TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1958
Wednesday 1st January 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7:30 -
Perry Como
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland (singer)
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
Frankie Vaughan – Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Sammy Davis Jr – Long Before I Met You
Sheila Buxton – In Between Age
Granada Spot the Tune 8.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Don Cameron
Thursday 2nd January 1958
BBC Off The Record 7.30 -
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 Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland (singer)
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
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
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Diana Coupland (singer)
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
ATV Six-
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
ATV Rosemary Clooney 11.00 -
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
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
Alma Cogan takes phone call from Frankie Vaughan who was in New York
BBC The World Our Stage 8.00 -
Carole Carr
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
Gracie Fields
ABC Top Numbers 6.30 -
Dennis Lotis
Cleo Laine
Group One
Colin Hicks and His Cabin Boys
Sunday 5th January 1958
ATV Mantovani and his new music 3.00 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.55 -
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 8.00 -
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 10.35 -
Lita Roza
The Stargazers
Ronnie Harris
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Terry Dene
Marian Ryan
Monday 6th January 1958
BBC Ted Heath 7.30 -
Ted Heath and His Music
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
AR Cool For Cats 6.46 -
content unknown
ATV Gerry's Inn
The Polka Dots
Tuesday 7th January 1958
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 8th January 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
John Fraser
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Keeping In Step: Both Ends Of The Musical Scale 10.00 -
Possibly filmed at Cy Laurie's Club in London
AR Palais Party 11:00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Don Cameron
Thursday 9th January 1958
BBC Show Band Parade 7.30 -
Pauline Shepherd
Anne Shelton
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.45 -
Diahann Carroll
Friday 10th January 1958
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
AR Modern Music 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Six-
Humphrey Lyttelton and his band
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 11.00 -
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
contents unknown
Saturday 11th January 1958
NB Today ATV put The Jack Jackson Show 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 8.00 -
Alma Cogan -
Peter Sellers -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
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
ABC The Fabulous Steve Allen Show 8:00 -
Mahalia Jackson
ATV Val Parnell's Saturday Show 10.20 -
content unknown
ABC The Great Motion Pictures of Our Time: Task Force 9.15 -
with Julie London
Sunday 12th January 1958
ATV Mantovani and his new music 3.00 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.40 -
Joe Loss
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.55 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Robert Morley
Yana
David Whitfield
ABC Top Numbers 11:05 pm -
NB The first show to be broadcast by ATV London. It moves to the slot perviously
held by The Jack Jackson Show which now moves opposite The Six-
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 7.30 -
Ted Heath and His Music
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Gerry's Inn 8.30 -
The Tanner Sisters
Scottish Songs 10.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 14th January 1958
NB TWW (Television Wales and West) begins broadcasting at 4.45 pm
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
TWW The Stars Rise In The West 7.00 -
content unknown
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
contents unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 15th January 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7:30 -
Perry Como
The Everly Brothers
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Thursday 16th January 1958
BBC Off The Record 7.30 -
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
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
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 TV Trio
Friday 17th January 1958
BBC Quite Contrary, More Contrary, Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Joyce Clark (singer)
ATV Six Forty-
Humphrey Lyttelton
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
ITN News 6.30 -
Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley movie premier in London
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 11.00 -
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
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
The King Brothers
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
Alma Cogan
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
The Chris Barber Jazz Band
Ottilie Patterson
Ray Ellington
Johnny Duncan and his Blue Grass Boys
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.30 -
Mario Lanza
Sunday 19th January 1958
ATV Mantovani and his new music 2.45 -
David Hughes
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
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
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Tuesday 21st January 1958
BBC Robinson's Roundabout 7.30 -
Lorie Mann
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 22nd January 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Terry Dene and The Deneagers
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
The Vagabonds
Roger Williams
Jimmy Dean
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marian Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
Thursday 23rd January 1958
BBC Show Band Parade 7.30 -
The Four Jacks
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Ronnie Mead (singer)
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.45 -
The King Brothers
Tony Bennett (penciled in)
Friday 24th January 1958
BBC A Date With Anne Shelton 8.00 -
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
ATV Six Forty Five: Here’s Humph 6.45 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 11.00 -
The Hi Los
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
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
The Downbeaters
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
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
ABC The Fabulous Steve Allen Show 8:00 -
Steve Lawrence
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 10.00 -
The Tanner Sisters -
ABC Late Night Show 11:15 -
Rosemary Squires
Ronnie Carroll
Sunday 26th January 1958
ATV Liberace 2.45 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.40 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
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
Monday 27th January 1958
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Tuesday 28th January 1958
AR The Jubilee Show 8:30 -
Dennis Lotis
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
Dany Raydel (singer from France)
Wednesday 29th January 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.35 -
Perry Como
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Thursday 30th January 1958
BBC Off The Record 8.05 -
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)
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: Alfred Marks’ Time 9.45 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Friday 31st January 1958
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
Granada Six-
Humphrey Lyttelton
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
ATV Rosemary Clooney Show 11.00 -
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 (Lyttelton had an argument backstage with producer / presenter Josephine Douglas)
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 8.00 -
Anne Shelton
Tony Brent
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
David Whitfield
Joan Savage
The Southlanders
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
The Jazz Couriers (including Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes)
Jimmy Jacques
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Show 8.30 -
The ‘Champagne Shower’ revue, content unknown
Sunday 2nd February 1958
BBC Meeting Point 7.00 -
Pere Aime Duval (guitar playing Jesuit priest, who is a pop star in France)
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
content unknown
ATV Top Tune Time 10.50 -
Ronnie Hilton
Eve Boswell
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Jones Boys
Monday 3rd February 1958
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
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 9.30 -
Valerie Masters
Tuesday 4th February 1958
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 5th February 1958
BBC Crackerjack
The Southlanders
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
BBC Merely Melville 10.15 -
Mari Ade (Swedish pop singer)
Granada Liberace
AR Cool For Cats 6:45 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Thursday 6th February 1958
BBC Show Band Parade 7.30 -
Cyril Stapleton and his band, vocal backing by the Show Band Singers (Cliff Adams)
Ulrick Neumann (guitarist from Denmark)
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.45 -
Johnny Silver
Sheila Buxton
Tony Dalli
Victor Soverall (replacing Toni Dalli)
Friday 7th February 1958
BBC A Date with Anne Shelton 8.00 -
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
Granada Six Forty Five: Here’s Humph 6.45 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 11.00 -
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 6.00 -
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 10.20 -
Tony Dalli
ABC The Fabulous Steve Allen Show (USA show) 8.00 -
Jerry Vale
ABC The Late Night Show 11.15 -
The Mudlarks
Sheila Buxton
Patrick Feeney
Joyce Clark
Peter Reynolds
Sunday 9th February 1958
BBC Journey Into Melody 9.45 -
Robert Farnon
Petula Clark
ATV Liberace 2.45 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.35 -
Joe Loss & His Orchestra
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.40 -
Bert Weedon
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 9.00 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Joyce Blair
ABC Top Numbers 11.05 -
Jill Day
The Tanner Sisters
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Steve Martin
Group One
Maureen Kershaw
Wee Willie Harris
Raymond Warwick
The Ross Taylor Dancers
Monday 10th February 1958
BBC Dancing Club 10.15 -
Victor Sylvester Orchestra
ATV Lunch Box 12.45 -
Eula Parker
AR Cool For Cats 6.45 -
NB The last Monday show
content unknown
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 9.30 -
contents unknown
Tuesday 11th February 1958
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 12th February 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR Cool For Cats 6:45 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Barbara Roscoe
Lou Preager Orchestra
Don Cameron
Thursday 13th February 1958
BBC Off The Record 7.30 -
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
ATV Rainbow Room 6:45 – 7:00 pm
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: See You, Soho 9:30 -
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group with Shirley Douglas
Lorne Lesley
Tony Dalli
Friday 14th February 1958
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical director)
Ray Martin
BBC Michael Holliday 10:45 -
AR Let’s Get Together: Music In View 5.00 -
Steve Race
Granada Six Forty Five: Here’s Humph 6.45 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 11.00 -
AR Cool For Cats 11:30 pm -
content unknown
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 8.00 -
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 8.30 -
Second anniversary show for ABC Television
Dennis Lotis
The Vernon’s Girls
Gwen Barl (American singer)
The Peter Knight Singers
The Geoff Love Orchestra
Sunday 16th February 1958
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 2.45 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss & His Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
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
The Stargazers
Monday 17th February 1958
BBC (Scotland) Dance Party (first edition)
Margaret Rose (singer)
The Jor Gordon Skiffle Group
Blue Star Dixielanders
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Joyce Clark
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show 8.30 -
Pre-
Winifred Atwell
Ronnie Ronalde
Tuesday 18th February 1958
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Joyce Clark
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
The Tarriers
Wednesday 19th February 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Shani Wallis
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Joyce Clark
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
NB Now twice a week (Wednesday and Friday)
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
Thursday 20th February 1958
BBC Show Band Parade 7.30 -
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 Lunch Box 12.47 -
Joyce Clark
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30 -
Winifred Atwell
Shani Wallis – It’s Wonderful To Be Loved, Catch A Falling Star, Zing Went The Strings of my Heart
