TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1956
Sunday 1st January 1956
ATV Liberace 4.00 -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Edmondo Ros
Michael Holliday
Don Harper
Dick James
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 7.45 -
Pantomime: Mother Goose with Max Bygraves as Sammy
Monday 2nd January 1956
BBC What's My Line
Josh White
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Also seen listed as 'Brush Up On Your Tele'. Actor Ian Carmichael takes viewers back stage to show viewers what goes on the other side of the cameras.
Stanley Black and his orchestra -
Barbara Lyon -
Shirley Abicair -
The Stargazers -
Eric Robinson
Peter Haigh
AR Monday Mixture 11.45 am -
TV Times "a mixture of music and romance for you"
Tuesday 3rd January 1956
BBC Music Is Fun 4.00 -
Eric Spear
BBC The Petula Clark Show 10.15 -
Talking about the series to Melody Maker in 1959 she claimed "That came quite close to what I would have in mind. But 15 minutes was not enough to do all one wished. I suppose 30 minutes is too long. The probable answer is about 25 minutes."
Pet introduces her 'boyfriend of the week' Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Petula Clark -
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
AR Easy Rhythm 7.15 -
Cleo Laine
Frank Holder
The Dave Lee Quartette
AR Big City: London 9.30 -
Tin Pan Alley (play about two songwriters, one long established and a newcomer)
Guest artist: Alma Cogan
AR Gerry's Inn 10.00 -
Geraldo & His Orchestra (first of three appearances by the band)
Barbara Lyon -
Roy Edwards -
Wednesday 4th January 1956
AR For Members Only 11.45 am -
Cy Grant, Fitzroy Coleman (guitarist)
AR Nat Temple and His Band 5.30 -
AR Singing For You 7.15 -
Ray Ellington Quartet & Marion Ryan
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn -
AR Ralph Reader Presents Chance Of A Lifetime 9.30 -
Eartha Kitt -
Ken Kirkham
Thursday 5th January 1956
BBC Time To Dream 10.45 -
The Kentones
BBC Personality Parade 4.00 -
Lorrae Desmond
AR Quiet Rhythm 11.45 am – 12.00 pm
Kenny Powell Trio
AR Date With A Song 7.15 -
Shirley Abacair
AR Jack Hylton Presents: You’d Never Believe It 8.00 – 9.00 pm
Nat Gonella
Friday 6th January 1956
BBC Forces Request 8.00 -
Carole Carr
Eddie Calvert
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
Saturday 7th January 1956
BBC The Dave King Show 8.30 -
Yana
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Annette Klooger -
Danny Purchas
The Burt Twins
Janie Marden
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
contents unknown
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 8th January 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date 2.30 -
Also seen as Lunch Time Sundae
David Hughes sings Never in 'the song that made a star'
BBC Max Bygraves 7.45 -
BBC Music at Ten presents Contrasts 10.00 -
Robert Farnon
Edmund Hockridge
ATV Liberace 4.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 9th January 1956
BBC Hit Parade 9.15 -
Hosted by Petula Clark and Dennis Lotis
Singers cover songs from the Hit Parade
AR For Members Only 4.30 -
Cy Grant
Tuesday 10th January 1956
BBC Music Is Fun 4.00 -
Eric Spear
BBC Children's Hour 5.00 -
Shirley Abicair
BBC Camera One: Kenneth Horne & Non-
Ronnie Carroll (singer Carroll gets a record deal as a result of his appearance)
The Hedley Ward Trio
BBC The Petula Clark Show 10.15 -
Petula Clark
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
AR Easy Rhythm 7.20 -
Patti Lewis and the Reg Owen Orchestra
Wednesday 11th January 1956
BBC Late Date (aka Songs) 10.15 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
AR Quiet Rhythm 4.35 -
Kenny Powell Trio
AR The Wizard's Den 5.15 -
Nat Temple and his band
AR Singing For You 7.20 -
Alma Cogan
AR Jack Hylton Presents Youth Takes A Bow 8.30 -
Jim Dale
Thursday 12th January 1956
BBC Strictly T-
Lorrae Desmond
ATV Date With A Song 7.20 -
Shirley Abacair
Friday 13th January 1956
AR Steve Race 5.15 -
Presents his record of the month: Gary Miller
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
AR Jack Hylton Presents 8.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 14th January 1956
BBC Home James (Jimmy James) 8.30 -
John Hanson
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Joan Small
The Kentones
Carol Newton
Les Baker and his Quartet
Maxine Daniels
Robert Earle
Shelley Moore -
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
contents unknown
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 15th January 1956
ATV Liberace 4.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Ronnie Hilton
The Jones Boys
Harry Gold
Libby Morris
Glen Mason
Pauline Shepherd
Monday 16th January 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Alma Cogan
Frankie Vaughan
Frank Weir -
Dennis Hale
Marion Ryan
Patti Lewis
Eric Winstone and his Orchestra
BBC Late Night Variety 10.15 -
From the Chelsea Barracks
Jill Day
AR For Members Only 4.30 -
Cy Grant, Fitzroy Coleman
AR Lita Roza 7.20 -
Lita Roza with Geoff Love on piano
Tuesday 17th January 1956
BBC Music Is Fun 4.00 -
Eric Spear
BBC The Petula Clark Show 10.15 -
Petula Clark
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
AR Easy Rhythm 7.20 -
Cleo Laine
Frank Holder
The Dave Lee Quartette
AR Gerry's Inn 10.00 -
Geraldo
Wednesday 18th January 1956
BBC Crackerjack
Spence and Davies (comedy musicians)
BBC More Contrary 8.30 -
Michael Holliday
Mary O'Hara
AR The Wizard's Den 5.15 -
Nat Temple and his band
AR Singing For You 7.20 -
Betty Miller and Harriott Evans
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn -
David Jacobs
Thursday 19th January 1956
AR Date With A Song 7.20 -
Shirley Abacair with the Sidney Bright Quartette
Friday 20th January 1956
BBC Forces Requests 8.00 -
Carole Carr
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
AR Jack Hylton Presents 8.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 21st January 1956
ATV ATV Music Shop 3.00 -
Ronnie Harris
Carole Newton
Rita Reys
Desmond Lane
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 – 9.00 pm
contents unknown
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 22nd January 1956
A technical problem causes the sound to fail on some ATV shows tonight
BBC Let's Make A Date 2.30 -
Ronnie Hilton (in The Song That Made The Star)
ATV Liberace 4.00 -
ATV Celebrity Spot 4.30 -
Cherry Wainer
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium scheduled for 8.00 -
Sound problems led to a delay of the broadcast by over ninety minutes, but the opening dance number left the dancers with no music while someone from the audience audibly shouted "get on with it then". When the show finally got underway the host remarked "welcome to Monday morning at the London Palladium"
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Harry Secombe
Jill Day -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show scheduled for 10.00 -
The Tanner Sisters
Frances and Stella
Malcolm Mitchell
Monday 23rd January 1956
BBC Come Dancing
The Oscar Rabin Band (Both Rabin and singer David Ede had been involved in a car crash several hours before the broadcast)
AR For Members Only 4.30 -
Cy Grant, Fitzroy Coleman
AR Lita Roza 7.20 -
Tuesday 24th January 1956
BBC Tea Party
The Oscar Rabin Band
BBC The Petula Clark Show 10.15 -
Petula Clark
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
AR Easy Rhythm 7.20 -
Reg Owen Orchestra
Patti Lewis
AR Gerry's Inn 10.00 -
Geraldo
Wednesday 25th January 1956
AR The Wizard's Den 5.15 -
Nat Temple and his band
AR Singing For You 7.20 -
The Smith Brothers
Viera
Thursday 26th January 1956
BBC Personality Parade 4.00 -
Jill Day
AR Date With A Song 7.20 -
Shirley Abacair
AR Billy Cotton Band Show 8.00 -
content unknown
Friday 27th January 1956
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
AR Jack Hylton Presents 8.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 28th January 1956
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Cherry Wainer
Malcolm Vaughan
Beryl Templeman
Betty Miller
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 – 9.00 pm
Ruby Murray
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 29th January 1956
ATV Liberace 4.00 – 4.30 pm
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
contents unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Danny Purches
Sizu Miller
The Hedley Ward Trio
The Tanner Sisters
Monday 30th January 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Johnny Brandon & Pauline Innes
Norman Wisdom
Ruby Murray
Larry Adler
Dennis Hale
Edna Savage -
The Eric Delaney Band -
AR For Members Only 4.30 -
Cy Grant, Fitzroy Coleman
AR Lita Roza 7.20 – 7.30 pm
AR Jack Hylton Presents: Arthur Helliwell (showbiz journalist) 9.30 -
Maxine Daniels
Tuesday 31st January 1956
BBC Music Is Fun 4.00 -
Eric Spear
BBC The Petula Clark Show 10.15 -
Petula Clark
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
AR Easy Rhythm 7.20 -
Cleo Laine
Frank Holder
The Dave Lee Quartette
AR Geraldo & His Orchestra 10.00 -
Wednesday 1st February 1956
AR The Wizard's Den 5.15 -
Nat Temple and his band
AR Singing For You 7.20 -
The Keynotes
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
Thursday 2nd February 1956
AR Date With A Song 7.20 -
Shirley Abacair
AR Jack Hylton Presents: You’d Never Believe It 8.00 – 9.00 pm
Nat Gonella
Friday 3rd February 1956
AR Steve Race 5.15 -
presents his choice of music for the month, Joan Heal
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
AR Jack Hylton Presents 8.30 -
The Three Skylarks
Saturday 4th February 1956
BBC The Dave King Show 8.30 -
Yana
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Chris Barber Jazz Band
The Terry Sisters
Vicky Shaw
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
Bernard Delfont presents Ruby Murray
ATV Playhouse 9.00 -
Teddy Gang, a play about a group of Teddy Boys. From TV Times "This is a story of today, of Teddy Boys and Teddy Girls and their grim fight against organized society".
