TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1977
Saturday 1st January 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Tarney and Spencer
Abba
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Saturday Special 8.15 -
Peters & Lee
Dana
Tyne Tees The Best of Geordie Scene
Hosted by Dave Eager
Gallagher & Lyle
John Miles
Elkie Brooks
Osibisa
Procol Harum
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.55 am -
Sally James & Mike Mansfield
Mary Hopkin
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
Muriel Young is on the panel
Quinn (group)
Art Sutter (singer with piano)
Siobhan McManus (singer)
Brother Kip (group)
Anglia All We Need Is The Sun To Shine... 12.10 -
Documentary about a group called Crackerjack
Sunday 2nd January 1977
BBC1 That's Life
Jake Thackray
LWT Once Upon A Century – A Very Royal Gala 7.25 -
Recorded at the Talk of the Town
Andy Williams
Brotherhood Of Man
Frankie Vaughan
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.55 -
Dana
Bing Crosby
Val Doonican
Frank Ifield
Monday 3rd January 1977
BBC2 Max Bygraves Says' I Wanna Tell You a Story' 8.15 -
The 1960s
Max Bygraves
with clips of Cliff Richard, Tom Jones, Sandie Shaw
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Variety Club awards show handed over by last years’ winners The Frank Jennings Syndicate
Sunshine (group from Dublin)
Andee Delmar (singer)
ATV Tonight With Bing and Liza 10.30 -
Celebration a hundred years of the Bell Telephone Company
Bing Crosby
Liza Minnelli
Joel Grey
Steve Lawrence
Eydie Gorme
Roy Clark
Marvin Hamlisch
Ben Vereen
Tuesday 4th January 1977
BBC2 The Musical Time Machine 9.05 -
Vince Hill, The Nolan Sisters, The Young Generation (regulars)
Frankie Vaughan
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.20 pm -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Lone Star -
Loudon Wainwright III -
SAHB without Alex -
Marvin Gaye -
Roger Daltrey -
Andy Fairweather Lowe (with Georgie Fame) -
Grampian Songs of Bonnie Dobson 11.00 -
Bonnie Dobson
Wednesday 5th January 1977
Thames Looks Familiar 3.50 -
Petula Clark
Frankie Vaughan
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Sally James, David ‘Kid’ Jensen
Track Facts looks at music journalism with Tony Jasper
Thursday 6th January 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
The chart is the same as the final chart of 1976
Hosted by David Jensen
Theme -
Sheer Elegance -
10cc -
Tina Charles -
Smokie -
Gladys Knight & The Pips -
Jethro Tull -
David Soul -
The Drifters -
Clodagh Rodgers -
Boney M -
Donna Summer -
Johnny Mathis -
ABBA -
Anglia Anita In Jumbleland 4.45 -
Anita Harris with Harry Stoneham
Friday 7th January 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
Saturday 8th January 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Cliff Richard
BBC1 Jim'll Fix It 5.50 -
The New Seekers
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.40 -
Shades
BBC1 Parkinson 11.20 pm -
George Melly
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
These shows were simulcast in stereo on Radio One
Renaissance
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.30 am -
Sally James & Mike Mansfield
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
In Control Room -
The Hollies -
Mud – Somebody
Phoenix – Easy
Andy Fairweather Low -
Flintlock
Brotherhood of Man
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am – 12.30 pm
The Real Thing
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.15 -
Clodagh Rodgers
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
Tony Hatch, Alan A Freeman and Joe Loss on panel
Lucky Numbers (group)
Tricia Parnell (singer)
Norman Castle and Gill (duo)
David Kerry (singer)
Mardi Gras (group)
Sunday 9th January 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 10.25 -
Catherine Howe (alternates with Jake Thackray)
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.55 -
Gene Pitney
Anne Shelton
Monday 10th January 1977
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Berni Flint
Tyne Tees On The Light Side (first of 13 shows)
Chris Langford (resident singer)
Tuesday 11th January 1977
BBC2 The Musical Time Machine 9.00 -
Vince Hill, The Nolan Sisters, The Young Generation (regulars)
Miquel Brown
Leo Sayer
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Ace -
Daryl Hall and John Oates -
Roy Carr -
Free -
Graham Parker & The Rumour -
Boston -
Thin Lizzy -
ITN News at Ten 10.00 -
Keith Richards on drugs charge at Aylesbury
Wednesday 12th January 1977
BBC2 International Pro-
Bing Crosby
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Track facts looks at the music business
ITN News at Ten 10.00 -
Keith Richards fined
Thursday 13th January 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Hamilton
Theme -
Gallagher & Lyle -
Barry Biggs -
Rose Royce -
David Parton -
Julie Covington -
Status Quo -
Liverpool Express -
Pussycat -
David Soul -
Stevie Wonder -
BBC2 Sing Country Extra 8.35 -
George Hamilton IV
Anglia Anita In Jumbleland 4.45 -
Anita Harris
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Friday 14th January 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55-
content unknown
BBC2 The Spinners 8.05 -
Saturday 15th January 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Leo Sayer
Osibisa (probably cancelled as they appeared the following week)
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Saturday Special 8.25 -
The New Seekers
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
The Jess Roden Band
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am 12.30 pm
Sally James & Mike Mansfield
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
Jessie Green – Flip
John Miles -
Deaf School -
Jessie Green – Nice And Slow
Deaf School -
John Miles -
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
The Rubettes
LWT Larry Grayson
Reflections
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
Maxwell Plumm (group)
Dave Curtis (vocal/guitar)
Tina (singer)
Sullivan (group)
Sunday 16th January 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 10.20 -
Jake Thackray
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.25 -
The Beverley Sisters
Vikki Carr
Ronnie Hilton
Monday 17th January 1977
BBC1 Blue Peter 4.40 -
Slade -
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.15 -
The Karlins
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Berni Flint (winner from last week's show)
Tuesday 18th January 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Larry Coryell’s The Eleventh House in concert -
Wednesday 19th January 1977
BBC2 International Pro-
Playing for the Bing Crosby cup
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Track Facts looks at radio playlists with Keith Skues of Radio Hallam
Thursday 20th January 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Theme -
Slade -
Donna Summer -
10cc -
Jesse Green -
Elvis Presley -
The Drifters -
Leo Sayer -
Thin Lizzy -
Gary Glitter -
Silver Convention -
David Soul -
Boney M -
Anglia Anita In Jumbleland 4.45 -
Anita Harris
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV 11.25 -
Friday 21st January 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Spinners 8.05 -
Thames Magpie 4.45 -
The Stranglers -
Saturday 22nd January 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Osibisa
BBC1 Jim'll Fix It 5.50 -
Showwaddywaddy
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.35 -
Shades
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Santana (The Odeon, Hammersmith, London)
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Sally James and Mike Mansfield
Ace
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
Eddie & The Hot Rods -
Liverpool Express -
Ace -
Dodgers -
Eddie & The Hot Rods -
Ace -
Slik -
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Medicine Head
LWT Larry Grayson 6.30 -
Our Kid
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
Les Reed, Muriel Young on panel
Teapot Brown (group)
Tommy Drennan (singer)
Lynch and Lawson (duo)
Elaine Lesley (singer)
Why Not (group)
Sunday 23rd January 1977
BBC1 Appeal 6.45 -
Cliff Richard appeals on behalf of the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Ludihana, India
BBC1 That’s Life 9.50 -
Catherine Howe
Scottish Elaine, The Singer and the Song
Elaine Simmons
R&J Stone
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.25 -
Anita Harris
Monday 24th January 1977
BBC2 Max Byrgraves Says I Wanna Tell You A Story 8.15 -
The 1970s
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Berni Flint (winner from last week's show)
Tuesday 25th January 1977
BBC2 The Musical Time Machine 9.00 -
Vince Hill, The Nolan Sisters, The Young Generation (regulars)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia
Red Hurley
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Leon Redbone -
SAHB Without Alex -
Dory Previn -
Emmylou Harris -
Rick Wakeman -
Southern Oscar Peterson Presents 11.25 pm -
Dizzy Gillespie
Wednesday 26th January 1977
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
The final
The Rolling Stones -
Thursday 27th January 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Theme -
The Brothers -
David Parton -
Eagles -
Barry Briggs -
Status Quo -
Mr Big -
Julie Covington -
Andy Fairweather Low Be Bop ‘N’ Holler
The Moments -
The New Seekers -
David Soul -
Rose Royce -
ATV The British Rock And Pop Awards 1976 10.30 -
David Essex
Wings – presented with an award
The Real Thing
Status Quo
John Miles
Anglia Anita in Jumbleland 4.45 -
Anita Harris
Friday 28th January 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Spinners 8.05 -
Thames Magpie 4.45 -
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Saturday 29th January 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
John Lodge
BBC1 Jim'll Fix It 5.45 -
Sutherland Brothers & Quivver
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Saturday Special 8.20 -
Leo Sayer
BBC2 The Friendly Invasion 5.00 -
Jazz and Swing
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Rory Gallagher
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Sally James & Mike Mansfield
Barry Biggs
Leo Sayer
ATV Fun Food Factory 9.45 -
Alvin Stardust
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
John Miles
Granada The Beatles 10.30 -
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
Leo Sayer -
The Real Thing -
Mr Big – Romeo (live)
Andy Fairweather Low (with Georgie Fame) -
The Real Thing -
Scrounger -
Leo Sayer -
LWT Larry Grayson 6.30 -
Reflections
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
Tamashante (group)
Preluse (vocal guitar duo)
Gillian Burns (singer)
Tony Major (singer)
Grapevine (group)
Sunday 30th January 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 10.20 -
Jake Thackray
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.15 -
Rock Venues with Meal Ticket
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.30 -
Slim Whitman
Monday 31st January 1977
BBC2 The Mike Reid Show 8.15 -
Patsy Ann Scott (singer)
Brooks Achron (piano player)
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Berni Flint (winner from last week's show)
Tuesday 1st February 1977
BBC2 The Musical Time Machine 9.00 -
Vince Hill
The Nolan Sisters
The Young Generation (regulars)
Tony Christie
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Ry Cooder and The Chicken Skin Band in concert
The Tattler, Dark End of the Street, Jesus on a Main Line, Do Reh Mi, Goodnight Irene, He'll Have to Go, Smack Dab
Southern Oscar Peterson Presents 11.30 pm -
Joe Turner
Wednesday 2nd February 1977
BBC2 International Pro-
The Bing Crosby cup with Val Doonican
Yorkshire Pop Quest Special 4.45 -
Sally James looks at the record industry in this one-
Thursday 3rd February 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Theme -
Thin Lizzy -
Gary Glitter -
Boney M -
Leo Sayer -
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes -
Boz Scaggs -
The Real Thing -
Silver Convention -
The Rubettes -
David Soul -
Heatwave -
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV
Friday 4th February 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Spinners 8.05 -
Saturday 5th February 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
The Rubettes -
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8,.30 -
Shades
BBC2 The Friendly Invasion: The Road To Rock N Roll 5.05 -
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
John Miles
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Sally James & Mike Mansfield
Andy Fairweather Low
Slade
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Champagne
Granada The Beatles 10.30 -
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
Vision mixer is wearing a yellow t-
Slade -
Gary Glitter -
Paul Nicholas -
Miquel Brown -
Paul Nicholas -
Slade -
Gary Glitter -
LWT Larry Grayson 6.30 -
Brotherhood of Man
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
Mickie Most, Alan A Freeman on panel
Soul Direction (group)
Laraine Lee (singer)
Brother (trio)
Bill Campbell (singer)
Reno (group)
Sunday 6th February 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 9.50 -
Catherine Howe
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday 6.25 -
Rosemary Clooney
Frankie Vaughan
Monday 7th February 1977
BBC2 The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.15 -
Diane Solomon
Maggie Fitzgibbon
Champagne
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Berni Flint (winner from last week's show)
