TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1957
Tuesday 1st January 1957
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.45 -
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 – 7.30 pm
The songs of Richard Rodgers, sung by Gillian Moran
ATV Val Parnell’s New Year Star Time 8.30 -
Pat Boone
The Kaye Sisters
AR A Stranger In Town 10.00 -
Zach Matalon (singer)
The Ronnie Cass Quartet
Wednesday 2nd January 1957
BBC Show Band Parade 8.00 -
Matt Monro
Winifred Atwell – Garden of Eden, plus medleys
Janie Marden
The Hedley Ward Trio
The Stargazers
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 3rd January 1957
BBC The Petula Clark Show 7.15 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
AR Jack Hylton presents Alfred Marks Time 9.00 -
Ray Ellington
Friday 4th January 1957
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
Stephane Grappelli
AR Meet Ronnie Ronalde 7.16 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents Friday Night 8.30 -
Patachou
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
It was the intention to have a jazz band contest, but the Musicians Union refused
permission for it to be televised, so it would take place post-
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
Steve Martin
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 5th January 1957
BBC The Benny Hill Show 8.30 -
Pia Beck (Dutch singer/pianist)
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 – 3.45 pm
Jerry Allen & His Trio (regulars)
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 9.00 -
Anne Shelton – Man on the March
ATV Starlight Roof 10.15 -
Donald Peers
Sunday 6th January 1957
ABC Bid For Fame 3.45 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Pantomime: The Wonderful Lamp
no-
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Bert Weedon
Monday 7th January 1957
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Shirley Bassey
Frankie Vaughan
Barbara Lyon
Don Lang
Joe Lynch
Lynne Allison
Ted Heath and his Music
AR Cool For Cats 7.16 – 7.30 pm (listed as "Records" in newspapers)
Host: Ker Robertson
Tommy Steele with his mum and Decca promotion man Bob Crabb
Records featured -
Tuesday 8th January 1957
BBC Sunshine Trip
Kitza Kazacos
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs of Sigmund Romberg sung by Joan Downey
Thursday 10th January 1957
BBC The Petula Clark Show 7.30 -
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Tommy Steele
Friday 11th January 1957
BBC Children's Television: Jazz Club
Humphrey Lyttelton
AR Meet Ronnie Ronalde 7.16 -
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 12th January 1957
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen & His Trio (regulars)
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: Eric Sykes 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Starlight Roof 10.15 -
Donald Peers
Sunday 13th January 1957
ABC Bid For Fame 3.45 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon (was a regular on the show)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Eartha Kitt – What More Is There To Say, An Englishman Takes Time, Old Fashioned Girl
Earle and Vaughan
Joan Heal -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Danny Purches -
Monday 14th January 1957
AR Cool For Cats 7.16 -
content unknown
Tuesday 15th January 1957
AR Stranger In Town 10.00 -
The Ronnie Cass Quintet
Wednesday 16th January 1957
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 17th January 1957
BBC The Petula Clark Show 7.20 -
Petula Clark
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.20 -
The songs Harry Warren sung by Pamala-
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Friday 18th January 1957
BBC Musical Nightcap 10.45 pm -
Michael Holliday
AR Meet Ronnie Ronalde 7.16 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Music Box 8.30 – 9.00 pm
Ivy Benson
Bud Flanagan
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 19th January 1957
BBC The Ted Ray Show
Maxine Daniels
Jill Day
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen & His Trio (regulars)
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Starlight Roof 10.15 -
Donald Peers
Sunday 20th January 1957
BBC Talk Of Many Things
Stephan Golmann -
BBC New Festival of British Songs
Edna Savage
ABC Bid For Fame
The Bluenotes
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Dickie Valentine – in mime sketch about a bridegroom
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neill
Lita Roza
Don Lang
The Johnson Brothers
Monday 21st January 1957
BBC Off The Record 9.15 -
Regimental Sgt Major Brittain -
Vera Lynn
Eddie Calvert
Lee Lawrence
Michael Holliday
Billie Anthony
Gerry Brereton
George Melly with Mick Mulligan and his Band
AR Cool For Cats 7.16 -
content unknown
Tuesday 22nd January 1957
BBC Festival Of British Popular Song 7.45 -
The winning song will represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. As with the previous festival the identities of the composers will not be revealed until the end of the contest
Dennis Lotis & The Keynotes -
Liza Roza & Stan Roderick -
Janie Marden
Marion Ryan
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs of George Gershwin sung by Lucille Mapp
ATV Mantovani's Orchestra 8.30-
AR Stranger In Town 10.00 -
Ronald Cass Orchestra
Wednesday 23rd January 1957
BBC Rooftop 8.00 -
Kay Porter
Thursday 24th January 1957
BBC Go Round Merry 7.15 -
Shirley Abicair
Humphrey Lyttelton and The Coronets
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Anne Shelton – St Theresa of the Roses (a song which was banned by the BBC)
Friday 25th January 1957
AR Meet Ronnie Ronalde 7.16 -
AR This Week 9.00 -
Eartha Kitt interview
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 26th January 1957
BBC The Eamonn Andrews Show 8.30 -
Ruby Murray – See You Later Alligator
Frankie Vaughan -
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen & His Trio (regulars)
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The David Whitfield Show 9.00 – 9.45 pm
David Whitfield
Sunday 27th January 1957
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Slater's Bazzaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Eartha Kitt
Tommy Steele -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Dennis Lotis
The Keytones
Annette Klooger
Ronnie Scott
Lynne Allison
Glen Mason
Joan Savage and Paddie O'Neil
Monday 28th January 1957
AR Cool For Cats 7.16 -
content unknown
Tuesday 29th January 1957
BBC Festival Of British Popular Song 7.45 -
Patricia Bredin -
Jill Day
Ronnie Hilton
Edna Savage
Bryan Johnson
Lorrae Desmond
Frank Horrox
AR Stranger In Town 10.00 -
Ronald Cass Orchestra
Wednesday 30th January 1957
BBC broadcast a colour television NTSC / 405 line test transmission featuring singers
Cy Grant who performed a song about colour television and Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
and Carole Carr -
BBC The Show Band Show 8.00 -
Bing Crosby – sings songs from High Society (due to appear by radiophone from Hollywood the previous week, but it wasn’t ready until after the show had finished)
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 31st January 1957
BBC A BBC Colour Test Transmission
Black and white repeat of previous day’s show. These tests will continue throughout the year.
BBC Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band and The Coronets 7.15 -
Go Round Merry was due to be broadcast, but host Shirley Abicair had been involved in a car accident
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Granada TV Playhouse: Guest At The House 8.00 -
Play, with Petula Clark as Evelyn a semi-
AR Jack Hylton presents Alfred Marks Time 9.00 -
Ray Ellington Quartet
Lonnie Donegan -
Friday 1st February 1957
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
I -
BBC Elton Hayes 10.00 -
AR Cherry Wainer 7.20 -
AR Meet Ronnie Ronalde 7.20 -
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Music Box 8.30 -
With The Crazy Gang
Bryan Johnson
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 2nd February 1957
BBC Fun Book 4.55 -
The 'Fun Book' Skiffle Group
BBC Jazz Saturday Night at the Royal Albert Hall 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Humphrey Lyttelton
Cy Laurie
Beryl Bryden
George Melly
Ken Rattenbury
BBC The Benny Hill Show 9.00 -
Susan Denny -
The Stargazers -
Kenny Baker -
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
ABC Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Joan Edwards
ABC Bonanza 9.00 -
One of several Saturday night musical features that ABC broadcast. Despite the £4000 budget for each show they attract a small audience and are quickly dropped. This was a musical drama.