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 5th February 1956
BBC The Max Wall Show 7.45 -
Eddie Calvert
ATV Liberace 4.00 -
ATV Celebrity Spot 4.30 -
Ray Ellington Quartet & Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Joan Regan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Desmond Lane
Eve Boswell
Monday 6th February 1956
BBC The Tin Pan Alley Show 9.15 -
Billy Cotton introduces
Dennis Lotis
Shani Wallis
The Kentones
Gillian Lynne
April Olrich
Terence Theobald
AR For Members Only 4.30 -
Pepe and Hermina Mantas
Cy Grant
Fitzroy Coleman
AR Lita Roza 7.20 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents Arthur Helliwell 9.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 7th February 1956
BBC Music Is Fun 4.00 -
Eric Spear
BBC Camera One, Non-
Victor Lambati
BBC The Petula Clark Show 10.15 -
Petula Clark
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
AR Easy Rhythm 7.20 -
Reg Owen Orchestra
Patti Lewis
AR Gerry's Inn 10.00 -
Geraldo
Wednesday 8th February 1956
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his band
AR Singing For You 7.20 -
Glen Mason
AR Dance To The Music 8.30 -
Lita Roza, Lou Preager
Thursday 9th February 1956
AR Date With A Song 7.20 -
Shirley Abacair
AR Variety Star Time 8.00 – 9.00 pm
content unknown
Friday 10th February 1956
AR Jack Hylton Presents: Arthur Askey 8.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 11th February 1956
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
The Dill Jones Trio
Eileen Taylor
Dickie Bennett
Marion Ryan
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
Bernard Delfont presents Ruby Murray
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 12th February 1956
BBC Music at Ten presents Contrasts 10.00 -
Robert Farnon Orchestra
AR Liberace 4.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Eve Boswell, Bomar Colleano and Dickie Valentine -
Dickie Valentine -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 13th February 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
There was a Musicians' Union strike over fees, so no MU staff were present
Benny Hill
Jill Day
Lita Roza
Bert Weedon
Ronnie Carroll
Sid Phlillips and his Band
Rosemary Squires -
AR Jack Hylton Presents the Arthur Helliwell Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 14th February 1956
BBC Music Is Fun 4.00 -
Eric Spear
BBC Alma Cogan 9.45 -
Alma Cogan
AR Easy Rhythm 7.20 -
Cleo Laine
Frank Holder
The Dave Lee Quartette
AR Gerry's Inn 10.00 -
Geraldo
Wednesday 15th February 1956
BBC More Contrary 8.30 -
Michael Holliday
Mary O'Hara
AR Tea-
Diana Day with Nat Temple's Band
AR Singing For You 7.20 -
Malcolm Vaughan
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
AR Ralph Reader Presents Chance of A Lifetime 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
Ken Kirkham
Friday 17th February 1956
The first day of ATV Midlands, who will broadcast from Monday to Friday while ATV London will continue on weekends
BBC Forces' Request
Maxine Daniels
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
ATV Variety 8.00 -
The show begins with Bob Monkhouse exclaiming "Hello traitors!"
(possibly) The Joe Loss Orchestra, Mantovani, Vera Lynn
AR Jack Hylton Presents 8.30 – 9.00 pm
content unknown
Saturday 18th February 1956
The first day of ABC who will broadcast in the Midlands on weekends
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Julie Dawn
Ivor Mairants
The Gitson Sisters
Ronnie Meede
Virginia Page
Dennis Lotis
ABC Hometown Saturday Night 7.30 -
Broadcast from the Leofric Hotel, Coventry
John Hanson
Joe Loss
Vicki Shaw (local singer)
Reg Dixon -
ATV Saturday Showtime Bernard Delfont Presents Ruby Murray 8.15 -
Ruby Murray
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 19th February 1956
BBC The Max Wall Show 7.45 -
The Beverley Sisters
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Yana
Harry Secombe
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 20th February 1956
AR Date With A Song 7.20 -
Shirley Abacair
Tuesday 21st February 1956
BBC Alma Cogan 10.15 -
AR George and Alfred Black Present Strike A New Note 8.00 -
Earle and Vaughan
Patricia Bredin
AR Jack Hylton Presents the Arthur Helliwell Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 22nd February 1956
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and His Band
AR Singing For You 7.20 -
Frances Day
AR Mantovani and His Orchestra 8.30 -
Thursday 23rd February 1956
BBC Personality Parade 4.00 -
Edmund Hockridge
BBC Bing Crosby Introduces Oreste, the Maltese singer 10.45 -
ATV Celebrity Spot 4.30 -
Cherry Wainer
ATV Variety Star Time 8.00 -
content unknown
Friday 24th February 1956
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
AR Jack Hylton Presents Arthur Askey in Before Your Very Eyes 8.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 25th February 1956
BBC In Town Tonight 7.30 -
Camilleri (accordionist)
BBC Nat Jackley in The Saturday Show 8.30 -
Ronnie Hilton
ATV The Music Shop 3.30 -
Jan Fraser
Audrey Samson
Margaret Rose
Don Simpson
Edmund Hockridge
Joe Harriot Quartet
ABC Hometime Saturday Night
from Wolverhampton
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
Bernard Delfont Presents Ruby Murray
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
The Four Jones Boys
Sunday 26th February 1956
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
Monday 27th February 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Joan Regan
Line Renard
Dave King
Eddie Calvert
Tuesday 28th February 1956
BBC Alma Cogan 10.15 -
Wednesday 29th February 1956
AR Singing For You 7.20 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
Thursday 1st March 1956
BBC Personality Parade
Shani Wallis
BBC Time To Dream 10.45 -
The Coronets
AR Dance Music 7.30 -
content unknown
Friday 2nd March 1956
AR Steve Race 5.15 -
content unknown
AR The Idiot Weekly Price 2d 10.00 -
Max Geldray (harmonica player from The Goon Show)
Saturday 3rd March 1956
BBC In Town Tonight 7.30 -
Winifred Atwell
ATV The Music Shop 3.30 -
content unknown
ABC Hometown Saturday Night
from Leamington
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
content unknown
Sunday 4th March 1956
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
The Beverley Sisters
Winifred Atwell
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 5th March 1956
BBC The Tin Pan Alley Show 9.30 -
Billy Cotton introduces
Dennis Lotis
Shani Wallis
The Kentones
Gillian Lynne
April Olrich
Terence Theobald
Wednesday 7th March 1956
BBC Alma Cogan 9.45 -
with Stan Foster
BBC Camera One
The Four Jones Boys
AR Quiet Rhythm 4.35 -
content unknown
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
Thursday 8th March 1956
ATV Variety Star Time 8.00 -
content unknown
Friday 9th March 1956
BBC World Of Jazz
Stan Kenton interview
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
AR The Idiot Weekly Price 2d 10.00 -
Max Geldray (harmonica player from The Goon Show)
Saturday 10th March 1956
BBC In Town Tonight
Stan Kenton
ATV The Music Shop 3.30 -
Camilleri (accordionist)
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
Karen Greer (singer)
ATV On The Town
Stan Kenton
ABC Hometown Saturday Night
from Leicester
Sunday 11th March 1956
BBC Presentation of the Ivor Novello Awards 8.15 -
Henry Hall
Jack Payne
Oscar Preuss (the one time boss of Parlophone Records)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 12th March 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Max Bygraves
Harry Secombe
Winifred Atwell
Eve Boswell
The Keynotes
Gary Miller
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
Stan Kenton
Tuesday 13th March 1956
BBC Alma Cogan 10.15 -
with Stan Foster
AR Jack Hylton Presents 10.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 14th March 1956
BBC More Contrary 8.30 -
Michael Holliday
Mary O'Hara
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
AR Dance Orchestra 8.30 -
content unknown
Friday 16th March 1956
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
AR The Idiot Weekly Price 2d 10.00 -
Max Geldray (harmonica player from The Goon Show)
Saturday 17th March 1956
ATV The Music Shop 3.30 -
content unknown
ABC Hometown Saturday Night
from Derby
Sunday 18th March 1956
BBC Music at Ten 10.00 -
Robert Farnon and his Orchestra
Vanessa Lee
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Patachou (French singer)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 20th March 1956
BBC Alma Cogan
Wednesday 21st March 1956
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
Thursday 22nd March 1956
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Variety Showtime 8.00 -
content unknown
Friday 23rd March 1956
AR Friday's Girl 7.15 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and His Music
AR The Idiot Weekly Price 2d 10.00 -
Max Geldray (harmonica player from The Goon Show)
Saturday 24th March 1956
BBC The Saturday Show 8.30 -
Ronnie Carroll
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
content unknown
ABC Hometown Saturday Night
from Rugby
Sunday 25th March 1956
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Maxine Daniels
Monday 26th March 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Dickie Valentine
Anne Shelton
Shirley Abicair
The Basil and Ivor Kirchin Band
Tuesday 27th March 1956
BBC Ray Ellington Quartet 10.15 -
Wednesday 28th March 1956
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
A Boer War era special
Vera Lynn
ATV The Bob Hope Show 9.00 -
Advertisers were charged fifty percent extra for this show
Yana
Ted Heath and his orchestra
Thursday 29th March 1956
BBC Billy Cotton Calls Wakey Wakey 8.30 -
Billy Cotton Band Show
AR Liberace 7.30 -
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Lady Rattlings on Parade 8.00 -
Vera Lynn
Anne Shelton
Saturday 31st March 1956
ATV The Music Shop 3.30 -
The Tanner Sisters
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.00 -
contents unknown
ABC Hometown Saturday Night
from Birmingham
Sunday 1st April 1956 Easter Sunday
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
David Hughes
Joan Regan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Earle and Vaughan
Monday 2nd April 1956 Bank Holiday
BBC The Tin Pan Alley Show 8.35 -
Billy Cotton introduces
Dennis Lotis
Shani Wallis
The Kentones
Gillian Lynne
April Olrich
Terence Theobald
Semprini
Fess Parker (star of Davey Crockett)
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 -
AR Tune Room (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Peter Regan
Wednesday 4th April 1956
ATV Patti Page 7.20 -
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his band
ATV Mantovani and his Orchestra 8.00 -
Thursday 5th April 1956
AR Liberace 7.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Variety Startime 8.00 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Friday 6th April 1956
AR Friday's Girl 7.20 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and his Music
AR Jack Hylton Presents Arthur Askey in Before Your Very Eyes 8.30 -
content unknown
AR The Idiot Weekly Price 2d 10.00 -
Max Geldray (harmonica player from The Goon Show)
Saturday 7th April 1956
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Eileen Taylor
Tommy Maxwell/Ted Brennan Sextet
ABC Hometown Saturday Night
from Stafford
ATV George & Alfred Black Present Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
contents unknown
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
Now hosted by Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly. Geoff Love was the musical director.
