TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1961
Sunday 1st January 1961
BBC Showtime 8.15 -
Carole Carr
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Mark Wynter
Dick Williams band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol (in a kilt)
The Andrews Sisters -
Monday 2nd January 1961
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Introduces new host Billy Raymond who had been the MC for many rock and roll shows
Marion Ryan
Tuesday 3rd January 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall
Perry Como – Clap Yo’ Hands, Gone Is My Love
Della Reese – Bill Bailey
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR The Christmas Tree 5.25 -
Bert Weedon
Steve Race
AR Rendezvous With Rosemary 6.45 – 7.00 pm
Rosemary Squires & Bryan Johnson -
Bryan Johnson -
AR Cool For Cats 11.07 pm -
Una Stubbs is one of the dancers
content unknown
Wednesday 4th January 1961
BBC Wednesday Magazine 2.45 pm -
An edited version would later be shown on Sunday afternoons as Sometimes On Sundays
Hosted by David Jacobs
BBC The Malcolm Mitchell Show 9.45 -
Maynard Ferguson
AR The 1960 Show / The Hughie Green Hour 8.30 -
Cliff Richard receives Personality Of The Year award
Thursday 5th January 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Pinky and Perky
BBC Suddenly It’s Swing 6.20 -
Compere: Steve Race
The Northern Dance Orchestra, The Stringset, The Tradlads, The Reedmen, The Madbods, The Brasston
BBC Be My Guest
Joan Regan
Frank Ifield
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Russ Conway Show 8.00 -
Seen by nineteen million viewers and makes it to number one on the TAM ratings the following week
Russ Conway
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show
According to the Network DVD there was a show broadcast this day, but according to that day's newspapers there wasn't
Aileen Cochrane -
Friday 6th January 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.00 -
Joan Regan
Frank Ifield
Malcolm Goddard
The Polka Dots
AR Midwinter Music 5.00 -
Steve Race
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
Marty Wilde
Saturday 7th January 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Bing Crosby Show 8.40 -
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Peggy Lee
Louis Armstrong
George Shearing
Sunday 8th January 1961
BBC Showtime 7.30 -
Heidi Bruhl
ABC The George Formby Hour 3.25 -
George Formby
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
The 200th show. Mel Torme was scheduled to appear but went back to the USA for another TV spot instead
Hosted by Don Arrol, but Bruce Forsyth also appears
Sally Ann Howes
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Monday 9th January 1961
BBC Whistle Stop 2.45 -
Frank Ifield
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
AR The Dickie Henderson Show 8.00 -
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
Tuesday 10th January 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Connie Francis
ATV Lunchbox 12.47 pm -
Matt Monro
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
Al Saxon
June Richmond
AR Cool For Cats 11.07 pm to end
Janet Richmond -
(possibly) Dick Jordan
Wednesday 11th January 1961
BBC The Malcolm Mitchell Show 9.45 -
The Brooks Brothers
Maynard Ferguson
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: The Eartha Kitt Show 8.30 -
Eartha Kitt -
Thursday 12th January 1961
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Russ Conway Show 8.00 -
Russ Conway -
Eddie Falcon
Siw Malmkvist
Friday 13th January 1961
BBC Nina And Frederick 9.00 -
Nina And Frederick -
Larry Adler – Camera Three, Beethoven Minuet in G
AR Midwinter Music 5.00 -
Steve Race
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Granada Compass 10.30 -
Pirates of the Air -
Saturday 14th January 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Dixon of Dock Green 6.30 -
Jess Conrad (acting role)
Lorna Henderson (actress whose single Murray What's Your Hurry plays on the jukebox in one scene)
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.45 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
ATV The Saturday Spectacular: The Vera Lynn Show 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
Mel Torme -
Sunday 15th January 1961
ABC The George Formby Hour 3.25 -
George Formby
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Marty Wilde
The Dick Williams Band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Petua Clark -
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Monday 16th January 1961
BBC Whistle Stop 2.45 -
The Avons
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
AR The Dickie Henderson Show: The Music Lovers 8.00 -
Adele Leigh
Tuesday 17th January 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Cool For Cats 11.07 -
content unknown
Anglia unknown show
Marty Wilde
Wednesday 18th January 1961
BBC The Malcolm Mitchell Show 9.45 -
Maynard Ferguson
The Blithe Sisters
Granada The Variety Show 8.30 -
Mryna March
Odetta
Thursday 19th January 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Cliff Richard
BBC Suddenly It’s Swing 6.20 -
The Northern Dance Orchestra
The Tradlads
The Reedmen
The Modbods
The Brasstax
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Russ Conway Show 8.00 -
Russ Conway
Julie Rayne
Jan Howard (singer from Norway)
Friday 20th January 1961
BBC Nina And Frederick 9.00 -
Nina And Frederick
Scottish The One O'Clock Gang
Marty Wilde
AR Midwinter Music 5.00 -
Steve Race
Granada People and Places 6.10 -
Jill Day
The Derek Hilton Trio
Chris Langford
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 21st January 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.45 -
Matt Monro was scheduled to appear, but may not have
The Billy Cotton Band
Kathie Kay
ATV The Saturday Spectacular 7.30 -
Alma Cogan (her 150th TV appearance)
The Andrew Sisters
Ivor Emmanuel
The King Brothers
Sunday 22nd January 1961
BBC Showtime 7.30 -
Anne Shelton (she had a police escort after the show to get her to the Radio Luxembourg studios in Lewisham)
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The Dick Williams Band
Johnny Dankworth
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Frankie Vaughan
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Guests appearing on Tyne Tees' One O'Clock Show over the week are The Avons, Cy Grant, Tony Brent
Monday 23rd January 1961
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Southern (possibly) Southern Affairs 10.30 -
Rock and roll music feature with Marty Wilde and Larry Parnes
Tuesday 24th January 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Juliet Prowse
Steve Lawrence
The Kingston Trio
BBC Mantovani 8.45 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Steve Arlen & Terry Burton
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Semprini 6.45 -
ITV Rawhide: Incident at Rojo Canyon 8.00 -
Julie London and Bobby Troupe
AR Cool For Cats 11.07 -
Davy Jones
Wednesday 25th January 1961
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor celebrate the first anniversary of their show debut
BBC The Malcolm Mitchell Show 9.45 -
Maynard Ferguson
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Steve Arlen & Terry Burton
Anglia Tom Lehrer 6.45 -
AR Hippodrome 8.30 -
Michael Holliday
Norrie Paramor and his orchestra
Thursday 26th January 1961
BBC Home In Time 6.20 -
Marion Keene
Frank Ifield
Al Saxon
The Betty Smith Quintet
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Steve Arlen & Terry Burton
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
Frank Ifield
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Russ Conway Show 8.00 -
Russ Conway
Audrey Jeans
Otto Brandenburg
Friday 27th January 1961
BBC Make Mine Music 9.45 -
David Hughes
Helena Scott
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Steve Arlen & Terry Burton
Scottish The One O'Clock Gang 1.00 pm -
Bill Forbes
AR Midwinter Music 5.00 -
Steve Race
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 28th January 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
The show is now getting around thirteen million viewers per week
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.45 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
BBC West Keep It Cool
Jazz Inc
ATV The Saturday Spectacular: Arthur Haynes 7.40 -
Dickie Valentine
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Jill Day
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 9.30 -
Max Bygraves
Sunday 29th January 1961
BBC Showtime 7.30 -
The King Brothers
Gloria DeHaven -
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Dick Williams and his band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Shirley Bassey
The Dallas Boys
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Monday 30th January 1961
BBC Whistle Stop 2.45 -
The Mudlarks
Tyne Tees One O'Ckock Show
(possibly) Joe "Mister Piano" Henderson
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Tyne Tees Star Parade 7.00 -
Elvis Presley special -
Scottish Late Night Cabaret 11.00 -
David Whitfield
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Tuesday 31st January 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Paul Anka
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Roy Edwards & Janet Richmond
Tyne Tees The One O Clock Show 1.02 -
Frankie Vaughan -
Jess Conrad -
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Rendezvous With Rosemary 6.45 – 7.00 pm
Rosemary Squires
Matt Monro
AR Cool For Cats 11.07 -
Petula Clark
Wednesday 1st February 1961
BBC The Malcolm Mitchell Show 9.45 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Maynard Ferguson
Teresa Duffy
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Roy Edwards & Janet Richmond
Southern The Lunch Time Show 1.05 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Anglia About Anglia
Bill Forbes
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
Alma Cogan
Acker Bilk and his Paramount jazzband
Bert Weedon
The King Brothers
Anglia Survival 9.35 -
Theme: Johnny Dankworth
Thursday 2nd February 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Suddenly It’s Swing 6.20 -
The Northern Dance Orchestra
The Tradlads
The Reedmea
The Modbods
The Brasstax
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Roy Edwards & Janet Richmond
Southern The Lunch Time Show 1.05 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
Lyn Cornell
Frank Ifield
Marty Wilde
Sheila Southern
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Russ Conway Show 8.00 -
Russ Conway
Birthie Wilkie
The Wise Boys
Friday 3rd February 1961
BBC Let There Be Music 9.45 -
Bryan Johnson
Adele Leigh
Tommy Reilly
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Roy Edwards & Janet Richmond
Southern The Lunch Time Show 1.05 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
AR Midwinter Music 5.00 -
Steve Race
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
The Lana Sisters
Saturday 4th February 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Around The World With Benny Hill 7.45 -
Dorita Y Pepe
ATV The Saturday Spectacular 7.40 -
Edmund Hockridge
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 9.30 -
Max Bygraves
Sunday 5th February 1961
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV Godfery Winn's Birthday Honours 5.50 -
Larry Adler
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Adam Faith
Adam Faith & Don Arrol
Eve Boswell -
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Monday 6th February 1961
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Tuesday 7th February 1961
BBC Mantovani 8.45 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Ray Merrill & Sheila Southern
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show
Johnny Dankworth
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Cool For Cats 11.07 -
content unknown
Wednesday 8th February 1961
BBC The Malcolm Mitchell Show 9.45 -
Maynard Ferguson
Granada The Variety Show 8.30 -
Emile Ford and the Checkmates
The DeCastro Sisters – Teach Me Tonight
Thursday 9th February 1961
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
The show is now broadcast by Southern, Scottish and TWW
Bobby Rydell & Johnny Dankworth -
Sheila Southern
Lyn Cornell
Al Saxon
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Russ Conway Show 8.00 -
Russ Conway
Tony Osborne
Rosa Goldi
Friday 10th February 1961
BBC Make Mine Music 9.45 -
David Hughes
Millicent Martin – I Hate Men
AR Midwinter Music 5.00 -
Steve Race
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 11th February 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.45 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
BBC London Mirror
Lita Roza
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 9.30 -
Max Bygraves
Sunday 12th February 1961
BBC Showtime 7.30 -
Frankie Vaughan
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dick Williams band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Toni Dalli
Dolores Gray
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Monday 13th February 1961
BBC Whistle Stop 2.45 -
The Steve Benbow Folk Four
Al Saxon
ATV Lunch Box
This week features Roy Edwards and Eula Parker
ITV The British Song Contest 6.30 -
Cool For Cats makes way for one week
The show is partly arranged by the Music Publishers Association, while the theme 'Festival' is composed by Peter Knight. Winning composers will receive £1000 for the first prize, £500 for the second place and £250 for the third place. The Popular Publishers' Committee of the Music Publishers' Association chose fifty songs which were them submitted to an ITV Selection Committee, who would then choose twenty of the songs for inclusion.
The Dallas Boys -
Craig Douglas -
Jill Day -
The Three Barry Sisters -
Matt Monro -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Tuesday 14th February 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee & Perry Como – Fever / Steam Heat / Heatwave medley
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR The British Song Contest 6.30 -
Don Lang -
Lorrie Mann -
Tony Brent -
The Mudlarks -
Andy Cole -
AR Cool For Cats 11.07 -
Valentine’s Day special
content unknown
Wednesday 15th February 1961
BBC A Song For Europe 7.30 -
The nine artists in contention were provided by record companies Decca, EMI and Philips. ITV ran a spoiler contest over several nights this week.
