TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1964
Wednesday 1st January 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile wearing "a shining blond hair style" according to the Daily Mirror.
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Rolling Stones-
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
The Hollies -
Gene Pitney -
Dusty Springfield -
Freddie & The Dreamers -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Beatles -
The Dave Clark Five -
The Beatles -
Southern Dad You're A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
content unknown
AR Stars And Garters 9.10 -
Al Saxon
Kathy Kirby
Tommy Bruce
Vince Hill
Debbie Lee
Rosemary Carroll -
Van Doren -
The Alan Braden Band and Quartet
ITA Rice Krispies advert
Rolling Stones perform a jingle. Two versions of the advert will be broadcast during the length of its use, one is a cartoon with the Snap, Crackle and Pop characters, while the other is a Juke Box Jury scenario.
Thursday 2nd January 1964
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
The Searchers
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Kenny Lynch
Ian Crawford
Granada Foreign Affairs 7.30 -
The first episode of this sit-
Friday 3rd January 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Paramounts
Gary Miller
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
The Ronettes – Be My Baby, Baby I Love You, chat with host
The Tony Meehan Combo -
Dave Berry & The Cruisers – My Baby Left Me
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames -
Mime time (miming to Billy J Kramer’s I’ll Keep You Satisfied) – includes Tim Rice as a contestant
Gregory Phillips
ATV A Touch of the Norman Vaughans 10.10 -
Millicent Martin
Saturday 4th January 1964
BBC2 begins test transmissions, initially on Saturday's only, with a schedule of programmes that would be listed in some newspapers
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
DJ Peter Murray complains that the earlier time slot and shorter running time has the result of the show "virtually being pushed into the children's spot."
Jury -
Guest -
Records played -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Frank Ifield
Eden Kane
The Tony Meehan Combo -
Al Saxon
The Merseybeats
The Redcaps
The Innocents
Miar Davies
Peter Harvey
Guest DJ Peter Noble and Janice Nicholls head a teenage panel reviewing new American
discs in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
Shirley Abicair
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Marty Wilde & The Wildcats -
Janie Marden
ABC Hullabaloo! 11.05 -
Esther Ofarim
Sunday 5th January 1964
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.25 -
Helen Shapiro
Russ Conway
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 3.30 -
Edmondo Ros
Channel Now! Look! Here! 5.15 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Johnny Mathis (Cancelled due to mother’s illness. Brook Benton was requested by ATV to replace him.)
The Kaye Sisters
Monday 6th January 1964
BBC William The Peacemaker 5.35 -
Stephen Marriott plays Bertie Franks
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio
Paddie Bell
Ray & Archie Fisher
Eleanor Leith
Nadia Cattouse
Fitzroy Coleman
Barney McKenna
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
The Beatles Interviewed At The ABC Cinema, Ardwick
TWW Discs-
Kenny Lynch
Terry Lightfoot
Frenisi Watson
Tuesday 7th January 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen
The King Brothers
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.50 -
Edmondo Ros
Southern The ABC of Jazz 11.10 -
content unknown
Wednesday 8th January 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester), David Jacobs (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Adam Faith & The Roulettes -
Elvis Presley -
Billy Fury -
Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva Swinging On A Star (film flip)
Dusty Springfield -
The Dave Clark Five -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Hollies -
The Beatles -
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
content unknown
AR Stars And Garters 9.10 -
Al Saxon
Kathy Kirby
Tommy Bruce
Vince Hill
Debbie Lee
The Alan Braden Band and Quartet
Jean Blanchflower
Al August
Granada It’s Little Richard 9.40 -
Listed in the Daily Mirror as the star’s farewell performance. He told The TV Times
"This is positively my last appearance as a singer on British television." Producer
Johnny Hamp got thousands of letters requesting a repeat "The requests ranged from
petitions containing more than 1,000 signatures to those from elderly ladies" he
told TV Times. Granada had intended to release the soundtrack as an LP, but the quality
of the sound recording was below standard. According to the NME in late March he
was due to return to the UK in April and May for concert appearances "He will also
make radio and television appearances, probably including another Granada-
Little Richard -
The Shirelles – Everybody Loves A Lover, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Little Richard & The Shirelles – Joy Down In The Heart
Sounds Incorporated -
Border Make Mine Country (first in new series)
Bert Weedon
The Border Folk Four
The Country Dancers
Thursday 9th January 1964
BBC The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 10th January 1964
BBC An Evening With Nat ‘King’ Cole 9.25 -
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
Julie Grant -
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
The NME for this week had The Swinging Blue Jeans and George Bean as appearing
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
Helen Shapiro -
Manfred Mann – 5-
The Classmates
Georgie Fame
The Pirates -
Francesca Annis (cancelled)
Keith Fordyce announces that auditions for audience members will be held early next week. The resulting mayhem would make newspaper headlines.
ATV A Touch of Norman Vaughan’s 10.05 -
Matt Monro -
Sheila Southern
Granada Late Scene 11.20 -
content unknown
Saturday 11th January 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Kathy Kirby -
The Searchers
The Chants
Gregory Phillips
Jackie Lynton
Pat Wayne & The Beachcombers
Albert Ricardo (Albert Hammond)
Little Stevie Wonder
Guest DJ Don Moss and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new American
releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Dickie Valentine
Patsy Ann Noble
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The Dave Clark Five -
Jackie Trent
Sunday 12th January 1964
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 3.30 -
Edmondo Ros
TWW Joe and the Music 4.40 – 5.10 pm
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
A live show which has caption cards before each act, despite being hosted by Bruce Forsyth. Mark Wynter was possibly scheduled to appear, but was double booked to record Thank Your Lucky Stars the same day in Aston.
The Beatles -
Alma Cogan (wearing an ankle length cloak with an ostrich feather)
Monday 13th January 1964
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.10 -
The Overlanders – Hootnanny, The Hippy Hippy Shake, Summer Skies, Johnny’s Gone For A Soldier
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
Regulars: The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
Roy Guest
Louis Kitten
Dolina McLennan
TWW Discs-
Julie Grant
Gary Miller
Alex Welch
Jackie Lynton
Tuesday 14th January 1964
BBC Call Me Mister 6.35 – 7.00 pm
Originally titled My Very Good Friend The Bilkman the series was originally scheduled for broadcast in November 1963
Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazzband
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Joe Brown
Adrienne Posta
ITN News 10.44 -
The Beatles go to Paris
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.50 -
Edmondo Ros
Southern The ABC of Jazz 11.15 – 11.45 pm
content unknown
Wednesday 15th January 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Dave Clark Five -
The Fourmost -
Frank Ifield -
Brenda Lee -
The Hollies -
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Beatles -
The Dave Clark Five -
Adam Faith & The Roulettes -
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 – 7.30 pm
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
content unknown
AR Stars And Garters 9.10 -
Al Saxon
Kathy Kirby
Tommy Bruce
Debbie Lee
The Alan Braden Band and Quartet
Lynne Perrie
Arthur Casey
Byron
ITN News 11.05 -
The Beatles arrive in Paris
Scottish The One O'Clock Gang Show
Gunilla Thorn (singer from Sweden)
Thursday 16th January 1964
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Kathy Kirby
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 17th January 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Danny Williams
Bert Weedon
Alan Drew
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
On Monday fifteen-
5-
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred ('Kathy' McGowan in TV Times)
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
Eden Kane -
Marty Wilde -
The Velvettes
The Swinging Blue Jeans
The Paramounts
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Dusty Springfield -
The Clark Brothers
ITN News 10.35 -
The Beatles at The Olympia, Paris
Southern The Story Of A Singer 11.20 -
content unknown
Saturday 18th January 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 to 6.35 pm
Hosted by Brain Matthew
Helen Shapiro
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Mark Wynter -
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
The Bachelors
Mickie Most -
The Cresters
Guest DJ Desmond Carrington and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing
new American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 – 7.25 pm (first show in series)
Petula Clark
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The Searchers
Susan Maughan -
Sunday 19th January 1964
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 7.25 -
The Blue Diamonds (Dutch group)
BBC Monitor 10.00 -
The Swingle Singers
Southern Folk Music From Down Under 3.25 – 3.30 pm
content unknown
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 3.30 -
Edmondo Ros
TWW Joe and the Music 4.40 – 5.10 pm
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 5.10 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Shirley Bassey
Monday 20th January 1964
BBC The Hoot’Nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
Ewen MacColl
Peggy Seeger
The Spinners
Ray & Archie Fisher
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
TWW Discs-
Danny Williams
The Beachcombers
Tuesday 21st January 1964
BBC Hi There 6.35 -
Hosted by Rolf Harris
Maureen Evans
Jan & Kelly
Lorne Gibson
BBC Strange Excellency: Sir John Pope Hennessey 9.25 -
Cy Grant
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Susan Maughan
The Contrasts
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Fourmost
Southern The ABC of Jazz 11.05 -
content unknown
Wednesday 22nd January 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy Fury -
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
The Merseybeats -
The Searchers -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
Frank Ifield -
Adam Faith -
The Beatles -
The Dave Clark Five -
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 – 7.30 pm
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 9.15 – 9.45pm
content unknown
AR Stars And Garters 9.15 -
Al Saxon -
Kathy Kirby -
Tommy Bruce
Vince Hill -
Debbie Lee
The Alan Braden Band and Quartet
Eddie Grant (comedian)
Thursday 23rd January 1964
BBC The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Hall & MacGregor
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 24th January 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Bachelors
Carr & Johnson
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
The Searchers – Needles And Pins
Susan Maughan
The Bachelors
Cleo
Tony Sheveton
Mike Berry
Phil Spector -
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Joan Regan
Saturday 25th January 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
records featured Cilla Black -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
John Leyton
Freddie & The Dreamers -
The Ronettes
The Fourmost
Billie Davis
Dev Douglas
Tony Sheveton
The Sundowners
Guest DJ Bob Monkhouse and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers to review new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Kathy Kirby
Mark Wynter
Susan Maughan (brought forward from 1st February)
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Cleo Laine
Sunday 26th January 1964
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.25 -
Alma Cogan
Russ Conway
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 3.30 -
Edmondo Ros
Channel Now! Look! Here! 5.10 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Monte Carlo rally winners Paddy Hopkirk and Henry Liddon drive onto the stage in
their Mini-
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Jane Morgan
Monday 27th January 1964
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
Roy Guest
Jill Freedman
Jacqueline McDonald
Bridie O'Donnell
ATV Hi-
Jerry Allen & his Trio are regulars
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Joe Brown
TWW Discs-
Mike Cotton Jazzband
Tuesday 28th January 1964
BBC Hi There 6.35 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Michael Redway
The Dalmour Trio
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Marty Wilde
The Aces
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Ken Dodd
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.50 -
Edmondo Ros
Southern The ABC of Jazz 11.06 -
content unknown
Wednesday 29th January 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (in Manchester), Alan Freeman (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy Fury -
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
Manfred Mann -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Bachelors -
The Fourmost -
The Rolling Stones -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
The Searchers -
Southern Dad You're A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans
AR They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
Introduced by Alan Freeman
The Ronettes -
Granada Sentimental Over You 9.48 -
The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Frank Sinatra Jr, The Pied Pipers, Helen Forrest
Grampian When You're Smiling (first in series)
Hosted by Dave McIntosh
Jan Burnette (singer)
Thursday 30th January 1964
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
The Ronettes
Bert Weedon
BBC Town and Around 6.10 -
The Rolling Stones -
BBC The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Anne Shelton
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Denny Seyton & The Sabres
Friday 31st January 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Mike Hurst
Bill Clifton
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
Big Beat special edition
Gerry & The Pacemakers – I’m The One
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes – Candy Man
Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart
The Mersey Beats – I Think Of You
The Barron Knights
Madeline Bell
ITV Burke's Law: Who Killed Cynthia Royal? 8.00 -
with Frankie Avalon, Stubby Kaye in acting roles
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Pear Carr & Teddy Johnson
The King Brothers
Saturday 1st February 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Dickie Valentine
Jackie Trent
Manfred Mann
Kris Jensen
Heinz
Daryl Quist
Johnny Devlin & The Detours
Guest DJ Doug Arthur and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Craig Douglas (replaces Susan Maughan who was brought forward to 25th January)
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Joe Brown & the Bruvvers
Patsy Ann Noble
Sunday 2nd February 1964
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 3.25 -
Edmondo Ros
The De Castro Sisters
Channel Now! Look! Here! 5.10 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Anne Shelton
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying -
Monday 3rd February 1964
BBC Blue Peter 5.10 -
The Searchers – Needles and Pins, Saturday Night Out
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio
Julie Felix
The Dubliners
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Nana Mouskouri
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 4th February 1964
BBC Hi There! 6.35 – 7.00 pm
The Fourmost
Cleo Laine -
The Breakaways
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Avons
The Classmates
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
The Searchers
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Frankie Davidson
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.50 -
Edmondo Ros
Southern Robin & Jimmie and Rhythm & Blues 11.05 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Wednesday 5th February 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops (except Wales) 6.35 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester), David Jacobs (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Cilla Black -
Cliff Richard -
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
The Bachelors -
The Merseybeats -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Manfred Mann -
The Ronettes – Baby I Love You (film clip)
The Searchers -
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
content unknown
AR They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
Introduced by Alan Freeman
Bobby Rydell & The Trebletones
AR Freedom Road 9.43 -
A musical tribute to Civil rights movement featuring fifteen songs with accompanying photographs and news reels. In the days before the show went on air Rediffusion opened the studio at Kingsway for a public exhibition of some of the photos. A soundtrack LP was released by Fontana.
Cleo Laine -
Cy Grant
Madeline Bell -
Nadia Cattouse
Lucky McKeniiie
Pearl Prescod
George Webb & the Woodpeckers
ITN News 11.05 -
The Beatles return from Paris
Thursday 6th February 1964
BBC The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Mark Murphy
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 7th February 1964
BBC A Song For Europe 9.25 – 10.00 pm
The jury are made up from sixteen regional centres, with ages ranging from sixteen
to forty-
Matt Monro sings all the songs
Choose (written by Lionel Bart)
It's Funny How You Know (written by Norman Newell and Phil Green)
I Love The Little Things (written by Tony Hatch)
I've Got The Moon on My Side (written by Mitch Murray)
Ten Out of Ten (written by Leslie Bricusse)
Beautiful, Beautiful (written by Hal Shaper)
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Maureen Evans
Jimmy Justice
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
The show was fifteen minutes shorter due to coverage of the winter Olympics
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
The Kinks -
Ben E King
Kiki Dee
John Leyton
Eden Kane – Boys Cry
Manfred Mann – 5-
Denny Seyton & The Sabres
ATV A Touch of the Norman Vaughan’s 10.05 -
Dickie Valentine
Toni Eden
ITN News 10.35 -
The Beatles leave for America
Saturday 8th February 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The show receives the front cover treatment by TV Times.
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen -
Susan Maughan -
Kenny Lynch & The Laurie Jay Combo-
Jimmy Justice
Tommy Quickly
Mike Berry -
Guest DJ Barry O'Dee and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers to review new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
Teddy Johnson & Pearl Carr
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The Rolling Stones -
Rosemary Squires
Sunday 9th February 1964
BBC The Dick Emery Show 7.25 -
Bert Weedon
Southern Folk Music from Down Under 3.30 -
content unknown
ABC Glamour All The Way (Miss TV Times Contest) 3.35 -
Presenter: Adam Faith
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The Dave Clark Five -
Dusty Springfield -
Monday 10th February 1964
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group Ray and Archie Fisher
Jenny Johnson
TWW Discs-
Maureen Evans
Mike Berry
The No-
Tuesday 11th February 1964
BBC Hi There! 6.35 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
The King Brothers
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Houston Wells
The Sundowners
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Dusty Springfield
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Cleo Laine
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.55 -
content unknown
Southern Robin And Jimmie’s Rhythm And Blues 11.10 -
content unknown
Wednesday 12th February 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Cilla Black -
Manfred Mann -
The Bachelors -
The Merseybeats -
The Beatles -
Gerry & The Pacemakers – I’m The One (disc)
Rick Nelson -
The Searchers -
Channel Now! Look Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
content unknown
ATV The Max Bygraves Show 9.40 -
Max Bygraves
Granada New York Meets The Beatles 10.25 -
‘Yeah Yeah Yeah, The Beatles In New York’, the Mayles brothers Documentary
Thursday 13th February 1964
A test broadcast list for BBC2 is published for the first time in newspapers. It's was mostly playing promotional films from industry as well as the test card. However, they did play a Cary Grant movie, Toast Of New York in the early evening.
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans
BBC Language of Love 9.25 – 10.00 pm
A show for St Valentine's eve
Petula Clark
Granada Special Scene 6.20 -
The scheduled edition of Scene at 6.30 was to feature The Karl Denver Trio
The Beatles
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 14th February 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Vince Eager
Mike Preston
Anglia Junior Anglia Club 5.25 -
Millie
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
The Crystals – I Wonder
Dusty Springfield -
The Rolling Stones -
Kenny Lynch & The Laurie Jay Combo
Heinz
The Woodpeckers
Amateur DJ: Dave Clark interview, Bits and Pieces (record played)
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Vernons Girl
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Russ Conway
Granada Late Scene 11.20 -
content unknown
Saturday 15th February 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Dave Clark Five -
The Crystals
Cilla Black
Vince Eager
The Avons
Vince Hill
Robb Storme & The Whispers -
Gerry Levine & The Avengers
Guest DJ Muriel Young and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Dickie Valentine -
Vera Lynn -
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Freddie & The Dreamers
Chris Rayburn
Sunday 16th February 1964
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.25 -
Alan Sherman
Matt Monro -
Russ Conway
Southern Folk Music From Down Under 3.25 -
content unknown
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 3.30 -
Edmondo Ros
Los Machucambos
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
ITN News 9.25 -
Ringo Starr’s parents interviewed
Monday 17th February 1964
BBC Blue Peter 5.10 -
The Hollies -
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
The Dubliners
Julie Felix
Jenny Johnson
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Maureen Evans
TWW Discs-
Vince Hill
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
TWW Jazz With Steve 11.02 pm -
content unknown
Tuesday 18th February 1964
BBC Hi There! 6.35 -
The Searchers
possibly Dusty Springfield (clip pre-
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Chris Sandford
Cloda Rogers
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Cilla Black
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Freddie & The Dreamers
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.50 -
Edmondo Ros
Southern Robin & Jimmie And Rhythm & Blues 11.05 -
content unknown
Wednesday 19th February 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
The Dave Clark Five -
Eden Kane -
Freddie & The Dreamers -
The Bachelors -
The Merseybeats -
The Searchers -
Cliff Richard -
Cilla Black -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
Hosted by Mitch Murray (songwriter)
Murray explains how song lyrics are written and suggests that viewers enter the show's hit song writing contest. The winner would be considered for recording. Over 100 songs were submitted by amateur songwriters
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Southern Dad You’re A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 20th February 1964
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Dave Clark Five
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
AR Double Your Money 7.00 -
This edition features a re-
Julie De Marco (seems to be a resident singer)
Friday 21st February 1964
BBC Club Time 9.25 -
The Migil 5
Donald Peers
The Dallas Boys
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Dev Douglas
The Cameos
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
The Dave Clark Five – Bits And Pieces, Dave Clark interviewed by Cathy McGowan
Freddie & The Dreamers
Big Dee Irwin -
Françoise Hardy
Tommy Quickly
Jess Conrad
The Applejacks -
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Gene Pitney
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Stephanie Voss
Southern Story Of A Songwriter 11.12 -
content unknown
Saturday 22nd February 1964
BBC Grandstand 1.00 -
Includes live scenes as The Beatles arrive from New York at London Airport
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Freddie & The Dreamers
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Dusty Springfield -
The Karl Denver Trio
The Undertakers
Danny Williams
Johnny Sandon
The Zephyrs -
Ben E King
Guest DJ Jimmy Henney and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ITN News 5.45 -
The Beatles return from America
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Russ Conway
The Peters Sisters
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
Joan Savage
ABC Gazette 11.05 -
The Caravelles
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.25 -
Edmondo Ros
Sunday 23rd February 1964
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm
ITN News 7.25 -
The Beatles arrive at ABC, Teddington Studios by boat to record Big Night Out, broadcast on the 29th February 1964.
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium 8.25 -
The Beatles were booked to play two songs but didn’t appear
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Pete Seeger
The Beverley Sisters
Kathy Kirby
ITV The Beatles Are Back 10.40 -
Clips of their trip to America and their return to the UK
Monday 24th February 1964
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
Ray & Archie Fisher
Nadia Cattouse
The Thamesiders
The Haverim
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Big Dee Irwin
TWW Discs-
Jimmy Justice
Tuesday 25th February 1964
BBC Hi There! 6.35 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Bachelors
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Caravelles
The Lorne Gibson Trio
ITN News 5.55 -
George Harrison’s birthday
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
The Dave Clark Five
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Bobby Vee
Southern Robin And Jimmie And Rhythm And Blues 10.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 26th February 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
The Dave Clark Five might have been pencilled in
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (in Manchester), Alan Freeman (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas -
Freddie & The Dreamers – Over You (repeat 19th February 1964)
The Merseybeats – I Think Of You
The Ronettes – Baby I Love You (promo clip)
The Bachelors -
Eden Kane -
Kathy Kirby -
Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart (repeat 5th February 1964) number one
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
Hosted by Mitch Murray (songwriter)
Murray explains how a tune is written
Channel Now! Look Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Hollies
Southern Dad You’re A Square 7.00 -
The show comes from Salisbury
Rosemary Squires (on the panel)
AR They’ve Sold A Million 8.00 -
Introduced by Alan Freeman
Françoise Hardy -
ATV Starime: The Frank Ifield Show 9.48 -
Frank Ifield -
Faye Fisher
Thursday 27th February 1964
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
The Bachelors
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Caravelles
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Deke Arlon & The Offbeats
Anglia Music Match 9.40 -
content unknown
Southern Folk Music from Down Under 10.35 -
content unknown
Scottish One Night Stand (first in series)
Talent show for new beat groups, three of which will be featured in each show, along with a professional group
Hosted by Peter Murray
Tommy Dene & The Tremors
The A Beats
Lulu & The Luvvers
The Original Checkmates (the professional band)
Friday 28th February 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Countrymen
Ronnie Hilton
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
According to an on set review by The Stage director Rollo Gamble had told the audience before they began recording "if you don't like the show, then don't be afraid to say so."