Earle and Vaughan
Julia (of Darvas and Julia singing duo)
Sunday 8th April 1956
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Oreste Kirkop
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 9th April 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Announced as a special show co-
Jack Payne introduces
Sid Phillips and his Band -
David Whitfield -
Alma Cogan (the host tactlessly says he prefers Shirley Abicair's version of 'Willie Can' despite Alma Cogan's own version)
Peggy Cochrane -
Bill McGuiffe -
Ronnie Hilton -
Arthur Wilkinson conducts the orchestra in the Off The Record theme tune
Ruby Murray -
Jack Payne conducts the orchestra in Marching Through Georgia
AR Your Favourites 4.00 -
from The Tune Room
Chery Wainer
Tuesday 10th April 1956
BBC Festival Of Dance Music 9.30 -
The previous show had over-
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
The Tanner Sisters -
The Kenny Baker Group-
Frankie Vaughan -
Eric Delaney
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
Wednesday 11th April 1956
AR The Wizard's Den 5.00 -
Nat Temple and his band
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
Thursday 12th April 1956
ATV Liberace 7.30 -
AR Alfred Marks Time 8.00 -
Steve Race and his orchestra
Friday 13th April 1956
AR Rehearsal in Studio Three 7.20 -
The Confrey Phillips Trio
AR Jack Hylton Presents 8.30 -
(possibly) Dorothy Squires who was cut off for a commercial just as she was introducing a song
AR Revue: Ups and Downs 10.00 -
a story in song by Myles Rudge (book), Rodney Hobson (music), Norman Hackforth (music), Sheila Matthews
Saturday 14th April 1956
BBC Saturday Comedy Hour: The Jimmy Wheeler Show 9.00 -
Ronnie Carroll
Marion Keene
Doreen Hulme
Morton Frazer & His Harmonica Rascals
BBC Mary O’Hara 10.15 -
ATV The Music Shop 3.30 -
Tommy Maxwell/Ted Brennan Sextet
Gerald Young (accordionist)
Maxine Daniels
Gary Miller
Hollander and Hart
Felix King
ABC Hometown Saturday Night
from Tamworth
ATV George & Alfred Black Present Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
contents unknown
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
(possibly) Dorothy Ward (singer)
Sunday 15th April 1956
BBC The Max Wall Show
The Johnny Franks Quartet
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Howard Keel
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Michael Holliday
Sheila Buxton
Monday 16th April 1956
BBC Children's Television 5.00 -
Mary O'Hara -
BBC Billy Cotton introduces The Tin Pan Alley Show 9.15 -
Shani Wallis
The Kentones
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Tuesday 17th April 1956
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
Wednesday 18th April 1956
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his band
ATV Mantovani and his orchestra 8.30 -
Thursday 19th April 1956
ATV Liberace 7.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 8.00 -
content unknown
Friday 20th April 1956
AR Friday's Girl 7.20 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and his Music
AR Jack Hylton Presents Arthur Askey in Before Your very Eyes 8.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 21st April 1956
BBC Mary O’Hara 10.15 -
ATV The Music Shop 3.30 -
Leslie ‘Jiver’ Hutchinson
Rosa Macari
Dickie Bennett
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 22nd April 1956
ATV Liberace 3.45 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Billy Daniels
The Stargazers
Billy Eckstine
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Mary Morgan
Michael Holliday
Monday 23rd April 1956
BBC Top Town 10.15 pm -
Dorothy Ward (singer) as a judge
ATV Your Favourite Tunes 4.00 -
Cherry Wainer
Wednesday 25th April 1956
BBC Hopscotch
MD Bert Hayes
BBC Vic Oliver Presents This Is Show Business 8.45 -
Lita Roza
The Ray Ellington Quartet
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his orchestra
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
(possibly) Artie Shaw
Thursday 26th April 1956
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 -
ATV Liberace 7.30 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents Max Miller in You’ll Never Believe It 8.00 -
Nat Gonella
Friday 27th April 1956
AR Steve Race 5.15 -
presents his music choice for the month, Shirley Abicair
AR 1-
Sheila Matthews
AR Friday's Girl 7.20 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and his Music
Saturday 28th April 1956
BBC Mary O’Hara 10.15 -
BBC The Ted Ray Show 9.15 -
Mona Baptiste -
ATV The Music Shop 3.45 -
Anne Shelton
Margaret Rose
Brian Clark
ABC Hometown Saturday Night 7.30 -
from Dudley
Joe Loss
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 29th April 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date 2.25 -
Edna Savage sings 'the song that made the star'
BBC The Max Wall Show 7.45 -
Hutch
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV The Adventures of Robin Hood 5.30 -
Children of the Greenwood
Peter and Jane Asher
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
contents unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 30th April 1956
BBC The Tin Pan Alley Show 9.00 -
Billy Cotton introduces
Joan Regan
Larry Adler
Shani Wallis
Robert Earl
Gillian Lynne
April Olrich
Terence Theobald
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
Tuesday 1st May 1956
ATV Get Happy 9.00 -
The Kentones
Wednesday 2nd May 1956
BBC Camera One
Denny Boyce's Paradise Hawaiians
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his orchestra
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
AR Mantovani and his Orchestra 8.30 -
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Max Geldray
Thursday 3rd May 1956
Granada Television begins broadcasting at 7.30 pm to the north of England on weekdays
BBC Camera One (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Jimmy Parkinson (Australian singer)
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
ATV Liberace 7.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 8.00 -
Lena Horne
Friday 4th May 1956
AR 1-
Sheila Matthews
AR Friday’s Girl 7.20 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and his Music -
Saturday 5th May 1956
ABC Television begins today covering the north of England at the weekends. ABC had previously only broadcast to the Midlands.
BBC Saturday Starlight 10.15 -
Fredye Marshall (jazz singer) singing songs from Porgy and Bess, Carmen Jones, Show Boat
ABC Hometown Saturday Night 7.20 -
From The Crane Theatre, Liverpool
Frankie Vaughan
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
ABC Ship Canal Showboat 8.30 -
Maxine Daniels
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
ABC unknown show
Maxine Daniels
Sunday 6th May 1956
ABC Number Please 4.00 -
Joan Edwards
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
Marion Ryan
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
David Whitfield
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 7th May 1956
BBC Festival Of British Popular Songs 9.15 -
Diana Decker
Kenny Baker
AR Bernard Delfont presents Paris In Piccadilly 9.30 -
Lita Roza
AR Rehearsal in Studio Three (also seen as A Note From Nicky) 7.20 -
Nicky Kidd (singer with piano who will 'sing with himself' using a tape machine for one song)
Tuesday 8th May 1956
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
ATV Get Happy 9.00 -
The Kentones
Wednesday 9th May 1956
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his band
AR Close Up: Frank Sinatra 8.00 -
Includes clips from his movies
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
Dorinda Stevens
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Max Geldray
AR Hutch 10.30 -
Leslie Hutchinson
Thursday 10th May 1956
AR Liberace 7.30 -
AR Rehearsal in Studio Three (also seen as Looking At Music) 7.20 -
The Frank Baron Trio
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
AR Alfred Marks Time 8.00 -
Lucille Mapp
Steve Race and his orchestra
Friday 11th May 1956
BBC Magic Carpet 10.45 pm – end
Shirley Abacair -
AR 1-
Sheila Matthews
AR Friday’s Girl 7.20 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and his Music
Saturday 12th May 1956
BBC The Kilt Is My Delight (also seen as Scottish Dancing) 10.30 -
Jimmy Shand
BBC The Jimmy Wheeler Show 9.15 -
Ronnie Carroll
The Four Jones Boys
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 13th May 1956
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ABC Number Please 4.00 -
Joan Edwards
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
The Inkspots
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 14th May 1956
BBC The Tin Pan Alley Show 9.15 -
Billy Cotton introduces
Line Renaud
Dennis Lotis
Shani Wallis
Johnny Brandon
Bert Weedon
Gillian Lynne
April Olrich
Terence Theobald
Terry Gilbert
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
Tuesday 15th May 1956
BBC The Valiant 8.30 -
Play with Eartha Kitt
ATV Get Happy 9.00 -
The Kentones
Wednesday 16th May 1956
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his band
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
ATV Mantovani and His Orchestra 8.30 -
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Max Geldray
AR Late Date 10.30 -
Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson
Thursday 17th May 1956
BBC The Carroll Levis Show 7.30-
Deline Brothers (singing hillbilly songs)
Marjorie McMichael (singer)
The Brighton Belles (singing trio)
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
ATV Liberace 7.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Cherry Wainer
Sheila Buxton
Granada Spot The Tune
Friday 18th May 1956
BBC Music In A Mellow Mood 8.45 -
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra
BBC Shirley Abicair 9.45 -
AR 1-
Sheila Matthews
AR Friday’s Girl 7.20 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and his Music
Saturday 19th May 1956
ABC Records 4.30 -
content unknown
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 20th May 1956
ABC Number Please 4.00 -
Joan Edwards
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
Marion Ryan
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 21st May 1965
BBC Top Town (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Dorothy Ward (singer) as a judge
Tuesday 22nd May 1956
BBC Billy Cotton Calls Wakey Wakey 8.00 -
Billy Cotton Band Show
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
ATV Get Happy 9.00 -
The Kentones
Wednesday 23rd May 1956
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his band
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
AR The Vera Lynn Show 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Maz Geldray
Thursday 24th May 1956