Bryan Johnson (from Decca)
Anne Shelton (from Philips)
Valerie Masters (from Philips)
The Allisons (from Philips) -
Ricky Valance (from EMI)
Mark Wynter (from Decca)
Matt Monro (from EMI)
Steve Arlen (from EMI)
Teresa Duffy (from Decca)
BBC The Malcolm Mitchell Show (probably not transmitted)
Mark Wynter -
AR The British Song Contest 6.30 -
Mike Desmond -
The Avons -
Ronnie Carroll -
Johnny Wade -
Mike Preston – Marry Me
ATV Alfred Marks Time 8.30 -
Dickie Valentine
Ray Ellington
Thursday 16th February 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
content unknown
BBC Suddenly It’s Swing 6.20 -
The Northern Dance Orchestra
The Tradiads
The Reedmen
The Modbods
The Brasstax
BBC Girl On A Roof 7.55 -
Ray Brooks plays Red Mayne, a pop singer who has to deal with a female fan on the roof of a theatre. The character of Mayne was intended for Adam Faith, who had to cancel due to panto commitments
The John Barry Seven – I Want You Baby
AR The British Song Contest 6.30 -
June Marlow -
Rosemary Squires -
The Raindrops -
Johnny Angel-
Frank Ifield -
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Cliff! 8.00 -
Cliff Richard -
The Shadows
The Vernon Girls
Petula Clark
Dave Sampson
ATV Cover Girl (not listed in newspapers)
Jess Conrad
Friday 17th February 1961
AR Midwinter Music 5.00 -
Steve Race
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Rendezvous With Rosemary 6.40 – 6.45 pm
Rosemary Squires
Jim Dale
AR The British Song Contest -
Marry Me wins (first prize £1000), with My Kind of Girl in second place (£500)
ATV ATV's Fifth Anniversary Show 11.15 pm -
content unknown
Saturday 18th February 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Wakey Wakey Tavern 7.45 -
Billy Cotton’s 75th TV band show
Kathie Kay
The Peters Sisters
The Bruno Martino Orchestra
ATV Patrick O'Hagan Sings (repeat of 2nd August 1959)
ATV The Saturday Spectacular 7.40 -
Lonnie Donegan
Ruby Murray
Miki and Griff
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 9.30 -
Max Bygraves
ATV Arthur Haynes Entertains 11.00 -
content unknown
ABC ABC Anniversary Cabaret 11.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 19th February 1961
BBC Beat The Band movie with Gene Krupa 2.25 -
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dick Williams and his band
Carole Simpson
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Bobby Rydell -
Dave King
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Monday 20th February 1961
BBC Whistle Stop 2.45 -
Peter Gilmore
TWW Here Today 6.15 -
Matt Monro
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Tuesday 21st February 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Andre Previn
Sammy Cahn
Edie Gorme – Yours Tonight, Smile
BBC Mantovani 9.55 -
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Rendezvous With Rosemary 6.45 -
Rosemary Squires
Matt Monro
AR Cool For Cats 11.07 -
For the final show of the series Kent Walton presents some of the show’s best records over the past year, while Change of Pace, the show’s theme, is played in full.
Content unknown
Wednesday 22nd February 1961
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
Dickie Valentine -
Jeanie Carson -
Bobby Rydell
Ulster Timeless Melodies 10.35 -
The Heinz Rittweiger Trio (regulars)
Thursday 23rd February 1961
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show 1.02 -
The King Brothers
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Cliff! 8.00 -
Cliff Richard -
The Shadows
The Vernon’s Girls -
Marty Wilde -
Friday 24th February 1961
BBC Make Mine Music 7.55 -
David Hughes
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show
Sylvia Sands
AR Midwinter Music 5.00 -
Steve Race
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 25th February 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.45 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
ATV Saturday Spectacular: The Adam Faith Show 7.40 -
Adam Faith
The Beverley Sisters
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 9.30 -
Max Bygraves
Sunday 26th February 1961
BBC Showtime 7.30 -
Lita Roza
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dick Williams band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
The Hedley Ward Trio
Monday 27th February 1961
BBC Whistle Stop 2.45 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
BBC Come Dancing: The Carl-
Cliff Richard – Travellin’ Light
The Shadows – Apache
The King Brothers – 76 Trombones
The Michael Sammes Singers
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
Bob Miller and The Millermen
Jimmy Shand and His Band
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Granada Spot the Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Tuesday 28th February 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Catherine Valente
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Wednesday 1st March 1961
Southern Lunchtime Show
The Dudley Moore Trio
Granada The Variety Show 8.30 -
The Kaye Sisters
Diane Todd
Dick Roman
Tyne Tees Your Kind of Music 9.35 -
contents unknown
Thursday 2nd March 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
content unknown
BBC Wales Swing High (first in fortnightly series)
The Welsh Dance Orchestra
Eve Adams and The Chimes
Richard Allen
Southern Lunchtime Show
The Dudley Moore Trio
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show 1.02 -
Bert Weedon
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Cliff! 8.00 -
Cliff Richard -
The Shadows
The Vernons Girls
Lyn Cornell
Friday 3rd March 1961
Southern Lunchtime Show
The Dudley Moore Trio
AR Mike On Holliday 6.30 -
Michael Holliday with Johnny Pearson and his orchestra
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 4th March 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Benny Hill Show 7.45 -
Includes his Juke Box Jury sketch
ATV Saturday Spectacular: Anthony Newley Show 7.40 -
There might have been a couple of Gurney Slade type sketches in the show
Anthony Newley
Janet Richmond -
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 9.30 -
Max Bygraves
Sunday 5th March 1961
BBC Showtime 7.30 -
Shani Wallis
Dickie Valentine
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
David Whitfield
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
content unknown
Monday 6th March 1961
Granada Spot The Tune 6.29 -
Marion Ryan
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
Elaine Delmar
Laurie Payne
Sally Smith
The Tracy Sisters
Shelagh Williams
Sonny Pillay
June Marlow
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Granada Coronation Street 7.30 -
David Jones (future Monkee) as Colin Lomax
Tuesday 7th March 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Ray Charles
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Wednesday 8th March 1961
BBC Soft Lights and Sweet Music (A Lullaby in Rhythm) 9.45 -
Carole Carr
Geoge Chisholm
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show
Matt Monro
Southern Lunchtime Show
The Honeys
AR Rendezvous With Rosemary 6.30 – 6.45 pm
Rosemary Squires
Bryan Johnson
AR Hippodrome 8.30 -
Michael Holliday
Thursday 9th March 1961
Southern Lunchtime Show
The Honeys
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Cliff! 8.00 -
Cliff Richard
The Shadows
The Vernons Girls
Alma Cogan
Scottish Songs That Matter To Me (mentioned in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Matt Monro
Friday 10th March 1961
BBC Make Mine Music 9.40 -
David Hughes
Elizabeth Larner
Southern Lunchtime Show
The Honeys
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 11th March 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.45 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
BBC Let There Be More Music 10.30 -
Dennis Lotis
ATV Saturday Spectacular: The Sid James Show 7.40 -
Davy Jones (singer with Cyril Stapleton)
Jean Bayless
Sunday 12th March 1961
BBC Showtime 7.30 -
Dickie Valentine
Lita Roza
Gloria DeHaven
BBC What's My Line 8.15 -
Adam Faith as mystery guest
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Kentones
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Cy Grant
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Connie Francis
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
content unknown
Monday 13th March 1961
Granada Spot The Tune 6.29 -
Marion Ryan
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
The King Brothers
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Tuesday 14th March 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Como's deal with a Chinese sponsor in America was due for renewal at about this time and may see the show return twice a month, rather than weekly.
Perry Como
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Wednesday 15th March 1961
BBC Soft Lights and Sweet Music 9.45 -
Carole Carr
Kenny Baker
Southern Lunchtime Show
Bruce Trent
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: All Kinds of Music 8.30 -
The Dallas Boys – Nice To Know You Care
Edmund Hockridge
Adele Leigh
Thursday 16th March 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Adam Faith
BBC Wales Swing High
The Welsh Dance Orchestra
Eve Adams
Richard Allen
Southern Lunchtime Show
Bruce Trent
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Cliff! 8.00 -
Cliff Richard
The Shadows -
The Vernons Girls
The Kaye Sisters
(possibly) Dickie Valentine
Friday 17th March 1961
Southern Lunchtime Show
Bruce Trent
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
Mark Wynter
The Three Bells
TWW Songs at Seven 7.00 -
The programme is also shown by Scottish, Anglia and Southern which together with TWW make up what was referred to as the 'little network'.
Miki and Griff
Dennis Lotis
June Marlow
Saturday 18th March 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Wakey Wakey Tavern 7.45 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Matt Monro
Eve Boswell
Russ Conway
BBC The Eurovision Song Contest 9.00 -
UK Entry: The Allisons – Are You Sure
ATV Saturday Spectacular: The Arthur Haynes Show 7.40 -
Dickie Valentine
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
ABC The Avengers: Hot Snow 10.00 -
Theme by Johnny Dankworth
Sunday 19th March 1961
BBC Variety Club of Great Britain Presentation Of Awards For 1960 3.45 -
Show Business Personality: Lionel Bart
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
TWW The Dill Jones Group 5.25 -
ATV Godfrery Winn's Birthday Honours 5.50 -
Vera Lynn
ATV The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Sacha Distel
Raymond le Senechal Quartet
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Larry Adler
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
content unknown
Monday 20th March 1961
Granada Spot The Tune 6.29 -
Marion Ryan
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
content unknown
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Tuesday 21st March 1961
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Wednesday 22nd March 1961
BBC Paris Music Box 10.25 -
Catherine Sauvage
Nicole Locvier
Eddy Marnay
Edouard Duleu
Ricet Barrier
Anna Gaylor
AR Mike on Holliday 6.30 -
Michael Holliday
Granada The Variety Show 8.30 -
The Honeys (UK group)
Dennis Day
Ruth Oley
Thursday 23rd March 1961
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Request Time 7.00 -
Valerie Masters
David MacBeth
Shirley Wilson
The Barry Sisters
ATV Cliff! 8.00 -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
The Vernons Girls
Cherry Wainer
Jill Browne (Staff Nurse Carole Young from Emergency Ward 10) & Cliff Richard – Goodness Gracious Me
Friday 24th March 1961
BBC Make Mine Music 9.40 -
David Hughes
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 25th March 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.45 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
ABC Big Night Out 7.40 -
The NME Pollwinners Show, The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, recorded 5th March 1961
Hosted by David Jacobs
Bob Miller and the Millermen -
Cliff Richard -
Adam Faith -
Connie Francis -
Lonnie Donegan -
The King Brothers -
Emile Ford and the Checkmates -
The Shadows -
The John Barry Seven
Lyn Cornell
Ted Heath and His Music -
Sunday 26th March 1961
BBC Showtime 7.30 -
Trude Adams (singer)
ATV Godfrey Winn's Birthday Honours 5.50 -
Ted Heath
ABC The Sunday Break: A Man Dies (also seen as ‘Christ In Jeans’) 6.15 -
This folk music interpretation of the crucifixion featuring young people from a Bristol Presbyterian church youth club caused controversy at the time, from both clergy and some church goers. It was written by Rev Ernest Marvin and Ewan Hooper from Bristol's Old Vic theatre.