Tuesday 8th February 1977
BBC1 The Variety Club Awards 6.40 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Musical Time Machine 9.00 -
Vince Hill, The Nolan Sisters, The Young Generation (regulars)
The Bachelors
Clodagh Rodgers
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Average White Band in concert in Miami, Florida
If I Ever Lose This Heaven, Cloudy, Pick Up The Pieces, Person To Person, I Heard It Through The Grapevine (with Kokomo on back up vocals)
Wednesday 9th February 1977
BBC2 International Pro-
The Bing Crosby cup
Thursday 10th February 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Theme -
Kiki Dee First Thing In The Morning
Brotherhood Of Man Oh Boy
Sailor One Drink Too Many
Barbara Dickson Another Suitcase In Another Hall
Boston More Than A Feeling (film clip)
Bryan Ferry This Is Tomorrow (promo clip)
Racing Cars They Shoot Horses Don't They
Heatwave Boogie Nights (Legs & Co dance routine)
Johnny Nash Birds Of A Feather
Julie Covington chats to host
Julie Covington -
BBC1 The Good Old Days 9.25 -
Frankie Vaughan
Friday 11th February 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
Saturday 12th February 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Suzi Quatro
Hank Marvin
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Saturday Special 8.25 -
Val Doonican
BBC1 Parkinson 11.10 pm -
Comedian Mort Sahl was due to fly over but demanded a first class seat, whereas the BBC would only pay for economy
Ralph McTell
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
The Chieftains
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Sally James & Mike Mansfield
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
content unknown
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
Daily Mirror mentions Dennis Waterman and (possibly) Christie
Suzi Quatro – The Wild One (live)
Marc Bolan & Gloria Jones -
Justin Hayward – One Lonely Room
Twiggy – 20/20 Hindsight (live vocal)
Suzi Quatro – Tear Me Apart (live)
Marc Bolan – Crimson Moon
Twiggy – Please Get My Name Right (live vocal)
LWT Supersonic 12.00 -
ATV New Faces 6.15 -
Recent winners show
Muriel Young on panel
Quinn (group)
Christie Lee (drummer)
Dave Curtis (singer)
Birth (group)
Lynch and Lawson (duo)
Gillian Burns (singer)
LWT Larry Grayson 6.30 -
The Bachelors
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
1: Compilation introductory show
Sunday 13th February 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 10.15 -
Jake Thackray
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.25 -
Roger Whittaker
Frank Ifield
Jackie Trent
Monday 14th February 1977
BBC2 The Mike Reid Show 8.15 -
Patsy Ann Scott (singer)
Brooks Achron (piano player)
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Patents Pending (pop group from Barrow in Furness)
Berni Flint (winner from last week's show)
ITV Queen A Day At The Races advert
Tuesday 15th February 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Kate and Anna McGarrigle -
Dr Feelgood -
Fleetwood Mac -
Pat Travers Band -
Bob Seger -
Genesis -
BBC2 The Musical Time Machine 9.00 -
Vince Hill
The Nolan Sisters
The Young Generation (regulars)
Paul Jones,
Lena Zavaroni
Wednesday 16th February 1977
BBC1 The Goodies -
the comedy group perform their hit songs
Thursday 17th February 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
episode 673 on countdown clock
Hosted by Paul Burnett
Theme -
Suzi Quatro -
The Moments -
Manhattan Transfer -
The Brothers -
Les Gray -
Boz Scaggs -
Thelma Houston -
The Rubettes -
Mr.Big -
Tavares -
Leo Sayer -
Earth Wind and Fire -
Southern Music In Camera 10.30 -
Eartha Kitt
Friday 18th February 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Spinners 8.05 -
Saturday 19th February 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Liverpool Express
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.35 -
Shades
BBC1 Parkinson 11.05 pm -
Oscar Peterson
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Jethro Tull
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
The host is just Sally James from now onwards
Johnny Nash
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Sheer Elegance
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
Chips seen as appearing
Sailor -
Andy Bown -
Sheer Elegance -
Johnny Nash -
John Lodge -
Sailor -
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.15 -
Tony Blackburn
LWT Larry Grayson 6.30 -
Guys 'n' Dolls
Dennis Weaver (as a singer)
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
On Panel -
Juliette De Ville (singer)
Michael Johns (singer)
Railout (group)
Fresh (group)
Count Marenzi (one man band)
LWT All You Need Is Love 2. God’s Children; Origins 11.00 pm -
Tunji Oyelana (African Drums), Fisk Jubilee (Singers), Jimmy Driftwood, Como Mississippi
Fife And Drums Corps, Lightning Hopkin, Duke Ellington, Fats Domino, Ray Charles,
Rufus Thomas, Big Bill Broonzy, Buck Ram Platters, James Brown, Staple Singers, Fela
Ransome-
Sunday 20th February 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 10.10 -
Catherine Howe
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.25 -
Dana
Ronnie Carroll
Granada George Hamilton IV 11.00 -
Monday 21st February 1977
BBC2 Perry Como Hawaiian Holiday 8.15 -
Petula Clark
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Microwave (pop group from Cheshire)
Berni Flint (winner from last week's show)
Tuesday 22nd February 1977
BBC2 The Musical Time Machine 9.00 -
Vince Hill, The Nolan Sisters, The Young Generation (regulars)
Thelma Houston
Johnny Nash
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.35 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Manhattan Transfer in concert at BBC Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
That Cat Is High, Four Brothers, Heart's Desire, Scotch and Soda, Don't Let Go, Chanson D'Amour, Candy, Gloria, Operator, Tuxedo Junction
Wednesday 23rd February 1977
Granada The Wednesday Special 10.40 -
The National Club Act Awards and the Final of Miss Nightclub 1977
Recorded at The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club
Alvin Stardust (on panel)
Thursday 24th February 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Theme -
Heatwave -
Racing Cars -
Bryan Ferry -
The Real Thing -
Mary MacGregor -
ELO -
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-
Barbara Dickson -
Boston -
Earth Wind & Fire -
Leo Sayer -
David Bowie Sound and Vision (play out record and end credits)
BBC1 Omnibus. L A My Home Town 10.10 -
Ian Whitcomb, Peter Asher
Thames Rock Follies 10.30 -
1: The Show Business
Scottish Elaine, the Singer and the Song
Elaine Simmons
The Sandpipers
Friday 25th February 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Max Boyce in Concert 10.46 -
Max Boyce
The Chieftains
Granada Reports 6.00 -
John Martyn -
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Manhattan Transfer – Chanson D’Amour
Saturday 26th February 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Includes Swap Show Supergroup with Leo Sayer, Suzi Quatro, John Miles, John Christie, Kenney Jones (the group’s track is produced by Mickie Most)
Liverpool Express
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Saturday Special 8.35 -
Clodagh Rodgers
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.30 pm -
Roy Orbison
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
The Kiki Dee Band
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Dennis Weaver (over in the UK to promote his vocal album)
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
Golden Earring – not on
In control room – Dennis Waterman, (possibly) Les Gray
Mr Big – Romeo
The Damned -
Guys And Dolls -
Roy Harper -
Racing Cars -
Cliff Richard -
Dennis Weaver -
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
John Entwistle
John Lodge
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.15 -
Vince Hill
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
contents unknown
LWT All You Need Is Love 11.10 pm -
3. I Can Hypnotise Dis Nation (Ragtime)
Sunday 27th February 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 10.10 -
Jake Thackray
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.15 -
Small record companies with The Gorillas, Chiswick Records, Andrew Lauder
Monday 28th February 1977
BBC2 The Mike Reid Show 8.15 -
Patsy Ann Scott (singer)
Brooks Achron (piano player)
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Berni Flint (winner from last week's show)
Tuesday 1st March 1977
BBC2 Oscar Peterson Invites 10.15 -
Sacha Distel
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.10 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Jan Akkerman and Kaz Lux -
John Martyn -
Jack Bruce Band -
Ted Nugent -
Barclay James Harvest Rock N Roll Star, The World Goes On (promo clips)
Streetwalkers -
Wednesday 2nd March 1977
BBC1 The Goodies 6.35 -
Tony Blackburn
BBC2 International Pro-
The Bing Crosby cup
Thursday 3rd March 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Theme -
Showaddywaddy When
Maxine Nightingale Love Hit Me
Mr Big Romeo
Manhattan Transfer Chanson D'Amour (promo clip)
Cliff Richard My Kinda Life
Abba Knowing Me Knowing You (promo clip)
Bonnie Tyler More Than A Lover
David Bowie Sound And Vision (Legs & Co dance routine)
Leo Sayer When I Need You number one
Boz Scaggs What Can I Say (audience dancing and end credits)
Thames Rock Follies 10.30 -
2: The Little Ladies
Scottish Elaine, the Singer and the Song
Smith and D'Abo
Friday 4th March 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Max Boyce in Concert 10.46 -
Max Boyce
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Kiki Dee
Saturday 5th March 1977
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.30 -
Shades
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 11.30 pm -
Suzi Quatro (also in special trailer for the show)
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Gallagher & Lyle
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
content unknown
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
The Daily Mirror had David Dundas and Mickey Dolenz as appearing, TV Times had Justin Hayward appearing
The Kursaal Flyers -
The Real Thing -
Barbara Dickson -
Sailor -
Steve Saxon -
Eddie Howell -
The Kursall Flyers -
LWT Supersonic 12.00 -
ATV The Muppet Show 5.15 -
Lena Horne
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.15 -
Matt Monro
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
on panel -
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.00 -
4: Jungle Music; Jazz
Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Earl Fatha Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, George Shearing, Norma Winstone, Mike Gibbs
Sunday 6th March 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 10.20 -
Catherine Howe
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 7.05 -
Claude Francois
Anita Harris
Monday 7th March 1977
BBC2 Transatlantic Concert 8.15 -
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Frank Sinatra
The 5th Dimension
Tuesday 8th March 1977
BBC2 Oscar Peterson Invites 10.20 -
The Chieftains
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Charlie -
Nils Lofgren -
The Four Pennies -
Stephen Bishop -
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Ian Whitcomb -
Earl Preston & The TTs -
Thames Tom O'Connor 8.30 -
Barbara Dickson
Wednesday 7th March 1977
BBC1 A Song For Europe 7.30 -
The twelve contestants for the UK entry
Live from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran – Rock Bottom (written by Lynsey De Paul, Mike Moran) (winner) The song was originally submitted to Blue Mink, but since the piano to be used on the session was so bad the song was dropped. The publisher later decided to enter the song for the Eurovision Song Contest
Carl Wayne -
Lyn Paul – If Everybody Loved The Same As You (written by Geoff Stephens, Don Black)
Sweet Sensation – You’re My Sweet Sensation (written by Raymond Roberts, Melvyn Taggart)
Tony Monopoly – Leave A Little Love (written by Alan Hawkshaw, Ray Cameron)
Val Stokes -
Marty Mason -
Beano – Everybody Knows (written by Freddie Phillips)
Wesley Park and Smith -
High Society -
Rags -
BBC2 International Pro-
Max Bygraves
Thursday 10th March 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Theme -
Graham Parker & The Rumour -
The Real Thing -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Smokie -
Barbara Dickson -
Rubettes -
Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran -
ELO -
Mary MacGregor -
Brendon -
Manhattan Transfer -
Elton John -
BBC2 America Salutes Jimmy Carter 9.30 -
Aretha Franklin
Paul Simon
Granada Reports 6.00 -
Tony Wilson talks to Phil Collins and Chester Thompson of Genesis
Thames Rock Follies 10.30 -
3: The Road
Friday 11th March 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Max Boyce in Concert 10.46 -
Max Boyce
The Spinners
Mary O'Hara
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 12th March 1977
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Saturday Special 8.30 -
The Wurzels
Tony Monopoly
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Procol Harum
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Joe Brown
The G Band
Biddu
Billy Ocean
Paul Nicholas
Tony Macauley
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Dead End Kids
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
The G Band / Glitter Band -
Justin Hayward -
Patti Boulaye -