BBC Rats To You 7.30 -
Max Bygraves
BBC Grand Prix of the Eurovision Song Competition 9.45 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 7.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Friday 25th May 1956
BBC Summer Showboat 8.15 -
Edna Savage
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.45 pm -
AR Steve Race 5.30 -
presents his music choice for the month
AR 1-
Sheila Matthews
AR Friday’s Girl 7.20 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and his Music
Saturday 26th May 1956
ABC ABC Diskery 4.00 -
The Terry Sisters (regulars)
ABC Hometown Saturday Night (Warrington) 7.05 -
Joe Loss
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
The Kaye Sisters
Sunday 27th May 1956
BBC The Max Wall Show 7.45 -
Nat Gonella
The Keynotes
ABC Number Please 4.00 -
Joan Edwards
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
Marion Ryan
Denny Boyce's Paradise Hawaiians
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV Portrait Of A Star: Frank Sinatra 10.30 -
Monday 28th May 1956
BBC The Tin Pan Alley Show 9.15 -
Billy Cotton introduces
Carole Carr
Stephane Grappelli
Shani Wallis
Ronnie Hilton
The Kentones
April Olrich
Terence Theobald
Ray Powell
AR Eve Boswell 7.20 – 7.30 pm
ATV Liberace 7.30 -
Tuesday 29th May 1956
BBC Camera One 8.00 -
Joan Regan
ATV George and Alfred Black present Get Happy 9.00 -
The Kentones
Maria Pavlou
Wednesday 30th May 1956
AR Tea-
Nat Temple and his band
AR The Patti Page Show 7.20 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
ATV Mantovani and his orchestra 8.30 -
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
contents unknown
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Max Geldray
Thursday 31st May 1956
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 8.00 -
Earle and Vaughan
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Friday 1st June 1956
BBC Aces High 8.15 -
The Beverley Sisters
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.45 pm -
AR 1-
Sheila Matthews
AR Friday’s Girl 7.20 -
Sheila Matthews with Malcolm Lockyer and his Music
Saturday 2nd June 1956
BBC The Charlie Chester Show 8.30 -
The Hedley Ward Trio
ABC ABC Diskery 4.00 -
content unknown
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 3rd June 1956
BBC Jack Benny 9.30 -
Peter Sellers had been a part of the show until Jack Benny told him how a cockney accent should sound, then left
Teddy Johnson
ABC Number Please 4.00 -
Joan Edwards
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
Marion Ryan
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Stephane Grappelly
Michael Holliday
Monday 4th June 1956
BBC Festival of British Popular Songs 9.45 -
Semprini
Anne Shelton
Laurie Payne
Pamela Charles
Dennis Lotis
The Keynotes
AR Let's Stay Home 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires acts and sings in the series
AR The Patti Page Show 10.00 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Tuesday 5th June 1956
BBC Wakey Wakey 8.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
ATV George and Alfred Black presents Get Happy 9.00 -
Maria Pavlou
Wednesday 6th June 1956
BBC We Are Your Servants 8.30 -
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the re-
Petula Clark – archive clip, interview with Stephen Boyd
Alma Cogan – Out Of Town
Shirley Abicair
Carole Carr
Geraldo and his Orchestra
ATV Tea With Noele Gordon 4.30 -
Billy Eckstein
The Tanner Sisters
AR For Children 5.00 -
Nat Temple and his band
AR Vera Lynn Melody Cruise 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
The Kaye Sisters
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
Thursday 7th June 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Hosts: Marion Ryan and Ken Platt, Bob Sharples Orchestra
ATV Tom Arnold Presents Variety 8.00 -
content unknown
AR Alfred Marks Time 9.00 -
Steve Race and his orchestra
Friday 8th June 1956
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.45 pm -
AR Jack Hylton Presents the 21 Club with Jack Buchannan 8.30 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party from the Hammersmith Palais 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
ATV On The Town 10.15 -
contents unknown
Saturday 9th June 1956
BBC The Jimmy Wheeler Show 10.00 -
Bryan Johnson
ABC ABC Diskery 4.00 -
content unknown
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 10th June 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date
Frankie Vaughan
ABC Number Please 4.00 -
Joan Edwards
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
Marion Ryan
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ABC Time For Melody 6.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Yana
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 11th June 1956
BBC The Tin Pan Alley Show 9.15 -
Billy Cotton introduces
Eve Boswell
Jimmy Young
Sid Philips
Denis Lotis
Shani Wallis
Gillian Lynne
April Olrich
Terence Theobald
Ray Powell
ATV Liberace 7.00 -
AR Let's Stay Home 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
AR The Patti Page Show 10.00 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Tuesday 12th June 1956
BBC On With The Show 8.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC Camera One 9.00 -
Betty Miller – Hot Diggity, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Dickie Bennett
ATV Get Happy with Arthur Haynes 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 13th June 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date
The Radio Revelers
AR For Children 5.00 -
Nat Temple and his band
AR Opportunity Knocks 7.30 -
Celia Rowley (singer)
The Wright Brothers (singing trio)
AR Musical Show -
From TV Times "Blazing sunshine, blue seas, lovely girls, the irresistible rhythms
of Latin-
Cy Grant
Fredye Marshall
Badia Ben Ahmed
John Carvallio
Linda Sims
Donaldo and Tommy Kamara
ATV Mantovani and his orchestra 8.30 -
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
Thursday 14th June 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 9.00 to 10.00 pm
content unknown
Friday 15th June 1956
BBC Shirley Abicair 9.45 -
ATV Jack Hylton Presents 21 Club with Jack Buchannan 8.30 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
ATV On The Town 10.15 -
contents unknown
Saturday 16th June 1956
BBC In Town Tonight 7.30 -
Tex Ritter -
BBC The Norman Evans Show 9.15 -
The Fraser-
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ABC Joe Loss’ Dancing Years 9.30 -
content unknown
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
Tex Ritter -
Sunday 17th June 1956
BBC Mrs Patterson 8.30 -
play with Eartha Kitt (acting role and two songs)
Elizabeth Welch
ABC Number Please 4.00 -
Joan Edwards
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
Marion Ryan
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ABC Time For Melody 6.00 -
contents unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Alma Warren
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Tex Ritter -
Monday 18th June 1956
BBC Children's House
Denny Boyce's Paradise Hawaiians
ATV Liberace 7.00 -
AR Let's Stay Home 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
AR The Patti Page Show 10.00 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Granada The Ramblers (British / American ballads) 10.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 19th June 1956
BBC Billy Cotton Calls Wakey Wakey 9.00 -
The Billy Cotton Band Show
Wednesday 20th June 1956
AR For Children 5.00 -
Nat Temple and his Band
AR Vera Lynn's Melody Cruise 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 to 9.30 pm
content unknown
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
Thursday 21st June 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Tom Arnold Presents Star Studded Variety 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 22nd June 1956
BBC Joan Regan 10.45 pm -
AR Jack Hylton Presents 21 Club with Jack Buchannan 8.30 -
Three Alley Cats (skiffle group)
AR This Week 9.30 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
Ken Colyer
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 23rd June 1956
BBC The Ted Ray Show 9.00 to 10.00 pm
Petula Clark
BBC Rock N Roll 1856 (Victorian Soiree) 10.15 -
The Keynotes
ABC Number Please 7.05 -
Joan Edwards
Ray Eliington
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Winifred Atwell Show 8.15 -
Winifred Atwell
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Sunday 24th June 1956
BBC The Max Wall Show 8.00 -
Anne Shelton -
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ABC Bring A Record 4.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Tony Martin
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Danny Purches
Shirley Abicair
The Keytones
Humphrey Lyttelton
Confrey Phillips
Libby Morris
Glen Mason
Monday 25th June 1956
BBC The Tin Pan Alley Show 9.15 -
Billy Cotton introduces
David Hughes
Yana
The Stargazers
Shani Wallis
Kenny Baker
BBC Relax, Look and Listen 10.15 -
A programme of jazz music with Ken Rattenbury and his Band featuring Bonnee Montgomery and Martin Slavin
ATV Liberace 7.40 -
Granada Liberace 9.00 -
AR Let's Stay Home 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
AR The Patti Page Show 10.00 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Tuesday 26th June 1956
BBC Camera One: Variety 8.00 -
Paule Desjardins (French singer)
Wednesday 27th June 1956
AR Jolly Good Time 5.30 -
Nat Temple and his band
AR Musical Show: Port Calypso 8.30 -
Bertice Reading
Sammy Wilde and the Kari-
Linda Simms
John Carvalho
Donaldo
Tommy Kamara
The Caribbean Singers and Dancers
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp, Clacton-
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
Thursday 28th June 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 29th June 1956
BBC Joan Regan 9.45 -
AR Jolly Good Time 5.30 -
including Steve Race with his music choice for the month
AR Jack Hylton Presents The 21 Club with Jack Buchannan 8.30 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
ATV On The Town 10.00 -
contents unknown
Saturday 30th June 1956
ABC unknown show
Bill Gregson and his band
ABC The Dickie Valentine Show 8.15 -
Dickie Valentine – Let’s Get Together, The Tender Trap, No Other Love
Sunday 1st July 1956
BBC Cavalcade of Variety 7.45 -
Charity show for Variety Artists Federation
Anne Shelton
Max Bygraves
Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang
ABC Bring A Record 4.00 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night at Blackpool 8.00 -
The Daily Mirror Disc Festival
The Beverley Sisters -
Alma Cogan
Eddie Calvert
Dickie Valentine
David Whitfield
Geraldo and his Orchestra
Eve Boswell