Sunday 3rd February 1957
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Eve Boswell
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Jimmy Young
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Sabrina -
Tony Brent
Eula Parker
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neill
Monday 4th February 1957
BBC Off The Record 8.45 -
Jack Payne introduces
Winifred Atwell
Ronnie Hilton
Ronnie Carroll
Edna Savage
Jimmy Parkinson
Rose Brennan
Mike Shaun
The Eric Delaney Band
AR Cool For Cats 7.16 -
content unknown
Tuesday 5th February 1957
BBC The Festival Of Popular British Songs 7.45 -
Carole Carr
Shirley Eaton
Bill Maynard
The Kentones
AR Strangers In Town
Ronald Cass Orchestra
ITN News 10.46 -
Bill Haley interview after arriving at Southampton dock
Thursday 7th February 1957
BBC Go Round Merry 7.30 -
Shirley Abicair
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Coronets
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 8th February 1957
BBC Children’s Television: Jazz Club
Kenny Baker's Half-
AR Meet Ronnie Ronalde 7.16 -
AR Jack Hylton Music Box 8.30 -
Ivy Benson
Leslie Sarony
Luigi Infantino (Italian tenor)
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 9th February 1957
BBC Fun Book
The 'Fun Book' Skiffle Group
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 3.00 -
Jerry Allen & His Trio (regulars)
Joyce Clark (singer)
ATV Magic In The Air 5.00 -
The Les Baker Quartet
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 9.00 -
Alma Cogan
Sunday 10th February 1957
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Guy Mitchell
The Beverley Sisters
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Eve Boswell
Dick James
Ronnie Hilton
The Kaye Sisters
The King Brothers
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 11th February 1957
AR Cool For Cats 7.16 -
content unknown
Tuesday 12th February 1957
BBC The Festival Of British Popular Song 7.45 -
Dennis Lotis & The Keynotes -
Liza Roza & Stan Roderick -
Patricia Bredin -
Ronnie Hilton
Frank Weir
Eric Robinson
Stanley Black
Frank Chacksfield
AR Stranger In Town 10.00 -
Ronald Cass Orchestra
Wednesday 13th February 1957
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 14th February 1957
BBC Go Round Merry 7.15 -
Shirley Abicair
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Coronets
Granada A Date With Don 4.00 -
The Les Baker Quartet
AR A Man Wrote A Song 7.16 -
The songs Harry Warren sung by Pamala-
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Friday 15th February 1957
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
J for Jazz
The Johnston Brothers
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Dill Jones
AR Meet Ronnie Ronalde 7.16 -
AR Jack Hylton’s Music Box 8.30 -
Shirley Ryan
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 16th February 1957
The so-
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Michael Holliday
Kenny Baker and His Dozen
The King Brothers
Pouishnoff (classical pianist)
Don't Knock The Rock -
Report on jazz clubs in Paris
BBC Dixon of Dock Green 7.30 -
Uriel Porter (West Indian born singer) playing a dope smuggler
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.30 -
Larry Adler
BBC In A Dancing Mood 10.00 -
The Denny Boyce Orchestra
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Joan Edwards
ATV Musical Cheers 4.15 -
Jerry Allen & His Trio (regulars)
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Guy Mitchell Show 9.00 – 10.00 pm
Guy Mitchell
Jill Day
ABC Bid For Fame 6.20 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
Barbara Helliwell (singer/dancer)
An unknown skiffle trio appeared
Sunday 17th February 1957
BBC Contrasts 10.00 -
Kevin Scott (American singer)
Robert Farnon
Vanessa Lee
Edmund Hockridge
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Mitchell Torok
Morecambe and Wise perform a sketch about how they imagined rock n roll began
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
David Whitfield
Ronnie Carroll
The Four Jones Boys
Maxine Daniels
Rose Brennan
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 18th February 1957
BBC Tonight 6.00 -
jazz clips from Paris
BBC Monday Melody 6.45 -
Barbara Lyon
Victor Labati and The Longshoremen
BBC Off The Record 9.30 -
An estimated eight million people watched this show according to BBC Audience Research
Line Renauld
Jimmy Young
Inia te Wiata
Dennis Lotis
Suzi Miller
Ken MacKintosh and his orchestra
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
From now on the show will be networked by ITV
Eula Parker
Tuesday 19th February 1957
BBC Edmondo Ros and his Orchestra 6.45 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Make Way For Tomorrow 6.00 -
A report on Teddy boys
AR Girl With A Date 10.00 -
Dennis Lotis
Wednesday 20th February 1957
BBC unknown show
The Paradise Hawaiians
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Granada Play Of The Week: Home Of The Brave 8.00 -
Cy Grant
Thursday 21st February 1957
BBC Go Round Merry 7.30 -
Shirley Abicair
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Coronets
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Yana
AR Let's Get Together (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Disc request show
Friday 22nd February 1957
BBC Children's Television
Tommy Reilly (harmonica player)
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
Nat Temple
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AT Jack Hylton Presents The Robert Dherry Show 8.30 -
Paris Music Hall
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 23rd February 1957
BBC Fun Book
The 'Fun Book' Skiffle Group
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Dennis Lotis
Mick Mulligan and his Magnolia Jazzband
Denny Boyce and his band (with vocalist June Robinson)
Michael John
George Brown (Calypso singer)
BBC The Eamonn Andrews Show 8.00 -
David Hughes
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 -
Joan Edwards
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Howerd Crowd 9.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 24th February 1957
ATV Liberace 4.15 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Raymond Cooney plays a rock and roll schoolboy
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
The Stargazers
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Tommy Steele
Edmund Hockridge
The Bob Cort Skiffle Group
Sheila Buxton
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Maxine Daniels
Monday 25th February 1957
BBC Monday Melody 6.45 -
Lorrae Desmond
Michael Holliday
Harriott and Evans
Dudley Savage
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband
Leon Cochran Quintet
BBC Starlight 8.30 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 26th February 1957
BBC Mostly Maynard (Bill Maynard) 9.00 -
The Keytones
Patti Lewis
The Roy Marsh Trio
Wednesday 27th February 1957
BBC The Show Band Parade 8.15 -
Cyril Stapleton
Vera Lynn
Patrick O'Hagan (singer)
Maurice Allen (playing a plexi glass piano)
Bill Haley presented with commemorative disc for Rock Around The Clock backstage
at the Gaumont State theatre in a pre-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
ATV possibly Lunch Box
The Worley Quartet (close harmony group)
Thursday 28th February 1957
BBC Go Round Merry 7.30 -
Shirley Abicair
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Coronets
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
AR Alfred Mark's Time 9.00 -
Danny Purches
Ray Ellington Quartet
Lucille Mapp
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.00 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Friday 1st March 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC A-
Eartha Kitt
Anton Karas
Kay Cavendish – speaks about the BBC’s ban on her song ‘I’ve Fallen In Love With A Small Dark Gentleman’
Stan Kenton
the songs of Jerome Kern
AR Jack Hylton Music Box 8.30 -
George Formby
Maggie Fitzgibbon
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 2nd March 1957
BBC Fun Book
The 'Fun Book' Skiffle Group
BBC The Six-
This is probably the show where Jack Good hired a Bill Haley look alike to appear in the studio, but not to participate.
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Tommy Steele and His Steelmen (first of four booked appearances)
Russ Henderson & His Steel Band
Michael John
BBC The Benny Hill Show 8.45 -
Susan Denny
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 am -
Joan Edwards
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ABC Bid For Fame 6.20 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ABC The Girl Friend 9.00 -
A rock and roll treatment of the 1927 musical with Lita Roza and Dennis Lotis
Sunday 3rd March 1957
BBC Eurovision Song Contest 8.00 -
UK entry:
ATV Mantovani and his new music 4.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Gary Crosby – Noah Found Grace In The Arms Of The Lord, The Nearness of You, The Birth of the Blues
Morton Frazer Harmonica Gang
Olga James (singer in movie Carmen Jones)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Ruby Murray
Desmond Lane -
Suzi Miller -
The Mike McKenzie Trio
Victor Labati
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 4th March 1957
BBC Monday Melody 6.45 -
Hosted by Lee Lawrence
Cleo Laine
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
BBC Off The Record 9.30 -
Norman Wisdom
The Beverley Sisters
Gisela Griffel
Edmondo Ros
Lorrae Desmond
Bob Harvey
Don Rennie
Patti Lewis
Ronnie Aldrich and the Squadronaires
Tuesday 5th March 1957
BBC Mostly Maynard 8.15 -
The Kentones
Wednesday 6th March 1957
BBC Mainly For Women Your Own Time 3.00 -
The Four Ramblers
BBC At Home 7.50 -
Vera Lynn
ITN News 10.46 -
Lord Kitchener (Calypso) interview about independence for Ghana
Thursday 7th March 1957
BBC The Jill Day Show 7.30 -
Jill Day (Day had also written the script for the show)
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Gary Crosby
Olga James
The Kaye Sisters
Friday 8th March 1957
BBC Children’s Television
Jazz Club
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Robert Dherry Show 8.30 -
Paris circus
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 9th March 1957
BBC Fun Book
The 'Fun Book' Skiffle Group
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Tommy Steele and his Steelmen
The Vipers' Skiffle Group
Big Bill Broonzy
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
Dennis Lotis
The Southlanders
BBC The Dave King Show 8.00 -
Yana
Leigh Madison
The Four Jones Boys
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 am -
Joan Edwards
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: Max Bygraves Show 8.30 -
Skiffle group Max Bygraves (guitar), Peter Sellers (drums), Eric Sykes (bass) – An Old Shanty in Old Shanty Town
Sunday 10th March 1957
ATV Mantovani and his new music 4.30 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Paris variety special
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Lita Roza
The Johnson Bros
The Three Deuces
Norma Evans
Ray Burns
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 11th March 1957
BBC Monday Melody 6.45 -
Kenneth McKellar in A Song For Everyone
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.40 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 12th March 1957
BBC Mostly Maynard 7.30 -
Shirley Eaton
BBC The Jazz Age 9.30 -
an American view of the roaring twenties
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
Wednesday 13th March 1957
BBC Call Boy 8.15 -
Alma Cogan
Gary Miller
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 14th March 1957
BBC The Jill Day Show 7.30 -
Jill Day
The Johnny Pearson Trio (resident group)
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
AR Cool For Cats 7.15 -
Kent Walton had appeared on quiz show Answers Please earlier in the evening and greeted
the Cats' audience with "Hello; I'm back again, with a change of jacket, a change
of tie, but -
content unknown
Granada Pay Attention 7.30 -
Marion Ryan, Glen Mason
AR The Lady Rattlings On Parade 9.00 -
Joan Turner
Friday 15th March 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
Granada Jazz From Manchester 6.00 -
content unknown
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 16th March 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Tommy Steele and His Steelemen
Dennis Lotis
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
The Southlanders
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
Joan Turner
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 am -
Joan Edwards
The Johnson Brothers
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
Dennis Morley -
ITN News 5.45 -
Frankie Lymon interview
ABC Bid For Fame 6.50 -
Quarter finals
Carl Neilson (singer)
Anne Metcalfe (pianist)
Jackie Rea (singer)
The Homesteaders (singing group)
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
Dickie Valentine
The Beverley Sisters
Sunday 17th March 1957
ATV Mantovani and his new music 4.30 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Lonnie Donegan
Pearl Bailey – My Man, Tired (The singer had got her microphone lead caught in the set and went for a wander into the audience and got a member of the audience to dance on stage with her causing the show to run seven minutes late. It was later suggested that she was ill, which had accounted for her missing rehearsals)
