TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1958
Wednesday 1st January 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7:30 -
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AR Cool For Cats
Frankie Vaughan – Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Sammy Davis Jr – Long Before I Met You
Sheila Buxton – In Between Age
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Don Cameron
AR Val Parnell’s Spectacular
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Granada Spot the Tune
content unknown
ATV Lunch Box
Diana Coupland (singer)
Thursday 2nd January 1958
BBC Off The Record
The King Brothers – Put A Light In The Window
The Chris Barber Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson
Dennis Lotis
Joyce Grenfel
Steve Martin
France Clery
John Cairney with Sammy San
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ATV Lunch Box
Diana Coupland (singer)
Friday 3rd January 1958
BBC Quite Contrary, More Contrary, Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical director)
BBC Late Date 10:45 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
AR Cool For Cats
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ATV Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV Rosemary Clooney
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
ATV Lunch Box
Diana Coupland (singer)
Saturday 4th January 1958
BBC The Six-
NB It was announced the following week that producer Jack Good’s contract was not
to be renewed by the BBC. Good was later quoted as saying ‘I had no idea the BBC
had announced that I had left.... we were negotiating a new contract’. Dennis Main-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
Ted Heath and His Music
Rosemary Squires
The Five Dallas Boys
The Worried Men
Johnny Worth
The Downbeaters
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
Gracie Fields
ABC Top Numbers
Dennis Lotis
Cleo Laine
Group One
Colin Hicks and His Cabin Boys
Sunday 5th January 1958
ABC Bid For Fame
NB The show would later in the year run a songwriting contest alongside the talent show
The Alley Cats Skiffle Group
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Robert Morley (contracted for four weeks)
Tommy Steele in excerpts from his pantomime Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Steele allegedly receives nearly £1000 for his fifteen minute appearance)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Lita Roza
The Stargazers
Ronnie Harris
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Terry Dene
Marian Ryan
Monday 6th January 1958
BBC Ted Heath
Ted Heath and His Music
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Granada The Patti Page Show
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Tuesday 7th January 1958
Granada Chelsea At Nine
content unknown
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Wednesday 8th January 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
AR Palais Party 11:00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Don Cameron
AR Cool For Cats
John Fraser
AR Keeping In Step: Both Ends Of The Musical Scale
Documentary
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Thursday 9th January 1958
BBC Show Band Parade
Pauline Shepherd
Anne Shelton
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Diahann Carroll
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Friday 10th January 1958
BBC Michael Holliday
AR Cool For Cats
no guests of interest in this edition
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Saturday 11th January 1958
NB Today ATV put The Jack Jackson up against The Six-
BBC The Six-
NB Viewing figures 1,122,000
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Rosemary Squires
The Tony Kinsey Quintet
The John Barry Seven
Marty Wilde & His Wildcats
Kerry Martin
BBC The Saturday Show: Billy Cotton
Alma Cogan -
Peter Selelrs -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
NB Viewing figures 2,127,000
Joan Regan
Edmund Hockridge – I’ll Buy You A Star
The Dallas Boys – I Never Had the Blues
Dennis Lotis – Good Morning Life
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
no guests of interest in this edition
ABC The Fabulous Steve Allen Show 8:00 -
Mahalia Jackson
Sunday 12th January 1958
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Robert Morley
Yana
David Whitfield
ABC Top Numbers 11:05 pm -
Pearl Carr
Steve Martin
Lonnie Donegan and his Skiffle Group
Petula Clark
Earle and Vaughan
Group One
Maureen Kershaw
Monday 13th January 1958
BBC Ted Heath
Ted Heath and His Music
AR Cool For Cats
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ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
ATV Gerry's Inn
The Tanner Sisters
Tuesday 14th January 1958
NB TWW (Television Wales and West) begins broadcasting
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show
no guests of interest in this edition
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Wednesday 15th January 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7:30 -
The Everly Brothers
AR Cool For Cats
no guests of interest in this edition
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Thursday 16th January 1958
BBC Off The Record
Don Fox
Tony Brent
Marion Ryan
The Southlanders
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
Mantovani
The Beverley Sisters
Cynthia Lanagan
Sonny Stewart and his Skiffle Kings
AR The Jack Hylton Thursday Show: See You Soho
A musical play written by Ted Willis, centred around a coffee bar in Soho, London
Chas McDevitt
Lorne Lesley – Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and his Trio
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Friday 17th January 1958
BBC Quite Contrary, More Contrary, Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
BBC Michael Holliday
ATV Six Forty-
Here’s Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
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ITN News
Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley movie premier in London
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
ATV Lunch Box
Joyce Clark (singer)
Saturday 18th January 1958
BBC The Six-
NB From the Plaza Ballroom, Tynemouth
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Cleo Laine
Carl Barriteau
The Barry Sisters
Marty Wilde
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
Dill Jones Trio
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
The Gateway Jazz Band
Terry Harvey's Skiffle Group
BBC Frankie Vaughan 8:00 -
Frankie Vaughan
George Formby
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Alma Cogan
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
The Chris Barber Jazz Band
Ottilie Patterson
Ray Ellington
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
Mario Lanza
Sunday 19th January 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Robert Morley
Winifred Atwell
Harry Secombe
ATV Top Tune Time 10:50 -
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Kaye Sisters
Terry Wayne
Robert Earl
Monday 20th January 1958
BBC Robinson's Roundabout
Lorie Mann
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Wednesday 22nd January 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Terry Dene and The Deneagers
BBC The Perry Como Show
The Vagabonds
Roger Williams
Jimmy Dean
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
ITV Star Time
The King Brothers
Granada Spot The Tune
Marian Ryan
Thursday 23rd January 1958
BBC Show Band Parade
The Four Jacks
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
The King Brothers
Tony Bennett (penciled in)
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and his Trio
Friday 24th January 1958
BBC Michael Holliday
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
ATV Six Forty Five: Here’s Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
ATV Rainbow Room
Ronnie Mead (singer)
Saturday 25th January 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Marion Ryan
Jon Pertwee
The Stargazers
Marty Wilde
Kenny Baker & The Dozen
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
BBC The Ted Ray Show
Alma Cogan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6:00 -
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Don Fox
The Tony Kinsey Quintet
The Most Brothers
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
The Tanner Sisters -
ABC The Fabulous Steve Allen Show 8:00 -
Steve Lawrence
ABC Late Night Show 11:15 -
Rosemary Squires
Ronnie Carroll
Sunday 26th January 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Robert Morley
Tony Bennett
ABC Top Numbers 10:50 -
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Steve Martin
Sabrina (her temperament apparently caused problems off screen)
Shani Wallis
Michael Holliday
Group One
Maureen Kershaw – Love Me For Ever
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss
Monday 27th January 1958
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Granafa Chelsea at Nine
Dany Raydel (singer from France)
Tuesday 28th January 1958
AR The Jubilee Show 8:30 -
Dennis Lotis
Wednesday 29th January 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Thursday 30th January 1958
BBC Off The Record
Big Ben’s Banjo Band – Liechtensteiner Polka
Alma Cogan
Jim Dale
Ruby Murray
Bob Cort & His Skiffle Group
Friedel Hensch and the Cyprys
Gervasio Marcosignori
Margot Eskens (Eurovision insert from Hamburg)
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: Alfred Marks’ Time
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Steve Race and his Orchestra
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and his Trio
Friday 31st January 1958
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
BBC Michael Holliday
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
ATV Rosemary Clooney Show
Bussy Greco
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
Saturday 1st February 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
Lita Roza
The Mudlarks
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
The Vipers Skiffle Group
Bruce Turner Jump Band
Jim Dale (NB he was booked to appear every two weeks for at least six months)
Danny Purchase
The Beverley Sisters
BBC The Benny Hill Show
Anne Shelton
Tony Brent
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Show
The ‘Champagne Shower’ revue, no guests of interest in this edition
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
David Whitfield
Joan Savage
The Southlanders
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
The Jazz Couriers (including Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes)
Jimmy Jacques
Sunday 2nd February 1958
BBC Meeting Point
Pere Aime Duval (guitar playing Jesuit priest, who is a pop star in France)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
No guests of interest in this edition
ATV Top Tune Time
Ronnie Hilton
Eve Boswell
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Jones Boys
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss
Monday 3rd February 1958
AR Cool For Cats
Featured records
Winifred Atwell – Raunchy
The Sprouts – Teen Billy Baby
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You
Big T Tyler – King Kong
Tony Osborne – Nights of Lisbon
Hal Marsh – One Dozen Roses
The Sharps – I’m Going To Lock My Heart
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show
Valerie Masters
Wednesday 5th February 1958
BBC Crackerjack
The Southlanders
BBC The Perry Como Show
content unknown
BBC Merely Melville
Mari Ade (Swedish pop singer)
Granada Liberace
AR Cool For Cats 6:45 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Thursday 6th February 1958
BBC Show Band Parade
Cyril Stapleton and his band, vocal backing by the Show Band Singers (Cliff Adams)
Ulrick Neumann (guitarist from Denmark)
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Johnny Silver
Sheila Buxton
Victor Soverall (replacing Toni Dalli)
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and his Trio
Friday 7th February 1958
BBC A Date with Anne Shelton
BBC Michael Holliday
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
ATV Six Forty Five: Here’s Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
Saturday 8th February 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Rosemary Squires
The Southlanders
Mick Mulligan & His Band with George Melly
Betty Smith Quintet
The City Ramblers
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Jimmy Lloyd
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
The Dill Jones Trio
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Michael Holliday
The Mudlarks
Johnny Duncan and his Blue Grass Boys
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Peter Sellers Show
Tony Dalli
ABC The Fabulous Steve Allen Show (USA show)
Jerry Vale
ABC The Late Night Show
The Mudlarks
Sheila Buxton
Patrick Feeney
Sunday 9th February 1958
BBC Journey Into Melody
Robert Farnon
Petula Clark
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Joyce Blair
ABC Top Numbers
Jill Day
The Tanner Sisters
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Steve Martin