Friday 21st February 1958
BBC (Scotland) Dance Party
Dougie Lamont (sax player)
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Joyce Clark
AR Let’s Get Together: Top Spin 5.00 -
Tom Glazer plays record requests
Granada Here's Humph 6.10 -
NB From today the show is extended to thirty minutes each week
Humphrey Lyttelton
Lita Roza
AR Cool For Cats 11.15 pm -
Jack Carroll -
Dorothy Squires
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
Terry Dene
Terry Wayne
Carl Barriteau
BBC Variety Parade 8.00 -
The Vernons Girls (referred to in the NME as The Vernons Girl Choir)
Ruby Murray
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Marty Wilde
Eddie Calvert
Paul Beattie
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 10.20 -
Yana
ABC The Fabulous Steve Allen Show 8.00 -
Steve Lawrence
ABC Late Night Show 11.15 -
The Tanner Sisters
Sunday 23rd February 1958
ATV Liberace 2.45 -
ATV Slater’s Bazaar (admag with John Slater) 5:40 -
Bert Weedon (continues throughout most of the year)
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Betty Foe (singer)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
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 10.50 -
Elizabeth Larner
Lita Roza
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Terry Dene
Group One
Maureen Kershaw
Monday 24th February 1958
BBC Date With Carole (noted in music press, but not in newspapers of the day)
Group One (NB apparently a note sung by one of the group shattered a drinking glass of one of the viewers)
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 8.30 -
contents unknown
ATV Gerry's Inn 10.15 -
Margo Henderson
Tuesday 25th February 1958
ATV The Big Show 9:00 -
content unknown
Granada At Your Request 6.40 -
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
Granada Cheslea at Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 26th February 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
contents unknown
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
The Lou Preager Orchestra
Barbara Roscoe
Don Cameron
Thursday 27th February 1958
BBC Off The Record 7.30 -
NB The show is broadcast over the Eurovision link
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
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 6.10 -
AR Alfred Marks’ Time 9.30 -
NB Josephine Douglas from Six-
Friday 28th February 1958
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
BBC The Little Beggars
Sandra Alfred (singer)
Granada Here's Humph 6.10 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
Maxine Daniels
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
NB It was hoped that Buddy Holly & The Crickets could appear, but due to a tight schedule it was unlikely
content unknown
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 8.30 -
The Kaye Sisters
Carl Barrieau
Leslie Jiver Hutchinson
Neville Taylor
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
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
TWW St Martin's Lane movie with Larry Adler
Sunday 2nd March 1958
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 2.45 -
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
NB the 100th show
Hosted by Robert Morley (also seen as Dickie Valentine)
Buddy Holly and the Crickets -
ABC Top Tune Time 10.50 -
Pip Hinton
Dennis Lotis
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Jones Boys
Alma Cogan
Jill Day
Monday 3rd March 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Michael Holliday
BBC Come Dancing 10.15 -
Midands contest
Bob Miller
Gene Mayo
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Terry Burton
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 8.00 -
content unknown
Granada Melody Ranch 10:15 -
Canadian style Ranch house sing-
Jackie Lee
Tuesday 4th March 1958
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Terry Burton
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Chris Barber Jazz Band
Larry Adler
The cast of The Bells Are Ringing
Granada At Your Request 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 5th March 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Michael Holliday
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
Julius La Rosa
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Terry Burton
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Michael Holliday
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Thursday 6th March 1958
BBC Show Band Parade 7.30 -
NB The King Brothers were scheduled to appear but had to cancel
Little Johnny and His Teenagers
Alma Cogan
Ronnie Hilton
The Polka Dots
Cyril Stapleton
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Terry Burton
AR This Week 8.30 -
A look at rock and roll and who actually plays the instruments on record and on stage
Humphrey Lyttelton, Rosemary Squires, Colin Hicks
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30 -
Jackie Dennis
TWW New Airs And Graces 7.00 -
Gerry Grant (who recorded for Embassy Records)
Friday 7th March 1958
BBC Sing For Your Supper 8.00 -
Litz Roza -
Laurie London
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Terry Burton
Granada Here's Humph 6.10 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Granada At Your Request 6.40 -
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
Petula Clark
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 6.00 -
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 10.20 -
Dickie Valentine
Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr
Stan Stennett & Dickie Valentine – Puttin’ On The Style
ABC The Late Show 11.30 -
The Terry Sisters
Tony Brent
Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson
Sunday 9th March 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Robert Morley
Eve Boswell -
ABC Top Numbers 10.50 -
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 4.30 -
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
Melodie Lane
Monday 10th March 1958
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 8.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 11th March 1958
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.45 -
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
Granada At Your Request 6.40 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show: The Big Show 9.30 -
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
Les Bingsters (French singing group)
Wednesday 12th March 1958
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Laurie London (record of the week)
Phil Tate
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Gina Vaughan
Thursday 13th March 1958
BBC Off The Record 7.30 -
Max Bygraves – You Need Hands
Stanley Black (as a performer, not just the Conductor)
Margot Eskens
Jack Warner
Tommy Reilly
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 6.10 -
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 At Your Request
content unknown
Friday 14th March 1958
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
Granada Here's Humph 6.10 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
Cleo Laine
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
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 also 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 8.00 -
John Cairney & Sammy San (singers)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
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 8.30 -
Jill Day
ATV The Killing Stones 8.00 -
Theme: Tom Hark (Elias and his Zig-
Sunday 16th March 1958
BBC Grand Prix of the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest 3.15 -
content unknown
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 2.45 -
ATV About Religion 7.00 -
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 8.00 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
The Beverley Sisters
Edmund Hockridge
ABC Top Tune Time 10.50 -
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Michael Holliday
Edna Savage
Tony Brent
The Four Jones Boys
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
ABC Sunday Break 6.16 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
Monday 17th March 1958
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 8.30 -
Eric Delaney and his Band
Tuesday 18th March 1958
Granada At Your Request 6:40 – 7:00 pm
Russ Conway
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Sonny Binick
Sally Brock
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Nancy Whiskey (record of the week guest star)
Wednesday 19th March 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Winifred Atwell
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Eddie Fisher
Pearl Bailey
Kay Starr
ATV Cool For Cats 6.10 -
Eric Delaney and his Band
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
Regulars: Bill O’Connor, Libby Morris, The Maple Leaf Four, Sonia Rees, Danny Levan, The Ranch Hands
Marion Ryan
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR The Patti Page Show 11.45 pm -
Thursday 20th March 1958
BBC Cyril Stapleton Presents Show Band Parade 7.30 -
NB The Peters Sisters were due to appear but had to cancel
Eve Boswell
The Mudlarks
Jackie Lee
Jeremy Lubbock
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 6.10 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30-
content unknown
Friday 21st March 1958
BBC Winifred Atwell 8.00 -
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.45 -
AR Let’s Get Together: Music In View 5.00 -
Steve Race
Granada Here's Humph 6.10 -
NB The series was due to finish tonight, but was extended for another two weeks
Humphrey Lyttelton
Dave Brubeck -
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
Beatrice Reading -
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 and his Band
The Dill Jones Trio
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Jill Day
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
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 10.20 -
The Confrey Phillips Trio
The Kaye Sisters
Shirley Eaton – Civilisation, Love Is
ABC Bid For Fame 8.15 -
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 Liberace 2.45 -
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Excerpts from pantomime Robinson Crusoe with David Whitfield (as Crusoe)
ABC Top Numbers 10.50 -
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
Monday 24th March 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison (also seen as Maxine Daniels)
AR Jack Hylton Monday Show 8.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 25th March 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
ATV The Big Show 9:00 -
content unknown
Granada At Your Request -
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 26th March 1958
BBC Mainly For Women 2.30 -
Jeremy Lubbock
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
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
Newley plays the only character, having to find £200 by any means
AR Cool For Cats 6:10 -
Paul Anka
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10-
Sonia Rees
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.15 -
Glen Mason (record of the week)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Bob Burgess
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
AR The Patti Page Show 11.45 pm -
Thursday 27th March 1958
NB ITV announce today that they are considering a new rock and 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 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Off The Record 7.30 -
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
ATV Rainbow Room 6.10 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Sheila Buxton
AR Jack Hylton Thursday Show: Alfred Marks’ Time 9.30 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Friday 28th March 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Still Contrary 7.30 -
Norrie Paramor (musical Director)
BBC Shirley Abicair 10.45 -
Granada Here's Humph 6.10 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
Saturday 29th March 1958
BBC The Six-
NB it was announced on 25th March that Freddie Mills, 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
The 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 6.00 -
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-
content unknown
Sunday 30th March 1958
ATV The Rosemary Clooney Show 2.45 -
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder (back after six months in South Africa)
content unknown
ATV Top Tune Time 10.50 -
Alma Cogan
Ronnie Hilton
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Fraser Hayes Four
Monday 31st March 1958
Granada Just For Fun 10.15 -
Group One
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 8.30 -
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 9.00 -
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 Cool For Cats 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Keeping In Step: This England 10:30 -
Adam Faith
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Colin Hicks (record of the week)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Stan Dudley
Christine Norton
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Thursday 3rd April 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.30 -
Cleo Laine
Friday 4th April 1958 Good Friday
BBC The Show Band Parade 7.30 -
NB This fortnightly show now becomes weekly
Cyril Stapleton introduces
Elisabeth Larner
Malcolm Vaughan
Janie Marden
Granada Here's Humph 6.10 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
An Easter special in which Kent Walton doesn't introduce the show as per usual, but tells a story throughout the show. The show would play less uptempo songs.
The show begins and ends with Pat Boone's April Love which was the theme of the show.