Lonnie Donegan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Yana
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Marion Ryan
Audrey Jeans
Jimmy Parkinson
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 18th March 1957
BBC Monday Melody 6.45 -
Janie Marden
Victor Labati
Billy Scott-
The Longshoremen
BBC Off The Record 9.30 -
Kathie Kay
Annette Klooger
Edmund Hockridge
Harry Secombe – Catari Catari
Larry Adler
Malcolm Vaughan
Geraldo and his Orchestra
Tuesday 19th March 1957
BBC Hits and Misses 6.45 -
Dennis Lotis
Sheila Buxton
Thursday 21st March 1957
BBC The Jill Day Show 7.30 -
Jill Day
BBC The Fred Emney Show 8.00 -
Corry Brokken – Just Like Then (Eurovision winner)
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 22nd March 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
content unknown
Saturday 23rd March 1957
BBC Fun Book
The 'Fun Book' Skiffle Group
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Tommy Steele & His Steelemen
Jill Day
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Gorup
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
BBC The Eamonn Andrews Show 8.00 -
Edna Savage
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 am -
Joan Edwards
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ABC Bid For Fame 6.45 -
Quarter finals
The Three Skylarks
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Harry Secombe Show 8.30 -
Harry Secombe
Max Bygraves
Adele Leigh
Adele Leigh & Harry Secombe -
Sunday 24th March 1957
ATV Mantovani and his new music 4.30 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Shani Wallis
The King Brothers
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Max Bygraves
Joan Regan
The Maple Leaf Four
Penny Nicholls
Mike Shaun
Patti Lewis
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neill
Monday 25th March 1957
BBC Monday Melody 6.45 -
Hosted by Jimmy Young
Marion Keene
George Browne
April Olrich
Avon Cities Jazz Band and Skiffle with Ray Bush
The Leon Cochran Quintet with Ron Millington
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Lynn Christie
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.40 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 26th March 1957
BBC Mostly Maynard 8.00 -
Tonia Bern (singer)
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Lynn Christie
Wednesday 27th March 1957
BBC Cyril Stapleton presents The Show Band Parade 8.15 -
Ronnie Hilton
Shelley Moore
The Beverley Sisters
Ronnie Hilton
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Lynn Christie
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 28th March 1957
BBC The Wharf Road Mob 8.30 -
Drama documentary written by Colin Morris about a youth club frequented by teddy boys
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Lynn Christie
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
Friday 29th March 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
Ruby Murray
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Lynn Christie
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Robert Dherry Show 8.30 -
Le Final de Paris
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 30th March 1957
BBC Fun Book
The 'Fun Book' Skiffle Group
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers -
Tommy Steele & His Steelemen
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
The Southlanders
Patti Lewis
Larry Adler
Jimmy Young
Cy Grant
Boscoe Holder
Sheila Clarke
BBC The Benny Hill Show 8.15 -
Edmund Hockridge
June Richmond (American singer)
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 am -
Joan Edwards
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Jewell & Warriss Show 8.30 -
Alma Cogan
Sunday 31st March 1957
ATV Mantovani and his new music 4.25 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Anne Shelton – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Frankie Vaughan – Green Door, Garden of Eden, Cold Cold Shower
The King Brothers
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Eddie Calvert
The Stargazers
Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr
Robert Earl
Ronnie Harris
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 1st April 1957
BBC Monday Melody (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Jimmy Young
Avon Cities Jazz Band
Ray Bush and the Skiffle Group
George Brown (Calypso singer)
BBC The National Ballroom Queen 10.15 -
Joan Regan
AR The Patti Page Show: It's Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page
Tuesday 2nd April 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 3rd April 1957
BBC Rooftop 10.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Thursday 4th April 1957
BBC The Charlie Chester Show 8.00 -
The Hedley Ward Trio
Granada Spot the Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Horace Dargle (jazz)
Dickie Valentine – I Want To Say Hello, All Of You, Chapel of the Roses
Billie Anthony – Pretty Baby
Friday 5th April 1957
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Leon Bell and his Bellcats
Saturday 6th April 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Larry Adler
Jimmy Young
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers -
Cy Laurie
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
BBC The Dave King Show 8.00 -
Yana
The Four Jones Boys
ABC Housewives Call The Tune 9.00 am -
Joan Edwards
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Henderson Show 8.15 -
Actor Charles Hawtrey fell ill during the live broadcast so singer Barney Gilbraith took over
The Tanner Sisters
ABC Teddy Gang 10.45 -
Play written by John Kruse
Sunday 7th April 1957
ATV Mantovani and his new music 4.25 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Ronnie Hilton
Malcolm Vaughan
Lorrae Desmond
Malcolm Mitchell
Margaret Bond
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
ABC Film Box Office 10.30 -
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers -
Monday 8th April 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Answers Please 6.00 -
Guests: Humphrey Lyttelton
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 9th April 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Telerama 9.00 -
an all star show to celebrate the Queen's state visit to France
Ted Heath and his orchestra
Michel LeGrand
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.30 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Wednesday 10th April 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 11th April 1957
BBC The Jill Day Show 6.45 -
Jill Day
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
Friday 12th April 1957
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
the songs of Ivor Novello sung by Vanessa Lee and Denis Martin
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Vic Carter – Rock A Billy
Ronnie Brewster wins the Find The Singer contest
Saturday 13th April 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Chris Barber’s Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Dickie Valentine
Clive Lythgoe
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
Donald Peers
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters
The Song Spinners (Bob Davenport and Ben Marshall)
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ABC Bid For Fame 6.30 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
Eve Boswell
Eve Boswell & Jimmy Logan -
Sunday 14th April 1957
BBC The Winifred Atwell Show 9.30 -
Winifred Atwell
Susan & Valerie Pardoe (singers)
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Rosemary Clooney
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Ruby Murray
David Hughes
Michael Holliday
Patti Lewis
Lucille Mapp
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 15th April 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Julie Dey
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.40 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 16th April 1957
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
Harry Secombe
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Julie Dey
Wednesday 17th April 1957
BBC Vic Oliver: This Is Show Business 9.30 -
Bruce Trent (singer)
BBC Colour Television Test Transmission -
Patti Lewis -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Julie Dey
Thursday 18th April 1957
BBC Colour Television Test Transmission -
Patti Lewis -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Julie Dey
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Alan Dean (ex The Keynotes)
Rosemary Clooney
Friday 19th April 1957 Good Friday
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
Elizabeth Larner -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Julie Dey
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.00 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Saturday 20th April 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Count Basie interview
Tony Crombie and his Rockets with Dickie Bennett
Ronnie Hilton
Graham Stuart and his Jazz Band / Graham Stuart Seven
BBC In Town Tonight
Shirley Bassey
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Rosemary Clooney Show 8.30 – 9.15 pm
Rosemary Clooney
Sunday 21st April 1957 Easter Sunday
BBC Songs For The Asking 3.00 -
Bruce Trent (singer)
Tony Britton
BBC The Winifred Atwell Show 9.30 -
Winifred Atwell
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Johnnie Ray
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Yana
Dennis Lotis
Mitchell Torok
Petula Clark
Kirk Stevens
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 22nd April 1957 Bank Holiday
BBC Beat Up The Town 8.15 -
The theme song was written by Paddy Roberts
Jill Day -
Vanessa Lee -
Jill Day & Vanessa Lee -
The Coronets
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Annette Klloger
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 23rd April 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Annette Klloger
AR Bury Your Hatchet 7.30 -
Patti Lewis (singer from Canada)
Wednesday 24th April 1957
BBC Show Band Parade 9.45 -
The Three Peters Sisters (singing group)
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
The Vipers Skiffle Group
Frank Holder (Calypso singer)
Group One
Leoni Page
BBC Colour Television Test Transmission -
Patti Lewis -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Annette Klloger
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 25th April 1957
BBC The Charlie Chester Show 8.00 -
The Thee Petersen Brothers
BBC The Alma Cogan Show 6.45 -
Alma Cogan
Harry Secombe
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Annette Klloger
Friday 26th April 1957
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
O -
BBC Colour Television Test Transmission -
Patti Lewis -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Annette Klloger
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
Saturday 27th April 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Terry Dene and His Deneagers (also seen as Denemen)
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
Jim Dale
Leon Bell & His Bellcats
The Johnny Lenniz Group
The Petersen Brothers
Jim Arthur (singing ex-
Vera Day
Gerry Mulligan (if he can make it)
BBC The Benny Hill Show 8.00 -
The Tanner Sisters -
Susan Denny
Pia Beck -
Jim Dale
The Thee Petersen Brothers (Zulu songs from South Africa)
Jim Arthur (Policeman turned singer)
Vera Day
Gerry Mulligan (possibly)
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ABC The Joe Loss Show 6.30 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
Dennis Lotis
Howard Keel -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 28th April 1957
BBC The Winifred Atwell Show 9.30 -
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Shirley Bassey
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Lee Lawrence
Barbara Lyon
Billie Anthony
The Kordites
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 29th April 1957
BBC Come Dancing
Ronnie Keene Orchestra with Marion Keene
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Sheila Buxton
Tuesday 30th April 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
Sally Logan (singer)
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
The Western Brothers
BBC Michael Holiday 9.10 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Sheila Buxton
Wednesday 1st May 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Sheila Buxton
Thursday 2nd May 1957
BBC The Alma Cogan Show 6.45 -
Dick Bentley
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Sheila Buxton
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Michael Holliday
Friday 3rd May 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Sheila Buxton
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 4th May 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Josephine Douglas (Peter Murray misses the show due to mumps)
Johnny Dankworth & His Band with Cleo Laine
Rory Blackwell & His Group
Bob Cort and His Skiffle Group
The Johnson Brothers
Lorrae Desmond
Johnny Dankworth
BBC The Jimmy Wheeler Show 8.00 -
Petula Clark
BBC Donald Peers 9.25 -
ABC Variety Showtime 3.00 -
From USAF Base, Burtonwood, Lancashire