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Danny Ray -
Kiki Dee -
LWT Supersonic 12.00 -
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
Mother Nature's Children (group)
Susan Wilson (singer)
Don Shepherd Set (group)
David Laine (singer)
Wine and Roses (group)
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
5: Who’s That Comin’. The Blues
Memphis Slim, Furry Lewis, Roosevelt Sykes, Willie The Lion Smith, Blind Arvella Gray, Ray Charles, Victoria Spivey, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Dawkins, Joe Young, Billy Holliday, B B King
Sunday 13th March 1977
BBC1 That’s Life 10.05 -
Jake Thackray
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 7.00 -
Val Doonican
Monday 14th March 1977
BBC2 The Mike Reid Show 8.15 -
Patsy Ann Scott (singer)
Brooks Achron (piano player)
Tuesday 15th March 1977
BBC2 Oscar Peterson Invites 10.20 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Andrew Gold in concert, New Victoria Theatre, London
Heartaches In Heartaches, That's Why I Love You, Endless Flight, Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Learning the Game, Angel Woman, Hope You Feel Good, Hang My Picture Straight, Lonely Boy, Go Back Home Again
Thames Des O'Connor 8.30 -
Mahogany
ATV Jack Parnell and His Music 11.20 -
(possibly) Al Jarreau, Madeline Bell, Miquel Brown, Christy Lee
Thursday 17th March 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Theme -
Suzi Quatro -
Berni Flint -
Abba -
Cliff Richard -
Elvis Presley -
Barclay James Harvest -
Maxine Nightingale -
Showaddywaddy -
Billy Ocean -
Manhattan Transfer -
Boney M -
BBC1 Carpenters In Concert 9.25 -
from the New London Theatre, November 1976
Thames Rock Follies 10.30 -
4: The Talking Pictures
Anglia George Hamilton IV 10.30 -
George Hamilton IV
Stringband
Thames Barbra -
Barbra Streisand
Friday 18th March 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Max Boyce in Concert 10.46 -
Max Boyce
BBC2 Barbra Streisand In Conversation 11.00 -
Interviewed by Iain Johnstone
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Twiggy – Please Get My Name Right
Saturday 19th March 1977
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.30 -
Shades
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Paice, Ashton and Lord
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
Les Gray -
Roy Harper -
Gloria Jones -
The Three Degrees -
Gerry True -
Golden Earring – Bombay
Leo Sayer -
Twiggy -
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Hunter
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.15 -
Joe Brown, Lorna Luft
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
Near misses contest
Muriel Young, Les Reed on panel
Ding-
Tina (singer)
Fresh (group)
Dario and Della (duo)
Bob Clark Ensemble (jazz group)
Sullivan (group)
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
6: Rude Songs -
Narrated by Liberace
Sylvie Vartan, Judy Garland etc
Sunday 20th March 1977
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest Preview part one 3.55 -
BBC1 That’s Life 10.05 -
Catherine Howe
Monday 21st March 1977
BBC2 The Freddie Starr Show 8.15 -
Guys N Dolls
Tuesday 22nd March 1977
BBC2 Oscar Peterson Invites 10.20 -
Twiggy (as a singer)
No Old Grey Whistle Test
Thames Tom O'Connor 8.30 -
Barbara Dickson
ATV Jack Parnell and his Music 11.15 -
Larry Adler
Marion Montgomery
Wednesday 23rd March 1977
BBC2 The Pasadena Roof Orchestra In Concert 8.30 -
Thames This Is Your Life: Matt Monro 7.00 -
Thursday 24th March 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
The Daily Mirror has The Three Degrees performing We’re All Alone in this show
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Theme -
Brendon -
Elkie Brooks -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Graham Parker & The Rumour -
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr -
Dead End Kids -
Smokie -
Boney M -
Marc Bolan & T Rex -
The Captain and Tenille chat with host
Manhattan Transfer -
David Bowie -
BBC2 Just A Nimmo 8.35 0 9.00 pm
On male beauty -
Anglia George Hamilton IV 11.45 pm -
Friday 25th March 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Nationwide
Elton John interview on his 30th birthday
BBC1 (West) It's The Wurzels 10.15 -
Ulster Sounds of McEvoy 12.30 -
Frankie McBride
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 26th March 1977
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Movies: Roustabout 6.55 -
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Graham Parker & The Rumour
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Kiki Dee
Bernie Flint
The Three Degrees
Maxine Nightingale -
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
TV Times lists Liar as appearing
Dead End Kids -
Marmalade -
Strapps -
Bandit -
The Damned -
Leo Sayer -
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
The Wurzels
LWT Supersonic 12.00 -
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
All winners final
on panel -
Our Kid
Koffee n Kreme (winners)
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
7: Always Chasing Rainbows -
Bing Cosby, Ian Whitcomb, Irving Berlin
Sunday 27th March 1977
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest Preview part two 4.00 -
BBC1 That’s Life 10.10 -
Jake Thackray
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.55 -
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 28th March 1977
BBC2 Leo Sayer Sings... 8.15 -
Leo Sayer
Scottish New Celeste In Concert 10.30 -
Tuesday 29th March 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 8.10 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Roy Harper and Black Sheep -
Frankie Miller -
The Ronettes -
Led Zepplein -
Terry Reid -
Tiger -
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -
BBC2 Oscar Peterson Invites 10.30 -
content unknown
ATV Jack Parnell and His Music 11.25 -
Miquel Brown
Thursday 31st March 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Hamilton
Theme -
Blue -
Billy Ocean -
David Soul -
David Dundas -
Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran -
Berni Flint -
The Stylistics -
Bonnie Tyler -
Michael Nesmith chats to host (Nesmith had come with the promo clip for his hit Rio but the record had been going down the chart so couldn't be included)
ABBA -
Elvis Presley -
BBC1 John Denver and Friend 9.25 -
Frank Sinatra
BBC1 Omnibus 10.15 -
Stan Tracey Original
Thames Rock Follies 11.00 pm -
The Pound Sterling
Anglia George Hamilton IV 11.00 -
George Hamilton IV
Part III
Friday 1st April 1977
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Joan Armatrading – Down To Zero
Saturday 2nd April 1977
BBC1 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 8.00 -
Elton John
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Roy Wood’s Wizzo Band
LWT Supersonic Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
Granada The Beatles 10.30 -
LWT Supersonic 11.00 -
The final show
Blue -
Mark Bolan -
Marc Bolan & Dave Edmunds -
Elkie Brooks -
Dave Edmunds & Rockpile -
The Kinks -
John Lodge -
Alvin Stardust -
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces Gala Final 7.00 -
content unknown
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.45 -
8: Diamonds As Big As The Ritz -
Steven Sondheim, Lionel Bart, Elton John, Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner
Sunday 3rd April 1977
BBC1 Gospel Rock 4.10 -
Presented by Pat Boone
BBC1 That’s Life 10.45 -
Catherine Howe
Monday 4th April 1977
BBC1 Blue Peter 4.40 -
The big band sound
Yorkshire George Hamilton IV 12.30 -
Tuesday 5th April 1977
BBC2 Oscar Peterson Invites 10.20 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Brand X may have been scheduled to appear
Hosted by Bob Harris
Southside Johnny and The Asbury Dukes -
Bandit -
Head East -
The Stranglers -
Emerson, Lake and Palmer -
Bad Company -
Granada The Beatles 9.50 -
Thames Tom O’Connor at the Casino 8.30 -
Guys n Dolls
ATV Jack Parnell and His Music 11.15 -
Trevor Chance
The Polka Dots
Wednesday 6th April 1977
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Hosted by Linda Fletcher and Roy North (ex-
Musical Director – Mike Moran
The Dead End Kids -
Linda Fletcher -
Berni Flint -
Showaddywaddy – When
Thursday 7th April 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Theme -
The Dead End Kids -
Deniece Williams -
Showaddywaddy -
Elkie Brooks -
Cliff Richard -
The Manhattans -
Maxine Nightingale -
O.C.Smith -
Elkie Brooks -
ABBA -
Smokie -
BBC2 Shirley Bassey 8.25 -
Shirley Bassey
Bobby Goldsboro
Rod McKuen
Thames Rock Follies 10.30 -
The Blitz
Friday 8th April 1977 Good Friday
BBC2 Jazz From Montreux 11.05 -
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers
Newport All Stars
Yorkshire Stars for Easter 6.00 -
Dana
Saturday 9th April 1977
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.20 -
Val Doonican
Glen Campbell
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.45 pm -
Billie Jo Spears
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Bruce Welch
Alvin Stardust
Kofee and Kreme
Granada The Beatles 10.30 -
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
9: Swing That Music -
Cab Calloway, The Original Dixieland Band, Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo, The Artie Shaw Band, Willie The Lion Smith Fletcher Henderson Band, The Swing Band, Benny Goodman Quartet with Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Harry James, Ella Fitzgerald
Sunday 10th April 1977
BBC1 Roots 8.35 -
Music by Quincy Jones
LWT Up The Junction 10.15 pm -
Monday 11th April 1977 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Mike Yarwood 8.25 -
content unknown
BBC2 Fivepenny Piece with Mike Harding 10.35 -
Thames Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme: From This Moment On 11.10 pm -
Tuesday 12th April 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band in concert at BBC Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
Feeling Single, Seeing Double, I'll Be Your San Antone Rose, Poncho & Lefty, Making Believe, You Never Can Tell, Tulsa Queen, Together Again, Luxury Liner, Ooh Las Vegas
ATV Jack Parnell and His Music 11.15 -
Lynsey De Paul
Wednesday 13th April 1977
Border Look Who’s Talking 12.30 -
The Bachelors
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Vera Lynn, Pete Murray, Benny Green
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
The Daily Mirror has The Glitter Band on the show
Shakin' Stevens & The Sunsets – Never
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Billy Ocean -
Linda Fletcher & Roy North -
Thames Bruce and More Girls 8.00 -
Dana
Thursday 14th April 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Theme -
The Brothers -
Marilyn McCoo & Billie Davis Junior -
Brendon -
David Soul -
The Stylistics -
John Williams & Cleo Laine -
Andrew Gold -
Billy Ocean -
Abba -
Boney M -
Thames TV Times Top Ten Awards 7.10 -
content unknown
Thames Star Rider: Be Bop DeLuxe 11.30 pm -
these were shown in July / August by Yorkshire as Concert Specials
Friday 15th April 1977
BBC2 Jazz from Montreux 11.10 -
Sarah Vaughan
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 16th April 1977
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 7.55 -
Val Doonican
Brotherhood of Man
Crystal Galye
BBC1 That’s Life 9.30 -
Jake Thackray
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Mary Hopkin
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
The hosts were Chris Tarrant, Peter Tomlinson, Trevor East, Peter Matthews
City Boy
Granada The Beatles 10.30 -
ATV The Muppet Show
Connie Stevens
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.15 -
Lorna Luft
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
10: Good Times; Rhythm and Blues 10.30 -
Jerry Wexler, Wilson Pickett, The Chiffons, The Supremes, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, The Diamonds, Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller, Bill Haley & The Comets, Pat Boone, Earl King & The Meteors, Johnny Ray, Bo Diddley, The Platters, The Buck Ram Platters, Phil Spector, Ike & Tina Turner, Sam Phillips, Buddy Holly
Sunday 17th April 1977
Granada So It Goes Concerts 10.55 -
Andy Fairweather Low
Monday 18th April 1977
BBC1 Pebble Mill At One 1.00 -
Lyn Paul
Thames The Little and Large Telly Show 6.45 -
Matt Monro
Linda Lewis
Tuesday 19th April 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
John Steven’s Away -
Atlanta Rhythm Section -
Firefall -
Television -
Ronnie Spector -
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
One source mentions a guest as "David Bowie's ex-
ATV Jack Parnell and his Music 11.15 -
Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent
George Chisholm
Wednesday 20th April 1977
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Also seen as Clifford T Ward. Directed by Keef Macmillan.
Mike Moran & Lynsey De Paul -
John Christie
Linda Fletcher -
Alvin Stardust -
Linda Fletcher & Roy North -
Yorkshire Dawson and Friends 8.00 -
Guys n Dolls
Lulu -
Thursday 21st April 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Theme -
Eddie & The Rods -
O.C.Smith -
Stevie Wonder -
Berni Flint -
Tavares -
Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran -
Leo Sayer -
Delegation -
Elkie Brooks Pearl’s A Singer (repeat 7th April 1976)
David Dundas -
Dead End Kids -
Deniece Williams -
ABBA -
Peter Gabriel -
Thames Star Rider: Kevin Coyne 11.30 pm -
Granada The New Vaudeville Band at The Wheeltappers And Shunters Social Club 10.30