Winifred Atwell
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Frankie Vaughan – Let’s Go Steady
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ABC Portrait Of A Star: Doris Day 10.30 -
Monday 2nd July 1956
BBC Festival Of British Popular Songs 9.00 -
Carole Carr
John Hanson
Benny Lee
Joan Barmhall
The Coronets
ATV Liberace 7.00 -
AR Let’s Stay Home 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
AR The Patti Page Show 10.00 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Tuesday 3rd July 1956
BBC Billy Cotton calls Wakey Wakey! 8.00 -
The Billy Cotton Band Show
Wednesday 4th July 1956
BBC Summer Serenade
Frank Chacksfield
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
Jackie Lee
Dennis Lotis
Anne Shelton
AR Vera Lynn’s Musical Cruise 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
contents unknown
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
Thursday 5th July 1956
BBC Rats To You 8.00 -
Dorothy Squires
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
ATV Tom Arnold Presents Star Studded Variety 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 6th July 1956
BBC Joan Regan 9.45 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents Jack Buchannan 8.30 -
Shirley Bassey – Wayward Wind, Born To Sing The Blues
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 7th July 1956
BBC Second International Song Festival 10.45 -
The finals of the five day festival from Venice
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 8.15 -
Dickie Valentine – Birth of the Blues, My Impossible Castle, The Voice in the Wilderness
Sunday 8th July 1956
BBC Northern Showground 7.45 -
Carole Carr in excerpt from Show Parade (Garrick Theatre, Stockport)
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night At Blackpool 8.00 -
Yana
Ray Ellington Quartet
Marion Ryan
Geraldo
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
The Hilltoppers -
Monday 9th July 1956
BBC Billy Cotton’s Tin Pan Alley Show 9.15 -
Billy Cotton introduces
Gisela Griffel
Maria Pavlou
Bert Weedon
Hutch
AR Let’s Stay Home 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
AR The Patti Page Show 10.00 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Tuesday 10th July 1956
BBC Camera One 7.30 -
Ronnie Carroll
AR Summer Theatre: Sweet Talk Me Jefferson 9.00 -
Dick Haymes plays a crooner
Wednesday 11th July 1956
AR For Children 5.00 -
Nat Temple and his band
ATV Mantovani 8.30 -
Larry Adler plays piano – Le Grisbi
AR Port Calypso 8.30 -
George Brown
Eric Spear and his Orchestra
Samara
Bari-
The Caribbean Dancers and Singers
Russ Henderson and his all-
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
Thursday 12th July 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Showtime 9.00 -
Kathy Barr
Friday 13th July 1956
BBC Joan Regan 10.15 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents Jack Buchannan 8.30 -
Anne Moore
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Palace 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 14th July 1956
BBC Starlight 10.15 -
Larry Adler (playing piano)
Anne Morre
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 8.15 -
Dickie Valentine
Sunday 15th July 1956
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night at Blackpool 8.00 -
Host Tommy Trinder's plane had to make a forced landing and he ended up missing the first half of the live show
Billy Daniels
Geraldo and his orchestra
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ABC Portrait Of A Star: Bing Crosby 10.30 -
Monday 16th July 1956
AR Let's Stay Home 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
The Confrey Phillips Trio
Tuesday 17th July 1956
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
Jill Day
AR Before Your Very Eyes 8.30 -
Sabrina
Steve Race and his orchestra
ATV Gerry’s Inn 9.00 -
Lorrae Desmond
Wednesday 18th July 1956
BBC Summer Serenade 9.15 -
Stanley Black
AR Jolly Good Time 5.00 -
Nat Temple and his Band
AR Vera Lynn's Melody Cruise 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
AR The Patti Page Show 10.30 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Thursday 19th July 1956
ATV Tom Arnold Presents Star Studded Variety
The Hilltoppers
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Friday 20th July 1956
BBC Joan Regan 10.45 pm -
Joan Regan -
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 21st July 1956
BBC The Ted Ray Show 9.30 -
Lester Ferguson -
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.05 -
content unknown
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 8.15 -
Dickie Valentine – The Clown Who Cried, Song Of The Trees, They Didn’t Believe Me
Sunday 22nd July 1956
BBC Northern Showground 7.45 -
From Radio Times "A round-
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night at Blackpool 8.00 -
Derek Roy
Mel Torme
Lita Roza
ATV Round About Ten 10.00 -
Host: Barry Took
Jimmy Young
Glen Mason
Marion Keene
ABC Number Please 10.00 -
Regulars: Joan Edwards, Frank Weir & His Orchestra
Lorrae Desmond
The Reg Wale Four
Monday 23rd July 1956
AR Let’s Stay Home 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
Lita Roza
Tuesday 24th July 1956
ITV (unknown children’s show)
Anne Shelton
Wednesday 25th July 1956
AR Jolly Good Time 5.30 -
Nat Temple and his band
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
AR The Patti Page Show 10.30 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Thursday 26th July 1956
BBC The Edmundo Ros Orchestra 8.00 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 9.00 -
Yana – The Birds and The Bees, Flamenco Love, Who Are We
Friday 27th July 1956
BBC Joan Regan 10.45 pm -
With the Bluebird Boys
AR Jolly Good Time 5.30 -
Steve Race with his music personality of the month
AR Jack Hylton Presents Al Read 8.30 – 9.00 pm
Shirley Bassey
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 28th July 1956
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 8.15 -
Dickie Valentine
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night: Tower Theatre, New Brighton 7.05 -
Joe Loss
ITV Bag Of Tricks
The Johnny Franks Quartet
Sunday 29th July 1956
BBC Northern Showground 7.45 -
Lita Roza -
Jimmy Leach (organist)
The Kordites (singing group)
The Hindley-
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night at Blackpool 8.00 -
Hosted by Jimmy Logan as Tommy Trinder couldn't get there in time
Ronnie Carroll
ABC Number Please 10.00 -
Regulars: Joan Edwards, Frank Weir & His Orchestra
ATV Round About Ten 10.00 -
Anne Shelton
Malcolm Goddard
Ronnie Hilton
Jim Dale
Humphrey Lyttelton
Bobby McGee and his Music
Monday 30th July 1956
BBC The Festival Of Popular British Songs 9.15 -
fourth round of songs performed by
Dora Bryan
Bill O'Connor
Johnny Brandon
Kathie Kay
Doreen Duke
Alan Page
The Four Grads
Wednesday 1st August 1956
BBC Summer Serenade
Geraldo
AR Vera Lynn’s Melody Cruise 8.30 -
Vera Lynn
Jimmy Kennedy (song writer)
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
AR The Patti Page Show 10.30 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Thursday 2nd August 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Alfred Mark's Time 9.00 -
Lucille Mapp (singer from Trinidad)
Steve Race Orchestra
ATV Tom Arnold Presents Star Studded Variety 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 3rd August 1956
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 4th August 1956
ATV Bag Of Tricks 5.00 -
The Johnny Franks Quartet
ATV The Dickie Valentine Show 8.15 -
Dickie Valentine -
Sunday 5th August 1956
BBC Northern Showground 7.45 -
contents unknown
BBC Contrasts 10.00 -
Robert Farnon
Vanessa Lee
Edmund Hockridge
Denys Palmer
BBC Next Week's Calls
Dolores Ventura
BBC The Holiday Show
Joan Regan
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night at Blackpool 8.00 -
Sani Wallis
David Hughes
Geraldo and his orchestra
ATV Round About Ten 10.00 -
Malcolm Goddard
Dennis Lotis
Jim Dale
Audrey Jeans – Ticky Ticky Tick
Bobby McGee and his Music
ABC Number Please 10.00 -
Regulars: Joan Edwards, Frank Weir & His Orchestra
Tuesday 7th August 1956
AR The Ten O’Clock Club 10.00 -
Edmondo Ros
ATV Hits and Misses
Bob Carter
Danny Lewis (jazz violin player)
Wednesday 8th August 1956
AR Close Up 8.00 -
clips from The King and I, Carousel
AR Eartha Kitt 24 Hours In London 8.30 -
Eartha Kitt with chorus of children – London Bridge Is Falling Down
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
Group One
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
Anne Shelton
AR Lester Ferguson 10.47 -
'in a programme of songs for your late night listening'
Thursday 9th August 1956
Granada Spot the Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 9.00 -
Al Martino
Cherry Wainer
Lita Roza
Friday 10th August 1956
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 11th August 1956
ATV Bag Of Tricks 5.00 -
The Johnny Franks Quartet
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
contents unknown
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.05 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
Sunday 12th August 1956
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night At Blackpool 8.00 -
from the Winter Gardens, Blackpool
David Whitfield
Geraldo and his orchestra
ABC Number Please 10.00 -
Regulars: Joan Edwards, Frank Weir & His Orchestra
Janie Marden
ATV Round About Ten 10.00 -
Malcolm Goddard
Patti Lewis
Jim Dale
Bobby McGee and his Music
Tuesday 14th August 1956
BBC Summer Showtime 7.30 -
Ronnie Carroll cancelled due to laryngitis
Janie Marden
Jen Jackson (singer)
AR The Ten O’Clock Club 10.00 -
Edmundo Ros
Wednesday 15th August 1956
BBC Summer Serenade 8.45 -
Stanley Black
Ronnie Hilton
George Merlacharino
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
content unknown
ABC Number Please: Your Kind Of Music 9.00 -
contents unknown
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
AR Lester Ferguson 10.30 -
Thursday 16th August 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Tom Arnold Presents Star Studded Variety 9.00 – 10.00 pm
content unknown
Friday 17th August 1956
AR Palais Party 10.05 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 18th August 1956
BBC The Show Parade (Hit Songs and Scenes) 8.30 -
Lester Ferguson
ATV Bag Of Tricks 5.00 -
The Johnny Franks Quartet
Jim Dale
ATV Saturday Showtime 8.15 -
Diane Cilento
Sunday 19th August 1956
ABC Beside The Seaside 4.00 -
The Four Southlanders -
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night At Blackpool 8.00 -
Eve Boswell
Geraldo and his orchestra
ABC Number Please 10.00 -
Regulars: Joan Edwards, Frank Weir & His Orchestra
Lorrae Desmond
