Frost On Saturday 6.45 -
content unknown
ITV/LWT Star Light Entertainment: Jones The Song 7.30 -
Tom Jones -
Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten, Love Power
Sunday 4th August 1968
BBC1 Petula 7.25 -
aka This Is Petula Clark
An American TV special, but produced by the BBC's Yvonne Littlewood. The BBC were in competition with London Weekend to secure the rights.
Petula Clark
Harry Belafonte
O C Smith
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Caterina Valente 8.15 -
Filmed in Germany
ITV/LWT Frost On Sunday (first in series) 9.00 -
Due to industrial action the show was broadcast live from London Weekend's 'World of Sport' studio
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
The Rockin’ Berries -
Esther Ofarim -
Granada Jazzboat 1959 movie with Anthony Newley
Monday 5th August 1968
The ITV network schedule continues
BBC1 The Price To Play 4.50 – 5.15 pm
Hosted by Alan Price
Ray Davies interview
The Beatles Yellow Submarine movie clip
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
O C Smith
BBC1 Degrees Of Folk 10.25 pm
The Corries
Wednesday 7th August 1968
The final three minutes of the previous Sunday’s The Golden Shot were recorded by ATV and were broadcast tonight before ‘I Spy’ at 8.00 pm
BBC1 Moon Clue Game 4.45 -
Ed Stewart sets the pop questions on this series
George Chisholm
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
ITV/Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
Don Partridge
Anita Harris
The Singing Postman
ITV/Thames Opportunity Knocks! 6.45 -
The George Thorby Big Band
Thursday 8th August 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman, Jimmy Savile
The Beach Boys -
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown -
Dusty Springfield -
The Equals -
Long John Baldry -
Sly & The Family Stone -
Tom Jones -
Bruce Channel -
Tommy James & The Shondells -
BBC2 Montreux '68: Becaud and Co 8.00 -
Gilbert Becuad
ITV/Thames Secombe and Friends
Filmed in colour, there is a Goons reunion 'Tales of Men's Shirts'
Harry Secombe
ITV/Yorkshire Variety Club 11.15 -
Intended as a pilot show this was recorded at Batley variety club. Yorkshire TV had to apologise to the owner of the club as the show was seen as a poor representation of variety clubs in general. According to The Stage Yorkshire's Light Entertainment Chief, Sid Colin had agreed that the pilot show was not suitable for public viewing, not even on a regional basis. "We never had any intention of showing this programme", he told The Stage. It was broadcast across the whole of the ITV network.
Content unknown
ITV/Yorkshire Mason Line (according to Disc this programme was broadcast this day, but in the end was probably not shown)
Like Variety Club, this was a pilot for an intended series. Normally pilots would not be shown, but Yorkshire were short of programming due to an industrial dispute.
Hosted by Barry Mason
Friday 9th August 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
The Marmalade
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Peter Asher, John Peel, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer
content unknown
BBC1 Miss United Kingdom 9.05 -
Solomon King -
BBC2 International Cabaret From Sweden 9.05 -
The Young Generation
Gilbert Becaud in Stockholm
Massiel
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: The Peddlers
ITV/Southern Time For Blackburn 6.04 -
The new theme is written by George Alexander of The Grapefruit
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Nerve
Amen Corner
Anita Harris
The Bee Gees on film
O C Smith
ITV Mr Music 1950 movie with Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby
Saturday 10th August 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Bruce Channel
BBC2 Bobbie Gentry 9.20 -
Bobbie Gentry -
Long John Baldry -
Bobbie Gentry & Long John Baldry -
Bobbie Gentry -
Long John Baldry -
Bobbie Gentry -
ITV/LWT Frost on Saturday 6.45 -
content unknown
ITV/LWT Meet Jose Ferrer 7.30 -
Bobby Vee
Don Partridge
ITV The Sound of Gershwin 10.30 -
Peter Nero and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sunday 11th August 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 10.45 -
Peter, Paul & Mary
Eddie Fisher
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Just Esther 8.15 -
This was scheduled to be shown on Sunday 18th August but it was decided to bring it forward two weeks to trump her appearance on the David Frost show on London Weekend. It was then decided to bring it forward to 11th August instead.
Esther Ofarim
Topol
ITV/LWT Frost On Sunday 9.00 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
Sandie Shaw
ITV/ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 9.00 -
content unknown
Monday 12th August 1968
BBC1 The Price To Play 4.50 – 5.15 pm
Hosted by Alan Price
Eric Burdon -
Alan Price & Eric Burdon -
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
Chris Barber Band with Ottilie Patterson
Tuesday 13th August 1968
ITV/Thames Liberace in London 10.15 -
The Tremeloes -
The Tremeloes & Liberace -
Wednesday 14th August 1968
BBC1 Moon Clue Game 4.45 -
Wally Whyton
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
ITV/Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
Susan Maughan
Vince Hill
Thursday 15th August 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
A clip of The Rolling Stones was penciled in for inclusion, while The Who tape a performance of Dogs but was not used.
Hosted by Stuart Henry
Amen Corner -
Herb Alpert -
The Kinks -
O.C.Smith -
Sly & The Family Stone -
Sandie Shaw -
Herman's Hermits -
The Bee Gees -
Tommy James & The Shondells -
BBC2 Millionaire 8.35 -
Mickie Most: I’m Figuring Out A Way Not To Die
Herman's Hermits -
Lulu -
Terry Reid -
Donovan -
ITV/Thames Magpie (not shown)
The Captain Fantastic sequence features The Bonzo Dog Band
Friday 16th August 1968
The ACTT industrial action comes to an end, but the ITV branding continues until Monday 18th August
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
The Flirtations
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 Scott 7.30 -
The first of two specials, the other was broadcast on 30th December 1968
Scott Walker -
O C Smith -
Kiki Dee -
Kiki Dee & Scott Walker -
BBC2 International Cabaret From Sweden 9.05 -
Morgan-
Georgia Brown
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: The Tremeloes
ITV/Tyne Tees Geordie Girl: Music Of Tyneside 6.04 – 6.35 pm
Susan Maughan
Alan Price
ITV Pat Kirkwood Sings 11.15 pm -
Saturday 17th August 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Long John Baldry (Baldry drinks a concoction of Babycham and brandy before the show to calm his nerves)
BBC2 One Pair of Eyes -
Georgia Brown and Lionel Bart
BBC2 Bobbie Gentry 9.15 -
Bobbie Gentry
Glen Campbell
ITV/LWT Van Johnson (not shown due to industrial dispute)
Kathy Kirby
Steve Montgomery
ITV/LWT Saturday Special: Tony’s In Town 9.45 -
Tony Bennett with the Buddy Rich Orchestra
Sunday 18th August 1968
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 10.40 -
The BBC announced this week that they were going to drop the show from its schedules. This series of BBC1 shows were selected repeats from the original run in colour on BBC2. A BBC spokesman told Melody Maker " We have had difficulties with some of the prints of the Andy Williams films, and are always getting complaints about them. But we have not had to cancel any shows because of this technical problem."