Cleo Laine -
plays Dickie Valentine Love Me Again
The Beverley Sisters -
Tony Osborne -
ITN News 5.55 -
Pat Boone interview
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 8.00 -
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 6.00 -
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 10.20 -
Des O’Connor
Charlie Gracie
June Christy
Doreen Stephens
The Hilltoppers
ABC Before Midnight 11.00 -
Rosemary Squires
Sunday 6th April 1958 Easter Sunday
BBC All Your Own 5.30 -
The JG Skiffle Group featuring James (Jimmy) Page -
ATV Liberace 2.45 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
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 10.50 -
Lita Roza
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Ronnie Carroll
Tony Brent
Pip Hinton
Group One
Monday 7th April 1958 Bank Holiday
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 10.15 -
content unknown
Tuesday 8th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Jean Sablon 8.00 -
A French singing star
ATV The Big Show 8.00 -
content unknown
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 9th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
Kate Smith
BBC Variety Club Of Great Britain Awards For 1957 10.45 -
Personality of the Year awarded to Frankie Vaughan
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
Featured discs included
Tommy Steele – Princess, Happy Guitar
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Robin Gray (guest star record of the week)
Thursday 10th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.50 -
NB The series alternates with Vera Lynn's Show
Alan Breeze
Kathie Kay
The High Lights
ATV Rainbow Room
Sheila Buxton becomes resident singer
AR Jack Hylton Thursday Show: The Lady Ratlings On Parade 8.30 -
content unknown
Friday 11th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Show Band Parade 7.30 -
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
Granada The Ray Ellington Quartet 6:10 -
Ray Ellington & His Quartet
Max Geldray
Valerie Masters
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
Featured discs included
Paul Anka -
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 6.00 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
The Crescents
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Malcolm Vaughan -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dave King Show 8.30 -
Dave King
Sunday 13th April 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
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 10.50 -
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Kaye Sisters
Gary Miller
Jackie Dennis
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Victor Soverall
Monday 14th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
NB It's probably that either of the names would be resident for the week
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 10.15 -
content unknown
Tuesday 15th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
contents unknown
Wednesday 16th April 1958
BBC Lenny The Lion
Morton Frazer's Harmonica Gang
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.15 -
Frankie Avalon
Jimmy Dean
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
Demonstration of South African dance the Kwela demonstrated by Juliet Dogget and Tommy Ranns
Featured discs included
Paul Anka -
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV Carroll Levis Show 10.15 -
The Claude White Jazzband
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
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)
Thursday 17th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
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 8.30 -
Anne Shelton – The Girl He Left Behind
Friday 18th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Nancy Whisky
BBC Cyril Stapleton Presents Show Band Parade 7.30 -
Mike Desmond
Jill Day
The Jones Boys
Barbara Hylton
AR The Ray Ellington Quartet 6.10 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Kenny Baker
Valerie Masters
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
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)
(possibly) Mitzi Gaynor
BBC Saturday Comedy Hour: Saturday Magic (David Nixon) 8.00 -
Petula Clark
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Ruby Murray
The Dallas Boys
The Confrey Phillips Trio
Terry Wayne – Oh Lonesome Me
Glen Mason
ABC The Frankie Howerd Show 8:30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Arthur Haynes Show 10.30 -
Marvin Rainwater
Chris Barber and Ottilie Patterson
Bobby Short
ABC Before Midnight 10.45 -
Rosemary Squires
Sunday 20th April 1958
ATV Mantovani and his music 2.45 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Liberace
Sid Millward and the Nitwits
ABC Top Numbers 10.50 -
The George Mitchell Singers
Fredye Marshall
Lisa Noble
Valerie Kleiner -
Matt Monro
Monday 21st April 1958
BBC Children's Television Presents Studio E
The Joe Gordon Skifflers
BBC News 6.00 -
Petula Clark
BBC This Is Your Life: Humphrey Lyttelton
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 9.30 -
No musical guests of interest
Tuesday 22nd April 1958
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
Ferante and Teicher
ATV Val Parnel Spectacular: The Big Show 8.00 -
Marvin Rainwater
Chris Barber & Ottilie Patterson
Janie Marden
TWW Meet Steve Arlen and Sam Fonteyn (possibly Make A Date 10.00 -
Wednesday 23rd April 1958
BBC The Dinah Shore Show 7.30 -
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marian Ryan
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries 10.00 -
Glenda Collins
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
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
Thursday 24th April 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.50 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
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 8.30 -
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Ray Ellington Quartet
Friday 25th April 1958
BBC The Show Band Parade 7.30 -
Cyril Stapleton and his orchestra
Terry Dene
Bobby Short
The King Brothers
Barara Lyon
Eddie Calvert
BBC Words And Music 10:45 pm -
Ronnie Hilton at home (in a replica of his 'den' at home)
AR Ray Ellington & His Quartet 6.10 -
Ray Ellington & His Quartet
Valerie Masters
Ted Stanley (finalist on Find A Singer) That My Girl, When I Fall In Love
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
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
Jeremy Lubbock
The Stanley Dale National Skiffle Contest -
The Summa Gill Flute and Whistle Five (Kwela band from South Africa)
BBC The Benny Hill Show 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
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 8.30 -
Aileen Cochran – Now It’s Happened To Me, My Love For You, I’ve Got The Urge
Bobby Short
Sunday 27th April 1958
ATV Mantovani and his music 2.45 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Howard Keel
Yana -
ABC Top Tune Time 10.50 -
Dickie Valentine
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Charlie Gracie
The Fraser Hayes Four
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries (shown on Scottish 4.40 -
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
BBC In Town Tonight
Laurie London
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show 10.15 -
Pat Dahl
Tuesday 29th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea At Eight 8.00 -
Lonnie Donnegan
Ferrante and Teicher
Wednesday 30th April 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
The McGuire Sisters
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
Featured discs included a version of the song Kewpie Doll
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
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 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. It was directed
by Joan Kemp-
Thursday 1st May 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn 7.50 -
Vera Lynn – All The Way, Till The Clouds Roll By, The Fountains of Rome, We’re Not Talking
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
content unknown
Friday 2nd May 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Show Band Parade 7.30 -
Hosted by Cyril Stapleton
Confrey Phillips Trio
Diane Todd
Ronnie Hilton
Gary Miller
Marion Ryan
BBC Donald Peers 10.15 -
ATV Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Ray Ellington 6.10 -
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats (NB the scheduled time slot was 11:00 -
NB The 100th show. During the show a lucky dip will pick one of the records as the
1000th disc to be played on the show, with the winner being 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 'Mister Piano' Henderson, Gary Miller, Terry Dene, Colin Hicks, Marty Wilde
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 6.00 -
Marion Ryan
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Lorrae Desmond
Glen Mason
Terry Dene
David Whitfield -
The Mudlarks
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Valentine Show 10.20 -
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 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Ella Fitzgerald (accompanied by Lou Levy on piano)
ABC Top Numbers 10.50 -
Dennis Lotis
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
Rosemary Squires
Geoff Love and his Orchestra
The Polka Dots
Jimmy Lloyd
Monday 5th May 1958
BBC The Phil Silvers Show 8.20 -
Bing Crosby
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 6th May 1958
BBC Life Is A Song 8:00 -
Jean Sablon and Petula Clark
AR Lucky Dip (first edition) 5.00 -
Bert Weedon's Guitar Corner
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
Ted Heath and his band-
ATV The Big Show 8.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Hilda Baker Show (not listed in newspapers)
content unknown
Wednesday 7th May 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
NB Hosted by Ray Bolger as Como was on holiday
Connie Francis
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
Laurie London -
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Alma Cogan (record of the week guest star)
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Thursday 8th May 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 9.15 -
Jill Day
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: The Robert Dhery Show (French comedian) 9.45 -
content unknown
Friday 9th May 1958
BBC The Show Band Show 7.30 -
Introduced by Cyril Stapleton
Russ Hamilton
The Four Ramblers
The Beverley Sisters
AR Ray Ellington’s Quartet 6.10 -
Marion Ryan
Valerie Masters
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
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 8.00 -
The Chas McDevitt Group with Shirley Douglas
BBC Donald Peers 10.25 -
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.00 -
Ronnie Hilton
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Lonnie Donegan
Marty Wilde
Dave King
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 Mantovani and his new music 2.45 -
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Alex Welsh & His Band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Johnnie Ray
Mindy Carson
ABC Top Tune Time 10.50 -
Anne Shelton
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Four Jones Boys
Tony Brent
Monday 12th May 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Trouble For Two 7.50 -
Lorrae Desmond
BBC The Henry Hall Show 8.45 -
NB Produced by Ned Sherrin
Laurie London
AR Jack Hyton’s Monday Show 10.15 -
Josephine Baker -
Tuesday 13th May 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Guitar Corner: Bert Weedon
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 14th May 1958
BBC Mainly For Women: Twice Twenty 2.45 -
Dion O'Brien (aka Tom Springfield)
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Teresa Brewer
Frankie Laine
Count Basie and his orchestra
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Ronnie Carroll (guest artist record of the week)
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Thursday 15th May 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn and others 7.50 -
Vera Lynn
(possibly) Rosemary Squires with the Donald Purchese Quintet
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 8.30 -
Dennis Lotis
Friday 16th May 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Show Band Show 7.30 -
Fredye Marshall
Terry Sisters
Headley Ward Trio
Nancy Whiskey
AR Let’s Get Together: Music In View 5.00 -
Steve Race
AR Ray Ellington & His Quartet 6.10 -
Valerie Masters
The Mudlarks
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
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
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 6.00 -
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
ABC The Saturday Show 8.30 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular Show 10.20 -
Mindy Carson -
The Hedley Ward Trio -
Sunday 18th May 1958
ATV Slater's Bazaar 5.40 -
Bert Weedon
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents Sunday Night At The Prince Of Wales 8.00 -
Hosted by Tommy Trinder
Guy Mitchell
The Treniers
ABC Top Numbers 10.50 -
Ronnie Hilton (possibly)
Dennis Lotis
Rosemary Squires
Jackie Lee
Des O'Connor
The Polka Dots
Jimmy Lloyd
Monday 19th May 1958
BBC Trouble For Two 7.50 -
Lorrae Desmond
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show 10.15 -
content unknown
Granada Monday Show: The Robert Dherry Show 10.15 -
content unknown
Tuesday 20th May 1958
BBC Life Is A Song 8.30 -
Lys Assia (singer)
Granada Chelsea At Eight 8.00 -
Johnny Dankworth – Take The A Train
ATV The Big Show 8.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Mindy Carson Show (repeat ATV London 17th May 1958)
content unknown
Wednesday 21st May 1958
BBC The Dinah Shore Show 7.30 -
Tony Martin
Betty Hutton
AR Cool For Cats 6:10 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 11.15 pm -
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 10.15 -
The Kestrals (vocal group with Roger Greenaway and Tony Burrows?)