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas – Little Children
Kathy Kirby – Let Me Go Lover
Gene Pitney – Twenty-
The Hollies – Rockin' Robin
Jess Conrad
The Zephyrs -
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Chad Stewart & Jeremy Clyde
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Ray Ellington
Saturday 29th February 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Susannah York scheduled for this show
Jury -
Guest -
ITV The Beatles Are Back 5.15 -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Bobby Vee
Kathy Kirby
The Rolling Stones (late for the show by two and a half hours due to their van breaking down)
The Hollies
Big Dee Irwin
The Lorne Gibson Trio
Chad & Jeremy
The Commanches
Jackie Trent
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
Guest DJ Alan Freeman and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
The Beatles -
Jackie Trent -
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The NME has The Dave Clark Five making an appearance, but they were on the show 11th January 1964
The Bachelors
Sheila Buxton
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.25 -
Edmondo Ros
Barbara McNair
Los Hisponos
Chi Chi Navarro
Sunday 1st March 1964
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
content unknown
Monday 2nd March 1964
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
Roy Guest
Shirley Collins
Archie Fisher
Bobby Harvey
ITN News 5.55 -
The Beatles on route to Minehead on train
TWW Discs-
Cilla Black
Tony Meehan
Tuesday 3rd March 1964
BBC Folk Like Folk 6.35 -
From the Royal Albert Hall, Folk Music from around the world -
Cyril Tawney
The Ian Campbell Group
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Marilyn Powell
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Nana Mouskouri
Southern Robin And Jimmie and Rhythm and Blues 11.05 -
The Alex Harvey Soul Band
Wednesday 4th March 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Dave Clark Five -
Eden Kane -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas -
The Rolling Stones -
The Hollies -
The Bachelors -
Dusty Springfield -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart (disc) number one
BBC (Northern Ireland) unknown show
The Sixty-
Phil Coulter (from The Journeymen group) -
Channel Now! Look Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
Recorded at the White Rock Pavilion, Hastings
On the panel are Cyril Fletcher and his daughter Jill
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 5th March 1964
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
The Cherokees
Friday 6th March 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Square Pegs
The Karl Denver Trio
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
An announcement is made about the forthcoming Mod Ball, to be held at the Empire Pool, Wembley
Adam Faith & The Roulettes – If He Tells You
The Merseybeats – I Think Of You
Mike Hurst
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Louise Cordet
The Marauders
The McKinley Sisters
Amateur DJ: Irene Handl
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Ivor Immanuel
Saturday 7th March 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
The show is getting around eleven and a half million viewers per week at this time
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Freddie & The Dreamers
Jess Conrad
Chris Barber’s Jazzband
Gene Vincent – Humpty Dumpty
The Caravelles
Marilyn Powell -
The Maurauders
The Hustlers
Guest DJ Peter Murray and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Matt Monro
Sheila Southern
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Barbara Law
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.25 -
Edmondo Ros
Tito Puente
ABC Gazette 11.05 -
Adam Faith
Jackie Trent
Sunday 8th March 1964
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.25 -
Danny Williams
Sacha Distel
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The Shadows -
Millicent Martin -
ABC Tempo 11.10 -
‘Mods And Rockers’ By The Western Ballet Theatre
Mike Sarne
Monday 9th March 1964
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
Folk Song North-
Jill Freedman
Cyril Tawney
TWW Discs-
The Federals
Tuesday 10th March 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Rog Whittaker
Linda Doll
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Kathy Kirby
Southern Robin and Jimmie and Rhythm & Blues 10.36 -
content unknown
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.50 -
Edmondo Ros
Wednesday 11th March 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas -
The Dave Clark Five -
Eden Kane -
Gene Pitney -
Kathy Kirby -
The Hollies -
The Rolling Stones -
Jim Reeves -
Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart (disc) number one
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
The Caravelles
Scottish The One O'Clock Gang
Donald Peers
Thursday 12th March 1964
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
Eden Kane
BBC Gala Performance 9.25 -
Nana Mouskouri
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 13th March 1964
BBC Club Night 9.25 -
from Stockport
Donald Peers
The Kaye Sisters
The Migil Five
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Eagles
Betty Taylor
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.15 -
Hosted by
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Bern Elliott & The Fenmen – New Orleans
The Interns (the group wore doctors' white coats)
Julie Grant
Prince Buster
Petula Clark – Guest DJ
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
Jet Harris
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Susan Maughan
Ronnie Hilton
Saturday 14th March 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 test transmission shows Double Dynamite movie with Frank Sinatra
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Dave Clark Five (replacing Adam Faith & The Roulettes)
Mike Hurst
The Overlanders
The Applejacks (on their way to one of the TYLS tapings they Applejacks' van was overtaken by the van belonging to The Undertakers / The Takers one of whom leant out of the van window with a hacksaw and tried to saw off one of the Applejacks' wing mirrors)
Linda Doll
The Brumbeats
Peter & Gordon
Gene Pitney
Guest DJ Henry Mancini and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Patsy Ann Noble
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The Dallas Boys
The Hollies
ABC Gazette 11.05 -
Cleo Laine
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.25 -
Edmondo Ros
Sunday 15th March 1964
BBC Meet Sammy Davis Jr Part 2 7.25 -
Sammy Davis Jr
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Ethel Merman
The Orera Quartet (Russian pop group)
Monday 16th March 1964
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
Ray & Archie Fisher
Nadia Cattouse
Derek Sarjeant
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
Dev Douglas
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
Julie Grant
TWW Discs-
Dev Douglas
Millie
Dave Nelson
The Beachcombers
Tuesday 17th March 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Ezz Reco & The Launchers with Boysie Grant
The Joy Strings
Southern Day By Day
Billy J Kramer
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
The Bachelors
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.50 -
Edmundo Ros
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.05 -
Clinton Ford
Wednesday 18th March 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Dave Clark Five -
Gene Pitney -
The Marquis Of Bath -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Bachelors -
The Hollies -
The Rolling Stones -
Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart (disc)
The Searchers -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas -
ATV Hi-
Jane Marden
Peter Elliott
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
Hosted by Mitch Murray (songwriter)
Murray chooses the winner of the song writing contest and a band will cut a demo of the song in the studio. The song No Time At All was written by David Kenny (signwriter) and Dave Sargeant (house painter)
The Applejacks
Channel Now! Look Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
The Animals -
Sounds Inc
Southern Dad You're A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
AR Tubby Hayes Plays 9.15 – 9.30 pm
Filmed at Ronnie Scott’s club, London. In Scott's introduction he apparently referred to the "jazz idiot" instead of "jazz idiom"
Tubby Hayes Quintet (Hayes plays flute and vibes) -
AR Stars And Garters 9.45 -
A one-
Ray Martine
Kathy Kirby
Vince Hill
Debbie Lee
Al Saxon
Clinton Ford
Rose Brennan
Tommy Bruce
Thursday 19th March 1964
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
The Applejacks -
Linda Doll
The Rockin' Berries
Anglia Music Match 9.40 -
contents unknown
ITN News 8.55 -
The Beatles receive Variety Club award
Tyne Tees The One O'Clock Show
The Caravelles
Friday 20th March 1964
BBC The Variety Club Of Great Britain: Awards For 1963 10.25 -
The Beatles accept awards
ATV Hi-
Peter Elliott
Janie Marden
Simone Jackson
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Federals
Gene Vincent – Humpty Dumpty
ITN News 5.55 -
The Beatles arrive at Ready, Steady, Go!
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Everyone who had their painting / drawing of The Beatles displayed was given a ticket to the show. Manfred Mann were listed as having appeared in an article written by Vicki Wickham.
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
The Beatles -
Patrick Kerr dances to The Rolling Stones’ Not Fade Away
The Animals -
Bobby Vee -
The Beatles -
Art contest with winner Jeremy Ratter, later to become Penny Rimbuald, drummer with Crass
Ringo Starr -
Dusty Springfield -
John Lennon -
Chart run-
Millicent Martin -
George Harrison -
The Beatles -
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Jackie Trent
Saturday 21st March 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC Eurovision Song Contest: Grand Prix 9.00 -
Matt Monro
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 to 6.35 pm
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Adam Faith & The Roulettes – If He Tells You, Talk To Me
Mark Wynter – Only You
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates -
Sounds Inc -
Julie Grant -
Dave Nelson (also seen as appearing in next week's show)
Chick Graham & The Coasters – I Know
The Roulettes – Bad Time
The Interns -
Guest DJ Sam Costa and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new American
releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas -
The King Brothers -
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The Applejacks
The Vernons Girls
ABC Gazette 11.05 -
The Caravelles
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.25 -
Edmondo Ros
Los Hispanos
Sunday 22nd March 1964
BBC The Dick Emery Show 7.25 -
The autocue failed, leaving Emery looking around for the words elsewhere
Joan Savage
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Freddie & The Dreamers – hits medley, Send Me Some Loving, Over You
ATV Studio '64 9.35 -
The Happy Moorings, play with Millicent Martin in acting role
Monday 23rd March 1964
BBC Blue Peter 5.10 -
Freddie & The Dreamers – You Were Made For Me, Over You, Camptown Races
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
Nadia Cattouse
Jill Freedman
Cyril Tawney
BBC Tonight 7.00 -
John Lennon talks to Kenneth Allsop and reads from his first book ‘In His Own Write’
BBC The Carl-
Annual ballroom dancing awards show
The Beatles are in attendance
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
TWW Discs-
content unknown
ITN News 11.10 -
John Lennon at Foyle’s literary awards lunch
Tuesday 24th March 1964
BBC The Man for Others 11.45 pm -
Michael Flanders and Donald Swann tells the story leading up to the Crucifixion
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Chad & Jeremy -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Alma Cogan
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.10 -
Clinton Ford
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 10.55 -
Edmondo Ros
Wednesday 25th March 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas -
Peter & Gordon -
The Applejacks -
The Bachelors -
The Rolling Stones -
Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas (disc)
The Hollies – Just One Look (repeat 4th March 1964)
The Beatles -
Anglia Music Match 8.30 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
'Pop Scene'
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Thursday 26th March 1964
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
content unknown
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Swinging Blue Jeans
Friday 27th March 1964 Good Friday
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Unit 4+
The Migil Five
Swinging Blue Jeans
no Ready, Steady, Go!
AR Mahalia Jackson Sings 6.45 – 7.00 pm
ATV A Touch Of The Norman Vaughans 10.05 -
Kathy Kirby, sings one solo song, & Norman Vaughan Side By Side, sketch playing Vaughan’s girlfriend
Saturday 28th March 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
At the end of the month Lucky Stars finds itself back in to top ten Television Audience Measurement ratings with 6.9 million homes tuning in
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Frank Ifield
Alma Cogan
The Bachelors
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
The Merseybeats
Millie
Dave Nelson (also seen as appearing in previous week's show)
Joe Henderson
Susan Maughan
Guest DJ Denny Piercy and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Susan Maughan
Ronnie Carroll
Freddie & The Dreamers
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.25 -
Edmondo Ros
Carmen Macrae
Los Hispanos
ABC Gazette 11.05 -
Bern Elliott & The Fenmen
Sunday 29th March 1964 Easter Sunday
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.25 -
Kathy Kirby
Russ Conway
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The Mary Kaye Trio
Monday 30th March 1964 Bank Holiday
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 5.15 -
From Edinburgh
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
Jenny Johnson
Brett Stevens
Julie Felix
BBC Panorama 8.25 – 9.25 pm
The show features a profile on Brian Epstein -
TWW Discs-
Alma Cogan
The Mojos
Ian McCulloch
Jack & Jill
AR Play of the Week: Where Are They Now? 9.10 – 10.40 pm
Annie Ross as Ellie (her first acting role)
Tuesday 31st March 1964
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates -
Clinton Ford
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
The Roulettes
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.05 -
Clinton Ford
Wednesday 1st April 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas -
Millie -
Peter & Gordon -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Applejacks -
The Bachelors -
Doris Day -
The Beatles -
BBC2 test transmission shows Double Dynamite movie with Frank Sinatra
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
Hosted by David Hamilton
Thursday 2nd April 1964
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
AR This Week 9.10 -
Includes an article on mods and the problem of Purple Hearts. Eight mods were interviewed in the studio about the drug's use and effects, as well as two unidentified "pushers"
Southern Folk Music from Down Under 10.35 -
content unknown
Friday 3rd April 1964
The last day for the Associated Rediffusion (AR) name and ident, from Monday 6th April it would become Rediffusion / Rediffusion London
AR The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The final show with Howard Williams as co-
Alma Cogan
The Overlanders
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
The Rolling Stones -
Manfred Mann -
Sounds Incorporated -
Madeline Bell -
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.05 -
This new series is set in 'Donegan's bar'
Lonnie Donegan -
Lonnie Donegan & Jackie Lee -
The Clark Brothers (dancers)
The Raindrops with Jackie Lee -
Peter Reeves
Pete Appleby
Peter Oakham
Denny Wright
Sally Gilpin
Caroline Symonds
with Jack Parnell and his Band
Saturday 4th April 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jury -
Guest -
ITV Sportstime 1.20 -
Includes horse racing from Catterick, with a horse called Beatle Cry running in the 2.30 race
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Mr Acker Bilk
Madeline Bell
The Breakaways
The Migil Five
The Animals
Gerry Dorsey
The Naturals
Billy Fury
The Gamblers (without Billy Fury)
Guest DJ Ted King and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new American
releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
The Merseybeats
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
The Raindrops
Eddie Calvert & The C Men
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.30 -
Edmondo Ros
Sunday 5th April 1964
BBC KYC 64 (Know Your Car) 12.30 -
The Tornados -
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Peter Paul & Mary
Monday 6th April 1964
The Rediffusion / Rediffusion London relaunch begins today
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Dubliners
Nadia Cattouse
Tom Paley
Cyril Tawney
BBC Panorama 8.25 -
Mods and Rockers article
Mods filmed at The Chez Don club
Rockers filmed in Essex
TWW Discs-
The Breakaways
Linda Saxone
Ray Bennett
The Mike Cotton Sound
Rediffusion Lyrics by Shakespeare 9.10 -
Made to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Tuesday 7th April 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Muriel Young, Jay Denyer
The Monarchs
Isla Cameron & Rick Jones
Freddie & The Dreamers
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Chad & Jeremy
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.05 -
Clinton Ford
Wednesday 8th April 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), David Jacobs (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Millie -
Peter & Gordon -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Bachelors -
The Four Pennies -
Elvis Presley -
The Mojos -
Doris Day -
The Beatles -
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
A look at the 'Pop Scene'
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
Listed in The Times and Disc as Peter Paul & Mary
The Crystals interviewed in a bowling alley by Alan Freeman and Gordon Williams (originally planned for broadcast 12th February 1964, then 20th March 1964)
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! -
A Variety Club of Great Britain fund-
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Michael Aldred, Cathy McGowan
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
The Fourmost
The Merseybeats
Sounds Incorporated
The Rolling Stones -
The Searchers -
Cilla Black
Freddie & The Dreamers
Kenny Lynch
Manfred Mann
Richard Anthony -
The Applejacks -
Peter Paul & Mary – Tell It To The Mountain
Thursday 9th April 1964
BBC Crackerjack 5.10 -
The Applejacks
Granada It’s Little Richard (an edited repeat of 8th January 1964) 7.30 -
Apparently there were 50,000 requests for the show to be repeated
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Star Parade 10.10 -
The Beatles -
Friday 10th April 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Hustlers
Maureen Scott
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
Millie -
The Searchers
Peter Paul & Mary
Richard Anthony
The Applejacks
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Peter & Gordon
ITV Burke's Law: Who Killed Snooky Martinelli? 8.00 -
Hoagy Charmichael
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.05 -
Lonnie Donegan
The Clark Brothers
The Raindrops with Jackie Lee
Peter Reeves & Pete Appleby
Peter Oakham
Denny Wright
Sally Gilpin
Caroline Symonds
with Jack Parnell and his Band
Saturday 11th April 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jimmy Young appeared on both Juke Box Jury and Thank Your Lucky Stars at the same time
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Taxi! 6.30 -
The Scousers, with Stephen Marriott playing Arthur
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The show would be changing its format as from tonight's show, but a local newspaper
report at the time claimed the change was just an experiment. It was the intention
to bring in anything up to ten acts per show instead of six or seven, with Brian
Matthew leaving his in-
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Millicent Martin
Kenny Lynch
Manfred Mann -
The Viscounts
Al Saxon
Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers
Patsy Ann Noble
Dave Berry
Denny Mitchell Soundsations
The Interns
Guest DJ Jimmy Young and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Big Night Out 6.35 -
Kathy Kirby
Acker Bilk
The King Brothers
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen
Janie Marden
ABC Gazette 11.10 -
The Scaffold
Freddie & The Dreamers
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.30 pm -
Edmondo Ros
Sunday 12th April 1964
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Frankie Vaughan – Pennies from Heaven, I’m Gonna Be A Good Boy Now
Beverly Todd (American musical star)
Monday 13th April 1964
BBC The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
North West Folk Four
Julie Felix
Roy Guest
Derek Sarjeant
TWW Discs-
Mike Hurst
TWW Approach To Pop 10.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 14th April 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 1.15 -
The show was moved because of the Chancellor's annual Budget
The Four Macs
Vic Templar
Lisa Turner
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Adam Faith
Rediffusion They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
(probably) The Searchers -
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.12 -
Clinton Ford
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.25 -
Edmondo Ros
Wednesday 15th April 1964
BBC Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
Millie -
The Applejacks -
The Bachelors -
The Migil 5 -
The Beatles -
The Searchers -
Peter & Gordon -
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
There was some confusion as to which shows were played on the 14th and 15th. The Daily Mirror of the 16th April claims that "last night it was Freddie and The Dreamers"
Freddie & The Dreamers -
Thursday 16th April 1964
BBC Top Score 5.10 -
Shirley Abicair
Anglia About Anglia 6.05 -
Radio Caroline article
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Mike Hurst
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 17th April 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Cilla Black
The Cumberland Three (folk group)
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
Roy Orbison – It’s Over
Kathy Kirby – You’re The One
Helen Shapiro
The Fourmost – A Little Loving
Dave Berry – Baby It’s You
The Escorts
Van Dyke & The Bambies
The Gamblers
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.05 -
Lonnie Donegan
The Raindrops with Jackie Lee
Saturday 18th April 1964
BBC Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jury -
Guest -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 – 6.35 pm
Roy Orbison was pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Searchers
Craig Douglas
The Merseybeats
The Fourmost
Gregory Phillips
Peter’s Faces
Richard Anthony
Cigiola Cinquietti
Petula Clark
Brian Howard & The Silhouettes (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Jimmy Savile and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
The Beatles -
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.30 -
Edmundo Ros
Sunday 19th April 1964
BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.25 -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Roy Orbison
Russ Conway
ABC Hallelujah 6.40 -
Rory McEwan
Martin Carthy
Lisa Turner
Isla Cameron
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
This becomes the country's third most watched show of the year behind editions of Steptoe and Son and Coronation Street. This edition reaches 9,696,000 homes.
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Frank Ifield (Ifield is taken ill after the show)
The Bachelors
ITN News 9.25 -
The Rolling Stones leave London Airport for the Montreux Festival
Monday 20th April 1964
BBC2 launches tonight from Television Centre, but a fire at Battersea power station leads to a power cut, so the official launch is delayed by a day. An emergency broadcast of news is made from Alexander Palace. The existing BBC channel becomes BBC1 tonight.
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.10 -
The Merseybeats – I Think Of You, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry
BBC1 The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Spinners
Ray & Archie Fisher
Tom Paley
Roy Guest
BBC1 Dance Date 10.35 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
BBC2 The Alberts Channel Too 7.30 -
Cancelled due to power cut at the BBC Television Centre
BBC2 Kiss Me Kate 8.00 -
Cancelled due to power cut at the BBC Television Centre
Millicent Martin
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 21st April 1964
BBC2 launches successfully tonight. There was a firework display featuring the station's kangaroo mascots Hullabaloo and Custard at 10.20 pm from Southend
BBC2 The Alberts Channel Too 7.30 -
Ivor Cutler -
BBC2 Kiss Me Kate 8.00 -
Millicent Martin (as Lois) -
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
Duke Ellington In Concert (Manchester) part one
with Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Millie
The Malcolm Price Trio
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.35 pm -
Clinton Ford
Wednesday 22nd April 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (in Manchester), Alan Freeman (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
Millie -
The Bachelors -
The Four Pennies -
The Mojos -
The Searchers -
Manfred Mann -
The Beatles -
The Searchers -
Peter & Gordon -
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Southern Dad You're A Square 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
Winifred Atwell talks to Tony Bilbow
Granada Ella 9.45 -
Ella Fitzgerald live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester With Oscar Peterson, Ray Eldridge Quintet
Scottish The One O'Clock Gang
Mike Hurst (according to Record Mirror he was threatening to wear a kilt for the show)
Thursday 23rd April 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.10 -
Roy Orbison -
BBC2 Julius Caesar 7.30 -
National Youth Theatre production with a jazz soundtrack
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 24th April 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Steve Benbow
The Footprints (all under fourteen years old)
Chad & Jeremy
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go To Montreux! 6.10 -
ITV take the show to Montreux's International Contest for Television Light Entertainment. The RSG team were joined by forty teenagers on the journey to the lakeside Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, along with local teenagers.