Group One
Maureen Kershaw
Wee Willie Harris
Raymond Warwick
The Ross Taylor Dancers
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss & His Orchestra
Monday 10th February 1958
AR Cool For Cats
NB The last Monday show
content unknown
Granada The Patti Page Show
ATV Lunch Box
Eula Parker
Wednesday 12th February 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
AR Cool For Cats 6:45 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Barbara Roscoe
Lou Preager Orchestra
Don Cameron
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Thursday 13th February 1958
BBC Off The Record
Eve Boswell (on film)
Terry Burton
Eddie Calvert
The Alan Clare Trio with Bob Burns
Wee Willie Harris (NB apparently his introduction by Jack Payne was insulting)
Les Hobeaux
Michael Holliday
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: See You, Soho 9:30 -
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group with Shirley Douglas
Lorne Lesley
Tony Dalli
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and his Trio
Friday 14th February 1958
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
Ray Martin
BBC Michael Holliday 10:45 -
AR Cool For Cats 11:30 -
content unknown
AR Let’s Get Together: Music In View
Steve Race
ITV Six Forty Five: Here’s Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
Saturday 15th February 1958
BBC The Six-
NB From The Winter Gardens, Weston-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
Ray Ellington Quartet with Val Masters
The Avon Cities Jazz Band
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Jim Dale
Lorrae Desmond
Valerie Masters
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
BBC The Ted Ray Show
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6:00 -
David Whitfield
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Lonnie Donegan
Tony Brent
Terry Wayne
ABC Many Happy Returns
Second anniversary show for ABC
Dennis Lotis
The Vernon’s Girls
Gwen Barl (American singer)
Sunday 16th February 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
ATV Top Tune Time 10:50 -
Ruby Murray
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Ronnie Hylton
The Jones Boys
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss & His Orchestra
ABC Top Numbers
The Stargazers
Ken Morris
John Savage
Monday 17th February 1958
BBC (Scotland) Dance Party (first edition)
Margaret Rose (singer)
The Jor Gordon Skiffle Group
Blue Star Dixielanders
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show
Pre-
Winifred Atwell
Ronnie Ronalde
AR Cool For Cats
contents unknown
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
Tuesday 18th February 1958
Granada Chelsea At Nine
The Tarriers
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
Wednesday 19th February 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Shani Wallis
BBC The Perry Como Show
content unknown
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
AR Cool For Cats
NB Now twice a week (Wednesday and Friday)
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
Thursday 20th February 1958
BBC Show Band Parade
Petula Clark – The Man I Love, Down Argentine Way, South American Way
The Southlanders – Melody D’Amour
Tony Gibbons – The Story Of My Life
The Peter Crawford Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Winifred Atwell
Shani Wallis – It’s Wonderful To Be Loved, Catch A Falling Star, Zing Went The Strings of my Heart
Granada The Rosemary Clooney Show
Th Hi Los
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
Friday 21st February 1958
BBC (Scotland) Dance Party
Douglie Lamont (sax player)
AR Let’s Get Together: Top Spin
Tom Glazer plays record requests
AR Cool For Cats
Jack Carroll -
Dorothy Squires
Granada Here's Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
Lita Roza
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Joyce Clark
Saturday 22nd February 1958
BBC Six-
NB Co-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Dennis Lotis
Rosemary Squires
The Dallas Boys
Marty Wilde
Laurie London
The Mudlarks
Jackie Dennis
Kenny Baker & The Dozen
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Russell Quaye & The City Ramblers
Paul Anka phone call from the USA
Jim Dale called from Newcastle
Tommy Steele calls from Glasgow and clip from The Tommy Steele Story movie
BBC Variety Parade
The Vernons Girls (referred to in the NME as The Vernons Girl Choir)
Ruby Murray
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Marty Wilde
Eddie Calvert
Paul Beattie
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
Yana
ABC The Fabulous Steve Allen Show
Steve Lawrence
ABC Late Night Show
The Tanner Sisters
Sunday 23rd February 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Frankie Vaughan -
Alma Cogan (possibly not on)
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
The Clark Brothers
Johnny Dankworth and his orchestra with Cleo Laine
ABC Top Numbers
Elizabeth Larner
Lita Roza
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Terry Dene
Group One
Maureen Kershaw
ATV Slater’s Bazaar (admag with John Slater) 5:40 -
Bert Weedon (continues throughout most of the year)
ABC Bid For Fame
Betty Foe (singer)
Monday 24th February 1958
BBC Date With Carole
Group One (NB apparently a note sung by one of the group shattered a glass of one of the viewers)
ATV Midlands Gerry's Inn
Margo Henderson
Tuesday 25th February 1958
ATV The Big Show 9:00 -
content unknown
Granada At Your Request
NB The show will now play twice a week for three weeks. Conway later told Record
Mail that "In the first two weeks we received over four thousand requests for songs
-
Russ Conway
Wednesday 26th February 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
content unknown
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
AR Cool For Cats
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Granada Spot The Tune
contents unknown
Thursday 27th February 1958
BBC Off The Record
Winifred Atwell
Gene Austin (US singer from the 1920's and 30's. Apparently this was the first time that the BBC paid the air fare for an American act to appear on a show)
Petula Clark – Baby Lover
Frankie Vaughan (filmed clip)
Dorita y Pepe
Ted Heath and his Music
Rosemary Squires
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: See You Soho
content unknown
AR Alfred Marks’ Time
NB Josephine Douglas from Six-
Granada At Your Request
content unknown
Friday 28th February 1958
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
BBC The Little Beggars
Sandra Alfred (singer)
AR Cool For Cats
NB It was hoped that Buddy Holly & The Crickets could appear, but due to a tight schedule it was unlikely
Granada Here's Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
Marlene Daniels
Saturday 1st March 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Jimmy Young
Winifred Atwell
Laurie Gold & His Pieces Of Eight
The King Brothers
Jackie Dennis
The Cab Kaye Quintet
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Eden Street Skiffle Group
Jim Dale
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
BBC The Benny Hill Show
The Kaye Sisters
Carl Barrieau
Leslie Jiver Hutchinson
Neville Taylor
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Michael Holliday – The Story of my Life
Lita Roza
Malcolm Vaughan
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Russ Hamilton
Mick Mulligan and his Band
The Four Jacks
Jimmy Young
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Henderson Show 8:30 -
The Confrey Phillips Trio
Sunday 2nd March 1958
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
ATV Top Tune Time
Alma Cogan
Jill Day
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
NB the 100th show
Hosted by Robert Morley (also seen as Dickie Valentine)
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
ABC Top Numbers
Pip Hinton
Dennis Lotis
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Jones Boys
Monday 3rd March 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Michael Holliday
Granada Melody Ranch 10:15 -
Canadian style Ranch house sing-
Jackie Lee
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Terry Burton
Tuesday 4th March 1958
Granada Chelsea At Nine
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Chris Barber Jazz Band
Larry Adler
The cast of The Bells Are Ringing
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Terry Burton
Granada At Your Request
content unknown
Wednesday 5th March 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Michael Holliday
BBC The Perry Como Show
Julius La Rosa
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Michael Holliday
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR Cool For Cats
no guests of interest in this edition
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Terry Burton
Thursday 6th March 1958
BBC Show Band Parade
NB The King Brothers were scheduled to appear but had to cancel
Little Johnny and His Teenagers
Alma Cogan
Ronnie Hilton
The Polka Dots
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Jackie Dennis
AR This Week
A look at rock and roll and who actually plays the instruments on record and on stage
Humphrey Lyttelton, Rosemary Squires, Colin Hicks
Granada The Rosemary Clooney Show
The Mary Kaye Trio
Hi Los
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
ITV (?) New Airs And Graces
Gerry Grant
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Terry Burton
Granada At Your Request
content unknown
Friday 7th March 1958
BBC Sing For Your Supper 8.00 -
Litz Roza -
Laurie London
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
Petula Clark
Granada Here's Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
ATV Midlands Lunch Box
Terry Burton
Saturday 8th March 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Negotiations were made with Paul Anka's UK representative Harold Fielding to have him appear on today's show
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Ted Heath & His Music
Michael Holliday (replacing Gary Miller who was on tour with The Crickets)
Lita Roza
The Five Dallas Boys
The Terry Lightfoot Jazzmen
Don Rendell & The Jazz Couriers (featuring Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott)
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
The Peter Crawford Trio
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Dorothy Squires – A Secret That’s Never Been Told
Ronnie Hilton
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
The Kaye Sisters
The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
Johnny Luck
Marion Ryan
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Show: The Dickie Valentine Show
Dickie Valentine
Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr
Stan Stennett & Dickie Valentine – Puttin’ On The Style
ABC The Late Show
The Terry Sisters
Tony Brent
Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson
Sunday 9th March 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Robert Morley
Eve Boswell -
ABC Top Numbers
Dennis Ringrowe and his Orchestra
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Rosemary Squires
The Southlanders
Pip Hinton (resident singer)
Group One
Maureen Kershaw (resident singer missed show due to illness)
Lisa Noble
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
Tuesday 11th March 1958
BBC Shirley Abicair
NB She now uses a new white zither. However, she was unable to appear on the show due to illness, so Ronnie Carroll was called on to fill in
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show: The Big Show
Dickie Valentine
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Granada Chelsea at Nine
Les Bingsters (French singing group)
Granada At Your Request
content unknown
Wednesday 12th March 1958
AR Palais Party
Laurie London (record of the week)
Phil Tate
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Gina Vaughan
AR Cool For Cats
no guests of interest in this edition
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Thursday 13th March 1958
BBC Off The Record
Max Bygraves – You Need Hands
Stanley Black (as a performer, not just the Conductor)
Margot Eskens
Jack warner
Tommy Reilly
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: See You, Soho 9:30 -
Buddy Holly and The Crickets (cancelled as a fee couldn't be agreed)
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
Jeremy Lubbock
Granada The Rosemary Clooney Show
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
Granada At Your Request
content unknown
Friday 14th March 1958
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
no guests of interest in this edition
Granada Here's Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
Cleo Laine
Saturday 15th March 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from the Caveau de la Huchette in Paris, France and featuring many local jazz stars. The Musicians Union object to the show so no UK music acts are featured. The skiffle contest is alos dropped for the week. The first venue chosen was the jazz cub, Vieux Colombier.