Thursday 22nd May 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.50 -
Lonnie Donegan
BBC Larry Adler 9.45 -
AR Jack Hylton’s Thursday Show: Alfred Marks’ Time 8.30 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Anne Shelton in acting role
Friday 23rd May 1958
BBC Whitsun Parade 7.30 -
NB Broadcast from Spa Theatre, Scarborough
Alma Cogan
AR Ray Ellington & His Quartet 6.10 -
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 8.00 -
Petula Clark
Eddie Calvert
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 6.30 -
Dickie Valentine
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Marvin Rainwater
The Mudlarks
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Barbara Lyon
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Dave King Show 8:30 -
David Whitfield
Sunday 25th May 1958
BBC Children's Television
Diane Todd (singer)
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Max Bygraves -
Joan Regan
ABC Top Tune Time 10.50 -
Michael Holliday
Dickie Valentine
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
The Fraser Hayes Four
Monday 26th May 1958 Bank Holiday
BBC Trouble For Two 7.50 -
Lorrae Desmond
AR The Jack Hylton Monday Show 10.15 -
content unknown
Scottish Dance Party 6.10 -
Don Rennie
Tuesday 27th May 1958
BBC Benny Goodman 10.00 -
NB via the Eurovision link from Brussels
ITN News 10.46 -
Jerry Lee Lewis interviewed
Scottish The One O'Clock Show 1.00 -
Don Rennie
Wednesday 28th May 1958
BBC Mainly For Women: Twice Twenty 2.45 -
Donald Peers
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.45 -
Perry Como
Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Wee Willie Harris (record of the week guest week)
Phil Tate
Tina Vaughan
The Sunnysiders
Peter Millen
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Thursday 29th May 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.50 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: The Tony Bennett Show 8.30 -
Tony Bennett (pre-
Sam Costa
Friday 30th May 1958
BBC Ticket For Friday 7.30 -
The summer review Let's Have Fun From the Central Pier, Blackpool
Don Lang
Josef Locke
AR Ray Ellington’s Quartet 6.10 -
Valerie Masters
Jackie Dennis
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
possibly Marion Ryan (NB Ryan had a sequined gown at the cost of 175 guineas ready for the show only to be told to wear a summer frock to match the set design)
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 6.00 -
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 8.30 -
Larry Adler
Eula Peters
The Rockets
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Starlight Dance, Harringay Arena 10.45
-
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 -
Sunday 1st June 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Bob Crosby
Alma Cogan
ABC Top Numbers 10.50 -
Rosemary Squires
Des O'Connor
The Polka Dots
Jimmy Lloyd
Denis Lotis
Monday 2nd June 1958
BBC Trouble For Two 7.50 -
Lorrae Desmond
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 9.30 -
content unknown
ITN News 10.46 -
Frank Sinatra arrives in London
Tuesday 3rd June 1958
BBC Georges Guetary and others 8.00 -
Georges Guetary
Dianne Todd
AR Late London 11.00 pm -
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
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
Tony Brent
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Danny Purches (in the Record of the Week spot)
Thursday 5th June 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.50 -
Alma Cogan
AR Jack Hylton On With The Show 8.30 -
content unknown
Friday 6th June 1958
AR The Ray Ellington Quartet 6.10 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Valerie Masters
Carl Barriteau
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
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 6.00 -
The Beverley Sisters
Dickie Valentine
Joan Savage
Paddie O'Neil
Glen Mason
Michael Holliday
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The David Whitfield Show 8.30 -
David Whitfield
Aileen Cochrane
ABC Before Midnight 11.15 -
Rosemary Squires
Sunday 8th June 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.30 -
Hosted by Dickie Henderson
Vic Damone -
Juanita Hall
ATV Top Tune Time 10:50 -
Anne Shelton
Ken Morris
Joan Savage
Gary Miller
Monday 9th June 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Henry Hall Show 8.45 -
Elisabeth Welch
AR Jack Hylton’s Monday Show 9.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 10th June 1958
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
content unknown
AR Free And Easy 10:15 -
Produced by Joan Kemp-
Dickie Valentine
Anne Shelton
Steve Race and his Orchestra
Jean Bayless
AR Late London 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Wednesday 11th June 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 8.50 -
Perry Como
Pearl Bailey
AR Cool For Cats 6:10 -
NB This might have been broadcast from the Women's Royal Army camp at Richmond, Surrey
content unknown
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 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 8.50 -
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 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR The Ray Ellington Quartet 6.10 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Valerie Masters
Tommy Whittle
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
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 Leniz Group
Harry Walton & His Dixieland Jazzmen
The Frantic Five
The Johnny Deniz Group
Frank Cooke
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 8.00 -
Don Arden
Dennis Lotis
Jackie Lee
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Vic Damone Show 8.30 -
Vic Damone
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.00 -
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 8.30 -
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
AR Jack Hylton's Monday Show 9.30 -
Tony Dalli
Tuesday 17th June 1958
BBC Georges Guetary 9.15 -
Georges Guetary
Dianne Todd
Granada Chelsea at Eight 9.15 -
content unknown
ATV The Big Show 9:15 -
content unknown
Granada At Your Request 10.15 -
Russ Conway
AR Free And Easy 11.00 -
Dickie Valentine, Petula Clark
Wednesday 18th June 1958
BBC Petula Clark & Joe Henderson 9:45 -
Petula Clark & Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
BBC The Dinah Shore Show 7:30 -
AR Cool For Cats 6.10 -
visits the Women's Royal Army Corps
content unknown
Granada Melody Ranch 6.10 -
content unknown
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan asks the questions while Alfred Marks is on holiday
AR Palais Party 11.00 -
Lita Roza (record of the week)
AR Music In The Making
Ginger Johnson
Laurie Morgan
Thursday 19th June 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.50 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
AR Jack Hylton On With The Show 8.45 -
content unknown
Granada The Late Show Presents The Songs of Paris 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 20th June 1958
BBC I Know What I Like 10.15 -
Eddie Calvert
AR The Ray Ellington Quartet 6.10 -
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Valerie Masters
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
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 6.00 -
NB Broadcast from Southport
Group One
Sunday 22nd June 1958
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents: The Frankie Vaughan Show 8:30 -
From the Prince of Wales theatre, London
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 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Henry Hall Show 8.45 -
Winifred Atwell
ATV Tell The Truth 9.30 -
Alma Cogan
Tuesday 24th June 1958
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
AR Free And Easy 10.15 -
Dickie Valentine
AR Late London 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Wednesday 25th June 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perrry Como
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Rosemary June
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan asks the questions while Alfred Marks is on holiday
AR Palais Party 11:00 -
content unknown
Thursday 26th June 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn 7.50 -
Vera Lynn
The Earwigs (the band of BBC staff assembled for The Six-
ATV Rainbow Room
Johnny Ryan
Friday 27th June 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
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 The World's Our Stage
Billie Anthony
BBC A Galaxy of Stars Burst Into Song 7.30 -
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
Shirley Eaton
Tony Brent
Max Jaffa's Trio
Patricia Bredin
Eric Robinson and his orchestra
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.50 -
NB The Palace Ballroom, Douglas, The Isle of Man
content unknown
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
Monday 30th June 1958
BBC Tonight
Rosemary Squires
Article by Alan Whicker on musicians' street Archer Street in London's West End
BBC The World Our Stage 8.45 -
Alma Cogan
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Tuesday 1st July 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Rosemary Squires
BBC Wish You Were Here 7.30 -
NB A summer revue broadcast from The Lido, Margate
Joyce Shock (singer and sister-
BBC Georges Guetary 8.30 -
Georges Guetary
Dianne Todd
Granada Chelsea Summertime 9.00 -
Maureen Cannon
AR Late Extra 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Wednesday 2nd July 1958
BBC Tonight
Rosemary Squires
BBC The Perry Como Show 7:30 -
Perry Como
Johnny Mathis
ATV Melody Ranch 8.00 -
content unknown
AR Free And Easy 10.45 -
Dickie Valentine
Thursday 3rd July 1958
BBC Tonight
Rosemary Squires
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.50 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
AR Cool For Cats 7.00 -
content unknown
AR Jack Hylton On With The Show 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Palais Party 11.00 pm -
The Sunnysiders
Don Cameron
Lou Preager Orchestra
Friday 4th July 1958
BBC Tonight
Rosemary Squires
BBC Ticket For Friday 7.30 -
Eve Boswell
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 pm -
Jerry Allen and His TV 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 8.00 -
Eddie Calvert
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.00 -
NB Broadcast from New Brighton
Dennis Lotis
ABC Can Do 6.30 -
Lonnie Donegan shoots a .22 rifle in a Glasgow pin-
Jill Day
Dennis Lotis
David Whitfield
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Dave King Show 8:00 -
Gisella Griffel
Glen Mason
Sunday 6th July 1958
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
Rosemary Squires
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents from the Prince Of Wales Theatre 8.30 -
The Mudlarks
Doretta Morrow
ABC The Honeymooners 7.30 -
Jackie Gleason (actor and bandleader)
ABC Entertainment Quiz (first in series) (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Hosted by Bill Owen
Marion Keene
Teddy Johnson
Monday 7th July 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Michael Holliday 10:15 -
NB A series of pre-
AR Free And Easy 9.30 -
Dickie Valentine, Lita Roza
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Tuesday 8th July 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea Summertime 9.00 -
Maureen Cannon
AR Late Extra 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Wednesday 9th July 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
The Mills Brothers
BBC The Henry Hall Show
Bertice Reading
Granada Melody Ranch 7.00 -
Libby Morris
Susan Denny
Ken Steele
The Hi Spots
Thursday 10th July 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.50 -
Vera Lynn
AR Cool For Cats 7.00 -
content unknown
AR Dream Girl '58 11.00 pm -
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 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Ticket For Friday 7.30 -
NB Excerpt of Light Up The Town at the Hippodrome, Blackpool
Winifred Atwell
Michael Holliday
The Kaye Sisters
AR The Dickie Henderson Half-
Ilene Day -
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 pm -
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Bert Weedon
Saturday 12th July 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Marion Ryan
Joe 'Mister Piano' 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 8.00 -
Maria Pavlou
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Guy Mitchell Show 8:00 -
Guy Mitchell
Doretta Morrow
Sunday 13th July 1958
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
ATV From The Stage of the Prince of Wales Theatre 8.30 -
Anne Shelton
Tony Dalli
Monday 14th July 1958
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
Michael Holliday -
AR Free And Easy 9.28 -
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 10.20 -
Dill Jones introduces
The Joe Harriott Quintet
Terry Lightfoot and his Jazzmen
Ilene Day
Granada Chelsea Summertime 9.00 -
possibly Carmen Cavallaro
AR Late Extra 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Wednesday 16th July 1958
BBC The Dinah Shore Show 7.30 -
Dinah Shore
ATV Melody Ranch 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 17th July 1958
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.50 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Kathie Kay
AR Cool For Cats 7.00 -
The Most Brothers
AR Jack Hylton On With The Show 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 18th July 1958
BBC Ticket For Friday 7.30 -
NB Excerpts from Hey There, the summer show on Blackpool's south pier
Sheila Buxton
Danny Purches
Morton Fraser
AR Dickie Hendeson Half Hour 8.30 -
content unknown
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 -
Bob Crosby
Alma Cogan
David Whitfield
Sunday 20th July 1958
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
Rosemary Squires
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
The Jones Boys
Monday 21st July 1958
BBC Michael Holliday 10:45 -
AR The Jubilee Show 9.28 -
Dennis Lotis
Wednesday 23rd July 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
The McGuire Sisters
Dean Martin
ATV Melody Ranch 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 24th July 1958
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.