Andy Williams
Shirley Bassey
Al Hirt
ITV/ATV Goodbye Again 9.00 -
Also seen as Georgie Fame, Salena Jones
Ike and Tina Turner -
Donovan
ITV/LWT Frost On Sunday (not shown due to strike)
Solomon King
Monday 19th August 1968
The industrial action affecting ITV comes to an end and today's schedule returns to normal
BBC1 The Price To Play 4.50 – 5.15 pm
Hosted by Alan Price
Madeline Bell
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
content unknown
Scottish The Alexander Brothers In Lights 10.30 -
Tyne Tees Murray The K In New York 10.30 -
(The original USA version broadcast 22nd September 1967)
Aretha Franklin
Richie Havens
Jake Holmes
The Association
Spanky and Our Gang
The Doors
Otis Redding
Jim and Jean
The K Girls
Tuesday 20th August 1968
Thames Frankie Howerd Meets The Bee Gees 8.55 -
Made in colour for ABC TV, and due to be shown on Thames' opening night 30th July
1968. This show quickly replaces The Jack Benny Show which was intended for this
time slot. Talking to the NME Colin Peterson from The Bee Gees said "And as far as
TV is concerned we have just done an half-
The Bee Gees -
Cilla Black
Wednesday 21st August 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
Joe Brown
Amen Corner
George Chisholm
Thursday 22nd August 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Vanity Fare -
P.P.Arnold -
Amen Corner -
The Small Faces -
The Beach Boys -
Johnny Nash -
The Bee Gees -
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown -
Tom Jones -
Tommy James & The Shondells -
BBC2 One Pair of Eyes: Gerald Scarfe 10.40 -
Arthur Brown
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 23rd August 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
Traffic
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Peter Asher, John Peel, Richard Neville
The Nice -
BBC1 Look North
Article with Jimmy Savile and Alan Freeman
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.05 -
Gilbert Becaud
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: Barry Noble (had been an actor on TV even appearing as a Cyberman in Doctor Who)
Fern's Brass Foundry
LWT We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Saturday 24th August 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Barry Noble
Richard Harris (as a singer)
The Equals -
BBC2 Lyn & Graham McCarthy 9.20 -
The Melody Maker announces "A half-
Southern Time For Blackburn 5.50 -
Recorded at short notice as the ITV technician's strike ended.
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Long John Baldry
The Casuals (from Melody Maker "The group spent about £1,000 flying from Italy to Britain to appear on he Tony Blackburn TV show. But the show was cancelled because of the technicians strike. When they were thinking of flying back to Italy, the strike ended and they did the show. But they had already signed for Top Of The Pops the same day and had to hire a hellicopter to fly them from the Blackburn show in Southampon to London.")
Mary Hopkin
Tony Blackburn (as a singer)
LWT Frost On Saturday 6.45 -
John Lennon & Yoko Ono interview (John Lennon leads the audience in a singalong of Hey Jude during the end credits)
Stan Freberg
Blossom Dearie
LWT Star Light Entertainment: Lulu According To Freud 7.30 -
Lulu
Roy Orbison
ATV Goodbye Again 9.30 -
Julie Driscoll
ATV Tony’s In Town 10.30 -
Tony Bennett with Buddy Rich and his orchestra
Sunday 25th August 1968
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.25 -
Val Doonican
Matt Monro
BBC1 The Andy Williams Show 11.00 -
Trini Lopez
Buddy Greco
LWT The Cool Mikado movie 3.30 -
The John Barry Seven
LWT Tickertape 5.30 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost On Sunday 9.00 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
Monday 26th August 1968
BBC1 The Price To Play 4.50 – 5.15 pm
Hosted by Alan Price
Dave Mason
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 A Spoonful Of Sugar 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 28th August 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Ben E King
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 29th August 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Tom Jones -
Amen Corner -
The Alan Bown! -
Canned Heat -
The Casuals -
The Flirtations -
The Bee Gees -
Herb Alpert -
The Beach Boys -
BBC2 Hondo: Hondo and the Judas 9.05 -
Rick Nelson (as Jesse James)
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 9.55 -
Georgie Fame
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 30th August 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
Amen Corner
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by John Peel, Richard Neville
Fairport Convention – Morning Glory
The Spinners
BBC2 Ice Cabaret 9.05 -
The Riverside studios are converted into an ice rink for the series. A 40 x 30 ft raised platform to accommodate the ice rink is built, with tables and chairs around it while brine is pumped through pipes beneath the ice rink to keep it from melting under the hot studio lights.
The Orange Bicycle
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: Spooky Tooth
Saturday 31st August 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Mary Hopkin
BBC2 Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen part one 8.35 -
You Know Who I Am, Bird On The Wire, The Stranger Song, So Long Marianne, Master Song
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Dave Davies
The Dave Clark Five
Billie Davis
The New Formula
The Marbles
Tony Blackburn -
ATV Hold On, It’s The Dave Clark Five 9.30 -
An independently made show broadcast across the ITV network, and the first of a proposed series. According to Clark the show cost £45,000 to make.
Hold On, I Need Love, Everybody Knows, Photography sketch with Richard Chamberlain – You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby / Just A Little Bit, Keep Fit sketch – Try Too Hard / Look Before You Leap / Bits and Pieces, Recreation sketch – Nineteen Days / Glad All Over / When, Wrestling sketch with Rita Webb – You Got What It Takes, Inside And Out, Lulu interview, There’s Always Me, Silent Movie sketch – Do You Love Me / Because / Having A Wild Weekend / Catch Us If You Can / Bits and Pieces, Instrumental
LWT Cliff Richard special (not shown due to industrial dispute)
Sunday 1st September 1968
BBC1 The Rolf Harris Show 7.25 -
The Paper Dolls
BBC2 Show Of the Week: Jack Benny in London 8.20 -
Frankie Vaughan
Granada Nice Time 5.00 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Tickertape 5.30 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost On Sunday 9.00 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
John Rowles
Stan Freberg
Southern Nina and Frederick 11.10 -
Monday 2nd September 1968 Bank Holiday
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.10 -
Georgia Brown
Los Zafiros
BBC2 The Magic Of Ella 10.40 -
Ella Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Wednesday 4th September 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Wednesday Play: The Gorge 9.05 -
Music: Manfred Mann & Mike Hugg
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
content unknown
Thames This Week
Frankie Vaughan in edition about community problems in Glasgow
Effect -
Thursday 5th September 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The producers had chosen the Sandie Shaw version of Those Were The Days instead of the Mary Hopkin one, leading to the threat of a boycott by Hopkin's management's clients including Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck
Hosted by Stuart Henry
Canned Heat -
Aretha Franklin -
Sandie Shaw -
Amen Corner -
The Casuals -
The Doors -
Johnny Nash -
The Bee Gees -
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 6th September 1968
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 4.55 -
The Move
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer
The Moody Blues
The Spinners
BBC2 Ice Cabaret 9.05 -
Rapheal
Saturday 7th September 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Family Dogg -
BBC2 Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen part two 10.00 -
There's No Reason Why You Should Remember Me, Sisters Of Mercy, Teachers, Dress Rehearsal Rag, Suzanne, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye, Story Of Isaac, One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: The Hollies
Stop Stop Stop, Very Last Day, Butterfly, Carrie Ann, Listen To Me, A Taste Og Honey, Blowin' In The Wind
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Terry Reid
Lulu -
Jonathan King -
John Walker -
Honeybus
Tangerine Peel
ATV Bruce Forsyth -
Anita Harris
Sunday 8th September 1968
BBC2 Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-
The duo had first appeared in Britain at the London Palladium in 1957, earning £200 per show, but by the late sixties they were the biggest comedy act on American TV, earning millions. However, the BBC drop the show in 1971. While in the UK in 1972 they claimed to be in discussion with ITV, but nothing materialises.
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Tiny Tim
Granada Nice Time 5.00 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Tickertape 5.30 -
Jake Thackray
Ray Davies
LWT Frost On Sunday 9.00 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity didn't appear on the show as expected.