Valarie Mountain -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Petula Clark -
Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.14 -
content unknown
Monday 27th March 1961
Granada Spot The Tune 6.29 -
Marion Ryan
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
The Mudlarks
AR Semprini 7.15 -
Tuesday 28th March 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Alma Cogan
Wednesday 29th March 1961
AR Bresslaw and Friends 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Thursday 30th March 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
BBC Swing High 6.20 -
The Welsh Dance Orchestra
Eve Adams
Richard Allen
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
Ronnie Carroll
Elaine Delmar
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.00 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Yorke de Sousa (pianist)
Friday 31st March 1961 Good Friday
BBC Maurice Chavalier's Paris 9.45 -
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
Lorrie Mann
Tyne Tees Ivor Emmanuel 7.00 -
Ivor Emmanuel
Adele Leigh (cancelled)
Vanessa Lee (replaced Adele Leigh)
Harry Secombe
Saturday 1st April 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Benny Hill Show
The Kaye Sisters
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
The name had previously been used by ITA for an astrological show in 1957
Hosted by Pete Murray
Hughie Green -
Allan Bruce -
Anne Shelton -
The Five Dallas Boys -
Colin Day -
Jimmy Lloyd -
ATV The Russ Conway Show 7.40 -
Russ Conway
Danny Williams
Dave King
Janie Marden
ITN News 8.30 -
Cliff Richard talks about South African shows
Sunday 2nd April 1961 Easter Sunday
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
The Mudlarks
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
Now extended to thirty minutes
Malcolm Mitchell
Monday 3rd April 1961 Bank Holiday
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 8.05 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
BBC Television Dancing Club 10.50 -
Frankie Vaughan presents awards
AR Something Old Something New 6.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 4th April 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
The Lennon Sisters
BBC They Met In A City: The Encyclopaedist 8.15 -
Cy Grant
BBC Picture Parade 8.45 -
Frankie Vaughan
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Petula Clark
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
The Brook Brothers
Wednesday 5th April 1961
BBC Soft Lights and Sweet Music 10.10 -
Carole Carr
Stephane Grappelli
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.00 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
The Four Freshmen
Bert Weedon
The Allisons
June Christy – Something Cruel
TWW unknown show
The NME reports that the group has been hired for a series of programmes starting with this one
The Mudlarks
Thursday 6th April 1961
BBC Suddenly It's Swing 6.20 -
Northern Dance Orchestra
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
Also shown by TWW and Southern
Cleo Laine with Johhny Dankworth
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.00 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Friday 7th April 1961
BBC Make Mine Music 9.30 -
David Hughes
Elizabeth Larner
AR Rendezvous With Rosemary 7.15 -
Rosemary Squires
Mike Preston
Tyne Tees Ivor Emmanuel
Ivor Emmanuel
Elizabeth Larner
Dave King
ATV Cover Girl
Nick Bennett
Saturday 8th April 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Bing Crosby Show 7.40 -
Bing Crosby
Perry Como
Dorothy Collins
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
Alma Cogan
Benny Hill
Dickie Valentine
Jess Conrad
Kenny Ball Jazzmen -
Elaine Delmar
Danny Williams
ABC Buckaroo! 7.40 -
A Western music show set in a Western style ranch
Michael Holliday (Holliday was intended to appear for several weeks, but backed out to be replaced by Jim Dale)
Sheila Buxton -
The Vernons Girls
The Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang
ATV The Alan King Show 7.40 -
Lonnie Donegan was penciled in for the show
Acker Bilk
Sunday 9th April 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.20 -
Joan Regan
Bert Weedon
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The Temperance Seven
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Ivor Emmanual
The SweDanes (vocal group)
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
content unknown
Monday 10th April 1961
TWW Here Today 6.15 -
Valerie Masters
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
Tuesday 11th April 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall
Perry Como
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Wednesday 12th April 1961
BBC The Music Makers 9.00 -
The music made by the people of London on one winter's night
BBC Soft Lights and Sweet Music (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Carole Carr
Tubby Hayes
TWW Here Today 6.15 -
Valerie Masters
Granada An Evening With Ella Fitzgerald 8.00 -
Ella Fitzgerald
The Oscar Peterson Trio
Johnny Dankworth
Thursday 13th April 1961
BBC Swing High 6.20 -
The Welsh Dance Orchestra
Eve Adams
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.00 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
TWW Tom Lehrer And His Music 10.50 -
Friday 14th April 1961
AR Mike on Holiday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
Also shown by Southern and Anglia
Valerie Masters
Tyne Tees Ivor Emmanuel Show 7.00 -
Ivor Emmanuel
Vanessa Lee
ATV Cover Girl
Jimmy Lloyd
Scottish unknown show
Craig Douglas
Saturday 15th April 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.45 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Alma Cogan
Temperance Seven
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce (Pete Murray is in Spain)
Petula Clark
Michael Holliday
Mark Wynter
Nero & The Gladiators
The Raindrops
Joe Brown
Helen Shapiro
Sunday 16th April 1961
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Hornets
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Diana Dors (probably singing)
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
content unknown
Monday 17th April 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
TWW Songs at Seven 7.00 -
Valerie Masters
Tuesday 18th April 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Bobby Rydell
Catherine Valente
ATV Lunch Box
Frank Ifield
Maggie Fitzgibbon
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.20 pm -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Ronnie Carroll
Millicent Martin
Wednesday 19th April 1961
ATV Lunch Box
Frank Ifield
Maggie Fitzgibbon
ATV Hippodrome 8.00 -
Michael Holliday
Colette Renard
Thursday 20th April 1961
ATV Lunch Box
Frank Ifield
Maggie Fitzgibbon
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.00 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
Friday 21st April 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
ATV Lunch Box
Frank Ifield
Maggie Fitzgibbon
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Mike on Holliday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
Saturday 22nd April 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Marty Wilde was due to record a spot for the show last weekend but couldn't due to a delayed return from a South African film shoot
Hosted by Pete Murray
The Beverley Sisters
Craig Douglas
Anita Scott (introduced by Craig Douglas)
Billy Fury
Alex Murray (introduced by Billy Fury)
Danny Williams
ABC Big Night Out 7.40 -
Joan Turner
ATV Deadline Midnight: The Billy Brewster Story 10.00 -
Larry Martyn plays rock and roll singer Billy Brewster (Martyn claims this is the seventh time he's played a rock and roll singer on TV)
Sunday 23rd April 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.15 -
Joan Regan
Dickie Valentine
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dick Williams band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Lena Horne – Ooh, Love
Tony Sandler – Mack The Knife
Monday 24th April 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 25th April 1961
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
The Beverley Sisters
Wednesday 26th April 1961
BBC Soft Lights and Sweet Music 9.55 -
Carole Carr
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: All Kinds Of Music 8.00 -
Johnny Dankworth with Cleo Laine
The King Brothers
Adele Leigh
Edmund Hockeridge
Semprini
Thursday 27th April 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
The Shadows – FBI, The Frightened City
BBC Swing High 6.20 -
Peter Wynne
The Welsh Dance Orchestra
Eve Adams
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.00 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Granada Let's Dance 11.00 pm -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
Terry Burton (singer)
Friday 28th April 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
Stephanie Voss
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Mike on Holliday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
Tyne Tees The Ivor Emmanuel Show 7.00 -
Ivor Emmanuel
Saturday 29th April 1961
Westward Television begins broadcasting
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Ken Dodd Show 7.45 -
The Blue Diamonds (Dutch singing group)
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
Marty Wilde
The Allisons
Mike Preston
Johnnie Lee
Ken Kirkham
Jeannie Lambe (introduced by Marty Wilde)
Lionel Bart -
ABC Buckaroo! 7.40 -
During recording a horse bolted outside of the studio
Vaughan Monroe
Sheila Buxton
Jim Dale
Tessie O'Shea
Gordon Boyd (singer)
Frank Cook (harmonica player)
ATV The Diana Dors Show 7.40 -
Gary Miller
Sunday 30th April 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.15 -
Request show with Anne Shelton
Johnny Dankworth
The Avons
ABC Sing Along with Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Hornets
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Max Bygraves -
The Temperance Seven
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
content unknown
ABC Stars In Your Eyes (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Danny Williams
Monday 1st May 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 2nd May 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como -
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Springboard 5.25 -
hosted by Wally Whyton
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Wednesday 3rd May 1961
BBC Soft Lights and Sweet Music 10.05 -
Carole Carr
Tubby Hayes
Granada The Variety Show 8.00 -
Dennis Day
Ruth Olay
The Honeys
Thursday 4th May 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky’s Pop Parade 5.15 -
TWW The Winifred Atwell Show 6.45 -
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.00 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Granada Let's Dance 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Friday 5th May 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
John Hanson
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
AR Mike on Holliday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
Tyne Tees The Ivor Emmanuel Show 7.00 -
Ivor Emmanuel
Saturday 6th May 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.45 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
Adam Faith
Gerry Dorsey (introduced by Adam Faith)
Matt Monro
The John Barry Seven
Susan Grey
Ken Jones
ABC Big Night Out: Green Room Rag 7.40 -
Vaughan Monroe
Sunday 7th May 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.20 -
Joan Regan
Edmund Hockridge
Bert Weedon
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Kentones
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh and his band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Robert Horton (Wagon Train actor sings)
Monday 8th May 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
Tuesday 9th May 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Jane Morgan – Fascination, The Day That The Rains Came
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Dorita y Pepe
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Cleo Laine
Wednesday 10th May 1961
AR Alfred Marks Time 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Ray Ellington
Glen Mason
Thursday 11th May 1961
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Putting On The Donegan 8.00 -
Each show in this new series begins with a filmed comedy sketch
Lonnie Donegan – When You’re Smiling, A Barber’s Life, Seven Golden Daffodils, Lonesome Traveller, Leave My Woman Alone
Miki & Griff – Stayed Away Too Long
Lyn Cornell -
Southern Strictly For The Birds
this was scheduled to run for 13 shows but was extended
The Dudley Moore Trio
Cleo Laine
Friday 12th May 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
Adele Leigh
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
Cleo Laine
Tyne Tees The Ivor Emmanuel Show 7.00 -
Ivor Emmanuel
AR Mike on Holliday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
Saturday 13th May 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show: The Wakey Wakey Tavern 7.45 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Matt Monro
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
The Temperance Seven
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
Alma Cogan
Emile Ford
Ian Menzies and the Cylde Valley Stompers
Patti Brooks
Jimmy Justice
Gary Marshal
Gene Vincent – She She Little Sheila
ATV Saturday Showtime: All Kinds of Music 7.40 -
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Janie Marden
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Edmund Hockridge
Adele Leigh
Larry Adler
Sunday 14th May 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.30 -
Anne Shelton
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
Mark Wynter
ATV King Kong 8.00 -
The London Palladium was being used tonight for rehearsals for the forthcoming summer show, so another show replaced it.
Excerpt from the African cast musical which had been running at the Princes Theatre in the West End of London.
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
content unknown
Monday 15th May 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
this was scheduled to run for 13 shows but was extended
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Cleo Laine
TWW Songs At Seven (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Al Saxon
Tuesday 16th May 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Paul Anka
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 pm -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Dickie Valentine
Wednesday 17th May 1961
BBC Soft Lights, Sweet Music 10.00 -
Carole Carr – Embraceable You, Stranger In Paradise
Humphrey Lyttelton – Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Al Saxon
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.00 -
Gary Miller
Eddie Calvert
The Wise Guys
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Thursday 18th May 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky’s Pop Parade 5.00 -
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
Valerie Masters
Danny Williams
ATV Putting On The Donegan 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan – Black Cat, Miss Otis Regrets, I Shall Not Be Moved, Have A Drink On Me
Sheila Buxton – Wrong
Miki and Griff – You Never Write or Call
Friday 19th May 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
Ava June
ATV Cover Girl 6.45 -
Garry Marshall
Tyne Tees The Ivor Emmanuel Show 7.00 -
Ivor Emmanuel
AR Mike on Holliday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
Granada A Special Appointment 10.30 -
Josh White (also appears with his son, Josh Jr)
Saturday 20th May 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ivor Novello Awards 9.50 -
Max Bygraves -
Georgia Brown -
Matt Monro -
Craig Douglas -
Bert Weedon -
Studio orchestra -
Max Harris -
Goodness Gracious Me (danced to by Douggie Squires and Mavis Ascott)
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
Russ Conway
Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr
The Shadows
The Brook Brothers
Eddie Falcon
Julie Rayne
Dave Sampson
ATV The Beverley Sisters Show 7.40 -
The Beverley Sisters
Ronnie Hilton
ABC Buckaroo! 7.40 -
Jim Dale -
Sheila Buxton & The Vernons Girls -
Sunday 21st May 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.25 -
Joan Regan
Dennis Lotis
ATV The Keystone Cops Whit Sunday Cricket Match 1.00 -
All-
Frankie Vaughan
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Kentones
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
An ATV spokesman told Record Mirror "Following Patti Page we have nothing definite fixed for the Palladium and the show switches to the Prince of Wales Theatre for a short season from July 1. But some big American names are now being finalised."