-
Scottish Elaine, the Singers and the Song
The Surprise Sisters
Friday 22nd April 1977
BBC2 Jazz From Montreux 11.00 -
Weather Report
Shakti
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 23rd April 1977
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 7.55 -
Val Doonican
Lynsey de Paul
George Hamilton IV
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Randy Edelman
The Dead End Kids
R & J Stone
Heat Wave
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Randy Edelman
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.15 -
Madeline Bell
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
11: Making Moonshine; Country 10.20 -
Minnie Pearl, Doug Kershaw, Carl & Pearl Butler, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Driftwood, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Roy Rogers, Sons Of The Pioneers, Tex Ritter, David Allen Coe, Bill Anderson, Webb Pierce
Sunday 24th April 1977
Granada So It Goes Concerts 11.00 -
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
Pirate Radio with Ronan O’Rahilly of Radio Caroline
Monday 25th April 1977
Thames The Little and Large Telly Show 6.45 -
Mud
Tony Christie
Dana
Tuesday 26th April 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Kinks in concert at BBC Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
All Day And All Of The Night (on tape before transmission), Sleepwalker, Life Goes On, Stormy Sky, Celluloid Heroes, Muswell Hillbilles, Full Moon, Life On The Road, Juke Box Music
Wednesday 27th April 1977
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Vince Hill, Salena Jones
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Blue -
Koffee n Kreme -
Roy North -
Marc Bolan and T Rex -
Linda Fletcher & Roy North -
Thursday 28th April 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Theme -
Contempt -
Rose Royce -
The Detroit Spinners -
10cc -
Rags -
Joe Tex -
Kiki Dee (with Davey Johnson from Elton John's band) -
Billy Ocean -
Barbra Streisand -
Uriah Heep -
Van McCoy -
Barry Biggs -
ABBA -
Rod Stewart -
Scottish Elaine, the Singer and the Song
Scoby Smith
Friday 29th April 1977
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Justin Hayward – Raised On Love
Saturday 30th April 1977
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 7.55 -
Val Doonican
Charlie Pride
BBC1 That’s Life 9.30 -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Saturday Cinema: Up Jumped A Swagman 3.00 -
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Blue (two members)
Sparrow
Dave Hill of Slade
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
12: Go Down Moses -
Vera Lynn, Peter Paul and Mary, Arlo Guthrie, Leonard Cohen, Pete Seeger, Yip Harburg, Bing Crosby, Woody Guthrie, Leon Rosselson, Joan Baez, Country Joe
Sunday 1st May 1977
Granada So It Goes Concerts 11.00 -
Cado Belle
Monday 2nd May 1977
Thames The Little and Large Telly Show 6.45 -
Lyn Paul -
Berni Flint – I Don’t Want To Get A Hold On You, presented with a silver disc
The Stylistics -
Tuesday 3rd May 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Tom Waits -
Roger McGuinn’s Thunderbyrds -
Ultravox -
Boston -
Status Quo -
Wednesday 4th May 1977
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Vince Hill, Salena Jones
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Roy North -
Kite -
Linda Fletcher -
Lucy Vernon -
The Brothers -
ATV Marti (Caine) 8.00 -
The Three Degrees
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Thames Rock Follies Of ‘77 9.00 -
1: The Band Who Wouldn’t Die
with Tim Curry, Little Nell
Thursday 5th May 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.55 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Theme -
The Bay City Rollers -
Rod Stewart -
Delegation -
Eagles -
Mac and Katie Kissoon -
Leo Sayer -
Joy Sarney -
Tavares -
Frankie Valli -
Andrew Gold -
Mr Big -
Deniece Williams -
Stevie Wonder -
BBC2 Sing Country 9.30 -
Don Williams
The Dillards
Crystal Gayle
Granada The Wheeltappers And Shunters Social Club 10.30 -
The Dubliners
Friday 6th May 1977
BBC2 Jazz from Montreux 10.20 -
Humphrey Lyttelton introduces
Billy Cobham and the George Duke Band
The Crusaders
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Barbara Dickson -
Saturday 7th May 1977
BBC1 Eurovision Song Contest 9.00 -
Delayed from 2nd April due to a technical dispute
UK Entry: Lynsey De Paul & Mike Moran – Rock Bottom
German entry -
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Peter Gabriel -
Mac & Katie Kissoon
Barbara Daly (pop make-
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
content unknown
LWT All You Need Is Love 11.00 pm -
13: Hail! Hail! Rock N Roll
Elvis Presley, Sam Philips, Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twitty, Pat Boone, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker Jack Good, Lonnie Donegan, Tommy Steele, Terry Dene, Cliff Richard, Bill Haley, James Burton, Wee Willie Harris, The Shadows
Sunday 8th May 1977
Granada So It Goes Concerts 11.00 -
Sad Cafe in rehearsal
Monday 9th May 1977
Thames The Little and Large Telly Show 6.45 -
Four Tops
John Christie
Suzi Quatro
Tuesday 10th May 1977
BBC1 Jubilee: Our Kid 6.50 -
Ray Connolly written play about 1960s pop music with Slik playing a pop group
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.50 -
The Small Faces may have been booked to appear this week, but appeared on the 31st May show instead
Hosted by Bob Harris
Nils Lofgren -
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers -
Whitesnake -
Dave Edmunds -
Steve Miller -
Van Morrison -
AC-
Wednesday 11th May 1977
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Anne Shelton
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Rags -
Katie Budd -
Roy North -
Jesse Green -
Mud -
Linda Fletcher -
Thames Rock Follies Of ‘77 9.00 -
Episode 2. The Empire
Thursday 12th May 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile and on occasion 'Percy' his brother
Theme -
Honky -
Barbra Streisand -
Blue -
Trinidad Oil Company -
Piero Umiliani -
Simon May -
10cc -
Martin Ford Orchestra -
Kenny Rogers -
Marvin Gaye -
Mud -
Billy Paul -
Dr Feelgood -
Deniece Williams -
Joe Tex -
BBC1 Omnibus 10.15 -
Stan Kenton
BBC2 Sing Country 9.40 -
Don Everly
Billie Jo Spears
Larry Gatlin
Jim & Jessie
The Virginia Boys
Friday 13th May 1977
BBC1 (West) Jazz on the Quay 10.15 -
Acker Bilk
BBC2 Jazz From Montreux 11.15 -
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Janie Jones (with band)
ITV Documentary Aznavour, Yesterday When I Was Young (not listed in newspapers)
Charles Aznavour
Nana Mouskouri
Saturday 14th May 1977
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.00 -
Neil Sedaka
Marie Myriam (Eurovision winner)
BBC1 That’s Life 9.25 -
Jake Thackray
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 11.45 pm -
Wilma Reading
BBC2 Saturday Cinema: Three Hats For Lisa 2.55 -
BBC2 The Lively Arts – In Performance 10.00 -
The Camden Jazz Festival
Clark Terry, Buddy Tate etc
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
14: Mighty Good
The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Roger McGuinn, Donovan, The Animals, Ravi Shankar
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Dead End Kids
Sunday 15th May 1977
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.15 -
Rock N Roll Revival with Carl Perkins, Crazy Cavern & The Rhythm Rockers, Stuart Colman
Granada So It Goes Concerts 11.05 -
The Kursaal Flyers
Southern A Hymn for the Jubilee (not listed in newspapers)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Monday 16th May 1977
Thames the Little and Large Telly Show 6.45 -
Peters and Lee
Liverpool Express
Tuesday 17th May 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Dory Previn in concert at BBC Television Centre, London
Mythical Kings and Iguanas, To Be Alone, Yada Yada La Scala, Mary C Brown and the Hollywood Sign, I Dance and Dance and Smile and Smile, The Owl and the Pussycat, Woman Soul, Stone For Bessie Smith, Coldwater Canyon, Michael Michael, Going Home
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
Slik
Wednesday 18th May 1977
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Anne Shelton
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Badger -
Linda Fletcher -
Eddie and the Hot Rods -
David Dundas -
Granada Mr Nice Guy -
The Three Degrees
Acker Bilk
Les Reed
Elaine Delmar
Thames Rock Follies Of ‘77 9.00 -
3: The Hype
Thursday 19th May 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Theme -
Suzi Quatro -
Heatwave -
Linda Lewis -
Bay City Rollers -
Carole Bayer-
Joe Tex -
Trammps -
Tony Etoria -
Joy Sarney -
The Jacksons -
Van McCoy -
The Jam -
Rod Stewart -
Boz Scaggs -
BBC2 Sing Country 9.50 -
Carl Parkins
Jean Sheppard
Jody Miller
Hank Thompson
BBC2 Close: Jeremy Clyde reads The Tune The Old Cow Died Of by Norman Nicholson 11.35
-
Friday 20th May 1977
BBC1 Friday Film: The Deadly Bees 11.31 pm -
BBC2 Jazz from Montreux 11.15 -
Buddy Tate
Jay McShann
Jim Galloway
Humphrey Lyttelton
LWT Russell Harty 11.10 pm -
Nicole Croisillie (singer)
Saturday 21st May 1977
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Olivia Newton John
BBC1 That’s Life 9.55 -
Catherine Howe
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Marie Myriam
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Roger Daltrey
Alvin Stardust
Robin Sarstedt
Granada The Osmonds 10.10 -
LWT All You Need Is Love 11.10 pm -
15: All Along The Watchtower -
Pink Floyd, The Doors, Mick Jagger, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, Vikki Wickham
Sunday 22nd May 1977
Scottish The Royal Show 8.10 -
The Kings Theatre, Glasgow
Petula Clark
The Jacksons
Lena Zavaroni
Dolly Parton
Sydney Devine
Granada So It Goes Concerts 11.00 -
Asleep At The Wheel
ATV Saints Alive
Cliff Richard
Monday 23rd May 1977
Thames The Little and Large Telly Show 6.45 -
Demis Roussos
Reflections
Tuesday 24th May 1977
BBC1 Let's Make A Musical 5.10 -
Salad Days
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
George Benson -
Udo Lindenburg -
Tim Moore -
Jesse Colin Young & Felix Pappalardi -
Crawler -
Burlesque -
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
Big Jim Sullivan
Wednesday 25th May 1977
A programme assistants strike affects Thames TV, so Rock Follies is cancelled until further notice
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Annie Ross, Millicent Martin, Steve Race
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Linda Fletcher & Roy North -
Vincent J Edwards -
Roy North -
Ray Dorset and Mungo Jerry -
Heddy Lester -
Robin Sarstedt -
Yorkshire Dawson and Friends 8.00 -
Dana
The Nolan Sisters
Thursday 26th May 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Theme -
Blue -
Olivia Newton-
Piero Umiliani -
Frankie Miller's Full House -
Kenny Rogers -
Liverpool Express -
Bryan Ferry -
The Stranglers -
Marie Miriam -
ELO -
Brendon -
Rod Stewart -
Liverpool FC -
BBC2 Sing Country 9.45 -
Don Gibson
Loretta Lynn
Jody Miller
Hank Thompson
Friday 27th May 1977
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Dolly Parton -
Saturday 28th May 1977
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Moves: The Trouble With Girls 6.20 -
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 7.55 -
Val Doonican
Dana
The Chieftains
BBC1 That’s Life 9.30 -
Jake Thackray
BBC2 Midnight Movie: Ballad In Blue 12.05 -
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
Hunter
The Dooleys
Jamie Adams
Granada George Melly at the Wheeltappers 9.45 -
George Melly with John Chiltern & The Feetwarmers
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
16: Whatever Gets You Through The Night -
Lester Bangs, Kiss, Donny & Marie Osmond, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Clive Davis, Keith Moon recording with Steve Cropper and Donald Dunn, Don Kirschner, Elton John, Brian Ferry, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Helen Reddy, Labelle, Gary Glitter, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley
Sunday 29th May 1977
BBC1 Silver Jubilee. The Royal Windsor Big Top Show
Elton John – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me
Olivia Newton-
Leo Sayer – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, When I Need You, The Show Must Go On
LWT The London Weekend Show. Pop Violence 1.15 -
Harvey Goldsmith, Roy Carr, The Stranglers
Southern Come Sunday 6.50 -
A J Webber
Monday 30th May 1977
Thames The Little and Large Tellyshow 6.45 -
The Jacksons
Tuesday 31st May 1977
BBC1 Let's Make A Musical 5.05 -
Pickwick with Joe Brown
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
It's likely that Television were scheduled to appear this week
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Small Faces -
Neil Innes -
Steve Winwood -
Yes -
Van Morrison -
The Beatles She Loves You (Hollywood Bowl, 1964)
Wednesday 1st June 1977
Thames A Bunch of Fives 4.45 -
Drama series, in which a pupil is harassed by a member of a pop group she's writing about
ATV You’re Never Too Old 8.00 -
A Lena Zavaroni special which looked forward to her 64th birthday
Lena Zavaroni
The Bachelors
Anglia Pro-
Kenny Lynch
Thursday 2nd June 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
This edition was to include Rock Follies 'OK' danced to by Legs and Co, but after producer Robin Nash listened to the lyrics he changed his mind, despite the fact that Thames TV who made the Rock Follies series had received no complaints about the song.