content unknown
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
The Thee Petersen Brothers
ABC The Joe Loss Show 6.30 -
Dennis Lotis
ABC Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele & Jack Buchannan -
Sunday 5th May 1957
BBC Circus Boy
American film series starring Mickey Braddock (aka Mickey Dolenz)
BBC The Winifred Atwell Show 9.45 -
Winifred Atwell
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
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 -
Jimmy Young
Jill Day
Marion Ryan
The Three Deuces
Russ Hamilton
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 6th May 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 7th May 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
Wednesday 8th May 1957
BBC Shirley Abicair
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.15 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Thursday 9th May 1957
BBC The Alma Cogan Show 6.45 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan wears her 101st different dress
Marion Ryan – I’ve Got The World On A String
AR Lady Rattlings on Parade 9.00 -
Anne Shelton
AR Girl On A Date 10.00 -
The Burt Twins
Friday 10th May 1957
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
The music of Cole Porter
The Vipers
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
AR Palais Party 10.16 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 11th May 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Denny Boyce & His Band
Desmond Lane
Michael Holliday
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
content unknown
BBC Donald Peers 10.25 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
Shirley Bassey
Edmund Hockridge
Sunday 12th May 1957
BBC The Winifred Atwell Show 9.15 -
Winifred Atwell
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group – Gambling Man, Cumberland Gap
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Slim Whitman
Anne Shelton
Don Lang
Patrick O'Hagen
Kathie Kay
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 13th May 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Tuesday 14th May 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR For Schools: The Ballad Story (1: What is a ballad?) 2.45 -
includes a skiffle reference
Thursday 16th May 1957
BBC The Alma Cogan Show 6.45 -
Her dress gets caught on scenery at one point
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan was due to sing I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles while in a bath full of bubbles, but it didn't fit in with the intended jackpot song, so performed Almost Like Being In Love, but sang it in the bath anyway
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Lita Roza
The Jones Boys
Friday 17th May 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 18th May 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
The Delta Four
Bob Davenport
Ben Marshall
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Harry Walton & His Dixieland Jazzman
Terry Dene & His Deneagers
ABC The Joe Loss Band 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: Gracie Fields Show 8.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 19th May 1957
BBC The Winifred Atwell Show 9.30 -
Winifred Atwell
Marion Ryan
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
TV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
The Platters
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Gracie Fields
Pat Dodd (pianist with Cyril Stapleton)
The King Brothers
Joan Heal
Alan Dean
Ruby Murray
Glen Mason
Monday 20th May 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Shelley Marshall
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 21st May 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
Val Doonican
BBC Vera Lynn 7.55 -
Vera Lynn – True Love, The World Is Mine, Wonderful Copenhagen
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Shelley Marshall
AR For Schools: The Ballad Story (2: Making Your Own Ballads) 2.45 -
Ewan MacColl -
Jimmie McGregor
AR Girl On A Date 10.00 -
Nat Temple
Wednesday 22nd May 1957
BBC Shirley Abicair
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Shelley Marshall
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 23rd May 1957
BBC The Alma Cogan Show 6.45 -
Alma Cogan
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Shelley Marshall
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Friday 24th May 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Shelley Marshall
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Don Cameron
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 25th May 1957
BBC The Six-
A special to tie-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Lita Roza
David Hughes
Eric Delaney Band
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group with Nancy Whiskey
Art Baxter & His Rock n Roll Sinners
The Burt Twins
The Clyde Valley Stompers
The Glasgow Rock N Roll Sinners
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ABC The Joe Loss Show 6.30 -
The Joe Loss Band
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
Joan Regan
The Vipers Skiffle Group
Sunday 26th May 1957
BBC The Winifred Atwell Show 9.30 -
Winifred Atwell
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Frankie Laine
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Ronnie Hilton
Shirley Bassey
Edmund Hockridge
David Galbraith
Sheila Buxton
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 27th May 1957
BBC Tonight 6.05 -
Sheila Buxton
BBC Cabaret from the Radio and Television Retailers' Association Ball at the Park
Lane Hotel 11.00 -
content unknown
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 28th May 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC Tonight 6.05 -
Sheila Buxton
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR For Schools: The Ballad Story (3: Traditional and Border ballads) 2.43 -
content unknown
Wednesday 29th May 1957
BBC Rooftop
Alan Dean
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Thursday 30th May 1957
BBC The Alma Cogan Show 6.45 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Shirley Bassey
Edmund Hockridge
Friday 31st May 1957
BBC Pleasure Boat 8.00 8.45 pm
Michael Holliday
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Don Cameron
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 1st June 1957
BBC Six-
The shortened edition was due to Test Match cricket, however it finished early so at an hours' notice the 6.5 Special ran for a full hour
Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band with guest vocalist Patti Lewis
BBC The Benny Hill Show 8.00 -
Petula Clark
Frank Holder
ABC Festival Of Stars 2.00 -
Variety Club of Great Britain event at Battersea, London. 300 stars were invited to participate and they were hoping to get Guy Mitchell and Mindy Carson to appear
Alma Cogan
ATV Face The Mike 4.15 -
Don Peters
The Peter Groves Trio
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ABC The Joe Loss Show 6.30 -
Includes the Howard Keel Singing Contest run in association with MGM who were promoting Keel's movie Kismet
Dennis Lotis
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The David Whitfield Show 8.30 -
David Whitfield
Yana
Sunday 2nd June 1957
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Guy Mitchell – She Wears Red Feathers, Singing The Blues
Mindy Carson
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.00 -
Lita Roza
The Stargazers
Maxine Daniels
Billy McCormack
Jimmy Jackson
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 3rd June 1957
BBC Blackpool Show Parade Presents Let's Have Fun 8.30 -
Joan Turner
Kenny Baker
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 4th June 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
Eddie Calvert
BBC Vera Lynn 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark
Wednesday 5th June 1957
BBC Shirley Abicair
BBC The New Circorama
Junior's Skiffle Group
BBC Blackpool Show Parade Presents Nap Hand 9.00 -
Anne Shelton
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 9.30 -
Joan Savage
AR Holiday Night From Butlin’s Holiday Camp, Clacton 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 6th June 1957
BBC Carole Carr's Country Club 6.45 -
Carol Carr
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 9.30 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Friday 7th June 1957
BBC Alan Melville Tales You From A-
R -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Don Cameron
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 8th June 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Jim Dale
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Dickie Valentine
The Jazz Couriers
Patti Lewis
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
Shirley Abicair
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Frankie Laine Show 8.30 – 9.30 pm
Frankie Laine
Eve Boswell
ABC The Joe Loss Show 6.30 -
Joe Loss
Dennis Lotis
Sunday 9th June 1957
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 -
Max Bygraves
Alma Cogan
Dave King
Joan Regan
Dickie Valentine
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 10th June 1957 Whit Monday
BBC Goodbye Gaiety 8.00 -
The closing of the Gaiety Theatre, London
Ruby Murray
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Tuesday 11th June 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Wednesday 12th June 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 13th June 1957
BBC Carole Carr's Country Club 6.45 -
Carole Carr
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan (dressed as a mermaid for one segment)
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: The Mindy Carson Show 9.00 -
Mindy Carson
The Four Lads
Friday 14th June 1957
BBC Pleasure Boat 8.00 -
Michael Holliday
Vanessa Lee
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Palais Party 10.15 -
Dance contest with the ‘find the singer’ contest
Lou Preager and His Orchestra (regulars)
Don Cameron
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Saturday 15th June 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Edna Savage
Ronnie Carroll
Tony Brent
Johnny Duncan & His Bluegrass Boys
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
Larry Adler
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.15 -
From The New Central Pier, Morecambe
The Joe Loss Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The George Formby Show 9.30 -
Sunday 16th June 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 9.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Eddie Fisher
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 17th June 1957
BBC Blackpool Show Parade -
Freddie Platt at the organ with the Top Drum Four
BBC Picture Parade 9.45 -
A clip from ‘The Tommy Steele Story’
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
ATV Gerry's Inn 8.30 -
Geraldo
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 18th June 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Joan Manning -
BBC Vera Lynn 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
Granada Alan Young 8.30 -
Guylaine Guy
AR Girl On A Date 10.00 -
Dennis Lotis
Wednesday 19th June 1957
BBC Shirley Abicair
BBC Cyril Stapleton Presents The Show Band Show 7.55 -
Petula Clark
Marie Benson and the Londonaires
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
The first of the twice a week shows, now networked by ITV
Tommy Steele (who had made a short film welcoming the show back for another series)
AR Holiday Night from Butlin's Holiday Camp, Clacton on Sea 10.15 -
Eddie Calvert
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 20th June 1957
BBC Carole Carr's Country Club 6.45 -
Carole Carr
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
Friday 21st June 1957
BBC Alan Melville Takes You From A-
The Beverley Sisters
BBC Eye To Eye 8.45 -
Larry Adler -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
Guy Mitchell
Saturday 22nd June 1957
BBC Six-
Chris Barber & His Band with Ottilie Patterson
BBC The Jimmy Wheeler Show 8.00 -
Gary Miller
Eddie Calvert
BBC Light Programme Music Festival 9.30 -
content unknown
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.15 -
Joe Loss
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Guy Mitchell Show 9.30 -
Guy Mitchell -
Sunday 23rd June 1957
BBC Max Jaffa Introduces Owen Brannigan and his Trio 10.15 -
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ABC In Person -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 9.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Lily Pons (singer)
Elizabeth Seal -
Monday 24th June 1957
BBC A Short History of Man and Music 9.15 -
A Spike Milligan comedy show in which he looks at music's influence on man's development
The Alberts
Max Geldray
AR Monday Date 9.30 -
Host of the show Dckie Valentine told the Melody Maker "I hope to offer something quite 'different'. I should also like to bring in vocal guest stars of such calibre as Lita Roza, Ruby Murray, Dennis Lotis, Frankie Vaughan and Ronnie Hilton. Some people have the idea that show business rivals are often 'at each others throats.' This is just not true. And I also hope to be able to get Geoff Love's Orchestra to appear with me. I appeared with Geoff for 26 weeks on Radio Luxembourg."
Dickie Valentine
Shani Wallis
Dennis Lotis
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Tuesday 25th June 1957
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
Billy Cotton
Wednesday 26th June 1957
BBC Rooftop 9.30 -
Rosemary Squires
AR Holiday Night 10.00 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 27th June 1957
BBC Carole Carr's Country Club 8.30 9.00 pm
Carole Carr
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
The Stargazers
Friday 28th June 1957
BBC Pleasure Boat 7.50 -
Michael Holliday
Saturday 29th June 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Lita Roza
Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band
Bob Cort Skiffle Group
Tony Kinsey Quartet
Frank Holder
BBC The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC Light Programme Music Festival 9.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Mel Torme Show 9.30 -
Mel Torme
Lonnie Donegan
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night (Tower Theatre, New Brighton) 7.15 -
content unknown
Sunday 30th June 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Sunday Night In Blackpool 9.00 -
Jack Parnell was the musical director for the first six weeks, with Geraldo taking over afterwards
The Four Lads
Monday 1st July 1957
AR Monday Date 9.30 -
Dickie Valentine
Shani Wallis
Tuesday 2nd July 1957
BBC The Henry Hall Show 7.30 -
Henry Hall and his Orchestra
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 3rd July 1957
BBC Shirley Abicair
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
The Stargazers
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 4th July 1957
BBC Carole Carr's Country Club 7.30 -
Carole Carr
Max Geldray
BBC Variety Incorporated 8.00 -
Edna Savage
Friday 5th July 1957
BBC Edmundo Ros 6.45 -
Edmundo Ros
BBC Alan Melville Takes You From A-
Eddie Calvert
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Saturday 6th July 1957
BBC The Six-
Shirley Bassey – Tonight My Heart She Is Singing
Jim Dale
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
The Southlanders
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 9.30 -
content unknown
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.15 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
Sunday 7th July 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV I Love Lucy 8.00 -
Tennessee Ernie Ford
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Yana
Monday 8th July 1957
BBC I Know What I Like 8.00 -
Gary Miller
BBC Line-
Jackie Lee
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Monday Date 9.30 -
Dickie Valentine
Shani Wallis
Dennis Lotis
Ronnie Carroll
Patti Lewis
Glen Mason
Tuesday 9th July 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
Barbara Law
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.00 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
BBC A Jazz Session With The Dill Jones Trio 10.30 -
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
Eve Boswell
Wednesday 10th July 1957
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 11th July 1957
BBC Digby Wolfe’s in Sheep’s Clothing 7.30 -
Lita Roza in comedy acting role
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.15 -
Host Des O’Connor replacing Benny Hill who was recovering from appendicitis
Friday 12th July 1957
BBC Children's Caravan
The Dony Grey Skiffle Group
BBC Pleasure Boat 8.15 -
Michael Holliday
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR This Week 9.30 -
Lawrence Welk with British singer Steve Martin
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.00 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Saturday 13th July 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Patti Lewis
Dennis Lotis
Patti Lewis
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Jim Dale
George Firestone & His Sextet
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.15 -
Joe Loss
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bob Hope Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 14th July 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
Jill and Jose Stewart
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.45 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Meet The Stars In Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Tommy Steele and his Steeleman
Monday 15th July 1957
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Monday Date 9.30 -
Dickie Valentine
Shani Wallis
Tuesday 16th July 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
BBC The Henry Hall Show 8.00 -
Henry Hall and his Orchestra
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Sheila Buxton
AR Personal Appearance Of Alan Young 8.30 -
Petula Clark
Wednesday 17th July 1957
BBC Shirley Abicair
BBC Ivor Novello's King's Rhapsody 9.00 -
Vanella Lee
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 18th July 1957
BBC Beauty Box 7.30 -
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
AR Summer's Here 8.30 -
Sheldon Allman (singer)
Pamela-
Friday 19th July 1957
BBC Alan Melville Takes You From A-
U -
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 20th July 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Dennis Lotis
Vic Lewis & His Orchestra
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Terry Dene
Patti Lewis
Stephane Grappelli
BBC The Jimmy Wheeler Show 8.00 -
Larry Adler
ABC Holiday Town -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Mel Torme Show 9.30 -
Mel Torme
Sunday 21st July 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Mel Torme was due to appear but cancelled due to illness
Shirley Bassey
Ronnie Hilton
Monday 22nd July 1957
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Monday Date 9.30 -
Dickie Valentine
Shani Wallis
Tuesday 23rd July 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
BBC Say It With Music 8.00 -
The Stargazers
Ted Heath and his music
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 24th July 1957
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 25th July 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Val Doonican
BBC Digby Wolfe in Sheep’s Clothing 7.30 -
Lita Roza was to star in a comedy acting role, however this would be her last appearance
in the show. She felt that she wasn’t getting enough screen time to warrant her continuing
appearance, so asked the BBC if she could leave. She co-
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: Johnnie Ray 8.30 – 9.15 pm
Johnnie Ray
Friday 26th July 1957
BBC Pleasure Boat 8.00 -
Michael Holliday
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 27th July 1957
BBC The Six-
Ted Heath & His Orchestra
Mel Torme
BBC Cavalcade of Rhythm 8.00 -
Dennis Lotis
Lucille Mapp
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Lonnie Donegan Show 9.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.15 -
content unknown
Sunday 28th July 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Meet The Stars
Dennis Hunt (pianist)
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.45 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Mel Torme
The Tanner Sisters
Monday 29th July 1957
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Monday Date 9.30 -
Dickie Valentine
Shani Wallis
Tuesday 30th July 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
BBC This Is...The Henry Hall Show 8.00 -
Patti Lewis
Eddie Calvert
AR Motoring Holiday 10.00 -
Dennis Lotis
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
Dorothy Squires – medley of ‘wonderful’ songs
Wednesday 31st July 1957
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Nights 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 1st August 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Russ Hamilton
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.15 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Friday 2nd August 1957
BBC Alan Melville Takes Your From A-
V -
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Saturday 3rd August 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Dennis Lotis
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Jim Dale
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
The Beverley Sisters
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.15 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Saturday Spectacular: The Hughie Green Show 9.30 -
Shirley Bassey
Sunday 4th August 1957
BBC Holiday Fanfare 10.15 -
Edna Savage
Dennis Lotis
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters, Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Guy Mitchell
Monday 5th August 1957 Bank Holiday
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 6th August 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
BBC Jack Payne Presents Say It With Music 8.00 -
Shirley Bassey
Larry Adler
Elizabeth Larner
Bruce Trent
Freddy Randall
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
Adele Leigh
AR The Patti Page Show 10.30 -
Wednesday 7th August 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Carroll Levis Show 8.30 -
Gaytors Skiffle Group
AR Holiday Night 10.30 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 8th August 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
content unknown
Friday 9th August 1957
BBC Pleasure Boat 8.00 -
Michael Holliday
BBC Jazz Session 10.30 -
The Dill Jones Trio (with Malcolm Cecil on bass)
Tubby Hayes
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Saturday 10th August 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Mel Torme
Shirley Abicair
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
The Vipers Skiffle Group
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.00 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Henderson Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 11th August 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.45 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Alma Cogan (cancelled due to throat problems)
Yana (replaced Alma Cogan)
Charlie Gracie – four songs and an instrumental Guitar Boogie
Monday 12th August 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV Gerry's Inn 8.30 -
Geraldo and his orchestra
Anne Shelton
Tuesday 13th August 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
BBC Henry Hall's Guest Night 8.00 -
Petula Clark
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 14th August 1957
BBC Zodiac
Ronnie Hilton (in Anniversary spot)
Leoni Page and the Meritones
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 15th August 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Val Doonican
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
AR Summer's Here 8.30 -
Adele Leigh
Friday 16th August 1957
BBC A-
W -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Jack Hylton Music Box 9.00 -
Hutch
Lloyd Bucher
Joe Bundy
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Saturday 17th August 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Charlie Gracie
Petula Clark
Jim Dale
Dennis Lotis
Eric Delaney & His Orchestra
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.00 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Gisele Mackenzie Show 9.30 -
Gisele Mackenzie
Sunday 18th August 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
Maurice Allen (playing his 'glass piano')
ABC Top Numbers 4.00 -
Glen Mason
Terry Dene
Maxine Daniels
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Tommy Steele & His Steelemen -
Jill Day
Monday 19th August 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 20th August 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
BBC Say It With Music 8.00 -
Eddie Calvert
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
Beatrice Arnac
Wednesday 21st August 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Nights 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 22nd August 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Russ Hamilton
BBC Larry Adler 10.30 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
Giselle McKenzie
Friday 23rd August 1957
BBC Pleasure Boat 8.00 -
Michael Holliday
BBC Semprini 10.30 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Saturday 24th August 1957
BBC Six-
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson
Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.00 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Johnnie Ray Show 9.30 -
Johnnie Ray
Sunday 25th August 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
ABC Top Numbers 4.00 -
content unknown
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.45 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Jimmy Young -
The Deep River Boys
Monday 26th August 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV Gerry's Inn 8.30 -
Geraldo
Tuesday 27th August 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
BBC The Henry Hall Show 8.00 -
Edna Savage
Ronnie Carroll
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
AR The Patti Page Show 6.15 -
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
Zacharias (jazz fiddler from Denmark)
Wednesday 28th August 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
Jimmy Young
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 29th August 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
AR Summer’s Here 8.30 -
content unknown
Friday 30th August 1957
BBC Eddie Calvert 6.45 -
BBC Radio Show: A-
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Teresa Waters
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Jack Hylton’s Music Box 9.00 -
The John Barry Seven (making their TV debut)
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Saturday 31st August 1957
Scottish Television begins transmission at 6.30 pm. Roy Thompson of the station told
Melody Maker "20 per cent of live programmes from Scotland will be musical -
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Ray Anthony
The Deep River Boys
Eric Delaney & His Band
Chris Baber’s Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson
Michael Holliday
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Scottish This Is Scotland 6.30 -
Geraldo is to be Scottish TV's Musical Director
The Clyde Valley Stompers – Rock N Roll Sinners
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.30 -
From the Palace Ballroom, Isle of Man
Joe Loss
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Hughie Green Show 9.30 -
The 2.19 Skiffle Group
Sunday 1st September 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
Betty Smith
ABC Top Numbers 4.00 -
Rosemary Squires
Glen Mason
Jim Dale
Maxine Daniels
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
Shirley Bassey
Dickie Valentine
Monday 2nd September 1957
BBC Mainly For Women 3.00 -
Betty Smith
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 3rd September 1957
BBC Shirley Bassey Comes Home 6.45 – 7.15 pm
Live from Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff
BBC National Radio Show: The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
Billy Cotton Band
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Wednesday 4th September 1957
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Spotlight On Teenagers 7.30 -
Clips from the movies Rock, Rock, Rock, Rebel Without A Cause, Cry in the Night and Untamed Youth
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
Dorothy Squires
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 5th September 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Val Doonican
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
Howard Jones (singer) due to appear, but fell ill, replaced by Joseph Locke
Lita Roza
Russ Hamilton
Friday 6th September 1957
BBC Edmundo Ros 6.45 -
Edmundo Ross
Flanders and Swann
BBC Show Band Parade 8.00 -
Cyril Stapleton
Alma Cogan
Ronnie Hilton
AR Beside The Seaside 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
The Bobby Breen Trio
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Scottish Cherry Wainer 10.45 -
Saturday 7th September 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra with Cleo Laine
The Vipers Skiffle Group
Betty Smith & Her Jazz Group
ABC Holiday Town Saturday Night 7.00 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Show: The Peter Sellers Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Scottish Rosemary Clooney 11.35 pm -
Sunday 8th September 1957
ATV Face The Mike 3.45 -
Don Peters
Johnny Allen & His Trio
Glenda Gould
Stephanie Voss
ABC Top Numbers 4.00 -
Michael Holliday
Al White
Leoni Page
Joy Harvey
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.45 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Meet The Stars In: Sunday Night At Blackpool 9.00 -
David Hughes
Monday 9th September 1957
BBC Tonight
Maxine Daniels
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
ATV Rainbow Room 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV Gerry's Inn 8.30 -
Geraldo and his orchestra
Tuesday 10th September 1957
BBC Vera Lynn 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
Granada Songs At Six 6.00 to 6.30 pm
Introduced by Housewives’ Choice compere George Elrick
Eve Lister
Tonny Dalli
AR Personal Appearance of Alan Young 8.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 11th September 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Holiday Night 10.15 -
The Eric Winstone Orchestra
Thursday 12th September 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
BBC Dennis Lotis In Hits And Misses 7.30 -
Dennis Lotis
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
AR Alfred Marks Time 8.30 -
Lucile Mapp
AR Looking Around 10.15 -
with Alan Freeman
Friday 13th September 1957
BBC Dill Jones Trio 10.30 -
The Dill Jones Trio
Bertice Reading
Joe Harriott
BBC To Cuba with Edmondo Ros and his orchestra 6.45 -
Plus 'mystery recording star'
Sam Costa, Pete Murray and David Jacobs are tested on their musical knowledge
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Patti Lewis
AR Cool For Cats 6.30 -
content unknown
AR Jack Hylton Music Box 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Scottish Cherry Wainer 10.45 -
Saturday 14th September 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
Jimmy Rushing
The Jazz Couriers
Bob Cort & His Skiffle Group
Jim Dale
Nancy Whiskey
Marian McPartland
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Billy Eckstine Show 8.30 -
Billy Eckstine – Exactly Like You, Stella by Starlight, Passing Strangers, No One But You, Biibalu
Sunday 15th September 1957
BBC September Mood 3.55 -
Bert Weedon and Kay Cavendish
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 3.00 -
Rosemary Clooney
The Hi-
Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Harry Secombe
Shani Wallis
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Max Bygraves
Joan Regan – Wonderful Wonderful
Malcolm Vaughan
Maxine Daniels
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
The Confrey Phillips Trio
Don Fox
Monday 16th September 1957
AR Jack Hylton Presents Max Miller in That’s Life
Vanessa Lee – Let Me Be Loved
Tuesday 17th September 1957
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.00 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
AR Let’s Get Together 5.00 -
Music In View section with Steve Race
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
The show is broadcast from what used to be the Chelsea Palace Theatre, King's Road, London. After it closed in March 1957 it re opened as the Granada.
Jacqueline François (French singing star)
Wednesday 18th September 1957
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 10.00 -
Lucille Mapp
Thursday 19th September 1957
BBC Beauty Box 6.45 -
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
BBC Dennis Lotis in Hits Or Misses 7.30 -
Dennis Lotis
Patti Lewis
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30 -
Alma Cogan
Friday 20th September 1957
BBC To Spain with Edmondo Ros and his orchestra 6.45 -
Sam Costa, Pete Murray and David Jacobs are tested on their musical knowledge
AR A Salute To Show Business 8.00 -
A £20,000 show celebrating the second anniversary Of ITV
Dickie Valentine
Saturday 21st September 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
The John Barry Seven
Elvis Presley -
Ted Heath & His Music
Dennis Lotis
The John Barry Seven
Patti Lewis
Larry Adler
Eve Boswell
Murray Campbell
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Norman Wisdom Show 8.30 -
content unknown
ABC Top Of The Bill 8.30 -
Lonnie Donegan
Shirley Abicair
Sunday 22nd September 1957
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Frankie Vaughan (Vaughan had appeared on the show against doctor's advice and was taken to hospital after the show suffering from abscesses in both ears)
Anne Shelton
The King Brothers
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Alma Cogan – That’s Happiness
Ronnie Hilton – Marching Along To The Blues
Monday 23rd September 1957
BBC Stars At Blackpool 9.15 -
The Tanner Sisters – A Handful of Songs, Puttin’ On The Style
AR Jack Hylton’s Irish Music Box 9.30 -
The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Brendan O’Dowda – The Pride of Tipperary
Grace O’Connor
Tuesday 24th September 1957
BBC Vera Lynn 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
AR The Jubilee Show 8.30 -
Denis Lotis
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show: The Norman Wisdom Show 9.30 -
content unknown
AR The Patti Page Show 10.30 -
Wednesday 25th September 1957
BBC Beauty Box 7.30 -
Val Doonican
ATV The Rainbow Room 6.45 -
Jerry Allen & his trio
Thursday 26th September 1957
BBC Dennis Lotis in Hits and Misses 6.45 -
Dennis Lotis
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Personal Appearance with Alan Young 8.30 -
content unknown
Friday 27th September 1957
BBC Edmondo Ros takes you to Brazil 7.30 -
Edmondo Ros
Sam Costa, Pete Murray and David Jacobs are tested on their musical knowledge
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.30 -
ITV The Four Ramblers 6.47 -
Saturday 28th September 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Joe Loss & His Orchestra with Rose Brennan
Ross Macmanus and Larry Gretton
The Southlanders
The Tony Kinsey Quartet
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
Rosemary Squires
Russ Hamilton
The Fraser Hayes Four
BBC These Are The Shows 8.00 -
Vera Lynn
The Beverley Sisters
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Mel Torme Show 8.30 -
Mel Torme – Not While We’re Dancing The Tango
Jill Day
Sunday 29th September 1957
BBC The Grand Order of Water Rats -
Donald Peers
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 3.00 – 3.30 pm
Rosemary Clooney
The Hi-
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Jayne Mansfield
The Tanner Sisters -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 – 11.05 pm
Ruby Murray – Little White Lies
Tommy Steele – Hey You
The Kaye Sisters
Michael Holliday -
Don Harper
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 30th September 1957
BBC Come Dancing: The World Rock N Roll Championships 10.15 -
AR That's Life 9.30 -
Adele Leigh
Tuesday 1st October 1957
AR Let's Get Together 4.45 -
Music in View section with Steve Race
AR Cool for Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 2nd October 1957
ATV The Rainbow Room 6.45 -
Jerry Allen & his trio
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 10.00 -
Lucille Mapp
Thursday 3rd October 1957
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.20 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
AR Personal Appearance 8.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet – Don’t Burn Me Up, Little Darling, Wrap Your Troubles In Bongos
Billie Anthony
Earle and Vaughan
Friday 4th October 1957
BBC Off The Record 9.00 -
David Whitfield
Petula Clark
Malcolm Vaughan
The Johnston Brothers
Russ Hamilton (presented with gold disc)
Nancy Whiskey
The Betty Smith Quartet
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 10.15 -
The Beverley Sisters
Michael Holliday
Granada Jazz with Humphrey Lyttelton 6.45 -
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.25 -
Saturday 5th October 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Guest comics: Mike & Bernie Winters – My Baby (Mike on clarinet, Bernie on bass)
Elvis Presley – Loving You film clip
Michael Holliday
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
The Don Rendell Jazz Six
Sonny Stewart & His Skiffle Kings
Terry Wayne (his second appearance on the show)
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Allan Jones Show 8.30 -
Juliette Greco
ABC Top Of The Bill 8.30 -
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group – I’m Satisfied With My Girl, with Shirley Douglas -
Edna Savage -
Sunday 6th October 1957
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
Scottish Rosemary Clooney 3.00 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.50 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
The Kaye Sisters
Juliette Greco
ABC Armchair Theatre: The Pier 9.30 -
play about a group of teddy boys hanging around the end of a pier
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Jimmy Young
The Johnston Brothers
Don Lang
Marion Keene
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
ABC Box Office 11.05 -
Loving You (Elvis Presley film clip)
Monday 7th October 1957
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.30 -
Tuesday 8th October 1957
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
Tommy Sands – Let Me Be Loved (featured disc)
AR The Jubilee Show 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis – Come To The Ball, Whose Baby Are You, Easter Parade, Tammy
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Petula Clark
Wednesday 9th October 1957
BBC My Kind Of Music 7.30 -
Larry Adler
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
AR Close Up 7.30 -
Stanley Kramer The Master Showman
includes film clip of Pride and The Passion (Frank Sinatra)
Thursday 10th October 1957
BBC Vera Lynn 7.20 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
AR Personal Appearance with Alan Young 8.30 -
content unknown
AR Alfred Marks Time 9.30 -
Lucille Mapp
Ray Elington
Friday 11th October 1957
BBC It's Magic
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 10.15 -
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Rosemary Clooney
Judy Canova (country singer)
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
Saturday 12th October 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Terry Dene & His Deneagers
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Basil Kirchin & His Band
Les Hobeaux
BBC The Jimmy Wheeler Show 8.00 -
Pat Dahl (singer/dancer)
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Georges Guetary Show 8.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 13th October 1957
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 3.00 -
Rosemary Clooney
ABC Top Numbers 4.45 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bob Monkhouse
Larry Parks
Edmund Hockridge – Luck Be A Lady
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
The Deep River Boys
Eddie Calvert
Terry Wayne
Betty Smith and her Quintet
Rita Williams
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 14th October 1957
BBC Miss World 1957 9.30 -
Dennis Lotis
AR That's Life 9.30 -
Annie Hart
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.30 -
Tuesday 15th October 1957
AR Cool For Cats 6,45 -
TV Times points out that out of the previous week's top 30, Cool For Cats had featured 27 of them
content unknown
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Diahann Carroll
Wednesday 16th October 1957
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 10.00 -
Lucille Mapp
Thursday 17th October 1957
BBC The Billy Cotton Show 7.20 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.45 -
Due to a technical fault the second part of the show had already started before the preceding commercial break had finished
The Keynotes
Friday 18th October 1957
BBC Off The Record 9.00 -
Alma Cogan
Bill McGuffie
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Mary Morgan
Morris and Mitch
Marty Wilde and his Wildcats
Ted Heath and his Music
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 10.15 -
The Beverley Sisters
Ray Ellington
Granada Here's Humph 6.45 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Saturday 19th October 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Liverpool Boys’ Club special with guest appearances from runners Chris Brasher and Roger Bannister
Frankie Vaughan
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
The Vipers Skiffle Group
Murray Campbell & His Trumpet
Ronnie Keene & His Orchestra
BBC The Saturday Show presents Tommy Steele in The Golden Year 8.00 -
Looking back at the past year in the life and career of Tommy Steele
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Hughie Green Show 8.30 -
Larry Parks
ABC Top Of The Bill 8.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 20th October 1957
BBC Variety 7.30 -
Frankie Vaughan
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.50 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bob Monkhouse
Joan Regan (cancelled due to flu)
Shirley Bassey
Dave King
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Dorothy Squires
Edna Savage
Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys
Des O'Connor
Russ Conway
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Scottish Rosemary Clooney 3.00 -
Monday 21st October 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Leoni Page
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.30 -
Tuesday 22nd October 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Leoni Page
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
AR The Jubilee Show 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis – I Complain
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show: The Hughie Green Show 9.30 -
Larry Parks
Wednesday 23rd October 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Leoni Page
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Thursday 24th October 1957
BBC Vera Lynn 7.20 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Leoni Page
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Friday 25th October 1957
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 10.15 -
The Beverley Sisters
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Leoni Page
Granada Here's Humph 6.45 -
This was meant to be the last show but has been extended to late December
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 9.00 -
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
Saturday 26th October 1957
BBC The Six-
Broadcast from Glasgow
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Colin Hicks & His Cabin Boys
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Terry Wayne – Teenage Boogie
The Black Diamond Skiffle Group
BBC The Saturday Show: Alma Cogan in Make Mine Music 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Valentine Show 8.30 -
Dickie Valentine – Long Before I Knew, Just In Time
Aileen Cochran
Sunday 27th October 1957
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 3.00 -
Rosemary Clooney
Judy Canova
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bob Monkhouse
Frankie Laine – Woman In Love, Jezabel, Lonesome Road, Fats Waller medley
Juliette Greco
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Max Bygraves
Lonnie Donegan
Lita Roza
Peter Sellers
Don Fox
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 28th October 1957
AR That's Life 9.30 -
Susan Denny
Tuesday 29th October 1957
AR Let's Get Together 4.45 -
includes Music in View section with Steve Race
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Diahann Carroll – While We’re Young, I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 10.30 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Wednesday 30th October 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 10.00 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 31st October 1957
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.20 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
AR Carroll Levis Show 8.30 -
The Jeanagers Skiffle Group
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30 -
Petula Clark
AR Street Music 10.30 -
Host: Rolf Harris
Friday 1st November 1957
BBC Off The Record 9.00 -
Max Bygraves
The Deep River Boys
Lita Roza
Jimmy Young
Lorrae Desmond
Camilleri
Kenny Baker's Half Dozen
Granada Six-
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Saturday 2nd November 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Petula Clark
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Les Hobeaux
The Solas
BBC The World, Our Stage 8.00 -
Celebrating 21 years of BBC TV
Dickie Valentine – Just In Time
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The David Whitfield Show 8.30 -
David Whitfield
Ruby Murray (interrupting her honeymoon to do the show)
The Jones Boys
Margot Henderson
ABC Top Of The Bill 9.00 -
Eve Boswell
Terry Dene and His Deneagers
Sunday 3rd November 1957
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.45 -
Johnny Warner and His Hell's Angels Rhythm Group
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.50 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bob Monkhouse
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 9.30 -
Dave King
Shirley Bassey (cancelled due to a timing problem with the show)
The Kaye Sisters (replaced Shirley Bassey)
Ray Ellington
Gary Miller
Larry Page and the Page Boys
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Scottish The Rosemary Clooney Show 3.00-
Monday 4th November 1957
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.30 -
Tuesday 5th November 1957
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 – 7.00 pm
content unknown
AR The Jubilee Show 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Diahann Carroll
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show: The David Whitfield Show 9.30 -
David Whitfield
Wednesday 6th November 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Thursday 7th November 1957
BBC Vera Lynn and Others 7.20 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Liberace 6.45 -
AR Carroll Levis Show 9.20 -
The Rhythm Boys (skiffle group)
AR Alfred Marks’ Time 9.45 -
Anne Shelton – in Highway Patrol sketch
Eddie Calvert – September Song, Tell The Truth
Scottish Fanfare (possibly this day)
The Charlie Gall Quartet
Friday 8th November 1957
BBC It's Magic 7.30 -
Ruby Miller
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 10.15 -
Granada Six-
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Rosemary Clooney
Saturday 9th November 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
Freddy Randall and his band
Rosemary Squires
The Southlanders
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Six-
ABC Top Numbers 6.30 -
Alma Cogan
Ronnie Hilton
Glen Mason
Group One
Dennis Ringrowe Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Show: The Benny Hill Show 8.30 -
Shirley Abicair
Sunday 10th November 1957
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 3.00 -
Rosemary Clooney
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Hughie Green
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Joan Regan
Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr
Colin Hicks and His Cabin Boys
Jimmy Jackson
Spike Milligan
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 11th November 1957
BBC Come Dancing 10.15 -
World Skiffle Group championships (despite being the world championship, all the acts are British). First prize is £250.
The Creole Group (from Glasgow)
The Roach River Group (from Littleborough)
The Trentside Five (from Nottingham)
The Moonshiners (from Pogmoor near Barnsley)
The Vagabonds (from Grantham)
The Lumberjacks (from Stamford Hill, London)
AR That's Life 9.30 -
Elizabeth Garner
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.30 -
Tuesday 12th November 1957
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 – 7.00 pm
content unknown
ATV Tell The Truth 8.00 -
Ruby Miller
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Elder Barber (singer)
AR Jazz Jive Gala 11.00 -
Finals of the singles and formation jive championships
content unknown
Wednesday 13th November 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 10.00 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 14th November 1957
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.20 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
BBC Elisabeth Welch in Me, The Night and The Music 10.35 -
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30 -
content unknown
AR Street Music (ad mag with buskers) 10.30 -
Host: Rolf Harris
Friday 15th November 1957
BBC Off The Record 9.00 -
Le Trio Aravah
Anne Shelton
Kenneth McKellar
Ronnie Carroll
Billie Anthony
Maxine Daniels
The Eric Delaney Band
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 10.15 -
The Beverley Sisters
Granada Six-
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
AR The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Rosemary Clooney
Saturday 16th November 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
From the Two I’s Coffee House, Soho, London
Wee Willie Harris
The King Brothers
The Worried Men (with Terry Denver aka Adam Faith)
The Golden Disc film clip (with Terry Dene)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Shirley Douglas
Don Lang's Frantic Five
Chas McDevitt and his Skiffle Group
Joe "Mister Piano" Henderson
Larry Page
Laurie London
Lucille Mapp
Jim Dale (film clip)
Mike and Bernie Winters with Pete Murray – Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (audio was
pre-
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Lonnie Donegan Show 8.30 -
Lonnie Donegan
ABC Top Of The Bill 9.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 17th November 1957
BBC Rhapsody in Blue 7.30 -
The Music Of George Gershwin
Winifred Atwell
Ted Heath and his Music
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.45 -
Simone Silva (actress turned singer)
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.50 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Sunday Night At The Prince Of Wales 8.00 -
Hosted by Hughie Green
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Dickie Valentine
Petula Clark
Edmund Hockridge
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Kenny Baker
Marty Wilde
ATV Box Office 11.05 -
Terry Dene -
Monday 18th November 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
ATV Gerry's Inn 9.30 -
Geraldo and his orchestra
Victor Soverall (singer from Trinidad)
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.30 -
Tuesday 19th November 1957
BBC Jazz Session 10.35 -
Dill Jones introduces
The Jazz Couriers with Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes
The Mick Mulligan Band with George Melly
Cleo Laine
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
Featured records
Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite
Billy Ward -
Elvis Presley -
Nick Todd -
Perry Como -
AR The Jubilee Show 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
Lili (French musical comedy star)
Wednesday 20th November 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
Thursday 21st November 1957
BBC Vera Lynn 7.20 -
Vera Lynn
BBC Elisabeth Welch in Me, The Night and The Music 10.20 -
Elisabeth Welch
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
AR The Lady Ratlings On Parade 9.30 -
Anne Shelton
Friday 22nd November 1957
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland
Granada Six-
Humphrey Lyteltton and his band
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Saturday 23rd November 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
To be broadcast "somewhere in Lancashire" according to producer Dennis Main-
Ronnie Aldrich & The Squadronaires
Chris Barber And His Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Jim Dale – Just Born, Crazy Dream
Sheila Buxton
The Gaunt Brothers
The John Barry Seven
The Demijeans
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Six-
ABC Top Numbers 6.30 -
Malcolm Vaughan and Kenneth Earle
Dorothy Squires
Ronnie Carroll
The Dennis Ringrowe Orchestra
ATV Saturday Spectacular: The Tommy Cooper Show 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis
Aileen Cochrane – My Love For You
Sunday 24th November 1957
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 2.45 -
ABC Film Premier 3.00 -
Tommy Steele in rehearsal for No Time For Tears (for Variety Club of Great Britain)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Hughie Green
Mario Lanza – Because You’re Mine, The Loveliest Night Of The Year, aria from Tosca, Behold (it's likely that Lanza got punched in the mouth backstage after this performance)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Anne Shelton
The King Brothers
Peter Elliott – All At Once
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Winifred Atwell
Monday 25th November 1957
BBC Panorama 8.30 -
The Hallelujah Skiffle group (Salvation Army)
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.45 -
Tuesday 26th November 1957
AR Let's Get Together 4.45 -
includes Music in View section with Steve Race
ATV Liberace 6.45 -
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Les Compagnons de la Chason
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 10.00 -
Joan Savage
Wednesday 27th November 1957
BBC Club Night 7.30 -
Jimmy Leach and his nightclubbers
BBC Jimmy Young & The Merritones 10.45 -
The Night is Young for the songs of Jimmy Young
with Bob Sharpies and his Music
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 10.00 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 28th November 1957
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.20 -
Alma Cogan in sketch Red Riding Hood in Opera
BBC Elisabeth Welch in Me, The Night and The Music 10.20 -
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30 -
content unknown
Friday 29th November 1957
BBC It's Magic 7.30 -
David Hughes
BBC Off The Record 9.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Ronnie Hilton
Michael Holliday
The Kay Sisters
Edna Savage
Ian Wallace
Tony Crombie and his Sweet Beat
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.15 -
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Saturday 30th November 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
David Hughes
The King Brothers
Jon Pertwee (singing)
Jeremy Lloyd
Joyce Shock
The Vernons Girls
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Kenny Baker & His Baker's Dozen
The Confrey Phillips Trio
The Vic Ash Group
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Henderson Show 8.30 -