Hosted by Don Arrol
Patti Page
Southern Songs I Wish I'd Written 11.00 -
content unknown
Monday 22nd May 1961 Bank Holiday
BBC Runaway Bus movie with Petula Clark 6.20 -
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Dinah Kaye
Tuesday 23rd May 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Paul Anka
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 pm to end
Dickie Valentine
Shirley Bassey
Wednesday 24th May 1961
Granada The Mahalia Jackson Show 8.00 -
Mahalia Jackson
Oscar Peterson
Chris Barber and his band
Leon Bibb
Toots Thielemans
Thursday 25th May 1961
BBC Swing High 6.20 -
Welsh Dance Orchestra
BBC Tonight With Harry Belafonte 9.45 -
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
AR Putting On The Donegan 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan – Revenue Man, Wearyin’ For You, Lively, Rock My Soul
Miki & Griff – True Love Goes On
Valerie Masters – The Toreador Song
TWW (possibly TWW Reports)
Garry Marshall
Friday 26th May 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
AR Mike on Holliday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
AR My Three Sons 6.30 -
with Don Grady as Robbie
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Ivor Emmanuel Show 7.00 -
Ivor Emmanuel
Saturday 27th May 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show 7.45 -
Audrey Arno
Crazy Otto
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
Ronnie Hilton
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
George Chisholm and the Tradsters
Cleo Laine
Audrey Jeans
The Springfields -
The Bird Twins
Rex Morris
Sunday 28th May 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.30 -
Anne Shelton
Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazzband -
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Hornets
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The King Brothers
Acker Bilk
Monday 29th May 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Shirley Bassey
Matt Monro
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Elaine Delmar
Tuesday 30th May 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 pm -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Matt Monro
Wednesday 31st May 1961
BBC Let There Be Music 10.00 -
Dennis Martin – If Only She’d Look My Way, How Are Things In Glocca Mora
AR Semprini 6.45 -
ATV Hippodrome 8.00 -
Michael Holliday
Group One
ATV Falling In Love 9.35 -
The John Barry Seven (music composed for the show by John Barry)
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
Hosted by Gary Marshall
Thursday 1st June 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky Pop Parade 5.00 -
BBC Suddenly It’s Swing 6.20 -
The Tradlads
The Reedmen
The Modbods
The Brasstax
Southern Day By Day
Travellin' Blues
ATV Putting On The Donegan 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan – Loreli, Worried Man, Neath The Weeping Willow Tree, Rambling Around The City, My Old Man’s A Dustman
Johnny Duncan – Sleepy Eyed John
Miki & Griff
Shani Wallis
Friday 2nd June 1961
ATV Cover Girl 6.30 -
Eden Kane
AR Festival 7.00 -
Johnny Dankworth & Cleo Laine
Saturday 3rd June 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Rikki Fulton Show 7.45 -
Kenneth McKellar
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
Shirley Bassey
Robert Earl
The Temperance Seven
Tony Brent
David Lisbon
Billie Lane
Michael Hill
ABC Big Night Out 7.40 -
Recorded at The Coventry Theatre
The Shadows
The Kaye Sisters
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Sunday 4th June 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.20 -
Joan Regan
The King Brothers
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Kentones
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents
Monday 5th June 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Johnny Dankworth
Humphrey Lyttelton
Ulster Roundabout
Peter Tomelty (a singer who had responded to a newspaper advert for singers)
Tuesday 6th June 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Perry Como
Brenda Lee
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 pm -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Westward Look In For Lunch 1.02 -
Eden Kane
Wednesday 7th June 1961
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: All Kinds of Music 8.00 -
Russ Conway
Jill Day
Edmund Hockridge
Adele Leigh
Ian Menzies and his Clyde Valley Stompers
Travellin' Blues
Thursday 8th June 1961
ATV Lunch Box Special 12.30 -
David Whitfield
Bert Weedon
Eula Parker
ATV Putting On The Donegan 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Miki & Griff
Shani Wallis
Johnny Duncan
Friday 9th June 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
ATV Calypso 6.30 -
Cleo Laine
Cy Grant
AR Mike on Holliday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
Saturday 10th June 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.45 -
The Billy Cotton Band
The Three Monarchs
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.45 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
Ivor Emmanuel
Gary Miller
Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra
The Dudley Moore Trio
Valerie Mountain
Lance Fortune
Jimmy Crawford
ATV The Patti Page Show 7.40 -
Patti Page
Ronnie Hilton
ABC Buckaroo! 7.40 -
Joyce Blair
Jim Dale
The Vernons Girls
Sunday 11th June 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.30 -
Anne Shelton
Matt Monro
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Kentones
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Clyde Valley Stompers
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Tommy Steele
Monday 12th June 1961
AR Something Old, Something New (repeat 6th June 1961)
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 13th June 1961
BBC Perry Como’s Music Hall 7.30 -
Featuring people who regularly work on the show.
Perry Como
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Al Saxon
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Danny Williams
Donald Peers
Scottish Frankie Laine Sings
Wednesday 14th June 1961
BBC Moody In Tin Pan Alley Land 8.30 -
A musical play set in a Denmark Street music publishers office, script and songs written by and starring Ron Moody. He impersonates Adam Faith in one routine.
BBC Let There Be Music 9.50 -
Adele Leigh
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Al Saxon
Granada The Variety Show 8.00 -
The Peters Sisters
The Bell Tones
Thursday 15th June 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky Pop Parade 5.10 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 pm -
Al Saxon
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Putting On The Donegan 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Miki and Griff
Friday 16th June 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
ATV Calypso 6.30 -
Cleo Laine
Tommy Eytle
Saturday 17th June 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Spin-
This one-
Hosted by Jimmy Young
Guest DJ: Alan Freeman
Teenage Team of Experts: Gloria Johnson, Keith Knight (son of Peter Knight, renown musical director), Delia Seaborn, Melvin Sims
Records featured: The Kirby Stone Four -
ABC Big Night Out: Thank Your Lucky Stars 7.40 -
"An invited audience attends the final edition of Thank Your Lucky Stars"
Petula Clark -
Alma Cogan -
Tommy Cooper -
Freddie Earle
Michael Holliday -
Helen Shapiro (introduced by Michael Holliday)
The Kaye Sisters
The Mudlarks
The Temperance Seven
Jeannie Lambe
Danny Williams
Craig Douglas
ABC Big Night Out 7.40 -
There appears to be two shows played in different parts of the country. While the ABC and Westward regions gets the Big Night Out Thank Your Lucky Stars special in the spot previously reserved for Buckaroo, the rest of the country gets this other edition.
The artist listing here appears to be for an edition of Buckaroo!
Jim Dale
Sheila Buxton
Stubby Kaye
Tessie O'Shea
ITV 77 Sunset Strip: The Jukebox Caper 8.35 -
Jeff Spencer poses as a rock n roll singer in order to get access to a notorious blackmailer
Sunday 18th June 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.20 -
Joan Regan
Matt Monro
Ken Jones
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Peter Elliott
Valerie Masters
Don Rennie
The Kentones
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
Valerie Mountain
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Don Arrol
Shirley Bassey
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Monday 19th June 1961
BBC Cy Grant 6.50 -
with The Bill LeSage Group
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 20th June 1961
BBC Cy Grant 6.50 -
with The Bill LeSage Group
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Meet Matt Monro 6.45 -
Matt Monro with Johnnie Spence and his orchestra
ATV Play Of The Week: The Paper Palace 9.35 – 11.05 pm
Eden Kane as himself singing at a party
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 pm -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Ronnie Carroll
Maureen Evans
Wednesday 21st June 1961
BBC Cy Grant 6.50 -
with The Bill LeSage Group
BBC Nice 'n' Easy -
Janie Marden & Dennis Newey (guitarist)
The Billy Van Four
AR The Adam Faith Show 8.00 -
Adam Faith -
Tony Bennett -
Adele Leigh
Adam Faith & Adele Leigh -
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
Eden Kane
Danny Williams
(possibly) The Viscounts
The Red Price Combo
Thursday 22nd June 1961
Anglia Crescendo 7.00 -
Valerie Masters
ATV A Date With 8.00 -
Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy
Friday 23rd June 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
BBC Magnolia Street 8.55 -
David Jones (future Monkee) as Tommy Wright
AR Mike on Holliday 7.15 -
Michael Holliday
Scottish Alex Awhile (one of fourteen shows)
Alex McEwan
Steve Benbow
Saturday 24th June 1961
BBC News 6.45 -
Report on Petula Clark’s wedding
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.45 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Russ Conway
Cliff Richard
BBC A Song For Saturday 9.50 -
Rosemary Squires
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Big Ben Boogie, Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu, Poor People of Paris, a rock 'n' roll medley
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 6.30 -
Max Bygraves
Sunday 25th June 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.30 -
Anne Shelton
The Springfields
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Originally intended for 14th May broadcast as the London Palladium was being used
that night for rehearsals for the forthcoming summer show. Tommy Steele's show was
set around the time of the Battle of Waterloo. He told the Record Mirror "We're not
using specially-
Tommy Steele
Southern Mantovani 11.00 -
Monday 26th June 1961
BBC Summer Music Hall 8.40 -
Jill Day
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
AR Three Live Wires 8.00 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
TWW Here Today
Valerie Masters
Tuesday 27th June 1961
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Wednesday 28th June 1961
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Petula Clark
Dennis Lotis
Tyne Tees Young at Heart 6.30 -
Eden Kane
TWW Here Today
Valerie Masters
Thursday 29th June 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky Pop Parade (repeat April 1960)
TWW Ted Heath 6.40 -
Anglia Showdate 7.00 -
Talent show broadcast from Theatre Royal, Lowestoft
Sheila Buxon will introduce musical guests which over the course of the series will include Tony Brent, Billy Fury, Humphrey Lyttelton
TWW Here Today
Valerie Masters
Friday 30th June 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
AR Meet Matt Monro 7.15 -
Granada The Younger Generation 9.35 -
series of plays by young writers
Theme by Bill le Sage
Scottish The Larry Marshall Show (listed in the music press but not listed in newspapers)
Craig Douglas
TWW Here Today
Valerie Masters
Saturday 1st July 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.45 -
Each show comes from a service base
Broadcast from Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Rosemary Squires
Eddie Calvert
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.45 -
Chris Baber & Ottilie Patterson
Bob Wallis's Storyville Jazzmen
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
content unknown
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
The J.D. Boogie, The Black and White Rag, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 6.30 -
Max Bygraves
ATV The Sophie Tucker Show 7.55 -
Marino Marini Quartet
Al Saxon
ABC Buckaroo! 7.55 -
Jim Dale
Sunday 2nd July 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.35 -
Joan Regan
Gary Miller
The Polka Dots
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Wilf Todd and his Trio
The Bell-
ATV About Religion: Music for God 7.00 -
Dennis Lotis
ATV Bernard Delfont's Sunday Show 8.55 -
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
Monday 3rd July 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Russ Conway
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 4th July 1961
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Dennis Lotis
Rosemary Squires
Mike MacKenzie
Mark Wynter
Wednesday 5th July 1961
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Patricia Bredin
Granada Piano Pops 10.50 -
Friday 7th July 1961
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
AR Meet Matt Monro 7.15 -
Matt Monro -
TWW Modern Rhythm 6.40 -
content unknown
Southern The Teenager 10.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 8th July 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.45 -
Broadcast from HMS Condor, Arbroath
Jill Day
The King Brothers
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.45 -
Mr Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazzband
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
content unknown
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 6.30 -
Max Bygraves
ATV The Sid James Show 7.55 -
Joe Brown
Sunday 9th July 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.20 -
Anne Shelton
George Chisholm
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The Allisons
The Red Price Combo
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Johnnie Ray
Deep River Boys
Anglia Show Date
Sheila Buxton
Don Fox
Monday 10th July 1961
BBC Shirley Abicair 6.50 -
AR Something Old Something New 6.30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 11th July 1961
BBC The Wilf Todd Trio 6.50 -
Tune Tees One O'Clock Show
Jo Peters
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Mike on Holliday 6.45 -
Michael Holliday
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Vera Lynn
Wednesday 12th July 1961
Tyne Tees One O'Clock Show
Jo Peters
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
The King Brothers
Thursday 13th July 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky’s Pop Parade 5.10 -
BBC A Song For Everyone 9.20 -
Kenneth McKellar
Friday 14th July 1961
AR Meet Matt Monro 7.15 -
Saturday 15th July 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.45 -
RAF station Cosford
Ronnie Carroll
Julius Nehring
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.45 -
The Temperance Seven
Mick Mulligan and his band with George Melly
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Joe Loss
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
ATV Roamin’ Holiday 6.30 -
Max Bygraves
ABC Big Night Out: The Best of The Big Top 7.55 -
David Kossof and his sons go to the Hippodrome, Yarmouth. Presumably this includes Paul Kossoff, later of Free
Sunday 16th July 1961
ATV Patrick O'Hagan Sings 3.00 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Mel Torme – When The World Was Young, plays drums in finale
Monday 17th July 1961
BBC Shirley Abicair 6.50 -
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 18th July 1961
BBC The Wilf Todd Trio 6.55 -
BBC Putting On The Donegan 7.30 -
Excerpts from his summer show from the Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Lonnie Donegan
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Tony Brent
Valerie Masters
Wednesday 19th July 1961
BBC The Mort Sahl Show 8.30 -
Georgia Brown
Johnny Dankworth
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Petula Clark
Thursday 20th July 1961
BBC Show Train 5.10 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
Carol Deene
BBC The Springfields -
The Springfields
BBC A Song For Everyone 9.15 -
Kenneth McKellar
Ava Juno
AR Summersong 9.35 -
Dennis Lotis
Dudley Moore -
Matt Monro
Craig Douglas
Lyn Cornell
Johnny Dankworth & Cleo Laine
Friday 21st July 1961
BBC Meet Mister Moore 6.50 -
Dudley Moore at the piano
AR Meet Matt Monro 7.15 -
Scottish Gangshow
Bobby Angelo -
Saturday 22nd July 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
Among the records that got a 'Miss' from the panel was John Leyton 'Johnny Remember
Me', possibly Frances Faye -
BBC On Laughter Service 6.40 -
Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.50 -
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
12th Street Ra8
ATV Roamin' Holiday 6.30 -
Max Bygraves
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Joe Loss
ABC Buckaroo! 7.55 -
ABC put out a call for a real farm with a large barn for an outside broadcast. This final show was recorded at the Golden Horse Ranch in West Sussex.