Monday 20th August 1956
BBC Ted Heath And His Music: Turn On The Heath 9.00 -
Ted Heath And His Music
Shirley Abicair
Joan Regan
Johnnie Gray
Tuesday 21st August 1956
AR Ten O’Clock Club 10.00 -
Geraldo & His Orchestra
Wednesday 22nd August 1956
AR Hughie Green’s Opportunity Knocks 7.30 -
Jean Stevens -
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
AR David Hughes 10.30 -
Thursday 23rd August 1956
BBC Barn Dance 7.30 -
Traditional folk accompanied by Jack Armstrong and his Barnstormers
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 9.00 -
Anne Shelton
Friday 24th August 1956
BBC Starlight 10.45 pm -
Lorrae Desmond
AR Jolly Good Time 5.25 -
Dill Jones
ATV Jack Hylton Presents Friday Night with Terry-
content unknown
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
Marian McPartland
AR Palais Party 10.01 -
Co host Eunice Grayson has Teddy Boys present her with a corsage at the start of each show
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 25th August 1956
ATV Bag Of Tricks 5.00 -
The Johnny Franks Quartet
Jim Dale
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.05 -
content unknown
ATV Saturday Showtime: Hip Hip Who? Ray 8.15 -
Marion Keene
Sunday 26th August 1956
ABC Beside The Seaside 4.00 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ATV Pye Extravaganza 6.00 -
'an advertising magazine but...with Harry Secombe'
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night At Blackpool 8.00 -
Al Martino
Alma Cogan
Geraldo and his orchestra
ABC Number Please 10.00 -
Regulars: Joan Edwards, Frank Weir & His Orchestra
Monday 27th August 1956
BBC The Holiday Show (according to a music paper this was broadcast on Bank Holiday Monday)
Ted Heath
Joan Regan
Ormonde Douglas (singer)
Morris, Marty and Mitch
BBC National Radio Show: British Popular Songs 9.15 -
Petula Clark
Dennis Hale
Janie Marden
Bill McGuffie
The Kentones
Tuesday 28th August 1956
BBC Radio Show: Wakey Wakey 7.40 -
Billy Cotton
BBC Relax, Look and Listen: Jazz 10.45 pm -
The Dill Jones Trio
Tommy Whittle
AR Afternoon Serenade 4.45 -
content unknown
ATV Gerry's Inn 9.00 -
Dorothy Squires
AR The Ten O’Clock Club 10.01 -
John Dankworth
Wednesday 29th August 1956
BBC Summer Serenade 8.45 -
Lizabeth Welch – And This Is My Beloved
Michael Holliday
Peter Yorke and his orchestra
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
Don Fox – Blue Suede Shows
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
The Kentones
AR Lester Ferguson 10.30 -
Thursday 30th August 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Sheila Buxton becomes the resident singer while Marion Ryan is on holiday
ATV Tom Arnold Presents Star Studded Variety 9.00 -
This show replaces The Straker Special on AR due to June Whitfield’s appendicitis operation
Michael Holliday
Friday 31st August 1956
BBC Starlight 10.45 pm -
Lorrae Desmond
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 10.01 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 1st September 1956
ATV Bag Of Tricks 5.00 -
The Johnny Franks Quartet
Jim Dale
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.05 -
Bill Gregson and his band
ATV Hip Hip Who? Ray 8.15 -
content unknown
Sunday 2nd September 1956
BBC Going Up (Holiday Entertainment) 7.55 -
Joan Turner
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ITP for ABC & ATV Sunday Night at Blackpool 8.00 -
The Deep River Boys
Shani Wallis
Geraldo and his orchestra
ABC Number Please: Your Kind Of Music 10.00 -
contents unknown
Monday 3rd September 1956
BBC Shapes 9.15 -
Shapes are shown on screen instead of the musical act
Ted Health and his band
Tuesday 4th September 1956
BBC Camera One 7.30 -
Ronnie Carroll
Don Rennie
ATV Johnny Dankworth 9.00 -
Johnny Dankworth and his orchestra
AR The Ten O’Clock Club 10.01 -
Steve Race and his orchestra
Edmondo Ros
Wednesday 5th September 1956
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
The hosts Rita Gillespie, Garry Wilmott and Dickie Leeman (producer) bring in their dogs
Anne Shelton
Janie Marden
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
AR Lester Ferguson 10.30 -
Thursday 6th September 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 9.00 -
David Whitfield
Friday 7th September 1956
BBC Starlight 8.45 -
Lorrae Desmond
ATV Fancy Free 3.45 -
The Malcolm Mitchell Quartet
AR Jack Hylton Friday Night with Terry Thomas 8.30 -
content unknown
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
The Tanner Sisters
AR Palais Party 10.01 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 8th September 1956
ATV will conduct a test broadcast in subjective colour before 6.00 pm. A test film was shown in which a certain section would produce a "flutter" by making temporary changes in the equipment which may give the impression of colour. During an internal test at ATV some saw the colour effect, while others didn't.
BBC In Town Tonight 7.30 -
Johnny Green (singer)
ATV Bag Of Tricks 5.00 -
The Johnny Franks Quartet
Jim Dale
ATV Hip Hip Who? Ray 8.15 -
content unknown
Sunday 9th September 1956
BBC Cyril Stapleton introduces The Show Band Show 7.45 -
The Stargazers
Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
Shirley Wilson
Mel Torme
ATV Liberace 4.30 -
ABC Number Please 10.00 -
Johnny Green (singer)
Monday 10th September 1956
BBC Top Ten 9.15 -
Sheila Armstrong (singer)
AR Play Of The Week: The Last Enemy 8.00 -
Play starring Peter Murray (Radio Luxembourg DJ)
Tuesday 11th September 1956
BBC Wakey, Wakey 7.15 -
The Billy Cotton Band
ATV Jack’s Back 9.00 -
Jack Parnell & His Orchestra
AR The Ten O’Clock Club 10.01 -
Edmundo Ros
Wednesday 12th September 1956
BBC Vic Oliver Presents: Music And Comedy from the King’s Theatre, Hammersmith 9.45
-
Shirley Abicair
ATV The Music Shop 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp 9.30 -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra
AR Lester Ferguson 10.30 -
Thursday 13th September 1956
BBC Latin-
Edmundo Ros
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Sheila Buxton
ATV Tom Arnold Presents Variety Hour 9.00 -
Ronnie Hilton
Tony Fayne
David Evans
AR Music Sets The Scene 10.01 -
includes an excerpt from Somnambulism, a modern day ballet by Stan Kenton
Friday 14th September 1956
BBC Rock And Roll 1856 8.45 -
Rock and roll songs dressed up in Victorian costumes
The Keynotes -
ATV Afternoon Out: Fancy Free 3.45 -
Glen Mason
AR For Children: Jolly Good Time 5.28 -
Steve Race talks about jazz
ATV On The Town 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 10.01 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 15th September 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr
Cherry Wainer
Peter Crawford Trio
ABC Time For Rhythm 4.00 -
ABC had intended to broadcast a dance band contest series, but Time For Rhythm took over
Broadcast from Moseley and Balsall Heath Institute
Hosted by Jerry Dawson
The Merseysippi Jazz Band
The Johnny Hilton Quartet
ABC Hip Hip Who? Ray 9.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 16th September 1956
BBC Cyril Stapleton introduces The Show Band Show 7.45 -
The Stargazers -
Billy Daniels -
Ray Ellington -
The Ray Ellington Quartet -
ABC Bring A Record 3.00 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.15 -
TV Talent show with regular band Joe Loss and His Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Harry Secombe
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Glen Mason
Alma Cogan
Don Lang
Michael Holliday
Monday 17th September 1956
BBC Listen To My Music 9.15 -
Ruby Murray
Lita Roza
Ted Health and His Music
AR Be My Guest 7.15 -
Barbara Lyon (regular)
Steve Race Quartet
AR Son Of Fred 9.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer)
The Alberts
Max Geldray
Tuesday 18th September 1956
BBC Camera One 7.30 -
Audrey Jeans
AR It’s Song Time 7.15 -
Charles Trenet
Wednesday 19th September 1956
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 20th September 1956
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
The Musical Director is Peter Knight, who takes over from Bob Sharples
Marion Ryan returns as resident singer
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 8.00 -
Petula Clark
Mel Torme
Winifred Atwell
Friday 21st September 1956
BBC Bowery Bar Style 8.45 -
The Keynotes accompanied by The Sour Note Seven
The Sour Note Seven
Saturday 22nd September 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.10 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ABC Time For Rhythm 4.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
The Three Deuces
Jackie Lee
Annette Klooger
Tony Brent
ABC Hip Hip Who? Ray! 9.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 23rd September 1956
BBC House Magazine 3.30 -
Tony Brent -
Max Bygraves playing golf with Eric Sykes
Emondo Ros
BBC Cyril Stapleton introduces The Show Band Show 7.45 -
The Stargazers
Michael Holliday
Shirley Wilson
Winifred Atwell
ABC Number Please 3.00 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Tony Crombie and His Rockets
Ruby Murray
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Lita Roza
Johnny Brandon
Audrey Jeans
Glen Mason
Pamela Barrie
David Hughes
Monday 24th September 1956
BBC Festival Of British Popular Songs 9.15 -
Anne Shelton
Tony Brent
AR Be My Guest 7.16 -
Barbara Lyon
The Steve Race Quartet
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer)
The Alberts
Max Geldray
AR The Patti Page Show 10.30 -
Patti Page, Jack Rael and his Singers, The Page Five Quintette
Tuesday 25th September 1956
BBC Billy Cotton Calls Wakey Wakey! 7.30 -
The Billy Cotton Band Show
AR It's Song Time 7.16 -
Lucienne Foyer
ATV Fan Fever 8.00 -
Script by Elkan Allan, later to work on Ready Steady Go
content unknown
Thursday 27th September 1956
BBC Senor and Senora Edmundo Ros 8.00 -
AR Be My Guest 7.16 -
Sheila Matthews with The Steve Race Quartet
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
AR The Adventures of Robin Hood 10.00 -
Children of the Greenwood
Jane and Peter Asher
Friday 28th September 1956
BBC Max Bygraves 7.45 -
ATV Eartha Kitt Spends 24 Hours In London 8.30 -
Eartha Kitt
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 29th September 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV ATV Music Shop 3.00 -
Dennis Hale
Gerald Young
Annette Klooger
Barbara Hayden
ABC Time For Rhythm 4.02 -
content unknown
ATV Hip Hip Who? Ray 9.00 -
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Marion Keene
Sunday 30th September 1956
ABC Bring A Record 3.02 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Liberace (he would later complain that he only received £200 for his performance.