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Theme -
Elkie Brooks -
The Muppets -
The Four Seasons -
Van McCoy -
Heatwave -
Twiggy -
Boz Scaggs -
Jesse Green -
Marvin Gaye -
Hot Chocolate -
Carole Bayer-
Strawbs -
Alessi Brothers -
Rod Stewart -
Genesis -
BBC2 Sing Country 9.40 -
The Oak Ridge Boys
Caroll Baker
Mickey Newbury
Johnny Gumble
Mickey Green
Saturday 4th June 1977
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
Granada the Beatles 10.30 -
HTV Tiswas Land 11.10 -
content unknown
LWT All You Need Is Love 10.30 -
17: Imagine, New Directions 10.30 -
Jack Bruce, Mike Oldfield, Toni Brown & Terry Gathwaite, Black Oak Arkansas, Manfred Mann, Tangerine Dream, Electric Light Orchestra, Stomu Yamash'ta, Baker Gurvitz Army
Sunday 5th June 1977
BBC1 Everyman: David and Paul 10.15 -
Granada Night of 100 Stars 8.10 -
A Queen's Silver Jubilee appeal fundraiser
Kenny Ball
John Dankworth
Cleo Laine
Humphrey Lyttelton
Monday 6th June 1977 Jubilee Bank Holiday
BBC1 Music Of Morecambe and Wise 7.50 -
Cliff Richard
BBC1 Silver Jubilee 9.50 -
Max Boyce
BBC2 Neil Diamond: Love At The Greek 10.00 -
Westward The Songwriter 12.05 -
Justin Hayward
Tuesday 7th June 1977 Public Holiday (Queen’s Silver Jubilee)
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 8.30 -
Eric Clapton special with Yvonne Elliman, Marcy Levy etc at the BBC's Shepherd's Bush Theatre
Hello Old Friend, Sign Language, Alberta Alberta, Tell the Truth, Eric intros Yvonne
Elliman -
Wednesday 8th June 1977
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson, Mike Sammes, Lorna Dallas
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Child -
Pussycat -
Thursday 9th June 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Theme -
Osibisa -
ELO -
Berni Flint -
Frankie Miller's Full House -
The Wurzels -
Gladys Knight & The Pips -
Neil Innes -
The Stranglers -
Demis Roussos -
Honky -
The Jacksons -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Rod Stewart -
Emerson, Lake & Palmer -
Granada Mike Harding at the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club 11.30 pm -
Saturday 11th June 1977
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.20 -
From Eastbourne
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Nolan Sisters -
Ann Hart
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.00 -
Max Bygraves
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
The Nolan Sisters
Sandie Shaw
HTV Tiswas Time 11.10 -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.15 -
Frank Ifield
Sunday 12th June 1977
Southern Come Sunday 6.50 -
Berni Flint
Diane Solomon
ITV Emergency: Tee Vee 7.15 -
Julie London (acting role)
Monday 13th June 1977
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 The Camera and The Song 11.00 -
Dory Previn -
Tuesday 14th June 1977
BBC1 Let's Make A Musical 5.05 -
East Chu Chin Chow
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
Liverpool Express
Wednesday 15th June 1977
BBC2 The Camera And The Song 11.15 -
The songs of Harvey Andrews and Graham Cooper
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson, Mike Sammes, Lorna Dallas
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Berni Flint -
Shabby Tiger -
Hunter
Yorkshire Dawson and Friends 8.00 -
Lynsey De Paul
Thursday 16th June 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Theme -
John Miles -
Olivia Newton-
Hot Chocolate -
Andy Gibb -
Gene Cotton -
Queen -
Archie Bell & The Drells -
Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis -
Foster Brothers -
The Muppets -
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers -
Emerson Lake and Palmer -
Kenny Rogers -
BBC1 Omnibus: Chicago Blues 9.55 -
Buddy Guy, J B Hutto, Floyd Jones, Johnnie Lewis, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters
Granada The Fivepenny Piece at The Wheeltapper's
Saturday 18th June 1977
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.05 -
From Eastbourne
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Diana Traske -
Jeff Phillips -
BBC1 Let The Music Speak 10.45 -
Hosted by Lena Martell
Brotherhood of Man
LWT Saturday Scene
content unknown
ATV What's Good For The Goose 10.45 am -
HTV Tiswas Time 11.10 -
content unknown
ATV McCloud: Park Avenue Pirates 8.00 -
Country music star's manager dies of a drug overdose allegedly administered by a record executive
Sunday 19th June 1977
BBC1 The People’s Echo 11.10 -
The Stranglers
LWT The London Weekend Show
Punk fanzines
Monday 20th June 1977
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
Anglia Alternative 3
Music by Brian Eno
Tuesday 21st June 1977
BBC1 Let's Make A Musical 5.10 -
The Card by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent
Granada The Realistics in Belfast 10.30 -
Documentary about a soul group in playing a show in Belfast
Wednesday 22nd June 1977
BBC2 One More Time 7.40 -
Elaine Paige
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Anita Harris, Rosemary Squires, Dennis Lotis
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers -
Dead End Kids – Breakaway
Herbie Flowers -
Paul Nicholas
Thames Bring On The Girls 7.30 -
The Three Degrees, Lena Zavaroni
Thursday 23rd June 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.15 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Theme -
Dave Edmunds -
Tony Etoria -
Gary Glitter -
Carole Bayer-
Brotherhood Of Man -
Stranglers -
Johnny Nash -
Alessi -
Paul Nicholas -
Peter Frampton -
The Jacksons -
T Connection -
BBC2 Shirley Bassey 9.50 -
Shirley Bassey
Charles Aznavour
The Three Degrees
Saturday 25th June 1977
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.10 -
From Great Yarmouth
Hosted by David Hamilton
Berni Flint -
Miquel Brown -
BBC1 Let The Music Speak 10.45 -
Hosted by Lena Martell
The New Seekers
LWT Keep Up With Yoga 9.00 -
Anita Harris
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
HTV Tiswas Time 11.10 -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.15 -
Lorna Luft
Westward The Les Humphries Singers 11.15 pm -
Sunday 26th June 1977
Southern Come Sunday 6.50 -
Julie Rogers
Monday 27th June 1977
BBC1 Norwood 9.25 -
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 The Camera and the Song 11.05 -
The Fivepenny Piece
Tuesday 28th June 1977
BBC1 Let's Make A Musical 5.10 -
White Horse Inn
Thames ITV Playhouse. It’s Only Rock N Roll 9.00 -
Starring Richard O’Brien as a rock star who is kidnapped with a quarter of a million pound ransom
Wednesday 29th June 1977
BBC2 One More Time 7.40 -
Elaine Paige
Thames There Goes That Song Again 3.50 -
Anita Harris, Dennis Lotis
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Nigel Jenkins -
Roy North -
Linda Fletcher & Roy North -
Marc Bolan & T Rex -
Linda Fletcher -
Thames Wednesday Special: Heart and Soul 10.30 -
Ray Charles
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Thursday 30th June 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.15 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Theme -
T-
Gladys Knight & The Pips -
John Miles -
Jesse Green -
Queen -
Cliff Richard -
The Detroit Emeralds -
Emerson Lake & Palmer -
Hot Chocolate -
Boney M -
BBC1 Max Bygraves Says I Wanna Tell You A Story 7.40 -
BBC2 Shirley Bassey 9.30 -
Shirley Bassey
Janis Ian
Thames Star Rider 11.30 pm -
Steve Hillage at Hyde Park September 1976
Friday 1st July 1977
LWT What’s Good For The Goose 10.40 pm -
Southern Blow Up 10.30 pm -
Yorkshire The Virgin Soldiers movie with Ray Davies theme
Saturday 2nd July 1977
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.00 -
To ensure that her voice doesn’t fail after the re-
From Lowestoft
Hosted by David Hamilton
Dana – I Love How You Love Me, Put Some Words Together
Stuart Gillies
BBC1 Let The Music Speak 10.40 -
Hosted by Lena Martell
Alex Welsh and his Jazzband
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Dave Edmunds
Cliff Richard
Granada The Beatles
Sunday 3rd July 1977
BBC2 Screen 2: The Model Shop 10.45 pm -
Southern Come Sunday 6.50 -
The Spinners
Monday 4th July 1977
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 The Camera And The Song 10.35 -
Tom Paxton Oklahoma Folk
Tuesday 5th July 1977
BBC Let's Make A Musical 5.10 -
Mr Polly
BBC2 Rhythm On Two: Trad Jazz 10.15 pm -
George Melly
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets with the Isle of Wight rock 'n' roll society
Wednesday 6th July 1977
BBC2 One More Time 7.40 -
Elaine Paige
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Stephanie De Sykes -
David Parton -
Sad Cafe -
Thames Star Rider: Barbara Dickson and Band 11.40 pm -
Thursday 7th July 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.15 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn (he asks "are you shooting up my trouser leg again?" during the countdown)
Theme -
Rah Band -
Olivia Newton-
Smokie -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Alessi -
Barry Biggs -
Boney M -
Andy Gibb -
Hot Chocolate -
Donna Summer -
BBC1 Max Bygraves Says I Wanna Tell You A Story 7.45 -
The 1940s
BBC2 Shirley Bassey 9.35 -
Shirley Bassey
Johnny Nash
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Granada What's On
Slaughter & The Dogs
Friday 8th July 1977
Granada The Beatles 10.40 -
Saturday 9th July 1977
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.10 -
From East Coast resorts
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Cilla Black – I Wanted To Call It Off
Vince Hill – This Song’s For You
BBC1 Let The Music Speak 10.50 -
Hosted by Lena Martell
Guys n Dolls
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.15 -
The Bachelors, Ray Ellington
Sunday 10th July 1977
Granada The Beatles 9.40 -
content unknown
Southern Come Sunday 6.50 -
Anne Murray
Barbara Dickson
Monday 11th July 1977
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
Yorkshire A Show Of My Own 8.00 -
Lyn Paul
Tuesday 12th July 1977
BBC2 Rhythm On Two: Country 10.05 -
George Hamilton IV
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
steel band
Thames Star Rider 12.00 -
Eddie & The Hot Rods live at The Rainbow, London
Wednesday 13th July 1977
BBC2 One More Time 7.40 -
Elaine Paige
Granada Shang-
The Bay City Rollers
Bunny
Dawn
Granada International Pop Proms 8.00 -
Joe and Vicky Brown All things bright and beautiful
Emile Ford What do they want to make those eyes at me for?
Ben E King -
Frankie Laine -
Marty Wilde -
Thursday 14th July 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.15 -
Whole Lotta Love is used as the theme for the final time, however it would be called upon on occasion
Hosted by David Jensen
Theme -
Real Thing -
Rita Coolidge -
The Saints -
Commodores -
Dave Edmunds -
Jigsaw -
Supertramp -
Cilla Black -
The Sex Pistols -
Kenny Rogers -
Hot Chocolate -
Emerson Lake & Palmer -
BBC1 Max Bygraves Says I Wanna Tell You A Story 7.45 -
The 1950s
Friday 15th July 1977
BBC1 Neil Diamond -
Westward California Holiday 2.25 -
Saturday 16th July 1977
BBC1 Seaside Special 7.50 -
From Bournemouth
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Bachelors -
Shades of Love -
Showaddywaddy -
BBC1 Let The Music Speak 10.30 -
Hosted by Lena Martell
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Cilla Black
Kenny Rogers
Granada Be My Guest 7.25 -
Sacha Distel
The Brotherhood of Man
Sunday 17th July 1977
LWT Hi Summer 7.15 -
Theme by Carl Wayne
Carl Wayne
Lena Zavaroni
Pearly Gates
Granada The Beatles
Monday 18th July 1977
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 The Camera and the Song 10.45 -
The Songs of Ann Mortifee 'Nature's Way'
Tuesday 19th July 1977
BBC2 Rhythm On Two. It’s Rock N Roll 10.15 -
Mike Berry & The Outlaws
Freddie ‘Fingers’ Lee
Darts
Thames Star Rider 11.45 pm -
Delroy Washington, U-
Wednesday 20th July 1977
BBC1 One More Time 7.40 -
Elaine Paige
Granada Shang-
Bay City Rollers
Lynsey De Paul
Thames Night Out At The London Casino 8.00 -
Lorna Luft
Thames Peter Straker In Concert 11.40 pm -
Thursday 21st July 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Emerson Lake & Palmer's Fanfare For The Common Man might was scheduled for inclusion according to Record Mirror
The chart run down was briefly moved from the beginning of the show, but later returned
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
John Miles -
Tavares -
Bay City Rollers -
Brotherhood Of Man -
The Jam -
Alessi -
Barry Biggs -
Smokie -
Fleetwood Mac -
Rah Band -
Danny Williams -
Queen -
Donna Summer -
Boney M -
BBC1 Max Bygraves I Wanna Tell You A Story 7.55 -
The 1960s
BBC1 Shirley Bassey 9.25 -
Shirley Bassey
Stan Getz Quartet
Moris Albert
Granada What’s On
Elvis Costello -
Saturday 23rd July 1977
BBC1 Pop At The Mill 5.35 -
Hosted by Pete Murray
The Rubettes
Helen Shapiro – Can’t Break The Habit
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.25 -
From Bournemouth
Hosted by David Hamilton
Peters & Lee -
Jodie Gray -
Harpo -
Bobby Crush
BBC1 The Spinners 11.20 -
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Dana
Granada Be My Guest 7.25 -
Tony Christie -
Drifters -
ATV Marti (Caine) 9.45 -
Four Tops
Sunday 24th July 1977
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.10 -
Tom Robinson Band -
LWT Hi Summer 6.25 -
Carl Wayne
Lena Zavaroni
Pearly Gates
Granada The Beatles (cartoon series)
Monday 25th July 1977
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 The Camera And The Song 10.40 -
The Songs of Grimms
Tuesday 26th July 1977
BBC2 Rhythm On Two 10.15 -
Stan Tracey Quartet
Thames Star Rider 12.00 -
Streetwalker in concert
Wednesday 27th July 1977
BBC1 To Sir With Love 6.50 -
BBC2 One More Time 7.40 -
Elaine Paige
Granada Shang-
Bay City Rollers
Johnny Nash
Thames Night At The London Casino 11.30 pm -
Berni Flint
Thames Cado Belle In Concert 11.30 pm -
Thursday 28th July 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.15 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
The Steve Gibbons Band -
The Detroit Emeralds -
Boney M -
Showaddywaddy -
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Dana -
Emerson Lake & Palmer -
Rita Coolidge -
Thin Lizzy -
Donna Summer -
BBC1 Max Bygraves Says I Wanna Tell You A Story 7.45 -
The 1970s
BBC2 Shirley Bassey 9.30 -
Shirley Bassey
Mel Torme
Clive Westlake
HTV Magic Circle 4.20 -
The Weltons
Saturday 30th July 1977
BBC1 Pop At The Mill 5.45 -
Billy J Kramer
Guys n Dolls
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.05 -
From Bournemouth
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Val Doonican -
The Nolan Sisters -
BBC1 The Spinners 10.45 -
BBC2 Saturday Cinema: I’ve Gotta Horse Billy Fury movie
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
Granada Be My Guest 7.25 -
The Drifters -
Roy Orbison -
Peters And Lee-
Del Shannon -
ATV Marti 9.45 -
The Bachelors
Sunday 31st July 1977
BBC1 The Sunday Film: Captain Newman MD 8.05 -
LWT The London Weekend Show 12.45 -
Fashion / The King’s Road with The Sex Pistols
Granada The Beatles (cartoon series)
LWT Hi Summer 7.15 -
Carl Wayne – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Lena Zavaroni
Pearly Gates
Westward/Channel Billy Paul and The Staple Singers 11.00 -
Monday 1st August 1977
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
Thames The David Nixon Show 6.45 -
Vince Hill
Brotherhood of Man
Tuesday 2nd August 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.20 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Thames Looks Familiar 6.00 -
Vera Lynn
Wednesday 3rd August 1977
BBC1 Risk Business 10.15 -
Pop Goes the Market
A documentary about the record business
BBC2 One More Time 7.40 -
Elaine Paige
Thames Shang-
The Bay City Rollers
Marc Bolan
Sparks
Thames Night At The London Casino 8.00 -
Julie Rogers
Thames Instant Sunshine In Concert 11.30 pm -
Thursday 4th August 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Rah Band -
The Jam -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Billy Paul -
Candi Staton -
The Stranglers -
Deniece Williams -
The Dooleys -
Smokie -
Floaters -
Donna Summer -
Television -
BBC2 Shirley Bassey 10.40 -
Shirley Bassey
Bobby Goldsboro
Rod McKuen
HTV Jam 11.35 am -
Horslips
HTV Magic Circle 4.20 -
Flintlock
Friday 5th August 1977
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Each week teenage band Flintlock pit their talent and wits in various forms of music
Flintlock
June Tabor
Saturday 6th August 1977
BBC1 Pop At The Mill 5.45 -
Gary Glitter
Joe Brown -
BBC1 Seaside Special 7.55 -
A BBC/TF1 co-
From Hornfleur, Normandie
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Cliff Richard -
Claude Francois
Jennifer
BBC1 The Spinners 10.35 -
BBC2 The MDCLXXVII 1677 Show 9.35 -
Guys n Dolls
Bonnie Tyler
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
Granada Be My Guest 8.45 -
Demis Roussos
Salena Jones
Acker Bilk
Humphrey Lyttelton
George Chisholm
Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There, Standing In The Shadows Of Love
ATV Marti 9.25 -
Rostal and Shaefer
Sunday 7th August 1977
BBC2 George Hamilton IV 9.30 -
Granada The Beatles 9.40 -
LWT The London Weekend Show: Sumer Five 11.00 -
Janet Street-
LWT Hi Summer 7.15 -
Carl Wayne
Lena Zavaroni
Pearly Gates
Monday 8th August 1977
BBC2 Anne Lorne Gillies 8.15 -
BBC2 Camera And The Song 11.05 -
Buffy Sainte-
Tuesday 9th August 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.20 -
BBC2 Festival ‘77: 1960 10.15 -
Includes Face To Face with Adam Faith
Thames Looks Familiar 6.00 -
Petula Clark, Frankie Vaughan
Wednesday 10th August 1977
Granada Shang-
The Bay City Rollers
The Glitter Band
Thames Night Out At The London Casino 8.00 -
Cilla Black
Guys n Dolls
Thursday 11th August 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers -
Showaddywaddy -
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Barry Biggs -
The Rods -
Rita Coolidge -
Thin Lizzy -
Delegation -
Fleetwood Mac -
J.A.L.N. Band -
Donna Summer -
BBC2 And Now 9.25 -
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
HTV Magic Circle 4.20 -
The Wurzels
Friday 12th August 1977
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
This episode deals with percussion
Flintlock
Tristam Fry
Saturday 13th August 1977
BBC1 Pop At The Mill 5.45 -
John Miles
Bert Weedon
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.10 -
From Deauville, France
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Sacha Distel
Mireille Mathieu
Boney M -
Marie Myriam
BBC1 The Spinners 11.00 -
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
Southern Blast Off (possibly 5.15 -
This was a Juke Box Jury type pilot show in which an act performs their new single and then gets to review the other acts. Not listed in newspapers on the day. Probably only shown as a replacement for a Muppets repeat at short notice.