BBC Words And Music 7.50 -
Sarah Vaughan
Lita Roza
BBC Bongo -
Dance show introduced by Boscoe Holder
AR Cool For Cats 7:00 -
content unknown
Friday 25th July 1958
AR The Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 pm -
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 Saturday Show: Max Bygraves Entertains 8.00 -
Max Bygraves
ATV Paul Robeson 8.30 -
Paul Robeson
Sunday 27th July 1958
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents the Frankie Vaughan Show 8.30 -
Frankie Vaughan
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries 5.35 -
Malestrum Skiffle Group
ABC Sam and Pete 3.00 -
Pilot for a series starring Sam Costa and Pete Murray, made by Jack Good
Scottish Television Theatre: Teddy Gang 10.05 -
play
Monday 28th July 1958
BBC Relax with Michael Holliday 10:45 -
No other guests
AR The Jubilee Show 9.28 -
Dennis Lotis
Shirley Eaton
Granada Summertime 9.30 -
content unknown
ATV Liberace 10.45 -
Wednesday 30th July 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
Patti Page
Eddie Hodges
BBC Wish You Were Here 8.45 -
The Tanner Sisters
BBC Song Time 10.15 -
Rosemary Squires
Benny Lee
BBC Northern Lights
The Diamond Twins
ATV Melody Ranch 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 31st July 1958
BBC Words And Music 7.50 -
Anton Karas
AR Cool For Cats 7.00 -
NB broadcast from a London swimming bath
Peter Elliott (swimming champion) -
ITN News 10.00 -
Harry Belefonte interview
Friday 1st August 1958
BBC Ticket For Friday 7.30 -
Shirley Bassey
BBC Cy Grant 9:00 -
AR The Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 pm -
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 (this was due to be her last appearance on the show)
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 Television Music Hall 8.00 -
Dorothy Squires
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.00 -
NB From the Viennese Ballroom, Butlin's, Filey
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Marguerite Piazza Show 8.00 -
content unknown
Sunday 3rd August 1958
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents From The Stage Of The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London
8:30 -
Don Lang
Georgia Gibbs (cancelled due to illness)
Anne Shelton (replacing Georgia Gibbs)
Ronnie Carroll
Monday 4th August 1958 Bank Holiday
BBC Henry Hall's Guest Night 10.15 -
John Hanson
AR The Jubilee Show 9.26 -
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 5th August 1958
Granada Chelsea Summertime 9.30 -
Maureen Cannon – Everybody Loves A Lover
Wednesday 6th August 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
Edie Gorme
Paul Anka
Richard Rodgers
ATV Melody Ranch 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 7th August 1958
BBC Words And Music 7.50 -
Beatrice Reading
Ray Noble
Harry Belefonte -
AR Cool For Cats 7.00 -
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 Make Way For Music
Danny Purches
BBC Seaside Stars 7.30 -
Excerpts from Aces High, Royal Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
AR The Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 11:00 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
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 -
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Hughie Green Show 8:00 -
Georgia Gibbs
Sunday 10th August 1958
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents: The Beverley Sisters Show 8:30 -
The Beverley Sisters
Aileen Cochrane
ABC Win A Mink 3.00 -
Gary Miller (as host and singer)
Monday 11th August 1958
BBC The Phil Silvers Show 8.20 -
Doberman the Crooner
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR The Jubilee Show 9.26 -
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 12th August 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Late Extra 11.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 13th August 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Dinah Shore Show 7.30 -
Granada Melody Ranch 7.00 -
Libby Morris – Sorta on the Border
Libby Morris & Joyce Blair – Toreador
ITN Roving report 10.45 -
Report on the making of 'Cool For Cats'
Thursday 14th August 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Words And Music 7.50 -
Shirley Abicair
AR Cool For Cats 7.00 -
Filmed at RAF Oldham
content unknown
AR Jack Hylton On With The Show 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 15th August 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Seaside Stars 7.30 -
Excerpts from Light Up Again, Wellington Pier Pavilion, Great Yarmouth
The Four Jones Boys
Ruby Murray
AR The Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 -
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 (Blackpool and Liverpool), but this idea was abandoned. The opening and closing credit sequences are replaced by a real Isle of Man steam train fron 1873.
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 8.00 -
Carmita (singer)
June Birch (trumpet player)
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 8.00 -
Connie Francis
Earle and Vaughan
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.00 -
NB From Colwyn Bay
Joe Loss and His Orchestra
Sunday 17th August 1958
BBC Harry Belafonte 7:30 -
NB Belafonte had laryngitis during recording, while the Musicians Union wouldn't allow his American musicians to play in the UK. Also The Rank Organisation didn't want him appearing on TV, fearing that it would impact attendance of live shows.
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
Cy Grant
Dill Jones
ATV Bernard Delfont Presents The Frankie Howerd Show 8:30 -
Julius La Rosa
Joyce Shock
Monday 18th August 1958
BBC Children's Caravan
Jim Dale
BBC The Henry Hall's Guest Night 8.45 -
Cherry Wainer with Don Storer
BBC Relax with Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR The Jubilee Show 9.26 -
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 19th August 1958
BBC Wish You Were Here 7.30 -
Broadcast from the Isle of Man
Carole Carr
Ken Mackintosh & His Band
Granada Chelsea Summertime 9.30 -
Maureen Cannon – How Are Things In Glocamorra
Wednesday 20th August 1958
ATV Melody Ranch 7.00 -
Libby Morris
Bill O’Connor
Joyce Blair
The Hi-
Thursday 21st August 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Vic Damone
Terry Dene and Edna Savage
AR Cool For Cats 7:00 -
content unknown
Friday 22nd August 1958
BBC Seaside Stars 7.30 -
Excerpts from Top Of The Town, Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Joan Turner
AR Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 -
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 8.00 -
Julius La Rosa
Toni Carroll
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.30 -
content unknown
ABC Can Do 6.30 -
Lita Roza
Sunday 24th August 1958
ATV The Bernard Bresslaw Show 8:30 -
Alma Cogan
Monday 25th August 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR The Jubilee Show 9.26 -
Dennis Lotis
Tuesday 26th August 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea Summertime 9.30 -
Giselle Mackenzie
Wednesday 27th August 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
ATV Melody Ranch 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 28th August 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Words And Music 7.50 -
Carole Carr
AR Cool For Cats 7:00 -
content unknown
Friday 29th August 1958
BBC Seaside Stars 7.30 -
Excerpts from This Is Your Laugh, The Windmill Theatre, Great Yarmouth
no musical guests
AR Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 -
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Saturday 30th August 1958
NB Southern Television begins broadcasting today at 5.30 pm. The station's startup music was composed by Richard addinsell and played by the Eric Winstone Orchestra
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 6.00 -
From Fleetwood
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 (singing in Weymouth)
Frankie Vaughan (greetings from the Hippodrome, Brighton)
Gracie Fields
Line Renaud
Sunday 31st August 1958
ATV Prince of Wales (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Maxine Daniels
ABC Sunday Break 6:15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
Jeremy Lubbock
Bertice Reading
ATV The Charlie Drake Show 8:30 -
The King Bros
Maxine Daniels
ATV Television Theatre: Teddy Gang 10.05 -
play
Monday 1st September 1958
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR The Jubilee Show 9.27 -
Dennis Lotis
Wednesday 3rd September 1958
BBC Jazz Session 10.45 -
Tony Kinsey Quartet – Time Gentlemen Please, I Want To Be Happy
ATV Melody Ranch 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 4th September 1958
BBC A Song For Everyone 10:20 -
Kenneth McKellar
AR Cool For Cats 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Gracie Fields
Friday 5th September 1958
AR Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 pm -
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 8.00 -
George Formby
The Deep River Boys
Stephane Grappelli
Des O'Connor
ABC Holiday Town Parade 6.00 -
content unknown
ABC Saturday Spectacular: Valentine’s Night 8.00 -
Dickie Valentine -
Lorrae Desmond
Sunday 7th September 1958
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
ABC The Shirley Bassey Show 11:00 -
Shirley Bassey
Gary Miller
The Metronomes
Reg Owen Septet
Monday 8th September 1958
BBC Relax With Michael Holliday 10:45 -
AR The Jubilee Show 9.27 -
Denis Lotis – Biding My Time
Southern Flotsom's Jollies 12.47 -
Steve Arlen
Tuesday 9th September 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Wednesday 10th September 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC You Are There 8.30 -
Russ Conway
BBC Stanley Black and Marion Keene 9.30 -
ATV Melody Ranch 7.00 -
The Hi Spots
Thursday 11th September 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Cool For Cats 7:00 -
Anne Shelton – Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me
AR Jack Hylton Presents Alan Young 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 12th September 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Dickie Henderson Half-
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 11.00 -
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 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. Bertice Reading was dropped from the show for not singing the songs that Good wanted her to. Viewing figures from TAM 1,871,000.