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
The Beatles -
plus new material recorded for the international television festival at the Casino, Montreux, 20 April 1964
The Rolling Stones -
Kenny Lynch – Stand By Me
Petula Clark
Les Surfs
Les Missiles
Adamo
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.05 -
Lonnie Donegan
The Clark Brothers
The Raindrops with Jackie Lee
Peter Reeves & Pete Appleby
Saturday 25th April 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Hosted by Gay Byrne
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
Billy Fury
The Bachelors
Johnny Dankworth with the Tony Osborne Orchestra
Millicent Martin
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.40 -
Shirley Bassey
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Susan Maughan
Mike Sarne
The Fourmost
Mike Berry
Bobby Shafto -
The Mojos
Helen Shapiro
Guest DJ Don Moss and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new American
releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
The Viscounts
Chris Rayburn
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.30 -
Edmundo Ros
Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane
Sunday 26th April 1964
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Adele Leigh -
Monday 27th April 1964
BBC1 The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
Jacqueline McDonald & Bridie O'Donnell
Maureen Kennedy Martin
Sandy & Jeanie
BBC2 Top Beat 9.10 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
The Rolling Stones
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
The Caravelles
The Eric Delaney Band
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Big Dee Irwin
Susan Maughan
The Searchers
TWW Discs-
content unknown
ATV No Hiding Place: My Father Is My Brother 8.00 -
The By Boys -
Granada A Question of Happiness: A Question About Hell (play) 9.10 – 10.35 pm
Kenny Lynch plays Lucky
Tuesday 28th April 1964
BBC1 Compact 7.35 -
Steve Benbow plays leader of a beat group
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
All-
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Applejacks
Channel Tuesday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
ABC Big Night Out -
Petula Clark
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.30 pm – 12.00 am
Donald Peers
Wednesday 29th April 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester), David Jacobs (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
Manfred Mann -
Migil 5 -
Peter & Gordon -
The Fourmost -
The Merseybeats -
The Rolling Stones -
Dionne Warwick – Walk On By (disc)
The Searchers -
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
'Pop Scene'
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Southern Dad You’re A Square 7.00 -
Broadcast from the Town Hall, Petersfield
Lance Percival, Paddy Roberts, Lady Angela Debenham (squares panel)
Thursday 30th April 1964
BBC1 Scotland Six Ten 6.10 -
The Beatles
BBC1 Compact 7.35 -
Steve Benbow plays leader of a beat group
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Scottish One Night Stand (final edition)
content unknown
Friday 1st May 1964
BBC1 Club Night 9.25 -
The Bachelors
Donald Peers (also the host)
David Hughes
Morton Fraser and his Harmonica Gang
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Bedlams (pop group?)
Rod & Carolyn
Tom Dick & Harry
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Tommy Quickly was pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
King Size Taylor & The Dominos -
Cilla Black -
Billy Fury – Ain’t Nothing Shakin’
Lulu – Shout, chats to Michael Aldred
Bobby Shafto -
Dance demonstration
Mime Time judged by Lionel Morton of The Four Pennies: Ella Fitzgerald -
The Four Pennies – Juliet
Billy Fury -
Freddie & Dreamers -
P J Proby – chats to Keith Fordyce
ITN News 8.55 -
Radio Caroline article
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.05 -
Lonnie Donegan
The Clark Brothers
The Raindrops with Jackie Lee
Saturday 2nd May 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Freddie & The Dreamers
The Hollies
Millie
Danny Williams
Ray Ellington
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.30 -
Mary Kaye Trio
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Mike Berry was due to appear but couldn't due to illness
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Shadows
Roy Orbison
Ronnie Carroll
Eden Kane
The Band Of Angels
Jan Burnette
Me & Them
Tony Brook
Guest DJ Alan Freeman and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Jackie Trent
Acker Bilk
ABC Gazette 11.10 -
The Scaffold
ATV Broadway Goes Latin 11.30 -
Edmondo Ros
Sunday 3rd May 1964
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 7.25 -
Kathy Kirby
Carl Gonzales (twelve year old singer from Jamaica)
ABC Big Beat ‘64 part one 4.05 -
The New Musical Express Pollwinners Concert, Empire Pool, Wembley
Hosted by David Jacobs And Jimmy Savile
Joe Loss With Ross Ross McManus -
The Hollies -
The Rolling Stones -
Joe Loss -
The Swingin’ Blue Jeans -
The Searchers -
Freddie & The Dreamers -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
ABC Hallelujah 6.40 -
The Joystrings
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Lena Horne
The Dallas Boys
Monday 4th May 1964
BBC1 Television Club 11.05 -
Auntie May Remembers
Stephen Marriott palys Brother Jack
BBC1 The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Spinners
Ray & Archie Fisher
Nadia Cattouse
Cyril Tawney
BBC1 National Beat Group Contest: Grand Final 10.35 -
Five thousand groups had entered the contest with heats held up and down the country from November 1963 onwards. Each group had to perform two songs, one beat number, one ballad. There was a prize of £5000 for the overall winner, with a recording audition for the top three groups. There would also be a separate trophy, sponsored by the Melody Maker, for the Best Instrumentalist. The show was presented by Eric Morley, usually associated with Come Dancing and Miss World. There would be a revolving stage in order to get through the groups as quickly as possible.
Hosted by Alan Freeman live from the Lyceum Ballroom in London
Panel: five people from all aspects of pop
Groups: The Falcons, plus five others
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 8.00 -
Red Norvo
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Rolling Stones (may have been cancelled)
TWW Discs-
Billy Fury
Manfred Mann
Lulu & The Luvvers
Julie Rogers
Rediffusion Jazz Girl 9.10 -
Joy Marshall with the Tubby Hayes Quintet
Tuesday 5th May 1964
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
The Tubby Hayes Quintet with Betty Bennett
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Mike Sarne
The Wedgewoods
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Alma Cogan
Channel Tuesday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
ITN News 8.55 -
Radio Caroline article
Rediffusion Love Story 9.10 – 10.05 pm
The Rainbow Man starring Jane Asher and Sam Wannamaker
Asher plays Lucy a singer who records a demo disc, ‘A World Without Love’, a song written by Asher’s then boyfriend Paul McCartney
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.50 pm -
Donald Peers
Wednesday 6th May 1964
It is announced today in the press that the BBC radio and television has axed its
Popular Music Committee which had the power to ban pop recordings that it felt demeaned
classical works, so-
BBC1 Tich 5.10 -
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Fourmost -
Roy Orbison -
The Merseybeats -
Cliff Richard -
The Four Pennies -
Billy Fury -
Peter Murray in London talks about next week's chart
The Bachelors -
Millie -
The Searchers -
Southern Three-
The Rolling Stones
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
Broadcast from the Town Hall, Chatham, Kent
Kenneth Horne (heads the panel of squares)
content unknown
Rediffusion Jazz Girl 9.10 -
Betty Bennet with the Tubby Hayes Quintet
Rediffusion Around The Beatles 9.45 -
Seen in 7.6 million homes according to Television Audience Measurement ratings. Brian
Epstein told the Daily Mirror "Until now The Beatles have never sounded right on
television. That is why we have had them miming on most of their appearances. But
on this show none of their record hits will be mimed." Their songs were actually
pre-
The Beatles with Trevor Peacock and Andre Tayir -
Sounds Incorporated -
Millie -
Sounds Incorporated -
P J Proby -
Millie -
Sounds Incorporated -
The Vernon's Girls -
Long John Baldry & The Vernon's Girls and (from the balcony) The Beatles -
Cilla Black -
P J Proby & The Vernons Girls -
P J Proby -
Ringo introduces Murray The K
Cilla Black -
The Beatles -
Thursday 7th May 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.10 -
Peter & Gordon – Leave My Woman Alone, A World Without Love
BBC1 Compact: A Ray Of Hope 7.35 -
One of the regular characters Alan Drew (played by Basil Moss) sings a song ‘Sorry’ with lyrics written by the shows' writing team of Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, which gets released as a single.
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Scottish Folk Song Fantasy 11.27 -
content unknown
Friday 8th May 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Frank Kelly & The Hunters
Tim Filed & Michael Jessett
The Austin Hillbillies (comedy group)
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
Little Richard – Bama Lama Bama Loo (failed to appear due to date mix up)
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes – Someone Someone
The Swinging Blue Jeans
The Animals
Mike Berry
Carl Perkins & The Flinstones
The Fourmost
The Migil Five
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
The Clark Brothers, The Raindrops with Jackie Lee, Peter Reeves and Pete Appleby, Peter Oakham, Denny Wright, Sally Gilpin, Caroline Symonds, Jack Parnell and his Band
Southern The Story of a Folk Singer 11.25 – 11.50 pm
Hoyt Axton
Saturday 9th May 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Rolling Stones
Cigliola Cinquetti
Kathy Kirby
Kenny Lynch
Tubby Hayes
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.30 -
Nancy Wilson
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Jim Reeves was scheduled to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Cilla Black
The Bachelors
Tommy Quickly
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
The Rebounds
Van Dyke & The Bambies
Guest DJ Kent Walton and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Patsy Ann Noble
The Fraser Hayes Four
ABC Track The Man Down movie with Petula Clark 7.20 -
Sunday 10th May 1964
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.25 -
Russ Conway
Frankie Vaughan
Kathy Kay
Russ Conway
BBC2 The Best Of Both Worlds 9.15 -
Mantovani special
Matt Monro
ABC Big Beat ‘64 part two 4.05 -
Manfred Mann -
Jet Harris with The Innocents -
Kathy Kirby – You're The One, Acapulco ‘22
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas -
The Merseybeats -
Big Dee Irwin & The Diamonds -
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers -
Roy Orbison presents an award To Joe Brown
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
awards presented By Roger Moore
The Beatles -
ABC Hallelujah 6.40 -
The Moody Chorale
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Pete Seeger – Freight Train, Little Boxes
Monday 11th May 1964
BBC1 The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
Ray Fisher
Maureen Kennedy Martin
Sandy & Jeanie
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Roy Orbison
TWW Discs-
The Applejacks
Patsy Ann Noble
Tuesday 12th May 1964
BBC1 Tonight 7.00 – 7.35 pm
Bob Dylan – With God On Our Side
The Vagabonds – Argentina Ballerina
BBC1 (Northern Ireland) The Jazzmakers
The Malcolm Gooding Quartet (modern jazz)
The Embankment Six (trad jazz)
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
Chris Barber’s Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson
Champion Jack Dupree
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Glenda Collins
Tony Sheveton & The Shovelles
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Susan Maughan
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Rediffusion Here and Now: Jazz 6.45 – 7.00 pm
content unknown
Channel Tuesday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada World In Action 10.05 -
Pirate radio special
Southern Sing A Little Song 11.30 pm -
Donald Peers
Wednesday 13th May 1964
BBC1 Tich 5.10 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Cilla Black -
Freddie & The Dreamers -
Millie -
The Fourmost -
Cliff Richard -
The Shadows -
Roy Orbison – It’s Over (disc)
The Searchers -
The Four Pennies -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Billy Fury
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Southern Dad, You’re A Square 7.00 -
Broadcast from The Worthing Pier Pavilion
Bill Pertwee (on the Squares panel)
Rediffusion Personality Girl 9.10 -
This might have replaced Jazz Girl with Madeline Bell and Tubby Hayes
Rosemary Clooney
Thursday 14th May 1964
BBC1 A Swingin’ Time 5.10 -
Hosted by Rolf Harris
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Kathy Kirby
plus regulars The Strangers With Mike Shannon
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Susan Maughan
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 15th May 1964
BBC1 News 6.00 -
Mods / fashion article with Dave Clark interview
BBC (Wales) Capital Show 9.25 -
Donald Peers
Rosemary Squires
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Chimes
The Morgan-
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
The Dave Clark Five – Can’t You See That She’s Mine
The Hollies – Here I Go Again
Eden Kane
Susan Maughan
The Pretty Things -
Andree Silver
The Monotones
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Manfred Mann
Saturday 16th May 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.20 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Applejacks
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Eden Kane & The Downbeats
Peter & Gordon
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 to 6.35 pm
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Billy Fury
Tony Orlando
The Countrymen
Lulu & The Luvvers
The Wild Ones
Steve Perry
Freddie & The Dreamers
Guest DJ Jimmy Henney and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ABC Holiday Bandbox 6.35 -
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Edmund Hockridge
Sheila Buxton (also seen as Susan Maughan)
ABC Gazette 11.10 -
The Scaffold
Sunday 17th May 1964
BBC The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.25 -
George Chisholm
ABC Hallelujah 6.40 -
A Man Dies
with Ewan Hooper
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
The Bachelors -
Monday 18th May 1964 Bank Holiday
BBC1 A Degree Of Frost 10.15 -
Paul McCartney Interview
Les Swingle Singers
ITN News 5.55 -
Mod and Rockers in Margate and Brighton
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 19th May 1964
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
The Modern Jazz Quartet
BBC1 (Wales) Love From Judy 10.50 -
Judy Kenny singing folk songs and playing guitar
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Manfred Mann
Scottish Round Up 5.00 -
Tony Sheridan
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Cilla Black
Granada Scene at 6.30 pm 6.30 -
Tony Orlando
Channel Tuesday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
Wednesday 20th May 1964
BBC1 Tich 5.10 -
The Cresters
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (in Manchester), Alan Freeman (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Kathy Kirby -
Cilla Black -
Gigliola Cinquetti -
The Shadows -
Chuck Berry -
Jim Reeves -
The Four Pennies -
Rediffusion Zoo Time 5.00 -
The Bachelors
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Southern Sing A Little Song 6.30 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Here and Now: One Night Stand 6.45 -
Freddie & The Dreamers -
Southern Art For Art's Sake 11.07 -
Brian Epstein interviewed by ITN's Anthony Brown
Thursday 21st May 1964
BBC1 A Swinging Time 5.10 -
Tommy Quickly
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Susan Maughan
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Billy Fury
Bobby & Denise
Glenda Collins
The Eagles
Friday 22nd May 1964
BBC Club Night 9.25 -
Donald Peers
Sheila Buxton
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Manfred Mann
Kay Garner
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Little Richard – due to perform Bama Lama Bama Loo but he failed to appear again due to another date mix up
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
Mark Wynter – Only You
The Laurie Jay Combo
Yardbirds – I Wish You Would
Françoise Hardy– Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles
The Dennisons – Walking The Dog
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
The Clark Brothers
The Raindrops with Jackie Lee
Peter Reeves
Susan Maughan
Saturday 23rd May 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Manfred Mann
Tony Orlando
Dionne Warwick
Mark Wynter
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Chuck Berry (probably cancelled)
The Dave Clark Five – Can’t You See That She’s Mine
Kathy Kirby
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Hollies
Rosemary Squires -
Ronnie Hilton
Denny Seyton & The Squires
Guest DJ Joan Turner and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
The King Brothers
Kathy Kirby
ABC Gazette 11.10 -
The Scaffold
The Four Pennies
Sunday 24th May 1964
BBC1 The Andy Stewart Show 7.25 -
Patsy Ann Noble
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.35 -
Mantovani
Adele Leigh
Westward The Westward Beat Competition 3.55 -
content unknown
TWW Land Of Song / Gwiad y Gan 6.15 -
Ivor Emmanuel
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth (the hunt was now on for his replacement in the autumn)
The Searchers -
The Kaye Sisters -
ITN News 9.25 -
Rockers in Brighton
Monday 25th May 1964
BBC1 Top Beat 9.20 -
Compared By Alan Freeman From The Royal Albert Hall, London
The artists are also seen backstage via use of a lightweight video camera
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Freddie & The Dreamers
The Hollies
Eden Kane & The Downbeats
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Dusty Springfield
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 26th May 1964
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
Broadcast from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts
The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra with Bobby Breen
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Lulu & The Luvvers
Steve Perry
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Dionne Warwick
Russ Conway
Wednesday 27th May 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Dionne Warwick might have been pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy Fury -
Freddie & The Dreamers -
The Four Pennies -
The Hollies -
Cliff Richard -
Roy Orbison – It’s Over (promo clip)
Mary Wells -
Cilla Black -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Southern Sing A Little Song 6.30 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Scottish One Night Stand 6.30 -
Peter's Faces
The Ardennes
The VIPs
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Thursday 28th May 1964
BBC1 A Swingin’ Time 5.10 -
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
Mark Wynter
The Strangers With Mike Shannon
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 29th May 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Tony Sheridan & The Wreckers
The Hi-
Jan & Kelly (musical comedy act)
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred
Kenny Lynch – Stand By Me
The Mojos
The Swinging Blue Jeans – You’re No Good
The Merseybeats – Why Not Tonight
The Remo Four
Polly Perkins (returning to the show as a singer)
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
The Clark Brothers
The Raindrops with Jackie Lee
Peter Reeves & Pete Appleby
Saturday 30th May 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
Wax dummies of The Beatles were in the guest seats as one of the records played was Ain't She Sweet, one of their Polydor Hamburg recordings. The studio lights had to be turned down as not to melt the wax.
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Dusty Springfield
Acker Bilk
Al Koren
Vince Hill
Tony Orlando
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 to 6.35 pm
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
The Rolling Stones
Mary Wynter
Dionne Warwick
Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen
Jackie Trent
The Strangers With Mike Shannon
The Eagles
Guest DJ Neal Arden and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new American
releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
ABC Gazette 11.10 -
The Scaffold
Sunday 31st May 1964
BBC1 The Andy Stewart Show 7.25 -
Stephanie Voss
BBC2 Best Of Both Worlds 9.30 -
Carole Carr
Mantovani
Tommy Reilly
Ivor Emmanuel
Westward The Westward Beat Competition 3.55 -
content unknown
ABC Hallelujah 6.40 -
The Joystrings
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Val Doonican – Do You Mind (impersonating pop stars)
Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen – Hello Dolly
Monday 1st June 1964
BBC1 The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Dubliners
Nadia Cattouse
Cyril Tawney
Jean Redpath
Martin Carthy
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 2nd June 1964
BBC1 Barn Dance 6.35 -
The Countrymen
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Muriel Young, Jay Denyer, Louise Ramsey
The Countrymen
Miar Davies
Andre Silver
Kark King & The Vendettas – I’m Henry The VIII (the band were managed by Rediffusion’s Daniel Farson)
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Peter & Gordon
Channel Tuesday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
The Osmond Brothers
Peggy Lee
Wednesday 3rd June 1964
BBC1 Tich 5.10 -
The Cresters
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
The Dave Clark Five -
Lulu & The Luvvers -
The Hollies -
Peter & Gordon – Nobody I Know (disc) It's possible that the duo missed the plane up from London and arrived just as their song was being played, so they hung around to sign a few autographs
Roy Orbison – It’s Over (disc)
Chuck Berry -
Cilla Black -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
The Applejacks
ITN News 5.55 -
A report on Jimmy Nichols joining The Beatles on tour
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Southern Sing A Little Song 6.30 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Thursday 4th June 1964
BBC1 A Swingin’ Time 5.10 -
Cilla Black – You’re My World, Zip A Dee Do Dah
Freddie & The Dreamers
ITN News 5.55 -
The Beatles leave for world tour with Jimmy Nichols
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 5th June 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Susan Maughan
Peter & Gordon
The Druids
ITN News 5.55 -
The Beatles in Scandinavia
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.10 -
A request for a temporary replacement interviewer for Michael Aldred who was going off to host Ready Steady Win attracted between three to four thousand applications, none of which were suitable.
Hosted by Cathy McGowan, Michael Aldred, Kenny Lynch (Keith Fordyce was on holiday)
John Lee Hooker -
Adam Faith & The Roulettes – I Like Being In Love With You
The Applejacks – Like Dreamers Do
The Fortunes
Carl Perkins & The Nashville Teens
P J Proby
(possibly) Dionne Warwick -
ITV Burke's Law: Who Killed Molly? 8.00 -
Hoagy Charmichael
ATV Putting On The Donegan 10.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
The Clark Brothers
The Raindrops with Jackie Lee
Peter Reeves
Saturday 6th June 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Barry Langford was now back as the producer.