Hosted by Michael Aspel
The Damned -
The Liverpool Express
Sandie Shaw
Granada Be My Guest 7.25 -
The Bachelors – Sound of Silence, I Believe
The Bowles Brothers – Just One Of Those Things
Vince Hill – Maybe This Time, This Song’s For You
ATV Marti 9.45 -
The Drifters
Anglia Sutherland Brothers And Quiver 12.00 -
Southern Pop, Rock and Soul 12.30 am -
content unknown
Sunday 14th August 1977
LWT The London Weekend Show 11.00 -
independent record companies
LWT Hi Summer 7.15 -
Carl Wayne
Lena Zavaroni
Pearly Gates
Granada The Beatles (cartoon series)
Monday 15th August 1977
BBC2 Anne Lorne Gillies 8.05 -
Claude Francois
BBC2 The Camera and The Song 10.30 -
Sonny Candell and Leo O'Kelly (ex-
Tuesday 16th August 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.15 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Sonny and Cher
BBC1 It’s A Celebrity Knockout 6.55 -
Anita Harris
ITN News At Ten
News reports on the death of Elvis Presley
Wednesday 17th August 1977
BBC1 That’s The Way It Is
This Elvis Presley movie replaces scheduled movie Five Weeks In A Balloon
BBC1 / BBC2 / ITN News
Reports on the death of Elvis Presley
ITN News
David Essex talks about Elvis Presley
BBC2 One More Time 7.40 -
Elaine Paige
BBC2 Festival ‘77: 1968 All My Loving 10.15 -
Granada Shang-
The Bay City Rollers
Lulu -
The Drifters
Thames Night Out At The London Casino 8.00 -
Dream Express
Westward Format 10.30 -
The Portsmouth Sound Big Band
Thames Fairport Convention In Concert 11.30 pm -
Live at The Gateway, Edinburgh
Thursday 18th August 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Episode 699 on countdown clock
The Stranglers -
The Dooleys -
The Floaters -
Elkie Brooks -
Mink De Ville -
Carly Simon -
Danny Williams -
The Rah Band -
Candi Staton -
The Jam -
Elvis Presley -
The Brotherhood Of Man -
Space -
BBC2 And Now: Second Visit 9.25 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
HTV Magic Circle 4.20 -
Flintlock
ATV Elvis -
Elvis Presley tribute with Cliff Richard
Friday 19th August 1977
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Flintlock
Saturday 20th August 1977
BBC1 Pop At The Mill 5.45 -
Mud
Alvin Stardust
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.00 -
From Torbay
Hosted by Tony Blackburn and David Hamilton
The Wurzels -
Vera Lynn -
Jeff Philips -
Penny Croft
BBC1 The Spinners 11.15 -
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
content unknown
Granada Be My Guest 7.25 -
Vince Hill
Michel LeGrand
ATV Marti 9.45 -
Los Reales Del Paraquay
Sunday 21st August 1977
BBC2 Festival ‘77: 1972
The Morecambe & Wise Show with Mary Hopkin (repeat)
Granada The Beatles (cartoon series)
LWT The London Weekend Show 11.00 -
Pirate radio
LWT Hi Summer 7.15 -
Carl Wayne
Lena Zavaroni
Pearly Gates
Monday 22nd August 1977
BBC2 Other Voices 7.40 -
A look at Rolling Stone magazine
BBC2 Anne Lorne Gillies 8.15 -
BBC2 The Camera And The Song 10.30 -
Hoyt Axton
Thames The David Nixon Show 6.45 -
Reflections
Tuesday 23rd August 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.20 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Little Richard
BBC1 The Barber Comes to Town 7.45 -
Perry Como special
BBC2 Charlie Rich In Concert 10.20 -
Wednesday 24th August 1977
BBC1 Loving You 6.20 -
BBC2 Tammy 7.40 -
Live from The Maltings, Suffolk
Tammy Wynette
George Hamilton IV
Granada Marc 4.20 – 4.45 pm (first episode)
Hosted by Marc Bolan
T Rex -
The Jam -
Stephanie De Sykes -
The Radio Stars -
The Bay City Rollers -
Showaddywaddy -
Tyne Tees The Paper Lads 4.45 -
Theme: Renaissance – Back Home Once Again
Thames Night Out At The London Casino 8.00 -
Tony Monopoly
Champagne
Thursday 25th August 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
The 700th show. A hand-
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Donna Summer -
The Rods (Eddie & The Hot Rods) -
Elvis Presley -
The Boomtown Rats -
Deniece Williams -
Thin Lizzy -
Space -
The Adverts -
Page Three -
The Floaters -
Jean Michel Jarre -
BBC2 Festival ‘77. 1976 7.40 -
Multi-
BBC2 And Now 9.00 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
Ralph McTell
HTV Magic Circle 4.20 -
The Weltons -
Friday 26th August 1977
BBC2 Rhythm on 2: Irish Folk 9.00 -
The Chieftains
The Dubliners
Masry O'Hara
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Flintlock
Saturday 27th August 1977
BBC1 Pop At The Mill 5.45 -
Mary Hopkin – Turn Turn Turn, Wrap Me In Your Arms
Showaddywaddy
Paul Nicholas
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.20 -
From Jersey
Hosted by David Hamilton
The Mission Hall Jazz Band
Des O'Connor (as a singer)
Brian Taylor -
Shades of Love -
The Californians -
Page Three -
BBC1 The Spinners 11.15 -
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
David Essex
Carl Wayne
LWT The Saturday Film: Just For Fun 10.55 am -
Granada Be My Guest 7.25 -
The Dallas Boys
Dana
Roger Whittaker
ATV Marti 9.45 -
Koffee n Kreme
Sunday 28th August 1977
BBC1 The ABC Of Music J for Jazz 1.25 -
content unknown
LWT The London Weekend Show 11.00 -
Teddy Boys
LWT Hi Summer 7.15 -
Carl Wayne
Lena Zavaroni
Pearly Gates
Monday 29th August 1977 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Disney Time 5.50 -
Hosted by Val Doonican
BBC2 Roots Rock Reggae 6.35 -
Seventeen acts including clips of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Inner Circle
BBC2 Anne Lorne Gilles 9.25 -
Jethro Tull
Brian Wilson
The Chieftains
Thames The David Nixon Show 6.45 -
Peters & Lee
ITV Diana Ross & The Supremes 20 Greatest Hits advert
Tuesday 30th August 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 7.00 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Chuck Berry
BBC2 John Christie In Concert 10.20 -
Thames Looks Familiar 6.00 -
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney
Wednesday 31st August 1977
BBC1 Rock Around The Clock 6.45 -
BBC2 Tammy 7.40 -
Tammy Wynette
The Frank Jennings Syndicate
Granada Marc (Bolan) 4.20 -
T Rex -
Desmond Dekker -
Alfalfa -
The Bay City Rollers -
Mud -
10cc -
Anglia About Anglia 6.00 -
Radio Caroline safety article
Thames Night Out At The London Casino 8.00 -
The Nolan Sisters
Dana
Thursday 1st September 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.55 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Mari Wilson -
Hudson Ford -
Yvonne Elliman -
Elvis Costello -
David Soul -
Steve Gibbons Band -
The Jacksons -
Elkie Brooks -
Joe Dolan -
The Dooleys -
Nazareth -
Candi Staton -
Mink De Ville -
David Essex -
Carly Simon -
Elvis Presley -
Space -
BBC2 And Now... 9.25 -
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
Ralph McTell
Sarah Vaughan
HTV Magic Circle 4.20 -
The Weltons
HTV Jam 11.35 am -
John Cale
Ozo Mana Liza
Y Diliau
Friday 2nd September 1977
BBC2 Rhythm on 2. The Sound of Trinidad and Tobago 9.00 -
The Groovers Steelband, The Rainbow Steel Band
ATV A Kind Of Freedom: Champion Jack Dupree 10.15 -
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Flintlock
Saturday 3rd September 1977
BBC1 Parkinson 11.30 pm -
Elkie Brooks
LWT Saturday Scene 9.25 am -
Sally James says goodbye with guests Marc Bolan, Linda Lewis, Roger Taylor (Queen), Carl Wayne, Paul Nicholas
LWT Des O’Connor Entertains 9.20 -
Des O’Connor -
Lena Zavaroni
ATV Marti 9.45 -
Tony Monopoly
Granada International Pop Proms 10.30 -
Recorded at the Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire
Les Reed Orchestra – Love Is All
Dave Berry -
Tommy Bruce -
Freddie and the Dreamers -
Billy J Kramer -
Gerry Marsden -
The Searchers -
Sandie Shaw -
Sunday 4th September 1977
BBC1 Sinatra and Friends 7.15 -
Frank Sinatra
LWT Hi Summer 7.15 -
Carl Wayne
Lena Zavaroni
Pearly Gates
Monday 5th September 1977
BBC2 Anne Lorne Gillies 8.10 -
BBC2 The Camera And The Song 10.40 -
Ian Campbell Granite North
Thames The David Nixon Show 6.45 -
Charlie James -
Tuesday 6th September 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.45 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC1 David Essex 8.00 -
David Essex -
The Small Faces – Whatcha Gonna Do About It
Hot Gossip (dance troupe, this was before their Kenny Everett show appearances)
Westward/Channel George Hamilton IV 11.30 -
Wednesday 7th September 1977
BBC1 It’s A Championship Knockout 6.50 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC2 Tammy 7.40 -
Tammy Wynette
Johnny McEvoy
Richard Harding
Granada Marc 4.20 -
T Rex -
The Boomtown Rats -
Jamie Wilde -
T Rex -
Alan David -
Hawkwind -
Southern Tell Me Another 12.30 -
Millicent Martin, George Melly
Southern In Concert: Peter Straker 11.40 pm -
Thursday 8th September 1977
BBC1 Nationwide from Wales 5.55 -
Max Boyce
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 – 7.40 pm
Hosted by Dave ‘Kid’ Jensen
The Emotions – Best Of My Love (plays over Top 30 chart run down)
The Motors – Dancing The Night Away
Space – Magic Fly (promo clip)
The Boomtown Rats – Looking After Number One
Meri Wilson – Telephone Man (promo clip)
Black Gorilla – Gimme Dat Banana
The Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do (repeat 25th August 1977)
Blue – Bring Back The Love
Jean-
Jean-
Rosetta Stone – Sunshine Of Your Love
Elvis Presley – Way Down (stills of Elvis and audience dancing) number one
La Belle Epoque – Black Is Black (play out record and end credits)
BBC2 Joe Pass In Concert 11.00 -
Grampian Marc Ellington -
Friday 9th September 1977
BBC1 The Family Way 11.15 pm -
BBC2 Rhythm On Two: The West Country 9.00 -
The Albion Band
The Yetties
HTV Sweet Somerset 11.35 am -
The Yetties
Fred Wedlock
Strange Fruit
Grampian Welcome to the Ceilidh 12.30 -
Isla St Clair
Margaret and Grant Frazier
Louise Kelly
Stuart Anderson
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Flintlock
James Galway
Saturday 10th September 1977
BBC1 Parkinson 11.05 pm -
David Essex
LWT Our Show 9.00 am -
Hosted by Mellisa Wilkes, Susan Tully, Graham Fletcher, Elvis Payne, Jamie Forman, Nicholas Lyndhurst
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
First one with Sally James and Jim Davidson, plus Trevor East, Chris Tarrant
content unknown
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
on panel -
Intercity Union (group)
Sandi Ann Leigh (singer)
Claude Powell (singer)
Steve Motel (organist)
James and Brown (duo)
Zodiacs (group)
LWT The Rag Trade 8.00 -
Theme by Lynsey De Paul
ITV The Mermaid Frolics 10.30 -
Julie Covington
The Bowles Brothers
Sunday 11th September 1977
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.45 -
Val Doonican
Frank Ifield
Rostal and Schaefer
Westward/Channel Celebrity Concert: Vikki Carr 11.40 pm -
Monday 12th September 1977
BBC2 Anne Lorne Gillies 8.10 -
Swingle II
Southern After The Fox 2.25 -
Thames The David Nixon Show 6.45 -
Anita Harris
Tuesday 13th September 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.45 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
The Osmonds
Charlie Pride
BBC1 David Essex 8.00 -
David Essex -
Ronnie Spector -
Thames Magpie 4.45 -
The first edition with Tommy Boyd
Elkie Brooks
Wednesday 14th September 1977
BBC2 Tammy 7.40 -
Tammy Wynette
George Hamilton IV
Tyne Tees Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
The Barry Sisters
The High Level Ranters
Granada Marc 4.20 -
The last one broadcast before his death
T Rex -
Denis Conly -
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Robin Askwith -
Roger Taylor -
Thursday 15th September 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
The Jacksons -
Dr Feelgood -
Yvonne Elliman -
The Dooleys -
David Soul -
Donna Summer -
Danny Mirror -
Elkie Brooks -
Generation X -
Patsy Gallant -
