TV Pop Diaries
Popular Music on British Television
1972
Saturday 1st January 1972
BBC1 Here Come The Double Deckers
with Brinsley Forde
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard 6:15 -
Cliff Richard
The New Seekers – A Song For Europe 1
The Flirtations
Olivia Newton-
BBC1 Time For Baxter 11:05 -
Clodagh Rodgers
BBC2 The Point 4:15 -
Harry Nilsson
BBC2 Harry Nilsson In Concert 9:55 -
LWT Aquarius
Esther Ofarim and Jack Good
Sunday 2nd January 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Gilbert O’Sullivan – No Matter How I Try
Southern Ferry ‘Cross The Mersey movie
Gerry and The Pacemakers, Cilla Black etc
ATV The Golden Shot
Kenny Lynch
The Bachelors
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Wilma Reading
Tuesday 4th January 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
The Kinks – Have A Cuppa Tea
Muddy Waters – interviewed by Mike Raven
David Ackles -
Wednesday 5th January 1972
Granada Lift Off 4:55 – 5:25
Ayshea Brough
Des O'Connor – For The Good Times
Nina – Born Free, Living Free and clip from the movie
Tony Burrows -
The Candy Choir -
Thursday 6th January 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
The New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (repeat)
Benny Hill Ernie (TOTP clip)
Elvis Presley I Just Can't Help Believing (promo)
Faces Stay With Me (repeat)
America Horse With No Name
Deep Purple Fireball (disc)
John Barry Theme From The Persuaders (audience dancing over closing credits)
Labi Siffre It Must Be Love (repeat)
Tony Christie Is This The Way To Amarillo
Melanie Brand New Key (TOTP film of a woman cycling and skating )
The Coasters Love Potion Number Nine
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Vera Lynn
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Friday 7th January 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72 5:05 -
NB This was the first show since early 1970 as the BBC had decided to bring the show to an end.
Musical guests not known
LWT show The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
Osibisa
Marsha Hunt
Saturday 8th January 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
The New Seekers – A Song For Europe 2
The Flirtations
Olivia Newton-
BBC2 Melanie In Concert 11:00 -
BBC1 Braden’s Week
Jake Thackaray
Sunday 9th January 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Musical guests not known
BBC1 Engelbert with The Young Generation 7:28 -
NB Co-
Engelbert Humperdinck
ATV The Golden Shot
Jackie Trent
New World
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Nina
Barry Crocker
Monday 10th January 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 11:10 -
Yes
Tuesday 11th January 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:50 pm -
Fairport Convention – The Time Is Near, The Hanging Song (NB drummer is wearing a
t-
Jimmy & Vella
Southern Viva Las Vegas 7:00 -
Wednesday 12th January 1972
Southern Get This!
Hosts: Harry Fowler and Kenny Lynch
Thursday 13th January 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (repeat)
Faces Stay With Me (disc)
Sly & The Family Stone Family Affair (disc)
Stevie Wonder If You Really Love Me
Donnie Elbert Where Did Our Love Go (disc)
America Horse With No Name
Neil Reid Mother Of Mine
The Bee Gees My World
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Theme From The Onedin Line (promo)
Al Green Let's Stay Together (promo)
Greyhound Moon River
Yorkshire Sez Les
Gilbert O’Sullivan -
The Peddlers
Friday 14th January 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
LWT show The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
Georgie Fame and Alan Price
Saturday 15th January 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
The New Seekers – A Song For Europe 3
The Flirtations
Olivia Newton-
BBC2 David Gates In Concert 11:00 -
Grampian The Grampian Night Club
Malcolm Vaughan
Sunday 16th January 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Musical guests not known
BBC1 Engelbert Humperdinck and The Young Generation
Lulu
The Friends of Distinction
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Petula Clark
Lovelace Watkins
ATV The Golden Shot
Pagliaro
Design
Monday 17th January 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 11:10 -
Stephen Stills
Thames Opportunity Knocks
The John Miles Set
Tuesday 18th January 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:50 pm -
Bell & Arc
John Martyn
Steve Howe
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile (Berkley)
Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (Sweet Toronto)
Wednesday 19th January 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 20th January 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
T.Rex Telegram Sam
New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (repeat)
Faces Stay With Me (repeat)
Isaac Hayes Shaft (promo)
Sandie Shaw Where Did They Go
Donnie Elbert Where Did Our Love Go (disc)
Greyhound Moon River (disc)
John Barry Theme From The Persuaders (clip of Pan's People in open top car and casino)
Bread Baby I'm A Want You (repeat)
Badfinger Day After Day
Melanie Brand New Key (TOTP film for a young woman skating and cycling)
Sonny & Cher All I Ever Need Is You (disc)
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Vera Lynn
New World
Tom Paxton
Yorkshire Sez Les
The Bachelors
Friday 21st January 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
Grampian The Stuart Gillies Ceilidh
Saturday 22nd January 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard -
The New Seekers – A Song For Europe 4, I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
The Flirtations
Olivia Newton-
BBC2 Gordon Lightfoot In Concert part one 11:00 -
ATV Saturday Variety 80:30 – 9:30 pm
Dorothy Squires
Stuart Gillies
Sunday 23rd January 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Musical guests not known
BBC1 Engelbert Humperdinck and The Young Generation
Melba Moore
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
The Bachelors
ATV The Golden Shot
The Bee Gees
Sandie Shaw
Monday 24th January 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 11:10 -
Blue Mink
Thames Opportunity Knocks
The John Miles Set (winners from previous week)
Tuesday 25th January 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:50 pm – end
Host: Richard Williams
Curtis Mayfield – Gotta Have Peace, Keep On Keeping On, interview
The Rock N Roll All Stars -
Wednesday 26th January 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 27th January 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
T Rex -
The New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (repeat)
Stevie Wonder If You Really Love Me
Neil Reid Mother Of Mine (repeat)
Pagliaro Lovin' You Ain't Easy
Chicory Tip Son Of My Father
Fortunes Storm In A Teacup
Chi-
Don Mclean American Pie (disc)
Sonny & Cher All I Ever Need Is You (playout disc)
Yorkshire Sez Les
Shirley Bassey – Diamonds Are Forever, one other
Friday 28th January 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
Saturday 29th January 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
Elton John
The New Seekers – A Song For Europe 5 Songs of Praise, written by Roy Wood
Olivia Newton-
The Flirtations
BBC2 Ralph McTell In Concert 11:00 -
BBC2 Hound Dog Man 11:35 -
BBC1 Braden’s Week
Jake Thackaray
ATV Saturday Variety
The Grumbleweeds
Russ Conway
Sunday 30th January 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Musical guests not known
BBC1 Engelbert Humperdinck and The Young Generation
The 5th Dimension
Dionne Warwick
ATV The Golden Shot
NB The last to be hosted by Bob Monkhouse
Blue Mink
Monday 31st January 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 11:05 -
B B King
Tuesday 1st February 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test
Host: Richard Williams
Poco – Railroad Days, Just For Me and You
Stevie Wonder interview
Ed Welch -
Granada Stars Of The Year 10:30 -
The Bachelors
Anita Harris
Vince Hill
Wednesday 2nd February 1972
BBC2 Nana International
Nana Mouskori with The Oscar Peterson Trio
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 3rd February 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile (Daily Mirror has the host as Ed Stewart)
T Rex Telegram Sam (repeat)
Curtis Mayfield We Got To Have Peace
Sly & The Family Stone Family Affair (disc)
Al Green Let's Stay Together (promo)
Slade Look Wot You Dun
Donnie Elbert Where Did Our Love Go (disc)
The Bee Gees My World (repeat)
Chicory Tip Son Of My Father
Greyhound Moon River
Badfinger Day After Day (repeat)
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Vera Lynn
Labi Siffre
Frank Ifield
Granada After The Fox movie The Hollies theme
Yorkshire Sez Les
The Peddlars
Friday 4th February 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
Saturday 5th February 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
The New Seekers – A Song For Europe 6
Olivia Newton-
The Flirtations
BBC2 Gordon Lightfoot In Concert Part Two 11:05 -
LWT Aquarius 10:40 -
From Pyramids to pop star (includes Ravi Shakar)
ATV Saturday Variety
Moira Anderson
Sunday 6th February 1972
BBC1 Engelbert with The Young Generation
Engelbert Humperdinck
Tom Jones
Billy Preston
ITV Sunday Cinema: Don't Ever Leave Me with Petula Clark
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 7th February 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out
Mr Fox (folk group)
ITV The Singer, The Song
Roger Whittaker
Tuesday 8th February 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
David Bowie -
Wednesday 9th February 1972
BBC1 A Conversation With Duke Ellington 11:15 -
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 10th February 1972
no Top Of The Pops due to Winter Olympics
Yorkshire Sez Les
New World
Friday 11th February 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
BBC2 Review: Three Voices On Their Own 9:20 -
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Saturday 12th February 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
The New Seekers – All of the A Song For Europe songs
Out on the Edge of Beyond (Mike Sammes/John Bendall)
Sing Out (Robbie Dunlop)
Why Can'We All Get Together (Ray Davies)
One by One (Mike Leander/Eddie Seago)
Songs of Praise (Roy Wood)
Beg, Steal or Borrow (Tony Cole/Graeme Hall/Steve Wolfe)
BBC1 Braden’s Week
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Up Country 9:20 -
Host: George Hamilton IV
BBC2 Midnight Movie: Captain Newman MD
Bobby Darin
Granada Who Do You Do?