Jury -
Guest -
Featured records -
BBC1 Eurovision Ten 9.00 -
Tenth Anniversary of Eurovision celebration
Shirley Bassey
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Jackie Trent
Susan Maughan – Kiss Me Sailor (sings on board a boat moored outside BBC’s Hammersmith Studios), I Believe (inside the studio)
The Kaye Sisters
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The Fourmost might have been pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Peter & Gordon
The Four Pennies
Dusty Springfield
Craig Douglas – Come Closer (Douglas had been told to cover up his bright white shirt with his jacket as it caused glare)
The Migil Five
The Mods
Andee Silver
The Warriors (featuring Jon Anderson, later of Yes)
Guest DJ Tony Hall and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new American
releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
The Four Macs
Dickie Valentine
ABC Gazette 11.10 -
The Scaffold
Sunday 7th June 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.35 -
Cy Grant
Westward The Westward Beat Competition 3.55 – 4.05 pm
content unknown
ITN News 6.05 -
The Beatles return from Scandinavia
ABC Hallelujah 6.40 -
Bob Dylan -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Val Doonican
Vera Lynn
Monday 8th June 1964
BBC1 The Danny Kaye Show 9.15 -
Joannie Sommers
Rediffusion Around The Beatles 6.08 -
TWW Approach To Discs 10.30 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 9th June 1964
BBC1 Barn Dance 6.35 -
Val Doonican
Steve Benbow
BBC1 The Graham Stark Show 8.00 -
Alma Cogan
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
Alex Welsh and his band with Henry 'Red' Allen Jr
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Monotones
Rosemary Squires
Channel Tuesday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
The Osmond Brothers
Wednesday 10th June 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Lulu & The Luvvers -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
The Bachelors -
The Hollies – Here I Go Again (disc)
Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly! (disc)
The Rolling Stones – It’s All Right
Roy Orbison – It’s Over (disc)
Cilla Black -
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Southern Sing A Little Song 6.30 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Thursday 11th June 1964
BBC1 A Swingin’ Time 5.10 -
Hosted by Rolf Harris
Petula Clark
Lulu
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
The Strangers with Mike Shannon
BBC1 Ethel Merman 8.00 -
ATV Hi-
Julie Grant
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans
The Merseybeats
The Mojos
Mark Wynter
Andee Silver
Miar Davies
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
Friday 12th June 1964
BBC1 Club Night 9.25 -
Donald Peers
Eddie Calvert & the C Men
Eve Boswell
Bert Weedon
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Bobby Shafto
Shirley & Johnny
The Beatmen
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Cathy McGowan was scheduled to interview Cliff Richard for a mid-
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Dave Clark Five – Can’t You See That She’s Mine
Dave Clark interviews a guest
Heinz
Dusty Springfield
Peter & Gordon – Nobody I Know
Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions
The Escorts
George Bean
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Brian Epstein
ITN News 8.55 -
Ringo Starr interview after his operation
ATV Mainly Millicent 10.10 -
Millicent Martin
Roy Castle
Saturday 13th June 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Dusty Springfield
Al Koren
Ronnie Scott
The Migil 5
The Deep River Boys
Craig Douglas
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.45 -
Diahann Carol
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Frankie Vaughan
The Swinging Blue Jeans
The Kaye Sisters
The Applejacks – Like Dreamers Do
Daryl Quist
The Roulettes
Shirley & Johnny
Billy Boyle
Guest DJ Colin Hamilton and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new
American releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
The Bachelors
Sunday 14th June 1964
Westward Westward Beat Competition 3.55 -
content unknown
ABC Hallelujah 6.40 -
Marion Williams and The Stars of Faith with Princess Stewart (gospel group)
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Mark Wynter -
Monday 15th June 1964
BBC1 The Hoot’nanny Show 6.35 -
A request show
The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
The Dubliners
Ray & Archie Fisher
Nadia Cattouse
Cyril Tawney
Roy Guest
Martin Carthy
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
A beat group competition produced by Ready Steady Go team. It was originally intended to debut on 8th June, but Rediffusion had put the Around The Beatles special on instead.
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Theme: The Animals -
Panel: Susan Maughan, Gerry Marsden, Norrie Paramour, Lionel Blair
The Echolettes (winners)
The Failing Leaves
Dave & the Strollers
The Shifters
The Scene Five
plus one other group
TWW Discs-
Francoise Hardy
Mark Wynter
Dave Berry
Bob Miller & His Millermen
Tuesday 16th June 1964
BBC1 Compact 7.35 -
Don Moss (radio DJ) plays a radio DJ
BBC1 The Graham Stark Show 8.00 -
Ronnie Carroll
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
Bill LeSage’s Directions in Jazz Unit featuring Ronnie Ross, Bob Burns, Johnny Scott and the Freddie Alexander Cello Ensemble
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Mark Wynter
Chris Barber & Ottilie Patterson
Channel Tuesday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Andy Williams Show 8.00 -
Andy Williams
Wednesday 17th June 1964
BBC1 Tich 5.10 -
The Cresters
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
Peter & Gordon -
Frankie Vaughan -
The Dave Clark Five -
Cilla Black -
Mary Wells My Guy (disc)
Roy Orbison – It’s Over (disc) number one
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Southern Sing A Little Song 6.30 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Thursday 18th June 1964
BBC1 A Swingin’ Time 5.10 -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas were pencilled in to appear
The Fourmost
Millie
The Deep River Boys
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Dave Clark Five
Polly Perkins
Heinz
The Aristocrats
Jason Ford
Kenny Ball
Shirley & Johnny
Friday 19th June 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Ricky Livid & The Tone-
The Honeycombs
Shirley Collins
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Crickets -
The Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun
Troy Dante & The Infernos
Davie Jones & The King Bees (spelt Davey Jones in the Daily Mirror)
Dusty Springfield (This might have been the show where Cathy McGowan announced "Now let's give a big welcome to that wonderful group, The Animals" only to have Dusty Springfield appear)
Gus Backus -
Patti Boyd
Daryl Quist
Granada Scene at 6.30 pm 6.30 -
Millie
ATV Mainly Millicent 10.05 -
Millicent Martin
Saturday 20th June 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
One of the songs judged was The Beatles 'Long Tall Sally' which the host David Jacobs referred to as ‘Long Tall Shorty’ only to be corrected by Jane Asher
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Mike Berry & The Innocents
The Crickets
The Harbour Lites
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
The Breakaways
Al Koran
Valerie Masters
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.00 -
Mel Torme
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
PJ Proby had to have the assistance of thirty policemen to get in and out of the building due to a mob of girls
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Dave Clark Five
Alma Cogan
Jim Reeves
Gene Vincent -
P J Proby According to Proby in an NME interview “When we left later In our car, they jumped on their bikes and roared after us”
The Beatmen
The Federals
Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions
Guest DJ Sam Costa and Janice Nicholls head a panel of teenagers reviewing new American
releases in Spin-
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
Ray Ellington
ABC Gazette 11.10 -
The Scaffold
Andre Silver (singer)
Sunday 21st June 1964
BBC2 Best of Best Worlds 9.20 -
David Rose and his orchestra
Matt Monro
Westward The Westward Beat Competition 3.55 -
content unknown
TWW Land of Song / Gwiad y Gan 6.15 -
Maureen Evans
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
The Dave Clark Five had been approached to appear
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth
Susan Maughan
The Seekers
Monday 22nd June 1964
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Patsy Ann Noble, Lionel Bart, Mark Wynter
Six Groups compete
The Bo Street Runners (winners)
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Ronnie Hilton
TWW Discs-
Manfred Mann
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Rediffusion Stars And Garters 9.40 -
a summer outing on the River Thames
Al Saxon
Betty Miller
Debbie Lee
Tommy Bruce
Tuesday 23rd June 1964
BBC1 The Graham Stark Show 8.00 -
Matt Monro
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Cockneys
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Joe Brown
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
Pop quiz show hosted by Muriel Young, Penny Valentine and Tony Hall
Adam Faith
Channel Tuesday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
Granada World In Action: The Beatles On Tour 10.05 -
A replacement for an edition of the show about the Olympic Games which the ITA considered "not politically impartial"
Bill Grundy looks at the life of The Beatles on tour
Wednesday 24th June 1964
BBC1 Tich’s Farewell Party 5.00 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Moved in the schedule because of Wimbledon
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly! (disc)
Peter & Gordon – Nobody I Know (repeat 17th June 1964)
P J Proby – Hold Me
The Bachelors -
John Lee Hooker -
Swinging Blue Jeans -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Dave Clark 5 -
Roy Orbison – It’s Over (promo clip) number one
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
ITN News 8.55 -
The Rolling Stones return from American tour
Thursday 25th June 1964
BBC1 A Swingin’ Time 5.00 -
Big Dee Irwin (replacing The Rolling Stones who were still in America at the time of recording)
The Bachelors
The Strangers with Mike Shannon
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Craig Douglas
Lulu & The Luvvers
The Cockneys
The Spencer Davis Group
Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions
Jenny Clarke
The Animals
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
Friday 26th June 1964
ATV Hi-
Andree Silver
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
The Other Two
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Millie – Sweet William
The McKinleys
The Jynx
The Merseybeats – Wishin’ And Hopin’
Mime Time with guest judge Janice Nicholls
The Rolling Stones -
Long John Baldry and Mick Jagger discuss rhythm and blues in Britain with Cathy
Jimmy Witherspoon
Mike Berry
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Chris Barber
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Patti Boyd
ATV Mainly Millicent 10.05 -
Millicent Martin
Saturday 27th June 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Singalong Saturday 8.00 -
Val Doonican
Ronnie Hilton
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Mike Hurst
The Merseybeats
Larry Adler
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
By the end of the month the show was back in the Television Audience Measurement top ten having been watched in 6.3 million homes
Janice Nicholls appeared on yesterday's Ready, Steady Go, while Cathy McGowan and Michael Aldred from Ready, Steady Go appear on this show today
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Searchers -
The Mojos
Danny Williams
Jess Conrad
Yardbirds
Debbie Lee
Troy Dante & The Infernos
Elkie Brooks
Matt Monro (not listed in TV Times)
The Applejacks (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ Peter Murray and Janice Nicholls, Cathy McGowan and Michael Aldred head
a panel of teenagers reviewing new American releases in Spin-
ABC Holiday Bandbox 6.35 -
Miki & Griff
ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.25 -
The Migil Five
Susan Maughan
Sunday 28th June 1964
ABC Hallelujah 6.40 -
Sydney Carter presents songs which are concerned with the rich and the poor
Nadia Cattouse
Martin Carthy
Isla Cameron
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
The Stars Organisation for Spastics charity show
Hosted by Bruce Forsyth (his last appearance before he leaves to star in the West End show Little Me)
Harry Secombe (cancelled)
Bert Weedon
Frankie Vaughan
Libby Morris
Monday 29th June 1964
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 7.35 -
Andy Williams
ATV Hi-
Valerie Masters
Pete Elliott
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Adam Faith, Maureen Cleave, Cyril Ornadel
Six Groups (from London and the Midlands)
(possibly) The Birds -
The Thyrds (winners)
Channel Monday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
Millie
Yardbirds
Jimmy Powell & The Five Dimensions
The Applejacks (This might have been the occasion when the band headed for Glasgow instead of Bristol as their secretary got the itinerary wrong)
Tuesday 30th June 1964
BBC1 Meet Sammy Davis Jr part two 8.00 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
Marian McPartland
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Band Of Angels
The Orchids
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
Dusty Springfield
Wednesday 1st July 1964
From hereon ITV shows were subjected to cancellation due to industrial action by cine and television technicians
BBC Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Moved in the schedule because of Wimbledon tennis
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester), David Jacobs (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Peter & Gordon – Nobody I Know (repeat 17th June 1964)
The Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now
Roy Orbison – It’s Over (promo clip)
The Beatles -
Jim Reeves -
Swinging Blue Jeans -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
The Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun number one
ATV Hi-
Al Saxon
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15-
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Cliff & The Shadows 9.40 -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Liza Minelli
Thursday 2nd July 1964
BBC1 A Swingin’ Time 5.00 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Shirley & Johnny
Chris Rayburn
ATV Hi-
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 pm 6.30 -
Inez & Charlie Foxx
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
The Applejacks – Like Dreamers Do
Tony Brook
George Bean
Christine Holmes
Elkie Brooks
Mike Berry
Rediffusion Don’t Say A Word 7.00 -
Charades show with Susan Maughan, Ray Martine, Glen Mason
Channel Disc Around 7.00 -
content unknown
Friday 3rd July 1964
BBC1 The Graham Stark Show 8.00 -
Eve Boswell
BBC1 Club Night 9.25 -
Donald Peers
Kevin Harris
Rosemary Squires
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
P J Proby
The Jynx
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Inez & Charlie Foxx
Françoise Hardy
King Size Taylor
The Swinging Blue Jeans
The Rattles
The Roulettes
Long John Baldry
Marianne Faithfull
Mickey Finn & The Blue Men
ATV Hi-
Maureen Evans
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Lionel Bart
Scottish Dig This! (first in series)
Dean Ford & The Gaylords
The Cockneys
Wally Ridley (EMI recording manager)
ATV Mainly Millicent 10.05 -
Millicent Martin
Saturday 4th July 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 7.10 -
Jury -
Guest -
The band had to be brought into the studio by armoured truck to be able to get through
the crowd outside. Producer Barry Langford later said it took two hours for the band
to get out of their transport and ready to record the show. The band had misbehaved
during rehearsals, until Brian Jones, sensing David Jacob’s annoyance, cracked the
whip and the band behaved during the actual recording. Barry Langford talking to
Disc magazine predicted "we expect a minimum viewing audience of twenty million as
compared with the regular eleven or twelve million. We have already had over 8000
applications for the 500 tickets available". Normally the audience in attendance
would be 150 only and broadcast from Television Centre, studio 2, so a larger studio
had to be used. Because there was an odd number of jurors this week the teenage panel
was dropped. Also dropped was the usual hit or miss board, while a new but temporary
set design was employed. Among the records they judged was a new Elvis disc, The
Zephyrs and The Nashville Teens 'Tobacco Road'. A review of the show in Melody Maker
claimed "The boys were inarticulate and incoherent. But they are not wholly to blame,
The show was recorded. Why then, in heaven’s name, didn’t someone in authority say;
“Right! That was a shambles. Let’s do it again." The New Musical Express called their
appearance "an utter disgrace." Judging by a surviving audio recording Charlie was
his usual bored, non-
Records played -
BBC1 Singalong Saturday 8.25 -
Hosted by Val Doonican
Anne Shelton
The Countrymen
BBC2 International Cabaret 9.00 -
Diahann Carroll
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
This show was recorded and then shown on 18th July after the strike action had come to an end
Hosted by Joe Brown
The Bachelors
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
Millie
Elaine & Derek
Tony Washington
The Hearts
Linda Laine & The Sinners
John Lee Hooker
Janice Nicholls in The Pop Shop
ABC Opportunity Knocks 7.30 -
The Clearways (pop group)
Christine Hill (singer with electric guitar)
Sunday 5th July 1964
BBC2 The Best of Both Worlds 9.35 -
Shirley Bassey
David Rose & His Orchestra
Westward Beat Competition 5.35 to 5.40 pm
content unknown
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
Annette Battams sings songs of faith and charity
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
Frank Ifield
The Kaye Sisters
Monday 6th July 1964
Industrial action by ACTT union on ITV shows comes to an end
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
Introduced by Pat Campbell
Millie
The Animals
Lulu & The Luvvers
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds (resident group)
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 9.15 -
Nat King Cole
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Johnny Frantz, Muriel Young, Brian Jones
Groups:
The Toggery Five -
James Fender & The Vulcans
TWW Discs-
Freddie & The Dreamers
The Mojos
Tuesday 7th July 1964
BBC1 The Cool Spot 6.35 -
Recorded at the Nottingham Ice Stadium
Yardbirds
Christine Holmes
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
The Humphrey Lyttelton Fifteen
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders
The Ian Campbell Group
Chris Rayburn
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
The Beatles -
The Animals
ITN News 11.10 -
A Hard Day’s Night premier
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 8th July 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Applejacks -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Elvis Presley -
The Beatles -
The Beatles -
Peter Murray (in London) with predictions for next weeks' chart
P J Proby -
The Rolling Stones -
The Animals -
BBC2 Encore: Ellington In Concert part one 8.05 -
Duke Ellington
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.25 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
TWW Discs A Go-
content unknown
WWN Story of a Songwriter 11.17 pm -
content unknown
Thursday 9th July 1964
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Don’t Say A Word 7.00 – 7.30 pm (probably the cancelled show from 2nd July 1964)
Susan Maughan
Ray Martine
Glen Mason
Westward The Westward Beat Competition 7.00 -
DJ Alan Freeman introduces the final where the winners will receive a recording contract
The judges -
Chet & The Triumphs
The Rustiks (the band win and are signed by Brian Epstein)
The Devonairs
The Barracudas
The Big Four
The Iveys
Friday 10th July 1964
BBC (North) Look North 6.10 -
The Beatles arrive in Liverpool and interview
BBC1 Barn Dance 7.10 -
Val Doonican
Steve Benbow
The Barry Sisters
BBC1 The Graham Stark Show 8.50 -
Ronnie Hilton
BBC1 Songs And Music: Carnival 9.25 -
Hosted by Frank Holder (percussionist with Johnny Dankworth)
Joy Marshall
The Chariots (singing and comedy act)
Danny Williams
Beverley & Boysie
Mike McKenzie
Geoff Love & his Orchestra
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Long John Baldry
The Trendsetters
Jean Redpath
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Film clips were used for the first time. Also includes artists (Swinging Blue Jeans, Inez & Charlie Foxx) from the previous weeks' cancelled show.
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
Charles & Inez Foxx – Mockingbird
The Beatles’ -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
The Searchers – Someday We’re Gonna Love Again
Dusty Springfield – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
The Four Pennies – I Found Out The Hard Way, Don't Tell Me You Love Me
The Pete Best Four
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
The Leroys
The Barron Knights
Scottish Folk Songs 6.15 -
content unknown
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
The Beatles: Arrive in Liverpool and interview
The Nashville Teens
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The McKinleys
Mal Thomson
The Leroys
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
This has also been seen as featuring Humphrey Lyttelton -
Lionel Bart -
ATV Mainly Millicent 10.05 -
Millicent Martin
Ronnie Carroll
Saturday 11th July 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Singalong Saturday 7.50 -
Val Doonican, The Jones Boys
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Manfred Mann
Ronnie Hilton
Kenny Baker
ITN News 5.45 -
The Beatles reception in Liverpool
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
A live broadcast from ABC's Teddington studios due to the cancellation of the 5th July recording because of strike action. Freddie and The Dreamers were possibly pencilled in but actually appeared on 25th July show. Joan Turner was also due to appear.
Hosted by Dusty Springfield
The Beatles -
The Big Three -
Sounds Incorporated -
The Mckinleys -
Manfred Mann -
Charlie Drake -
Janice Nicholls in 'The Pop Spot'
The Searchers -
The Beatles -
Outro -
ABC Opportunity Knocks 7.25 -
Ed Sullivan is said to be looking at footage of the winners
Sunday 12th July 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.30 -
Cliff Richard -
The Stanley Black Orchestra
Tyne Tees The Birth Of The Beat 4.10 -
Documentary featuring film clips of The Applejacks, Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley
ITN News 6.05 -
The Beatles in Brighton
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
The Malcolm Price Trio sing American gospel songs
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
Monday 13th July 1964
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
Inez & Charlie Foxx
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
The Animals
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds (resident group)
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Chris Curtis, Annie Ross, Tony Meehan
Groups:
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Manfred Mann
Channel Monday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 14th July 1964
BBC1 The Cool Spot 7.10 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
The Art Farmer Quartet
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Applejacks
(possibly) Hedy West
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Four Pennies
Granada Cinema 7.00 -
Hosted by Bamber Gasgoine
Clips Of The Beatles, Cliff Richard new movies
Rediffusion Variety Club Luncheon 10.50 -
content unknown
Wednesday 15th July 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun (repeat)
Dusty Springfield – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddly
The Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road
The Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now
The Barron Knights -
The Beatles -
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 5.25 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Rediffusion They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
Dionne Warwick
ATV Fans! Fans! Fans! 9.40 -
The working title was The Road To Beatlemania
Hosted by Alan Dell. Documentary About Beatlemania and other fans
ATV Cliff and The Shadows 9.48 -
Produced by Jon Schofield was also producing the London Palladium show. The show was presented as a musical without a studio audience.