Speaking to the Sunday Express he said "it's almost an insult, isn't it? I shall
give it to charity". Despite his comment he re-
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Glen Mason and Pamela Barrie
Patti Lewis
Jimmy Young
The Jones Boys
Monday 1st October 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.30 -
Stanley Black (resident)
The Deep River Boys
Anne Shelton
Ronnie Hilton
Sid Phillips and his band
Eric Jupp
Audrey Jeans
The Three Kaye Sisters
AR Be My Guest 7.16 -
Barbara Lyon and The Steve Race Group
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer)
The Alberts
Max Geldray
Tuesday 2nd October 1956
BBC On Stage 8.00 -
The Blue Stars (French singing group)
Lita Roza
Eric Delaney Orchestra
ATV Geraldo & His Orchestra 8.30 -
Wednesday 3rd October 1956
AR The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 4th October 1956
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason with Malcolm Mitchell and his Trio
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 8.00 -
Audrey Jeans
Friday 5th October 1956
BBC Henry Hall's Guest Night
The Hedley Ward Trio
Eula Parker -
BBC Edna Savage 9.15 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Crazy Gang 8.30 -
The Crazy Gang do a Teddy Boy routine
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 6th October 1956
BBC The Norman Wisdom Show 9.00 -
Marion Keene
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Johnnie and Roy
Vincent Hill
Ray Burns
June Forrest
Joan Small
ABC Time For Rhythm 4.02 -
content unknown
ATV Young and Foolish 9.00 -
Jack Parnell
Michael Holliday
Sunday 7th October 1956
BBC Contrasts
Robert Farnon
Edmund Hockridge -
Vanessa Lee -
ABC Number Please 3.02 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Alma Cogan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Al Martino
Ronnie Hilton
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
The Coronets -
Monday 8th October 1956
BBC Stories for Scallywags
Shirley Abicair
AR Be My Guest 7.16 -
Barbara Lyon with the Steve Race group
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer)
The Alberts
Max Geldray
Tuesday 9th October 1956
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.00 -
Petula Clark
AR Steve Race Introduces A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs of Cole Porter
Wednesday 10th October 1956
BBC The Yana Show 9.00 -
Yana
Ronnie Carroll
Stephane Grappelli
Thursday 11th October 1956
BBC Frankie Howerd 7.50 -
Shani Wallis
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason with Malcolm Mitchell and is Trio
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Friday 12th October 1956
BBC Edna Savage 9.45 -
BBC A-
Larry Adler
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 13th October 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
Marion Ryan
Teresa Waters
Harry Dawson
Bob Oliver's Square Dance Team
ABC Time For Rhythm 4.02 -
content unknown
ATV Young and Foolish 9.00 -
Jack Parnell
Michael Holliday
Sunday 14th October 1956
ABC Bring A Record 3.02 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Liberace
The Beverley Sisters
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Jo Searle
David Hughes
Ronnie Carroll
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Monday 15th October 1956
BBC Election of Miss World 1956 9.30 -
Marion Keene with Group One
BBC Off The Record 10.00 -
Joan Regan – Gone
Jimmy Young
Johnny Dankworth
Kenneth McKellar
Mandy Miller
Tommy Steele
The Three Professors (three members of the production team including Dennis Wilson)
Jimmy Young (replacing Malcolm Vaughan)
AR Be My Guest 7.16 -
Barbara Lyon with The Steve Race Group
AR A Show Called Fred 9.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer)
The Alberts
Max Geldray
Tuesday 16th October 1956
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 8.15 -
Vera Lynn
The Keynotes
ATV Noele Gordon's Teatime 4.30 -
Harry Dawson
AR It’s Song Time 7.16 -
Charles Trenet
Wednesday 17th October 1956
BBC Yana
Stephane Grappelli
AR The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 18th October 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 8.00 -
Billy Daniels
Friday 19th October 1956
BBC Edna Savage 9.15 -
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 20th October 1956
BBC Saturday Night Out 8.30 -
contents unknown
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV The Music Shop 3.00 -
Bob Oliver's Square Dance Team
Don Rennie
Glenda Gould
ABC Time For Rhythm 4.02 -
content unknown
ATV Young and Foolish 9.00 -
Jack Parnell
Michael Holliday
Sunday 21st October 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date 2.00 -
Janie Marden -
ABC Number Please 3.02 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show: The Jay Jay Recording Company 10.00 -
Mike Shaun -
Monday 22nd October 1956
BBC The Festival Of British Popular Songs 9.15 -
Petula Clark and Laurie Payne – Wibbly Wobbly Moon
Ronnie Carroll & Semprini – For You And Me
Shirley Abicair & Bill McGuffie – Little Ship
Dennis Lotis & The Keynotes – Everybody Falls In Love With Someone (sung in the qualifiers by Johnny Brandon)
Carole Carr & Max Jaffa – No Love Could Be
Jean Campbell & Lester Ferguson – Cloudy Moon
AR Be My Guest 7.16 -
Barbara Lyons with The Steve Race Group
AR Son Of Fred 9.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer)
The Alberts
Max Geldray
Tuesday 23rd October 1956
BBC Billy Cotton calls Wakey Wakey! 7.30 -
The Billy Cotton Band Show
ATV Tea With Noel Gordon 4.30 -
Ray Burns
ATV Geraldo & His Orchestra 8.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 24th October 1956
BBC The Yana Show 9.15 -
Ronnie Carroll
ATV Lunch Box 12.30 -
Ray Burns
Harry Dawson
Thursday 25th October 1956
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Rosemary Squires
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
AR The Lady Ratlings on Parade Again 8.00
Ivy Benson
Friday 26th October 1956
BBC A-
Irving Berlin -
BBC Edna Savage 9.15 -
Dennis Lotis
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 27th October 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Time For Rhythm 4.04 -
The Peter Groves Trio
ATV Young and Foolish 9.00 -
Jack Parnell
Michael Holliday
Sunday 28th October 1956
ABC Bring A Record 3.02 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Ray Burns
Shirley Bassey
The Maple Leaf Four
Billy McCormack
Monday 29th October 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Ruby Murray – True Love
Frankie Vaughan – Green Door
Norrie Paramour
The Johnston Brothers
Inia te Wiata
The Basil and Ivor Kirchin Band -
Joan Small -
AR The Monday Club 4.00 -
Bob Harvey -
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs of Harold Arlen
AR Son Of Fred 9.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer)
The Alberts
Max Geldray
Tuesday 30th October 1956
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Geraldo & His Orchestra 8.30 -
Wednesday 31st October 1956
BBC Vic Oliver Presents 9.45 -
Ronnie Hilton
BBC Cabaret 10.45 -
Organised for the Roosevelt Memorial Fund
Petula Clark
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 1st November 1956
BBC Music For You 10.45 pm -
Luia del Parana and his Los Paraguyos
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 8.00 -
Michael Holliday
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Friday 2nd November 1956
BBC Edna Savage 9.15 -
Edna Savage -
AR Friday Night 8.30 -
Patachou
AR The Ted Heath Story 10.00 -
From TV Times "The true story in words, pictures and music of the adventures of a band; a story of the glamour, gaiety, heartbreak and hard work that have gone into the making of one of the finest bands in the world. Told by Ted Heath with guest stars and personalities who have featured in the band's history".
Saturday 3rd November 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Fan Club 4.02 -
Hosted by David Hughes
Lita Roza
Alma Warren
ABC Salute To Yorkshire 7.00 -
Celebrating the opening of the Elmley Moor transmitter, bringing ITA to Yorkshire
Dickie Valentine (in London)
Ruby Murray (in London)
Jack Parnell & His Orchestra (in London)
Joan Regan (from Leeds Town Hall)
Joe Loss and his orchestra (from Leeds Town Hall)
ABC Cabaret Time 10.15 -
Ruby Murray with Joe Loss and his orchestra at Leeds Town Hall
ABC Time For Rhythm (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
The Peter Groves Trio
Sunday 4th November 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date 2.00 -
Eddie Calvert
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
A Royal Command Performance preview show. The Royal show itself was cancelled due to the "international situation" but was rehearsed
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Lorrae Desmond
Monday 5th November 1956
AR Steve Race Introduces A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs of Jerome Kern
AR Son Of Fred 9.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer)
The Alberts
Max Geldray
Tuesday 6th November 1956
BBC Billy Cotton's Band 7.30 -
Billy Cotton Band
AR It's Song Time 7.16 -
Bob Harvey
ATV Geraldo & His Orchestra 8.30 -
Wednesday 7th November 1956
BBC The Yana Show 8.45 -
Yana
Thursday 8th November 1956
BBC A Man from the Sun 9.00 -
Drama featuring Cy Grant as Alvin
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
The show's new host is Desmond O’Connor
Marion Ryan
Friday 9th November 1956
BBC A-
Alma Cogan
Petula Clark
BBC Edna Savage 9.15 -
BBC Show Band Show (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Rosemary Squires
AR The Ted Heath Story 10.00 -
Ted Heath & His Band
Saturday 10th November 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
Tony Brent
ABC Fan Club 4.04 -
David Hughes
Sunday 11th November 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Shirley Bassey sings 'the song that made the star'
BBC House Magazine
Ronnie Harris & Petula Clark -
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Rockin' The Town review part one
Alma Cogan
Winifed Atwell
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Monday 12th November 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.30 -
Jackie Lee
David Hughes – A Different World
Lionel Hampton interview
Terry-
Petula Clark
David Hughes
Tony Brent
Frank Weir
Jackie Lee
Vic Lewis and his Orchestra
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs of Ray Noble
Tuesday 13th November 1956
BBC Vera Lynn 7.20 -
Vera Lynn
Wednesday 14th November 1956
AR The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 15th November 1956
BBC The Story of Ivor Novello 8.30 -
Elisabeth Welch, plus many artists who had worked with Novello
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Desmond O'Connor
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 9.00 -
Anne Shelton
Friday 16th November 1956
BBC Carole Carr 9.15 – 9.30 pm
Carole Carr
AR The Ted Heath Story 10.00 -
Ted Heath and his band
Victor Feldman
Saturday 17th November 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Host Edwards says that the show is getting about a thousand postcards a week
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Fan Club 4.04 -
Lorrae Desmond
Sunday 18th November 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date 2.00 -
'The Song that Made the Star' with Shirley Bassey
BBC Children’s Television: Songs and Stories for Scallywags
Shirley Abicair
BBC Music at Ten Present Contrasts 10.00 -
Robert Farnon
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ABC Number Please
Michael Holliday
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Rockin' The Town review part two
Alma Cogan
Winifred Atwell
Harry Secombe
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Eve Boswell (cancelled)
Joan Regan (replacing Eve Boswell)
Ray Burns
Harry Dawson
Ronnie Harris
The Keynotes
The Victor Feldman Quartet
Tuesday 20th November 1956
BBC Billy Cotton calls Wakey Wakey! 7.30 -
The Billy Cotton Band Show
BBC Larry Adler 9.05 – 9.15 pm
Wednesday 21st November 1956
BBC The Yana Show 8.45 -
The show gets a re-
Yana
Kenny Baker
Ronnie Carroll
Thursday 22nd November 1956
BBC After Dinner -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Friday 23rd November 1956
BBC A-
D -
BBC Carole Carr 9.15 -
AR The Ted Heath Story 10.00 -
Ted Heath
Jack Parnell
Saturday 24th November 1956
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Fan Club 4.04 -
Ray Ellington
ATV Val Parnell Spectacular: The Max Bygraves Story 9.00 -
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
Sunday 25th November 1956
ABC Number Please 3.00 -
Elena Siutsi (Italian singer)
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Johnnie Ray – Just Walking In The Rain
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Glen Mason
Paddie O'Neil
Edna Savage
The Tanner Sisters -
Lita Roza
The Hedley Ward Trio
Robert Earl
Ronnie Aldrich
Monday 26th November 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.30 -
Max Bygraves -
Shirley Abicair -
Dickie Henderson -
Dorothy Squires -
The Four Jones -
Ronnie Harris -
The Victor Feldman Quintet -
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs of Jerome Kern sung by Lucille Mapp
Tuesday 27th November 1956
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
The Keynotes
ATV Teatime on Tuesday 4.00 -
By These Songs, You Shall Know Them (a musical feature in miniature to entertain the housewife)
Teresa Waters
Wednesday 28th November 1956
AR The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 29th November 1956
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell Startime 9.00 -
Danny Blond -
Lester Furguson
Shirley Eaton (probably as a singer)
Friday 30th November 1956
BBC Carole Carr 8.45 -
Carole Carr -
AR The Ted Heath Story 10.00 -
Ted Heath
Lita Roza and Alma Warren – My Sister and I (Roza and Warren are sisters in real life)
Saturday 1st December 1956
BBC The Laugh's On Us 10.00 -
Susan Lane (singer)
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Fan Record Club 4.04 -
content unknown
ITP for ATV and ABC Val Parnell's Saturday Spectacular: The Johnnie Ray Show 9.00
-
Johnnie Ray
Joan Regan
Johnnie Ray and Joan Regan – Walking My Baby Back Home
Sunday 2nd December 1956
BBC Let's Make A Date 2.00 -
Benny Lee -
ABC Number Please
The Denny Boyce Orchestra
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV About religion 7.00 -
Is It All Rock N Roll?