A press statement from the group's management stated "The contract with London Weekend
Television and Brian Auger, the Trinity and Julie Driscoll has in our opinion been
broken by London Weekend Television. A writ is being issued by our lawyers and the
matter is now sub-
The Beatles -
Mary Hopkin
LWT For Amusement Only: Time For The Funny Walk 10.10 -
play with Ross McManus in an acting role
Monday 9th September 1968
BBC1 The Price To Play 4.50 – 5.15 pm
Hosted by Alan Price
Alan sings songs with lyrics written by viewers
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.50 -
Roy Budd -
Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazzband-
Tuesday 10th September 1968
BBC1 The Sandie Shaw Supplement 9.55 -
1: Love and Sex (also seen as Eyes, Nose, Mouth and A Heartbeat)
Sandie Shaw -
Alan Price
BBC2 The Sound Of Change 8.00 -
Professor Stuart Hall and Peter Worsley trace the development of popular music in Britain from the second world war to the present day
Contributions from Mick Jagger, Alexis Korner, Pete Townshend, Bob Wooler (ex DJ at the Cavern) and Bill Haley
Music by Pink Floyd
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Canned Heat
Thames Magpie 5.10 -
Paul McCartney and Mary Hopkin interviewed by Pete Brady at Apple, plus Mary Hopkin in the Thames studio
Wednesday 11th September 1968
BBC1 Cilla 7.30 -
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Cy Grant
Thursday 12th September 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Sly & The Family Stone and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich were penciled in for appearances. A member of Sly & The Family Stone had been charged with a drug offence shortly after arriving in Britain. Speaking to Melody Maker a BBC spokesman said "In the light of the circumstances which occurred at London Airport the day before the show Johnnie Stewart (the producer) did not want to have them on the programme." Sly told Melody Maker "I'm not bitter about it," he said. "In fact, in the circumstances, I'd probably have done
the same myself. "I just hope that the people concerned with show change their mind when they find out that the whole incident is stupid. "I'd still like to do the show, it'd be groovy. And I've no resentment about being banned."
Hosted by Peter Murray
Mary Hopkin -
The Casuals -
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap -
Johnny Nash -
The Dave Clark Five -
The Tremeloes -
The Beatles -
Harlech Swingalong 8.00 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 13th September 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Hosted by Michael Aspel
The Love Affair
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer
Jefferson Airplane
The Spinners
Cycle race with Keith Moon, Cathy McGowan
BBC2 Ice Cabaret 8.25 -
content unknown
ITV Glamour '68
Beauty contest
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Saturday 14th September 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Sly & The Family Stone -
BBC2 Folk 9.50 -
Lyn & Graham McCarthy
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: The Moody Blues -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Tremeloes -
The Dave Clark Five
Honeybus
Julie Felix
Deena Webster
ATV Goodbye Again 9.30 -
Georgie Fame -
Traffic -
The Dudley Moore Trio -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity -
LWT Saturday Special: The Sound Of Soul 10.30 -
performs in-
Nina Simone
Sunday 15th September 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Dusty In London 7.25 -
Live at The Talk of the Town, London, 1st September 1968. Dusty told Melody Maker
"Stanley Dorfman will be producing, I admire him so much. We will be doing it from
Talk Of The town -
Dusty Springfield
Granada Nice Time 5.00 -
content unknown
LWT Tickertape 5.30 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost On Sunday 9.00 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity were dropped from the show as regulars as Julie Driscoll missed the 8th September show. Driscoll claims that she had been given a verbal permission to miss one show. The group had turned up to record their portion of the following show but were refused entry to the studio.
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Monday 16th September 1968
BBC1 The Price To Play 4.55 – 5.20 pm
Hosted by Alan Price
The recording process is examined as Price records a new song 'Falling In Love Again'
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Stanley Baxter Show 9.55 -
Ronnie Carroll – Falling In Love With Love
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.50 -
The Paper Dolls
Trio Athene -
Tuesday 17th September 1968
BBC1 The Sandie Shaw Supplement 9.55 -
2: Quicksand
Sandie Shaw
John Walker (The Walker Brothers)
Wednesday 18th September 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Hollywood Musical 9.05 -
The Girl Can’t Help It movie with Little Richard, Julie London, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, The Platters etc
BBC2 Late Night Line-
John Peel interview
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
content unknown
Thursday 19th September 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Dusty Springfield -
Otis Redding -
The Status Quo -
Canned Heat -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Leapy Lee -
Mason Williams -
The Beatles -
Anglia The Grand Final of Glamour '68 8.00 -
Joe Brown
Madeline Bell
Tyne Tees Night Club '68 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 20th September 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Tremeloes -
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer
The Status Quo
The Fugs
Vanity Fare
BBC1 Esther & Abi Ofarim 9.55 -
BBC2 Ice Cabaret 8.25 -
The Love Affair were booked for this date
Lyn & Graham McCarthy
Saturday 21st September 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Sammy Davis Jr -
Julie Felix
The Tremeloes My Little Lady
BBC2 Presenting Nana Mouskouri 8.15 -
Nana Mouskouri
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: Unit 4 + 2
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
An all Lennon / McCartney special
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Beatles -
Long John Baldry
Grapefruit
John Walker
P P Arnold
Tony Blackburn
LWT Saturday Special: Cliff At The Movies 9.30 -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Sunday 22nd September 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Louis Armstrong & His All-
Granada Nice Time 5.00 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Tickertape 5.30 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost On Sunday 9.00 -
Dusty Springfield
Sacha Distel
The Casuals
Shani Wallis
Monday 23rd September 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Stanley Baxter Show 9.55 -
Salena Jones – If I Were A Bell
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.50 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Tuesday 24th September 1968
BBC1 The Sandie Shaw Supplement 9.55 -
3: Salt, Pepper and a Touch of Garlic
Sandie Shaw -
Tony Renis (Italian singer)
Wednesday 25th September 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
The Grumbleweeds
Foggy Dew-
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
The Orange Blossom Sound
Thames The Frankie Howerd Show 9.10 -
Joe Brown -
The New Faces -
Eric Delaney -
Cilla Black -
Thursday 26th September 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
Cliff Richard -
The Hollies -
Mary Hopkin -
The Casuals -
Leapy Lee -
Vanity Fare -
The Beatles -
BBC1 Errol Garner 10.45 -
Errol Garner
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Vince Edwards -
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
Live from the Shatftesbury Theatre, London
The cast of 'Hair' (but not the nude scene)
Friday 27th September 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Tich
Leapy Lee
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by John Peel, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer
Cat Stevens
Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Spinners
BBC1 Esther & Abi Ofarim 9.55 -
Saturday 28th September 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Dusty Springfield -
Marbles -
Billy Fury -
BBC2 Presenting Nana Mouskouri 9.45 -
Nana Mouskouri
Donovan
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: David Ackles -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.50 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Possibly
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Dusty Springfield
Anglia Rock Around The Clock movie with Bill Haley and His Comets 7.30 -
ATV Startime 9.30 -
The Barron Knights
Mireille Mathieu
Malcolm Roberts
Sunday 29th September 1968
BBC2 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Granada Nice Time 5.00 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Tickertape 5.30 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost On Sunday 9.00 -
Della Reese
Status Quo
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.10 -
content unknown
Monday 30th September 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Stanley Baxter Show 9.55 -
Marian Montgomery
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.50 -
Ronnie Carroll -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen -
Tuesday 1st October 1968
BBC1 The Sandie Shaw Supplement 9.55 -
4: Reflections
Sandie Shaw
Chris Andrews
Wednesday 2nd October 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
(possibly) The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Vivian Stanshall's burping had to be censored, so presumably they performed The Canyons Of Your Mind)
BBC1 Tomorrow’s World 6.40 -
(possibly) Pink Floyd
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
content unknown
Thursday 3rd October 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
About this time Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity record a clip for Road To Cairo, but is not shown
Hosted by Stuart Henry (who is later accused by Disc of only having one shirt)
Engelbert Humperdinck -
The Love Affair -
The Doors -
John Rowles -
The Marbles -
The Dave Clark Five -
The Tremeloes -
Mary Hopkin -
Thames The Tyrant King 5.20 -
First of six-
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
content unknown
Friday 4th October 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Mary Hopkin
Tommy James and The Shondells
BBC1 How It Is And Why 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel
The Fugs
The Spinners
Tim Buckley
BBC1 Esther & Abi Ofarim 9.55 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Glen Campbell
BBC1 With Cliff Michelmore 10.50 -
Frankie Vaughan talks about talking to gangs in Glasgow
Saturday 5th October 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Barry Ryan
Lee Hazelwood
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
The GoJos were the resident dance troupe
Val Doonican
Nana Mouskouri
BBC2 Presenting Nana Mouskouri 8.15 -
Donovan – Lord of the Reedy River, plus two with Nana Mouskouri and The Athenians
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: O’Hara’s Playboys
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Chris Andrews
The Herd
Marmalade
The Dave Clark Five
Julie Driscoll / Brian Auger -
ATV Startime: The Saturday Stars 6.15 -
Broadcast from the ABC Theatre, Blackpool
Engelbert Humperdinck
Mary Hopkin
LWT Frost on Saturday 7.05 -
Tiny Tim
LWT Saturday Special 9.55 -
Georgia Brown sings Kurt Weill
Sunday 6th October 1968
BBC2 Show of the Week: Mantovani 7.25 -
Malcolm Roberts
Granada Nice Time 5.00 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Tickertape 5.30 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
Sandie Shaw
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 7th October 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.50 -
Edmund Hockridge -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen -
Thames Gonna Build A Mountain 11.45 pm -
Lon Satton -
Tuesday 8th October 1968
Thames Gonna Build A Mountain 11.45 -
Lon Satton -
Wednesday 9th October 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
contents unknown
BBC1 Tomorrow’s World 6.40 -
(possibly) Pink Floyd
BBC1 The Dean Martin Show 7.30 -
Dean Martin
Bing Crosby
Lena Horne
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
Marty Wilde
Thames Gonna Build A Mountain 11.45 pm -
Lon Satton -
Thursday 10th October 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Marmalade -
Leapy Lee -
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap -
Love Affair -
Status Quo -
Val Doonican -
The Tremeloes -
The Showstoppers -
Mary Hopkin -
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.30 -
Buddy Rich
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
content unknown
Thames Gonna Build A Mountain 12.00 am -
Lon Satton -
Friday 11th October 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Barron Knights
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Who -
Spooky Tooth -
The Spinners
BBC1 Esther & Abi Ofarim 11.00 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
Nina Simone
BBC2 Ice Cabaret 8.25 -
Tammy Jones -
Thames Gonna Build A Mountain 12.15 am -
Lon Satton -
Saturday 12th October 1968
no Dee Time due to Olympics opening ceremony
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
BBC2 Presenting Nana Mouskouri 9.45 -
Nana Mouskouri
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Colour Me Pop insert: Honeybus
Clodagh Rodgers -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Amboy Dukes
Kaleidoscope
Barry Ryan -
The Procession
Love Affair -
LWT Saturday Special 9.55 -
Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris
Mort Shuman
Shawn Elliott
LWT Frost on Saturday 10.55 -
Mick Jagger -
Anglia The Bing Crosby Show 10.55 -
Bing Crosby
ITV Olympics 1968 12.40 -
The theme used by ITV throughout the Olympics is Mexico, sung by Long John Baldry. Baldry was invited to be an interviewer and commentator for ITV throughout the games, but Pye Records wanted him to stay in the UK for promotion.
Sunday 13th October 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Rolf Harris 7.25 -
at the Talk of the Town
BBC2 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-
The Temptations
LWT Tickertape 5.00 -
Jake Thackray
Granada Nice Time 5.00 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Frost On Sunday 9.10 -
content unknown
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Channel Mrs Worthington's Daughter 7.00 -
The Stage commented on Jimmy Savile's role in the programme. Preaching from a pulpit "he gave a forceful sermon about the responsibility of show business people in the twentieth century."
Dennis Lotis
Gerry Lockran (blues singer-
London Weekend Gonna Build A Mountain 2.15 am -
Lon Satton -
Monday 14th October 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.50 -
Chris Langford -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen -
Tuesday 15th October 1968
Thames Magpie 5.10 -
Kasenetz-
Wednesday 16th October 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Wednesday Play: Hello, Good Evening and Welcome 9.05 -
Eclection -
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
Billy Fury
The Southlanders
Dr Marigold's Prescription
Ulster Zoom In 5.20 -
contents unknown
Yorkshire The Bing Crosby Show 6.30 -
Bing Crosby
Thursday 17th October 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Engelbert Humperdinck -
The Hollies -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Joe Cocker -
Marbles -
Barry Ryan -
Mary Hopkin -
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.00 -
Oscar Peterson Trio
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
From the Mayfair Hotel, London
Giles Giles & Fripp
Cleo Laine
Friday 18th October 1968
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
A shorter then usual edition because of the Olympics coverage. The Grateful Dead were penciled in to appear.
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
Blue Cheer
LWT We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh 7.00 -
Bill Oddie -
Joy Marshall -
Trisha Noble
Saturday 19th October 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.45 -
Val Doonican
Vera Lynn
BBC2 Presenting Nana Mouskouri 9.15 -
Nana Mouskouri
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich -
Heath Hampstead -
John Walker -
The Dave Clark Five -
Long John Baldry, Keith Moon, Jonathan King -
The Who -
Southern Tarzan: The Convert 6.15 -
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Diana Ross (Sister Therese), Mary Wilson (Sister Martha), Cindy Birdsong (Sister Ann)
LWT Saturday Stars: The Mireille Mathieu Show 6.15 -
The Bachelors
Mireille Mathieu
ITN News 9.45 -
John Lennon arrives at court on drug charge, with Yoko Ono
LWT Saturday Special 9.55 -
Hair
Anglia The Bing Crosby Show 10.55 -
Bing Crosby
Sunday 20th October 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Georgia Brown in the Likes Of Georgia 7.25 -
Georgie Brown -
Annie Ross
Marion Montgomery
Granada Nice Time 5.30 -
content unknown
LWT Tickertape 5.00 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
Vikki Carr
Lonnie Donegan
Dorothy Squires
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
contents unknown
Monday 21st October 1968
BBC1 The Stanley Baxter Show 9.55 -
Mark Wynter – She Loves Me
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.50 -
Matt Monro -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Granada Indo Jazz Fusion 11.45 pm -
content unknown
Tuesday 22nd October 1968
Thames Today with Eamonn Andrews 6.30 -
(possibly) Johnny Cash
Wednesday 23rd October 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
Granada Hats Off 4.55 -
Peter Sarstedt
Ulster Zoom In 5.20 -
contents unknown
Yorkshire The Bing Crosby Show 6.30 -
Bing Crosby
Thursday 24th October 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops (250th edition) 7.30 -
Currently getting audience figures of around 12 million a week
Hosted by Alan Freeman, Stuart Henry, Peter Murray, Jimmy Savile
The Love Affair -
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich -
Hugo Montenegro -
Joe Cocker -
Jose Feliciano -
The Tremeloes -
Mary Hopkin -
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.30 -
Muddy Waters
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
From the Mayfair Theatre, London
content unknown
Friday 25th October 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Status Quo
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
Pentangle
Joe Cocker -
Saturday 26th October 1968
BBC1 The New Lucy Show 6.00 -
Lucy The Star Maker
with Frankie Avalon
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
The Show Stoppers
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.45 -
Val Doonican
BBC2 Presenting Nana Mouskouri 9.15 -
content unknown
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Allegedly a member of the audience objected to his reference to Stuart Henry "doing a highland fling on a billiard ball whilst playing an electric sporran."
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Hollies
Long John Baldry
Marmalade
Peter and Gordon
Joe Cocker
Joecelyn Joyce
The Tremeloes
P J Proby
(possibly) Jethro Tull
Yorkshire Saturday Stars: The Master Of Pop 6.15 -
This was originally to be called ‘Innocence, Anarchy and Soul’ and due for broadcast 12th October 1968
Produced by Jack Good, the show nearly didn't get broadcast due to a wages dispute. The show was divided into three parts Innocence (rock and roll era), Anarchy (the protest era) and Soul. In a May 1968 Cliff Richard article in Disc there was a rumour of an 'Oh Boy'68' reunion show.
Musical director -
Lord Rockingham’s XI (with Lonnie Donegan, Red Price, Don Lang)
Lulu -
Julie Discoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity
Lance LeGault -
P J Proby
Chris Farlowe -
Emperor Rosko (a later review claimed that due to a technical fault he was cut out of the show)
The Alan Bown!
The Chants
Dominic Grant -
Emil Dean
The Breakaways
Ian Whitcomb
The Flirtations
plus Pan's People dance routine
LWT Frost on Saturday 11.05 -
The Scaffold
LWT Star Light Entertainment: Jones The Song (repeat of 3rd August 1968) not broadcast
Tom Jones
Sunday 27th October 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Billy Cotton & His Band 7.25 -
Frank Ifield
Vince Hill
BBC2 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-
Sonny & Cher
LWT Tickertape 5.00 -
Jake Thackray
Granada Nice Time 5.30 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
The Bachelors
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
Tiny Tim -
Monday 28th October 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Stanley Baxter Show 9.55 -
Kenny Lynch – I Believe In You
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Tiny Tim
Tuesday 29th October 1968
BBC1 The Sandie Shaw Supplement 9.55 -
5: Sand Castles In The Air
Sandie Shaw
Paul Jones
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Tiny Tim (second appearance in two days)
Wednesday 30th October 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Dean Martin Show 7.30 -
Dean Martin
Tony Bennett
The Les Brown Band
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Earl Hines
Southern Little Big Time 4.55 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thursday 31st October 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Stuart Henry
Lulu -
The Isley Brothers -
Joe Cocker -
Long John Baldry -
Barry Ryan -
Marbles -
Mary Hopkin -
BBC2 Jazz From The Maltings 9.30 -
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (in a Halloween piece)
Friday 1st November 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Show Stoppers
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
Pentangle
BBC2 Ice Cabaret 8.25 -
Edmund Hockridge
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 -
Hosted by Billy J Kramer and DJ Diane Greaves, plus regulars The Factory and The Four Spots
Tangerine Peel
Billie Davis
Roberta Rex
Graham Bonney
Saturday 2nd November 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Wayne Fontana -
The Equals -
Barry Ryan
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
Val Doonican
The Corries
Sacha Distel
BBC2 Colour Me Pop 11.05 -
The Mothers Of Invention were scheduled to appear, recording a live set at the BBC studios on 23rd October, but this was actually a Late Night Line Up special
Eclection -
Jethro Tull -
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Tremeloes
The Tages -
The Herd
P J Proby
Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and The Trinity (probably filmed at The Revolution Club, London)
(possibly) Barry Ryan
ATV The Des O’Connor Show 7.10 -
Des O'Connor -
Mary Hopkin – Plasir D’Amour, & Des O’Connor – Something Stupid
Ronnie Carroll
Sunday 3rd November 1968
BBC1 Omnibus: All My Loving 10.40 -
There was a verbal warning about the controversial and shocking content before the broadcast
Directed by Tony Palmer
Cream, Lulu, The Beatles, Terry Dene, Grapefruit, The Moody Blues, Manfred Mann, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, The Who, Donovan, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Eric Burdon & The Animals, George Harrison’s mother. (The Monkees and Bob Dylan were also intended for inclusion)
BBC2 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-
The Bee Gees
Granada Nice Time 5.00 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Tickertape 5.00 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
contents unknown
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
(possibly) Tiny Tim
Monday 4th November 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 5th November 1968
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 10.05 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC1 The Sandie Shaw Supplement 11.00 -
6: A Large Slice Of Bread
Sandie Shaw
Nilsson (Nilsson had written Sandie's recent single 'Together')
Thames Magpie 5.05 -
Don Partridge
Wednesday 6th November 1968
No Wednesday Show due to coverage of the American election.
BBC1 The Good Old Days 7.30 -
Sheila Southern
David Hughes
Southern Little Big Time 4.55 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Gala show
Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days
The Casuals -
The Orange Blossom Sound
Dan Bailey (singer)
Susan Richards (singer)
The Graysons (vocal harmony group from Manchester)
Thursday 7th November 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Malcolm Roberts -
Barry Ryan -
Long John Baldry -
Anita Harris -
Hugo Montenegro -
The Bandwagon -
Joe Cocker -
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.30 -
Art Blakey Sextet
ATV The Jimmy Tarbuck Show 8.00 -
Engelbert Humperdinck – Les Bicyclettes De Belsize, Roman sketch with Tarbuck
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
content unknown
Friday 8th November 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Vanity Fare
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 -
Billy J Kramer and The Factory
Dave Clark
Long John Baldry
The Barron Knights
The Marbles
Susan Maughan
The Merseys
David Essex -
Liza Doolittle
Saturday 9th November 1968
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 9.15 -
Val Doonican
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
BBC1 Braden’s Week 10.45 -
Jake Thackray – Miss World
BBC2 Petula Clark 7.10 -
A colour showing of her US TV special
Harry Belafonte
O C Smith
BBC2 Joni Mitchell 9.45 -
BBC2 Colour Me Pop insert: 11.00 -
Foggy Dew O
Lew Prinz & The Bedrocks
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Who
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Force West
P J Proby
Sandie Shaw -
David Essex
Granada Nice Time 5.45 -
Kenny Everett
LWT Saturday Stars: Lulu According To Freud 6.15 -
A show hosted by Lulu and politician / TV presenter Clement Freud
Lulu -
Frank Ifield -
LWT Frost On Saturday 10.55 -
contents unknown
Sunday 10th November 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Sacha Distel 7.25 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity
Ronnie Scott
LWT Tickertape 5.00 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
Françoise Hardy
Dorothy Squires
Des O'Connor -
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 11th November 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes 9.05 -
The Musgrave Ritual
with Georgia Brown (in acting role)
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.55 -
BBC2 Who Is…? 9.55 -
A profile of Sonny Rollins
Tuesday 12th November 1968
BBC1 It’s Topol 9.55 -
Topol
Wednesday 13th November 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
O C Smith
BBC2 Make It My Place 7.00 -
Family appear in a show about interior design. The show featured Julie Hodges who had designed the group's Fulham home. Their track Breeze will play in the background of the film.