Jim Dale
Sunday 23rd July 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.30 -
Anne Shelton
Cy Grant
The Vernons Girls
ATV Patrick O'Hagan Sings 3.00 -
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Jo Stafford
Monday 24th July 1961
BBC Shirley Abicair 6.50 -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 9.05 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
ATV Harper’s West One 9.35 -
John Leyton as pop star Johnny St Cyr performing Johnny Remember Me in the department stores' record shop. The appearance lead to advance orders of 30,000 copies of the record.
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Cleo Laine
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 25th July 1961
BBC The Wilf Todd Trio 6.50 -
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Dorothy Squires
Rolly Daniels
Wednesday 26th July 1961
ATV Tell The Truth 7.00 -
Panel show with guest Jack Good, Keith Fordyce
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Ronnie Hilton
Thursday 27th July 1961
BBC The Springfields: Music And Dancing 6.50 -
The Springfields
BBC A Song For Everyone 7.30 -
Kenneth McKellar
BBC The Jack Benny Show
Giselle MacKenzie
Dennis Day
Friday 28th July 1961
BBC Meet Mr Moore 6.50 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
BBC Mantovani 7.30 -
AR Meet Matt Monro 7.15 -
Matt Monro -
ATV Look Around: Jazz on a July Night 10.30 -
The Earlwood Jazz Festival
Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazzband
Saturday 29th July 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records featured: Anthoy Newley -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.45 -
Broadcast from the Royal Marine Barracks, Eastney, Portsmouth
Lita Roza
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.50 -
Alex Welsh and his band
Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen
Chris Barber
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Roamin' Hoilday 6.30 -
Max Bygraves
Eddie Calvert
ABC Big Night Out 7.55 -
The Best of London's Night Life
The Clark Brothers
Eve Boswell
Adele Leigh
The Barney Galbraith Singers
Sunday 30th July 1961
ATV Patrick O'Hagan Sings 3.00 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The John Barry Seven
Danny Williams
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Rosemary Clooney
(possibly) Lita Roza
Monday 31st July 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6. 30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 1st August 1961
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Meet Matt Monro 6.45 -
Matt Monro
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Mike Preston
Wednesday 2nd August 1961
BBC Hot Ice and Cool Music 10.05 -
Ice skating to pop records
BBC Nice 'n' Easy 11.05 -
Janie Marden & Dennis Newey (guitarist)
The Billy Van Four
ATV Tell The Truth 7.00 -
Panel show with guest Jack Good
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Several editions of the show get into the bottom half of the top twenty TAM ratings, unusual for a primarily music based show
Dickie Valentine
Glen Mason
Valerie Masters
Granada Piano Pops 10.50 -
Thursday 3rd August 1961
BBC Show Train 5.10 -
Carole Deene
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
BBC Suddenly It’s Swing 6.20 -
Hosted by Steve Race
BBC A Song For Everyone 9.50 -
Kenneth McKellar
AR Summersong 9.35 -
Matt Monro
Craig Douglas
Michael Cole
Lyn Cornell
Cleo Laine
Johnny Dankworth
Dennis Lotis -
Dudley Moore
The Johnnie Spence Band
June Marlow
Friday 4th August 1961
BBC Russ Conway 7.30 -
Conway was accompanied by The Reg Wale Four throughout the series, and will play the tune Singing Bells at the close of each show. Talking to the Record Mirror in July 1961 Conway said "I want to develop along comedy lines more than the bits of backchat I have done before. I've also got the audience joining in with me on medleys of the real old music hall songs. I'm also repeating one of the past disc hits in each programme, things like 'China Tea' and 'Roulette'."
Russ Conway
Bert Weedon
The Kaye Sisters -
Russ Conway and The Kaye Sisters -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
Saturday 5th August 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.45 -
David Hughes
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.50 -
The Temperance Seven
Ian Menzies and his Clyde Valley Stompers
Charlie Galbraith and his All-
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Joe Loss
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 7.55 -
Rosemary Clooney
Dave King
Bing Crosby (makes an uncredited appearance)
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney -
Bing Crosby & Dave King -
Sunday 6th August 1961
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Mick Mulligan’s Band with George Melly
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Emile Ford & The Checkmates
Frances Faye (had to cancel)
Monday 7th August 1961 Bank Holiday
BBC Ask Anne 7.30 -
Anne Shelton
BBC Living Jazz 10.30 -
A day in the life of the Bruce Turner Jump Band
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 8th August 1961
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Meet Matt Monro 6.45 -
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Lyn Cornell
Stubby Kaye
Wednesday 9th August 1961
BBC Nice 'n' Easy 10.45 -
Janie Marden & Dennis Newey (guitarist)
ATV Tell The Truth 7.00 -
Panel show with guest Jack Good
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Ray Ellington
Thursday 10th August 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky’s Pop Parade 5.10 -
BBC A Song For Everyone 10.00 -
Kenneth McKellar
Olga Gwynne
Friday 11th August 1961
BBC Russ Conway 7.30 -
Russ Conway
Geoff Love
Helen Shapiro
Cephas Howard (BBC TV designer and member of The Temperance Seven)
BBC Fun and Fancy Free 8.00 -
The Queen's Theatre, Blackpool
Yana
BBC Off The Cuff 10.10 -
Anita O'Day
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Patti Brooks
Saturday 12th August 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.40 -
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.45 -
Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen
Clinton Ford and his band
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Joe Loss
ABC Big Night Out 7.50 -
The show presents Belle, a musical based on the Dr Crippen story written by Wolf
Mankowitz and Monty Norman, which ran for six weeks despite poor critical reviews.
Mankowitz told the Record Mirror "I think the majority of people would like the show
and I'm very pleased with ABC-
ATV The Saturday Show 7.55 -
Vic Damone
Dorothy Squires
Sunday 13th August 1961
BBC The Singing Years 9.15 -
Music of the Twenties
Dennis Lotis
Stephanie Voss
Jean Muir
Pauline Innes
ATV Patrick O'Hagan Sings 3.00 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Monty Sunshine
The Davison Brothers
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Eartha Kitt
Edmund Hockridge
John Leyton -
The Billy Van Four
Monday 14th August 1961
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
TWW Here Today 6.15 -
Helen Shapiro (She will also record two further songs for later inclusion)
Tuesday 15th August 1961
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Meet Matt Monro 6.45 -
Matt Monro
AR Something Old, Something New 11.10 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
George Chakaris
Carmita
Wednesday 16th August 1961
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC Nice 'n' Easy 10.30 -
Janie Marden & Dennis Newey (guitarist)
Johnny Roadhouse (saxophonist) -
ATV Tell The Truth 7.00 -
Panel show with guest Jack Good
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Ronnie Carroll
Sheila Buxton
Thursday 17th August 1961
BBC Show Train 5.10 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
Carol Deene
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC A Song For Everyone 10.45 -
Kenneth McKellar
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
Friday 18th August 1961
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC Russ Conway 7.30 -
Russ Conway
Dorothy Squires
Semprini
Saturday 19th August 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.50 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.45 -
Earle and Vaughan
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.25 -
Mr Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazzband
Monty Sunshine's Jazzband with Beryl Bryden
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
Joe Loss
ATV The Eydie Gorme & Steve Lawrence Show 7.55 -
Eydie Gorme & Steve Lawrence
Sunday 20th August 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.25 -
Anne Shelton
The Mudlarks
ATV Patrick O'Hagan Sings 3.00 -
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Connie Stevens
Frances Faye
Monday 21st August 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 22nd August 1961
BBC A Song For Everyone 1.15 -
Kenneth McKellar
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Lita Roza
Wednesday 23rd August 1961
BBC Nice 'n' Easy 10.35 -
Janie Marden & Dennis Newey (guitarist)
ATV Tell The Truth 7.00 -
Panel show with guest Jack Good
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Cleo Laine
Kenny Baker
Thursday 24th August 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky’s Pop Parade 5.10 -
ATV Personal Appearance: This Is Anka (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Paul Anka
Linda Scott
TWW Songs At Seven
Carole Carr
Scott Peters
Friday 25th August 1961
BBC Russ Conway 7.30 -
Russ Conway
Petula Clark
Stephane Grappelly
Southern Day By Day 6.10 -
Eden Kane
AR Meet Matt Monro 7.15 -
Matt Monro
AR Jeannie Drops By (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Jeannie Carson
Saturday 26th August 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Services 7.45 -
Maureen Evans
Kenny Baker
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.25 -
Ian Manzies and his Clyde Valley Stompers
The Merseyssippi Jazz Band
The Syncopaters
The Terry Lightfoot Band
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show 7.50 -
A report at the time suggested waxwork effigies of Dr Crippen and Henry VIII were used, but Abraham Lincoln and Bob Hope from Madam Tussauds were actually seen in the finished show
Peggy Lee -
Bing Crosby
Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
The Victor Feldman Quartet
Sunday 27th August 1961
BBC The Singing Years -
Dennis Lotis
Diane Todd
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Mr Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazzband
Jim Dale
ATV Bernard Delfont’s Sunday Show 8.55 -
Howard Keel
Monday 28th August 1961
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 29th August 1961
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC A Song For Everyone 10.20 -
Kenneth McKellar
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR A Date with Dorothy 7.15 -
Dorothy Squires
ATV Something Old Something New
Cleo Laine
Wednesday 30th August 1961
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
George Chisholm and his jazzers
BBC Nice 'n' Easy 10.30 -
Janie Marden & Dennis Newey -
ATV Tell The Truth 7.00 -
Panel show with guest Jack Good
ATV Calling Dickie Valentine 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Ray Ellington
Valerie Masters
Granada Family Solicitor: First Eleven Plus 8.30 -
Peter Noon (future Herman's Hermits) as Harrison
Thursday 31st August 1961
BBC Show Train 5.10 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
Carol Deene
BBC Swing High 6.20 -
The Welsh Dance Orchestra
Eve Adams
The Valentines
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC Off The Cuff 7.30 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Mel Torme
Lisa Page
BBC Around The World In 80 Bars
A German TV prioduction
Gilbert Becuad
TWW Songs At Seven
Carole Carr
June Marlowe
Gary Marshall
ITV Felicia Sanders Sings 10.50 -
Friday 1st September 1961
Border Television begins transmission
BBC Tonight 6.50 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC Russ Conway 7.30 -
Russ Conway
Ronnie Hilton
Dennis Newey
AR Meet Matt Monro 7.15 -
Matt Monro
Saturday 2nd September 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.45 -
On location from the USAF air base in Prestwick, Scotland
Sheila Buxton
Don Lang and his Frantic Five
Helen Cotterill
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.25 -
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
Mick Mulligan and his band with George Melly
Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.15 -
content unknown
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.15 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Big Night Out: The Best of Summer 7.55 -
Recorded at the Arcadia Theatre, Skegness
Carole Simpson (singer)
The Peter Crawford Trio
ATV The Alma Cogan Show 7.55 -
Alma Cogan
Helen Shapiro
Gary Miller
The Dallas Boys
Sunday 3rd September 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.20 -
Anne Shelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV Patrick O'Hagan Sings 3.00 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Johnny Dankworth
ABC Sing Along With Joe (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Mark Wynter
Monday 4th September 1961
AR Something Old, Something New 6.30 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Cleo Laine
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
ATV Midland Profile 11.02 -
David Hughes (singer talks about his recent heart attack)
Tuesday 5th September 1961
BBC A Song For Everyone 10.10 -
Kenneth McKellar
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Something Old, Something New 11.07 -
The Cliff Adams Singers
Dickie Valentine
Wednesday 6th September 1961
ATV Tell The Truth 7.00 -
Panel show with guest Jack Good
ATV The Sophie Tucker Half-
Sophie Tucker
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
The Billy Van Four
Thursday 7th September 1961
BBC Pinky & Perky’s Pop Parade 5.15 -
BBC Suddenly It's Swing 6.20 -
The Northern Dance Orchestra
Josephine Stahl
The Stringset
The Tradlads
The Lazybones
The Kitchenettes
BBC Off The Cuff 7.30 -
Malcolm Mitchell
Diana Dors -
Dave King
TWW Songs at Seven 7.00 -
Carole Carr
Valerie Masters
Mike Preston
AR Patricia Lambert Sings 10.50 -
Patricia Lambert
Bryan Johnson
Friday 8th September 1961
BBC Russ Conway 7.30 -
Russ Conway -
Shirley Eaton
Paddy Roberts
Scottish (possibly) The One O'Clock Gang 1.00 -
Paul Raven -
AR Meet Matt Monro 7.15 -
Matt Monro
Saturday 9th September 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.40 -
Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen
Monty Sunshine’s Jazzband with Beryl Bryden
The Fairweather-
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.35 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
Shani Wallis
Roy Tierney (introduced by Shani Wallis)
Harry Fowler and Mario Fabrizi
Kenny Lynch (introduced by Harry Fowler and Mario Fabrizi)
Eden Kane -
Joanne -
The Confederates Jazzband -
Guest DJ Kent Walton and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Jo Stafford Show 7.25 -
Jo Stafford
The Polka Dots
Sunday 10th September 1961
BBC The Singing Years 9.15 -
The music of the 1940s
Dennis Lotis
Diane Todd
Benny Lee
ABC Patrick O'Hagan Sings 3.00 -
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Bruce Turner and His Jumpband
Ronnie Hall
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Yana
Bing Crosby walks on to the stage during Bob Hope's routine -
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.20 pm -
The Freemen
Marion Keene
The Dave Lee Quartet
Southern unknown show
Confederates Jazzband
Monday 11th September 1061
BBC September Song 10.40 -
David Hughes
Rosemary Squires
Joyce Blackham
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 12th September 1961
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
replaces Lucky Dip
Bert Weedon
Granada Piano Pops 6.05 -
AR Steve Race and his Trio 6.08 – 6.15 pm
Westward Spin Along 6.15 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Eden Kane
ATV Val Parnell: All Kinds Of Music 8.00 -
Acker Bilk
Cleo Laine
Adele Leigh
Kenny Baker
Wednesday 13th September 1961
BBC Paris Music Box 10.05 -
Renee Lebas
Ricet Barrier
Les Trois Menestrels
Nadine Clair
Denise Benoit
Eddy Marnay
Anne Vernon
Granada Piano Pops 10.50 -
Thursday 14th September 1961
BBC Show Train 5.10 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
Carol Deene
BBC Swing High 6.20 -
The Welsh Dance Orchestra
BBC Off The Cuff 7.30 -
Malcolm Mitchell
BBC Let's Make Music 9.40 -
The Austrian entry for the Montreux television festival
Lisa Page (singer with The John Barry Seven)
Peter Kraus
TWW Discs-
Hosted by Kent Walton
Paul Raven
ATV Our Kind Of Girl 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
Gary Miller
The Dallas Boys
Granada Piano Pops 10.50 -
Friday 15th September 1961
BBC The Friday Show 7.30 -
Lena Martell
Wilf Todd
AR Stop-
Hosted by Steve Race
Matt Monro
Saturday 16th September 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 7.50 -
Lucille Mapp
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 10.30 -
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
Alex Welsh and his band
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.35 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew and Keith Fordyce
Don Arrol
Valerie Masters
The Viscounts -
David MacBeth (introduced by ?)
Al Saxon (introduced by ?)
Patti Brook (introduced by ?)
Clinton Ford
Guest DJ David Gell and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Ken Norris
Sunday 17th September 1961
BBC Ask Anne 9.25 -
Anne Shelton
David Hughes
ATV Patrick O'Hagan Sings 3.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Nina and Frederick
Chita Rivera
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
ABC Music for Dreaming 11.20 pm -
The Kentones
Pat Lorenz
Dave Lee Quintet
Monday 18th September 1961
BBC September Song 10.05 -
Dennis Lotis
Susan Denny
Julie Shelley
Dill Jones
Dorita Y Pepe
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 19th September 1961
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
(possibly) Paul Raven
Granada Personal Appearance: Johnny Mathis 8.00 -
Johnny Mathis
Jack Douglas -
Westward Spin Along 6.15 -
content unknown
TWW Movie Magazine 6.15 -
Bing Crosby interview
Anglia (possibly) Stardate Final 8.00 -
Sheila Buxton
Wednesday 20th September 1961
AR Songs with Sheila Buxton 10.35 – 10.50 pm
Thursday 21st September 1961
BBC Off The Cuff 7.30 -
Malcolm Mitchell
BBC Winter Garden
An Italian TV production
The Kessler Twins
TWW Discs-
content unknown
ATV Our Kind Of Girl 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
Gary Miller
The Dallas Boys
Friday 22nd September 1961
BBC The Friday Show 7.30 -
Lena Martell
Wilf Todd
Saturday 23rd September 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC On Laughter Service 8.00 -
Sheila Southern
BBC The Trad Fad And All That Jazz 11.05 -
Acker Bilk
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents
Ian Menzies
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Mike and Bernie Winters cancelled their appearance as did Paul Raven
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
Ted Heath and his Music -
John Leyton -
The Brook Brothers -
Gary Mills (introduced by ?)
Kenny Clayton (introduced by John Leyton)
Donna Douglas (introduced by ?)
Cleo Laine
Lyn Cornell (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Pete Murray and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Jo Stafford Show 7.25 -
Jo Stafford
The Polka Dots
Sunday 24th September 1961
BBC Stranger On The Shore 4.45 -
Theme 'Jenny' by Acker Bilk, but later renamed after the series when released as a single
BBC The Singing Years: Music Of The Fifties 9.15 -
Dennis Lotis
Diane Todd
Benny Lee
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Wilf Todd and his trio
Van Doren
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Connie Francis
Matt Monro
ABC Music For Dreaming 11.20 pm -
Wilf Todd and his trio
Sheila Southern
Dave Lee Quartet
Monday 25th September 1961
BBC September Song 10.10 -
Matt Monro
Kenny Baker
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 26th September 1961
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Westward Spin Along 6.15 -
content unknown
AR Hippodrome 8.00 -
Jeannie Carson
TWW unknown show
The Confederates -
Wednesday 27th September 1961
BBC Paris Music Box 10.05 -
Yvette Giraud
Serge Gainsbourg
Catherine Sauvage
Eddy Marnay
Nicole Louvier
Francis Lemarque
Anna Gaylor
Thursday 28th September 1961
BBC Show Train 5.10 -
George Chisholm and his Jazzers
Carol Deene
BBC Swing High 6.20 -
From Radio Times "Continuous music in the modern manner by the Welsh Dance Orchestra"
BBC Off The Cuff 7.30 -
Malcolm Mitchell
ATV Our Kind Of Girl 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
Gary Miller
The Dallas Boys
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Granada Josh White Sings 10.50 -
Friday 29th September 1961
BBC The Friday Show 7.30 -
Lena Martell
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
content unknown
Saturday 30th September 1961
Grampian Television begins broadcasting at 2.45 pm
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.00 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Adam Faith
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
Adam Faith
Billy Fury
Matt Monro -
Tony Osborne -
Big Jim Sullivan Combo featuring Jackie Atom (aka Trevor Peacock) -
Carole Deene (introduced by Matt Monro)
Guest DJ Sam Costa and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Anglia Top Twenties 7.25 -
content unknown
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Ken Norris
Sunday 1st October 1961
BBC Kay Starr English Music Hall 7.25 -
Kay Starr
BBC Juliet Greco 10.05 -
Juliet Greco sings in a Parisian setting
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.30 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Kathy Kirby
Mark Wynter
The Keytones
ABC Tempo 5.00 -
includes Beyond The Fringe team including Dudley Moore
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Diz Disley and his string quartet
Sheila Southern
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Sammy Davis Jr & Bruce Forsyth -
Sammy Davis Jr -
Cleo Laine
Monday 2nd October 1961
BBC This Is Your Life: Max Bygraves 7.55 -
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
17th Century Boogie, Jezebel, Johnson Rag
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.14 -
Twice a week from this point on
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 3rd October 1961
BBC I’ve Heard That Song Before 10.25 -
Two American songwriters, Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, talk about their songs
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Westward Spin Along 6.15 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell: All Kinds Of Music 8.00 -
Kenny Ball and his jazzmen
Nina and Frederick -
Janie Marden
Johnny Leyton -
Malcolm Mitchell and his trio
Adele Leigh
Westward Spin Along
Paul Hanford -
Thursday 5th October 1961
TWW Discs-
content unknown
ATV Our Kind Of Girl 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
Gary Miller
The Dallas Boys
Saturday 7th October 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Los Paraguayos 10.45 -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
Cliff Richard (There will be a birthday surprise for Cliff)
The Shadows
Helen Shapiro
The Mudlarks
The Karl Denver Trio -
Robb Storme
Shane Fenton and The Fentones -
Craig Douglas
Guest DJ Barry Alldis and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Jo Stafford Show 7.25 -
Jo Stafford
Ella Fitzgerald
The Polka Dots
Sunday 8th October 1961
BBC The Singing Years 7.30 -
The Vintage Years, featuring songs from the twenties requested by viewers
Diane Todd
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.30 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Southern Strictly For The Birds 5.20 -
It's unknown if this is a repeat from Monday night
The Dudley Moore Trio
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dick Charlestone and the City Gents
Jackie Lynn
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Dave King
Monday 9th October 1961
BBC The Bing Crosby Show 9.25 -
Bing Crosby
Maurice Chevalier
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Bounce the Boogie, Taboo, Temptation Rag
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 10th October 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Jack Jackson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Robb Storme
Westward Spin Along 6.15 -
content unknown
Thursday 12th October 1961
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
Anita Harris
Saturday 14th October 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Jimmy Logan Show 7.15 -
Eve Boswell
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
Denis Lotis
Jess Conrad
The Allisons
Bert Weedon (introduced by ?)
Oliver Reed (introduced by ?)
The Vernon Girls (introduced by ?)