Father George Potter of Peckham talks to a group of Teddy boys and girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
The Daily Mirror Disc Festival
Max Bygraves
Winifred Atwell
Eddie Calvert
Alma Cogan
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
Ted Heath & His Music
Ronnie Hilton
Ruby Murray
Anne Shelton
The Stargazers
Dickie Valentine
David Whitfield
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
The show will be re-
Glen Mason
Paddie O´Neil
Joan Savage
Frankie Vaughan
Rosemary Squires
The Kentones
Desmond 'Penny Whistle Man' Lane
The Tony Kinsey Quintet
Monday 3rd December 1956
BBC The Frankie Howerd Show 7.45 -
Joan Regan
BBC Annual Dinner of Concert Artists’ Association 8.30 – 10.00 pm
contents unknown
Tuesday 4th December 1956
BBC Billy Cotton calls Wakey Wakey! 7.45 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Wednesday 5th December 1956
BBC The Yana Show 9.15 -
Stephane Grappelli
Thursday 6th December 1956
BBC Great Scott It's Maynard 8.15 -
Patti Lewis
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason and the Les Baker Quartet
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
AR Alfred Marks Time 9.00 -
Lucille Mapp
Friday 7th December 1956
BBC A-
Ray Ellington
AR The Ted Heath Story 10.00 -
Ted Heath
? Show Band Style (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Sheila Buxton
Saturday 8th December 1956
BBC Saturday Night Out 8.00 -
Broadcast from the Cote d'Azure Club, Frith Street, London
Leslie Weeks and his band
Lesil Southern
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Fan Record Club 4.04 -
Eve Boswell
Sunday 9th December 1956
ABC Number Please 3.00 -
Shirley Ryan
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
This was a charity edition organised for the Spastics Charity organisation, raising £3000 and becoming the first charity fund raiser on British television. The show featured artists from France and Britain in a presentation called Constellation.
Vera Lynn
Denis Lotis
Eve Boswell
Patachou
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Sheila Buxton
Anne Shelton
Dennis Lotis
Kenny Baker
Monday 10th December 1956
BBC Off The Record 9.30 -
The Goons (possibly just Milligan and Sellers) – The Ying Tong Song
Eve Boswell
Ronnie Ronalde
Julie Dawn
Desmond Lane
The Barrie Sisters
Terry Burton
The Vipers Skiffle Group
Tuesday 11th December 1956
BBC Airmen Of Note 7.15 -
The United States Air Force Dance Band
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 8.45 -
Vera Lynn – My Son My Son
Eddie Calvert
Wednesday 12th December 1956
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Thursday 13th December 1956
BBC Children's Hour: Trayful of Trouble
Morris and Mitch (Marty Feldman seems to have left the group)
BBC The Petula Clark Show 7.15 -
Petula Clark
The Five Dallas Boys (Romeos of Rhythm who join Petula as her 'Boy Friends of the Week')
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan, Ken Platt
ATV Val Parnell’s Startime 9.00 -
Shirley Bassey
Donald Peers
Lonnie Donegan
Friday 14th December 1956
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Filmed at The Palais, Hammersmith, London
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 15th December 1956
BBC Saturday Night Out 8.00 -
Rock n roll in Purley and Paris hosted by Robin Scott and Alesandre Tarta
The Denny Boyce Orchestra play at the Orchid Ballroom, Purley, while cameras went to the St Germain area of Paris
Colin Day (singer in the Purley section)
BBC The Dave King Show 8.30 -
The start of the series had to be postponed due to King’s illness
Leigh Madison (singer)
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Fan Club 4.04 -
Ronnie Hilton
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The David Whitfield Show 9.00 -
David Whitfield
Sunday 16th December 1956
BBC The Midland Light Orchestra 2.30 -
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell Presents Sunday Night At The Prince Of Wales Theatre 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
Shani Wallis
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Eve Boswell
Tommy Fields
Dorothy Squires
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Tommy Steele
Ronnie Ronalde
Monday 17th December 1956
BBC Edmondo Ros Show 7.15 -
BBC Panorama
Louis Armstrong
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
Hosted by Steve Race
The songs of Vincent Youmans
Lucille Mapp
Tuesday 18th December 1956
BBC Billy Cotton calls Wakey Wakey! 8.15 -
Max Bygraves
Wednesday 19th December 1956
BBC Christmas Crackerjack
Shirley Abicair
BBC The Yana Show 8.00 -
Ronnie Carroll
Thursday 20th December 1956
BBC The Petula Clark Show 7.15 -
Petula Clark
BBC Great Scott It's Maynard 7.45 -
The Hedley Ward Trio
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Friday 21st December 1956
BBC A-
Morton Frasier’s Harmonica Gang
AR The Deep River Boys 10.15 -
The Deep River Boys
Saturday 22nd December 1956
BBC Saturday Night Out 7.30 -
From the Cabaret De Lido, Paris
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Fan Club 4.04 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell's Saturday Spectacular: The Harry Secombe Show 9.00 -
Harry Secombe
Sunday 23rd December 1956
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
David Hughes
Janie Marden
Marie Benson
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 24th December 1956 Christmas Eve
BBC Off The Record 10.00 -
Anne Shelton
Alma Cogan
Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
Jill Day
Tommy Steele
ATV A Bonus For Christmas 7.05 -
Max Bygraves in acting role. The play had originally been written by Bygraves’ 13 year old daughter Christine, who was paid £50 in premium bonds for it.
Wednesday 26th December 1956 Boxing Day
BBC Beauty and The Beast 7.40 -
David Hughes (plays a sailor)
ATV Mantovani and His Orchestra 9.30 -
AR It’s Song Time 10.30 -
David Hughes
ITN News 10.46 -
Pat Boone interview
Thursday 27th December 1956
BBC The Petula Clark Show 7.15 -
BBC Max Bygraves 7.45 -
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
ATV Fancy Free 4.00 -
Glen Mason
The Les Baker Quartet
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs of Franz Lehar
singers -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
David Whitfield
Betty Driver
Cherry Wainer
Friday 28th December 1956
AR Palais Party 10.00 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 29th December 1956
BBC Saturday Night Out 8.00 -
Joe Loss
Lonnie Donegan
BBC The Eamon Andrews Show 8.30 -
Yana
Jill Day
Skiffle group made up of Dick Bentley, Eric Robinson and Alan Melville
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Hosted by Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ABC Fan Club 4.04 -
Jimmy Young
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Show 9.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Sunday 30th December 1956
ABC Number Please 3.00 -
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Pat Boone (fifteen minute set)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Ronnie Carroll
Lee Lawrence -
Barbara Lyon
Marion Keene
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neill
Monday 31st December 1956
BBC Secombe’s Year 8.30 -
Harry Secombe
Alma Cogan
The Coronets
BBC New Year Greetings 12.15 am -
The Chelsea Arts Ball
Humphrey Lyttelton
Sid Phillips
Ted Heath
AR Cool For Cats 7.16 -
From TV Times "An intimate record programme in which Ker Robertson brings viewers the hits and near hits, the songs, music and stories of the people who make discs a £25,000,000 a year business."
Tony Brent
ITN News 10.46 -
Footage of young people jiving at a rock and roll club
ITV New Year’s Eve Party 11.30 pm -
From the Trocadero, London
Shirley Bassey
The Gitson Sisters (singing trio)
also this year...
ITV Silvikrin adverts
Alma Cogan, Lita Roza, Joan Regan, Jill Day all perform the jingle