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
Dudley Heslop -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: Shower Of Stars 8:00 -
Lonnie Donegan (Described in a later review as 'comedy compere'. He might have been in a double act with guest Johnny Duncan)
Connie Francis
Johnny Duncan
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
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
The Kentones
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Alex Welsh & His Band
Jim Dale
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
David Whitfield
Anne Shelton
ATV Nightcap 11.10 -
The Stargazers
Monday 15th September 1958
BBC Relax with Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
Music by Steve Race
Tuesday 16th September 1958
BBC Wish You Were Here 7.30 -
From Bournemouth
Ronnie Carroll
ITV Late Extra 11.00 pm -
Jazz band featuring the Duke Of Bedford (bass), Norman Wisdom (clarinet), Peter Sellers (drums)
Wednesday 17th September 1958
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
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
Thursday 18th September 1958
BBC Words And Music 8.30 -
Sheila Buxton
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: The Jewel and Warris Show 9.00 -
Gary Miller
Rosemary Squires
Friday 19th September 1958
AR Cool For Cats 11:15 -
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
Peter Elliott
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 9.15 -
Elizabeth Larner – I’m Just A Girl Who Can’t Say No
ATV Music Shop 2:50 -
Teddy Johnson
Joan Small
Jimmy Young
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The Mudlarks
Marino Marini Quartet
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
Monday 22nd September 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Michael Holliday 10.45 -
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
Music by Steve Race
Tuesday 23rd September 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Chris Barber and Ottilie Patterson
ATV Late Extra 11.00 pm -
Larry Adler
Wednesday 24th September 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Dennis Lotis
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Benny Hill Show 7.30 -
Alma Cogan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Eddie Calvert
The Mudlarks
The Lana Sisters – Ringa My Phone
Glen Mason
Thursday 25th September 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Make Mine Music 7.50 -
David Hughes
AR Alan Young 9.15 -
content unknown
Friday 26th September 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
content unknown
Granada People and Places
Yvonne Martyn
Saturday 27th September 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Viewing figures from TAM 854,000. Jimmy Rushing was due to appear, but there was a dispute over his fee
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
Vince Eager
Lisa Noble
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
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 8.00 -
Pamela Dennis
Glen Mason
Sunday 28th September 1958
ATV Music Shop 2:50 -
Teddy Johnson
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Dill Jones Trio (replaces The Alex Welsh Band as the regular group)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Paul Robeson
The Kalin Twins
Eve Boswell
ATV Nightcap 11.10 -
The Stargazers
Monday 29th September 1958
AR Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Tuesday 30th September 1958
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
Johnny Dankworth
Wednesday 1st October 1958
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.15 -
Ronnie Carroll
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Thursday 2nd October 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: The Jewel and Warriss Show 9.00 -
Gary Miller
Trudy Richards
Rosemary Squires
ITN News 10.00 -
Elvis Presley joins the US Army
Friday 3rd October 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
Granada People and Places
Yvonne Martyn (had also appeared last week)
Saturday 4th October 1958
BBC The Six-
NB The show is now extended to a full hour. There would be a Tribute To Elvis Presley section in this edition.
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 Clarke & His Band
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.00 -
The Billy Cotton Band with Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay, The Highlights
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: The Hughie Green Show 8.00 -
Petula Clark
Jill Day
Lonnie Donegan (appearing as a comedian as well as a singer)
The Kalin Twins
Ruby Murray (had to cancel due to illness)
ABC unknown show (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
A new disc show featuring hosts Sam Costa and Keith Fordyce. This is probably a re-
Sunday 5th October 1958
BBC The Steve Allen Show 8.00 -
content unknown
BBC Monitor
The Leeds Jazz Festival article with Duke Ellington, Johnny Dankworth, Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV Music Shop 2.45 -
Sheila Southern
The Frazier Hayes Four
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Trudy Richards
ATV Nightcap 11.10 -
The Stargazers
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
Shirley Bassey
Monday 6th October 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Barry Johns (singer)
Tuesday 7th October 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Barry Johns (singer)
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
The Hi Los
Mantovani
ITV Late Extra 11.00 pm -
Duke Ellington (his debut appearance on UK TV)
Wednesday 8th October 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Barry Johns (singer)
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.15 -
Jackie Dennis
The Tony Kinsey Quartet
Thursday 9th October 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Make Mine Music 7.30 -
David Hughes
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Barry Johns (singer)
Granada The Alan Young Show 9.00 -
Karen Greer – The Moon Festival, I Am Loved
Friday 10th October 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
Tommy Sands
ATV Lunch Box 12.47 -
Ann Lorraine
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Barry Johns (singer)
AR Cool For Cats 11.15 -
Ruby Murray (cancelled due to illness)
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-
Marty Wilde -
The Kalin Twins
Laurie London
Don Rennie
Vince Eager
The Lana Sisters
Craig Douglas (the first of six appearances)
Alan Clarke & His Band
Martin Lukins & His Accordion Band
The Two Gees
Joan Small
Derek Hoddinott (TV critic of The Stage)
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Marty Wilde (NB He was due to appear on two consecutive shows tonight and next Saturday, but his management withdrew him due to a dispute with the show's producers)
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 8.00 -
Edmund Hockridge
Marino Marini Quartet
Joan Regan
Sunday 12th October 1958
BBC Monitor 10.20 -
Duke Ellington interview with Johnny Dankworth
ATV Music Shop 2.45 -
Hosted by Teddy Johnson
Julie Dawn
Don Fox
Anne Shelton
Jackie Dennis
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Johnny Dankworth talks with Lord Harewood and the Hon. Gerald Lascelles about jazz
Dill Jones Trio
The Mick Mulligan Band
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The Barry Sisters
The Deep River Boys
ATV Nightcap 11.10 -
The Stargazers
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
Shirley Bassey
Monday 13th October 1958
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
Music by Steve Race
ATV Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Tuesday 14th October 1958
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 15th October 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
Larry Adler
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.15 -
The King Brothers
Petula Clark
Marty Wilde
Laurie London
Tony Crombie
TWW In Your View 6.40 -
Joan Edwards (singer)
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Thursday 16th October 1958
BBC Eric Robinson's First Return to Leeds 9.15 -
Ronnie Hilton
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: The Jewel and Warriss Show 9.00 -
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 7.30 -
The Everly Brothers
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
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-
Jackie Dennis
Lita Roza
The Southlanders
Craig Douglas
Billy Raymond
Donna Douglas
Paul Beattie
Janice Peters
Vince Eager
Ronnie Aldrich & The Squadronaires
BBC Wakey Wakey Tavern 8.00 -
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
Jackie Dennis
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bob Monkhouse Show 7.55 -
The Barry Sisters
Sunday 19th October 1958
BBC The Steve Allen Show 8.00 -
Jimmy Rodgers
ATV Music Shop 2.50 -
Lita Roza
Russ Conway
Norman Newell (A&R manager)
Joyce Shock
ABC Bid For Fame 4.00 -
Joe Joss and his Orchestra
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
ABC After Hours 11.05 -
Shirley Bassey
ATV Nightcap 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 20th October 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
Music by Steve Race
ATV Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Tuesday 21st October 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
Dick Francis
ITV Camera Test (noted in music press but not listed in newspapers)
Rosalie Dawn (singer)
Wednesday 22nd October 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Riverside No 1
Renato Carosone and his Sextet
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11:00 -
Cliff Richard
Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys
Ruby Murray
Eve Boswell
Glen Mason
Dave King
Thursday 23rd October 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn 7.30 -
Vera Lyn
Semprini
The Lynettes
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries 5.25 -
The Avro Skiffle Group
Marti Webb
AR Jack Hylton Presents Alan Young 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 24th October 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
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 11.00 -
NB The Hit Parade spot with information about the top three selling discs may have returned on this show
Toni Dalli -
Saturday 25th October 1958
BBC The Six-