Patsy Gallant chats to host
Elvis Presley -
Ram Jam -
Thames Close: Rod McKuen reads poems by John Rye 12.15 am -
Friday 16th September 1977
BBC1 / ITN News
Reports on the death of Marc Bolan
Thames Magpie 4.45 -
Pop Spot
Thames Close: Rod McKuen reads poems by John Rye 1.10 am -
Saturday 17th September 1977
BBC1 Catch Us If You Can 10.45 am -
BBC1 Parkinson 11.25 pm -
Ronnie Scott
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.05 -
Eric Clapton Jubilee show
LWT Our Show 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
Indiana (group)
Admiral Hawke (group)
Pat O'Hare (singer)
Angel Caan (singer)
LWT Close: Rod McKuen reads poems by John Rye 12.30 am -
Sunday 18th September 1977
BBC1 The Sunday Film: If It’s Tuesday It Must Be Belgium 8.10 9.45 pm 1969 movie with Donovan
Granada The Beatles 9.40 -
LWT It'll Be Alright On The Night 7.45 -
Gilbert O'Sullivan clip
ATV Weekend Matinee: State Fair 3.00 -
LWT Close. Rod McKuen reads poems by John Rye
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.45 -
Anita Harris
Ronnie Carroll
LWT Soldier Blue 10.05 pm -
Monday 19th September 1977
BBC2 Song By Song By Ira Gershwin 8.00 -
Millicent Martin
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Berni Flint (winner of the last season)
Wild Affair (group)
Kymm (singer)
Duana Family (singers)
Tuesday 20th September 1977
BBC1 (London / SE) The Osmonds 6.45 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC1 David Essex 8.00 -
David Essex -
David Essex & The Real Thing -
The Real Thing -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.20 -
The Rolling Stones with Billy Preston at the Abattoirs de Paris in June 1976
Interview with band members and live concert footage
Honky Tonk Woman, Hand of Fate, Fool To Cry, Hot Stuff, You Gotta Move, You Can't
Always Get What You Want, Happy, Billy Preston -
Southern The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.00-
Frankie Vaughan
Simone
George Chisholm
Wednesday 21st September 1977
BBC2 Arena: Cinema 10.20 -
Martin Scorsese interview with Liza Minnelli
ITV Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Folk music from the West Country
Granada Marc 4.20 -
First of two posthumous shows
T Rex -
Rosetta Stone -
The Hurricanes -
Blue -
Radio Stars -
Thin Lizzy -
Thursday 22nd September 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Episode 704 on countdown clock
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Space -
Hank The Knife & The Jets -
La Belle Epoque -
The Stranglers -
The Emotions -
Leo Sayer -
Baccara -
The Boomtown Rats -
Meri Wilson -
Stardust -
Host makes casual racist comment to audience members
Elvis Presley -
Stevie Wonder -
Friday 23rd September 1977
BBC2 Only Olivia 9.00 -
TV special
Olivia Newton-
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
content unknown
Scottish Jazz Concert
Ronnie Scott's Quintet
Saturday 24th September 1977
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert (cancelled)
The Albion Band
Na Fili
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.35 -
Macon Whoopee. The Capricorn Barbecue with Marshall Tucker, Bonnie Bramlett, Elvin Bishop, Wet Willie, Still Water, etc
BBC2 Network 11.50 pm -
Lindisfarne Christmas Concert in Newcastle
LWT Our Show 9.00 am -
Gary Glitter
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 7.45 -
Mickie Most, Tony Blackburn on panel
Bobby Jo West (singer)
Hard Pad (group)
Jonathan Lavelle (singer)
Sunday 25th September 1977
ATV Andy 10.45 -
Andy Williams
The Osmond Brothers
Monday 26th September 1977
Thames Opportunity Knocks 7.30 -
Gigetty (folk group)
Fionnuala Hough (singer)
Tuesday 27th September 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.45 -
BBC1 David Essex 8.00 -
David Essex -
Denny Laine -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Crawler -
The Steve Miller Band -
Lone Star -
The Boomtown Rats -
The Dictators -
Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane (with 'Rabbit' Bundrick in the background)-
Southern The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Koffee n Kreme
Wednesday 28th September 1977
Granada Marc 4.20 -
T Rex -
Generation X -
Lip Service -
Heart Throb -
Gonzalez -
The Rods -
David Bowie – Heroes (live vocal and re-
Marc Bolan and David Bowie -
Thames Tommy Steele and A Show 8.00 -
Celebrating twenty-
Thursday 29th September 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Ed Stewart (replaced Tony Blackburn who had a throat problem)
Jean Michel-
Rose Royce -
David Soul -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Peter Blake – Lipsmackin’ Rock N Rollin’ (live)
Ram Jam -
David Essex -
The Stylistics -
Donna Summer -
Golden Earring -
Elvis Presley -
Girogio Moroder -
Giogio -
BBC2 Premier: A Hymn From Jim 9.00 -
Written by Richard O’Brien. A pop star manager (Harry H Corbett) protects his star
Friday 30th September 1977
BBC2 Johnny Mathis 9.00 -
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
Deniece Williams
Saturday 1st October 1977
BBC1 Parkinson 11.05 pm -
Cliff Richard – talks about his autobiography ‘Which One Is Cliff’
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Camel
LWT Our Show 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 7.45 -
Renny Lee (singer)
Tony Mandell (singer)
Leigh Grant Explosion (group)
Penny Wager (group)
Blue Magnolia Jass Orchestra
Justin and Jay Weitch (singers)
LWT Concert: Johnny Mathis 10.30 -
Sunday 2nd October 1977
ATV Andy 10.45 -
Andy Williams
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.00 -
Big Buffalo and Cathy Stewart
Monday 3rd October 1977
BBC2 Marti Caine 8.10 -
Leo Sayer
The Stylistics
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Hughie Green announces that the show will end in March 1978
PJ Proby appears as The Masked Singer
Syrup (singers)
ATV Right Now 10.30 -
Steve Gibbons
Tuesday 4th October 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.45 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC1 David Essex 8.00 -
David Essex -
Twiggy & David Essex -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Joan Armatrading -
The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver -
Harry Chapin -
Dan Fogelberg -
Southern The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Koffee n Kreme
Thursday 6th October 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
La Belle Epoque -
Smokie -
The Emotions -
Danny Mirror -
Giorgio Moroder -
Yes -
Deniece Williams -
The Stranglers -
Baccara -
Steve Gibbons -
David Soul -
Leo Sayer -
Thames After Noon 2.00 -
Elvis Costello interviewed by Mavis Nicholson
Friday 7th October 1977
BBC1 The Early Film: Kimberley Jim 7.10 -
Thames The Roger Whittaker Show 12.30 – 1.00 pm
The producers ask members of the public for lyrics and poems to send in to be set to music
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 8th October 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 -
Swaparama is introduced, where the show visits different parts of the country every week for an open air swap
Heatwave
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Elkie Brooks
LWT Our Show 9.00 am -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 7.45 -
On the panel -
LWT Saturday Special: Celebrity Concert 10.30 -
Vikki Carr
Yorkshire The Saturday Special: Celebrity Concert 10.30 -
Engelbert Humperdinck
HTV Man -
Sunday 9th October 1977
BBC1 The Best Of ABBA 4.50 -
Filmed in Australia during their tour
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.45-
Frank Ifield
Val Doonican
ATV Andy 10.45 -
Andy Williams
Robert Goulet
Granada So It Goes 10.45 -
Van Morrison with Dr John and Mick Ronson -
The Rubinoos -
Buzzcocks -
Pete Shelley talks to Tony Wilson about fanzines
Paul McCartney -
John Cooper-
Sad Cafe -
Elvis Costello -
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.00 -
George Hamilton IV
The Good Brothers
Cathy Stewart
Tuesday 11th October 1977
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.45 -
BBC1 David Essex 8.00 -
Essex re-
David Essex -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Tim Moore might have been scheduled for this show
Hosted by Bob Harris
Sad Cafe -
Stanley Clarke -
The Motors -
Walter Egan -
Wishbone Ash -
Chris Spedding -
Southern The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Acker Bilk
Wednesday 12th October 1977
Tyne Tees: Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Folk in the east
Thursday 13th October 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Meco -
Rokotto -
Rod Stewart -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Rose Royce -
Mary Mason -
Nazareth -
George Benson -
Ram Jam -
John Ford -
David Soul -
Donna Summer -
Friday 14th October 1977
BBC2 An Evening With Glen Campbell 9.00 -
Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London
with guest Jimmy Webb
Westward The Roger Whittaker Show 12.30 -
The show holds a competition for lyrics to be set to music later in the series. A previous contest yielded 30,000 sets of lyrics
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 15th October 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Chris Spedding
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.40 -
Co-
Blue
Dana
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
John Martyn
Racing Cars
LWT Our Show 10.00 am -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 7.45 -
The Sprinklers (group)
Ann Salani (singer)
Freewheelin' (trio)
Brasstax (group)
LWT Neil Sedaka In Concert 10.30 -
Sunday 16th October 1977
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.45 -
Vince Hill
Granada So It Goes 10.45 -
Penetration -
Elvis Costello -
Dr Hook -
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett -
Japan -
The Girls -
ATV Andy 10.45 -
Andy Williams
Roy Clark
Westward Celebrity Concert: Diahann Carroll 10.45 -
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.00 -
Monday 17th October 1977
BBC2 Des O'Connor 8.10 -
Diana Trask
Marvin Hamlisch
BBC2 Open Door 10,.50 -
United Kingdom Federation of Jazz Bands
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
The Dragons (group)
Neil Martin (singer)
Michael Rowlatt (singer)
ITV The Sound of Bread advert
Tuesday 18th October 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.45 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC1 Leo Sayer Sings 8.00 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Dr Hook -
Otway And Barrett -
XTC -
Paul Kossoff -
Stephen Bishop -
Southern The Frankie Vaughan Show 8.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Grace Kennedy
Wednesday 19th October 1977
Scottish Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Ian Campbell, Alex Norton
Thursday 20th October 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Reviewed from a 51 minute studio tape which also has Showaddywaddy -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis (who claims over the countdown clock that "I'm not climbing up there, I get dizzy")
Bacarra -
Dorothy Moore -
Status Quo -
Carpenters -
David Bowie -
La Belle Epoque -
Queen -
Tina Charles -
Roxy Music -
David Soul -
Future presenter Peter Powell is seen from behind
The Stranglers -
BBC1 Omnibus 10.15 -
The Nat Gonella Story
Thames Britannia Music Awards 8.00 -
To celebrate the centenary of the first recording
Graham Parker – (Best Male Newcomer)
Procol Harum -
Simon and Garfunkel -
Shirley Bassey (She didn't attend the show, so a film crew was dispatched to Dallas, Texas to film an acceptance speech, but they came back empty handed. An attempt to get an audio clip of her accepting her award also came to nothing.)