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Stephane Grappelli
The Blue Stars
Art Summers
Marie Velesco
Maxim Saury
Mac'ac
BBC The Ted Ray Show
John Cairney & Sammy San (singers)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
The Imps (skiffle group consisting of 12 year olds)
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
Eve Boswell
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Jackie Dennis
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Ray Bolger Show
Jill Day
ATV The Killing Stones
Theme: Tom Hark (Elias and his Zig-
Sunday 16th March 1958
ATV About Religion
A Christ figure wearing jeans and a sweat shirt, played by an anonymous actor is seen crucified
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
The Beverley Sisters
Edmund Hockridge
ABC Top Tune Time
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Michael Holliday
Edna Savage
Tony Brent
The Four Jones Boys
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 17th March 1958
Scottish Monday Dance Party
A daily show
Granada Melody Ranch
Sonia Rees
Marion Ryan
Tuesday 18th March 1958
Granada At Your Request 6:40 – 7:00 pm
Russ Conway
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Sonny Binick
Sally Brock
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Nancy Whiskey (record of the week guest star)
Granada Chelsea at Nine
content unknown
Wednesday 19th March 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
Eddie Fisher
Pearl Bailey
Kay Starr
BBC Crackerjack
Winifred Atwell
ATV Cool For Cats
Eric Delaney
ITV Melody Ranch
Regulars: Bill O’Connor, Libby Morris, The Maple Leaf Four, Sonia Rees, Danny Levan, The Ranch Hands
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Granada The Patti Page Show
Thursday 20th March 1958
BBC Cyril Stapleton Presents Show Band Parade
NB The Peters Sisters were due to appear but had to cancel
Eve Boswell
The Mudlarks
Jackie Lee
Jeremy Lubbock
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Not of interest
Friday 21st March 1958
BBC Winifred Atwell
AR Cool For Cats
Beatrice Reading
Granada Liberace
AR Let’s Get Together: Music In View
Steve Race
Granada Here's Humph
NB The series was due to finish tonight, but was extended for another two weeks
Humphrey Lyttelton
Dave Brubeck -
Saturday 22nd March 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
NB Broadcast from the Memorial Hall, Barry, Glamorgan
Lonnie Donegan (also involved in comedy routines and interviews)
Ronnie Carroll
Russ Conway
Eric Delaney Band
The Dill Jones Trio
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Jill Day
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Marion Ryan
Dennis Lotis
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
The Johnson Brothers
Al Saxon
Edna Savage
Ken Mackintosh
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Arthur Haynes Show
The Confrey Phillips Trio
The Kaye Sisters
Shirley Eaton – Civilisation, Love Is
ABC Bid For Fame
NB The show has been moved from Sunday evenings to alternate Saturday evenings and now features a cash incentive for winners
Brian Budge (singer)
Joe Loss & His Orchestra
Sunday 23rd March 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Excerpts from pantomime Robinson Crusoe with David Whitfield (as Crusoe)
ABC Top Numbers
Beatice Reading
Malcolm Vaughan
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Pip Hinton (resident singer)
Group One
Maureen Kershaw (resident singer)
Wee Willie Harris
Valerie Kleiner – Oh I’m Falling In Love Again
ABC Killing Stones (first in series)
Theme Elias and his Zig-
Monday 24th March 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Tuesday 25th March 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV The Big Show 9:00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Arthur Haynes Show
content unknown
Granada At Your Request -
Granada Chelsea at Nine
content unknown
Wednesday 26th March 1958
BBC Mainly For Women
Jeremy Lubbock
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Dinah Shore Show 7:30 -
NB To make way for this the BBC dropped every fourth edition of The Perry Como Show
Frank Sinatra
BBC Sammy 8:50 -
Play, with Anthony Newley
The play finds Newley playing the only character having to find £200 by any means
AR Palais Party
Glen Mason (record of the week)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Bob Burgess
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR Cool For Cats 6:10 -
Paul Anka
Granada The Patti Page Show
Granada Melody Ranch
Sonia Rees
Thursday 27th March 1958
NB ITV announce today that they are considering a new rock n roll show for Saturday
evening. One show idea is Saturday Hop, hosted by Jack Jackson, David Jacobs and
Johnny Johnson, and the other idea is Oh Boy!, possibly hosted by Pete Murray, who
would announce that he is leaving BBC’s Six-
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Off The Record
Buddy Holly and The Crickets -
Spike Milligan – Wish I Knew
Ronnie Hilton
The Mudlarks
Brendan O'Dowda
Diane Todd
George Melly with Mick Mulligan's Band
AR Jack Hylton Thursday Show: Alfred Marks’ Time
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Steve Race and his Orchestra
ATV Rainbow Room (first in series)
Sheila Buxton
Friday 28th March 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Granada Here's Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
Saturday 29th March 1958
BBC The Six-
NB it was announced on 25th March that Freddie Mills (the shows' sports reporter),
Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas would be leaving the show. Later in the week it
is announced that one of tonight’s guests Jim Dale will co-
Hosted by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas
Cleo Laine
Tony Brent
Kaye Sisters
The Polka Dots
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Jim Dale
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest The Station Group of North West London versus The Wild Five of Manchester
BBC The Benny Hill Show
Edna Savage
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Petula Clark
Gary Miller
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
The Mudlarks
Larry Page – Under Control
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Terry-
No guests of interest in this edition
Sunday 30th March 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Tommy Trinder (back after six months in South Africa)
No guests of interest in this edition
ATV Top Tune Time
Alma Cogan
Ronnie Hilton
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Fraser Hayes Four
Monday 31st March 1958
Granada Just For Fun
Group One
AR The Jack Hylton Show
Terry Dene – sings two songs from his movie The Golden Disc, interviewed by Hughie Green
Valerie Masters
Tuesday 1st April 1958
Granada Chelsea At Nine
NB songs from Simply Heavenly a new musical
Leslie “Jiver” Hutchinson and his Band
Monica Lewis – Nice Work If You Can Get It, What Kind Of Man
Wednesday 2nd April 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7:30 -
Teresa Brewer
Kay Thompson
The Four Lads
AR Palais Party
Colin Hicks (record of the week)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Stan Dudley
Christine Norton
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
ATV Keeping In Step: This England 10:30 -
Adam Faith
Granada Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 3rd April 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Cleo Laine
Friday 4th April 1958 Good Friday
BBC The Show Band Parade
NB This fortnightly show now becomes weekly
Cyril Stapleton introduces
Elisabeth Larner
Malcolm Vaughan
Janie Marden
Granada Here's Humph
Humphrey Lyttelton
AR Cool For Cats
Easter special in which Kent Walton doesn't introduce the show as usual, but tells a story throughout the show
The show begins and ends with Pat Boone's April Love
Cleo Laine
plays Dickie Valentine Love Me Again
The Beverley Sisters -
Tony Osborne -
ITN News
Pat Boone interview
TWW The Patti Page Show
Saturday 5th April 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from the Warren's Albert Ballroom, Glasgow
Hosted by Max Bygraves, possibly with Josephine Douglas
Marion Ryan
The Four Buddies
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
The John Barry Seven
Harry Gold & His New Beat Band
Rikki Barnes and His All-
BBC The World Our Stage: Hit The Headlines
NB A Musical comedy written by Galton and Simpson, Paddy Roberts wrote the songs
Dickie Valentine (playing an American who wins a competition to come to London and meets Jill Day)
Jill Day (plays a singing star)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
The Beverley Sisters
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Jimmy Young
Group One
The Saints Jazz Band
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Des O’Connor Show
Des O’Connor
Charlie Gracie
June Christy
Doreen Stephens
The Hilltoppers
ABC Before Midnight 11.00 -
Rosemary Squires
Sunday 6th April 1958
BBC All Your Own
The JG Skiffle Group featuring James (Jimmy) Page -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
NB Paul Robeson was booked for the show but the American State Department wouldn't
allow him to re-
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Pat Boone
June Christy (cancelled and her Saturday Spectacular appearance replaces this one)
ABC Top Numbers
Lita Roza
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Ronnie Carroll
Tony Brent
Pip Hinton
Group One
ABC Sunday Break
Victor Soverall
Monday 7th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Tuesday 8th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Jean Sablon
A French singing star
BBC Bill Cotton Band Show (first in new fortnightly series)
Regulars -
ATV The Big Show
content unknown
Granada Chelsea at Eight
content unknown
Wednesday 9th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
Kate Smith
BBC Variety Club Of Great Britain Awards For 1957
Personality of the Year awarded to Frankie Vaughan
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Robin Gray (guest star record of the week)
AR Cool For Cats
Featured discs included
Tommy Steele – Princess, Happy Guitar
Granada Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 10th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.00 -
NB The series alternates with Vera Lynn's Show
content unknown
AR Jack Hylton Thursday Show: The Lady Ratlings On Parade
No guests of interest in this edition
Friday 11th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Show Band Parade
Lita Roza – You’re the Greatest
Cyril Stapleton – Teenager Lullaby
Peter Hughes – Swinging Shepherd Blues (played on a 12 inch long saxophone)
The Stargazers
Nancy Whiskey -
Russ Conway
The Terry Sisters
AR Cool For Cats
Featured discs included
Paul Anka -
ATV The Ray Ellington Quartet 6:10 -
Max Geldray
Valerie Masters
Saturday 12th April 1958
BBC The Six-
NB a new scriptwriter Jeremy Lloyd replaces Trevor Peacock who has been with the show since the beginning. Also resident comics Mike and Bernie Winters will leave next month to host their own show on ITV
Hosted by Jim Dale (his first show, replacing Pete Murray) and Josephine Douglas
Valerie Masters
Beatice Reading
Gary Miller
The Dene Boys
Ray Ellington Quartet with Val Masters
Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson & His Band
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Robin Gray
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Humphrey Lyttelton
The Crescents
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Malcolm Vaughan -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dave King Show
Dave King
Sunday 13th April 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Sarah Vaughan – Secret, Poor Butterfly, They All Laughed, Never Smile Again
Marvin Rainwater – I’m Still In Love With You, Hank Williams medley, A Whole Lotta Lovin’
Edmund Hockridge
The Beverley Sisters
ABC Top Tune Time
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Kaye Sisters
Gary Miller
Jackie Dennis
Monday 14th April 1958
BBC Tonight
NB It's probably that either of the names would be resident for the week
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
AR The Jack Hylton Show
content unknown
Tuesday 15th 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
Wednesday 16th April 1958
BBC Lenny The Lion
Morton Frazer's Harmonica Gang
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
BBC The Perry Como Show
Frankie Avalon
Jimmy Dean
AR Palais Party
The new ‘Find The Singer’ contest starts tonight
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Laurie London (guest star record of the week)
AR Cool For Cats
Demonstration of South African dance the Kwela demonstrated by Juliet Dogget and Tommy Ranns
Featured discs included
Paul Anka -
ITV Carroll Levis Show
The Claude White Jazzband
Thursday 17th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
BBC Vera Lynn 8.00 -
NB The series alternates with Billy Cotton's show
Vera Lynn – Say, Another Time Another Place, Who’s Sorry Now
The Keytones – Scratch My Back
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Anne Shelton – The Girl He Left Behind
Friday 18th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
BBC Cyril Stapleton Presents Show Band Parade
Mike Desmond
Jill Day
The Jones Boys
Barbara Hylton
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR The Ray Ellington Quartet
Kenny Baker
Valerie Masters
Saturday 19th April 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Josephine Douglas, Jim Dale
Eve Boswell
Dennis Wilson & The Earwigs – Whole Lotta Woman (a group of musicians put together for the show wearing 17th century outfits)
Jackie Dennis
Don Rennie
The Mudlarks
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Ted Heath and his Music
Phil Fernando (guitarist)
BBC Saturday Comedy Hour: Saturday Magic (David Nixon)
Petula Clark
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Ruby Murray
The Dallas Boys
The Confrey Phillips Trio
Terry Wayne – Oh Lonesome Me
Glen Mason
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Arthur Haynes Show
Marvin Rainwater
Chris Barber and Ottilie Patterson
Bobby Short
ABC The Frankie Howerd Show 8:30 -
content unknown
ABC Before Midnight 10.45 -
Rosemary Squires
Sunday 20th April 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Liberace
ABC Top Numbers
The George Mitchell Singers
Fredye Marshall
Lisa Noble
Valerie Kleiner
Matt Monro
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
Glenda Collins
Monday 21st April 1958
BBC Children's Television Presents Studio E
The Joe Gordon Skifflers
BBC News
Petula Clark
AR The Jack Hylton Show
No musical guests of interest
Tuesday 22nd April 1958
Granada Chelsea at Nine
Ferante and Teicher
ATV Val Parnel Spectacular: The Big Show
Marvin Rainwater
Chris Barber & Ottilie Patterson
Janie Marden
TWW Meet Steve Arlen and Sam Fonteyn
Wednesday 23rd April 1958
BBC The Dinah Shore Show
AR Palais Party
Peter Mills (record of the week guest star)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Henry Kingston
Joy Tolhurst
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune
Marian Ryan
Thursday 24th April 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
content unknown
BBC Jazz Session 10:45 -
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee with Chris Barber Jazz Band (with Ottilie Patterson)
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: Alfred Mark’s Time
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Ray Ellington Quartet
Friday 25th April 1958
BBC The Show Band Parade
Terry Dene
Bobby Short
The King Brothers
Barara Lyon
Eddie Calvert
BBC Words And Music 10:45 pm -
Ronnie Hilton at home (a replica of his 'den' at home)
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR Ray Ellington & His Quartet
Valerie Masters
Ted Stanley (finalist on Find A Singer) That My Girl, When I Fall In Love
Saturday 26th April 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Josephine Douglas and Jim Dale
The Lana Sisters
Group One
David Hughes
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Mick Milligan & His Band with George Melly
Ronnie Aldrich & The Squadronaires
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
BBC The Benny Hill Show
Alma Cogan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Marty Wilde
Eddie Calvert
Anne Shelton
Joan Savage
The Southlanders
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Jackie Dennis
Betty Smith
ATV Val Parnells’ Saturday Spectacular: The Dick Shawn Show
Aileen Cochran – Now It’s Happened To Me, My Love For You, I’ve Got The Urge
Sunday 27th April 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Howard Keel
Yana -
ABC Top Tune Time
Dickie Valentine
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Charlie Gracie
The Fraser Hayes Four
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
The Viscounts
Monday 28th April 1958
BBC Panorama 9:15 – 10:00 pm
Report on rock n roll via correspondence course with Lonnie Donegan
BBC Mario Lanza 10:30 – 11:00 pm
NB cancelled due to illness
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show
Pat Dahl
Tuesday 29th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea At Eight
Lonnie Donnegan
Ferrante and Teicher
Wednesday 30th April 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
The McGuire Sisters
AR Palais Party
Terry Dene (record of the week guest star)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Harry Smith-
Doreen Casey
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR Cool For Cats
Featured discs included a version of the song Kewpie Doll
AR Midnight Matinee 12.01 -
Introduced by Dirk Bogarde
A copyright enforced ban on the performing of songs from the musical My Fair Lady in Britain is lifted an hour after the curtain goes down on the first performance of the show in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The copyright restriction is to be lifted at midnight, so Rediffusion put on a special show featuring recordings of seven songs from the show at a minute past midnight. The show also featured the Cool For Cats dance troupe. It was not an excerpt from the show itself, merely the songs. The show was not networked, only shown in the London area.