Diana Dors
ABC Top Of The Bill 9.00 -
Eddie Calvert
Jack Radcliffe
Joan Turner
The Southlanders
Sunday 1st December 1957
BBC The Grand Order of Water Rats Presents Revels of 1957 7.30 -
Donald Peers
Marion Liller -
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.50 -
Bert Weedon
ABC Bid For Fame 4.35 -
Roy Gibbs and his Live Jive Five
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Hughie Green
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Alma Cogan
Marion Ryan
Ronnie Carroll
Terry Dene
Bob Cort
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 2nd December 1957
BBC Picture Parade 9.30 -
Bing Crosby interviewed by Ed Sullivan
ATV Gerry's Inn 8.30 -
Des O'Connor
Geraldo and his orchestra
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.00 -
Tuesday 3rd December 1957
AR The Jubilee Show 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Charles Trenet
Wednesday 4th December 1957
BBC Crackerjack
Vera Lynn
BBC Jimmy Young & The Merritones 10.45 -
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Thursday 5th December 1957
BBC Vera Lynn 7.20 -
with The Keynotes
BBC Jazz Session 10.20 -
Alex Welsh and his Band
George Melly
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Friday 6th December 1957
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.15 -
Melody d'amour, Pigalle, Little Tonkinese
ITN News 6.30 -
Paul Anka interview
AR The Patti Page Show: It’s Patti Page 6.45 -
Patti Page with Jack Rael and his Singers and The Page Five Quintet
Granada Six Forty Five: Here’s Humph 6.45 -
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
The Hi Los, Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
Saturday 7th December 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Michael Holliday -
Marion Ryan – Ding Dong Rockabilly Wedding
Winifred Atwell
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
Laurie Gold & His Pieces Of Eight
Jim Dale
The Five Dallas Boys
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Johnnie Gray
BBC The Saturday Show 8.00 -
The Secombe Saga
ABC Top Numbers 6.30 -
Lita Roza
Edna Savage
Group One
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Penny Nicholls
Neville Wortman
ATV/ABC Pursuit of Happiness 7.30 -
US TV special
Steve Lawrence
Pat Boone
Howard Keel
Dinah Shore
Chita Rivera
Sunday 8th December 1957
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 3.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Alfred Marks
Paul Anka
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Gracie Fields
Eve Boswell
Eddie Calvert -
Jim Dale
Robert Earl
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 9th December 1957
AR The Jack Hylton Music Box 9.30 -
content unknown
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.00 -
Tuesday 10th December 1957
AR Let's Get Together 4.45 -
includes Music in View section with Steve Race
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Thelma Carpenter
Wednesday 11th December 1957
BBC Jimmy Young and the Merritones 10.45 -
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 10.00 -
Joan Savage
Thursday 12th December 1957
BBC Jazz Session
The Jazz Today Group
Jo Searle
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.20 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell Star Time 9.30 -
content unknown
Friday 13th December 1957
BBC Off The Record 9.00 -
The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group with Shirley Douglas – Across the Bridge
Joan Regan
The Five Dallas Boys
Fredye Marshall
Brenda O'Dowda
Sheila Buxton
Ken MacKintosh and his Orchestra
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.15 -
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Saturday 14th December 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan
Don Lang
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
Terry Dene
The King Brothers
Lita Roza (cancelled)
Pauline Shepherd (replacing Lita Roza)
Stephane Grappelly with The Dill Jones Trio
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Andre Gersh & His Orchestra (a 14 or 15 piece jazz group assembled by Gersh, musical director of the show)
BBC The Saturday Show 8.00 -
No musical guests of interest
ABC Top Numbers 6.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Benny Hill Show 8.30 -
Michael Holliday
Sunday 15th December 1957
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.50 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Sunday Night At The Prince Of Wales 8.00 -
Hosted by Alfred Marks
Gracie Fields
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
Dickie Valentine
Ruby Murray
Ronnie Hilton
The Jones Boys
Joey Castell
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 16th December 1957
ATV Gerry's Inn 8.30 -
Geraldo and his orchestra
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.00 -
Tuesday 17th December 1957
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Chris Barber Band
AR The Jubilee Show 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis
Betty Driver
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Sister Rosetta Tharpe accompanied by Chris Barber’s Band
Ferrante and Teicher
Wednesday 18th December 1957
BBC Crackerjack
Max Bygraves
Petula Clark
BBC Jimmy Young & The Merritones: Girl In The Picture 10.45 -
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Thursday 19th December 1957
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.20 -
with The Keynotes
BBC Jazz Session 10.20 -
The Don Rendell Jazz Sextet
Rosemary Squires
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
AR See You In Soho 9.45 -
Terry Dene & The Denemen
Humphrey Lyttelton
Zom (skiffle comic)
The King Brothers
David Hughes
Lorne Lesley
Friday 20th December 1957
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Saturday 21st December 1957
BBC The Six-
Live from The NAAFI Cub, Plymouth
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Dennis Lotis
Michael Holliday
Terry Dene
Jim Dale
Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
Chris Barber & His Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Pauline Shepherd – Just Between You And Me
Pauline Shepherd & Don Lang – I Love You Baby
ABC Top Numbers 6.30 -
Marty Wilde
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Gracie Fields Show 8.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 22nd December 1957
BBC unknown
According to the NME 14th December 1957, but there was no mention in the Radio Times or newspapers that day
A look at the movie The Golden Disc
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 3.00 -
Rosemary Clooney
Mel Torme
ATV Sunday Night At The Prince Of Wales 8.00 -
Hosted by Alfred Marks
Petula Clark – With All My Heart, Alone, Away In A Manger, Hark The Herald Angel Sings
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
The Beverley Sisters
Ronnie Ronalde
Johnny Dankworth
The Southlanders
Terry Wayne
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 23rd December 1957
Scottish A Date With Kathie Kay 10.00 -
Tuesday 24th December 1957 Christmas Eve
BBC The Night Before Christmas 10.20 -
The Stanley Black Orchestra
AR Let’s Get Together 5.00 -
Steve Race and his trio
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
100 fans join the guests in the studio
AR The Christmas Eve Show 8.00 – 9.15 pm
Tommy Steele – May I Call You Princess
Paul Anka – I Love You Baby
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Jericho
Petula Clark
Michael Holliday
Dennis Lotis
Anne Shelton
Dickie Valentine
Frankie Vaughan
Johnny Duncan and his Blue Grass Boys
Norrie Paramour and his Big Ben’s Banjo Band
Steve Race
Humphrey Lyttelton
Sabrina
Ted Heath and his Music -
The Big Ben Banjo Band
The Cool for Cats team
Wednesday 25th December 1957 Christmas Day
BBC Billy Smart's Family Party 3.15 -
Sid Phillips
BBC Pantomania Presents Babes In The Wood 7.30 -
Frankie Vaughan
Pete Murray
The Beverley Sisters
ATV Christmas Box 12.45 -
Sheila Buxton
ATV Mantovani and His New Music 2.00 -
Mantovani
Dave King
AR Cool For Cats 4.30 – 4.45 pm
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 7.30 -
Marion Ryan
Petula Clark
Ted Heath
Granada Christmas Day In The North
Kenny Baker
Sheila Buxton
Paul Beattie
Thursday 26th December 1957 Boxing Day
BBC Billy Cotton and Vera Lynn in a Boxing Day Party 8.45 -
Vera Lynn
Alma Cogan
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 – 7.00 pm
Anne Shelton – Ha Ha Ha
ATV A Santa For Christmas 9.00 – 10.30 pm
An ATV compilation show
Johnnie Ray
Max Bygraves
Joan Regan
David Jacobs
Shani Wallis
Harry Secombe
ATV Roll Back The Carpet 10.30 – 11.00 pm
Rock and skiffle show featuring four Midlands groups
Friday 27th December 1957
BBC Off The Record 9.00 -
Dany Dauberson
Johnny Duncan and his Blue Grass Boys
Edmund Hockridge
Cleo Laine
Jimmy Shand and his Band
The Stargazers
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 10.15 -
Saturday 28th December 1957
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
The King Brothers
Glen Mason
The Vernons Girls
Vic Lewis & His Orchestra
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Danny Boyce & His Band
The Confrey Phillips Trio
Roy Gibbs & The Live Jive Five
The Show Biz Eleven
ABC Top Numbers 6.30 -
This will replace The Jack Jackson Show in the new year
Jim Dale
Sheila Buxton
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
ABC Cinderella 8.30 -
Marion Ryan as Dandini
Lonnie Donegan
Dennis Lotis
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
Joan Regan
Edmund Hockridge
Sunday 29th December 1957
ATV Liberace 3.00 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Alfred Marks
Dave King
Diahann Carroll
Florian Zabach (jazz violinist)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 10.35 -
In the new year this moves to Saturday early evening opposite Six-
Lonnie Donegan
Barbara Lyon
Mike & Bernie Winters -
Ken Mackintosh
Glen Mason
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Monday 30th December 1957
BBC Toinight
Maxine Daniels
BBC Ted Heath and his music 7.30 -
Ted Heath and His Music
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland (singer)
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Gerry's Inn 8.30 -
Geraldo and his orchestra
Joan Savage
AR Jack Hylton: Highlights of 1957 9.30 -
Shirley Bassey
Tuesday 31st December 1957 New Year's Eve
BBC This Was The Future 10.55 -
Celebrating 21 years of television. The clips may have been taken from other shows
Alma Cogan – Out Of Town
Vera Lynn
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.30 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
BBC The Twelve-
Live from the restaurant of the Queen Elizabeth building at London International Airport. Producer Jack Good told the New Musical Express "Our original choice, the Cafe de Paris, would have been too small for our equipment. And, in any case, it was felt unwise to leave BBC vans in the West End, at the height of the revelry."
The Six-
The Jazz Couriers with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott
Wee Willie Harris
Don Lang and His Frantic Five
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland (singer)
AR The Jubilee Show 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show 9.00 -
content unknown
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Scottish A Guid New Year 11.30 pm -
Bobby McLeod and his band
Jimmy Blair and his band
Also this year...
ITP White Hunter: Inside Story (episode three)
Cy Grant (as Arusha)
ITV Juke Box Cafe
includes teddy boys and girls talking to a vicar from Peckham
ABC The Last Mile
Danny Purchase (singer turned actor)
ATV TNT
George Melly