NB The producers make it clear that if 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
Don Rennie
Ken Mackintosh & His Band with Shirley Western (singer) -
The Tracy Sister
Hula hoop article
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Neville Taylor and the Cutters
Peter Elliott (taking over from Ronnie Carroll)
The Vernons Girls
Cherry Wainer
The Dallas Boys
Lord Rockingham’s XI
Tony Scott and his Cha-
Don Lang
ATV Paul Robeson Sings 7.55 -
Paul Robeson
ATV Frankie Vaughan with Members of the Boy's Club 8:25 -
Frankie Vaughan introduces acts from Clubs are Trumps
Joyce Shock
The Vernon's Girls
The King Brothers
ATV Melody For Two 11:30 pm -
Petula Clark & Joe Henderson
Sunday 26th October 1958
ATV Music Shop 2.45 -
Hosted by Teddy Johnson
The Mudlarks
Edmund Hockridge
Wendy Brooks
ABC Bid For Fame 4.00 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Harry Secombe
Adele Leigh
ABC Armchair Theatre: The Terrorist
Yolanda (jazz pianist)
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
content unknown
Monday 27th October 1958
BBC This Is Your Life: Tommy Steele 7.30 -
Lionel Bart
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Anne Scott (singer)
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats 10:30 -
content unknown
Granada Rainbow Room 10.30 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Tuesday 28th October 1958
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Anne Scott (singer)
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
Ted Heath and His Band
The Hi Los
Rory Blackwell and The Blackjacks
Wednesday 29th October 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
The Beverley Sisters
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Anne Scott (singer)
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Lita Roza
Toni Dalli
Humphrey Lyttelton
Barry Barnett
Thursday 30th October 1958
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Anne Scott (singer)
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time: The Jewell and Warriss Show 9.00 -
Gary Miller
Friday 31st October 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
Southern Flotsom's Follies 12.47 -
Anne Scott (singer)
AR Strictly For The Sparrows 9.00 -
Ted Willis play about teddy boys and girls
ITV Cooper's Capers 10.15 -
Eddie Calvert
Aileen Cochran (resident singer)
AR Cool For Cats 11:00 -
Petula Clark
Glen Mason
Saturday 1st November 1958
BBC The Six-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Marty Wilde (a BBC spokesman told Melody Maker that Wilde had been booked before the falling out between Larry Parnes and Jack Good)
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 8.00 -
Russ Conway
Alma Cogan
Max Bygraves
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Cliff Richard and The Drifters
The John Barry Seven
Peter Elliott
Bill Forbes
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
Tommy Steele & The Dallas Boys -
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular 7.55 -
Ruby Murray
Sunday 2nd November 1958
BBC The Bob Hope Show (USA produced show)
Marion Ryan
ATV Music Shop 2.50 -
Jo Ann Shelton
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Domenico Modungo
ITN News 9.30 -
Young people at rock n roll party
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
Shirley Bassey
Monday 3rd November 1958
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
content unknown
Tuesday 4th November 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea at Eight 8.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 5th November 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Shani Wallis
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Terry Dene
Tony Osborne
Thursday 6th November 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
ATV Jack Hylton Presents Alan Young 9.15 -
content unknown
Friday 7th November 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
ATV Cooper's Capers 10.15 -
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
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
Johnny Dankworth and his band
BBC Variety People 9.35 -
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 7.55 -
Ivor Emmanuel
Sheila Southern
ABC Melody For Two 11:30 pm -
Petula Clark & Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Sunday 9th November 1958
ATV Music Shop 2.55 -
Steve Martin
The King Brothers
Anne Shelton
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Eartha Kitt (she had cancelled due to work commitments in the USA, then changed her mind and appeared)
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
content unknown
Monday 10th November 1958
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 9.45 -
The Beverley Sisters
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Wednesday 12th November 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
Ronnie Carroll
Carole Carr
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 7.00 -
Marty Wilde
Chris Barber
Malcolm Vaughan
Joan Regan
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan -
Thursday 13th November 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Cliff Richard and the Drifters -
Eartha Kitt – Let’s Do It, Memphis Blues
Friday 14th November 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
ATV Cooper's Capers 10.15 -
Aileen Cochrane
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
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 (returning to the show after his summer season in Blackpool)
Craig Douglas
Chris Howard
Claudio Venturelli
Vince Eager
The Kentones
Ted Heath & His Music
BBC Make Yourself At Home -
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 (the jacket he intended to wear had a houndstooth pattern which would look distorted on TV, so someone had to race across London to get him another jacket in time for the show)
Red Price
Pat Laurence
Lord Rockingham’s XI (Good makes it known in his regular article in Disc that the band are wearing bright pink suits, deep blue shirts and grey ties, while bandleader Harry Robinson wears an ultramarine suit with a maroon bow tie)
The Two Vernons Girls
Bill Forbes – God’s Little Acre
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bob Monkhouse Hour 7.55 -
Dickie Valentine
Sunday 16th November 1958
BBC The Steve Allen Show 8.00 -
Dave Brubeck
Dorothy Collins
Laura Leslie
ATV Music Shop 2.55 -
The Mudlarks
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Andy Williams
The Peter Sisters
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
Rosemary Squires (replaced by Sheila Buxton due to ill health)
Humphrey Lyttelton
ATV Nightcap 11.10 pm -
content unknown
Monday 17th November 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 9.45 -
The Beverley Sisters
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
Music by Steve Race
ATV Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Tuesday 18th November 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
The Granadiers – Blues In the Night
The Van Wood Quartet
Lester Ferguson
Wednesday 19th November 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Riverside One 7.30 -
David Whitfield
The Kaye Sisters
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 7.00 -
Cliff Richard
The Mudlarks
The Avon Sisters
Alma Cogan
Don Lang
Glen Mason
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Thursday 20th November 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Vera Lynn Show
Vera Lynn
The Mudlarks
AR Jack Hylton Presents Lady Rattlings on Parade 9.00 -
Pearl Carr
Friday 21st November 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
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 5.00 -
Steve Race
ATV Cooper’s Capers 10.15 -
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)
(possibly) a Showbiz football team versus Cool For Cats piece
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-
Don Rennie
Joan Regan
Lita Roza
Malcolm Vaughan
The Mudlarks
Ronnie Caroll
The Avon Sisters
Des O’Connor
Jerry Angelo (ex-
BBC The Ted Ray Show 8.00 -
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
Oscar Rabin
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Bernard Bresslaw Show 7.55 -
Andy Williams
Jill Day
Sunday 23rd November 1958
ATV Music Shop 2.55 -
Emile and George Ford (in the New Faces spot)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Marino Marini & His Quartet
The Peters Sisters
ATV Nightcap 11.10 -
content unknown
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
Cleo Laine (deputising for Rosemary Squires who was ill)
Monday 24th November 1958
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 9.45 -
The Beverley Sisters
AR Rush Hour 6.00 -
Millicent Martin
ATV Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen and His TV Trio
Tuesday 25th November 1958
AR Lucky Dip
Bert Weedon
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
Dick Francis (Parlophone Records' singer)
Hutch
Lizabeth Webb
Wednesday 26th November 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
the letter D
Nina and Frederick
Lonnie Donegan
Johnny Dankworth
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Lita Roza
Gary Miller
Peter Sellers – I’m So Ashamed
Shirley Bassey
Mick Milligan
Thursday 27th November 1958
ATV Val Parnell’s Star Time 9.00 -
Toni Dalli
Friday 28th November 1958
ATV Cooper's Capers 10.15 -
content unknown
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 (he returns to the show after quitting)
Don Rennie
Steve Martin
Billy Raymond
Sheila Southern
The Raindrops
Eric Delaney & His Band
Claudio Venturelli
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 8.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Shani Wallis
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Emile Ford and George
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls
ATV The Benny Hill Show 7:55 -
Hill performs a spoof of Oh Boy, called Oh Dear, playing all the roles himself
The Peters Sisters
Josie Shelton
Sunday 30th November 1958
ATV Music Shop 2.55 -
content unknown
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries 4.55 -
The Viscount Skiffle Group
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Shirley Bassey (replaces Pat Kirkwood, but Bassey herself is suffering from laryngitis)
Southern Soccer 1.30 -
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.