Cliff Richard -
The Shadows -
Liza Minnelli -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Cliff Richard -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows and Liza Minnelli -
Cliff Richard -
The Shadows -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Cliff Richard & Liza Minnelli -
Thursday 16th July 1964
BBC The Cool Spot 6.35 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Granada Scene at 6.30 -
Dave Berry
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Millie
The Diplomats
Billie Boyle
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
Friday 17th July 1964
BBC1 Barn Dance 6.35 -
The Barry Sisters
Steve Benbow
BBC1 The Graham Stark Show 8.00 -
The King Brothers
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Swingin' Blue Jeans
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
This was due to be recorded in Knokke-
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas (due to appear in the Belgium show)
Elkie Brooks (due to appear in the Belgium show)
The Nashville Teens (due to appear in the Belgium show)
Sounds Incorporated
Dave Berry (this might have been the time when Cathy McGowan and Michael Aldred had pulled Berry into camera shot standing on a rolling trolley and he fell off)
Long John Baldry
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Dave Clark
Rediffusion Mainly Millicent 10.05 -
Millicent Martin
Ronnie Carroll
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
contents unknown
Saturday 18th July 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Singalong Saturday 7.50 -
Val Doonican
Donald Peers
Dorita y Pepe
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Searchers – Someday We’re Gonna Love Again
Millicent Martin
Winifred Atwell
Tab Hunter
Barry Barnett
BBC2 Workshop 9.50 -
Annie Ross, Larry Adler
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
This was the pre-
Hosted by Joe Brown
The Bachelors
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
Millie
Elaine & Derek
Tony Washington
The Hearts
Linda Laine & The Sinners
John Lee Hooker
Janice Nicholls in The Pop Shop
ABC Highlights Of Tuesday’s Variety Club Of Great Britain 11.20 -
content unknown
Sunday 19th July 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.30 -
Nelson Riddle Orchestra
TWW Land Of Song / Gwiad y Gan Farewell Edition 6.15 -
Ivor Emmanuel
Maureen Evans
ITN News 7.25 -
The Beatles in Blackpool
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
The Beatles -
Chita Rivera
ABC Tempo 11.10 -
Odetta (with Peter Childs on guitar, Leslie Grimage on bass)
Monday 20th July 1964
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
The Animals
The Mckinleys
The Nashville Teens
Resident Group Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
The Long & The Shorts (new talent spot)
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
The Daily Mirror gives the panel as the same for 13th July 1964
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Tony Osbourne, Ray Ennis,
Groups:
Channel Monday Melody 6.45 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
The Searchers – Someday We’re Gonna Love Again
Sounds Inc
The Other Two
Maureen Evans
Tuesday 21st July 1964
BBC1 The Cool Spot 6.35 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Marianne Faithfull
BBC1 Nina and Frederick 8.00 – 8.45 pm (repeat)
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
The Alex Welsh Band with Henry 'Red' Allen Jr part two
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Four Pennies
Donna Douglas
Russ Henderson & His Steel Band
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
(possibly) Billy J Kramer
Wednesday 22nd July 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
from the Daily Mirror the following day ‘Mr. Savile's get-
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (in Manchester), Alan Freeman (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Beach Boys – I Get Around (disc)
Dusty Springfield – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (repeat 15th July 1964)
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
The Merseybeat – Wishin’ And Hopin’
The Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now (disc)
The Barron Knights -
The Searchers -
The Beatles -
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
The Animals – Baby Let Me Take You Home, Gonna Send You Back To Walker, Eric Burdon interviewed by David Hamilton, The House of The Rising Sun, Talkin' 'Bout You
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion A Dream Singing 9.10 -
A musical fantasy which, despite being only twenty minutes necessitated twenty costume changes for Adam Faith "I was absolutely clogged up with glue from all the false beards they put on me" he told the Daily Mirror
Patsy Ann Noble
Adam Faith
Granada Go Tell It On The Mountain 9.48 -
Johnny Duncan, Pete Sayers & the Bluegrass Boys -
Peter, Paul & Mary -
Yardbirds -
Scottish One O'Clock Gang
The Applejacks
Thursday 23rd July 1964
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
The Melody Maker's editor Jack Hutton talks about the singles pop chart
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
Friday 24th July 1964
BBC1 The Graham Stark Show 8.00 -
Dusty Springfield -
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Millie
The Barron Knights
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Sandie Shaw – As Long As You’re Happy Baby (Sandie had slipped her shoes off and couldn't find them again in time for her appearance)
The Fourmost
The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun
The Mojos – Why Not Tonight
Kingsize Taylor & The Dominos
The Paramounts
Marianne Faithfull
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The Vernon Girls
The Golden Crusaders
Peter Murray
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Kenny Lynch
ATV Mainly Millicent 10.05 -
Millicent Martin
Saturday 25th July 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records featured: Sounds Incorporated -
BBC2 Singalong Saturday 9.05 -
Val Doonican
Miki & Griff
Dennis Lotis
BBC1 The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr 10.25 -
Long Winter Journey (fourth in a series of plays)
Theme and incidental music by Tom Springfield
The Interns (Beat Group in pub)
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Four Pennies
Don Lang
The Mojos
BBC2 International Cabaret: The Nancy Wilson Show 9.00 – 9.20 pm
Nancy Wilson with the Ted Heath band
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
Hosted by Adam Faith
The Animals
Freddie & Dreamers
Kenny Lynch
The Interns
The Paramounts
Sandie Shaw -
Christine Holmes
Danny Adams & The Challengers
Tommy Scott
Kent Walton and Janice Nicholls in The Pop Shop
Sunday 26th July 1964
BBC Best Of Both Worlds 9.50 -
Rita Moreno
The Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
The Malcolm Price Trio sing American gospel songs
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
The Searchers – Someday We’re Gonna Love Again
Monday 27th July 1964
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
Kenny Lynch & The Echoes
Elkie Brooks
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Davie Jones & The King Bees
Resident Group Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 9.15 -
Diahann Carroll
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Ray Ennis, Tony Osbourne, Andee Silver
Groups:
TWW Discs-
The Mojos
The Big Three
Julie Rogers
David John & The Mood
Tuesday 28th July 1964
BBC1 The Cool Spot 6.35 -
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Elkie Brooks
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
Modern Jazz Quartet part two
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Mickey Finn & The Bluemen
Joey & The Gentlemen
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Dave Clark Five
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
Kenny Lynch
Granada World In Action 10.05 -
The pop music scene with Melody Maker's editor Jack Hutton, Chris Roberts and Roy Burchell
Four Plus One
Wednesday 29th July 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
The Dave Clark Five might have been booked to appear
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester), David Jacobs (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy Fury – It’s Only Make Believe (possibly from BBC studio in Norwich)
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas – From A Window
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy (disc)
The Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road
The Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now (repeat 15th July 1964)
The Four Pennies -
The Searchers -
The Beatles -
Scottish One O'Clock Gang Show 1.00 -
Kenny Lynch
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Fans! Fans! Fans! 9.40 -
Previously titled Road to Beatlemania to be transmitted 8th July 1964, but cancelled again
A look at fandom from the early days of Hollywood to today's pop stars
Cliff Richard & The Shadows -
Elvis Presley -
Bill Haley & The Comets -
The Beatles -
clips of Frank Sinatra, Johnny Ray, Tommy Steele, Adam Faith, The Rolling Stones
Thursday 30th July 1964
BBC2 Music In Miniature 9.30 -
Larry Adler
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
Friday 31st July 1964
BBC1 Barn Dance 6.35 -
Val Doonican
The Barry Sisters
ATV Hi-
Jason Ford (singer)
Maureen Evans
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Merseybeats
The Langleys
Adamo
Elkie Brooks
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Kenny Lynch – What Am I To You
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
The Four Pennies – Found Out The Hard Way
Simon Scott & The Leroys -
Peter Lee Stirling
The Shevelles
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
contents unknown
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Louise Cordet, Humphrey Lyttelton
Rediffusion Call In On Carroll 10.05 -
This series was due to co-
Ronnie Carroll
The Seekers
Janie Marden (resident guest)
Dusty Springfield
Saturday 1st August 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Singalong Saturday 7.55 -
Val Doonican
Rose Brennan
Mike Sammes Singers
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Merseybeats
The Four Pennies
Peter & Gordon
The Beatles -
Adamo
Dennis Lotis
Johnny Hawksworth
BBC2 Ellington In Concert Part Two 9.00 -
Duke Ellington
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
The Animals had been scheduled to appear but dropped out, as did The Rolling Stones who actually appeared the following week who were due to record the show on 26th July 1966. Frenesi Watson was also seen listed, while Cilla Black's intended appearance gets pushed back to the 15th August.
Hosted by The Bachelors
The Bachelors
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
The Four Pennies
The Nashville Teens
Frenesi Watson
Peter Lee Stirling
Julie Rogers
The Honeycombs
Dave Berry
Desmond Carrington and Janice Nicholls in 'The Pop Shop'
Sunday 2nd August 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.45 -
Shirley Bassey
David Rose
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
Sydney Carter introduces songs about love
Martin Carthy
Nadia Cattouse
Isla Cameron
The Johnny Scott Trio
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
Cilla Black -
The Dallas Boys
Monday 3rd August 1964 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Follow The Beatles 7.50 -
The Making Of A Hard Day’s Night, Narrated by Robert Robinson
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
Manfred Mann
Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions
The Barron Knights
Resident Group Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.05 -
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet part two
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Kenny Lynch, Elkie Brooks, Dick Rowe
Groups:
Granada All Our Yesterdays 7.00 -
Pat O'Hare and The Derek Hilton Trio -
TWW Discs-
The Mike Cotton Sound theme tune called Discs-
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Tuesday 4th August 1964
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 8.00 -
Kathy Kirby
BBC1 The Cool Spot 6.35 -
The Migil 5
Kiki Dee
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Jynx
Adamo
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
TWW / WWN Beat From The West 10.45 -
content unknown
Wednesday 5th August 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Billy Fury -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas – From A Window
The Honeycombs – Have I The Right
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
The Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now (animation made by Caravel Films)
The Barron Knights -
Four Pennies -
The Beatles -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
Gus Backus
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 6th August 1964
Granada Scene at 6.30 -
Gus Backus
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
The Dave Clark Five (pre-
Jackie Rogers
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
Friday 7th August 1964
BBC1 Carnival 9.25 -
Hosted by Frank Holder
Brooker Bradshaw
Maud Damons
George Webb
The Woodpeckers
Ginger Johnson & Bob Caxton
Jamaica’s Own Vagabonds
Millie -
Winifred Atwell
Geoff Love & His orchestra
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Sandie Shaw
Gus Backus
The Settlers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
'Year Two Starts Here.' The first anniversary show, seen by fourteen million people. All of the artists chosen have had been on the show before. The Beatles were invited "but not necessarily play, just drop in and chat" claimed an RSG spokesman, but only Paul turned up with Brian Epstein. A new theme tune Stevie Wonder's 'Hey Harmonica Man' is used.
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Rolling Stones – It’s All Over Now, Charlie and Brian play amateur disc jockeys
Cilla Black – It’s For You
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes – Twelve Steps To Love (who were on the first show)
Kenny Lynch – What Am I To You
The Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road
Gerry Marsden -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The Mojos
Wally Ridley
Johnny & The Copycats
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Shirley Bassey
ATV Call In On Carroll 10.05 -
Ronnie Carroll
Janie Marden
The King Brothers
The Messengers
Saturday 8th August 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Club Night 7.55 -
Donald Peers
The Migil Five
BBC1 Fourth National Jazz Festival From Richmond, Surrey 10.15 -
Yardbirds
Chris Barber Band
Jimmy Witherspoon
Humphrey Lyttelton
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Val Doonican
Yardbirds
Chad & Jeremy
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
Recorded at Teddington Studios 28th July 1964, The Clearways and The Nashville Teens might have been pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Mike Sarne
The Rolling Stones
The Merseybeats
The Fourmost -
Patsy Ann Noble -
Adamo
Dave Nelson
Lorraine Gray
The Wolves
Mike Sarne
Don Moss and Janice Nicholls in 'The Pop Shop'
Sunday 9th August 1964
ABC Hallelujah 6.15 -
A show of traditional church music
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
Sophie Tucker
Peter & Gordon
Danny Williams
ABC Tempo 11.10 -
Goofing Off With Pete Seeger
Monday 10th August 1964
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
Memphis Slim
Manfred Mann
The Untamed Four
Marianne Faithfull
Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men
Resident Group Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Julie Grant, Long John Baldry, Tony Hatch
Groups:
TWW Discs-
The Dave Clark Five recorded a spot for this show on 5th August 1964
Tuesday 11th August 1964
BBC1 The Cool Spot 6.35 -
Lulu & The Luvvers
Tommy Scott
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.45 -
The Richmond Jazz Festival
Mose Allison
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Humphrey Lyttelton
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Mike Redway
The Shevelles
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
ITN News 10.34 -
The Rolling Stones in Holland
Wednesday 12th August 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (in Manchester), Peter Murray (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Beach Boys – I Get Around (film clip)
Cilla Black – It’s For You (film clip)
Dave Berry The Crying Game
The Honeycombs – Have I The Right
The Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road
The Barron Knights -
The Beatles -
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy (repeat 5th August 1964) number one
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 13th August 1964
BBC1 Tonight In Person 10.15 -
Pete Seeger
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Patsy Ann Noble
The Honeycombs
Kenny Lynch
Simon Scott
Mike Redway
Peter's Faces
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
Friday 14th August 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Patsy Ann Noble
The Blue Aces
The Woodpeckers
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Tommy Tucker was pencilled in to appear backed by Alexis Korner & Blues Inc
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Georgie Fame
The Naturals – I Should Have Known Better
Johnny Milton & The Condors
Julie Grant
The Kinks
The Honeycombs
Herman’s Hermits
The Dalys
Alexis Korner & Blues Inc
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The Four Pennies
Sol Byron & The Impacts
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Gordon Waller
ATV Call In On Carroll 10.05 -
Ronnie Carroll
Janie Marden
Alan Braden
The Jack Parnell Orchestra
Mark Wynter
The Seekers
Saturday 15th August 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Club Night 8.15 -
Donald Peers
Anne Shelton
The Bachelors
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Kenny Lynch
The Migil 5
Sandie Shaw
The Viscounts
Johnny Dankworth
BBC2 Peter Paul & Mary 9.00 -
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
Hosted by Chad & Jeremy
Cilla Black -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Simon Scott -
Manfred Mann
Danny Williams
The Blue Aces
The Overlanders -
The Shadows
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Chad & Jeremy
Guest DJ: Kent Walton
Sunday 16th August 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.10 -
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
Carole Carr
ABC Hallelujah 6.15 -
Marion Williams and The Stars of Faith with Princess Stewart
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
Kathy Kirby
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
ABC Tempo 11.10 pm -
Some Of These Days starring Sophie Tucker
Norman Newell
Monday 17th August 1964
BBC2 Beat Room 7.35 -
Tommy Tucker (cancelled and place taken by The Nashville Teens)
The Nashville Teens
Christine Holmes
The Cherokees
Troy Dante & The Infernos
The Naturals
Resident Group Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Helen Shapiro, Alan Freeman, Manfred Mann
Groups:
TWW Discs-
The Kinks
Kiki Dee
Kenny Lynch
Alan Dean & His Problems
Channel Mantovani 10.30 -
Tuesday 18th August 1964
BBC1 The Cool Spot 6.35 -
The Spencer Davis Group
Ottilie Patterson
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
BBC1 International Cabaret 8.25 -
Shirley Bassey
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.45 -
Mark Murphy with the Tubby Hayes Quintet
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Marianne Faithfull
The Overlanders
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 19th August 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Alan Freeman (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Dave Berry -
Dionne Warwick -
The Honeycombs – Have I The Right
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Bachelors -
The Beatles -
Brenda Lee -
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy number one
BBC1 Songs of Pleasure and Protest 10.30 -
The Ceilidhe and Lotte Lenya
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Granada Blues And Gospel Train 9.40 -
Filmed at the decommisioned Wilbraham Road railway station, renamed Chorltonville for the day. The Reverend Gary Davis set was cut from the show.
Muddy Waters (with Willie Smith and Ransome Knowling) -
Cousin Joe Pleasants -
Otis Spann
Sister Rosetta Tharpe -
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee -
Thursday 20th August 1964
BBC1 Tonight In Person 10.10 -
Pete Seeger part two
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
Friday 21st August 1964
BBC1 Barn Dance 6.35 -
The Barry Sisters
Steve Benbow
The North West Folk 4
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Marianne Faithfull
The Migil Five
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce
Helen Shapiro
Duffy Power
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
Brenda Lee – Is It True
PJ Proby
The Cherokees
The Mojos
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Tommy Tucker
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
A panel game with Sophie Tucker
ATV Call In On Carroll 10.05 -
Ronnie Carroll
Janie Marden
The Jack Parnell Orchestra
The Seekers
Glen Mason
Scottish Dig This! 7.00 -
The Federals
The Meteors
Big Dee Irwin
The Zombies
The Lorne Gibson Trio
Saturday 22nd August 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Club Night 8.10 -
Donald Peers
The King Brothers
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Sounds Incorporated
Russ Conway
Kenny Baker
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
Hosted by Craig Douglas
The Dave Clark Five
Kenny Lynch
Peter’s Faces
Benny Parker & The Dynamics
Dave Berry
Bobby Shafto
Tammy St John
The Wolves
Guest DJ: Jimmy Savile and Janice Nicholls in The Pop Shop
ABC Opportunity Knocks 7.25 -
The Dallas Jazz Band
ATV Night Spot 11.25 -
Rod & Carolyn -
Hazel Yeomann -
The Free Men -
Sunday 23rd August 1964
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
The Drayton Singers
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
Teddy Johnson & Pearl Carr
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers -
Peter Murray and David Jacobs in comedy sketch with Mike and Bernie Winters
Monday 24th August 1964
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
Brenda Lee
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Tommy Tucker
Simon Scott
The Untamed Four
The High Numbers (later to become The Who)
Resident Group Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Mick Jagger, Lulu, Alan Freeman (of Pye Records)
Groups:
TWW Discs-
Mose Allison
The Dave Clark Five
The T-
Duffy Power
Tuesday 25th August 1964
BBC1 The Cool Spot 6.35 -
Simon Scott
The Naturals
The Four Pennies
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.40 -
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Nola York
The Juniors -
ITN News 5.55 -
Peter Snow talks to The Honeycombs, Have I The Right played live
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 26th August 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester), David Jacobs (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Cilla Black – It’s For You
Gerry & The Pacemakers – It’s Gonna Be Alright
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
The Zombies – She’s Not There Colin Blunstone talking to Disc in 1973 "The first time I ever played Top of the Pops was when the Zombies had a hit with She's Not There. We were on tour when we heard we were wanted for the show, so thinking the BBC were going to pay all the expenses we flew to Manchester, ate the best food and stayed in the best hotels. After we'd done it all we found a number of large bills waiting for us to pay . . . We always went by road after that."
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy (repeat 15th July 1964)
The Bachelors -
Jim Reeves -
The Honeycombs – Have I The Right number one
BBC2 possibly Newsroom 10.20 -
Screaming Lord Sutch – film article
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Sax Meets Blues 9.10 -
Stan Getz & Joe Williams
Rediffusion The Man They Call The Genius -
with The Raelettes and The Ray Charles Orchestra recorded in July at the Fairfields Hall, Croydon 20th July 1964. Keith, Charlie and Bill from The Rolling Stones were in the audience.
Busted, Margie, You Don't Know Me, I Just Love Her So, Georgia, Don't Set Me Free, Hit The Road Jack, Take These Chains From My Heart, What’d I Say
Thursday 27th August 1964
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
Tammy St John
Rediffusion 7.00 -
Glen Mason
TWW Holiday Mood 7.30 -
Broadcast from the Gaiety Theatre, Butlins, Minehead
Jill Day
Friday 28th August 1964
BBC1 Barn Dance 6.35 -
Val Doonican
The Barry Sisters
Steve Benbow
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Helen Shapiro
Chad & Jeremy
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers were pencilled in for this edition, likewise The Mojos – Seven Daffodils
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Moody Blues – Lose Your Money (introduced by Keith Fordyce as Lose Some Money)
Dusty Springfield – Can I Get A Witness
Mark Wynter -
Dance demonstration to The Newbeats -
Lulu – Can’t Hear You No More
Burt Bacharach plays DJ
The Four Seasons – Rag Doll (audience dances)
Chuck Berry – You Never Can Tell (audience dances)
Gerry & Pacemakers -
Scottish Dig This! 7.00 -
Peter's Faces
Dean Ford & The Gaylords
Dick James -
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Larry Adler
ATV Call In On Carroll 10.05 -
Ronnie Carroll
Janie Marden
The Jack Parnell Orchestra
The Seekers
Saturday 29th August 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Club Night 7.55 -
Donald Peers
Lita Roza
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Billie Davis
The Morgan / James Duo
Millie & The Embers
Johnny Ray
Mark Murphy
BBC2 Allan in Wonderland 8.50 – 9.25 pm
Allan Sherman special
ATV Racing From Sandown Park from 1.20 -
The Variety Club of Great Britain’s Annual race meeting. The Beatles were sponsoring one race with a £1500 prize for the winner
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
Kathy Kirby and Ronnie Hilton were scheduled to appear but cancelled
Hosted by Matt Monro
Gerry & Pacemakers -
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Barry Barnett
Julie Grant
The Wranglers
The Dalys
The Mudlarks
Guest DJ: Don Moss and Janice Nicholls in 'The Pop Shop'
ATV Night Spot 11.25 -
The Morgan-
Sunday 30th August 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.10 -
Shirley Bassey with David Rose and His Orchestra
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
Sydney Carter introduces songs about the way we think of God
Martin Carthy
Isla Cameron
Nadia Cattouse
The Johnny Scott Trio
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
Peter & Gordon (they were due to appear on this show three weeks' ago, but cancelled due to Peter Asher's illness)
Jackie Trent
Peter Murray and David Jacobs
Monday 31st August 1964
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Hall & MacGregor
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
Mose Allison
The Hollies
Screaming Lord Sutch
Tammy St John
The Trends
The Rockin’ Berries
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 9.15 -
Tony Bennett
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Brenda Lee, Eric Burdon, Jack Baverstock, Robert Bickford
Groups:
The Echolettes
The Thyrds
Jimmy Royal & The Hawks
Tony Knight & The Livewires
The Bo Street Runners
The Toggery Five
TWW Discs-
The Swinging Blue Jeans
It is about this time that Rediffusion ban all their artists appearing in TV commercials.
Tuesday 1st September 1964
BBC1 The Cool Spot 6.35 -
Dave Berry
The Long & The Short
Nola York
Russ Sainty & The Nu-
BBC1 A Degree Of Frost 8.00 -
Paul McCartney interview
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.25 -
All star jam session
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Herman’s Hermits
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
Mark Wynter
Channel Blues Times Two 6.45 -
content unknown
Wednesday 2nd September 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Hosted by David Jacobs (in Manchester)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Dave Berry -
Herman’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy (repeat 15th July 1964)
The Zombies – She’s Not There (repeat 26th August 1964)
The Rolling Stones – If You Need Me (disc)
Marianne Faithfull -
The Honeycombs – Have I The Right number one
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
Mark Murphy
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Sax Meets Blues 9.10 -
Stan Getz And Joe Williams
Thursday 3rd September 1964
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Georgie Fame
The McKinleys
Julie Grant
The Overlanders
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
TWW Holiday Mood 7.30 -
Jill Day
Southern Late Date 10.52 -
not to be confused with the ABC series from the fifties
The Morgan-
Anglia (possibly) About Anglia 6.06 -
Manfred Mann
Friday 4th September 1964
BBC1 Carnival 9.30 -
Hosted by Frank Holder
The Chariots
Elaine Delmar -
Owen Williams -
Joe Harriott -
Tex Matthews & His Caribbean Rhythm (steel band)
Dorothy Masuka (singer)
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Lesley Gore
The Voomins
Hall & Macgregor
Billie Davis
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Searchers – When You Walk In The Room (Frank Allen’s television debut with the group)
Peter & Gordon -
The Rustiks -
Inez & Charlie Foxx
The Takers
The Mighty Avengers
The Leroys
Herman’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good
Bern Elliott & The Klan – Good Time
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Mark Wynter
Scottish Dig This! 7.00 -
The Trendsetters
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Alan Freeman
ATV Call In On Carroll 10.05 -
Ronnie Carroll
Janie Marden
The Seekers
Alma Cogan
Saturday 5th September 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Club Night 8.10 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Donald Peers
Janie Marden
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Dalys
Leslie Gore
Eden Kane
The Searchers – When You Walk In The Room
Jackie Trent
Yardbirds
BBC2 Mahalia Jackson Sings 8.50 -
In concert at BBC Television Centre
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
Hosted by Patsy Ann Noble
Mike Sarne -
The Migil Five -
The Messengers -
Nola York -
Shirley Bassey
Helen Shapiro
The Long & The Short
Ray Singer
Rolf Harris (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ: Don Moss and Janice Nicholls in 'The Pop Shop'
Granada Folk Song Prom 10.35 -
ATV Night Spot 11.25 -
Noel Harrison
Christine Holmes
Sunday 6th September 1964
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
The Hayes Girls' Choir
ABC The Big Film: Track the Man Down with Petula Clark 4.45 -
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
The Bachelors
Monday 7th September 1964
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC Dance Date 10.20 -
Joe Loss and his orchestra
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.35 -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Dave Berry
Leslie Gore
The Pretty Things
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Win! 6.08 -
The second semi-
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Unity Hall, John Burgess, Tony Hall, Brian Poole
Groups:
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 8th September 1964
BBC Song Boat 6.35 -
a trip from Westminster to Tower Bridge
BBC1 The ABC Of Britain 8.00 – 8.50 pm
The Birds -
Millicent Martin
BBC2 Jazz 625 9.25 -
The Woody Herman Orchestra
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Messengers
Billie Davis -
Roy Bradley & his Music Breakers
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Hollies
Wednesday 9th September 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes might have been pencilled in for this edition
Hosted by Peter Murray (in Manchester), Jimmy Savile (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Elvis Presley – Such A Night (disc)
The Honeycombs – Have I The Right (repeat 5th August 1964)
P J Proby – Together
The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go (disc)
Jim Reeves -
Julie Rogers -
Marianne Faithfull -
The Four Seasons -
The Kinks – You Really Got Me (repeat 2nd September 1964) number one
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Girls In My Life 9.10 -
Eden Kane plus four girls including Aimi Macdonald
Rediffusion September Song 9.45 -
The songs of Kurt Weill
Martha Schlamme, Will Holt
Thursday 10th September 1964
BBC1 Ring-
Music and comedy show hosted by Jim Dale
Resident Group: The Blue Aces
Joan Turner
Adam Faith
ITN News 5.55 -
The Rolling Stones receive Melody Maker award, plus Cilla Black, The Shadows
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
The Fortunes
Billie Davis
The Daly's
Denny Seyton & The Sabres
Peter Lee Stirling
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Newbeats
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 7.00 -
Glen Mason
TWW Holiday Mood 7.30 -
Janie Marden
Southern Late Date 10.52 -
The Morgan-
Friday 11th September 1964
BBC1 Barn Dance 6.35 -
Steve Benbow
The Countrymen
The Barry Sisters
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Julie Grant
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
The previous day RSG! wins the top television show award at the Variety Club luncheon in London. In accepting the award Elkan Allan, head of entertainment programmes at Rediffusion remarked "There are so many beat shows on the air. So often when you turn the television on now you see teenagers dancing. When we started Ready Steady Go a year ago ours was the only programme of the kind, now there seems to be one every night. It is now losing its novelty and is rapidly in danger of becoming a bore. The BBC has two copies on. I give the BBC a challenge. I will cut out one of my shows if they will cut out one of theirs!"
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Bill Haley & His Comets
Doug Sheldon
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – One Way Love
Ria Bartok
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations – Bye Bye Baby
The Newbeats
Scottish Dig This! 7.00 -
Big Dee Irwin
The Golden Crusaders
Rediffusion The Celebrity Game 7.00 -
Georgia Brown
Rediffusion Stars and Garters 8.25 – 9.10 pm
Goes greyhound racing from West Ham Stadium
Ray Martine introduces
Rediffusion Swing Band Swing 9.10 – 9.30 pm
Joe Williams
Maynard Ferguson
The Buddy DeFranco Quartet
ATV Call In On Carroll 10.53 -
Ronnie Carroll
The Seekers
The King Brothers
Jane Marden
Saturday 12th September 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.55 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Club Night 8.10 -
Donald Peers
Don Lang
The Vernon’s Girls
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Adam Faith
Susan Maughan
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Roulettes
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.35 -
Jimmy Witherspoon with the Ronnie Scott Quartet
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
The Hollies, Susan Maughan might have been pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Mark Wynter
The Searchers – When You Walk In The Room
Max Bygraves
Billie Davis
Peter & Gordon -
Herman’s Hermits
Me & Them
Leslie Gore
Guest DJ: Muriel Young and Janice Nicholls in 'The Pop Shop'
ATV Night Spot 11.25 -
Val Doonican
Julie Rogers
The Morgan-
Sunday 13th September 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 10.00 -
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
ABC Blackpool Night Out 8.25 -
The Bachelors
Susan Maughan
Monday 14th September 1964
BBC1 The White Heather Club 6.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Bill Haley & His Comets
Peter & Gordon
Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band
Sally Kelly
The Wranglers
The Newbeats
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Tuesday 15th September 1964
BBC1 Song Boat 6.35 -
From Lymington to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
Craig Douglas
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Lulu
The Carefrees
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 16th September 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.35 -
the last Wednesday show. Gerry & Pacemakers were pencilled in for this edition
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Herman’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good
P J Proby – Together
Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman (disc)
The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go (disc)
The Zombies – She’s Not There (repeat 26th August 1964)
Julie Rogers -
Marianne Faithfull -
Brenda Lee -
The Kinks – You Really Got Me (repeat 2nd September 1964) number one
Scottish Round Up 5.00 -
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
Southern Three Go Round 6.25 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.45 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees The Rehearsal Room 6.45 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Winner! 9.40 -
The show is moved from Monday to avoid a clash with Rediffusion's other talent search show which begins its run
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Gay Shingleton, Michael Aldred
Panel: Brian Epstein (who flew back from The Beatles tour of the USA to be there), Bill Haley, Brian Matthew, Georgia Brown
Groups: all of which would be playing an original song
The Thyrds (Battersea)
Jimmy Royal & The Hawks (Ealing)
The Bo Street Runners (eventual winners)
The Harbour Lights Trio
The Olympics
The Toggery Five (runners up)
Thursday 17th September 1964
BBC1 Ring-
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Valerie Masters
The Blue Aces
BBC1 Language Of Love 9.25 -
Petula Clark
BBC1 The Cimbalom 10.50 – 11.05 pm
Folk music recital
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
TWW Holiday Mood 7.00 -
Janie Marden
Southern Late Date 10.52 -
Libby Morris
Friday 18th September 1964
BBC Barn Dance 6.35 -
Val Doonican
BBC1 The Big Noise, Or Episodes In The Uneasy Life Of A Top Pop Disc Jockey part
one 8.00 -
Bob Monkhouse stars as ‘Top Pop Disc Jockey Of The Year’ Bob Mason in a satire written
by Frank Muir and Dennis Norden. In this episode DJ Bob Mason has to dangle two-
The Untamed Four
Peter Noble -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Mudlarks
The Naturals
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
The show possibly has a new opening credit sequence featuring surfers
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Dionne Warwick – Reach Out For Me
The Animals – I’m Crying
The Hollies – We’re Through (performed in Trafalgar Square)
Elkie Brooks
The Chants
Susan Maughan
The Honeycombs
The Ivy League -
Ria Bartok
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
Lorne Gibson
The Zombies
ATV Call In On Carroll 10.05 -
Ronnie Carroll
Janie Marden
The Seekers
Gary Miller
Saturday 19th September 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.00 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Club Night 7.20 -
Donald Peers
Patsy Ann Noble
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
The Nashville Teens
Don Rennie
Dionne Warwick
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.15 pm -
Sandy Brown Band with Ernest Ranglin
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
Hosted by Dave Clark
Jim Reeves -
The Searchers
P J Proby (with The Ladybirds) (this appearance was cancelled)
Bill Haley & The Comets -
Dana Valery – I Wake Up Crying
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Tom Jones -
Guest DJ: Brian Matthew, Janice Nicholls in 'The Pop Shop'
ATV Night Spot 11.25 -
The Countrymen
Sunday 20th September 1964
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
The Spinners sings hymns from their respective backgrounds
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan (returning to host the show after Bruce Forsyth left)
Frank Ifield
Vikki Carr – I Cry Alone
ABC Tempo 11.10 -
More Minim with Dana Valery (who was starring in the West End show 'Wait A Minim')
Monday 21st September 1964
BBC1 The White Heather Club 7.35 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Lulu & The Luvvers -
The Animals
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers -
The Wackers
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
Tom Jones & The Squires -
Tuesday 22nd September 1964
BBC1 Song Boat 6.35 -
On the Thames, from Bray to Boulter’s Lock
David Kernan, Tommy Reilly, Margot Berry
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Jay Denyer, Louise Ramsay
Carole Deene
Chris Barber & Ottilie Patterson -
ITN News 5.55 -
The Beatles return from America
Southern Discwizz 6.30 -
content unknown
Granada Cinema 7.00 -
a look at Robin and the Seven Hoods with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Bing Crosby etc
Granada World In Action: The Flipside 10.05 – 10.35 pm
A look at the pop music business
The Rolling Stones – Hi Heel Sneakers
Terry Dene, Joe Meek, Ricky Valence, Eddie Rogers – interviews
The Bachelors – recording session
Wednesday 23rd September 1964
BBC2 The Danny Kaye Show 9.20 -
Diahann Carroll
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
ITN News 5.55 -
The Rolling Stones leave for America
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.45 -
content unknown
Anglia Music Match 7.00 -
content unknown
Westward Let’s Sing Out 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 24th September 1964
BBC1 Ring-
Valerie Masters
The Blue Aces
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
the first Thursday show
Hosted by Alan Freeman (in Manchester), David Jacobs (in London)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Animals – I’m Crying (film clip)
The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go (disc)
The Applejacks -
The Bachelors -
Brenda Lee -
Julie Rogers -
Dean Martin -
The Four Seasons -
Herman’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good (repeat 16th September 1964) number one
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
The Naturals
The Fenmen
Glenda Collins
Doug Sheldon
The Mudlarks
The Fortunes
Southern Late Date 10.52 -
Libby Morris
Friday 25th September 1964
BBC1 Barn Dance 6.35 -
The Countrymen
BBC1 The Big Noise, Or Episodes In The Uneasy Life Of A Top Pop Disc Jockey 8.00
-
The Untamed Four
Jimmy Savile as himself
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Hosted by Jay Denyer, Louise Ramsay
Link man for the show John Holford writes and performs Calypsos between the articles instead of speaking
The Rustiks
Ria Bartok
The Clearways
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Gerry & The Pacemakers – It’s Gonna Be Alright
Little Eva
Little Walter
A Band Of Angels (Cathy McGowan forgot the band's name. "I put my hand over my face and said 'Oh God'")
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders – Um Um Um Um Um Um
The Nashville Teens
The Four
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
Alex Harvey's Soul Band
The Trends
ATV Call In On Carroll 10.05 -
Ronnie Carroll
The Seekers
Dickie Valentine
Janie Marden
Saturday 26th September 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.45 -
Neville Wortman returns as producer
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.55 -
The Billy Cotton Band
Dionne Warwick
Sacha Distel
Russ Conway
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Lulu & The Luvvers
The Animals
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Val Doonican
Lita Rosa
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.35 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 11.05 -
Art Garner Quartet featuring Jim Hall
ABC Lucky Stars (Summer Spin) 5.50 -
Hosted by Adam Faith
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
The Animals
Jackie Trent
Them
Anita Harris
Toni Dalli
The Laurie Jay Combo
Susan Holliday (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ: Don Moss and Janice Nicholls in 'The Pop Shop'
ABC Freedom Special 11.20 -
Sammy Davis Jr, Lena Horne
ATV Night Spot 11.35 pm -
content unknown
Sunday 27th September 1964
BBC1 BBC2 Showcase: The Beat Room 3.30 -
BBC2 Allan In Wonderland (repeat)
Allan Sherman special
BBC2 It’s Beat Time 9.45 -
Chairman: David Jacobs
Recorded at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
Panel: Ringo Starr, Brian Epstein, Cilla Black, Billy Hatton (The Fourmost), Betty Hale, Alan Freeman, Linda Lewis
The Southerners
The Connoisseurs
The Starfires
The Apaches
Formula Five
The Down-
The Vibros
The Countdowns
Ray Stevart & The Cyclones
Danny Clarke & The Jaguars
The Crusaders
ABC The Sunday Break 6.15 -
content unknown
ABC Hallelujah 6.45 -
A programme of traditional church music
Tyne Tees It’s The Geordie Beat 7.28 -
Recorded City Hall, Newcastle 18th September 1964
Compared by Alan Freeman and assisted by David Hamilton
Nine local beat groups including Paul Ryan & The Streaks, The Del Five, The Starliners, The Silver Dollars, The Caesars
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Shirley Bassey
Monday 28th September 1964
BBC1 Sinaglong 7.30 -
A fusion of two previous shows Hoot'nanny and Singalong
The Corrie Folk Trio
Arthur Blake Four
Paddie Bell
Nadia Cattouse
The Pete Kerr Trio
Martin Carthy
The Arthur Blake Four
The Strawberry Hill Boys (trio from London who would evolve into Strawbs)
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
The Animals -
Little Eva -
Herman’s Hermits -
Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated (Korner wore an American Indian headband and tartan trousers)
The Badd Boys
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sound
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
TWW The Story Of A Folk Singer 6.30 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
From Belfast Telegraph. The Ulster Top Ten. Tony Martin introduces the current top discs in Ulster.
content unknown
TWW Discs-
Ria Bartok
The Banshees
Keith Powell & The Valets
Them
Rediffusion Bring On The Girls 9.10 -
Dana Valery -
Tuesday 29th September 1964
BBC1 Song Boat 6.30 -
Buckler’s Head to Beaulieu
Craig Douglas
ATV Hi T! 4.30 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Ladybirds
The Jones Boys
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Westward Let's Sing Out 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV Call In On Carroll 9.10 -
Ronnie Carroll
The Seekers
Janie Marden
Wednesday 30th September 1964
BBC1 Schools: Science Session 2: The Crystal Pickup
Records And Recording
BBC2 Something To Sing About: Folk Songs From Canada 6.50 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
ATV Call In On Carroll 9.10 -
Ronnie Carroll
Janie Marden
The Seekers
Granada A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On 9.45 -
According to the NME the soundtrack to the show will be released in the spring on an LP. The show was actually recorded in Manchester on 19th March 1964
Gene Vincent -
The Animals -
Jerry Lee Lewis -
The Flintstones -
Southern Evenin’ With Jimmy Witherspoon 11.30 pm -
Jimmy Witherspoon
Thursday 1st October 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The Ronettes had been pencilled in for an appearance
Hosted by David Jacobs
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Hollies -
The Supremes -
Roy Orbison -
Dean Martin -
Julie Rogers -
The Newbeats -
The Searchers -
Jimmy Savile -
Matt Monro -
Herman’s Hermits -
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
ATV For Teenagers Only 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 2nd October 1964
BBC1 Ring-
Valerie Masters
The Blue Aces
BBC1 The Big Noise 8.00 -
No musical guests of interest in this episode
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Zombies were pencilled in to appear
Tammy St John
The Band Of Angels
The Morgan-
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
John Lee Hooker with The Groundhogs
Lulu & The Luvvers
Keith Powell
Gene Pitney
Susan Holliday
The Bo Street Runners
ATV Fans! Fans! Fans! 6.15 -
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
Lulu & The Luvvers
Barry St.John
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Granada A Vote For The Stars 9.10 -
A look back at the general election of 1951 with archive clips
Dickie Valentine -
Lita Rosa -
Granada A Vote For The Stars 10.45 -
A look back at the general election of 1955 with archive clips
Elvis Presley -
Eddie Calvert -
Lonnie Donegan -
Saturday 3rd October 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.45 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Tornados
Susan Maughan
Graham & Lynn
Vince Hill
Matt Monro
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.35 -
BBC2 Songs From Many Lands 9.25 -
Esther & Abi Ofarim
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.25 -
Mel Torme with the Bill LaSage Dektet
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Disc noted that The Pop Shop item will be replaced with a "show within a show". The Rolling Stones were cut from the show
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Shirley Bassey -
Heinz
The Barron Knights
Chad & Jeremy
The Beat Merchants -
The 'Takers (aka The Undertakers)
Sandie Shaw
Ria Bartok
ABC Popspot 11.00 -
Manfred Mann -
Westward Let’s Sing Out 11.30 – 11.55 pm
content unknown
Sunday 4th October 1964
BBC2 Best of the Worlds 9.45 -
Henry Mancini
Ulster This and That (first of twelve)
Rog Whittaker
ATV Stingray 5.35 -
End Theme: Gary Miller
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
It's likely that The Honeycombs were pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Millicent Martin
The King Brothers
The Wychwoods
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
Sandie Shaw
The Nocturns
Monday 5th October 1964
BBC1 Sinagalong 7.30 -
The Corrie Folk Trio, Nadia Cattouse
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.27 -
Tom Jones & The Squires – What’d I Say, Chills And Fever
Julie Rogers – The Wedding, one other
The Kinks – You Really Got Me, Got Love If You Want It
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sound – Bread and Butter
The Beat Girls dance to Wayne Gibson – Whole Lotta Shakin’
John Lee Hooker with The Groundhogs – Boom Boom, Hobo Blues
The Syndicats – Can’t Judge A Book, Howling For My Baby
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
The Dave Clark Five
The Chants
Anita Harris
Tommy Quickly
Rediffusion They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
Reaches 6.8 million households according to Television Audience Measurement ratings
Joe Loss with Rose Brennan, Larry Greton, Ross McManus
Border Beauty and The Beat 9.45 -
Sheila Southern with Eric Delaney & His Band
Tuesday 6th October 1964
BBC1 Folk Like Folk 6.30 -
BBC1 Club Night 8.00 -
Donald Peers
Julie Rogers
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Zombies
Lady Lee
ATV Hi T! 6.35 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.45 -
content unknown
ATV Call In On Wynter 9.10 -
Mark Wynter
Janie Marden
The Seekers
Border Beauty and The Beat 9.45 -
Sheila Southern with Eric Delaney & His Band
Wednesday 7th October 1964
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Beat Merchants -
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
From The Pavillion Weymouth
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
ATV Hi T! 6.35 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
ATV Call In On Wynter 9.10 -
Mark Wynter
Janie Marden
The Seekers
Thursday 8th October 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The show features The Searchers in Sydney, Australia, the start of occasional location filming for the show. Talking to the Daily Mirror at the time, show producer Johnnie Stewart said "We want to get more artists out of the studio and into the open air. With so many of the chart toppers roaming around the world, it isn't always easy to keep up with them. It's also a very expensive job to film artists abroad then have them flown home. But we hope to capture a lot of American stars this way”.
Hosted by Peter Murray
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Kinks -
The Supremes -
The Supremes -
The Animals -
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers -
Herman’s Hermits -
The Hollies -
Sandie Shaw -
Henry Mancini -
The Searchers -
Matt Monro -
Roy Orbison -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 9th October 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
content unknown
BBC1 The Big Noise, Or Episodes In The Uneasy Life Of A Top Pop Disc Jockey 8.00
-
The Untamed Four
David Jacobs
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Nutrons
Barry St John
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Supremes
The Dave Clark Five
Manfred Mann – Sha La La
The Honeycombs – Is It Because
The Poets
The Rockin' Berries
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Ronettes
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The Merseybeats
The Poets
ATV Hi-
Jan Burnette
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Granada A Vote For the Stars 10.45 -
A look at the 1959 General Election with archive clips
Adam Faith, Chubby Checker, Russ Conway, Cliff Richard
Saturday 10th October 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.45 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Supremes
The Voomins
Anita Harris
Vince Hill
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.35 -
BBC2 An Evening With Miriam Makeba 9.45 -
Miriam Makeba
BBC2 Jazz 625 11.00 -
The Oscar Peterson Trio
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The Merseybeats were pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Dave Clark Five
Susan Maughan
Millie
The Applejacks
Michael Haslam
Troy Dante & The Infernos
The Banshees
Kathy Kirby
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Val Doonican
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
The Messengers
ABC Popspot 9.10 -
The Bachelors
Westward Let’s Sing Out 11.05 -
Oscar Brand introduces
The Highwaymen
Val Pringle
Dobson & Krause
ABC Tempo 11.10 -
The Making Of A Modern Musical: 'Maggie May' With Lionel Bart
Sunday 11th October 1964
BBC2 The Best of Both Worlds 9.55 -
Percy Faith Orchestra, Peter Nero
ABC Tempo 2.45 -
The making of Lionel Bart's Maggie May
ABC The Sunday Beak 6.35 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
The Ronettes
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
The Supremes
Monday 12th October 1964
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds
The Beat Chicks (probably The Beat Girls dance troupe)
The Roosters
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sound
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
Little Eva
Susan Maughan
A Band of Angels
The Blue Aces
Rediffusion The Girls In My Life 9.10 -
This might have been postponed until 18th November 1964
Adam Faith interviewed by Ronan O’Casey
Tuesday 13th October 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Susan Maughan
The Golden Crusaders
ATV Hi T! 6.35 -
content unknown
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Rediffusion Call In On Wynter 9.10 -
Mark Wynter -
Janie Marden
The Seekers
Wednesday 14th October 1964
BBC1 (North) Look North 6.35 -
The Beatles Interview
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
From the Town Hall, Chatham, Kent
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
ATV Hi T! 6.35 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Thursday 15th October 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – One Way Love (repeat 8th October 1964)
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Cliff Richard – The Twelfth Of Never (disc)
Herman’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good (repeat 16th September 1964)
The Nashville Teens – Google Eye
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me
The Supremes – Baby Love (repeat 8th October 1964)
Julie Rogers -
The Searchers -
Matt Monro -
Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman (disc) number one
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
The Ronettes
ATV Hi T! 6.35 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
ATV The Fred Astaire Show 9.05 pm -
The Jonah Jones Quartet(TN Election ‘64
(possibly) The Beatles -
Friday 16th October 1964
BBC1 The Big Noise 8.50 -
James Hamilton (presumably the club DJ)
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 9.30 -
Kathy Kirby
Robert Franklyn (baritone)
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Barron Knights
Christine Holmes
The Greenfields
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
The Isley Brothes backed by Alan Elsdon & His Voodoo Group pencilled in to appear, as were Millie and The Merseybeats
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Four Pennies -
Dionne Warwick – Reach Out For Me
Mick Jagger talks to Ellen Grehan
Richard Anthony
The Pretty Things -
Granada Scene At 6.30 6.30 -
The Beatles -
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The Pretty Things
Vince Martin & the Kimbos
ATV Hi T! 6.35 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees North East Newsview 6.35 -
The Beatles -
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 17th October 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.45 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.55 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Matt Monro (presented with a Disc Weekly silver disc for Walk Away)
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Peter & Gordon
Richard Anthony
Vince Hill
Rosemary Squires
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.35 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.50 -
Benny Golson
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
The Zombies were pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Manfred Mann – Sha La La
The Honeycombs
The Supremes -
The Gonks
Tommy Quickly
Christine Holmes
Mike Leroy
Diana Dors
The Nashville Teens (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ -
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Ronnie Carroll
Julie Rogers
George Chisholm & His Jazzers
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The King Brothers
ABC Popspot 11.00 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
Westward Let’s Sing Out 11.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 18th October 1964
BBC2 Best Of Both Worlds 9.50 -
Nelson Riddle with Carole Carr
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Roy Orbison
Errol Garner
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 19th October 1964
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Also seen listed as Beat Extra. It was recorded at the BBC TV theatre instead of BBC TV Centre because of coverage of the general election.
Dionne Warwick
Carl Perkins
The Honeycombs
The Nashville Teens
The Hell Raisers
Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
Millie
The Honeycombs
Linda Laine & the Sinners
Tuesday 20th October 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Supremes
Bern Elliott & The Klan
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Pretty Things
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 21st October 1964
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
From the Festival Theatre, Chichester
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
ATV The Roy Orbison Show 9.40 -
Roy Orbison -
Julie Rogers -
Thursday 22nd October 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Manfred Mann – Sha La La
The Hollies – We’re Through (repeat 1st October 1964)
The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go (disc)
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me (repeat 8th October 1964)
The Searchers -
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations -
Lesley Gore -
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders -
Dave Clark 5 -
Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman (TOTP film of Orbison on the roof of Derry & Toms department store) number one
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Shangri-
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 23rd October 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
The Hollies
BBC1 The Big Noise, Or Episodes In The Uneasy Life Of A Top Pop Disc Jockey 8.00
-
The Untamed Four
BBC1 Gala Performance 8.25 -
Benny Goodman, Ronnie Scott
Grampian Grampian Week 6.10 -
The Beatles -
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans might have been pencilled in to appear. Mary Wells was scheduled to appear, but security issues with The Beatles shows she was currently engaged in meant she had to cancel. Everyone involved on the Beatles' show had to be at the theatre by 4pm by which time it was locked from the inside to stop fans getting in.
Dionne Warwick
The Laurie Jay Combo
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Dave Clark Five – Anyway You Want It
Marianne Faithfull – Blowin’ In The Wind (initially the audio of The Kinks' Long Tall Shorty played instead)
Dusty Springfield – Losing You
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me
Mime Time -
The Rolling Stones -
The Dennisons
Peppi
Peter’s Faces
The Shangri-
Heinz
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The Kinks
Jay Anders & The Chevelons
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 24th October 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.45 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Petula Clark
The Morgan / James Duo
Sheila Buxton
Vince Hill
BBC2 Beat Extra 6.35 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.15 -
Annie Ross with The Tony Kinsey Quintet
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Kathy Kirby was pencilled in to appear, while The Dixie Cups cancelled
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Ronettes -
Richard Anthony -
Sandie Shaw -
Ronnie Hilton -
The Pretty Things -
Tony Dangerfield -
The First Gear -
Mary Wells -
Guest DJ -
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Susan Maughan
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The Messengers
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
ABC Popspot 11.05 -
The Honeycombs
Westward Let's Sing Out 11.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 25th October 1964
BBC1 BBC2 Showcase: Peter Paul & Mary 3.25 -
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.45 -
Frank Chacksfield with Kenneth McKellar
ABC The Sunday Break 6.35 -
content unknown
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Freddie & The Dreamers
Frankie Vaughan – You’ll Never Know, Hello Dolly (Vaughan moves into the audience for a walk around)
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 26th October 1964
BBC1 Singalong 7.30 -
New Lost City Ramblers
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Julie Grant
The Dixie Cups
Little Walter
The Roosters
Peter & The Headlines
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
TWW Discs-
The Plebs
Lorne Gibson
The Spencer Davis Group
Marianne Faithfull
Rediffusion Play Of The Week: A Really Good Jazz Piano 9.25 -
Leslie Hutchinson (Hutch)
Tuesday 27th October 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Marty Wilde
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 28th October 1964
BBC2 Peter Nero in Person 9.15 -
Peter Nero
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
From the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
AR Ben Casey: Allie 8.00 -
with Sammy Davis Jr
ATV Dave's Kingdom 9.10 -
Dave King
Mike Redfern
Thursday 29th October 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by David Jacobs
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Rockin' Berries -
The Supremes – Baby Love (repeat 8th October 1964)
Manfred Mann – Sha La La
The Shangri-
Matt Monro -
The Nashville Teens – Google Eye (probably audience dancing)
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders -
Julie Rogers -
Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman (repeat of 22nd October 1964 clip) This was actually was going down the chart at the time, but for this edition the top three singles were played
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me (repeat 8th October 1964) number one
The number one is played again with the credits
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
Yardbirds
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Friday 30th October 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Mark Wynter
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 8.25 -
Kathy Kirby
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Peter & Gordon
Vince Philpott & The Drags
Stevie Lewis
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Jackie DeShannon and Jimmy Reed were pencilled in for appearances
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Dixie Cups -
The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night
Sugar Pie Desanto -
Yardbirds
Rod Stewart -
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The Long & The Short
The Monarchs
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 6.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 31st October 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Dixie Cups
Manfred Mann
Susan Maughan
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.30 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.45 -
Erroll Garner
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Dusty Springfield
Gary Miller
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
The Shangri-
The Sun Specs
The Zombies
Lorne Gibson
Helen Shapiro
Guest DJ: Don Moss and Janice Nicholls reviewing the new releases in (a new style)
Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
The Viscounts
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
The Dallas Boys
ABC Popspot 11.08 -
The Migil Five
Westward Let's Sing Out 11.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 1st November 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 10.15 -
Robert Farnon
ABC Life and Al Read 5.10 -
Susan Maughan
ATV Lena 8.25 -
Lena Horne
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
Mary Wells
Monday 2nd November 1964
BBC1 Singalong 7.30 -
The Corrie Folk Trio
Nadia Cattouse
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Peter & The Headlines take over as the resident group (also seen as 26th October 1964)
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
The Breakaways
Sugar Pie Desanto
The Moody Blues
The Rockin’ Vicars
Sandie Shaw
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
TWW Discs-
The Pretty Things
Sandie Shaw
Rediffusion Something To Say 10.30 -
Daniel Farson Talks To Shirley Bassey
Tuesday 3rd November 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Manfred Mann -
Patsy Ann Noble
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Beach Boys
Mike Cotton's Sound
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 4th November 1964
BBC2 Ellington In Concert part two 9.15 -
Duke Ellington
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Martha & The Vandellas
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 7.00 -
content unknown
ATV The Billy Fury Show 9.40 -
Billy sings hits and comedy numbers "It's really a big break for me. I've always wanted to broaden my performances and in this show I'm getting the chance to do just that" he tells Daily Mirror.
Billy Fury -
Billy Fury, Sheila O'Neill & Tony Tanner -
The Gamblers
Thursday 5th November 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Martha & The Vandellas were pencilled in to record a spot for the show on 4th November 1964 as they were already in Manchester to do a Granada show
Hosted by Peter Murray
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Elvis Presley – Ain’t That Loving You Baby (disc)
The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night
The Nashville Teens – Google Eye (promo clip)
The Pretty Things – Don’t Bring Me Down
The Supremes – Baby Love (disc)
The Rockin' Berries -
The Searchers -
The Shangri-
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders -
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me number one
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Gene Pitney
Friday 6th November 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Val Doonican
BBC1 The Benny Hill Show 8.25 -
Julie Rogers
Mark Murphy
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Marianne Faithfull
Bobby Shafto
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
The Beatles Interviewed By Tony Bilbow
AR Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Kim Weston was due to appear but actually appeared on 27th November 1964, also The Plebs, Johnny Tillotson, Eden Kane were pencilled in to appear this week
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Beach Boys -
Gene Pitney & Dusty Springfield -
Dusty Springfield -
Gene Pitney -
Martha & The Vandellas -
The Fourmost – Baby I Need Your Lovin’
The Beach Boys -
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
Kenny & the Wranglers
Scottish Let's Sing Out 10.10 -
Probably the same show that Westward showed
contents unknown
Saturday 7th November 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Band Show 9.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Petula Clark
Mrs Mills
Val Doonican
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Beach Boys
Gene Pitney
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.35 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.05 -
Charlie Parker -
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Another Source Lists The Show As The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Manfred Mann
Hosted by Brian Matthew who mimics Keith Fordyce in a Ready Steady Go spoof
Gene Pitney -
The Four Pennies -
The Merseybeats -
Patsy Ann Noble -
Vince Philpott & the Drags -
Peter Lee Stirling -
Twinkle -
Guest DJ Sam Costa and Janice Nicholls reviewing the new releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
The King Brothers
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Miki & Griff
ABC Popspot 11.05 -
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Westward Let's Sing Out 11.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 8th November 1964
BBC1 BBC2 Showcase: Mahalia Jackson 3.25 -
BBC1 The Royal Variety Performance 7.50 -
Kathy Kirby -
Brenda Lee – All The Way
Lena Horne – Great Day, Surrey With The Fringe, Day In Day Out
Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Wonderful Life, The Twelfth Of Never
The Shadows – The Rise and Fall of Flingel Blunt, Tonight, Five Hundred Miles
The Bachelors – I Believe, Charmaine, He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands, I Wouldn’t Trade You For The World
Cilla Black – You’re My World (appears on stage in a sports car)
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 10.30 -
Henry Mancini, Mike Sammes Singers
ABC Big Beat ‘64 3.15 -
The Beatles
ATV Freedom Spectacular 3.50 – 5.35 pm
An NAACP special
Harry Belafonte, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jnr, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Keely Smith, Barbara McNair, Cannonball Adderly Sextet, Duke Ellington and his orchestra
ABC The Sunday Break 6.35 -
content unknown
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.50 -
content unknown
Monday 9th November 1964
BBC Singalong 7.30 -
The Settlers
The Corrie Folk Trio
Nadia Cattouse
Paddie Bell
Lionel Long -
The Arthur Blake Four
The Pete Kerr Trio
Martin Carthy
BBC1 Jazz 625 10.15 -
The Woody Herman Orchestra (repeated from BBC2 9th September 1964)
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Diana Dors
The Beach Boys
Troy Dante & The Infernos
Sonny Boy Williamson
The Beat Merchants
Peter & The Headlines
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Herman's Hermits
TWW Discs-
The Beach Boys I Get Around, When I Grow Up
Gene Pitney -
Yardbirds -
Tuesday 10th November 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Dana Varlery -
The Clarions
Malcolm Mitchell
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Dave Berry
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 11th November 1964
BBC2 Top Beat 9.15 -
Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall. The first of six shows, one a month.
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Gene Pitney
The Hollies
The Honeycombs -
The Kinks
Lulu & The Luvvers
Martha & The Vandellas
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
The Pretty Things
The Eric Delaney Band
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
From Ryde, Isle of Wight
Jimmie Hall & Robin Macgregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion They’ve Sold A Million 9.10 -
Manfred Mann
ATV The Dream Machine -
Documentary about producing a variety TV special
Cleo Laine
Adele Leigh
Millicent Martin
Thursday 12th November 1964
BBC1 Tonight 6.55 -
Davie Jones (Bowie) in interview about the ‘society for the prevention of cruelty to men with long hair’
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The Rockin' Berries were due to perform He's In Town, while the Daily Mirror lists The Poets making an appearance
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Dusty Springfield – Losing You (possibly on film)
Herman’s Hermits – Show Me Girl
The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night
Manfred Mann – Sha La La (repeat 29th October 1964)
Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman (repeat of 22nd October 1964 clip)
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me (repeat) This record was going down the chart at this time
The Four Pennies -
Jim Reeves -
Helmutt Zacharias -
The Supremes – Baby Love (repeat of 8th October 1964)
BBC1 Miss World 1964 9.40 -
Gary Miller
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Kim Weston
Friday 13th November 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Gene Pitney
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 8.25 -
Kathy Kirby
The Morgan / James Duo
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.30 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Searchers
Andre Silver
The (Liverpool) Spinners
Heinz
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Adam Faith & The Roulettes – Message To Martha
Herman’s Hermits – Show Me Girl
The Hollies – We’re Through, Come On Back
Françoise Hardy
Dave Berry
The Soul Sisters
The Rockin’ Berries -
Lou Johnson
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
content unknown
Scottish Let's Sing Out 10.05 -
contents unknown
Saturday 14th November 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.40 -
Jury -
Guest -
Records played -
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.25 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Adam Faith
Brenda Lee
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.30 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.10 -
Derek Smith
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Adam Faith & The Roulettes (swapping places with Freddie & The Dreamers who now appear the following week)
The Fourmost
Eden Kane
Them
The Beach Boys
Martha & The Vandellas
Little Peggy March
Guest DJ David Gell and Janice Nicholls reviewing the new releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Joan Regan
Janie Marden
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazzband
The Dallas Boys -
ABC Popspot 11.05 -
The Dave Clark Five
Westward Let's Sing Out 11.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 15th November 1964
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.20 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 10.05 -
Percy Faith with Peter Nero
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
The Travellers
Tony Hancock -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 16th November 1964
BBC1 Singalong 6.30 -
Martin Carthy
The (Liverpool) Spinners
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Dave Berry might have been pencilled in to appear
The Rockin’ Berries
Jackie De Shannon
Heinz & The Wild Boys
The Paramounts
The Farinas
Peter & The Headlines
Dave Berry
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Moody Blues
TWW Discs-
Lou Johnson
Mark Wynter
Lorne Lesley
Sounds Inc
Anglia Debate: Motion, This House Prefers Bach To The Beatles 10.30 -
Tuesday 17th November 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Heinz
The Hi-
Peppi With The Rustlers
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Lou Johnson
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.30 -
content unknown
ITV Rawhide: Canliss 8.00 -
Dean Martin (in acting role)
Rediffusion Freedom Road -
Wednesday 18th November 1964
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
From Salisbury
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Marvin Gaye
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Girls In My Life 8.00 -
Adam Faith
Thursday 19th November 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Gene Pitney – I’m Gonna Be Strong
The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night (repeat 12th November 1964)
Petula Clark – Downtown
The Pretty Things – Don’t Bring Me Down
The Rolling Stones – Little Red Rooster (disc)
The Rockin' Berries -
Val Doonican -
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders -
Helmutt Zacharias -
The Supremes – Baby Love (The GoJos dance routine, their first appearance – Linda Hotchkin, Jane Bartlett, Pat Hughes) number one
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
Friday 20th November 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
The Honeycombs -
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.40 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Caravelles
The UK’s
The Overlanders
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Zombies, Lou Johnson and Johnny Rivers were pencilled in to appear
The Plebs -
Paul Williams -
The Zephyrs -
Marvin Gaye -
Audience -
Chart run down
Simon Scott -
Patrick Kerr -
Kenny Lynch -
Jerry Lee Lewis & The Plebs -
Marvin Gaye -
Them -
Samantha Jones -
The Rolling Stones -
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
The Cherokees
The Athenians
Scottish Let's Sing Out 10.05 -
content unkknown
Saturday 21st November 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.20 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Marvin Gaye (it's possible that Jack Bruce backed up Marvin Gaye on bass for some TV shows about this time)
The Merseybeats
The Morgan / James Duo
Don Lang
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.30 -
BB2 Jazz 625 10.05 -
Coleman Hawkins with Harry 'Sweets' Edison at Wembley Town Hall
ABC Lucky Stars Special 5.50 -
The "Special" was probably a reference to The Beatles appearance, but two other NEMS acts also appear tonight.
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Beatles -
Freddie & The Dreamers (swapping places with Adam Faith & The Roulettes who appeared last week)
Alma Cogan
Sounds Incorporated
The Karl Denver Trio
Françoise Hardy
Tommy Quickly
Guest DJ Kent Walton and Janice Nicholls reviewing the new releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
The Vernons Girls
Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Acker Bilk
The Countrymen
ABC Popspot 11.05 -
The Merseybeats
Westward Let’s Sing Out 11.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 22nd November 1964
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.25 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Johnnie Ray -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
Sandie Shaw
Monday 23rd November 1964
BBC1 Singalong 6.30 -
The Seekers
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Rufus Thomas
Marty Wilde
Marvin Gaye
The Poets
TWW Discs-
Sandie Shaw
Adam Faith
Dave Berry
Tuesday 24th November 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Yardbirds – Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Jan Douglas – Walking In The Rain
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Sandie Shaw
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 25th November 1964
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
From Folkestone, Kent
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 7.00 -
content unknown
Rediffusion The Glad Rag Ball 9.40 -
Hosted by Jimmy Saville, Anne Nightingale
The London Students' Carnival charity show from the Empire Pool, Wembley, recorded 20th November 1964
The Rolling Stones
The Animals
Susan Maughan
Humphrey Lyttelton
Long John Baldry
Lorne Lesley
Ginger Johnson & His African Drummers
Thursday 26th November 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Features five repeats, only two new studio appearances and a record outside the top twenty
Hosted by David Jacobs
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Four Pennies -
Val Doonican -
Gene Pitney – I’m Gonna Be Strong (repeat 19th November 1964)
The Pretty Things – Don’t Bring Me Down
Roy Orbison – Pretty Paper (TOTP filmed clip)
The Rolling Stones – Little Red Rooster (disc) One music paper source suggests a montage of images was used over the track. Producer Johnnie Stewart said he was willing to have the band appear but Brian Jones was ill, and the host mentions that Brian's illness.