Tony Brandon (Radio 2 DJ doing impersonations of other DJs)
LWT Aquarius 10:40 -
Bob Copper and The Copper Family
ATV Saturday Variety
Billy Eckstein
Sunday 13th February 1972
BBC1 Engelbert with The Young Generation
Engelbert Humperdinck
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Mary Travers
BBC2 Up Sunday
Kenny Everett
ATV The Golden Shot
Christie
The Sweet
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Johnny Mathis
Monday 14th February 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 11:15 -
The Drifters
Tuesday 15th February 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:45 pm -
The Mick Greenwood Band
Jimmy & Vella
The Faces – live at The Rainbow, London
Wednesday 16th February 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 17th February 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Nilsson Without You (Promo clip)
Chicory Tip Son Of My Father (repeat)
Billy Preston I Wrote A Simple Song
Cliff Richard Jesus
Slade Look Wot You Dun
The Hollies The Baby
Sweet Poppa Joe
Fortunes Storm In A Teacup
Colin Bluntstone Say You Don't Mind
Don McLean American Pie (film clip)
Michael Jackson Got To Be There (disc)
Paul Simon Mother And Child Reunion (disc)
BBC2 Lulu’s Party 9:20 -
Lulu
Carpenters
Peter Noone
The Hermits
Horst Jankovski
Yorkshire Sez Les
Peter Noone
Friday 18th February 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
The Yetties
Saturday 19th February 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
The New Seekers – Beg Steal or Borrow (A Song For Europe winner)
Cilla Black
The Flirtations
BBC2 Up Country
George Hamilton IV
LWT Aquarius 10:40 -
Elton John and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (at the Royal Festival Hall)
ATV Saturday Variety
Petula Clark
Sunday 20th February 1972
BBC1 Engelbert Humperdinck and The Young Generation
Jose Feliciano
Wilma Reading
ATV The Golden Shot
Peter Straker
Monday 21st February 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 11:20 -
Labi Siffre
Tuesday 22nd February 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
Rick Nelson
Hookfoot
Wednesday 23rd February 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 24th February 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Chicory Tip Son Of My Father (repeat)
Gilbert O'Sullivan Alone Again Naturally
The New Seekers Beg Steal Or Borrow (repeat)
Sweet Poppa Joe
The Bee Gees My World (repeat)
Fortunes Storm In A Teacup (disc)
Jonathan King Flirt
Badfinger Day After Day (repeat)
Chelsea FC Blue Is The Colour
Don McLean American Pie (disc)
Paul Simon Mother And Child Reunion (disc)
The Bee Gees My World (repeat)
Friday 25th February 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
Saturday 26th February 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard -
Olivia Newton-
Severine
The Flirtations
BBC2 Up Country
George Hamilton IV
ATV Saturday Variety
Alan Price & Georgie Fame
Lena Martell
Sunday 27th February 1972
BBC1 Engelbert Humperdinck and The Young Generation
NB A co-
Cilla Black
Rod McKeun
ATV The Golden Shot
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Tony Hatch
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Gene Pitney
Anita Harris
Monday 28th February 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 1:25 -
Stone The Crows / Maggie Bell
BBC1 Gunfight At Aberline 1967 movie with Bobby Darin
Thames Opportunity Knocks
Smith & Son (father & son organ / drum duo who later signed to Decca)
Tuesday 29th February 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:45 pm -
Seals and Croft -
Strawbs
Thames The Sooty Show
Gerry Marsden
Wednesday 1st March 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 2nd March 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn (Daily Mirror said the host was Ed Stewart)
Chicory Tip Son Of My Father (repeat)
Donnie Elbert Can't Help Myself (disc)
Lindisfarne Meet Me On The Corner (repeat)
Cliff Richard Jesus (repeat)
Nilsson Without You (promo clip)
Slade Look Wot You Dun (promo clip)
Fifth Dimension Together Let's Find Love
Gilbert O'Sullivan Alone Again Naturally (repeat)
The New Seekers Beg Steal Or Borrow (repeat)
Jonathan King Flirt (disc)
Colin Bluntstone Say You Don't Mind (repeat)
BBC2 Nana Mouskouri and The Athenians 9:20 -
Musical guests not known
ITV Exclusively Elvis 7.20 -
Jailhouse Rock with Elvis Presley
Friday 3rd March 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
Saturday 4th March 1972
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
Olivia Newton-
Labi Siffre
The Flirtations
BBC1 Braden’s Week
Jake Thackaray
BBC2 Up Country
George Hamilton IV
ATV The Val Doonican Show
Marian Montgomery
Sunday 5th March 1972
BBC1 Engelbert with The Young Generation
Engelbert Humperdinck
Ray Stevens
Dana
ATV The Golden Shot
Matt Monro
Monday 6th March 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 11:15 -
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Thames Opportunity Knocks
Smith & Son (winners from previous week)
Tuesday 7th March 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
David Elliott
Plainsong
ATV Des 7:05 -
Petula Clark
Wednesday 8th March 1972
BBC1 Tommy Hunt at the Golden Gates 11:15 -
with The Breakaways
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 9th March 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile, Ed Stewart (Daily Mirror says just Ed Stewart on his own, but an audio recording suggests it's just Savile)
The Hollies -
Donnie Elbert -
Lindisfarne -
The Supremes -
Ray Stevens -
Les Crane -
Christie -
Don McLean -
Paul Simon -
Argent -
Olivia Newton-
Nilsson -
Partridge Family -
Friday 10th March 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
Saturday 11th March 1972
BBC1 We Want To Sing 5:05 -
Musical guests not known
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
Olvia Newton-
Marvin Welch & Farrar
The Flirtations
BBC2 Up Country
George Hamilton IV
Wally Whyton
LWT Aquarius
The pursuit of happiness -
ATV Saturday Variety
Edmund Hockeridge, The Dallas Boys
ITV Theatre of Stars
Murder in the First with Bobby Darin
Sunday 12th March 1972
BBC2 Engelbert withThe Young Generation
Engelbert Humperdinck
Randy Newman
ATV The Golden Shot
Christie
Les Dawson – Promise Me
Monday 13th March 1972
BBC1 Song For Europe part one
Introduced by Cliff Richard
BBC1 Sounding Out 11:15 -
Lindesfarne
Tuesday 14th March 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:05 pm -
Al Stewart – live set
Paul Brett – Custom Angel Man, Charlene (NB this song not listed on BBC Infax)
The closure of The Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London
Fats Domino Wait and See (Disc Jockey Jamboree movie)
The Steve Miller Band – The Gangster’s Back (live at The Rainbow February 1972)
The Doors – Break On Through (promo clip)
Joel Scott Hill, Chris Eldridge & Johnny Barbata Promised Land (Filmfinders clip)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Long Flowing Robe (Filmfinders clip)
ATV Des
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally), & Des O'Connor -
Wednesday 15th March 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 16th March 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
Uriah Heep -
Gilbert O'Sullivan -
The New Seekers -
The Supremes -
Engelbert Humperdinck -
Argent -
Cilla Black -
Nilsson -
Don McLean -
CCS Brother (playout record)
BBC1 The Good Old Days
Sandie Shaw – Last Night on the Back Porch, You Made Me Love You
BBC1 Do You Remember? 8:50 -
The Beginning Of The Beatles, August 1962
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Harry Secombe
Shirley Bassey
Friday 17th March 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
BBC1 The Carl-
Musical guests not known
Saturday 18th March 1972
BBC1 We Want To Sing
Musical guests not known
BBC1 It’s Cliff Richard 6:15 -
Cliff Richard -
The New Seekers -
Cliff Richard & The New Seekers -
Cliff Richard & Petula Clark -
The Flirtations
BBC1 Braden’s Week
Jake Thackaray
BBC2 Up Country
George Hamilton IV
LWT Finders Keepers 6:35 -
ATV The Val Doonican Show
Dana
Sunday 19th March 1972
BBC1 Engelbert with The Young Generation
Engelbert Humperdinck
Bobby Darin
Nancy Wilson
ATV The Golden Shot
Gene Pitney
Monday 20th March 1972
NB an appearance by Kevin Ayres, Lol Coxhill, David Bedford and Robert Wyatt was made on a show apparently called Music Alive this day on the BBC, however I cannot find any reference to it on this day
BBC1 Song For Europe part two
Introduced by Cliff Richard
Tuesday 21st March 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:10 pm -
Judee Sill
Audience -
Jimi Hendrix Experience -
ATV Des
Sacha Distel
Wednesday 22nd March 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 23rd March 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Nilsson Without You (promo clip)
Argent Hold Your Head Up
CCS Brother (promo)
Supremes Floy Joy (disc)
Lindisfarne Meet Me On The Corner (promo clip)
Tom Jones The Young New Mexican Puppeteer
Labi Siffre Crying Laughing Loving Lying
Chiffons Sweet Talking Guy (disc)
Neil Young Heart Of Gold (from In Concert)
Uriah Heep The Wizard (repeat)
Glen Campbell Oklahoma Sunday Morning
Olivia Newton-
Friday 24th March 1972
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
Saturday 25th March 1972
BBC1 We Want To Sing
Musical guests not known
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest 9:30 -
UK: The New Seekers – Beg Steal or Borrow
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 8:25 -
Theme by Yes
Buddy Rich
ATV Saturday Variety 8:00 -
Cilla Black Something Tells Me, I Don’t Know How To Love Him
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Sunday 26th March 1972
BBC1 Ask Aspel
Tony Blackburn
BBC1 Engelbert with The Young Generation 7:25 -
Engelbert Humperdinck
Adamo
Eartha Kitt
BBC1 Omnibus: Three Faces Of Jazz repeat
A general history of the first seventy years of jazz
ATV The Golden Shot
Dana
Monday 27th March 1972
Thames Opportunity Knocks
All Winners show
The John Miles Set
The Real Thing
Stephen Smith & Father (Smith & Son)
Tuesday 28th March 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:0 pm -
The John Dummer Band -
Randy Newman -
Chuck Berry – interviewed by Richard Williams
Thames The Sooty Show
Wally Whyton
ATV Des
Heathmore – Unchained Melody
ATV Whatever Happened To Tin Pan Alley? 10:30 -
Includes T Rex live in Boston, Lincs
Anne Shelton, Dick James, Ross Parker, Paul Jones, George Martin, Cliff Richard, Adam Faith, Mickie Most, Mick Jagger, Heinz, Jonathan King, Issy Bonn, Tommie Connor, Eddie Rogers, Marc Bolan, Pete Townshend, Larry Parnes, Mike Chapman,
Nicky Chin, The Who
Wednesday 29th March 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 30th March 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
Nilsson Without You (Pan's People / promo clip)
Marmalade Radancer
The New Seekers Beg Steal Or Borrow (repeat)
Labi Siffre Crying Laughing Loving Lying (repeat)
Partridge Family It's One Of Those Nights (disc)
Ringo Starr Back Off Boogaloo (disc)
Anne Murray Cotton Jenny
Jo Jo Gunne Run Run Run (disc)
The Temptations Take A Look Around
Tom Jones The Young New Mexican Puppeteer (repeat)
Chiffons One Fine Day (disc)
BBC2 Show of the Week: The Harry Secombe Show
Engelbert Humperdinck
Friday 31st March 1972 Good Friday
BBC1 Crackerjack ‘72
Musical guests not known
Saturday 1st April 1972
BBC1 Tarbuck’s Luck
Cilla Black
BBC2 Up Country 5:45 -
George Hamilton IV
Buffy Saint Marie
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:05 -
The Faces
ATV Saturday Variety: The Val Doonican Show
The Barron Knights
Sheila Southern
Sunday 2nd April 1972 Easter Sunday
BBC1 Godspell -
David Essex
BBC1 Engelbert with The Young Generation
Engelbert Humperdinck
Jack Jones
BBC2 Tom Jones 11:00 -
The Blossoms, Treorchy Male Voice Choir
ATV The Golden Shot
Shep’s Banjo Band
Monday 3rd April 1972 Bank Holiday
BBC1 A Question of Sport
Ed Stewart
Thames Opportunity Knocks
Australian show
Johnny Christie
Tuesday 4th April 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Kevin Ayres -
Claire Hamill
ATV Des
Buddy Greco – Macarthur Park
Lynn Rodgers – I’m Coming Home, & Buddy Greco – Quando Quando Quando
Wednesday 5th April 1972
Southern Get This!
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 6th April 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Nilsson Without You (promo clip)
Argent Hold Your Head Up (repeat)
Four Tops Bernadette (disc)
Ringo Starr Back Off Boogaloo (promo)
Greyhound I Am What I Am
Jo Jo Gunne Run Run Run (disc)
Middle Of The Road Sacramento
Neil Young Heart Of Gold (from In Concert)
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band Amazing Grace (disc)
Daniel Boone Beautiful Sunday
Olivia Newton-
Thames Max
Max Bygraves
Friday 7th April 1972
Thames Zingalong 4:40 – 4:55 pm
Sandie Shaw -
Saturday 8th April 1972
BBC1 Tarbuck’s Luck
Clodagh Rodgers
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
James Last and Orchestra
LWT The Jackson Five 12:15 – 12:45 pm (first edition of cartoon series)
NB There were twenty-
It All Started With…
ATV Saturday Variety
Lulu
The Pattersons
Sunday 9th April 1972
BBC2 Up Country
NB The Fourth International Festival of Country Music
Musical guests not known
ATV Something to Sing About
1: The Old Order
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
Steve and Bonnie
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Noel Harrison
Tuesday 11th April 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:20 pm-
Vinegar Joe -
Jonathan Kelly
Ten Years After – Woodstock clip
ATV Des
Martin Dale (singer)
Wednesday 12th April 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
First show with the new title
NB The theme is Peter Straker – The Spirit Is Willing
The Feet are the resident dance troupe
Host: Ayshea Brough with Fred Barker/Wally Whyton
Colin Bluntstone – Say You Don’t Mind
The Move -
Smile -
Roy Wood – When Grandma Plays The Banjo
Paul Simon -
T Rex -
The Tremeloes -
Thursday 13th April 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band Amazing Grace (promo) NB The Guards were at this time stationed in West Germany, so couldn’t make personal appearances
Elvis Presley Until It's Time For You To Go (promo)
Chris Montez Loco Porte (Crazy For You)
Marmalade Radancer
Vicky Leandros Come What May
Ringo Starr Back Off Boogaloo (disc)
Chiffons Sweet Talking Guy (disc)
Middle Of The Road Sacramento (repeat)
T.Rex Deborah (disc)
Johnny Nash Stir It Up
Marvin Welch & Farrar Marmaduke
BBC1 The Long Distance Piano Player 9:20 -
Ray Davies
Friday 14th April 1972
LWT The Sunday TV Awards 10:30 -
Tony Bennett
Max Bygraves
Thames Zingalong
Sandie Shaw -
Saturday 15th April 1972
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
The Oscar Peterson Trio
LWT The Jackson Five 12:15 -
Pinestock U.S.A.