ABC After Hours 11.10-
content unknown
ATV Nightcap 11.10 pm -
The Stargazers
Monday 1st December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 9.45 -
The Beverley Sisters
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Tuesday 2nd December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Granada Chelsea at Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 3rd December 1958
BBC Crackerjack
Lonnie Donegan
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Riverside One 7.30 -
Joan Regan – Love Like Ours
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Lonnie Donegan – Tom Dooley
Michael Holliday
Janice Peters
Thursday 4th December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Vera Lynn Sings 7.30 -
Vera Lynn
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Entertainers 9.00 -
content unknown
Friday 5th December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Cy Grant
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
ATV Cooper's Capers 10.15 -
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
Janice Peters -
Ronnie Hilton
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)
Don Rennie
Donn Reynolds
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 7.55 -
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 -
Earl Grant
ATV Music Shop 2.55 -
Eddie Calvert
Dennis Lotis
Nancy Whiskey
The Non de Plummes (the name for this Welsh group had been chosen by viewers and readers of Disc)
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries 4.55 -
The Comets Skiffle Group
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
content unknown
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
content unknown
ABC Nightcap 11.10 pm -
content unknown
Monday 8th December 1958
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 9.45 -
The Beverley Sisters
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
content unknown
ATV Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Joe 'Mister Piano' Henderson
Tuesday 9th December 1958
Granada Chelsea At Nine 9.00 -
content unknown
AR Late Extra
The Betty Smith
Wednesday 10th December 1958
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
The Music of Duke Ellington
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Pink & Perky – Tom Dooley
Thursday 11th December 1958
BBC Expresso Bongo -
Live from the Saville Theatre, London
Play, with James Kenney as Bongo Herbert, plus Millicent Martin
Friday 12th December 1958
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
Granasdas People and Places
Chris Langford
AR The Arthur Haynes Show 10.15 -
Alma Cogan
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
content unknown
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
The Big Bopper (film clip provided by Mercury Records)
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, Woman From Liberia
Vince Taylor
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
ATV Val Parnell’s Saturday Spectacular: The Dickie Valentine Show 7.55 -
Dickie Valentine – King of Dixieland, They Didn’t Believe Me
David Whitfield
Sunday 14th December 1958
BBC The Dinah Shore Show 8.00 -
ATV Music Shop 2.55 -
Shirley Bassey
The Frazer Hayes Four
Arthur Murphy
Betty James
ATV From The Stage Of The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London 8.00 -
NB Rehearsals for the Palladium's Christmas pantomime forces a change of venue for the TV show for the next few weeks
Ronnie Hilton
Jo Shelton
ATV Nightcap 11.10 pm -
The Stargazers
ABC After Hours 11.010 -
content unknown
Monday 15th December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 9.45 -
The Beverley Sisters -
ATV Jack Hylton Presents The Anne Shelton Show 9.30 -
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
ATV Rainbow Room 10.45 -
Jerry Allen & his TV Trio
Southern Three's Company 12.47 -
NB Daily show which replaces Flotsom's Follies
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Tuesday 16th December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Jazz Session 8.45 -
Jimmy Rushing -
Humphrey Lyttelton -
ATV Carroll Levis Show 7:00 -
The Kestrels
Wednesday 17th December 1958
BBC Christmas Crackerjack 5.10 -
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC Riverside One 7.30 -
Alma Cogan
Granada People sand Places
The Betty Smith Five
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Dickie Valentine
Russ Hamilton
The John Barry Seven -
The Kaye Sisters
Thursday 18th December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
Cy Grant
AR Jack Hylton Presents The Fastest Show On Earth 9:00 -
Marion Keene
Dick Francis
Friday 19th December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR The Arthur Haynes Show 10.15 -
content unknown
AR Cool For Cats 11.00 -
Ker Robertson selects acts to give the Cool For Cat "Cat's Whisker" awards to
Top Disc group -
Top Bandleader -
Top A&R man -
Most Promising Discovery -
Top Entertainer -
Top British Disc Personality -
American Disc Personality -
British Disc Girl -
American Disc Girl -
Outstanding Disc -
Songwriter -
Special award for Julie Andrews -
Saturday 20th December 1958
BBC The Six-
NB Broadcast from The Kursaal, Southend-
Hosted by Jim Dale
Regulars: Tito Burns '6.5ers' with The Kingpins, Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats
The Mudlarks
The 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 7.55 -
content unknown
Sunday 21st December 1958
ATV Music Shop 2.55 -
Teddy Johnson
Pear Carr
Bryan Johnson
Janice Peters
ABC Bid For Fame 4.40 -
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries 5.00 pm -
Marti Webb
ABC Sunday Break 6.15 -
Johnny Duncan
The Dill Jones Trio
ATV Nightcap 11.10 pm -
The Stargazers
ATV From The Stage Of The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London 8:00 -
NB All the stars play pantomime roles. The show didn’t use a host, only using on screen captions, even missing one caption altogether for impressionist Ron Moody.
David Hughes (Sinbad)
Laurie London and Edna Savage (Babes in the Wood)
Audrey Jeans (Idle Jack)
Joan Regan (Cinderella)
ABC After Hours 11.10 -
Rosemary Squires
ATV Nightcap 11.10 pm -
content unknown
Monday 22nd December 1958
BBC Those Beverley Sisters 9.45 -
The Beverley Sisters
AR Rush Hour 6.10 -
Steve Race
AR Anne Shelton Show 9.30 -
Anne Shelton
Alma Cogan
Scottish Celebrity Spot -
ATV Rainbow Room 10.30 -
Jerry Allen and his TV Trio
Tuesday 23rd December 1958
BBC The Bob Hope Show 7.30 -
Randy Sparks
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR Cool For Cats: Party Night 11:00 -
NB It was the intent to have a location show in London to be broadcast on Christmas night, but those plans were shelved. 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
Donald Peers
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 Christmas Eve
BBC Alan Melville takes you from A-
Flanders and Swann
BBC Higher and Higher Movie with Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme 8.20 -
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Jackie Rae
Marion Ryan
The Army Game cast are the contestants
Granada The Merry Christmas 10.15 -
A pop musical version of A Christmas Carol
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Petula Clark
Cherry Wainer
Al Saxon
The Dallas Boys
Malcolm Vaughan
Ray Ellington
Glen Mason
Thursday 25th December 1958 Christmas Day
BBC Royal Prologue: Christmas At Home 2.30 -
Cy Grant
BBC Christmas Night With The Stars 6:25 -
The Beverley Sisters
Perry Como
Vera Lynn
Billy Cotton Band
BBC Harry Belafonte 7.40 – 8.25 pm
BBC Christmas Day Epilogue 11.52 pm -
Harry Belafonte sings Mary’s Boy Child
ATV Lunch Box
The Concords
ATV Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra 2.00 -
NB Includes singing stars from around the Commonwealth
Shirley Abicair
Eve Boswell
Dickie Valentine
Edmund Hockridge
ATV Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries 4.15 -
Glenda Collins
Granada Christmas In The North 4.15 -
Frankie Vaughan
Marion Ryan
Granada Spotlight On Musicals 5.30 -
Richard Attenborough introduces clips from famous MGM musicals
ATV Max Bygraves Entertains 6.45 -
Max Bygraves
Alma Cogan
Jackie Dennis
Jack Jackson and Glen Mason (filmed item)
Lita Roza
ATV New Look 9.00 -
The Vernons Girls
Friday 26th December 1958 Boxing Day
BBC The Perry Como Show 7.30 -
Perry Como
AR Having A Wonderful Time 4.15 -
The Vipers Skiffle Group
Don Lang
AR The Jubilee Show 9.00 -
Michael Holliday
Marion Ryan
AR This Week’s Late Extra 10.45 pm -
Joan Regan tells of her pantomime experience
Saturday 27th December 1958
BBC The Lenny The Lion Show 5.10 -
Sheila Buxton
BBC The Six-
NB the final show. Reviewed from an audio recording of 45 mins 42 sec duration.
Hosted by Jim Dale "Your last chance to jive on the ol' Six-
The Dallas Boys -
Steve Martin -
Ted Heath & His Music -
Pete Murray chats to host
Janice Peters -
Josephine Douglas (in Manchester) chats to Pete Murray
The Mudlarks -
Don Lang -
Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats -
Claudio Venturelli
Benny Lee chats to Jim Dale
Don Rennie -
Tito Burns and his '6.5ers' with The Kingpins (vocal group) -
Dale Greaves (who was working as a releif store-
?
Tony Osbourne & His Brasshats -
Ted Heath & His Music -
Tito Burns and his '6.5ers' with The Kingpins (vocal group) -
Don Rennie -
Ted Heath & His Music -
Steve Martin -
Tito Burns and his '6.5ers' with The Kingpins (vocal group) -
Chris Barber and His Jazz Band (in Plymouth)
Michael Holliday
Harry Walton & His Dixieland Jazzmen
BBC The Wakey Wakey Circus 8:00 -
Russ Conway
ABC Oh Boy! 6:00 -
Colin Hicks
Cliff Richard and the Drifters
William Marshall (American actor now appearing as a singer)
Cherry Wainer
Red Price
Lord Rockingham’s XI
The Vernons Girls – In Dulce Jubilo
Cuddly Duddly
Neville Taylor & The Cutters -
Vince Taylor
Peter Elliott
The Dallas Boys
ATV Val Parnell’s Spectacular: The Benny Hill Show 7.55 -
Dave King
Morton Fraser's Harmonica
Toni Eden
Sunday 28th December 1958
ATV Music Shop 2.55 -
Teddy Johnson
Petula Clark
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Jimmy Lloyd
Lisa Ashwood
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.00 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Perry Botkin
The Fraser Hayes Four
Group One
ABC Bid For Fame 4.30 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
The Dill Jones Trio
Kenny Baker
Chas McDevitt
Shirley Douglas
ABC Top Numbers of 1958 11:10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Henney
Bernard Bresslaw
Lord Rockingham's XI (cancelled)
Marion Ryan
Gary Miller
Malcolm Vaughan
Marty Wilde
The Barney Gilbraith Singers
The Tanner Sisters
Maureen Kershaw
The Gibson Girls
Eric Flynn (from ABC's Bid For Fame talent show)
Joe Loss Orchestra
Rikki Price
ATV Nightcap 11.10 pm -
The Stargazers
Monday 29th December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
AR Highlights of 1958 9.30 -
Anne Shelton with Jack Hylton playing piano – Together
Tuesday 30th December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC That Old Black Magic 10.15 -
Stanley Black and his orchestra
Marion Keene
AR Lucky Dip 5.00 -
Bert Weedon
AR The Carroll Levis Show 7.00 -
The Mellowtomes
The Alan Randall Trio
Granada Spot The Tune 8.00 -
Marion Ryan
Wednesday 31st December 1958
BBC Tonight 6.45 -
Noel Harrison
BBC A New Year Party at the White Heather Club 12:05 -
The Joe Gordon Folk Four
Granada On The Air 7.30 -
Jackie Rae
Ann Henry (singer)
Tito Burns
The Polka Dots
AR Jack Hylton’s New Year’s Eve Party 10:15 -
Shani Wallis
Scottish Celebrity Spot 10.45 -
Cherry Wainer (from ‘Oh Boy!)
ATV The Jack Jackson Show 11.00 -
Alma Cogan
Terry Dene
Al Saxon
Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys
Glen Mason
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.
Mike Preston -
AR Cool For Cats
Buddy Holly -
BBC Six-
Dion O'Brien (Tom Springfield)
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 -
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 Belafonte
AR Cool For Cats (c.September 1958)
Toni Carroll -
Tony Brent -
AR Cool For Cats (c.September 1958)
The show was broadcast from Chessington Zoo
AR Cool For Cats (c.March 1958)
The show presented a 'round the world in thirty minutes' show
AR Cool For Cats (c.May 1958)
Robert Earl
Terry Dene
AR Cool For Cats (c.April 1958)
Ray Burns -
AR Cool For Cats (c.September)
Steve Martin -
AR Cool For Cats c.November
The show had a Western theme and featured Ruby Murray
AR Cool For Cats c.December
Joan Regan -
AR unknown show June 30 minutes
Sarah Vaughan with the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra