TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
It took several months for the BBC TV producers to re-
Melody Maker announced the show in late June "Young and new pop talent will find an outlet on the new David Jacobs TV series for BBC1 which kicks off a weekly run from Wednesday July 10." Michael Aspel would also host a similar sounding "Monday Show" from July 8th.
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Other musical guests included Sammy Davis Jr, Topol, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Vivian Stanshall's burping had to be censored, so presumably they performed The Canyons Of Your Mind), O C Smith, The Casuals, Herman’s Hermits, Gerry Marsden, Paul Jones among others. Like Dee's show sometimes the running order wouldn't be confirmed until after newspapers had gone to print, so it's difficult to find a list of who appeared.
It remained at its scheduled time slot throughout the show's run. The fact that the show never really courted controversy like his fellow host Simon Dee, or even ask occasionally awkward questions like Eamonn Andrews, guaranteed that the show would be compared, contrasted and forgotten.
THE WEDNESDAY SHOW
BBC1
10th July 1968 -