BBC1 Braden’s Week
Jake Thackaray
ATV Saturday Variety: The Val Doonican Show
Noel Harrison
Design
Sunday 16th April 1972
BBC1 The Good Old Days
Eartha Kitt
BBC1 How Can You Be Sure? 6:15 -
Pete Townshend of The Who
BBC2 Up Country
Musical guests not known
BBC2 Up Sunday
Kenny Everett
LWT Music In The Round: Rock Of Ages 12.05 -
T Rex -
Shot at the Cockpit Theatre, London
ATV Something to Sing About
2: Roads and Canals
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
Dorothy Squires
Roger Whittaker
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Frank Ifield
Monday 17th April 1972
BBC1 How Can You Be Sure? repeat 1:00 -
Tuesday 18th April 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:50 pm -
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Our Friend George, Meat (Manfred Mann wears glove puppet)
Linda Lewis – live set
Ornette Coleman – interview
Iggy & The Stooges – live clip (Iggy smears himself with peanut butter while being held aloft by the crowd
Edgar Winter's White Trash -
Linda Ronstadt – Rock Me On The Water (Filmfinders clip)
Stephen Stills – Go Back Home (live promo clip)
ATV Des
Ray Peters
Wednesday 19th April 1972
BBC1 Talkback
Jimmy Savile defends Top of the Pops and gives a mention to The Old Grey Whistle Test
Granada Lift Off with Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Peter Straker – The Spirit Is Willing
Gene Pitney -
Spode -
The Solid Gold Band -
Jack Wild – Consider Yourself (film clip)
Daniel Boone -
Thursday 20th April 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band Amazing Grace (promo)
David Cassidy Could It Be Forever (disc)
Marmalade Radancer (disc)
Mungo Jerry Open Up
Ringo Starr Back Off Boogaloo (disc)
Temptations Take A Look Around (repeat)
Jo Jo Gunne Run Run Run (disc)
Tom Jones The Young New Mexican Puppeteer (repeat)
Clodagh Rodgers It's Different Now
Johnny Cash A Thing Called Love (promo)
Johnny Nash Stir It Up
BBC2 Show of the Week: The Harry Secombe Show
Nana Mouskouri
Friday 21st April 1972
BBC1 The Dean Martin Show 9:25 -
Tony Bennett
BBC2 Review 9:20 -
The Blues According To Lightning Hopkins
LWT Budgie (first episode of second series)
Adam Faith as ‘Budgie’ Bird
Theme: Nobody’s Fool by Ray Davies
Saturday 22nd April 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Peter Noone -
BBC1 Tarbuck’s Luck
The Bee Gees
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:35 -
Tom Paxton and Friends: Mary Travers, John Denver
LWT The Rolf Harris Show 6:15 -
Ray Stevens
Cleo Laine
LWT The Jackson Five: Drafted
ATV Saturday Variety
Marvin, Welch & Farrar
Wilma Reading
Sunday 23rd April 1972
ATV The Golden Shot
New World
Vicky Leandros
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Vince Hill
Petula Clark
Tuesday 25th April 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
Jerry Lee Lewis -
Country Joe McDonald – live set
Mick Jagger – interview / The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice (Filmfinders clip)
John Prine – Sam Stone (Filmfinders clip)
Crosby and Nash – Southbound Train (Filmfinders clip)
ELP -
Wednesday 26th April 1972
Granada Lift Off with Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
New World – Sister Jane
Stavely Makepiece
Marmalade -
Dave Newman – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Thursday 27th April 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band Amazing Grace (promo)
The Drifters Saturday Night At The Movies (disc)
Elton John Rocket Man (repeat)
Ringo Starr Back Off Boogaloo (disc)
Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice (stills used)
Vicky Leandros Come What May (repeat)
Sly & The Family Stone Running Away (promo / Pan’s People)
Jo Jo Gunne Run Run Run (promo clip)
Chiffons Sweet Talking Guy (disc)
Hurricane Smith Oh Babe What Would You Say
Johnny Cash A Thing Called Love (disc)
Daniel Boone Beautiful Sunday
Angelettes Don't Let Him Touch You
BBC2 Show of the Week: The Harry Secombe Show (repeat)
Vicky Leandros – I Am
Saturday 29th April 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
The Middle of the Road -
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 8:20 -
Elton John
BBC1 Shirley Bassey
LWT The Jackson Five: Mistaken Identity
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Design
ATV Saturday Variety
Clodagh Rodgers
Frankie Vaughan
Sunday 30th April 1972
BBC1 Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music 7:25 -
Ella Fitzgerald
Antonio Carlos Jobim
BBC1 The Spinners In Spring
BBC2 Nancy Wilson From The Talk Of The Town 11:00 -
With Pan’s People
ATV Something To Sing About
Transport 2: Railway Age
Ian Campbell
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
The Beverley Sisters
ATV The Golden Shot
Mungo Jerry -
Malcolm Roberts
Monday 1st May 1972
Thames Opportunity Knocks’ Gala Show
Smith & Father
Johnnie Christie
Tuesday 2nd May 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
Jackson Browne
Linda Hoyle – The Ballad of Marty Mole, Paper Tulips
Wednesday 3rd May 1972
Granada Lift Off with Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
The Bay City Rollers – We Can Make Music
Real Thing – Vicious Circle part one
Jack Wilde
Johnny Nash -
Mungo Jerry -
Thursday 4th May 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
David Cassidy -
Marmalade -
Johnny Cash -
Paul Simon -
The Move -
Ramsey Lewis -
Hurricane Smith -
The Rolling Stones -
Shirley Bassey -
Mungo Jerry -
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band -
Friday 5th May 1972
BBC2 Review 9:20 -
Include Annette Peacock
Saturday 6th May 1972
BBC1 Sandie Shaw Sings 11:30 -
Elton John
Cat Stevens
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
The Harry James Orchestra
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Eartha Kitt – I Wanna Be Evil, If You Go Away
The Mixtures
ATV Saturday Variety: Kopykats 8:00 -
Steve Lawrence
Sunday 7th May 1972
BBC1 Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing 7:25 -
BBC2 Glen Campbell from the Talk Of The Town 9:05 -
With Pan’s People
ATV Something To Sing about
Down The Mine
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
Frankie Vaughan
Neil Reid
LWT The Oscar 1966 movie with Nancy Sinatra, Tony Bennett
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Roger Whittaker
The Bachelors
Monday 8th May 1972
Thames The David Nixon Show
Lovelace Watkins
Tuesday 9th May 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
The Doors – I’m Horny I’m Stoned, In The Eyes Of The Sun
Tom Paxton
Elvis Presley – That’s The Way It Is movie clip
Wednesday 10th May 1972
Granada Lift Off with Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Peter Noone
Labi Siffre – Crying Laughing Lying, It Must Be Love
Chicory Tip
Thames This Is Your Life: Lulu
Thursday 11th May 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
T Rex Metal Guru (live vocal over the record)
Lindisfarne Lady Eleanor
Vicky Leandros Come What May (repeat)
The Drifters Saturday Night At The Movies (disc)
Elton John Rocket Man (repeat)
The Moody Blues Isn't Life Strange
Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice (disc)
Chicory Tip What's Your Name (repeat)
Judy Collins Amazing Grace (promo)
Leeds United FC Leeds United (disc)
BBC2 The Harry Secombe Show
The New Seekers
George Hamilton IV
Vera Lynn
Saturday 13th May 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
The Tremeloes -
BBC1 Tarbuck’s Luck
Mrs Mills
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:50 -
Richie Havens
LWT The Jackson Five: Bongo Baby, Bongo
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Blue Mink – May Day
Clodagh Rogers – It’s Different Now
Roger Whittaker – I Dreamed A Dream
ATV Saturday Variety: The Val Doonican Show
NB Clodgah Rodgers cancelled
Design
Dudley Moore -
Sunday 14th May 1972
BBC2 Jack Jones 9:10 -
ATV Something To Sing About
5: Dark Satanic Mills
Ian Cempbell
ITV That Woman Oppostite movie with Petula Clark
ATV The Golden Shot
NB Clodgah Rodgers cancelled
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Max Bygraves
LWT The Tommy Steele Hour
LWT Music In The Round (The birth of the blues)
with George Melly
Monday 15th May 1972
Thames The David Nixon Show
Lena Martell
Frankie Vaughan
Tuesday 16th May 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
The Beach Boys – You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
Magna Carta
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman (Musical guests not known clip)
Jan Akkerman
ELO – 10538 Overture (promo clip)
Wednesday 17th May 1972
Granada Lift Off with Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Ken Dodd
Bruce Ruffin
Rock Candy -
Christopher Neil -
Thames The Max Bygraves Show
Thursday 18th May 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
T Rex -
David Cassidy Could It Be Forever (disc)
Moody Blues Isn't Life Strange (repeat)
Hurricane Smith Oh Babe What Would You Say
Lindisfarne Lady Eleanor (promo clip)
Leeds United FC Leeds United (disc)
New World Sister Jane
Val Doonican More Than Ever Before
Don McLean Vincent (film clip)
Paul Simon Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (disc)
Procol Harum A Whiter Shade Of Pale (repeat)
BBC2 Show of the Week: Diana! 9:20 -
Diana Ross
The Jackson Five
Tyne Tees The Sound of The New Temperance Seven 3:00 – 3:15 pm
Friday 19th May 1972
BBC1 Look -
Peter Noone -
Thames Zingalong
Bryan Chalker's New Frontier
Saturday 20th May 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Musical guests not known
BBC1 The Morecambe and Wise Show (repeat)
Shirley Bassey – Diamonds Are Forever
BBC1 Julie Felix Sings 11:15 -
BBC2 Sounds for Saturday
The John Warren Band
LWT The Jackson Five: Cinderjackson
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Val Doonican – More Than Ever Before
Georgie Fame and Alan Price -
ATV Saturday Variety
The Settlers
Russ Conway
Sunday 21st May 1972
BBC2 The Talk Of The Town 9:20 -
Helen Reddy
The Les Humphries Singers
LWT Music In The Round: Birth Of The Blues 11:15 -
George Melly
ATV Something to Sing About
6: The Deep Blue Sea
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
Peter Noone
Penny Lane
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 22nd May 1972
Thames The David Nixon Show
Ronnie Hilton
Cleo Laine
Tuesday 23rd May 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:20 pm -
Kris Kristofferson Loving Her was Easier
Rita Coolidge A Woman Left Lonely
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge Help Me Make It Through The Night
Quiver
Wednesday 24th May 1972
Granada Lift Off with Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Roger Whittaker -
Mungo Jerry
Louisa Jane White
Petticoat and Vine
Granada Set Of Six
Badfinger
Thursday 25th May 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
T Rex -
David Cassidy Could It Be Forever (disc)
Diana Ross Doobedood'ndoobe Doobedood'ndoobe (promo)
The Drifters Saturday Night At The Movies (disc)
Elton John Rocket Man
The Move California Man
Donnie Elbert Little Bit Of Leather (disc)
John Baldry Iko Iko (with Elton John, Rod Stewart)
Chicory Tip What's Your Name (repeat)
Hurricane Smith Oh Babe What Would You Say (repeat)
Wings Mary Had A Little Lamb
BBC2 Morecambe and Wise Show repeat
Anita Harris
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Friday 26th May 1972
BBC1 Look -
Peter Noone
Thames Zingalong
Bryan Chalker's New Frontier
Saturday 27th May 1972
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:20 -
Osibisa
LWT The Jackson Five: The Tiny Five
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Buddy Greco – Bridge Over Troubled Water, Keep The Customer Satisfied
Christine Holmes – You Made me So Very Happy
New World – Sister Jane
ATV Saturday Variety: Kopykats
Steve Lawrence
Sunday 28th May 1972
BBC2 The Talk Of The Town
Claude Francois
ATV The Golden Shot
The Tremeloes
Yorkshire Follyfoot (first episode)
Theme The Settlers -
LWT The Royal Gala Variety Performance 7:55 -
NB Fund raiser for the British Olympic Fund
Liza Minnelli
The Osmonds
Southern Rock Around the Clock 3:15 -
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Petula Clark
Roger Whittaker
Monday 29th May 1972 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Wonderful Life 8:00 -
Thames The David Nixon Show
Ivor Emmanuel
Salena Jones
Tuesday 30th May 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
Don McLean (possibly not on)
Focus Hocus Pocus, medley
Granada Set Of Six
Argent
Wednesday 31st May 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea 4:55 -
Host: Ayshea
The Tremeloes -
Glo Macari -
Jumbo
ATV Des
Clodagh Rodgers
Thursday 1st June 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
T Rex Metal Guru (repeat 11 May 1972)
Drifters At The Club (disc)
Slade Take Me Bak 'Ome (disc)
Kinks Supersonic Rocket Ship (promo)
Neil Diamond Song Sung Blue (live)
Lindisfarne Lady Eleanor
New World Sister Jane (repeat)
Tony Christie Don't Go Down To Reno
Don Mclean Vincent
Michael Jackson Rockin' Robin (disc)
Wings Mary Had A Little Lamb (repeat)
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Neil Diamond 9:20 -
Friday 2nd June 1972
BBC1 Look, Mike Yarwood! 8:30 -
Peter Noone
Saturday 3rd June 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
The Driftwood -
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
The 5th Dimension
LWT The Jackson Five: The Groovatron
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Shirley Bassey -
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge with the Band of Thieves – two songs
ATV Saturday Variety
The Dallas Boys
Malcolm Roberts
ITV New Scotland Yard
Stuart Henry (plays convict)
Sunday 4th June 1972
BBC2 Night Club (Cabaret from Paris)
Francois Hardy
ITV Something to Sing Aout
7: Suffer Little Children
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
Donald Peers – Softly Awake My Heart
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Anita Harris
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 5th June 1972
BBC1 The Spinners
Thames David Nixon 6:40-
Matt Monro
Tuesday 6th June 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:55 pm -
Jerry Hopkins discusses his book on Elvis Presley
Ashman Reynolds Group -
Sha Na Na -
Steve Goodman -
Listen -
Lloyd Watson -
Granada Set Of Six
Middle of the Road
Wednesday 7th June 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea Brough – You’ve Got A Friend
Susan Maughan – Everybody Sing
Sweet -
The Barron Knights – You’re All I Need
Thursday 8th June 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
T Rex Metal Guru (repeat)
Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (promo clip)
Slade Take Me Bak 'Ome
The Beach Boys You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
Diana Ross Doobedood'ndoobe Doobedood'ndoobe (disc)
Free Little Bit Of Love (disc)
The Move California Man (repeat)
Sweet Little Willy
Chicory Tip What's Your Name (repeat)
Don McLean Vincent (repeat)
Michael Jackson Rockin' Robin (disc)
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Morecambe and Wise repeat
Design
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Friday 9th June 1972
BBC1 Look -
Peter Noone
Saturday 10th June 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
The Fortunes -
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:15 -
Joni Mitchell
LWT The Jackson Five: Ray and Charles: Superstars
LWT 2 G’s And The Pop People 6:15 -
2G’s refer to dance troupe ‘Second Generation’
Lulu
The Bee Gees -
Dance Troupe: Dougie Squire’s Second Generation
Guest DJ: Jimmy Young
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
The Bachelors
ATV Saturday Variety 8:00 -
The Bachelors
Jackie Trent
The Wychwoods
Sunday 11th June 1972
BBC1 Going For A Song
Brian Matthew on panel
BBC1 Sacha’s Back In Town 7:25 -
Sacha Distel
Olivia Newton-
Daliah Lavi
Vicki Leandros
Les Reed
BBC2 Night Club 11:05 -
Shirley Bassey
ATV Something to Sing About
8: Crime and Punishment
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
The Settlers
Kamahl
LWT Music In The Round (Anatomy of Folk)
Lance Legault
Monday 12th June 1972
BBC1 The Spinners
Tuesday 13th June 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:10 pm -
Sandy Denny – It’ll Take A Long Time, The Lady
Richie Havens -
Granada Set Of Six
Slade
Wednesday 14th June 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Marvin, Welch and Farrar
Gerry Marsden
Tony Burrows
Crackers
Thursday 15th June 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Don McLean Vincent (number one)
Gary Glitter Rock & Roll (Part 2) (disc)
Gilbert O'Sullivan Ooh-
Slade Take Me Bak 'Ome
Kinks Supersonic Rocket Ship
B.Bumble & The Stingers Nut Rocker (disc)
New Seekers Circles
Sweet Little Willy
Chi-
Don McLean Vincent (repeat)
Michael Jackson Rockin' Robin (disc)
Friday 16th June 1972
BBC1 Look -
Peter Noone
Thames Zingalong 4:40 -
Clinton Ford
Saturday 17th June 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Miki Anthony
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
The Modern Jazz Quartet
LWT The Jackson Five: The Wizard of Soul
LWT 2 G’s And The Pop People
Slade -
Sweet Charity
Guest DJ Tony Blackburn
ATV Saturday Variety: KopyKats
Musical guests not known
Sunday 18th June 1972
BBC2 Night Club (Cabaret from Paris)
No guests of interest in this edition
ATV Somethign to Sing About
A Woman's Place
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
The Peddlers
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Nina
Roger Whittaker
Monday 19th June 1972
BBC1 The Spinners
Tuesday 20th June 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:30 pm -
Roxy Music -
The Sutherland Brothers
Chick Berry – Nadine (Montreux Jazz Festival)
T Bone Walker with Chuck Berry – Everyday I Have The Blues (Montreux Jazz Festival)
Granada Set Of Six
Electric Light Orchestra (with Roy Wood)
Wednesday 21st June 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Tony Christie
Emil Dean Zoghby
Hello
David Bowie -
Thames Mike and Bernie’s Show
Roger Whittaker
The Flirtations
The Ladybirds
Thursday 22nd June 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
Sweet -
Gary Glitter -
Elvis -
Argent -
Free -
The New Seekers -
Dana -
The Move -
Don McLean -
B Bumble & The Stingers -
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Morecambe and Wise Show
Cilla Black
Ronnie Hilton
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Friday 23rd June 1972
BBC1 The Monkees 4:55 -
BBC1 Look -
Peter Noone
Thames Zingalong 4:40 -
Clinton Ford
Saturday 24th June 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show
Wings – Mary Had A Little Lamb (promo)
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
John Denver 9:25 -
LWT The Jackson Five: Jackson Island
LWT 2 G’s And The Pop People
Argent -
Gilbert O'Sullivan -
Raving Rupert
Cleo Laine
Guest DJ Dave Lee Travis
ATV Saturday Variety
Mirelle Matthieu
Heathmore
Sunday 25th June 1972
BBC1 The Vera Lynn Show 7:25 -
Labi Siffre
Vince Hill
BBC2 Up Sunday
Kenny Everett
BBC2 Anglo-
Cliff Richard
Mireille Matthieu
ATV Somehting to Sing About
10: Soldiers of the Queen
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
The Settlers
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
The Bachelors
LWT Eleven Plus (first edition)
Host: Russell Harty
Musical guests not known
Monday 26th June 1972
BBC1 The Spinners In Summer
Thames The David Nixon Show
The Flirtations
The Wychwoods
Tuesday 27th June 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:55 pm -
The J Geils Band
Natural Acoustic Band
Granada Set Of Six
Pentangle
Wednesday 28th June 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Slade -
Barbara Ruskin – Beautiful Friendship
Winston Francis
Thames Miss TV Times
Lovelace Watkins
The New Seekers
Thursday 29th June 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Slade Tak Me Bak ‘Ome (number one)
Donny Osmond Puppy Love (film clip) still exists
Gary Glitter Rock & Roll (Part 2) (disc)
Gilbert O'Sullivan Ooh-
The Move California Man (disc)
The Who Join Together (promo)
Dawn Vaya Con Dios
B.Bumble & The Stingers Nut Rocker (disc)
Neil Diamond Song Sung Blue (repeat)
Dave Clark & Friends Rub It In
Johnny Nash I Can See Clearly Now
Wings Mary Had A Little Lamb (repeat)
Friday 30th June 1972
BBC1 The Monkees: Monkees Versus Machines
BBC1 Look -
Peter Noone
BBC2 Late Night Line-
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Saturday 1st July 1972
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
Paco Pena
LWT The Jackson Five: Farmer Jackson
LWT 2 G’s And The Pop People
Head Hands and Feet -
Sandie Shaw
Scott Walker -
guest DJ Mike Raven
ATV Saturday Variety
Matt Monro
Springfield Revival
Sunday 2nd July 1972
ATV Something To Sing About
11: Love and marriage
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
Dana
Vince Hill
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Petula Clark
LWT 11 Plus 11:15 pm -
Host: Russell Harty
Monday 3rd July 1972
BBC1 The Spinners
Tuesday 4th July 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:25 pm -
The Impressions -
Todd Rundgren
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme 6:00 -
Musical guests not known
Wednesday 5th July 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Ken Goodwin
Vanity Fare
Festival
Jo Anne Love – Everything I Need
LWT How Do You Do?
The Rockin' Berries
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk Of The Town 10:30 -
NB Although made for Thames, Bennett paid for the series to be made, so counted an independently made series, causing problems with the TV unions. Equity regarded it to be a part of the “American quota negotiations”.
Thursday 6th July 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Donny Osmond Puppy Love (promo)
David Bowie Starman
Gary Glitter Rock & Roll part 2
Lulu Even If I Could Change
Frederick Knight I've Been Lonely For So Long (disc)
New Seekers Circles (repeat)
Partridge Family Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (disc)
Sweet Little Willy
The Who Join Together (disc)
Dr.Hook Sylvia's Mother (promo)
Love Unlimited Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love (film clip)
BBC2 Show of the Week: The Morecambe and Wise Show (repeat)
Mrs Mills
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Thames Zingalong
Judith Durham
Friday 7th July 1972
BBC1 Look -
Peter Noone
Saturday 8th July 1972
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
Stan Kenton
LWT The Jackson Five: The Michael Look
LWT 2 G’s And The Pop People
Electric Light Orchestra -
Labi Siffre It Must Be Love, Nothing In The World Like Love, See Me Smile
Offspring – Windfall
The Move -
guest DJ: Tony Brandon
ATV Saturday Variety
Dana
Sunday 9th July 1972
ATV The Golden Shot
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Roy Orbison
ATV Songs That Matter
Doris Troy
The Settlers
Monday 10th July 1972
Thames The David Nixon Show
Anita Harris
Lovelace Watkins
Tuesday 11th July 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test
The Rolling Stones special
Tumbling Dice, jam (rehearsals in Montreux, Switzerland)
I am Waiting, Under my thumb, Paint it Black (Ready Steady Go 1966)
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing In The Shadows (Royal Albert Hall 1966)
Jumping Jack Flash (Hyde Park 1969)
Honky Tonk Woman (Madison Square Gardens 1969)
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
Mary Hopkin
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Wednesday 12th July 1972
BBC1 The Spinners
Sandie Shaw
Southern Little Big Time (first episode in series)
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk Of The Town
Sarah Vaughan
Thames Pop Festivals 12:00 am -
with Jeremy Sandford and Barry Spikings
Thursday 13th July 1972
BBC1 He Said, She Said
Pane; game with DJ Tony Brandon
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Alice Cooper School's Out (live vocal over the record)
Donny Osmond Puppy Love (promo)
Stylistics Betcha By Golly Wow (disc)
New Seekers Circles (disc)
Hawkwind Silver Machine (promo clip)
Partridge Family Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (disc)
The Bee Gees Run To Me
The Who Join Together (promo)
Bruce Ruffin Mad About You
Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs Seaside Shuffle
Johnny Nash I Can See Clearly Now
Thames Zingalong
Frank Ifield
Friday 14th July 1972
BBC1 The Monkees: The Chaperone
BBC1 Look -
Peter Noone
Border The Sound Of...
Roger Whitgtaker
Saturday 15th July 1972
BBC1 It’s Lulu, Not To mention Dudley Moore 8:30 -
Slade
The Dudley Moore Trio
Segment
BBC1 A Man Called Ironside: The Quincunx
Involves a folk singing trio
BBC1 Parkinson
Andy Williams
BBC2 Three Hats For Lisa 1965 movie with Joe Brown
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
Imrat Khan
LWT The Jackson Five: Jackson Street. U.S.A.
LWT 2 G’s And The Pop People
Neil Reid -
Osibisa – Jam, Making Everybody Happy
Al Stewart
Guest DJ Ed Stewart
ATV Saturday Variety
Vikki Carr
Donald Peers
Sunday 16th July 1972
ATV Something to Sing About
Power to the People
Ian Campbell
ATV The Golden Shot
Vicky Leandros
Kenny Lynch
ATV Songs That Matter
The Settlers
LWT 11 Plus
Musical guests not known
Monday 17th July 1972
Thames The David Nixon Show
The Roy Budd Trio
Tuesday 18th July 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out repeat
Yes
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
Musical guests not known
Wednesday 19th July 1972
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thursday 20th July 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Noel Edmonds
Gary Glitter Rock & Roll (Part 2)
David Bowie Starman (repeat)
Donny Osmond Puppy Love (promo)
Partridge Family Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (promo)
The Supremes Automatically Sunshine (disc)
Labi Siffre Watch Me
Alice Cooper School's Out (disc)
Bruce Ruffin Mad About You
Mary Wells My Guy (disc)
Middle Of The Road Samson & Delilah
Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs Seaside Shuffle
BBC2 Show Of The Week: The Morecambe and Wise Show
Nina
The Pattersons
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Thames Zingalong
Frank Ifield
Friday 21st July 1972
BBC1 The Monkees: I’ve Got A Little Song Here
BBC1 The Kinks At The Rainbow 6:30 -
BBC1 Look, Mike Yarwood!
Musical guests not known
Saturday 22nd July 1972
BBC1 It’s Lulu Not To Mention Dudley Moore
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Segment
The Dudley Moore Trio
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:30 -
Chuck Berry with Rocking Horse
LWT The Jackson Five: Rasho Jackson
ATV Saturday Variety
Vince Hill
Sunday 23rd July 1972
BBC1 The New Seekers 7:25 -
Live at The Royal Albert Hall
ATV The Golden Shot
Gerry Marsden
ATV Songs That Matter
The Settlers
LWT 11 Plus
Marc Bolan
Monday 24th July 1972
Thames The David Nixon Show
Penny Lane
Tuesday 25th July 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out (repeat)
Stephen Stills
BBC1 South West Stackridge & Friends
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme 6.00 -
Lulu -
Jimmy Ruffin -
Mungo Jerry
The Hollies
Ralph McTell
Wednesday 26th July 1972
BBC1 The Spinners
Acker Bilk
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thames Tony Bennett
at the Talk of the Town
Billy Eckstein
Thursday 27th July 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops
Host: Tony Blackburn
Donny Osmond Puppy Love (promo)
Chairmen Of The Board Working On A Building Of Love (disc)
John Kongos Great White Lady
Hawkwind Silver Machine (promo clip)
Sandie Shaw Father & Son
Hot Butter Popcorn (disc)
The Supremes Automatically Sunshine (disc)
Alice Cooper School's Out (repeat)
Dr.Hook Sylvia's Mother (promo)
Electric Light Orchestra 10538 Overture
Mary Wells My Guy
BBC1 He Said, She Said
Kenny Ball
Friday 28th July 1972
BBC1 The Monkees: One Man Shy 5:00 -
Saturday 29th July 1972
BBC1 It’s Lulu Not To Mention To Dudley Moore
Dusty Springfield
Segment
Lulu, Dusty Springfield & Dudley Moore -
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:15 -
Don McLean
LWT Saturday Variety: Burt Bacharach, Close To You
Cilla Black – This Girl’s In Love With You, Alfie
Isaac Hayes
LWT The Jackson Five: A Rare Pearl
Yorkshire Sez Les
Labi Siffre
Middle of the Road
Sunday 30th July 1972
ATV The Golden Shot
Sandie Shaw
ATV Songs That Matter
The Settlers
Tuesday 1st August 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out 10:25 -
Blue Mink
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
Lulu
Wednesday 2nd August 1972
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Matt Monro
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thursday 3rd August 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Donny Osmond Puppy Love (promo)
Chairmen Of The Board Working On A Building Of Love (disc)
Faron Young It's Four In The Morning (promo clip)
The Bee Gees Run To Me
Hot Butter Popcorn (disc)
Stylistics Betcha By Golly Wow (promo)
Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes
Electric Light Orchestra 10538 Overture (repeat)
Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs Seaside Shuffle
Little Eva The Locomotion (disc)
Olivia Newton-
BBC2 Morecambe and Wise Show repeat
Tom Jones
Design
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Granada News
Radio Merseyland pirate station article
Thames Max Bygraces at the Royalty
Friday 4th August 1972
BBC1 The Monkees: Your Friendly Neighborhood...
Saturday 5th August 1972
BBC1 It’s Lulu Not To Mention Dudley Moore 8:35 -
Roberta Flack
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
CCS
LWT The Jackson Five: Winner's Circle
Yorkshire Sez Les
Gilbert O’Sullian – Oh Wakka Doo Wakka Day, But I'm Not, Doing The Best I Can
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
ATV Saturday Variety
Buddy Greco
Caterina Valente
Sunday 6th August 1972
BBC1 Jack Jones
Musical guests not known
ATV The Golden Shot
Springfield Revival
ATV Songs That Matter
The Settlers
LWT A Guide For The Married Man movie Theme: The Turtles
LWT 11 Plus
Musical guests not known
Monday 7th August 1972
BBC1 An Hour With Mike Yarwood 10:10 -
Musical guests not known
Tuesday 8th August 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out repeat
BB King
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
Musical guests not known
Wednesday 9th August 1972
Thames Mike And Bernie’s Show 8:00 -
Musical guests not known
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk Of The Town 10:30 -
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thursday 10th August 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
Alice Cooper School's Out (repeat)
Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes
The Bee Gees Run To Me (repeat)
Peter Noone Should I
Labi Siffre Watch Me
Middle Of The Road Samson & Delilah (repeat)
Hawkwind Silver Machine (promo clip)
Blackfoot Sue Standing In The Road
Rod Stewart You Wear It Well (disc)
Derek & The Dominos Layla (disc)
Little Eva The Locomotion (disc)
Thames Zingalong
Dorothy Squires
Thames Max Bygraves at the Royalty
Friday 11th August 1972
BBC1 The Monkees: Royal Flush
Granada OK
Brinsley Schwarz
Saturday 12th August 1972
BBC1 It’s Lulu Not To Mention Dudley Moore
The Dudley Moore Trio
Johnny Nash
Segment
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
Thelma Houston
ATV Saturday Variety
The New Seekers
Penny Lane
Yorkshire Sez Les
Mac & Katie Kisson
Sandie Shaw – two songs
Daliah Lavi
ATV Saturday Variety
The New Seekers
Sunday 13th August 1972
BBC2 One Man’s Week: Kenny Everett 11:30 pm -
ATV The Golden Shot
Kathy Kirby
The Rockin' Berries
ATV Songs That Matter
The Settlers
LWT Eleven Plus
Little Richard
Granada Out Front 11:15 -
Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention
Tuesday 15th August 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out: Labi Siffre repeat
Wednesday 16th August 1972
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Annie Ross
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thursday 17th August 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile (Daily Mirror says Tony Blackbutn is the host)
Alice Cooper School's Out (repeat)
Duncan Browne Journey
Electric Light Orchestra 10538 Overture
Jackie Wilson I Get The Sweetest Feeling (disc)
Lynsey De Paul Sugar Me (repeat)
Procol Harum Conquistador (promo)
Blackfoot Sue Standing In The Road
Rod Stewart You Wear It Well
Derek & The Dominos Layla (disc)
Mardi Gras Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (disc)
BBC1 He Said, She Said
John Gorman
BBC2 Night Club 9:25 -
Melba Moore
Pan’s People
Thames Zingalong
Dorothy Squires
Thames Max Bygraves at the Royalty
Friday 18th August 1972
BBC1 The Monkees
ATV Shut That Door
Mrs Mills
Saturday 19th August 1972
BBC1 It’s Lulu Not To Mention Dudley Moore
The Dudley Moore Trio
Cliff Richard
Graham Bonnett
Segment
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
Yorkshire Sez Les
Roy Orbison -
The Peddlers
ATV Saturday Variety
Neil Reid
Design
Sunday 20th August 1972
BBC2 Mary -
Mary Travers
Don McLean
BBC2 One Man’s Week: Ron Geesin
ATV The Golden Show
Lynsey DePaul
ATV Songs That Matter
The Settlers
LWT Eleven Plus
Musical guests not known
Monday 21st August 1972
Thames Zebra In The Kitchen 1965 movie theme by The Standells
Yorkshire Jokers Wild
Lonnie Donegan
Tuesday 22nd August 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out repeat
Stone The Crows / Maggie Bell
Wednesday 23rd August 1972
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Billy Eckstein
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thursday 24th August 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Roxy Music Virginia Plain
Lynsey De Paul Sugar Me
Hawkwind Silver Machine (disc)
Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Alice Cooper School's Out (promo)
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Where Is The Love (promo clip)
Mardi Gras Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby (Pan's People / promo clip)
Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes (repeat)
Duncan Browne Journey
Pearls I Came I Saw I Conquered
Little Eva The Locomotion (disc)
BBC1 He Said, She Said
George Melly
Roger Cook
BBC2 Sacha’s In Town (Sacha Distel) 9:25 -
Petula Clark
Thames Zingalong
Cy Grant
Thames Max Bygraves at the Royalty
Friday 25th August 1972
BBC1 The Monkees: Success Story
Saturday 26th August 1972
BBC1 It’s Lulu Not To Mention Dudley Moore
The Dudley Moore Trio
BBC1 Scotland Sing Hi Sing Lo
Pentangle
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:05 -
Roberta Flack
Yorkshire Sez Les
Dana
Sandie Shaw
Bruce Ruffin
ATV Saturday Variety
Neil Sedaka
Clodagh Rodgers
LWT Who Do You Do?
Tony Brandon (Radio One DJ)
LWT Aquarius
Kenny Everett's London
Sunday 27th August 1972
BBC2 Mary -
Mary Travers
John Denver
LWT Ferry Cross The Mersey movie Gerry and The Pacemakers
LWT Eleven Plus
Musical guests not known
ATV The Golden Shot
The New Seekers
ATV Songs That Matter
The Seekers
Tuesday 29th August 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out: Gilbert O’Sullivan (repeat)
Yorkshire Our Brian
Design
Wednesday 30th August 1972
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Cleo Laine
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thursday 31st August 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:30 -
Host: Noel Edmonds
Rod Stewart You Wear It Well (repeat)
Cliff Richard Living In Harmony (disc)
Faron Young It's Four In The Morning (promo clip)
Elton John Honky Cat
Jackie Wilson I Get The Sweetest Feeling (disc)
Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Roxy Music Virginia Plain (disc)
Blackfoot Sue Standing In The Road
Thames Max Bygraves at the Royalty
Friday 1st September 1972
BBC2 The Monkees (on BBC2 due to the Olympics)
Saturday 2nd September 1972
BBC1 The Case 8:15 -
Musical with Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday
Doris Troy
Yorkshire Sez Les
Blue Mink
Vicki Leandros
The Dallas Boys
ATV Saturday Variety
Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent
LWT Aquariua
Elton John -
Sunday 3rd September 1972
BBC2 Mary: Rhymes and Reasons
3: Women
ATV The Golden Shot
Tony Christie
ATV Songs That Matter
The Settlers
LWT Eleven Plus
Musical guests not known
Tuesday 5th September 1972
BBC1 Sounding Out: Lindesfarne repeat
Wednesday 6th September 1972
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thursday 7th September 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:30 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now (repeat)
Cliff Richard Living In Harmony (repeat)
Lynsey De Paul Sugar Me
The Drifters Come On Over To My Place (disc)
Hurricane Smith Who Was It
Junior Walker & The All Stars Walk In The Night (disc)
Roxy Music Virginia Plain (repeat)
Michael Jackson Ain't No Sunshine (film clip)
BBC2 Sacha’s In Town (Sacha Distel)
Clodagh Rodgers
The Dudley Moore Trio
Thames Max Bygraves at the Royalty
Friday 8th September 1972
BBC1 The Virginian: A King’s Ransom
Jackie DeShannon
BBC2 The Monkees: I Was A Teenager Monster
Saturday 9th September 1972
BBC2 Mary -
Mary Travers
Georgia Brown
BBC2 Sounds For Saturday 9:10 -
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Yorkshire Sez Les
Gene Pitney
Design
ATV Saturday Variety
Vince Hill
Pearl Bailey and Louis Bellson
Sunday 10th September 1972
BBC2 Mary -
Mary Travers
Paul Williams
Leslie Duncan
ATV The Golden Shot
Julie Rogers
Tony Blackburn
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Roger Whittaker
The Beverley Sisters
Neil Reid
LWT Eleven Plus
Musical guests not known
Tuesday 12th September 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:10 pm – end (first of second series)
Host: Bob Harris
The Drifters -
Frampton’s Camel
Kenny Loggins – Danny’s Song
Loggins and Messinna – House at Pooh Corner, Listen To A Country Song
Roberta Flack – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (live film clip)
ITV The Jackson Five Show (first in new series)
cartoon series
Wednesday 13th September 1972
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town 10:30 -
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Yorkshire Miss Great Britain 1972
Julie Rogers
Thursday 14th September 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
T Rex Children Of The Revolution
Slade Mamma Weer All Crazy Now (repeat
Roxy Music Virginia Plain
Barry Ryan I'm Sorry Susan
David Cassidy How Can I Be Sure (promo)
The Drifters Come On Over To My Place (disc)
Faron Young It's Four In The Morning (promo clip)
Sweet Wig Wam Bam
Dandy Livingstone Suzanne Beware Of The Devil
Hurricane Smith Who Was It
Jackie Wilson I Get The Sweetest Feeling (disc)
Mardi Gras Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby (disc)
Michael Jackson Ain't No Sunshine (disc)
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme 5:20 -
NB From the Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Dana
The Flying Machine
Peter and Alex
Christie
Pickettywitch
Saturday 16th September 1972
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Elaine Delmar – What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
Georgie Fame & Alan Price – Bye Bye Love
LWT The Osmonds 9:55 -
And Away They Go
Yorkshire Sez Les
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Sunday 17th September 1972
BBC2 Mary -
Mary Travers
David Buskin
Granada All That Jazz
George Melly etc
ATV The Golden Shot
Anne Murray
The Spinners
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Julie Rogers
Ayshea Brough
Monday 18th September 1972
Thames Opportunity Knocks
Bobby Crush (debut)
Thames The Sound of... The Settlers 12:15 -
Tuesday 19th September 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:10 pm -
NB Billy Joel seen listed
Jimmy Stevens – Girl From Denver, Tears Behind My Eyes
Arthur Lee – Every Time I Look Up I’m Down (abstract film clip)
American Spring – interview, Good Time (Filmfinders clip)
Bob Dylan etc – Just Like A Woman (Concert for Bangla Desh movie)
The Everly Brothers – Stories We Could Tell, Brand New Tennessee Waltz
John Lennon – Sometime In New York City (Filmfinders clip)
Jerry Lee Lewis – I Got A Woman, Great Balls of Fire (1971 Toronto Rock Festival)
Thames The Sound Of...Roger Whittaker (broadcast in black and white)
Wednesday 20th September 1972
BBC1 Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music 9:55 -
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thames The Charlie Drake Comedy Hour
Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band
Thursday 21st September 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
T Rex Children Of The Revolution (disc)
Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now (repeat)
David Bowie John I'm Only Dancing (disc)
Donny Osmond Too Young (promo)
The Drifters Come On Over To My Place
Gary Glitter I Didn't Know I loved You Till I Saw You Rock & Roll
Anne Murray Destiny
Sweet Wig Wam Bam
Junior Walker & The All Stars Walk In The Night (Pan's People)
Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough
Peter Skellern You're A Lady
BBC2 Sacha’s In Town
Sacha Distel
Olivia Newton-
Sammy Cahn
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
NB also seen as Tom Paxton, Mary Hopkin
Richard Harris -
Jimmy Ruffin -
Dawn
Christie
The Tremeloes
ATV Something to Sing About (shown on Yorkshire)
The Rights of Man
Ian Campbell
Saturday 23rd September 1972
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
LWT The Osmonds: Don Osmondo in Spain
LWT The Tommy Steele Hour (repeat)
Sunday 24th September 1972
BBC2 Mary -
Mary Travers
Ian Campbell Folk Group
ATV The Golden Shot
Joan Turner
Granada All That Jazz
George Melly etc
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Frank Ifield
Monday 25th September 1972
ITV Movie Matinee: Made in Heaven with Petula Clark
Tuesday 26th September 1972
BBC1 Presenting Lena Martell
Vince Hill
Alex Welch & His Jazzband
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
The John Kay Band – Many A Mile, Somebody
Steppenwolf (The John Kay Band) – Born To Be Wild, Monster
Linda Lewis
Carly Simon -
ELP -
Wednesday 27th September 1972
Southern Little Big Time
Freddie & The Dreamers
Thursday 28th September 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
T Rex Children Of The Revolution (repeat of 14 September 1972)
David Cassidy How Can I Be Sure (promo)
10 C.C. Donna
David Bowie John I'm Only Dancing (film clip)
Elvis Presley Burning Love (disc)
Gary Glitter I Didn't Know I Loved You (repeat)
O'Jays Back Stabbers (disc)
Chicory Tip The Future Is Past
Dandy Livingstone Suzanne Beware Of The Devil
Peter Skellern You're A Lady
Junior Campbell Hallelujah Freedom
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Shirley Bassey
Musical guests not known
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
The Sweet -
Mungo Jerry -
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Chris Andrews
NB also seen as including Tony Hazzard, Arrival
Yorkshire shows the 27th July edition
Saturday 30th September 1972
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
Chelsea Brown
LWT The Osmonds: The Luck of the Osmonds
ATV Saturday Variety
Anne Murray
Sunday 1st October 1972
BBC1 Milligan in Autumn
Ray Ellington
ATV The Golden Shot
LWT show the Joan Turner edition
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Julie Rogers
The Bachelors
Monday 2nd October 1972
Granada All That Jazz
George Melly
Tuesday 3rd October 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:20 pm -
Pete Townshend
Stone The Crows
Jim Croce -
Corrosion
Wednesday 4th October 1972
Southern Little Big Time 4:25 -
Freddie and The Dreamers
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Billy Eckstein
Thursday 5th October 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
David Cassidy How Can I Be Sure (promo)
Donny Osmond Too Young (promo)
Elvis Presley Burning Love (promo)
Family Burlesque
Gary Glitter I Didn't Know I Loved You (disc)
O'Jays Back Stabbers (disc)
Harley Quinn New Orleans
Sweet Wig Wam Bam
Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough
Three Dog Night Tulsa Turnaround
Bread Guitar Man (disc)
Johnny Nash There Are More Questions Than Answers
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Sacha’s In Town 9:25 -
Sacha Distel
No guests of interest in this edition
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
NB Based on an airplane flight from London airport
Labi Siffre -
Canned Heat -
The Brotherhood of Man -
Lesley Duncan
Saturday 7th October 1972
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
LWT The Osmonds: China 9:55 -
ATV Saturday Variety 9:30-
Lonnie Donegan
Sunday 8th October 1972
BBC2 Mantovani In Concert
Vince Hill
ATV The Golden Shot
Musical guests not known
LWT The Stanley Baxter Show
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Monday 9th October 1972
BBC2 Harry Nilsson In Concert 10:40 -
Tuesday 10th October 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:30 pm -
Lou Reed
Home
David Evans
Boz Scaggs
Wednesday 11th October 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea 4:25 -
Host: Ayshea with Fred Barker
Hurricane Smith -
The Solid Gold Band
Sam
Laurel Aitken -
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Annie Ross
Thursday 12th October 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Noel Edmonds
Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough (repeat)
Gary Glitter I Didn't Know I Loved You (repeat)
10 C.C. Donna
Chairmen Of The Board Elmo James
David Bowie John I'm Only Dancing (disc)
Elvis Presley Burning Love (disc)
Gilbert O'Sullivan Clair
Alice Cooper Elected (promo)
Python Lee Jackson In A Broken Dream (disc)
Thelma Houston No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever
Carpenters Goodbye To Love (film clip)
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
Musical guests not known
Saturday 14th October 1972
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
BBC2 Full House (first edition)
Humble Pie
LWT The Osmonds: Jimmy and James in London
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Roy Orbison -
Sunday 15th October 1972
ATV The Golden Shot
Barry Ryan
ATV Stars on Sunday
The Beverley Sisters
Neil Reid
Pearl Bailey
Monday 16th October 1972
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Sacha’s In Town (Sacha Distel)
Cass Elliott
Caterina Valente
BBC2 In Concert: John Sebastian 10:40 -
BBC2 Late Night Line Up
Cole Porter
Thames Opportunity Knocks
Max Boyce
Tuesday 17th October 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:25 pm -
Mickey Newbury – American Trilogy, The Piper, interview
Paul Horn – Mumtaz (Filmfinders clip)
Plainsong – Even The Guiding Light, Bold Marauder
Santana – Soul Sacrifice (CBS Sounds of the 70s movie)
The Band – King Harvest Has Surely Come (cartoon clip)
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
Wednesday 18th October 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
10cc -
Gene Pitney
Boulevard -
Elvis Presley -
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Matt Monro
Thames Looks Familiar
Anne Shelton
Thursday 19th October 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough
Family Burlesque (disc)
Gilbert O'Sullivan Clair (disc)
Hot Chocolate You'll Always Be A Friend
Simon & Garfunkel America (promo)
Shag Loop Di Love (disc)
Alice Cooper Elected (disc)
Bruce Ruffin (No title listed)
Peter Skellern You're A Lady (repeat)
Esprit De Corps If
Johnny Nash There Are More Questions Than Answers
Junior Campbell Hallelujah Freedom
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme
Gene Pitney -
Lance Le Gault
Tony Hazzard -
America -
Arrival -
Friday 20th October 1972
Sothern Junkin
George Chisholm
Saturday 21st October 1972
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
BBC2 Full House
Cannonball Adderley
LWT The Osmonds: Sir Donald of Bavaria
LWT The Partridge Family: Old Scrapmouth 12:00 -
NB The Daily Express has this episode as ‘Dora Dora Dora’
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Caterina Valente
Bobby Crush
LWT Russell Harty Plus 10:40 -
No-
Sunday 22nd October 1972
ATV The Golden Shot
Gene Pitney
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday
Anita Harris
Tuesday 24th October 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:35 pm – end
Rick Wakeman – Catherine of Aragon (abstract film clip), interview
Birtha -
Mike Hugg -
Fanny –Young and Dumb (KTLA, Los Angeles)
David Bowie – Space Oddity (probably the Love You Till Tuesday clip 1968)
John Prine – Clocks and spoons (Filmfinders clip)
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
Wednesday 25th October 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Lonnie Donnegan -
Heathore -
Louisa Jane White
Lieutenant Pigeon -
Thames Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
Thursday 26th October 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough
Bread Guitar Man (disc)
10 C.C. Donna
Harley Quinn New Orleans
Stylistics Stoned In Love With You
Archie Bell & The Drells Here I Go Again (disc)
Chris Montez Let's Dance (disc)
Petula Clark Wedding Song
Alice Cooper Elected (promo)
Python Lee Jackson In A Broken Dream (promo)
Shangri-
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme (shown in Anglia)
Repeat of 5th October edition
ATV Des 7:05 -
Musical guests not known
Saturday 28th October 1972
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
BBC2 Full House
Gladys Knight & The Pips
LWT The Osmonds: Paris
LWT The Partridge Family: In 25 Words or less
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Vikki Carr
Gilbert O'Sullivan
ATV The Julie Andrews Hour
Robert Goulet
LWT Russell Harty Plus
Cass Elliott
Trinidad North Stars Band (steel band)
Sunday 29th October 1972
ATV The Golden Shot
Probably no musical guests
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Max Bygraves
Ronnie Hilton
LWT The Stanley Baxter Picture Show
Blackfoot Sue
Monday 30th October 1972
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Sacha’s In Town (Sacha Distel)
Labi Siffre
Mirielle Mathieu
Yorkshire Sez Les
Probably no musical guests
Tuesday 31st October 1972
BBC1 The Spinners at Halloween
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:10 pm -
Marc Bolan,
Ellis,
Harry Chapin
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
Wednesday 1st November 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Jack Wild -
Junior Campbell -
The Fortunes
Thursday 2nd November 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough (repeat)
Chris Montez Let's Dance (disc)
The Osmonds Crazy Horses
Shag Loop Di Love (promo clip)
Archie Bell & The Drells Here I Go Again (disc)
Chairmen Of The Board Elmo James (repeat)
Family Burlesque (disc)
Four Tops Keeper Of The Castle
Gilbert O'Sullivan Clair (repeat)
Chuck Berry My Ding-
Johnny Nash There Are More Questions Than Answers (film clip)
Junior Campbell Hallelujah Freedom
BBC2 Donovan In Concert 10:45 -
HTV The Dave Cash Radio programme (shown on Anglia)
A James Bond themed edition
Tom Pxton
Dana
T Rex
The Hollies
ATV Des
Susan Maughan
Saturday 4th November 1972
BBC1 The Two Ronnies
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
BBC1 Parkinson
Mickey Newbury
LWT The Osmonds: Monte Carlo
LWT The Partridge Family: A Man Called Snake
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Vince Hill
Penny Lane
ATV Saturday Variety
The Kaye Sisters
LWT Russell Harty Plus
Liberace
Sunday 5th November 1972
BBC1 The Royal Variety Performance
Elton John (with Legs Larry Smith) – Rocket Man, I Think I’m Gonna Kill Myself
The Jackson Five – Hits medley
Jack Jones – Wives and Lovers
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Mantovani & His Concert Orchestra
Lena Martell
ATV The Golden Shot
Vince Hill
Kenny Ball
ATV Stars on Sunday
Julie Rogers
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 6th November 1972
BBC2 Fifty Years Of Music 8:50 -
Lulu
The New Seekers
Cliff Richard
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Yorkshire Sez Les
Probably no musical guest
Tuesday 7th November 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:15 pm -
Stealer’s Wheel – I Get By, Late Again
The Rolling Stones – All Down The Line (live in America)
Bridget St John – Keep Smiling, Nice
Elephants’ Memory – Power Boogie (Filmfinders clip)
It’s A Beautiful Day – The Camel Suite (Filmfinders clip)
Dion – The Wanderer (Twist Around The Clock movie)
Flo and Eddie -
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
Wednesday 8th November 1972
BBC1 The World Of Jimmy Savile 9:25 -
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Bay City Rollers -
Tom Paxton -
Sweet Chariot -
Thursday 9th November 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Gilbert O'Sullivan Clair (repeat)
Chuck Berry – My Ding-
Geordie Don't Do That
Donny Osmond Why (promo)
Stylistics Stoned In Love With You (repeat)
Elton John Crocodile Rock (promo)
Family Burlesque (repeat)
Shag Loop Di Love (disc)
Chris Montez Let's Dance (disc)
Jackson 5 Lookin' Through The Windows
Jeff Beck Hi Ho Silver Lining (disc)
Carpenters Goodbye To Love (film clip)
BBC2 Paul Williams In Concert
ATV Finder’s Keepers Cliff Richard movie
ATV Des
Musical guests not known
Friday 10th November 1972
Granada The Friday Night Film: The George Raft Story with Julie London
Saturday 11th November 1972
LWT The Osmonds: Denmark
NB ATV show Monte Carlo
LWT The Partridge Family: Dr Jekyll and Mr Partridge
LWT The Rolf Harris Show
Daliah Lavi
ATV The Julie Andrews Hour
Steve Lawrence
LWT Russell Harty Plus
Esther Ofarim
Billy Eckstein
Sunday 12th November 1972
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Mantovani & His Concert Orchestra
Nana Mouskouri
ATV The Golden Shot
Vikki Leandros
Monday 13th November 1972
Yorkshire Sez Les
Probably no musical guests
Tuesday 14th November 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 12:00 am -
Michael Gray interviewed about his Bob Dylan book
Pete Drummond & the VHF Band – Rockin’ At The BBC (to celebrate the BBC's fiftieth anniversary)
Crowbar -
Gladys Knight & The Pips -
Carole King -
Billy Joel -
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
ATV The Jackson Five Show: Ray and Charles Superstars
Wednesday 15th November 1972
Thames Looks Familiar
Donald Peers, Joan Turner
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Nina Baden-
Peter D Kelly -
Wizzard -
Thursday 16th November 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
The Osmonds Crazy Horses
Blue Mink Stay With Me
Gilbert O'Sullivan Clair (bw vtr)
Gladys Knight Help Me Make It Through The Night
Hot Chocolate You'll Always Be A Friend
Jackson 5 Lookin' Through The Windows (disc)
Rod Stewart Angel
Slade Gudbuy T’ Jane (promo clip)
Chuck Berry My Ding-
The Strawbs Lay Down (bw vtr)
Shangri-
Neil Sedaka Oh Carol (playout disc)
BBC2 Stephen Stills and Manassas In Concert
Thames The Sound Of...The Settlers
HTV The Dave Cash Radio Programme (shown on ATV)
Pentangle
Edison Lighthouse
Mungo Jerry
Ashton Gardener Dyke and Co
Emitt Rhodes
ATV Des
Musical guests not known
Saturday 18th November 1972
BBC1 The Harry Secombe Show
Esther Ofarim
Gladys Knight & The Pips
LWT The Osmonds: India
LWT The Partridge Family: The Undergraduate
BBC2 Full House
Mike Westbrook’s Solid Gold Cadillac
LWT The Reg Varney Revue
NB It's possible that different ITV areas show different editions of this show
Jack Jones (including a duet with his then girlfriend Susan George)
LWT Saturday Variety
Matt Monro
The Dallas Boys
LWT Russell Harty Plus
Blue Mink
ATV Saturday Variety
Matt Monro
The Dallas Boys
Sunday 19th November 1972
ATV The Golden Shot
Lynsey De Paul
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Vince Hill
Monday 20th November 1972
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Night Club 9:25 -
Johnny Mathis
The Tremeloes
Thames Opportunity Knocks
Candlewick Green
Tuesday 21st November 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:50 -
Neil Sedaka – interview
Del Shannon – film clip
Wishbone Ash – Blowing Free (live The Corn Exchange, Cambridge)
Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine, Use Me
Sparks
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
Wednesday 22nd November 1972
Scottish Scotch Corner
Tam White
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Bruce Ruffin
Jeff Collins
Esprit De Corps
Colin Blunstone -
Thursday 23rd November 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Noel Edmonds
Chuck Berry My Ding-
The Faces Angel
Blue Mink Stay With Me (repeat)
Lynsey De Paul Getting A Drag
Slade Gudbuy T' Jane (promo clip)
The Strawbs Lay Down (disc)
Cliff Richard Brand New Song
David Cassidy Rock Me Baby (disc)
Donny Osmond Why (promo)
Elton John Crocodile Rock (disc)
Four Tops Keeper Of The Castle (repeat)
Neil Sedaka Oh Carol
Michael Jackson Ben (repeat)
BBC2 Linda Lewis In Concert 10:50 -
ATV Des
Musical guests not known
Friday 24th November 1972
Southern Junkin
George Chisholm
Saturday 25th November 1972
BBC1 The Harry Secombe Show
Olivia Newton-
BBC2 Full House 10:00 -
Roxy Music The Mona Lisa In 3-
LWT The Osmonds: Yukon
LWT The Partridge Family: Anatomy of a Tonsil
LWT The Reg Varney Revue
No-
LWT Russell Harty Plus
Dorothy Squires
Sunday 26th November 1972
BBC1 Palm Springs Weekend movie with The Modern Folk Quartet
ATV The Golden Shot
Lynsey DePaul
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Anita Harris
Julie Rogers
Monday 27th November 1972
Southern Harem Holiday Elvis Presley movie
Tuesday 28th November 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:50 -
Chris Welch -
Philip Goodhand-
Babe Ruth -