Southern Little Big Time 4.55 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thames Mike And Bernie’s Show 6.45 -
Tiny Tim
Andree Silver
Thursday 14th November 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Barry Ryan -
The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
Long John Baldry -
The Scaffold -
Val Doonican -
Vanity Fare -
Hugo Montenegro -
BBC1 Miss World 1968 9.05 -
Gene Pitney
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.55 -
Ronnie Scott
Thames Sugarball The Little Jungle Boy 4.40 -
Kenny Lynch
ATV The Jimmy Tarbuck Show 8.00 -
Mireille Mathieu
O C Smith
Des O'Connor -
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
Inez and Charlie Foxx -
Julie Driscoll
Friday 15th November 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Foundations
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel
The Spinners
BBC1 Take The High Road 6.20 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 -
Billy J Kramer
Chris Andrews
The Carrolls
The Flirtations
David Garrick
Mike Leroy
Saturday 16th November 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
The 100th show
content unknown
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
Val Doonican
Des O'Connor -
Moira Anderson
BBC1 Braden's Week 11.05 pm -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Colour Me Pop 11.05 -
The Nice live at Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Granada Nice Time 5.45 -
Kenny Everett
ATV Saturday Stars: Vikki Carr And Her Boyfriends 6.15 -
Vikki Carr
Joe Brown
The King Brothers
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Gene Pitney -
Episode Six / The Episode
Joe Cocker
(possibly) The Flirtations
LWT Frost on Saturday 10.55 -
contents unknown
Sunday 17th November 1968
BBC2 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-
Cher
Tiny Tim
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 18th November 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 19th November 1968
BBC1 It’s Topol 9.55 -
Topol
Wednesday 20th November 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
Des O'Connor
BBC1 The Benny Hill Show 7.30 -
The Kaye Sisters
Southern Little Big Time 4.55 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thames Mike & Bernie’s Show 6.45 -
Frank Ifield
The Spooner Twins
Thursday 21st November 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
The Isley Brothers -
Jeannie C.Riley -
Lulu -
The Paper Dolls -
The Scaffold -
Malcolm Roberts -
The Dave Clark Five -
Hugo Montenegro -
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.30 -
Dizzy Gillespie
ATV The Jimmy Tarbuck Show 8.00 -
The Rockin’ Berries
Des O’Connor
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
The Casuals -
Friday 22nd November 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Who – Magic Bus
BBC1 How It Is 6..00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
The Who
The Gun
BBC2 International Cabaret: The Young Generation 8.25 -
Frank Ifield
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 5.50 pm
Billy J Kramer
Long John Baldry
Susan Maughan
Wally Whyton
Sons and Lovers
Saturday 23rd November 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
Val Doonican
Matt Monro
Lulu
BBC1 Braden's Week 11.05 -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.40 -
Hosted by Julie Felix
Tim Buckley -
Richard Harris (performing Jimmy Webb songs)
BBC2 Colour Me Pop 10.50 -
The Mothers of Invention show was re-
The Alan Price Set
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity live at The Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Roly Daniels
Marion Ryan -
Barry Ryan – Eloise
Des O’Connor
The Casuals -
ATV Saturday Show: The Mireille Mathieu Show 6.15 -
Mireille Mathieu
Cliff Richard
Acker Bilk
LWT Jones The Song 9.55 -
Tom Jones
Dusty Springfield
Yorkshire Saturday Special: John Hanson Sings 9.55 -
John Hanson
LWT Frost On Saturday 10.55 -
contents unknown
Sunday 24th November 1968
BBC1 The Royal Variety Performance 8.15 -
The BBC pay £25,000 to show it
The Supremes -
Engelbert Humperdinck
Petula Clark
Sacha Distel
Val Doonican
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem 7.25 -
This was due to be Wayne Newton's show but he cancelled the trip to London due to family illness
BBC2 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-
Harry Belafonte
LWT Tickertape 5.00 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Frost on Sunday 7.25 -
Guy Mitchell
Danny La Rue -
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 10.50 -
content unknown
Monday 25th November 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.55 -
Tuesday 26th November 1968
BBC1 It’s Topol 9.55 -
Topol
Thames The Sooty Show 4.40 -
Vince Hill
Wednesday 27th November 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
The Casuals -
BBC1 Wednesday Show Time: The Dean Martin Show 7.30 -
Dean Martin
Rosemary Clooney
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 8.50 -
Zoot Sims and Al Cohn with The Stan Tracey Trio
Southern Little Big Time 4.55 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thames Mike And Bernie’s Show 6.45 -
Malcolm Roberts -
Marion Keene
Thursday 28th November 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Stuart Henry
The Gun -
The Bandwagon -
The Tremeloes -
The Turtles -
Malcolm Roberts -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Des O'Connor -
Hugo Montenegro -
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.30 -
The Gary Burton Quartet
ATV The Jimmy Tarbuck Show 8.00 -
Kathy Kirby
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
Herman's Hermits -
Heath Hampstead
The Peddlers
Friday 29th November 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Casuals
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.25 -
Nana Mouskouri
Malcolm Roberts
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 -
Billy J Kramer and The Remo
Cupid’s Inspiration
Heath Hampstead
The Marbles
Roly Daniels
Norma Leon
Saturday 30th November 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
Val Doonican
Oriel Clare
Tammi St John
BBC1 Braden’s Week 11.00 -
Jake Thackray – Blast Him
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.45 -
Julie Felix
Lee Hazlewood
BBC2 Release 10.15 -
Review of One Plus One featuring The Rolling Stones
BBC2 Colour Me Pop 11.00 -
Giles Giles & Fripp
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Paul Jones -
Manfred Mann
Deena Webster
ATV Saturday Show: The Bachelors Show 7.10 -
The Bachelors
Esther and Abi Ofarim
Tammy Jones
LWT Frost On Saturday 10.55 -
The Rolling Stones -
Sunday 1st December 1968
BBC1 Songs of Praise 6.55 -
Cliff Richard
The Settlers
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Up-
Johnny Harris plays at the Talk of the Town
Lulu
Georgie Fame
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
Herman’s Hermits
Tom Jones -
Caterina Valente
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 2nd December 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 3rd December 1968
BBC1 It’s Topol 9.55 -
Topol
Wednesday 4th December 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
Herman’s Hermits – Something’s Happening
Gerry Marsden
Deena Webster
BBC2 Tom Paxton 8.50 -
Southern Little Big Time 4.55 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thames Mike & Bernie’s Show 6.45 -
Jackie Trent -
Thursday 5th December 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Dusty Springfield -
Lulu -
The Supremes -
Jeannie C.Riley -
The Sweet Inspirations -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
The Foundations -
The Scaffold -
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.30 -
Count Basie with Marlena Shaw
ATV The Jimmy Tarbuck Show 8.00 -
Marty Wilde
O C Smith
ITN News at Ten 10.00 -
The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet press launch party
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
Sandie Shaw
Harlech Tomorrow's Pops 10.30 -
New Welsh musical talent with auditions held in Bristol and Cardiff in November 1968. George Martin was also present in the studio in Bristol
The Gladstone Soul Movement (soul group from Glamorgan)
Dobie Gillis and The Workshop (from Bristol)
Pam Phillips (singer from Swansea)