Petula Clark – Downtown (repeat)
The Kinks – All Day And All Of The Night (repeat 12th November 1964)
Adam Faith -
The Supremes – Baby Love (repeat 8th October 1964) number one
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
TWW Late Date 10.52 -
Dave Lee & his Trio
Friday 27th November 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 8.25 -
Kathy Kirby
The Morgan / James Duo
Ronnie Carroll
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.40 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Eden Kane
The Trendsetters
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Rufus Thomas was scheduled to appear (but appeared 11th December 1964), The Dakotas might have been due to play new single Oyeh
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Isley Brothers -
The Zombies -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas – Tennessee Waltz
The Searchers -
The Isley Brothers -
Sandie Shaw -
The Searchers -
The Beatles -
Kim Weston -
The Beatles -
The Beatles -
Scottish Dig This 6.30 -
The Dakotas
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Jerry Lee Lewis
Saturday 28th November 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.50 -
Julie Rogers
Frankie Vaughan
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.20 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
The Isley Brothers
Kim Weston
The Rockin' Berries
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.30 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.05 -
The Dave Brubeck Quartet part two
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Brenda Lee
The Hollies
Val Doonican
The Hullabaloos
The Three Bells
Dionne Warwick
The Isley Brothers
Marvin Gaye
Simon Scott (not listed in TV Times)
The Searchers (not listed in TV Times)
Guest DJ: Peter Noble and Janice Nichol reviewing the new releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Patsy Ann Noble
Freddie & The Dreamers
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Acker Bilk
The Dallas Boys
The Raindrops
ABC Popspot 11.05 -
The Fourmost
Westward Let’s Sing Out 11.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 29th November 1964
BBC1 Mantovani and His Orchestra 3.10 -
BBC1 Ninety Years On 7.50 -
Birthday celebration for Winston Churchill
Andy Stewart
Billy Cotton
Noel Coward
Alma Cogan – Old Bull and Bush
Kathy Kirby -
Edmund Hockridge
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.25 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 7.25 -
Henry Mancini
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.55 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Val Doonican
Eddie Calvert & The C Men
Max Bygraves
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 30th November 1964
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.30 -
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
The Isley Brothers
Alan Elsdon & The Voodoos (also seen as Alan Gordon & The Voodoos)
Howlin’ Wolf & Hubert Sumlin
Shelley
Jan Douglas
Peter & The Headlines
The Searchers
TWW Discs-
Freddie & The Dreamers
Julie Rogers
Lou Johnson
The Peddlers
Scottish Hey There! 6.45 -
Helen Shapiro -
Tuesday 1st December 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Honeycombs
Lorne Lesley
ITN News 5.55 -
Ringo Starr talks about forthcoming throat operation
Wednesday 2nd December 1964
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
The Miracles
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 3rd December 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Fans complain that The Rolling Stones' Little Red Rooster wasn't included in this edition of the show
Hosted by Peter Murray
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Freddie & The Dreamers – I Understand
Gene Pitney – I’m Gonna Be Strong (repeat 19th November 1964)
P J Proby – Somewhere
Roy Orbison – Pretty Paper (promo clip)
Adam Faith -
The Searchers -
Val Doonican -
Jimmy Savile (guest appearance)
The Beatles -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
Friday 4th December 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
Brenda Lee
BBC1 The Dick Emery Show 8.25 -
The King Brothers – What A Little Moonlight, Clap Yo’ Hands
Gary Miller -
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.40 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Applejacks
Julie Rogers
Clinton Ford
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Clive Goodwin as Keith Fordyce had to cancel, Cathy McGowan
P J Proby – Somewhere, interviewed by Cathy McGowan who asks him about his financial problems and he replies that he had been badly managed.
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
The Miracles – Mickey’s Monkey
The Moody Blues – Go Now
Peppi
Tony Wilson
The Peddlers
Dodie West
The Lancastrians
During the chart run-
Scottish Dig This! 6.30 -
content unknown
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Howlin' Wolf
Saturday 5th December 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Good Old Days 7.50 -
Eve Boswell
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.25 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Open House 4.00 -
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers – Waiting For The Robert E Lee, Samantha (performed for Joe’s daughter Sam Brown)
Dick & Dee Dee – Thou Shalt Not Steal
Kathy Kirby – in audience
Shelley
Ronnie Hilton – Falling In Love With Love, The Twelfth of Never
The Miracles
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.30 -
BBC2 Everybody Loves Gershwin 9.25 -
Janie Marden
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.15 -
All star jam session with Ronnie Scott
ABC Lucky Stars Special 5.50 -
Cilla Black might have been pencilled in to appear
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Rolling Stones -
Sandie Shaw
Clinton Ford
Herman’s Hermits
Mark Wynter
Petula Clark
Guest DJ: Muriel Young and Janice Nicholls reviewing the new releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
The Dallas Boys
Jackie Trent
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
The Raindrops
ABC Popspot 11.00 -
The Searchers
ABC Tempo: The Blues Come Walkin’ part one 11.15 -
Third American Folk Blues Festival In Manchester
Sonny Boy Williamson
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Willie Dixon
Sunnyland Jim
Sunday 6th December 1964
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.25 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 The Alberts Channel Too 7.30 -
ATV Stingray: Titan Goes Pop 5.35 -
This episode features Duke Dexter, pop star
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
The Beverly Sisters (The Beverly Sisters had planned to wear revealing tops as they had done in rehearsals but after wolf whistles backstage they were persuaded to change)
Robert Goulet
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 7th December 1964
BBC1 Singalong 6.30 -
Martin Carthy
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.00 -
Midlands acts are included to help celebrate the recent opening of the BBC2 Midlands transmitter
The Miracles
The Rockin’ Berries
Lulu & The Luvvers
Christine Holmes
Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions
Keith Powell & The Valets
Peter & The Headlines
TWW Discs-
content unknown
Scottish Hey There 6.45 -
The Alexander Brothers
Tuesday 8th December 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Three Bells
The Austins
The Contrasts
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 9th December 1964
BBC2 Top Beat 9.15 -
Hosted By Alan Freeman
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Nashville Teens
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Sounds Incorporated
The Miracles
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Yardbirds
The Bobby Patrick Big Six
Brenda Lee
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 10th December 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Cliff Richard & The Shadows – I Could Easily Fall In Love (disc)
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Yeh Yeh
Petula Clark – Downtown (The Go-
The Rolling Stones – Little Red Rooster (disc)
Sandie Shaw – Girl Don’t Come
Adam Faith -
The Bachelors -
Twinkle -
The Beatles -
ITN News 5.55 -
Ringo Starr leaves hospital
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
TWW Late Date 10.52 -
Dave Lee & His Trio
Friday 11th December 1964
BBC1 Crackerjack 5.05 -
The Rockin’ Berries
BBC1 The Kathy Kirby Show 8.25 -
The Hi-
Anglia In Between 5.25 -
Teen Beat Time
Julie Rogers -
Lisa (from The Jet Set)
Danny Williams
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Lulu
The Nashville Teens
The Countrymen
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Brenda Lee cancelled (she was due to sing a Christmas song)
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
Intro (Them -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames -
The MacKinleys -
Kenny Lynch -
Audience dances to James Brown -
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames -
Keith Fordyce chart run-
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations -
John L Watson & The Hummelflugs -
Rufus Thomas -
Dick & Dee Dee -
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
Saturday 12th December 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Black and White Minstrel Show 7.50 -
George Chisholm
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.30 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Open House (noted in music press but not broadcast as BBC2 begins broadcasting later than normal today)
The Zombies
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.30 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.45 -
The Newport All Stars
BBC2 Six: Diary of a Nobody 10.10 -
Music by Ivor Cutler
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Johnny Rivers scheduled to appear, but his UK tour was cancelled.
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Searchers
Frankie Vaughan
The Miracles
Julie Rogers -
Mike Berry
Adam, Mike & Tim
The Naturals
Guest DJ Doug Arthur and Janice Nicholls reviewing the new releases in Spin-
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
Val Doonican
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
The Vernons Girls
The Dallas Boys
ABC Popspot 11.05 -
Kenny Lynch -
ABC Tempo: The Blues Come Walkin’ part two 11.15 -
Sleepy John Estes
Howlin’ Wolf
Sugar Pie Desanto
Sunday 13th December 1964
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.25 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BC2 Best Of Both Worlds: Percy Faith 7.25 -
Percy Faith
Peter Nero
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8.25 -
Frank Ifield
Julie Rogers -
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 14th December 1964
BBC1 Singalong 6.30 -
The Seekers
Martin Carthy
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.00 -
The Pretty Things
The Nashville Teens
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Marianne Faithfull
The Naturals
Rufus Thomas
Peter & The Headlines
TWW Discs-
Lulu
The Four Pennies
The Barron Knights
Granada Scene at 6.30 6.30 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Scottish Hey There 6.45 -
Teresa Duffy
Tuesday 15th December 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Rory Storm & The Hurricanes
The Baby Dolls – The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.40 -
content unknown
Wednesday 16th December 1964
BBC2 The Hollywood Palace 9.15 -
Hosted by Dean Martin
The Rolling Stones
Southern The R and J Road Show 6.30 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
From the City Hall, Salisbury
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 7.00 -
content unknown
Granada Cinema 7.00 -
clips from pop movies -
Thursday 17th December 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
The Swinging Blue Jeans were listed in Daily Mirror as appearing
Hosted by Alan Freeman
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas (disc)
Freddie & The Dreamers – I Understand
P J Proby – Somewhere
Sandie Shaw – Girl Don’t Come (repeat 10th December 1964)
The Bachelors -
The Searchers -
Twinkle -
Val Doonican -
The Fourmost -
The Beatles -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
TWW Late Date 10.52 -
Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
Friday 18th December 1964
BBC1 Christmas Crackerjack 5.05 -
content unknown
BBC1 Club Night 8.25 -
Donald Peers
Joan Regan
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.40 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
The Barron Knights
Valerie Masters -
ITN News 5.55 -
Dusty Springfield interview
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 6.08 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Animals
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes -
Petula Clark – Downtown
Millie
The Roulettes
Bobby Jameson
The Downliners Sect
Saturday 19th December 1964
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.15 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Billy Cotton Band Show 7.50 -
Matt Monro
Val Doonican
Russ Conway
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.20 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.30 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.45 -
The Johnny Scott Quintet with Millicent Martin
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Hosted by Brian Matthew
Freddie & The Dreamers
Kenny Ball’s Jazzman
The Wolves
The Barron Knights
Jackie Trent
Dave Berry -
Karol Keyes – You Beat Me To The Punch
Guest DJ Jimmy Savile and Janice Nicholls reviewing the new releases in Spin-
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.25 -
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
The Raindrops
ABC Comedy Bandbox 6.35 -
content unknown
ABC Popspot 11.05 -
Dusty Springfield -
Sunday 20th December 1964
BBC2 Showcase: Esther & Abi Ofarim 3.20 -
BBC1 Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life 10.15 -
Barbara Evans
Cleo Laine
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 7.25 -
Marni Nixon
Robert Farnon & His Orchestra
ABC The Sunday Break 6.35 -
includes an excerpt of A Man Dies, performed at the Royal Albert Hall
TWW Looking For A King 6.35 -
The Daniel Jazz, a modern musical interpretation of Daniel in the lion's den
ATV Judy and Liza 8.25 – 9.25 pm
Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli at the London Palladium
ATV Drama ’64: It’s Sad About Eddie 9.35 -
Max Bygraves plays a song writer who is convinced that someone is stealing his song ideas from his head. Peter Murray plays a DJ friend. The show was directed by Josephine Douglas who had also appeared on The 6.5 Special with Murray
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
content unknown
Monday 21st December 1964
BBC1 Singalong 6.30 -
The Seekers
The Islanders
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.00 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four
The Untamed
The Three Bells
Twinkle
Peter & The Headlines
Nix Nomads
Border Beauty and the Beat 6.05 -
Sheila Southern
Eric Delaney
Rediffusion That’s For Me 6.08 -
Request show hosted by Dan Farson and Anne Nightingale
content unknown
Scottish Hey There 6.45 -
Joe Brown & His Bruvvers
Rediffusion Deep And Crisp And Stolen 9.10 – 10.40 pm
Play with Keith Fordyce and Cathy McGowan
TWW Discs-
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Jackie Trent
Des & Dave
(possibly) Freddie & The Dreamers
Tuesday 22nd December 1964
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Susan Maughan
Des & Dave
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Rediffusion Mike: The Big Beat Contest (episode 13 of children's drama serial) 5.25 – 5.55 pm
content unknown
Southern Day By Day 6.05 -
Sonny Boy Williamson Interview
Channel Now! Look! Here! 6.15 -
content unknown
Wednesday 23rd December 1964
BBC1 Vision On 5.30 -
The Moody Blues
Southern The R and J Road Show 7.00 -
Broadcast from the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
Steve Benbow
Ulster Pop Scene ‘64 7.00 -
content unknown
Thursday 24th December 1964 Christmas Eve
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘64: The Number One Records Of The Year 7.25 -
A short Beatles interview clip with Jimmy Savile might have been included
Hosted by Jimmy Savile, David Jacobs, Peter Murray, Alan Freeman
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
The Searchers -
The Beatles -
Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Roy Orbison – Oh Pretty Woman (film clip)
The Honeycombs – Have I The Right
Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart (repeat 8th July 1964)
The Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over (The GoJos dance routine)
The Four Pennies -
Peter & Gordon -
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas – Little Children
Cilla Black – You’re My World (repeat 5th February 1964)
The Beatles -
Herman’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good
The Searchers -
The Beatles -
Roy Orbison – It’s Over (film clip)
The Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me
The Supremes – Baby Love (repeat 8th October 1964)
The Beatles -
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
contents unknown
Rediffusion HMS Paradise Meets HMS Eagle 7.30 -
Julie Rogers
Val Doonican
The Ladybirds
Friday 25th December 1964 Christmas Day
BBC1 Christmas Night With The Stars 7.15 -
Kathy Kirby – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Silent Night
The Barron Knights in Top Of The Pops segment doing a Christmas medley
Andy Stewart
Billy Cotton
BBC2 Muses With Milligan 8.05 -
poetry and jazz
Cleo Laine
Steve Benbow
Rediffusion Mahalia Jackson Sings 10.40 -
Mahalia Jackson
Chris Barber Band
Toots Theilmans
ATV Once A Jolly Swagman... 2.00 -
Petula Clark was lined-
Frank Ifield
Janie Marden -
Rediffusion Richard Whittington Esq 3.10 -
Pantomime with Tommy Steele
Rediffusion Don't Say A Word 4.30 -
quiz show with guest Glen Mason
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Broadcast from Trafalgar Square, London
The Hollies
Millie
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Joy Strings
Rediffusion Ready, Steady, Go! 5.30 -
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The Searchers – This Feeling Inside, What Have They Done To The Rain
Herman’s Hermits
Sandie Shaw – Girl Don’t Come
Dave Berry
The Four Pennies
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
The Nashville Teens
The Moody Blues
ATV ATV Today 6.10 -
Presents Christmas Party
Sheila Southern
The Rockin' Berries
Rediffusion Stars And Garters 10.40 -
Susan Maughan
The Square Pegs
Steve Berry
Kim Cordell
Johnny Sheldon
Joan Turner
Rediffusion Black Nativity 11.25 pm -
Marion Williams & The Stars of Faith
Alex Bradford & The Bradford Singers
Princess Stewart
Saturday 26th December 1964 Boxing Day
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 5.30 -
Jury -
Guest -
BBC1 The Danny Kaye Show 11.00 -
Nat King Cole
BBC2 The Beat Room 6.30 -
BBC2 Jazz 625 10.50 -
Compilation of first year’s worth of shows
ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5.50 -
Jane Murdoch was pencilled in to appear
All Star Christmas Edition
Hosted by Brian Matthew
The Bachelors
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Honeycombs
Mike Sarne
Susan Maughan
The Viscounts
Valerie Masters
Guest DJ Peter Murray and Janice Nicholls reviewing the new releases in Spin-
ABC Boxing Night Out 6.35 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers -
Julie Rogers -
ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 8.30 -
Acker Bilk
The Travellers
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Sunday 27th December 1964
BBC2 Best of Both Worlds 9.40 -
Henry Mancini, Mike Sammes Singers
ATV On The Braden Beat 2.45 -
Alma Cogan
ABC Big Beat ‘64 3.15 -
ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 7.28 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Petula Clark -
Russ Conway
The Miami Show Band
ABC The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.05 -
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Monday 28th December 1964
BBC1 Singalong 6.30 -
The Seekers
The Corrie Folk Trio
BBC2 The Beat Room 7.00 -
The Art Woods
Karol Keys
The Hell Raisers
Peter & The Headlines
The Long & The Short
AR Postcard From Oslo 6.08 -
A musical documentary presented by Anne Nightingale
Scottish Hey There 6.45 -
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
TWW Discs-
The Honeycombs
Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four
Dodie West
Paul Conway
Anglia Play Of The Week: The Rise And Fall Of Nellie Brown 9.10 – 10.50 pm
Millie plays Selina Brown who leaves her home in Liverpool to seek her fortune in London
Songs written by Delores Claman
Millie -
Kenny Lynch (plays Hector)
Elisabeth Welch (plays Nellie)
Tuesday 29th December 1964
BBC1 Hollywood and the Stars 8.00 -
Bing Crosby
BBC1 Last Summer by the Seaside 9.25 -
Documentary
Paul Ainsley (beat group playing at club)
Rediffusion The Five O’Clock Club 5.00 -
Kenny Ball
Tsai Chin
Granada World In Action 10.05 -
Featuring a collection of film clips previously un-
The Rolling Stones – clip from earlier in year
Wednesday 30th December 1964
ATV It's Tarbuck 9.10 -
The King Brothers
Thursday 31st December 1964
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Murray
Theme -
Top ten rundown with number one record
The Moody Blues -
Cliff Richard & The Shadows – I Could Easily Fall In Love (disc)
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Yeh Yeh (repeat 10th December 1964)
Gerry & The Pacemakers – Ferry ‘Cross The Mersey (promo clip)
Petula Clark – Downtown (repeat 19th November 1964)
Shadows – Genie With The Light Brown Lamp (The GoJos dance routine)
Swinging Blue Jeans -
Twinkle -
Val Doonican -
The Beatles -
BBC1 Panorama Of The Year
Brian Epstein interview
BBC2 Beat In The New Year 11.35 pm -
A Beat Room Special part one 11.35 pm -
Hosted by Pat Campbell
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
The Kinks (The BBC managed to get The Kinks to agree to appear before their Ready Steady Go commitment was agreed, but the BBC didn't insist on an 'exclusive' appearance so The Kinks could do both shows if they could get across London in time. However, the BBC insisted that the band be present at the end of their broadcast after midnight, making it almost impossible to do both shows, so they subsequently withdrew from RSG)
The Merseybeats
The Graham Bond Organisation
Christine Holmes
Ray Singer
Peter & The Headlines
Part two Davy Kaye Presents Beat Cabaret 12.05 -
P J Proby
The Rockin’ Berries
Julie Rogers -
The Long & The Short
with Les Beat Room Can-
Southern Three Go Round 5.25 -
The Moody Blues
Tyne Tees The Joan Turner Show 6.05 -
Joan Turner
Southern Ladybirds 6.30 -
Petula Clark
Rediffusion The Andy Williams Show 9.40 -
Andy Williams
The Williams Brothers
Rediffusion The New Year Starts Here...So Ready, Steady, Go! 11.05 pm -
The Beatles had been invited to appear but declined, however Paul McCartney was on set alongside his girlfriend Jane Asher. The Kinks had already agreed to be on the BBC2 Beat Room special but couldn't get across town in time to appear on RSG. "The BBC have been decent about all this" says Mr. Arthur Howes, the Kinks' manager, talking to the Daily Mirror. "But, as it just isn't possible to guarantee their appearance we have withdrawn from the ITV show." The Searchers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas were also pencilled in to appear.
Hosted by Keith Fordyce, Cathy McGowan
The show begins with Harry Fowler and Kenny Lynch doing a spoof news report from the ITN studio
The Animals
The Dave Clark Five
Freddie & The Dreamers
Kenny Lynch, Billy Walker and Harry Fowler -
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men -
Manfred Mann
Susan Maughan
Sandie Shaw
Dusty Springfield
The Rolling Stones – Around And Around, Little Red Rooster, Off The Hook (repeat of 20 November 1964)
The Bo Street Runners
Kenny Lynch, Harry Fowler and Anne Nightingale -
Harry Fowler, Kenny Lynch and Mick McManus -
Also This Year
BBC Grandstand
Sam Cooke with Cassius Clay -
BBC Tonight
Sam Cooke -
Rediffusion Orlando
Marc Feld (Marc Bolan) in bit part in two episodes
ITA Kellogs Rice Krispies ad
with The Ramblers
Scottish Round Up c.December
The Rockin' Berries -
AR Our Man At St Marks
Rey Anton & The Peppermint Men -
ITV 100 Rabbits Don't Make A Horse
play with theme Kenny Lynch -
Channel Look! Now! Here!
various clips
Freddie & The Dreamers -
Manfred Mann -
The Barron Knights -
The Swinging Blue Jeans -
Scottish One Night Stand
Phil & The Flintstones -
Tommy & The Apaches -
The Seven Sinners, The Golden Crusaders and "an English lot called the Zephers" (March 1964)
Scottish unknown show
The Sneekers -
Tyne Tees Rehearsal Room
The Martelles -
Granada World In Action
Roy Tempest interview
BBC1 Top Of The Pops
PJ Proby appeared with his arm in a sling as a dog had bitten him
ITV Timex advert (c.August)
The band on stage are The Hideaways with future record plugger Judd Lander on guitar
BBC (East) East At Six Ten (c.March)
Cilla Black interview
BBC Time For Tich 11th Apri 1964 (the show would later appear as Tich on Wednesdays the following month)
Susan Maughan
ITV Shell oil adverts (c.July)
Sammy Davis Jr
Granada Scene at 6:30 (June or July)
Long John Baldry & His Hoochie Coochie Men
TWW Here Today (March 1964)
Rosemary Squires
Ulster Preview (January)
Mike Hurst -