Granada The Ray Ellington Quartet
Granada Spot The Tune
content unknown
Granada Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 1st May 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn – All The Way, Till The Clouds Roll By, The Fountains of Rome, We’re Not Talking
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
content unknown
Friday 2nd May 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Donald Peers
BBC The Show Band Parade
Hosted by Cyril Stapleton
Confrey Phillips Trio
Diane Todd
Ronnie Hilton
Gary Miller
Marion Ryan
AR Cool For Cats (NB the scheduled time slot was 11:00 -
NB The 100th show, and during the show a lucky dip will pick one of the records as
the 1000th disc to be played on the show. It was Anne Shelton -
The following names were present on set, but may have not performed
Anne Shelton, Dickie Valentine, Bill Kent, Ronnie Hilton, The Beverley Sisters, Edmondo Ros, Marion Ryan, Russ Conway, Malcolm Vaughan, Wally Stott, The King Brothers, Alma Cogan, Don Lang, Lonnie Donegan, Bert Weedon, Nancy Whiskey, Petula Clark, David Whitfield, Norrie Paramour, Frank Cordell, Tony Osbourne, Malcolm Vaughan and Ken Earle, Russ Conway, Glen Mason, Jackie Dennis, Robert Earl, Joe Henderson, Gary Miller, Terry Dene, Colin Hicks, Marty Wilde
Granada Ray Ellington
content unknown
ITV Melody Ranch
content unknown
Saturday 3rd May 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Josephine Douglas
Dennis Lotis
Kenny Baker & The Dozen
Johnnie Gray & His Band
The Les Collins Quartet
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Don Rennie
Joan Small
The Four Gibson Girls
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Marion Ryan
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Lorrae Desmond
Glen Mason
Terry Dene
David Whitfield -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Valentine Show
Dickie Valentine
Ronnie Hilton
ABC Before Midnight 10.45 -
Rosemary Squires
The Reg Owen Septet
Sunday 4th May 1958
BBC The Music Of My Fair Lady 10:00 -
Robert Farnon leads his orchestra through several songs
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Ella Fitzgerald (accompanied by Lou Levy on piano)
ABC Top Numbers
Dennis Lotis
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Rosemary Squires
Geoff Love and his Orchestra
The Polka Dots
Monday 5th May 1958
BBC The Phil Silvers Show
Bing Crosby
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show
content unknown
Tuesday 6th May 1958
BBC Life Is A Song 8:00 -
Petula Clark
AR Tuesday Rendezvous
Bert Weedon's Guitar Corner (first edition)
ATV The Big Show
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Hilda Baker Show
content unknown
Granada Chelsea at Eight
Ted Heath and his band-
Wednesday 7th May 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
NB Hosted by Ray Bolger as Como was on holiday
Connie Francis
AR Palais Party
Alma Cogan (record of the week guest star)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
AR Cool For Cats
Laurie London -
Granada Spot The Tune
content unknown
Thursday 8th May 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
Jill Day
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: The Robert Dhery Show (French comedian)
content unknown
Friday 9th May 1958
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
BBC The Show Band Show
Introduced by Cyril Stapleton
Russ Hamilton
The Four Ramblers
The Beverley Sisters
AR Ray Ellington’s Quartet
Marion Ryan
Valerie Masters
Saturday 10th May 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Josephine Douglas (her last show), Jim Dale
Ted Heath & His Music
Don Lang & His Frantic Five (his last appearance on the show)
The Confrey Phillips Trio
Terry Burton
Don Fox
Betty Joyce
Ray Burns
Alma Cogan (NB she had been invited back as she was faded out during one song in last weeks' show)
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
BBC The Ted Ray Show
The Chas McDevitt Group with Shirley Douglas
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Ronnie Hilton
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Lonnie Donegan
Marty Wilde
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Valentine Show 8:30 -
Dickie Valentine
Yana
Sunday 11th May 1958
BBC Irving Berlin’s 70th Birthday Tribute In Words And Music 8:45 -
NB Irving Berlin, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby were invited to appear but didn't
Ronnie Carroll
Marion Keene
David Hughes
The Kaye Sisters
Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang
The Vernons Girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Johnnie Ray
Mindy Carson
ABC Top Tune Time
Anne Shelton
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Four Jones Boys
Tony Brent
ABC Sunday Break
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 12th May 1958
BBC Trouble For Two (first in series)
Lorrae Desmond
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Henry Hall Show
NB Produced by Ned Sherrin
Laurie London
AR Jack Hyton’s Monday Show
Josephine Baker -
AR Lucky Dip
Guitar Corner: Bert Weedon
Tuesday 13th May 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Wednesday 14th May 1958
BBC Mainly For Women: Twice Twenty
Dion O'Brien (aka Tom Springfield)
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
Teresa Brewer
Frankie Laine
Count Basie and his orchestra
AR Palais Party
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Ronnie Carroll (guest artist record of the week)
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Thursday 15th May 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC unknown show
Rosemary Squires with the Donald Purchese Quintet
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Dennis Lotis
Friday 16th May 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Show Band Show
Freddie Marshall
Terry Sisters
Headley Ward Trio
Nancy Whiskey
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR Ray Ellington & His Quartet
Valerie Masters
The Mudlarks
AR Let’s Get Together: Music In View
Steve Race
Saturday 17th May 1958
BBC Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Reg Guest (ex Don Lang) now arranges and leads the regular group
Timmie Rogers & His 'Tipple Rock'
Lorrae Desmomnd
Mario Lanza in a clip from The Seven Hills of Rome movie
The Hi-
Alex Welsh & His Band with Beryl Bryden
Ronnie Scott & Tubby Hayes with The Jazz Couriers
The Bob Miller Music
Lord Rockingham's XI -
BBC Record Roundabout 8:00 -
BBC’s contribution to Radio Record Week which had started the previous Sunday
Hosted by Pete Murray, Sam Costa, Wilfred Thomas
Jean Metcalfe (Light Programme DJ)
Michael Holliday
Alma Cogan
Kenny Baker
The Stargazers -
Johnny Dankworth
Marion Ryan
Perry Como (film clip)
Kathy Kay
Guest DJ -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Regulars: Joan Savage, Paddie O'Neil, Glen Mason
Mick Mulligan and his Band
Laurie London
Petula Clark
Don Lang
The Most Brothers (Mickie Most)
Barry Barnett
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show
Mindy Carson -
The Hedley Ward Trio -
ABC The Saturday Show
content unknown
Sunday 18th May 1958
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents Sunday Night At The Prince Of Wales
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Guy Mitchell
The Treniers
ABC Top Numbers
Ronnie Hilton (possibly)
Dennis Lotis
Rosemary Squires
Jackie Lee
Des O'Connor
The Polka Dots
Jimmy Lloyd
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 19th May 1958
BBC Trouble For Two
Lorrae Desmond
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show
content unknown
Tuesday 20th May 1958
BBC Life Is A Song
Lys Assia (singer)
Granada Chelsea At Eight
Johnny Dankworth – Take The A Train
ATV The Big Show
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Mindy Carson Show
content unknown
Wednesday 21st May 1958
BBC The Dinah Shore Show
Tony Martin
Betty Hutton
AR Cool For Cats 6:10 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party
Gary Miller (record of the week guest artist)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR Carroll Levis Discoveries
The Kestrals
Thursday 22nd May 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
Lonnie Donegan
BBC Larry Adler
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: Alfred Marks’ Time
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Friday 23rd May 1958
BBC Whitsun Parade
NB Broadcast from Spa Theatre, Scarborough
Alma Cogan
AR Ray Ellington & His Quartet
Nat Gonella
Valerie Masters
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
Saturday 24th May 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Michael Holliday
Rosemary Squires
Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band with Marie Knight – Lonesome Woman Blues, Lonesome Road
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
Frantic Five
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
BBC The Jimmy Logan Show
Petula Clark
Eddie Calvert
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Dickie Valentine
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Marvin Rainwater
The Mudlarks
Joe ("Mr Piano") Henderson
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Dave King Show 8:30 -
David Whitfield
Sunday 25th May 1958
BBC Children's Television
Diane Todd (singer)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Max Bygraves -
Joan Regan
ABC Top Tune Time
Michael Holliday
Dickie Valentine
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Fraser Hayes Four
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 26th May 1958 Bank Holiday
BBC Trouble For Two
Lorrae Desmond
AR The Jack Hylton Monday Show
content unknown
Scottish Dance Party
Don Rennie
Tuesday 27th May 1958
BBC Benny Goodman
NB via the Eurovision link from Brussels
ITN News
Jerry Lee Lewis interviewed
Scottish The One O'Clock Show
Don Rennie
Wednesday 28th May 1958
BBC Mainly For Women: Twice Twenty
Donald Peers
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
Perry Como
Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang
AR Palais Party
Wee Willie Harris (record of the week guest week)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Thursday 29th May 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn Sings
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
Tony Bennett
Sam Costa
Friday 30th May 1958
BBC Ticket For Friday
The summer review Let's Have Fun From the Central Pier, Blackpool
Don Lang
Josef Locke
AR Cool For Cats
possibly Marion Ryan
AR Ray Ellington’s Quartet
Valerie Masters
Saturday 31st May 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
Marion Ryan
The Dallas Boys
The Mudlarks
The Cockatoos
Eric Delaney & His Band
The John Barry Seven
The Frantic Five
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Regulars: Joan Savage, Paddie O'Neil, Glen Mason
Kenny Baker
Valerie Masters
Barry Barnett
The Kaye Sisters
From The Army Game: Brenard Bresslaw, Alfie Bass, Michael Medwin
ABC Saturday Show: The Max Bygraves Show
Larry Adler
Eula Peters
The Rockets
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Starlight Dance, Harringay Arena
A charity fundraiser for Stars Organisation for Spastics
Hosted by Vera Lynn
Marion Ryan
The Stargazers
Johnny Dankworth
Dennis Lotis
Ronnie Carroll
Lorrae Desmond
Glen Mason
Lonnie Donegan
Petula Clark
Gary Miller
Earle and Vaughan
Jackie Dennis
Eric Delaney
Laurie London
The Mudlarks
Cyril Stapleton
Michael Desmond
Matt Monro
Al Fairweather
Plus music provided by Johnny Dankworth, Eric Delaney, Al Fairweather, Cy Laurie, Humphrey Lyttelton, Mick Mulligan, The Betty Smith Quintet, Eddie Thompson, Bruce Turner, Cyril Stapleton and his Show Band
James Kennedy -
ABC The Starlight Dance 10.45 -
content unknown
Sunday 1st June 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Bob Crosby
Alma Cogan
ABC Top Numbers
Rosemary Squires
Des O'Connor
The Polka Dots
Jimmy Lloyd
Denis Lotis
Monday 2nd June 1958
BBC Trouble For Two
Lorrae Desmond
Scottish Monday Dance Party 6:10 -
content unknown
ITN News
Frank Sinatra arrives in London
Tuesday 3rd June 1958
BBC Georges Guetary
Georges Guetary
Dianne Todd
AR Late London (first in series)
Maxine Daniels
Kirk Graham
Wednesday 4th June 1958
BBC Schools: Stories From World History
Young Man With A Cornet: The life story of Louis Armstrong told in dramatic form
AR Cool For Cats
Tony Brent
AR Palais Party
Danny Purches (in the Record of the Week spot)
Thursday 5th June 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
Alma Cogan
Friday 6th June 1958
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
AR The Ray Ellington Quartet
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Valerie Masters
Carl Barriteau
Saturday 7th June 1958
BBC The Six-
NB a shorter than normal show to make way for cricket. Producer Russell Turner tried accommodate as many acts making their TV debut as he could.