The Blues Incident (from Yeovil)
Brian Marshall (singer from Caerphilly)
Roger James Cooke (aka Roger Cook of David & Jonathan / Blue Mink)
Friday 6th December 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Tremeloes
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
Mason Williams
The Scaffold -
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.25 -
Marian Montgomery
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 -
Billy J Kramer with Dianne Greaves
Leslie Duncan
The Herd
The Young Brothers
Tommy Farrell
The Four Spots
Saturday 7th December 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
Val Doonican
possibly Esther & Abi Ofarim
BBC1 Braden's Week 11.15 -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.50 -
Julie Felix
John Lee Hooker
BBC2 Colour Me Pop 11.00 -
Timebox
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Malcolm Roberts
Kiki Dee
Timebox -
Dusty Springfield -
ATV Saturday Stars: Vikki And Her Boyfriends 6.15 -
Vikki Carr -
John Rowles – If I Only Had Time
The Dallas Boys
LWT Frost on Saturday 10.55 -
Oriel Clare
Tammi St John
Sunday 8th December 1968
BBC2 Show Of The Week 7.25 -
Mantovani and his orchestra
Lena Martell
Southern A Carol For Christmas 6.15 -
Southern TV commissioned popular songwriters to write a new Christmas Carol
Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent -
The Bee Gees -
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
Dusty Springfield -
Nina Simone -
Johnny Ray
The Dubliners
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
contents unknown
Monday 9th December 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.55 -
Tuesday 10th December 1968
BBC1 It’s Topol 9.55 -
Topol
Thames The Sooty Show 4.40 -
George Chisholm
Wednesday 11th December 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
Paul Jones -
BBC2 The Cool of the Evening 8.50 -
Gordon Beck trio
Southern Little Big Time 4.55 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thames Mike & Bernie’s Show 6.45 -
Joe Brown
Roy Budd
Mrs Mills
Joe Henderson
Thursday 12th December 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Love Sculpture -
The Marmalade -
Nina Simone -
Des O'Connor -
Malcolm Roberts -
The Magic Lanterns -
The Gun -
Dusty Springfield -
The Scaffold -
BBC2 Doubts And Certainties 10.40 -
‘Talk on the psychedelic scene’
BBC2 Jazz from the Maltings 9.30 -
The Newport Allstars
ATV The Jimmy Tarbuck Show 9.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.00 -
Gilbert Becaud -
Friday 13th December 1968
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Herman's Hermits
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
Fairport Convention – Meet On The Ledge
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 -
Billy J Kramer
The Cats Eyes
The Peddlers
Paul Slade
Deena Webster
The Four Spots
Saturday 14th December 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Harmony Grass
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
Val Doonican
Vince Hill
BBC1 Braden's Week 11.15 -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Once More With Felix 10.20 -
Julie Felix
The Hollies
BBC2 Colour Me Pop 11.35 pm -
The Beach Boys had to cancel their appearance on the show
Love Sculpture
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Kinks -
The Casuals
Timebox
Grapefruit
Kiki Dee
Dusty Springfield -
ATV Saturday Show 6.15 -
Kathy Kirby
Trio Athenee
Sunday 15th December 1968
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
Joe Brown
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
contents unknown
Monday 16th December 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 Moira Anderson Sings 9.55 -
BBC1 Sammy Davis Cinema 10.50 -
interviewed by Roy Plumbley about his movie career
Tuesday 17th December 1968
BBC1 It’s Topol 9.55 -
Topol
ATV Jazzboat 1959 movie with Anthony Newley etc
Granada The Doors Are Open 10.30 -
The show was to have the subtitle 'When The Mode Of The Music Changes, The Walls Of The City Will Shake', after a phrase coined by Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs.
The Doors at The Roundhouse, Camden, London, 6th September 1968 where they were on a double bill with Jefferson Airplane.
Thames Hard Sell 11.50 pm -
Cliff Richard talks about his new movie, Two A Penny
Wednesday 18th December 1968
BBC1 The Wednesday Show 6.00 -
content unknown
BBC1 Clown Alley 7.30 -
Red Skelton special with Bobby Rydell
Southern Little Big Time 4.55 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thames Mike And Bernie’s Show 6.45 -
John Paul Joans (a comedian later to have a pop hit)
Marion Ryan
Thursday 19th December 1968
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
Tom Jones -
The Marmalade -
Dusty Springfield -
Fleetwood Mac -
Herman's Hermits -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
The Foundations -
The Scaffold -
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 9.55 -
Salena Jones
Thames The Best Of Morecambe & Wise 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 20th December 1968
BBC1 Christmas Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Scaffold -
BBC1 How It Is 6.00 -
Hosted by Angela Huth, Richard Neville, Tony Palmer, John Peel, Ronald Fletcher
The Spinners
BBC2 International Cabaret
Eartha Kitt -
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 -
Paul Jones -
Billy J Kramer
The Cameos
Wayne Fontana
Peppermint Circus -
Vigrass (Paul Vigrass)
Tyne Tees The World of Monty Modlin
Pentangle
Saturday 21st December 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.15 -
Dusty Springfield -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
Val Doonican
BBC1 Braden’s Week 11.25 -
Jake Thackray – Kirkstall Road Girl
BBC2 Once More With Felix 10.05 -
Julie Felix
Muddy Waters with Otis Spann etc
BBC2 Colour Me Pop 11.15 -
Vivian Stanshall told Top Pop magazine "... we've been promised a lot of say, even down to the graphics for the credit cards."
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Move
P J Proby
The Fortunes
ATV Saturday Stars: The Mireille Mathieu Show 6.15 -
Mirielle Mathieu
Des O'Connor
Roy Budd
Yorkshire A Bit Of An Indiscretion 9.55 -
Play with Paul Jones (as Colin Dixon)
LWT Frost On Saturday 10.55 -
contents unknown
Sunday 22nd December 1968
LWT Frost On Sunday 9.10 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
Scott Walker
Jackie Trent
The Dudley Moore Trio
Lonnie Donegan
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
content unknown
Monday 23rd December 1968
BBC1 The Monday Show 6.00 -
Roger Whittaker
BBC1 It’s Topol 9.55 -
BBC1 I Gotta Shoe (Or Cindy Ella) 10.50 -
Cleo Laine
Elisabeth Welch
Cy Grant
Tuesday 24th December 1968 Christmas Eve
BBC1 Nina and Frederik in The Christmas Tree 4.30 -
BBC1 Cilla 8.15 -
Cilla Black
Scott Walker
Matt Monro
BBC2 Christmas Is Coming 2.50 -
Probably a trailer for BBC2's Christmas output -
BBC2 Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass 5.00 -
BBC2 The Pistol Shot 7.55 -
play, with David Bowie and Hermione Farthingale in a mime scene
BBC2 Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing 9.05 -
Frank Sinatra
The 5th Dimension
Diahann Carroll
Granada At Last -
Hosted by Chris Kelly aboard a double decker bus
Kenny Lynch
Freddie Garrity
ATV Whatever Happened To Christmas? 9.00 -
Bruce Forsyth special
Cliff Richard -
Anita Harris -
Kenny Lynch
Ronnie Carroll
BBC unknown show
The Scaffold -
Wednesday 25th December 1968 Christmas Day
BBC1 A Spoonful of Sugar 10.15 -
Moira Anderson
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘68 part one 1.25 -
Talking to the Melody Maker in October producer Johnnie Stewart claimed that in addition to the usual hits "..there should also be time for a few extra items." It was reported in Melody Maker in November that two inserts with The Beach Boys had been recorded for the Christmas editions of Top Of The Pops, but only one appeared. As usual, The Beatles had been invited, but didn't take part. Talking about the show in November to Melody Maker producer Johnnie Stewart said "I don't intend to have any Christmas trees, funny hats or things like that. I think people get a bit fed up with this type of presentation on TV."