Ivory Joe Hunter
Guest DJ Ray Orchard and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Anglia Top Twenties 7.25 – 7.40 pm
content unknown
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Sunday 15th October 1961
BBC Kay Starr In Paris 7.30 -
Kay Starr
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.30 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC Tempo 5.00 -
includes Beyond The Fringe team including Dudley Moore
Southern Strictly For The Birds 5.20 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Helen Shapiro -
David Hughes
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents (ATV executive Alec Fyne saw the band at a radio broadcast the previous Thursday and decided to give them a spot at short notice)
Monday 16th October 1961
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Piano Tuners Boogie, Love Walked In, Black and White Rag
AR Semprini 11.10 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 17th October 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Jack Jackson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Westward Spin Along 6.15 -
Johnny Leyton
Thursday 19th October 1961
BBC Crackerajck 5.10 -
content unknown
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
The Confederates
Sheila Buxton
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Granada Josh White Sings 10.50 -
Saturday 21st October 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
Alma Cogan
John Leyton -
(possibly) Alan Breeze -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
The Temperance Seven
Ronnie Hilton
Danny Williams
Michael Hill (introduced by ?)
Chas MacDevitt and Shirley Douglas (introduced by ?)
The Vernons Girls (introduced by ?)
The Springfields
Anita Harris -
Guest DJ Jimmy Young and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Anglia Top Twenties 7.10 – 7.25 pm
content unknown
Sunday 22nd October 1961
BBC Astaire Time 7.30 -
Count Basie & His Orchestra with Joe Williams
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.30 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Southern Strictly For The Birds 5.20 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Chris Barber's jazzband with Ottilie Patterson
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The McGuire Sisters
Monday 23rd October 1961
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Tuesday 24th October 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Jack Jackson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Westward Spin Along 6.15 -
The Kestrals
ATV Val Parnell: All Kinds Of Music 8.00 -
Adele Leigh & Edmund Hockridge -
Tubby Hayes
Carole Carr
The Mudlarks
Granada Play Of the Week: Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance 9.35 -
(Possibly) Theme by Dudley Moore
Wednesday 25th October 1961
Tyne Tees Young at Heart (first in second series)
Host Gary Marshall
The Confederates -
Westward unknown show
Doug Sheldon
Thursday 26th October 1961
TWW Discs-
Dion
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
Acker Bilk – Creole Jazz
The Barney Gilbraith Singers -
Granada Josh White 10.50 -
Scottish unknown show
Dion
Friday 27th October 1961
TWW Songs At Seven 7.00 -
content unknown
Scottish unknown show
Pete Seeger
Saturday 28th October 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
It's possible that John Leyton was due to appear on this date, but he had suddenly stepped in to replace Billy Fury on a UK tour which he had to withdraw from due to illness. Leyton would eventually appear on the 4th November 1961 show.
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
The Kenny Ball Jazzmen
Craig Douglas
Marty Wilde (introduced by ?)
Doug Sheldon -
Nick Villard (introduced by ?)
The Polka Dots
Cleo Laine
Robb Storme (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Peter West and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Sunday 29th October 1961
BBC Hulla Ragtime
Play with singer Gloria De Haven
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.30 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson, Jim Dale, Don Rennie, Barbara Law, The Kentones
ABC Tempo 5.00 -
includes Beyond The Fringe team including Dudley Moore
Southern Strictly For The Birds 5.20 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Ken Collyer’s Jazzband
The Confederates -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Frankie Vaughan -
Monday 30th October 1961
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
ATV unknown show
Cleo Laine
Tuesday 31st October 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Jack Jackson
The XYZ Band
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Westward Spin Along 6.15 -
content unknown
Wednesday 1st November 1961
ITV programmes were subject to disruption due to a strike by the entertainment artists' unions Variety Artists Federation and Equity.
AR The Jubilee Show 8.55 -
Dennis Lotis
Elizabeth Larner
Thursday 2nd November 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.00 -
Harry Secombe
TWW Discs-
content unknown
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
The McGuire Sisters
Dick Charlesworth and His City Gents
Granada Josh White 10.50 -
Saturday 4th November 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Benny Hill Show 7.15 -
Janie Marden
The Springfields
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
Peter Knight & The Knightriders -
Adam Faith
John Leyton -
The Brook Brothers
David MacBeth (introduced by ?)
Geoff Goddard -
The Dale Sisters (introduced by ?)
Dion -
Paul Raven (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Alan Freeman and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Anglia Top Twenties 7.10 -
content unknown
ATV The Great All-
Jo Stafford
Rosemary Clooney
Mel Torme
The Polka Dots
Sunday 5th November 1961
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.30 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Southern Strictly For The Birds 5.20 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents with Jackie Lynn
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Shirley Bassey
Gary Miller
Monday 6th November 1961
AR Steve Race at the piano 6.08 -
Southern Strictly For The Birds 11.02 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
Bobby Samson
Cleo Laine
AR Semprini 11.10 -
Tuesday 7th November 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Jack Jackson
BBC News 9.15 -
Royal Variety Show report with Shirley Bassey
BBC Picture Parade 10.15 -
Clips from Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin movies
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Knights Of Music 8.00 -
A tribute to Noel Cowerd, Rodgers and Hart, Frank Loesser
Hosted by Gerry Grant
Ivor Emmanuel
Janie Marden
Peter Marshall
Louie Ramsay
Wednesday 8th November 1961
Tyne Tees Young At Heart 6.30 -
Craig Douglas
Thursday 9th November 1961
Southern Day By Day
Clyde Valley Stompers
TWW Discs-
Anita Harris with the John Barry Orchestra -
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
The show now moves to a later time due to public pressure
Jess Conrad
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
The Peters Sisters
Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen
Granada Josh White 10.45 -
Saturday 11th November 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 9.05 -
Kathie Kay
Glen Mason
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The NME credits 'Ricky and Rose' as appearing, but Ricky Valance and Rose Brennan appear to be separate acts
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Brian Matthew
Petula Clark
The Big Ben Trad Band
Ricky Valance -
Danny Davis (introduced by ?)
Frank Ifield (there might have been some kind of introduction by Norrie Paramour in which he forgot the name of the song)
Rose Brennan (introduced by ?)
Gene Vincent – I’m Going Home, Unchained Melody
Frankie Vaughan -
Guest DJ Peter Noble and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Sunday 12th November 1961
BBC The Johnny Darling Show 9.30 -
Anthony Newley stars as a pop star, co written with Leslie Bricuse
Anthony Newley -
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.30 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC Tempo 5.00 -
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Southern Strictly For The Birds 5.20 -
The Dudley Moore Trio
ATV The Royal Variety Performance 7.30 -
The TV ratings were around thirty million
From the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
Andy Stewart -
All That Jazz section -
Shirley Bassey -
Max Bygraves -
Frankie Vaughan -
The McGuire Sisters -
Sammy Davis Jr -
Monday 13th November 1961
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.02 -
The Tubby Hayes Quartet
Elaine Delmar (resident singer)
Tuesday 14th November 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Jack Jackson
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
The Allisons
ATV Val Parnell: All Kinds Of Music 8.00 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
The Marino Marini Quartet
Adele Leigh
Wednesday 15th November 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.25 -
Joan Regan
The Polka Dots (resident group)
Timothy Gray (American singer and songwriter)
AR Pop! Vintage '38 8.55 -
Betty Driver
Stephanie Voss
Barbara Evans
Patricia Laurence
Jack Billings
Thursday 16th November 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Billy Fury
Southern Day By Day
Dorita y Pepe (the first of three appearances)
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
The Brook Brothers
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
Cleo Laine
The Clyde Valley Stompers
Saturday 18th November 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show 7.15 -
Lita Roza
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Billy Fury
Emile Ford -
Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen with David Kossoff
Alan Fielding (introduced by ?)
Jimmy Crawford (also painting a picture) (introduced by ?)
The Kaye Sisters
Al Saxon (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Sam Costa and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ATV Sammy Meets The Girls 7.25 -
Sammy Davis Jr
Cleo Laine
Anglia Top Twenties 7.10 -
content unknown
Sunday 19th November 1961
BBC Charlie Chester’s Music Hall 9.15 -
Lena Martell – La Vie en Rose
ABC Sing Along with Joe 4.45 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Barbara Law
Don Rennie
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Mike Cotton and his Six
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Chris Barber and Ottilie Patterson
Russ Conway
Ruby Murray
The Kaye Sisters
Monday 20th November 1961
BBC Tonight
Robin Hall and Jimmie McGregor
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
AR The Dickie Henderson Show: The Record 8.00 -
with David Jacobs
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.02 -
Tubby Hayes
AR Richard The Lionheart: Long Live The King 6.15 -
Music for the series by Bill le Sage
Iain Gregory (Pye Recording artist in acting role in each episode)
Tuesday 21st November 1961
BBC Tonight
Robin Hall and Jimmie McGregor
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Host Jack Jackson quit as his agent Bunny Lewis felt the show wasn’t right for him, so is replaced by DJ Alan Freeman
Hosted by Alan Freeman
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Wednesday 22nd November 1961
BBC Tonight
Robin Hall and Jimmie McGregor
BBC Be My Guest 9.45 -
Joan Regan
AR Pop! Vintage '48 8.50 -
A selection of songs from 1948
Thelma Ruby -
Patricia Brodin
Denny Bettis -
Dennis Martin -
Eileen Gourlay
Peter Gilmore
Eddie Reindeer -
Tyne Tees Young At Heart
Gary Marshall
Lorie Mann
The Dallas Boys
The Viscounts
Carol Deene
The Vernons Girls
Ivory Joe Hunter
Thursday 23th November 1961
BBC Tonight
Robin Hall and Jimmie McGregor
TWW Discs-
Ricky Valance
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
Craig Douglas
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
Gary Miller
Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band
Granada Josh White Sings 10.50 -
Saturday 25th November 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Perry Mason
The Case of the Jaded Joker with Frankie Laine
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Shirley Bassey had been penciled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The John Barry Seven
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Ricky Stevens (introduced by ?)
Paul Raven (introduced by ?)
The McGuire Sisters
Ivory Joe Hunter (not listed in TV Times)
Spike Milligan (not listed in TV Times)
Suzy Cope (not listed in TV Times)
Bert Weedon (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Denny Piercy and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Anglia Top Twenties
content unknown
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
ATV The Roaring Twenties: Million Dollar Suit 11.00 -
Dorothy Provine -
Sunday 26th November 1961
BBC The Gene Kelly Show 9.15 -
Gene Kelly
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.45 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Barbara Law
Don Rennie
The Kentones
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Clinton Ford
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
The show was subject to a strike by the Variety Artists Federation. Frankie Vaughan, The Kaye Sisters and Vera Lynn were due to appear, however as Frankie Vaughan has signed his contract before November the 1st he was allowed to appear by the VAF union, but since he was also a member of Equity they would not let him appear. He later claimed “right up to Saturday morning I think I would be unable to do it”. The dispute with the VAF was settled on the 18th November and all the artists appeared. Vaughan received a “terrific reception” according to the Daily Mirror, however Vaughan was later suspended from Equity for three months for his appearance. The shows' dancers had not appeared for a few weeks as they were also members of Equity.
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Frankie Vaughan
Vera Lynn
Monday 27th November 1961
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.10 -
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.02 -
Tubby Hayes
Tuesday 28th November 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Terry Lightfoot
Wednesday 29th November 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.25 -
Joan Regan
Thursday 30th November 1961
BBC The Kilt Is My Delight
Robin Hall and Jimmie McGregor
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Scottish Frankie Laine Sings 6.45 -
Westward Spin Along 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
Valerie Masters
Mickey Ashman's Ragtime Jazzband
Granada Josh White Sings 10.50 -
Friday 1st December 1961
Scottish The One O’Clock Gang
Paul Raven
Saturday 2nd December 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Broadcast from the Guildhall, Portsmouth (only the second time the show has been recorded outside of London)
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.15 -
Craig Douglas
Mrs Mills
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Temperance Seven (had to withdraw as singer Paul McDowell was a member of Equity)
Dion -
Lionel Bart
The Brook Brothers
Roy Lee (introduced by ?)
The Ted Taylor Four (introduced by ?)
Sam Costa
Craig Douglas (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Ted King and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Anglia You're Driving Me Crazy 7.10 -
possibly The Temperance Seven related?