Phil Spector – interview about Christmas album re-
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
Wednesday 29th November 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Ken Dodd
Gaynor Jones
Muffin
Thames This Is Your Life: Shirley Bassey
Thursday 30th November 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Chuck Berry My Ding-
David Cassidy Rock Me Baby (promo)
Gladys Knight & The Pips Help Me Make It Through The Night (repeat)
Jackson 5 Lookin' Through The Windows (repeat)
Jeff Beck Hi Ho Silver Lining (disc)
The Bee Gees Alive
Rod Stewart Angel (repeat)
Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (promo)
Roy C Shotgun Wedding (disc)
Bill Withers Use Me
Strawbs Lay Down
BBC2 David Buskin In Concert
ATV Des
Musical guests not known
Friday 1st December 1972
Grampian Melody Inn (black and white)
Musical guests not known
Saturday 2nd December 1972
BBC1 The Harry Secombe Show
Wilma Reading
LWT The Osmonds: The Black Forest (NB The Daily Express has ‘Italy’)
LWT The Partridge Family: Whatever Happened To Moby Dick
LWT The Reg Varney Revue
Design
LWT Saturday Variety
Musical guests not known
LWT Russell Harty Plus
No-
Sunday 3rd December 1972
BBC2 Up Sunday
Jake Thackaray
ATV The Golden Shot
Clodagh Rodgers
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 4th December 1972
BBC2 Show Of The Week: Night Club
Vikki Carr
Thames Opportunity Knocks
NB The Nuclear submarine edition, HMS Revenge
Anna McGoldrick
Tuesday 5th December 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:45 pm -
Lou Reizner -
Ralph McTell,
The Doobie Brothers -
McKendree Spring -
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
Wednesday 6th December 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea 4:25 -
Host: Ayshea Brough -
Middle Of The Road -
Worth -
Stavely Makepiece -
Thursday 7th December 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Jimmy Savile
Chuck Berry My Ding-
Cilla Black You You You
Elton John Crocodile Rock
Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (disc)
Slade Gudbuy T' Jane (promo clip)
Moody Blues Nights In White Satin (promo)
Lynsey De Paul Getting A Drag
The Osmonds Crazy Horses (repeat)
T.Rex Solid Gold Easy Action (miming)
Blackfoot Sue Sing Don't Speak
Jimmy Savile chats to Miss USA Linda Carter
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band Little Drummer Boy (film clip)
BBC2 Three Dog Night In Concert 10:50 -
ATV Des
Musical guests not known
HTV The Dave Cash programme (shown on Anglia)
Pentangle, Edison Lighthouse, Mungo Jerry etc
Friday 8th December 1972
BBC1 The Osmonds at The Rainbow 6:45 -
Grampian Melody Inn
Musical guests not known
Saturday 9th December 1972
BBC1 The Harry Secombe Show
Lulu
BBC1 Parkinson
Petula Clark
BBC2 Full House
Lindesfarne
LWT The Osmonds: The Black Forest
LWT The Partridge Family: Days of Acne and Roses
LWT The Reg Varney Revue
Matt Monro
Sunday 10th December 1972
ATV The Golden Shot
Malcolm Roberts
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday
Petula Clark
Ronnie Hilton
Tuesday 12th December 1972
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10:35 pm -
Tommy article with Michael Wale
Andrew Oldham interview
T Rex with Elton John and Ringo Starr – Children of the Revolution (Born To Boogie movie)
Focus – Sylvia, Hocus Pocus, Anonymous II
The Crickets – That’ll Be The Day, Lovesick Blues, My Rocking Days
John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth (Imagine movie)
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
ITV Cleo and John
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Wednesday 13th December 1972
Scottish Scotch Corner
Hall and MacGregor
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea
Ayshea Brough -
Christie -
The Tremeloes -
? -
John Pantry -
'On A Clear Day You Can See Forever' movie clip
Thursday 14th December 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Ed Stewart
David Bowie -
Four Tops Keeper Of The Castle (disc)
Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (repeat)
John Lennon Happy Christmas (War Is Over) (TOTP film stills of churches and the recording session)
New Seekers Come Softly To Me
Slade -
Clodagh Rodgers You Are My Music
Roy C Shotgun Wedding (disc)
T.Rex -
Wizzard Ball Park Incident
Chuck Berry My Ding-
BBC2 Kris Kristofferson In Concert 10:50 -
ATV Des
Musical guests not known
Friday 15th December 1972
BBC1 The Music of Gilbert O’Sullivan 10:15 -
HTV Time Was
George Chisholm
Saturday 16th December 1972
BBC1 The Harry Secombe Show
Cilla Black
Labi Siffre
BBC2 Full House
Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band
LWT The Osmonds: Australia
ATV The Osmonds: Black Forest
LWT The Partridge Family: The Tale of Two Hamsters
LWT The Reg Varney Revue
Dorothy Squires
Mrs Mills
Joe ‘Mister Piano’ Henderson
George Chisholm
LWT The Burt Bacharach Show
NB Also seen as Burt Bacharach and Associates
Sammy Davis Jr
Anthony Newley
Vicki Carr
LWT Russell Harty Plus
Wings
Sunday 17th December 1972
BBC2 The Music Of John Barry
ATV The Golden Shot
Donald Peers
The Fantastics -
Monday 18th December 1972
BBC2 Show Of The Week: The Vera Lynn Show
Mac Davis
Tuesday 19th December 1972
BBC1 Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music 8:10 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:15 pm -
Rod Argent -
Fumble
Rory Gallagher – Banker’s Blues
Sensational Alex Harvey Band – film clip
Elephant’s Memory – Liberation Special
Monty Python – Fish slapper’s dance (from TV series)
ATV Lunchtime With Wogan
Carl Wayne, Penny Lane (regular singers)
ATV The Jackson Five Show: Jackson Street, USA
Wednesday 20th December 1972
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Host: Ayshea Brough
Slade -
Tony Hazzard -
Community Chest (with Emile Dean Zogaby) -
Thursday 21st December 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7:25 -
Host: Tony Blackburn
Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (promo)
David Bowie The Jean Genie (disc)
Elton John Crocodile Rock (disc)
Malcolm Roberts Happy Song (repeat)
Dick Emery You Are Awful
Lynsey De Paul It's Getting A Drag
Elvis Presley Always On My Mind (promo)
Cat Stevens Can't Keep It In
Gladys Knight & The Pips Help Me Make It Through The Night (repeat)
T.Rex Solid Gold Easy Action (disc)
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band Little Drummer Boy (repeat)
Wizzard Ball Park Incident
BBC2 Judee Sill In Concert 10:50 -
HTV Time Was
Anne Shelton
Janie Marden
Friday 22nd December 1972
BBC1 The Spinners at Christmas
Granada It’s Charlie Williams
Ayshea Brough Snowbird
Bobby Crush
Elaine Delmar
ATV Larry's Christmas Party
Heathmore
Saturday 23rd December 1972
BBC1 We Want To Sing
The Settlers
BBC1 Parkinson
Bing Crosby
BBC2 Full House
Zenon
LWT The Osmonds: Transylvania
ATV The Osmonds: Australia
LWT The Partridge Family: Don’t Bring Your Guns To Town Santa
LWT The Reg Varney Christmas Revue
Dorothy Squires,
The Osmonds – Crazy Horses
Little Jimmy Osmond -
Donny Osmond -
Olivia Newton-
LWT The Best Of Russell Harty
Little Richard
Sunday 24th December 1972 Christmas Eve
Granada Christmas Lift-
Host: Ayshea Brough -
Sweet
Ben Thompson
New World
The Improvisers
The Feet -
clip from the movie Snow White and the Seeven Dwarves
Ensemble -
ATV The Golden Shot
The New Seekers
Bobby Crush
LWT Parade: Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat 6:15 -
The Young Vic production
Yorkshire Stars at Christmas with Songs at Christmas
The Beverley Sisters
Anita Harris
Frank Ifield
Julie Rogers
Monday 25th December 1972 Christmas Day
BBC1 Stocking Full Of Stars
Ringo Starr – Back Off Boogaloo (promo)
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘72 part one 2:10 -
Hosts: Jimmy Savile, Ed Stewart
T Rex Telegram Sam
David Cassidy How Can I Be Sure (promo)
Lynsey De Paul Sugar Me
Rod Stewart You Wear It Well
Hawkwind Silver Machine (disc)
Hot Butter Popcorn (Pan's People)
Elton John Rocket Man
Gilbert O'Sullivan Clair (repeat)
Slade Take Me Bak 'Ome
Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (promo)
The Move California Man
New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (repeat)
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band Amazing Grace (promo)
Don McLean Vincent (repeat)
BBC1 Dick Whittington 4:10 -
Peter Noone
BBC1 Christmas Night With The Stars 6:55 – 8:15 pm
Cilla Black – You You You, All I Really Wanted Was You
Lulu & The Young Generation – My Father’s House
BBC1 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 8:15 -
Shirley Bassey
Jack Jones
Vera Lynn
Anglia The Flight of the Snow Geese
Glen Campbell -
LWT All Star Comedy Carvival
Carl Wayne
Thames Opportunity Knocks Christmas Special
The John Miles Set
ATV The Val Doonican Show
George Fame and Alan Price
Tuesday 26th December 1972 Boxing Day
BBC1 Help! 3:30 -
BBC1 The Sound Of Petula
Petula Clark
Anthony Newley
BBC1 Shirley Bassey
NB Recorded at The Talk of the Town
Segment
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11:15 pm -
Year end compilation
Alice Cooper Under My Wheels
Dion Runaround Sue (Twist Around The Clock movie)
David Bowie Queen Bitch
Ten Wheel Drive I Got Out Of Jail (Filmfinders film)
Beach boys You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
The Steve Miller Band Living In The U.S.A. (live in concert)
Vinegar Joe Rusty Red Armour
Jerry Lee Lewis Think About It Darling
Bob Harris – says Happy Christmas
Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson Help Me Make It Through The Night
ATV The Val Doonican Show
Georgie Fame & Alan Price
Yorkshire All The Jokers – Full House
Clodagh Rodgers
Wednesday 27th December 1972
BBC1 Fifty Years Of Music (repeat 6th November 1972)
Lulu
The New Seekers
Cliff Richard
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Thames Looks Familiar
George Melly
Granada Lift Off With Ayshea
Ayshea Brough
10cc -
Frankie Stevens
Roger Whittaker -
Olivia Newton John
Thursday 28th December 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Pops’72 part two 7:10 -
Hosts: Noel Edmonds, Tony Blackburn
Theme: Whole Lotta Love
Gary Glitter -
Donny Osmond -
Alice Cooper -
Lieutenant Pigeon -
Roberta Flack -
Slade -
Benny Hill -
Chicory Tip -
Nilsson -
The Osmonds -
Tony Blackburn introduces Rolf Harris
Chuck Berry -
The Jackson Five -
T Rex -
Ringo Starr -
BBC1 Tom Jones 10:05 -
Possibly a Christmas special
BBC2 Georgia Brown In Concert
HTV Time Was
Janie Marden
Saturday 30th December 1972
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5:05 -
The Settlers
BBC1 Cilla (first in new series)
Cilla Black
Donovan -
BBC1 Parkinson Meets The Goons
Ray Ellington
LWT The Osmonds: Rio de Janeiro
LWT The Partridge Family: The Forty Year Itch
LWT The Julie Andrews Hour
Cass Elliot
LWT Russell Harty Plus
Eartha Kitt
Sunday 31st December 1972
BBC1 Top Of The Year (Variety Club Awards)
Clodagh Rodgers
ATV The Golden Shot
No musical guests of interest
LWT At Last The 1973 Show
Eartha Kitt
Also this year
Deep Purple -
Ringo Starr and Lulu -
Thames This Is Your Life. In March 1972 Thames had targeted DJ Jack Jackson for one show and had intended singer Nellie Lutcher to come over to be a guest. However, Jackson lives in the Canary Islands and the ruse to bring him over, a guest spot on a TV show would have cost them a £500 appearance fee, so they decided against it.
BBC1 Pebble Mill At One
Sandy Denny – The Music Weaver
Elton John BBC1 Nationwide Talks about the National Youth Theatre, Honky Cat
HTV THe Dave Cash Radio Programme Dawn -