Matt Monro
Larry Page
The Frantic Five
Maurice Allen (the singer with the glass piano)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show (118th and final show)
The Beverley Sisters
Dickie Valentine
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Michael Holliday
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The David Whitfield Show
David Whitfield
ABC Before Midnight 11.15 -
Rosemary Squires
Sunday 8th June 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Vic Damone
ATV Top Tune Time 10:50 -
Anne Shelton
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Gary Miller
Monday 9th June 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Scottish Monday Dance Party
content unknown
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show
content unknown
Tuesday 10th June 1958
AR Free And Easy 10:15 -
Produced by Joan Kemp-
Dickie Valentine
Anne Shelton
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Jean Bayless
AR Late London
Wednesday 11th June 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
Pearl Bailey
AR Cool For Cats 6:10 -
NB This might have been broadcast from the Women's Royal Army camp at Richmond, Surrey
AR Palais Party 11:00 -
The Mudlarks – The Book of Love
Thursday 12th June 1958
BBC unknown show
Bob Crosby -
The Ronnie Aldrich Band
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn Sings
BBC Trouble For Two
Lorrae Desmond
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8:30 -
Edmund Hockridge
The King Brothers
Sarah Vaughan (pre-
Granada The Patti Page Show 10:30 -
Friday 13th June 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR The Ray Ellington Quartet
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Valerie Masters
Tommy Whittle
Saturday 14th June 1958
BBC The Six-
NB 'Debs' with their escorts were invited into the audience, also finalists of the Safety Sue beauty contest were seen
Hosted by Jim Dale
Dinah Lee and her all girl orchestra
Laurie London
Marion Keene
Steve Arlen
Robert Earl
Phil Fernando
The Mudlarks
The Johnny Lenin Group
Harry Walton & His Dixieland Jazzmen
The Frantic Five
The Johnny Deniz Group
Frank Cooke
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show
Don Arden
Dennis Lotis
Jackie Lee
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Vic Damone Show
Vic Damone
ABC Holiday Town Parade
NB Broadcast from Morecambe
The Joe Loss Orchestra
ABC Before Midnight 10.45 -
Rosemary Squires
Sunday 15th June 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Guy Mitchell – Home On The Range
ABC Oh Boy! 10:35 -
NB Broadcast from the ATV Theatre, Wood Green. Jack Good in his weekly Disc column said that the show would have seventeen songs
A slow song was chosen as the Record of the Week
The Dallas Boys
The John Barry Seven
Lord Rockingham’s XI
Ronnie Carroll -
Beatrice Reading
Marty Wilde
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Neville Taylor and the Cutters
Dudley Heslop
Kerry Martin (allegedly banned from 6.5 Special for being "too sexy")
The Vernons Girls
Don Wedge
Monday 16th June 1958
? Jack Hylton's Monday Show
Tony Dalli
Scottish Monday Dance Party
content unknown
ITV At Your Request 6:40 – 19:00 pm
Russ Conway
Tuesday 17th June 1958
BBC Georges Guetary
Georges Guetary
Dianne Todd
ATV The Big Show 9:15 -
content unknown
AR Free And Easy 10:15 -
Dickie Valentine, Petula Clark
Wednesday 18th June 1958
BBC Petula Clark & Joe Henderson 9:45 -
BBC The Dinah Shore Show 7:30 -
AR Cool For Cats
visits the Women's Royal Army Corps
AR Palais Party
Lita Roza (record of the week)
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan asks the questions while Alfred Marks is on holiday
Thursday 19th June 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
content unknown
Friday 20th June 1958
? I Know What I Like
Eddie Calvert
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR The Ray Ellington Quartet
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Valerie Masters
Saturday 21st June 1958
no The Six-
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Johnnie Ray Show 8:30 -
Johnnie Ray
The Treniers
Anne Shelton
ABC Holiday Town Parade
NB Broadcast from Southport
Group One
Sunday 22nd June 1958
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents: The Frankie Vaughan Show 8:30 -
Frankie Vaughan
The King Brothers
The Kaye Sisters
ATV Top Tune Time 10:25 -
Alma Cogan
Ronnie Hilton
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Monday 23rd June 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Henry Hall Show
Winifred Atwell
ATV Tell The Truth
Alma Cogan
AR The Jack Hylton Monday Show
content unknown
Tuesday 24th June 1958
AR Free And Easy
Dickie Valentine
Granada Chelsea at Eight-
Lonnie Donegan
AR Late London
Wednesday 25th June 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
Perrry Como
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Rosemary June
AR Palais Party 11:00 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryal asks the questions while Alfred Marks is on holiday
Thursday 26th June 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn
The Earwigs (the band of BBC staff assembled for The Six-
Friday 27th June 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
AR Cool For Cats
Featured discs
Winifred Atwell – Lazy Train
Edie Gorme – You Need Hands
Johnnie Ray – Endlessly
Eddie Fisher – I Don’t Hurt Anymore
Perry Como – I May Never Pass This Way Again
The Ganim Asia Minors – Daddy Lollo
Audrey Jeans – Send A Letter To Jeannette
Miyoshi Umeri – Sayonara
Eddie Silver – Seven Steps To Love
The Dole Dickens Band -
Saturday 28th June 1958
no Six-
BBC A Galaxy of Stars Burst Into Song
NB Anne Shelton was so unhappy with her billing beneath Alma Cogan that she left the production. The billing was decided by producer Francis Essex and not by a coin toss as suggested by Shelton. They were due to sing a duet together.
Introduced by David Jacobs
Alma Cogan
Carole Carr (replacing Anne Shelton)
Larry Adler
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Tommy Steele Show 8:30 -
Tommy Steele – Frankie and Johnnie, The Only Man On The Island, plus sketch with Bob Monkhouse
The Keytones
Yana
The Polka Dots
Malcolm Vaughan and Kenneth Earle
ABC Saturday Show
Jimmy Wheeler
The Three Galanes (Cuban bongo group)
Sunday 29th June 1958
ABC Oh Boy! 10:50 -
The Dallas Boys
The John Barry Seven
Jackie Dennis
Lord Rockingham’s XI
Beatrice Reading
Marty Wilde
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Neville Taylor and the Cutters
The Vernons Girls
ABC Top Numbers (last in series)
content unknown
Monday 30th June 1958
BBC The World Our Stage
Alma Cogan
Tuesday 1st July 1958
BBC Tonight
Rosemary Squires
BBC Georges Guetary
Georges Guetary
Dianne Todd
Granada Chelsea Summertime
Maureen Cannon
AR Late Extra
BBC Wish You Were Here
NB A summer revue broadcast from The Lido, Margate
Joyce Shock (singer and sister in law of Frankie Vaughan)
Wednesday 2nd July 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7:30 -
Perry Como
Johnny Mathis
AR Free And Easy
Dickie Valentine
ITV Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 3rd July 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR Palais Party
The Sunnysiders
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Friday 4th July 1958
BBC Ticket For Friday
Eve Boswell
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his Trio
Saturday 5th July 1958
BBC Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Al Saxon
Tony Osbourne & His Band
Don Rennie
Barbara Lyon
Susan Denny (singer and wife of the producer Russell Turner)
BBC Television Music Hall
Eddie Calvert
ABC Can Do
Lonnie Donegan shoots a .22 rifle
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Dave King Show 8:00 -
Gisella Griffel
Glen Mason
ABC Holiday Town Parade
NB Broadcast fron New Brighton
Denis Lotis
Sunday 6th July 1958
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents from the Prince Of Wales Theatre
The Mudlarks
Doretta Morrow
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Rosemary Squires
ABC Entertainment Quiz (first in series)
Marion Keene
Teddy Johnson
ABC The Honeymooners (first episode shown in the UK)
Jackie Gleason (actor and bandleader)
Monday 7th July 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Michael Holliday 10:15 -
NB A series of pre-
AR Free And Easy
Dickie Valentine, Lita Roza
ATV Liberace
? Meet Don Rennie
Don Rennie
Tuesday 8th July 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Scottish Tuesday Dance Party
content unknown
Granada Chelsea Summertime
Maureen Cannon
AR Late Extra
Wednesday 9th July 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
The Mills Brothers
ITV Melody Ranch
Libby Morris, Susan Denny, Ken Steele, The Hi Spots
Thursday 10th July 1958
BBC Vera Lynn Sings
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR Dream Girl '58 (first in series)
NB Each week a 'Cinderella Princess' and asked for her three dream wishes, which 'Prince Preager' will then try to grant
Lou Preager
Friday 11th July 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Ticket For Friday
NB Excerpt of Light Up The Town at the Hippodrome, Blackpool
Winifred Atwell
Michael Holliday
The Kaye Sisters
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio, Bert Weedon
AR The Dickie Henderson Half-
Ilene Day (singer)
Saturday 12th July 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Marion Ryan
Joe Henderson
Danny Purches
The Bel-
The Reg Owen Band
The Wilt Todd Trio
The Frantic Seven
Steve Martin
Audrey Jeans
Kirk Graham
possibly Billy Reynolds
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
BBC Fiesta
Maria Pavlou
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Guy Mitchell Show 8:00 -
Guy Mitchell
Doretta Morrow
Sunday 13th July 1958
ATV From The Stage of the Prince of Wales Theatre
Anne Shelton
Tony Dalli
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 14th July 1958
BBC Michael Holliday
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Tiptoe Through the Tulips (double tracked with a tape recorder)
AR Free And Easy
Dickie Valentine – It’s A Wonderful Thing To Be Loved, S’posing
Dorothy Squires – On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Tuesday 15th July 1958
BBC Jazz Session
Dill Jones introduces
The Joe Harriott Quintet
Terry Lightfoot and his Jazzmen
Ilene Day
Scottish Tuesday Dance Party
content unknown
Granada Chelsea at Eight
possibly Carmen Cavallaro
AR Late Extra
Wednesday 16th July 1958
BBC The Dinah Shore Show
ITV Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 17th July 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats
The Most Brothers
Scottish Thursday Dance Party
Friday 18th July 1958
BBC Ticket For Friday
NB Excerpts from Hey There, the summer show on Blackpool's south pier
Sheila Buxton
Danny Purches
Morton Fraser
Saturday 19th July 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Tony Dalli -
Valerie Shane
Ted Heath & His Music
The Polka Dots
The Tommy Whittle Quartet
The Frantic Five
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bob Crosby Show 8:00 -
Alma Cogan
David Whitfield
Bob Crosby
Sunday 20th July 1958
ATV Stars From The Summer Shows 8:30 – 9:00 pm
NB Featuring stars from the big summer shows at Blackpool, Great Yarmouth, Southsea
Ruby Murray
Edmund Hockridge
Joan Regan
Audrey Jeans
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Rosemary Squires
Monday 21st July 1958
BBC Michael Holliday 10:45 -
AR The Jubilee Show (first in new series)
Dennis Lotis
Wednesday 23rd July 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
The McGuire Sisters
Dean Martin
ITV Melody Ranch
content unknown
AR Late Extra
Thursday 24th July 1958
BBC Words And Music
Sarah Vaughan
Lita Roza
BBC Bongo -
Dance show introduced by Boscoe Holder
BBC Spot The Tune (first edition)
NB The BBC had started the first Spot The Tune on the radio in 1946, while Granada started their own TV version in 1956, but since this had come off the air a few weeks ago the BBC chose to use the name again, but this time it would be aimed at children despite the presence of a string quartet.
AR Cool For Cats 7:00 -
content unknown
Friday 25th July 1958
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Saturday 26th July 1958
NB David Gell, Radio Luxembourg presenter begins a stint of in-
BBC Six-
The Frantic Five
ATV Max Bygraves Entertains
Max Bygraves
ATV Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
Sunday 27th July 1958
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents the Frankie Vaughan Show
Frankie Vaughan
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
Malestrum Skiffle Group
ABC Sam and Pete 3.00 -
Pilot for a series starring Sam Costa and Pete Murray, made by Jack Good
Monday 28th July 1958
BBC Wish You Were Here
The Tanner Sisters
BBC Relax with Michael Holliday 10:45 -
No other guests
AR The Jubilee Show
Dennis Lotis
AR Late Extra
Wednesday 30th July 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
Patti Page
Eddie Hodges
ITV Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 31st July 1958
BBC Words And Music
Amton Karas
AR Cool For Cats
NB broadcast from a London swimming bath
Peter Elliott (swimming champion) -
ITN News
Harry Belefonte interview
Friday 1st August 1958
BBC Ticket For Friday
Shirley Bassey
BBC Cy Grant 9:00 -
AR The Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Saturday 2nd August 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from the Guildhall, Southampton and the Beaulieu Jazz Festival
Hosted by Jim Dale
Rosemary Squires
Ray Ellington Quartet
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
The Beverley Sisters
1958 Beaulieu Jazz Festival article with The Dill Jones Trio with Nat Gonellea, Alex Welsh & His Dixielanders
BBC Saturday Music Hall
Dorothy Squires
ABC Holiday Town Parade
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Marguerite Piazza Show
No guests of interest in this edition
Sunday 3rd August 1958
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents From The Stage Of The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London
8:30 -
Don Lang
Anne Shelton (replacing Georgia Gibbs)
Ronnie Carroll
Monday 4th August 1958 Bank Holiday
AR The Jubilee Show
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 5th August 1958
Granada Chelsea Summertime
Maureen Cannon – Everybody Loves A Lover
Wednesday 6th August 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
Perry Como
Edie Gorme
Paul Anka
Richard Rodgers
ITV Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 7th August 1958
BBC Words And Music
Beatrice Reading
Ray Noble
Harry Belefonte -
AR Cool For Cats
Due to be filmed at RAF Oldham, but had to be delayed for a week at the request of the Air Ministry. A new studio bound show, with a country and western theme, was hastily assembled.
Nancy Whiskey – I Know Where I’m Going
Peggy Lee – Fever (featured disc)
Friday 8th August 1958
BBC Seaside Stars
Excerpts from Aces High, Royal Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV Rainbow Room 11:00 -
Gary Miller
Saturday 9th August 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Beatice Reading
Glen Mason
Terry Dene & Edna Savage
Bob Miller & His Orchestra
The Fairweather-
The Frantic Five
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Hughie Green Show 8:00 -
Georgia Gibbs
ABC Holiday Town Parade
content unknown
Sunday 10th August 1958
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents: The Beverley Sisters Show 8:30 -
The Beverley Sisters
Aileen Cochrane
ABC Win A Mink (first in series)
Gary Miller
Monday 11th August 1958
BBC Michael Holliday
BBC The Phil Silvers Show
Doberman the Crooner
AR The Jubilee Show
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 12th August 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Wednesday 13th August 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Dinah Shore Show
Granada Melody Ranch
Libby Morris – Sorta on the Border
Libby Morris & Joyce Blair – Toreador
ITN Roving report
Report on the making of 'Cool For Cats'
Thursday 14th August 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Words And Music
Shirley Abicair
AR Cool For Cats
Filmed at RAF Oldham
content unknown
Friday 15th August 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Seaside Stars
Excerpts from Light Up Again, Wellington Pier Pavilion, Great Yarmouth
The Four Jones Boys
Ruby Murray
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio (also daily regulars on ATV’s Lunch Box with Noele Gordon)
The Kentones
Saturday 16th August 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from the Villa Marina, Isle of Man. A helicopter had been hired to transport artists to and from the mainland, but this idea was abandoned.
Hosted by Jim Dale
Lonnie Donegan
Lita Roza
The Five Dallas Boys
Ken Mackintosh & His Band
Basil Kirchin & His Band
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show
Carmita (singer)
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
Connie Francis
Earle and Vaughan
ABC Holiday Town Parade
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
Sunday 17th August 1958
BBC Harry Belafonte 7:30 -
NB Belefonte had laryngitis during recording
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Cy Grant
ATV The Frankie Howerd Show 8:30 -
no guests of interest in this edition
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents
Julius La Rosa
Monday 18th August 1958
BBC Children's Caravan
Jim Dale
BBC The Henry Hall's Guest Night
Cherry Wainer with Don Storer
BBC Relax with Michael Holliday
AR The Jubilee Show
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 19th August 1958
BBC Wish You Were Here
Broadcast from the Isle of Man
Carole Carr
Ken Mackintosh & His Band
Granada Chelsea Summertime
Maureen Cannon – How Are Things In Glocamorra
Wednesday 20th August 1958
ITV Melody Ranch
Libby Morris
Bill O’Connor
Joyce Blair
The Hi-
Thursday 21st August 1958
BBC Words And Music
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Vic Damone
Terry Dene and Edna Savage
AR Cool For Cats 7:00 -
content unknown
Friday 22nd August 1958
BBC Seaside Stars
Excerpts from Top Of The Town, Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Joan Turner
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Ronnie Carroll
Lorrae Desmond
Saturday 23rd August 1958
BBC Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
John Cairney
Billy Raymond
Ted Heath & His Music
Tony Crombie & His Men
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
Julius La Rosa
Toni Carroll
ABC Can Do
Lita Roza
Sunday 24th August 1958
ATV The Bernard Bresslaw Show 8:30 -
Alma Cogan
Monday 25th August 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Michael Holliday
AR The Jubilee Show
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 26th August 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea Summertime
Giselle Mackenzie
Wednesday 27th August 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ITV Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 28th August 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Words And Music
Carole Carr
AR Cool For Cats 7:00 -
content unknown
Friday 29th August 1958
BBC Seaside Stars
Excerpts from This Is Your Laugh, The Windmill Theatre, Great Yarmouth
no musical guests
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Saturday 30th August 1958
NB Southern Television begins broadcasting today
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from The Continental, Kingston-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Ronnie Carroll
Don Rennie
The Joy Belles
Terry Turner
The Four Imps
Geraldine Farrer
Teddy Foster & His Orchestra with Jill Kinley
Rory Blackwell & His Blackjacks
ABC Holiday Town Parade
content unknown
Southern Saturday Spectacular: Southern Rhapsody 8:00 -
NB The show was to be called Friends and Neighbours. It in addition to studio based guests the show featured excerpts from summer shows
Gary Miller -
Eric Winstone and his orchestra (Winstone was the director of music at the channel)
Anne Shelton with the Malcolm Mitchell Trio (playing at Southsea)
The Mudlarks (playing at Weymouth)
Frankie Vaughan (greetings from the Hippodrome, Brighton)
Gracie Fields
Line Renaud
Sunday 31st August 1958
ATV Prince of Wales
Maxine Daniels
ATV The Charlie Drake Show 8:30 -
The King Bros
ATV Television Theatre (repeat 6th April 1957)
play, Teddy Gang
ABC Sunday Break 6:15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 1st September 1958
BBC Henry Hall Guests
content unknown
BBC Michael Holliday
AR The Jubilee Show
Dennis Lotis
Wednesday 3rd September 1958
BBC Jazz Session
Tony Kinsey Quartet – Time Gentlemen Please, I Want To Be Happy
ITV Melody Ranch
content unknown
Thursday 4th September 1958
BBC Words And Music
no guests of interest in this edition
BBC A Song For Everyone 10:20 -
Kenneth McKellar
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Gracie Fields
Friday 5th September 1958
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Saturday 6th September 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from The Beach Pavilion, Prestatyn
Hosted by Jim Dale
Malcolm Vaughan
Audrey Jeans
Maxine Daniels
Tony Brent
Mal Perry
The Kestrels
The Preston Cygnets
Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys
The Tito Burns Septet
Winston Lee & His Band
BBC Formby's Favourites
George Formby
The Deep River Boys
Stephane Grappelli
Des O'Connor
ABC Saturday Spectacular: Valentine’s Night
Dickie Valentine -
Lorrae Desmond
ABC Holiday Town Parade
content unknown
Sunday 7th September 1958
ABC The Shirley Bassey Show 11:00 -
Shirley Bassey
Gary Miller
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 8th September 1958
BBC Relax With Michael Holliday 10:45 -
AR The Jubilee Show
Denis Lotis – Biding My Time
ABC The Late Show
Gary Miller
Southern Flotsom's Jollies
Steve Arlen
Tuesday 9th September 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Wednesday 10th September 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC You Are There
Russ Conway
ITV Melody Ranch
The Hi Spots
Thursday 11th September 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
AR Cool For Cats 7:00 -
Anne Shelton – Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me
Friday 12th September 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV Rainbow Room
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Malcolm Vaughan – Ev’ry Hour Ev’ry day Of My Life
Malcolm Vaughan and Kenneth Earle – Partners
Saturday 13th September 1958
BBC The Six-
NB In an attempt to draw viewers away from a new weekly Oh Boy! new producer Russell
Turner recruits six new female presenters to the show – Liela Williams, Hilary Martyn,
Eve Eden, Tina Winters, Margaret Lorraine, Janine Gray. They are referred to as the
‘Six-
Viewing figures from TAM 1,659,000
Hosted by Jim Dale
The Tito Burns 'Six-
Russ Hamilton
Don Rennie
The Kentones
Clifford Davis
Ronnie Keene And His Music Makers
The Dauphin Street Six
Maggie Mitchell (actually an opera singer who went 'pop' for this broadcast)
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
NB Broadcast from The Empire, Hackney, London
NB Viewing figures from TAM 1,871,000
Bertice Reading
Marty Wilde
Ronnie Carroll
The Dallas Boys
Cherry Wainer
The John Barry Seven
Lord Rockingham’s XI
Neville Taylor and the Cutters
The Vernons Girls
Red Price
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: Shower Of Stars 8:00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Connie Francis
ABC Sam and Pete 10.50 -
NB Also seen as 'In Two Flats'
Produced by Jack Good
Hosted by Sam Costa and Pete Murray
From Disc "..who will be offering their tastes in this new-
Sunday 14th September 1958
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Jim Dale
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
ATV Music Shop 2:50 -
Hosted by Teddy Johnson
Sheila Rose
Jack Parnell & The Counterhands
Eddie Thompson (a blind pianist)
Jill Day
The Polka Dots
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium (first in new series)
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
David Whitfield
Anne Shelton
ATV Nightcap (first in series)
The Stargazers
Monday 15th September 1958
BBC Relax with Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR Rush Hour
Music by Steve Race
Tuesday 16th September 1958
BBC Wish You Were Here
From Bournemouth
Ronnie Carroll
ITV Late Extra
Jazz band featuring the Duke Of Bedford (bass), Norman Wisdom (clarinet), Peter Sellers (drums)
Wednesday 17th September 1958
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11:00 -
NB A duck called Charlie joins the show in addition to the regular pet cat Tiddles
Alma Cogan
Dennis Lotis
Malcolm Vaughan
Lorrae Desmond
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune (first in new series)
Marion Ryan
Thursday 18th September 1958
BBC Words And Music
Sheila Buxton
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time (Jewel and Warris Show)
Gary Miller
Rosemary Squires
Friday 19th September 1958
AR Cool For Cats 11:15 pm -
Craig Douglas
Saturday 20th September 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tito Bums’ '6.5ers', Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats
Guest comics: Mike and Bernie Winters who bring along their dog Lulu whose puppies will be given away in a competition
NB Viewing figures from TAM 980,000
Dennis Lotis
Russ Conway
Lorrae Desmond
Jackie Dennis
Paul Beatty
The Lidelle Triplets
The Six-
Bryan Buckingham
Reg Owen & His Band
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
NB Viewing figures from TAM 2,227,000
Lord Rockingham’s XI
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Neville Taylor and the Cutters
Dudley Heslop
The Vernons Girls
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bob Monkhouse Show 8:00 -
Yana
Joan Savage
Toni Dalli
ATV Carole Carr Sings 11:30 pm -
Sunday 21st September 1958
BBC Those Wonderful Shows
Elizabeth Larner – I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No
ATV Music Shop 2:50 -
Teddy Johnson
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The Mudlarks
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ABC Sunday Break
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 22nd September 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Michael Holliday
AR Rush Hour
Music by Steve Race
Tuesday 23rd September 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea At Nine
Chris Barber and Ottilie Patterson
Wednesday 24th September 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Dennis Lotis
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Benny Hill Show
Alma Cogan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Lonnie Donegan
Eddie Calvert
The Mudlarks
The Lana Sisters (featuring ‘Shan’ aka Dusty Springfield) – Ringa My Phone
Glen Mason
Thursday 25th September 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Make Mine Music
David Hughes
Friday 26th September 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
Saturday 27th September 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Viewing figures from TAM 854,000
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tito Burns '6.5ers', Tony Osboume & His Brasshats, The Six-
Marion Ryan
Don Rennie
AI Saxon
The Polka Dots
Reg Owen & His Band
BBC The Ted Ray Show
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
NB Viewing figures from TAM 2,234,000
Jimmy Henney intros Ronnie Carroll, Marty Wilde, The John Barry Seven, Lorrie Mann, Red Price, Lord Rockingham’s XI, Cherry Wainer, Neville Taylor and the Cutters, The Vernons Girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Dave King Show
Pamela Dennis
Glen Mason
Sunday 28th September 1958
ATV Music Shop 2:50 -
Teddy Johnson
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Paul Robeson
The Kalin Twins
Eve Boswell
ATV Nightcap
The Stargazers
ABC Sunday Break
Dill Jones Trio
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss
Tuesday 30th September 1958
Granada Chelsea At Nine
Johnny Dankworth
Wednesday 1st October 1958
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Ronnie Carroll
Joe ‘Mister Piano’ Henderson
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Thursday 2nd October 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time (Jewel and Warriss)
Gary Miller
Trudy Richards
Rosemary Squires
ITN News
Elvis Presley joins the US Army
Friday 3rd October 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Saturday 4th October 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tito Burns '6.5ers', Tony Osboume & His Brasshats, The Six-
Lita Roza
Ray Ellington
The Mudlarks
The Two Gees
Mike Preston
Alan Clark & His Band
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
Russ Conway
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Lord Rockingham’s XI
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Neville Taylor and the Cutters
The Vernons Girls
Don Lang
Vince Eager
Ronnie Carroll
Marty Wilde
The Dallas Boys
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
Petula Clark
Jill Day
Lonnie Donegan
The Kalin Twins
Ruby Murray (had to cancel due to illness)
ABC unknown show (not listed in newspapers)
A new disc show featuring hosts Sam Costa and Keith Fordyce. This is probably a re-
Sunday 5th October 1958
ATV Music Shop
Sheila Southern
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
content unknown
BBC The Steve Allen Show 8:00 -
content unknown
ATV Nightcap
The Stargazers
ABC After Hours
Shirley Bassey
Monday 6th October 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV Lunch Box
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Barry Johns (singer)
Tuesday 7th October 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ITV Late Extra
Duke Ellington (his debut appearance on UK TV)
Granada Chelsea at Nine
The Hi Los
ATV Lunch Box
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Barry Johns (singer)
Wednesday 8th October 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Jackie Dennis
ATV Lunch Box
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Barry Johns (singer)
Thursday 9th October 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Make Mine Music
David Hughes
Granada The Alan Young Show
Karen Greer – The Moon Festival, I Am Loved
ATV Lunch Box
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Barry Johns (singer)
Friday 10th October 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
Tommy Sands
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
ATV Lunch Box
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Barry Johns (singer)
Saturday 11th October 1958
NB TWW at about this time admit to using the words "keep watching" as a 25th of a second flash frame during programmes. Since it's considered station promotion, rather than subliminal advertising they are not breaking any ITA rules.
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tito Burns '6.5ers', Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats, The Six-
The Kalin Twins
Laurie London
Don Rennie
Vince Eager
The Lana Sisters
Craig Douglas (the first of six appearances)
Alan Clark And His Band
Martin Lukins & His Accordion Band
The Two Gees
Derek Hoddinott (TV critic of The Stage)
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Marty Wilde
Ronnie Carroll
Valerie Shane
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Neveille Taylor and The Cutters
Dudley Heslop
Cherry Wainer
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
Red Price
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
Marino Marini
Joan Regan
Sunday 12th October 1958
BBC Monitor
Duke Ellington interview with Johnny Dankworth
ATV Music Shop
Jackie Dennis
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The Barry Sisters
The Deep River Boys
ATV Nightcap
The Stargazers
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
ABC Sunday Break
Johnny Dankworth
Dill Jones Trio
ABC After Hours
Shirley Bassey
Monday 13th October 1958
AR Rush Hour
Music by Steve Race
Tuesday 14th October 1958
AR Lucky Dip
Bert Weedon
Wednesday 15th October 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
Larry Adler
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
The King Bros
Petula Clark
Marty Wilde
Laurie London
Tony Crombie
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
TWW In Your View
Joan Edwards (singer)
Thursday 16th October 1958
BBC Eric Robinson
Ronnie Hilton
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time (Jewel and Warriss)
Gary Miller
Rosemary Squires
ITV Roxy magazine advert (on or about about this date)
Features the voice of Frankie Vaughan who was on a flexi disc given away with the magazine
Friday 17th October 1958
BBC Regional Friday Spots: Songtime With Sheila
Sheila Buxton
BBC The Perry Como Show
The Everly Brothers
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Saturday 18th October 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from The Lyceum, London
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tito Bums '6.5ers', Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats, The Six-
Lita Roza
The Southlanders
Craig Douglas
Billy Raymond
Donna Douglas
Paul Beattie
Janice Peters
Vince Eager
Ronnie Aldrich & The Squadronaires
BBC Wakey Wakey Tavern
Billy Cotton
Russ Conway
Kathie Kay
Alan Breeze
Vanessa Lee
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Marty Wilde
Ronnie Carroll
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Neville Taylor and The Cutters
Dudley Heslop
Cherry Wainer
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
Red Price
The John Barry Seven
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bob Monkhouse Show
The Barry Sisters
Sunday 19th October 1958
BBC The Steve Allen Show
Jimmy Rodgers
ATV Music Shop
no guests of interest in this edition
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Joss and his Orchestra
ABC After Hours
Shirley Bassey
Monday 20th October 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The White Heather Club
Eileen Rodman
AR Rush Hour
Music by Steve Race
Tuesday 21st October 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea at Nine
Dick Francis
ITV Camera Test
Rosalie Dawn (singer)
Wednesday 22nd October 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11:00 -
Cliff Richard
Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys
Ruby Murray
Eve Boswell
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Thursday 23rd October 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
The Avro Skiffle Group
Marti Webb
AR Cool For Cats
Toni Dalli
Friday 24th October 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
NB shown in colour in the USA three weeks ago
Jackie Dennis (his fee was $5000 and the return fair home)
AR Let’s Get Together: Music in View
Steve Race
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Saturday 25th October 1958
BBC The Six-
NB any youths who pull faces or hold up Hello Mum signs will be thrown out of the studio immediately
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tito Burns '6.5ers', Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats, The Six-
Ronnie Carroll (his appearance on the show is seen as him defecting from Oh Boy!)
Gary Miller
Vince Eager
Craig Douglas
The Ideal Four
Len Mackintosh & His Band
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Neville Taylor and the Cutters
Peter Elliott
The Vernons Girls
Cherry Wainer
The Dallas Boys
Lord Rockingham’s XI etc
ATV Paul Robeson Sings
ATV Frankie Vaughan with Members of the Boy's Club 8:25 -
Frankie Vaughan introduces acts from Clubs are Trumps
ATV Melody For Two 11:30 pm -
Petula Clark & Joe Henderson
Sunday 26th October 1958
BBC The Ted Ray Show
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV Music Shop
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Harry Secombe
Adele Leigh
ABC After Hours
content unknown
Monday 27th October 1958
BBC This Is Your Life: Tommy Steele
Lionel Bart
AR Cool For Cats 10:30 -
content unknown
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Anne Scott (singer)
Tuesday 28th October 1958
Granada Chelsea at Eight
Ted Heath and His Band
The Hi Los
Rory Blackwell and The Blackjacks
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Anne Scott (singer)
Wednesday 29th October 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
The Beverley Sisters
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Lita Roza
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Anne Scott (singer)
Thursday 30th October 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time (Jewell and Warriss)
Gary Miller
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Anne Scott (singer)
Friday 31st October 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
no guests of interest in this edition
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
Petula Clark
Glen Mason
ITV Tommy Cooper
Eddie Calvert
Southern Flotsom's Follies
Anne Scott (singer)
AR Strictly For The Sparrows
Ted Willis play about teddy boys and girls
Saturday 1st November 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Marty Wilde
Ronnie Carroll
Vince Eager
Craig Douglas
The Confrey Phillips Trio
The Six-
Eric Delaney & His Band
Tito Burns '6.5ers'
Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats
Don Rennie
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
Russ Conway
Alma Cogan
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Cliff Richard and The Drifters
Tommy Steele
The John Barry Seven
Peter Elliott
Bill Forbes
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular
content unknown
Sunday 2nd November 1958
ATV Music Shop
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
content unknown
ITN News
Young people at rock n roll party
ABC After Hours
Shirley Bassey
Tuesday 4th November 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Wednesday 5th November 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Shani Wallis
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Lonnie Donegan
Terry Dene
Thursday 6th November 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Friday 7th November 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn
For this show she has her own backup singers The Lynnettes
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Saturday 8th November 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from The Tower Ballroom, Swansea
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats, Tito Burns '6.5ers', The Six-
Ruby Murray
Ronnie Carroll
Russ Conway
Vince Eager
Audrey Jeans
Frank Cook
Billy Raymond
The Tracy Sisters
Craig Douglas – Are You Really Mine
BBC Variety People
Eve Boswell
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Cuddley Dudley
Cliff Richard and the Drifters – High Class Baby
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Dave King Show
Ivor Emmanuel
Sheila Southern
ABC Melody For Two 11:30 -
Petula Clark & Joe Henderson
Sunday 9th November 1958
ATV Music Shop
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Eartha Kitt
ABC After Hours
content unknown
Monday 10th November 1958
BBC Those Beverley Sisters
Wednesday 12th November 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
Ronnie Carroll
Carole Carr
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
NB Brought forward from 11.00 pm to 7:00 pm for two shows
Marty Wilde
Chris Barber
Malcolm Vaughan
Joan Regan
Thursday 13th November 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Cliff Richard and the Drifters -
Eartha Kitt – Let’s Do It, Memphis Blues
Friday 14th November 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Saturday 15th November 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats, Tito Burns '6.5ers', The Six-
Shirley Bassey
Marty Wilde
Ronnie Carroll
Don Lang
Craig Douglas
Chris Howard
Claudio Venturelll
Vince Eager
The Kentones
Ted Heath & His Music
BBC The Norman Evans Show
The Trio Raisner (described as a rock n roll harmonics group)
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Cuddley Dudley
The Vernons Girls
Cherry Wainer
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
The Dallas Boys
Neville Taylor and The Cutters
The John Barry Seven
Peter Elliott
Red Price
Pat Laurence
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Two Vernons Girls
Bill Forbes – God’s Little Acre
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bob Monkhouse Hour
Dickie Valentine
Sunday 16th November 1958
BBC The Steve Allen Show (NBC TV, USA)
Dave Brubeck
Dorothy Collins
Laura Leslie
ATV Music Shop
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Andy Williams
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ABC After Hours
Rosemary Squires (replaced by Sheila Buxton due to ill health)
Humphrey Lyttelton
Monday 17th November 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Those Beverley Sisters
AR Rush Hour
Music by Steve Race
Tuesday 18th November 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea at Nine
The Granadiers – Blues In the Night
AR Lucky Dip
Bert Weedon
Wednesday 19th November 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Cliff Richard
The Mudlarks
The Avon Sisters
Alma Cogan
Don Lang
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune
Marion Ryan
Thursday 20th November 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
AR Jack Hylton Presents Lady Rattlings on Parade
Pearl Carr
Friday 21st November 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
Jane Morgan
BBC The Russ Conway Show 8:05 -
NB This show was quickly commissioned to fill a ten minute gap forced by the editing of this weeks’ Perry Como Show which had to drop the Judy Holliday appearance due to legal reasons
AR Let’s Get Together: Music In View
Steve Race
ATV Cooper’s Capers
Aileen Cochrane
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
The Avon Sisters & The Mudlarks – Which Witch Doctor (NB according to the Daily Mirror this was The Avons’ fourth TV appearance this week)
Saturday 22nd November 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from the a USAF Air Base, Third Air Force, Groughton, Northants
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats, Tito Burns '6.5ers', The Six-
Joan Regan
Lita Roza
Malcolm Vaughan
The Mudlarks
Ronnie Caroll
The Avon Sisters
Des O’Connor
Jerry Angelo (ex-
BBC The Ted Ray Show
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Cliff Richard & The Drifters
The Dallas Boys
Neville Taylor and the Cutters
Peter Elliott
Cuddley Dudley
Lorrie Mann
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bernard Bresslaw Show
Andy Williams
Jill Day
Sunday 23rd November 1958
ATV Music Shop
Emile and George Ford (in the New Faces spot)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Marino Marini & His Quartet
ABC After Hours
Cleo Laine (deputising for Rosemary Squires who was ill)
Monday 24th November 1958
BBC Those Beverley Sisters
Wednesday 26th November 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
Nina and Frederick
Lonnie Donegan
Johnny Dankworth
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Lita Roza
Gary Miller
Peter Sellers – I’m So Ashamed
Granada Chelsea at Nine
Dick Francis
Thursday 27th November 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time
Toni Dalli
Friday 28th November 1958
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
Saturday 29th November 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats, Tito Burns '6.5ers',
Lita Roza
Ronnie Carroll
Don Lang
Don Rennie
Steve Martin
Claudio Venturelll
Billy Raymond
Sheila Southern
The Raindrops
Eric Delaney & His Band
Claudio Venturelli
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show
Lonnie Donegan
Shani Wallis
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Emile Ford
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
ATV The Benny Hill Show 7:55 -
content unknown
Sunday 30th November 1958
ATV Nightcap
The Stargazers
ATV Music Shop
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Shirley Bassey (replaces Pat Kirkwood)
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
The Viscount Skiffle Group
ABC After Hours
content unknown
Southern Soccer
Celebrity football match. Celebrities and staff from Southern TV play at Gosport for the benefit of the National Association of Boys' Clubs with Gary Miller, Ronnie Carroll playing and Frankie Vaughan as the referee. Pete Murray was the commentator.
Monday 1st December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Those Beverley Sisters
Tuesday 2nd December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Wednesday 3rd December 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Lonnie Donegan
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Lonnie Donegan – Tom Dooley
Michael Holliday
BBC Riverside One
Joan Regan – Love Like Ours
Granada Spot The Tune
content unknown
Thursday 4th December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn Sings
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Entertainers
content unknown
Friday 5th December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
Saturday 6th December 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Dennis Lotis
Andy & The Bey Sisters
The Glyn Thomas Trio
Emile Ford & George
Claudio Venturelli
Johnny Dankworth & His Band
Tito Burns '6.5ers'
Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats
Rosalie Dawn (singer)
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Michael Holliday
Cliff Richard and The Drifters
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Frankie Vaughan Show
Frankie Vaughan – Isn’t This A Lovely Evening
The King Brothers
Frankie Vaughan & The King Brothers -
Sunday 7th December 1958
BBC The Steve Allen Show 8:00 -
no guests of interest in this edition
ATV Music Shop
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
content unknown
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
The Comets Skiffle Group
ABC After Hours
content unknown
Monday 8th December 1958
BBC Those Beverley Sisters
Wednesday 10th December 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
The Music of Duke Ellington
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Pink & Perky – Tom Dooley
Thursday 11th December 1958
BBC Espresso Bongo -
Play, with James Kenney as Bongo Herbert
Friday 12th December 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR The Arthur Haynes Show
Alma Cogan
Saturday 13th December 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Lita Roza
Don Lang
Don Rennie
Steve Martin
Claudio Venturelli
Lisa Noble
Janice Peters
Andy & The Bey Sisters
Leila Williams
Ted Heath & His Music
Tito Burns '6.5ers' with The Kingpins
Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats
BBC Variety Parade 8:00 -
Shirley Bassey
Eric Delaney and his Band
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Glen Mason
The Two Vernons Girls
Bill Forbes – God’s Little Acre
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Valentine Show
Dickie Valentine – King of Dixieland, They Didn’t Believe Me
Sunday 14th December 1958
BBC The Dinah Shore Show
ATV Music Shop
content unknown
ATV From The Stage Of The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London
Ronnie Hilton
ATV Nightcap
The Stargazers
ABC After Hours
content unknown
Monday 15th December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Those Beverley Sisters
The Beverley Sisters -
ITV Anne Shelton
NB She had left the BBC after her billing disagreement with Alma Cogan
Let's Face the Music, I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You), September Song
Southern Three's Company
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Tuesday 16th December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Jazz Session
Jimmy Rushing -
Humphrey Lyttelton -
ATV Carroll Levis Show 7:00 -
The Kestrels
Southern Three's Company
NB The show replaces the lunchtime show Flotsom's Follies
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Wednesday 17th December 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Dickie Valentine
Russ Hamilton
The John Barry Seven -
Southern Three's Company
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Thursday 18th December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC Crackerjack
Max Bygraves
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Fastest Show On Earth 9:00 -
Marion Keene
Dick Francis
Friday 19th December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats
content unknown
AR The Arthur Haynes Show
no guests of interest in this edition
Saturday 20th December 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from The Kursaal, Southend-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Jim Dale, Tito Burns '6.5ers' with The Kingpins, Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats
The Mudlarks
The Five Dallas Boys
Gary Miller
Eric Delaney & His Band
Mona Baptiste
Don Rennie
Claudio Venturelli
Dick Francis
Dickie Bennett
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
The King Bros
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Dave King Show
content unknown
Sunday 21st December 1958
ABC Sunday Break
Johnny Duncan
The Dill Jones Trio
ATV Nightcap
The Stargazers
ATV Music Shop
content unknown
ATV From The Stage Of The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London 8:00 -
NB The show didn’t use a host, only using on screen captions, even missing one caption altogether for impressionist Ron Moody
David Hughes
Laurie London
Edna Savage
Joan Regan
ABC Bid For Fame
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
Marti Webb
ABC After Hours
Rosemary Squires
Monday 22nd December 1958
BBC Those Beverley Sisters
AR Rush Hour
Steve Race
AR Anne Shelton Show
Alma Cogan
Tuesday 23rd December 1958
AR Lucky Dip
Bert Weedon
AR Cool For Cats: Party Night 11:00 -
Donald Peers
NB Newcomer Bill Forbes' name had been picked out of a hat for a future appearance. He appeared on the show in April 1959 after making several appearances on Oh Boy
NB many of the shows broadcast over Christmas would be the first to employ video tape recording, allowing many acts the chance to record a television show and appear in pantomime at the same time
Wednesday 24th December 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
Flanders and Swann
BBC Higher and Higher
Movie with Frank Sinatra
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Petula Clark
Cherry Wainer
Al Saxon
The Dallas Boys
Malcolm Vaughan
Ray Ellington
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune
Jackie Rae
Marion Ryan
The Army Game cast are the contestants
Thursday 25th December 1958
BBC Royal Prologue: Christmas At Home
Cy Grant
BBC Christmas Night With The Stars 6:25 -
The Beverley Sisters
Perry Como
Vera Lynn
Billy Cotton Band
BBC Harry Belefonte 7.40 – 8.25 pm
BBC Epilogue
Harry Belefonte sings Mary’s Boy Child
ATV Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra
NB Includes singing stars from around the Commonwealth
Shirley Abicair
Eve Boswell
Dickie Valentine
Edmund Hockridge
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
Glenda Collins
ATV Max Bygraves Entertains
Alma Cogan
Jackie Dennis
Jack Jackson
Glen Mason
Lita Roza
Granada Christmas In The North
Frankie Vaughan
Friday 26th December 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show
content unknown
AR Having A Wonderful Time
The Vipers Skiffle Group
Don Lang
AR The Jubilee Show
Michael Holliday, Marion Ryan
AR This Week’s Late Extra
Joan Regan tells of her pantomime experience
Saturday 27th December 1958
BBC The Six-
NB the final show
Hosted by Jim Dale
Chris Barber and His Jazz Band (in Plymouth)
Michael Holliday
Ted Heath & His Music
Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats
Tito Burns '6.5ers' with The Kingpins
The Five Dallas Boys
Don Lang
Harry Walton & His Dixieland Jazz men
Steve Martin
Claudio Venturelli
Janice Peters
BBC The Wakey Wakey Circus 8:00 -
Russ Conway
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Colin Hicks
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
William Marshall
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls – In Dulce Jubilo
Cuddly Duddly
Neville Taylor -
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Benny Hill Show
content unknown
Sunday 28th December 1958
ATV Music Shop
Petula Clark
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
content unknown
ABC Top Numbers of 1958 11:10 -
content unknown
ATV Nightcap
The Stargazers
Monday 29th December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ITV Highlights of 1958
Anne Shelton with Jack Hylton playing piano – Together
Tuesday 30th December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
Wednesday 31st December 1958
BBC Tonight
Noel Harrison
ITV On The Air
Ann Henry (singer)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show
Alma Cogan
Terry Dene
Al Saxon
Johnny Duncan
AR Jack Hylton’s New Year’s Eve Party 10:15 -
content unknown
BBC A New Year Party at the White Heather Club 12:05 -
The Joe Gordon Folk Four
Scottish Celebrity Spot
Cherry Wainer (from ‘Oh Boy!)
Also this year...
ARTV Cool For Cats
One edition of Cool For Cats had been recorded as an attempt to sell the show to America. This is thought to be the sole surviving episode.
Mike Preston -
AR Cool For Cats
Buddy Holly -
BBC Six-
Dion O'Brien
ABC unknown show
A special commemorating Shirley Bassey's five year career, shot on 2nd September
AR Rock A Bye Barney
Possibly 1958 or earlier. A play about a rock and roll singer, directed by Daphne Shadwell. The programme was subject to a strike by scenery shifters, so was broadcast without scenery. Starred Jess Conrad.
AR Cool For Cats
Gary Miller -
AR Cool For Cats
Russ Hamilton (who arrived at the studio when the show was on the air)
AR Cool For Cats
Joyce Shock -
ATV Slater's Bizarre
Bert Weedon was a regular
AR Late London
July 1958
Malcolm Vaughan and Kenneth Earle
AR Cool For Cats
c July 1958
The show goes to Soho for an outside broadcast with a funfair in the car park. Laurie London was one of the guests performing a song on a rooftop.
AR Cool For Cats
c July 1958
Billy Raymond -
AR Cool For Cats
c July 1958
Broadcast from the Oasis public swimming pool, London
Harry Belefonte