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, Peter Murray
The Love Affair -
Des O'Connor -
The Beatles -
The Scaffold -
The Union Gap -
Georgie Fame -
The Beatles -
Esther & Abi Ofarim -
Manfred Mann -
The Beach Boys -
The Rolling Stones -
Cliff Richard -
BBC1 Val Doonican introduces Disney Time 4.10 -
BBC1 Christmas Night with the Stars 6.40 -
Hosted by Morecambe and Wise
The Young Generation -
Nana Mouskouri -
The Seekers -
Morecambe & Wise -
Jimmy Logan -
Kenneth McKellar -
Cliff Richard -
Marty Feldman -
Louis Armstrong -
Petula Clark -
The Young Generation -
BBC1 Doddy For Christmas 8.45 -
The New Faces -
BBC2 The Harry Secombe Show 10.30 -
Lionel Bart
Shani Wallis
Myrna Rose
ATV All Kinds Of Music 2.00 -
Dusty Springfield
Trio Athenee
The Tremeloes
Malcolm Roberts
Kiki Dee
The Spinners
David Snell (jazz harmonica player)
Des Ryan (singer)
Thames Do Not Adjust Your Stocking 4.10 -
The Bonzo Dog Doo-
Thames Opportunity Knocks Christmas Special 6.45 -
Mary Hopkin – Mary Had A Baby, Turn Turn Turn, White Christmas
Engelbert Humperdinck (this was supposed to be a surprise guest spot, but had been leaked weeks before)
Deano
Thursday 26th December 1968 Boxing Day
BBC1 Andy Williams Christmas Show On Ice 5.45 -
Andy Williams
Claudine Longet
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘68 part two 6.35 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman, Stuart Henry
The Equals -
Herb Alpert -
Joe Cocker -
Louis Armstrong -
Hugo Montenegro -
Tommy James & The Shondells -
The Bee Gees -
Mary Hopkin -
The Beatles -
BBC1 The Benny Hill Show
Tammy Jones -
BBC1 Frost Over Christmas 10.35 -
Julie Felix
BBC1 Dean Martin’s Christmas Show 11.15 pm -
Frank Sinatra and family
BBC2 Bardot Special 9.35 -
Sacha Distel
Southern Little Big Time 12.00 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Westward Jazz on Boxing Night 6.00 -
content unknown
Yorkshire Sugarball The Little Jungle Boy 11.15 am -
Kenny Lynch
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Boxing Day Special 11.00 -
Kenny Ball
Friday 27th December 1968
BBC1 The Seekers Down Under 3.15 -
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.05 -
Marmalade
Roger Whittaker
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.50 -
Susan Maughan
BBC2 Jazz at the Maltings 11.20 pm -
Buddy Rich and His Orchestra -
The Oscar Peterson Trio -
The Newport All-
Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Max Roach -
The Barney Kessel Trio -
The Dizzie Gillespie Big Band -
The Gary Burton Quartet with Red Norvo -
The Earl Hines All-
The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Gerry Mulligan -
The Stars of Faith -
Count Basie and His Orchestra -
BBC2 (Scotland) Splash Okay
A musical play shot in colour with lyrics by Clifford Hanley and music by Iain Sutherland
Granada The Discotheque 5.20 -
Billy J Kramer and The Remo
The Perishers
J J Jackson
Tammy Jones
The Idle Race
LWT Here Comes Charlie Callas 7.30 -
Salena Jones
Tyne Tees Monty Modlyn 10.30 -
The Peddlers
Saturday 28th December 1968
BBC1 Happening For Lulu 6.15 -
Regulars: Pan’s People, Johnny Harris & His Orchestra
Lulu & Maurice Gibb -
The Tremeloes
Cartoone – A Penny For The Sun, Toby Jug
Jack Jones
BBC1 The Morecambe & Wise Show 7.00 -
Acker Bilk
Roy Budd
BBC1 The Val Doonican Show 7.30 -
Val Doonican
Herman’s Hermits
BBC1 Braden's Week 11.00 pm -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Once More With Felix 9.45 -
Julie Felix
Alan Price
BBC2 Colour Me Pop 11.10 -
Talking to Record Mirror show producer Steve Turner said "The Hollies spent a whole week on their appearance and it came over so well that we simply had to show it again."
The Hollies
Southern Time For Blackburn! 5.40 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
contents unknown
LWT Saturday Special: High Fly With Cleo 9.55 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
ATV Fun In Acapulco movie with Elvis Presley (this was the first Elvis movie to be shown on UK television)
ATV Special Of The Week
A Bit Of Indiscretion (as 22th December 1968)
LWT Frost On Saturday 10.55 -
Georgie Fame and Alan Price
Sunday 29th December 1968
LWT Frost on Sunday 9.10 -
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity (regulars)
Kathy Kirby
The King Brothers
Paul Jones -
Renato
Yorkshire Sunday Play: The Best Pair Of Legs In The Business 10.20 -
play with Marti Webb (as May)
ATV Tonight With Dave Allen 11.20 pm -
Matt Monro
Monday 30th December 1968
BBC1 Dee Time 6.25 -
The Saturday evening version had rating of around nine million
Compilation with The Peddlers, Sammy Davis Jr
BBC1 Scott 7.30 -
Scott Walker -
Salena Jones -
Blossom Dearie -
BBC1 Caterina Valente 9.55 -
Tyne Tees An Evening With 10.30 -
Cleo Laine
Tuesday 31st December 1968
BBC1 The Bing Crosby Special 8.00 -
Filmed at Paramount Studios and made to promote upcoming Paramount movies Paint Your Wagon and True Grit
The Supremes -
Jose Feliciano -
Crosby / Supremes / Feliciano -
BBC1 Cilla 11.00 -
Cilla Black
Billy Cotton
BBC1 The Hogmanay Show 12-
Marmalade
Stuart Henry
George Chisholm
The Alex Welsh Band
Thames Magpie 5.10 -
Roy Flynn, then Yes' manager placed an advert in the Melody Maker stating "Roy Flynn
suggests you look at Thames Television programme "Magpie" on New Year's Eve between
5.10 -
Yes
(possibly) The Scaffold
ATV Will The Real Mike Yarwood Stand Up? 8.45 -
Vince Hill
Scottish A Show For Hogmanay 11.30 pm -
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
Also this year
LWT Frost On...
Mary Hopkin – Those Were the Days
LWT Frost On...
Mary Hopkin – The House of the Rising Sun
ITV Watneys beer ad
The Scaffold
BBC1 Dee Time
Marmalade
Scott Walker
Marilyn Powell -
ABC Opportunity Knocks
The Casuals (winners for three weeks)
ITV Butter advert
with Sandy Denny singing
Tyne Tees Night Club '68
Alan Price
Granada Look North
Gilbert (O'Sullivan)
BBC1 Wales/Cymru Et Cetra Et Cetera
The Iveys
BBC2 Late Night Line-
O C Smith
Ulster Old Time With Tommy
Clinton Ford
Southern Day By Day
The weekday news show invites those "who haven't had the breaks they deserve" to
be featured in a new weekly spot in the show. Show director Dave Heather explained
to The Stage in November 1968 "Principally we're looking for self-
ATV Today
in February 1968 The Peddlers record songs for three shows
BBC1 or 2 Time Waits For No Man
documentary featuring The Mike Stuart Span
ITV Midland Bank advert (August 1968.)
music by The Idle Race
LWT We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh
Joy Marshall -
BBC1 Dee Time
Fleetwood Mac -
Thames Today
DJ Mike Quinn was an occasional interviewer on the show
Southern brewery advert May 1968
The Wishful Thinking
Scottish unknown show
Jackie Trent live at the Pentlands Club, Edinburgh (recorded 22nd January 1968)
ATV Today
Roger Whittaker records songs for the show on 8th February 1968
The Peddlers record three songs on February 29th
ITV Macleans toothpaste advert
Georgie Fame
ITV unknown advert
Don Lang
BBC2 Late Night Line-
The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
BBC1 Top Of The Pops c.December
Jethro Tull -
Tyne Tees A Girl Called Friday (seen as being broadcast on 4th of March or 4th April 1968, but neither dates match newspapers of the day)
Dave Berry -
Tuesday 22nd October 1968
One of the BBC channels was due to show The American Folk Blues Festival '68 -
BBC1 Look North (c.September)
Article on Impulse recording studios in Newcastle with Alan Hull singing one of his songs
Granada Once A Year In The Season
Play, written by Roger McGough
BBC (Wales) Behind The Scenes
Mary Hopin -
BBC2 Late Night Line Up
Taste
BBC Singing For A Living
The Watersons recording at Topic Records