ATV The Great All-
Jo Stafford
James Darren
The Polka Dots
Sunday 3rd December 1961
ABC Sing Along With Joe 4.45 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Barbara Law
Don Rennie
The Raindrops
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
Paul Raven
Eric Allendale & The New Orleans Knights
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
A bare bones look for the show as scenery wasn’t put up due to a union dispute
The Norman Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth special
Tyne Tees Youth Puts the Question
Larry Parnes
Monday 4th December 1961
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Tuesday 5th December 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
BBC Picture Parade
Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii movie clip
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
The Rendezvous Instrumental Group
ATV Val Parnell: All Kinds Of Music 8.00 -
Adam Faith -
Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottile Patterson
Adele Leigh
Des Lane
Sheila Buxton
Wednesday 6th December 1961
BBC Be My Guest 10.15 -
Joan Regan
AR Kill Me Tomorrow 10.05 -
Tyne Tees Young At Heart
content unknown
Thursday 7th December 1961
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
The Kaye Sisters
Alex Welsh and his Band
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Pop Party 7.00 -
content unknown
Ulster Time (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer 10.50 -
Granada Josh White Sings 10.50 -
Saturday 9th December 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Ken Dodd Show 7.15 -
Mona Baptiste
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
This was initially announced in the press as a special "Trad Jazz" edition, but this was later retracted as more pop acts were booked
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Russ Conway -
Mr. Acker Bilk (without his jazzband)
Gary Miller
Al Saxon (introduced by ?)
Dick Charlesworth and his City Gents (introduced by ?)
Ray Ellington & Sandra Gale/Gail
Brian Matthew (singing)
Guest DJ Muriel Young and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Sunday 10th December 1961
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Cliff Richard and The Shadows
Ray Ellington
ATV Drama 61: The Day Of The Fox 9.35 -
This was screened hours after Tanganyka's independence
Sammy Davis Jr plays the leader of a newly independent African country
Yolanda
Monday 11th December 1961
BBC This Is Your Life: Charlie Drake 7.55 -
Russ Conway
Cliff Richard
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Granada Coronation Street 7.30 -
Peter Noone (future Herman's Hermits' singer) as Stanley Fairclough -
ATV Startime 8.30 -
replacing Probation Officer, whose production had been halted due to industrial action
Helen Shapiro
Ronnie Hilton
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.02 -
Tubby Hayes
Elaine Delmar
Tuesday 12th December 1961
BBC Play Your Hunch 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Granada Personal Appearance of The African Dancers 8.00 -
Dancers and musicians of The African Dance Company from Senegal. Tyne Tees, Scottish
and Grampian refuse to show the programme as there was female semi-
Southern And It Comes Out Here 11.07 -
Eric Winston and his Band
The Brook Brothers
Eric Delaney
Westward Spinalong
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Wednesday 13th December 1961
BBC Paris Music Box 10.25 -
Ricet Barrier
Pia Colombo
Les Trois Menestrels
Renee Lebas
Eddy Marnay
Catherine Sauvage
Michele Arnaud
Thursday 14th December 1961
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Pop Party 7.00 -
content unknown
Scottish The Michael Holliday Show 8.00 -
Michael Holliday
Granada Josh White 10.50 -
Ulster Time (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer
Saturday 16th December 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC The Benny Hill Show 7.15 -
Matt Monro
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.50 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Cleo Laine
Billy Fury
Humphrey Lyttelton -
Bill Forbes -
Duffy Power
Joe Brown
Guest DJ Jimmy Henney and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Sunday 17th December 1961
ABC Sing Along With Joe 5.20 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Jim Dale
Barbara Law
Don Rennie
The Raindrops
ABC The Journey Of A Lifetime 6.15 -
The nativity played out by teenagers with songs
Monday 18th December 1961
Tyne Tees unknown lunchtime show
Janie Marden
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 6.30 -
Southern Tubby Plays Hayes 11.02 -
Tubby Hayes
Tuesday 19th December 1961
BBC Picture Parade 10.25 -
Cliff Richard in The Young Ones movie clip
Tommy Sands in Babes In Toyland movie clip
Tyne Tees unknown lunchtime show
Janie Marden
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Glenda Collins
AR Hippodrome 8.00 -
Lucille Mapp
Southern And It Comes Out Here 11.07 -
Eric Winstone and his Band
Nat Gonella
Julie Jones
Antonio Navarro
Bill Forbes
Nick Villard -
Johnny Hawkins and The Mello-
Wednesday 20th December 1961
BBC Be My Guest 9.55 -
Joan Regan -
The Beverley Sisters – Take The Water Take The Wine
Joan Regan & The Beverley Sisters -
The Trotter Brothers
The Polka Dots
Tyne Tees unknown lunchtime show
Janie Marden
Thursday 21st December 1961
Tyne Tees unknown lunchtime show
Janie Marden
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Pop Party 7.00 -
content unknown
Ulster Time (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer
Granada Josh White Sings 10.50 -
Friday 22nd December 1961
Westward Songtime 10.35 -
content unknown
Saturday 23rd December 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Juliet Greco 10.55 pm -
Sings love songs from Paris
ATV The Winifred Atwell Show 5.30 -
Winifred Atwell -
ABC Christmas Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Beverley Sisters
Ronnie Hilton
The Springfields
Elaine and Derek (introduced by ?)
Zack Lawrence (introduced by ?)
David Lisbon -
Lonnie Donegan
The Karl Denver Trio -
guest DJ Jimmy Savile and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
Sunday 24th December 1961 Christmas Eve
BBC Welcome Christmas 1.00 -
David Hughes
BBC The Singing Years 2.30 -
Songs from years ending in 8 from 1918
Dennis Lotis
Sheila Buxton
Benny Lee
Stephanie Vois
Andy Cole
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.55 -
The Billy Cotton Band
John Williams (guitarist) in sketch with Eric Sykes
Ricky Stevens – I Cried For You
Mrs Mills
ABC Farming: Christmas On The Other Man's Farm 1.30 -
Recorded at Mossborough Hall Farm, near St. Helens, Lancashire
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
Clinton Ford
ABC Seeing Christmas Stars 5.50 to 6.05 pm
Harry Belafonte
Ella Fitzgerald
Mel Torme
Modern Jazz Quartet
ABC Journey Of A Lifetime: A Child Is Born 6.15 -
The nativity played out by teenagers with songs
ABC The Sunday Break: No Room at the Inn 6.30 -
Melbourne New Orleans Jazzband
ATV Ring Out The Bells 8.25 -
Jo Stafford
Harry Secombe
The Polka Dots
Monday 25th December 1961 Christmas Day
BBC Max Bygraves 11.30 am -
Meets children in Great Ormond Street hospital
BBC Be My Guest 12.50 -
Joan Regan
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 8.00 -
George Chisholm and his jazzers
Semprini
Tyne Tees The One'Clock Show Christmas Party 1.05 -
Janie Marden
ATV Christmas Box 1.05 -
Tons of synthetic snow had to be brought into the studio which was mocked up to look like a an Alpine village
The Viscounts
The Polka Dots
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Lisa Page
Monty Babson
ATV The Cyril Stapleton Show 2.00 -
Ronnie Carroll
The King Brothers
Cleo Laine
AR Close Up 4.20 -
including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra
ATV A Merry Max 9.05 -
Max Bygraves
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
The Two Tones
Tyne Tees Young At Heart 10.05 -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
The Clyde Valley Stompers
The Dallas Boys
Roly Daniels
Janie Marden
Valerie Masters
Peter Wynne
Tuesday 26th December 1961 Boxing Day
BBC Juke Box Jury 11.55 am -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Cinderella 6.30 -
Pantomime with Dickie Valentine as Buttons, Jill Day as Cinderella
BBC The Princess and the Pea 5.00 -
Acker Bilk as the Minstrel (Bilk had not used his usual clarinet in this show as it had been stolen)
Tyne Tees unknown lunchtime show
Janie Marden
AR Tuesday Rendezvous 5.00 -
Bert Weedon's Rhythm Group (with Tony Meehan)
AR The Steve Race Four 6.08 -
ATV Val Parnell Presents: All Kinds Of Music 8.30 -
Cliff Richard
The Kaye Sisters
Curtis Pierce and the Trinidad Steel Band
Southern And It Comes Out Here 11.07 -
Eric Winstone and his Band
Lionel Bart
Roy Marsh
Julie Jones
Norman St Pier
Nick Villard
Bill Forbes
Wednesday 27th December 1961
BBC Wednesday Magazine 10.25 -
A compilation of clips from the year’s show
Lionel Bart meets Hermione Gingold
Also an interview with The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
BBC Paris Music Box 10.55 -
Eddy Marnay
Catherine Sauvage
Renee Lkbas
Les Trois Menestrels
Nicole Louvier
Nadine Claire
Serge Gainsbourg
Thursday 28th December 1961
BBC Christmas Crackerjack 5.10 -
content unknown
BBC The Good Old Days 9.25 -
Rosemary Squires
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Westward Pop Party 7.00 -
content unknown
Scottish Frankie Laine Sings
Granada Josh White Sings 10.50 -
Friday 29th December 1961
AR Steve Race Four 6.13 -
TWW Movie Magazine 6.15 -
Cliff Richard
Saturday 30th December 1961
BBC Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC A Pair of Jacks 7.15 -
Jack Jackson and Jack Payne on the state of current music
Billy Fury
John Leyton (cancelled due to laryngitis, but was still announced on air ahead of the show)
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 to 6.30 pm, ATV, TWW, Westward, Southern, Tyne Tees, Ulster (same time as ABC)
A year end special. 'Lucky Stars presents the Hit Parade of 1961', uses the NME chart points table to help what artists to book. This edition abandons the debut acts for an end of year all stars special and as a result the show gets into the network TAM ratings for the first time.
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Cliff Richard
The Shadows
Helen Shapiro
Billy Fury
Chubby Checker
John Leyton
Adam Faith
Eden Kane
The Temperance Seven
Glenda Collins
Guest DJ Jimmy Young and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-
ABC Crystal Ball '62 11.00 pm -
An ABC At Large special
The Mike Cotton Jazzmen (voted Most Promising Trad Band of 1962)
Sunday 31st December 1961 New Years' Eve
There didn't appear to be any programming beyond the weather after midnight on ITV.
BBC The Charlie Chester Music Hall 7.55 -
The Kaye Sisters
ABC The Sunday Break 6.30 -
Chris Barber with Ottilie Patterson (The band tried to fly to Manchester, but were involved in an accident on the way to London airport, then when they arrived they couldn't get a flight, so retuned they to central London to get a train which was then delayed. When they finally arrived at the studio the show was just about to go on air so had no time to rehearse.)
The Allisons
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
This was a charity fund-
Lonnie Donegan (cancelled)
Bert Weedon
Gary Miller
Alma Cogan
Cliff Richard
Cleo Laine
Vera Lynn
Janie Marden
Ronnie Carroll
ABC Sing Along with ABC 11.05 pm to 12.05 am
from Sing Along with Joe -
from Thank Your Lucky Stars -
Also this year
BBC International Star Time January 1961
Frankie Vaughan
BBC Panorama
Jazz and Teenagers (with Acker Bilk playing at an outdoor festival)
AR Here and Now: Music In Pubs
Narrator: Steve Race
AR Here and Now
The recording of a version of the show's theme at Fontana's studio in London
Rediffusion Just Four Men
Sketch show with music by Dudley Moore
BBC The Seven Faces of Jim (December)
Richard Briers plays Ricky Groyne, rock and roll star. There is also a Juke Box Jury scene.
BBC Juke Box Jury
Johnny Kidd seen in audience
TWW Discs-
The Senators (would eventually become Tom Jones' backing band)
Screaming Lord Sutch
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars
Eden Kane was penciled in for a June appearance
BBC Picture Parade c.October
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope interviewed about The Road To Hong Kong
Anglia Blue Eyed Boy
Musical written by Al Saxon and Don Black
BBC Seeing Is Believing (December)
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
TWW Beat In The West (possibly June)
Acker Bilk
Westward Spin Along (c.September)
The Viscounts
ATV Saturday Spectacular
Jimmy Jones