Julie Covington -
Cliff Richard -
Thames Pub Entertainer Of The Year 11.30 pm -
East Regional final with guest Anita Harris
Friday 21st October 1977
BBC1 The Early Film: Good Times 7.00 -
BBC2 An Evening With Glen Campbell 9.00 -
Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London
Thames The Roger Whittaker Show 12.30 -
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
Mary O’Hara
Saturday 22nd October 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Show 9.30 am -
Tony Blackburn
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.40 -
Jigsaw
BBC1 Parkinson 11.00 pm -
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Leo Kottke
Split Enz
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
Noddy Holder
Cock Sparrer -
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
Hosted by Sally James, Trevor East, Jim Davidson, Chris Tarrant
content unknown
LWT Celebrity Concert: Tom Jones 10.30 -
with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
ATV New Faces 7.45 -
Highest scoring acts in past six weeks
Sandi Ann Leigh (singer)
Pat O'Hare (singer)
Leigh Grant Explosion (group)
Tony Stackton (singer)
The Sprinklers (group)
Gillian Burns (previous winner making guest appearance)
Sunday 23rd October 1977
BBC1 The Sunday Film: SWALK 8.40 -
BBC2 Screen 2. Harold and Maude 10.50 pm -
Granada So It Goes 10.45 -
Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias -
Elvis Costello -
Nick Lowe -
Bruce Mitchell -
Ian Dury -
ATV Andy 10.45 -
Andy Williams
The Lennon Sisters
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.00 -
George Hamilton IV
Cathy Stewart
Monday 24th October 1977
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight 8.10 -
Lynsey DePaul
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
The Bicardis (singers)
Angelini Ricci (singer)
Tuesday 25th October 1977
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.40 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Runaways -
Randy Newman -
Godley and Creme -
Gordon Giltrap -
Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Wednesday 26th October 1977
HTV Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Yer 'Tis Then
Acker Bilk, Fred Wedlock, Shag Connor’s Carrot Crunchers
Thursday 27th October 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Santana -
Slade -
Mary Mason -
Darts -
Ram Jam -
Rod Stewart -
Boney M -
Tom Robinson Band -
Abba -
Smokey Robinson -
Bacarra -
Peter Powell is introduced as next week's host
The Sex Pistols -
BBC1 Omnibus: Big Band Jazz 10.15 -
Count Basie and his Orchestra at Bournemouth
Friday 28th October 1977
BBC2 Jack Jones 9.00 -
Jack Jones
Deniece Williams
Marvin Hamlisch
Westward The Roger Whittaker Show 12.30 -
content unknown
LWT The World Of Pam Ayres 7,.30 -
Joe Brown & Home Brew
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 29th October 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Sparks
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.40 -
Cilla Black
Smokie
BBC1 Parkinson 11.00 pm -
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.00 -
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
AC-
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
Donovan
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
On panel -
Reunion (group)
Love Train (group)
Suede (vocal / guitar trio)
Paul Mann (singer)
ATV Celebrity Concert 11.25 pm -
Sergio Mendes & Brasil 77
Sunday 30th October 1977
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Max Bygraves
Granada So It Goes 10.45 -
Cherry Vanilla -
Roy Hill -
Iggy Pop -
The Movies -
Talking Heads -
ATV Andy 10.45 -
Andy Williams
Jose Feliciano
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.00 -
Mac Wiseman and Maple Street, with regulars Cathy Stewart, Lynn Jones and North Country
Monday 31st October 1977
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight 8.10 -
Clodagh Rodgers
Thames Opportunity Knocks! 6.45 -
Louise King (singer)
Susan Child (singer)
The Little People (group)
Tuesday 1st November 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.45 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Movies -
Graham Parker & The Rumour -
Louisiana Red and No Mystery -
Talking Heads -
James Taylor & Carly Simon -
Thursday 3rd November 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
ELO -
The Jam -
Carpenters -
The Barron Knights -
Queen -
Dorothy Moore -
Status Quo -
David Bowie -
Showaddywaddy -
ABBA -
Smokie -
Friday 4th November 1977
BBC2 Jack Jones 9.00 -
Jack Jones
Leo Sayer
Westward The Roger Whittaker Show 12.30 -
Roger Whittaker
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
Bonnie Tyler
Saturday 5th November 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Show 9.30 am -
The Wurzels
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.40 -
Deniece Williams
Brotherhood of Man
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Lone Star
The Pat Travers Band
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
Johnny Tudor (singer)
Camilla (singer)
Sweet Inspiration (trio)
Ray Markham & The Climax Band (group)
Flash (group)
Sunday 6th November 1977
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Vince Hill
Granada So It Goes 11.45 pm -
Tom Robinson Band -
The Stranglers -
Johnny Thunder and The Heartbreakers -
Free -
Bruce Springsteen -
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.00 -
Cathy Stewart, Lunn Jones and North Country
Monday 7th November 1977
BBC1 Elton John at Wembley 7.20 -
Fundraiser for the Goaldiggers football charity and the Variety Club of Great Britain
Elton John, China
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight 8.10 -
Bobbie Gentry -
Granada What's On 6.00 -
Blondie -
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Patchwork (group)
Brenda Apps (singer)
Tuesday 8th November 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Andy Pratt might have been scheduled for the show
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Tubes -
Gary Boyle Band -
Ted Nugent -
The Heartbreakers -
Thursday 10th November 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
The Jacksons -
The Tom Robinson Band -
Ruby Winters -
Roxy Music -
Boney M -
Elvis Costello -
The Bee Gees -
Kenny Everett & Mike Vickers -
Santana -
Tina Charles -
Darts -
ABBA -
Rod Stewart -
BBC1 Omnibus: A Day in the Garden 10.15 -
Covent Garden documentary with a few bands
Granada What The Papers Say 11.00 -
Anne Nightingale
Friday 11th November 1977
BBC2 Jack Jones 9.10 -
Jack Jones -
Shirley Bassey -
Jack Jones and Shirley Bassey -
Stan Getz
Westward The Roger Whittaker Show 12.30 -
LWT Rusell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Stan Getz
Saturday 12th November 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Show 9.30 am -
Barbara Dickson
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.35 -
Bert Weedon
The Dooleys
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Nolans
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Joan Armatrading
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
Yorkshire Pro-
Kenny Lynch
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
on panel -
Ray Markham & The Climax Band (group)
Sunday 13th November 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 4.25 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Anne Shelton
The Beverley Sisters
Granada So It Goes 11.15 -
John Dowie -
Sad Cafe -
Mink De Ville -
Mick Jagger -
MX-
ATV Andy 11.20 -
Andy Williams
The Pointer Sisters
Tuesday 15th November 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Carole Bayer Sayer -
Cher and Gregg Allman -
Ben Sidran -
The Pirates -
Robin Trower -
The Hurricanes -
Thames Looks Familiar 3.20 -
Larry Adler, Annie Ross
ATV Today 6.00 -
Showaddywaddy -
Thursday 17th November 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers -
Brighouse & Rastrick Band -
The Boomtown Rats -
The Barron Knights -
ELO -
Noosha Fox -
Showaddywaddy -
Queen -
The Dooleys -
Status Quo -
ABBA -
David Bowie -
BBC1 Miss World 1977 9.25 -
Co-
Hosted by Andy Williams
Friday 18th November 1977
BBC2 Jack Jones 9.00 -
Jack Jones
Bruce Johnston – I Write The Songs
Sarah Vaughan
Allan Jones
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Gregg Allman and Cher (may not have appeared)
Elton John -
Saturday 19th November 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Show 9.30 am -
David Essex
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.40 -
Alvin Stardust
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Nolans
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Supertramp at Queen Mary's College
LWT Our Show
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
on panel -
ATV Saturday Special: The Beatles Forever 10.00 -
ATV at the time owned The Beatles publishing company Northern Songs
Ray Charles
Mel Tillis
Paul Williams
Diahann Carroll
Bernadette Peters
Anthony Newley
Sunday 20th November 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 4.30 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Granada The Beatles 9.40 -
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
Reggae, part one -
Granada So It Goes 11.10 -
The Jam -
Muddy Waters -
Elvis Costello -
Poly Styrene (X Ray Spex) -
The Troggs -
The Sex Pistols (album of the week)
ATV Andy 11.10 -
Andy Williams
Monday 21st November 1977
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight 8.10 -
Kenny Rogers
Granada Clapperboard 4.20 -
Bing Crosby tribute
Thames Rock Follies of '77: The Extravaganza Show 10.30 pm -
An edited compilation of the first three episodes of the second series
Tuesday 22nd November 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes in concert at BBC Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
This Time It's for Real, Without Love, Love On the Wrong Side of Town, She Got Me Where She Wants Me, Little By Little, It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion), The Fever, We're Having a Party, Stagger Lee
Thames Rock Follies Of ‘77 9.00 -
4: The Loony Tunes
Wednesday 23rd November 1977
Thames Wednesday at Eight 8.00 -
Lyn Paul
Frankie Vaughan
Al Saxon
Thursday 24th November 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Boney M -
The Carvells -
Wings -
Bonnie Tyler -
Darts -
Leo Sayer -
Jonathan Richman & The -
Hot Chocolate -
The Bee Gees -
Santa Esmeralda & Leroy Gomez -
ABBA -
The Jacksons -
ITV Pub Entertainer Of The Year 10.30 -
Susan Maughan
Friday 25th November 1977
BBC1 (Birmingham) Look! Hear! 10.15 -
Muscles
BBC1 (West) Avon Cities Jazz Band 10.15 -
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Alan Price
Saturday 26th November 1977
Southern Television was interrupted by an 'alien message' during national and local news reports at 5.10 pm for about six minutes by jamming the signal from the Hannington, Hampshire transmitter
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Hot Chocolate -
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.35 -
ABBA -
Demis Roussos
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8,.20 -
The Nolans
BBC1 Parkinson 11.05 pm -
Perry Como
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
The Steve Gibbons Band
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
on panel -
Abbott (group)
Brian Edwards (singer)
Samantha Sinclair (singer)
Terry McCann (singer with piano)
Zoot (group)
LWT In Concert. Neil Sedaka 10.00 -
Border/Westward/Tyne Tees Dionne Warwick in Concert 10.00 -
Granada Celebrity Concert: Pat Boone 10.45 -
Sunday 27th November 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 4.30 -
BBC2 The Lively Arts 9.05 -
Oscar Peterson on improvisation
Granada The Beatles 9.40 -
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.30 -
Reggae, part two -
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.45 -
Val Doonican
The Spinners
Granada So It Goes 11.00 -
XTC -
The Sex Pistols -
The Pirates -
CP Lee (Albertos) and Albie Donally (Supercharge) -
Siouxsie And The Banshees -
The Fall -
ATV Andy 11.00 -
Andy Williams
Wayne Newton
Monday 28th November 1977
BBC1 Tonight 11.00 -
Elvis The Musical
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
The Dudley Peter Duo (group)
Michele Breeze (singer)
The Danny Fontana Show (group)
Tuesday 29th November 1977
BBC1 (Manchester) Sad Cafe in Concert 6.40 -
BBC2 The Goodies 9.00 -
Rock Goodies (the punk episode)
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 pm -
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Tyla Gang -
Steve Hillage -
Warsaw Pakt -
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers -
Don McLean -
Thames Rock Follies Of ‘77 9.00 -
5: The Divorce
Wednesday 30th November 1977
Scottish Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Ian Campbell
Hall and MacGregor
Thames Wednesday at Eight 8.00 -
Sacha Distel
Dana
Thursday 1st December 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Status Quo -
The Boomtown Rats -
Ruby Winters -
Elvis Costello -
Diana Ross -
The Dooleys -
John Otway & Wild Willy Barratt -
Crystal Gayle -
Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band -
Carl Douglas -
Wings -
Queen -
Thames Pub Entertainer Of The Year 10.30 -
Lyn Paul
Friday 2nd December 1977
BBC2 Harry Belafonte Sings 9.00 -
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Teresa Brewer
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 3rd December 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Long Tall Ernie and The Shakers
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.35 -
Stephanie DeSykes
Flintlock
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Nolans
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Nazareth
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Yorkshire Calendar Kids
David Essex -
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
Tony Hatch on panel
Cathal Dunne (singer with piano)
Cherry Roland (singer)
Libra Brothers (singers)
The Champions (group)
Granada Saturday Special: Don’t Knock the Rock 10.45 -
Compilation of It’s Little Richard and Whole Lotta Shakin’
Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Little Richard, The Animals etc
Sunday 4th December 1977
Granada The Beatles 9.40 -
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Frank Ifield
ATV Silver Jubilee Royal Variety Gala 7.15 -
Paul Anka
Harry Belafonte
The Brotherhood of Man
Granada So It Goes 12.00 -
Magazine -
Buzzcocks -
Leonard Cohen (album of the week)
John Cooper-
The Dave Edmunds Band with Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe -
Monday 5th December 1977
BBC1 Play For Today: Catchpenny Twist 9.25 -
A play about two Irish songwriters who want to write Ireland’s entry for the Eurovision song contest but are accused of being British Intelligence agents by the IRA
Music by Shaun Davey
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Mistress (rock group)
Steve Holloway (singer with piano)
Tony Rowley (singer)
ATV Punk And Acne Go Together 10.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 6th December 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Greg Kihn Band -
UFO -
Stillwater -
Cafe Jaqcues -
Paul Simon -
Thames Rock Follies Of ‘77 9.00 -
6: The Real Life
Wednesday 7th December 1977
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
The Real Thing
Thames Wednesday At Eight 8.00 -
Max Bygraves
Thursday 8th December 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Donna Summer -
Generation X -
Hot Chocolate -
Chic -
Manfred Mann's Earthband -
Bonnie Tyler -
The Bee Gees -
Graham Parker & The Rumour -
Bing Crosby -
The Banned -
Wings -
Boney M -
Friday 9th December 1977
BBC2 James Last and His Orchestra 9.00 -
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 10th December 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Show 9.30 am -
The Dooleys
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.35 -
Lou Rawls (Rawls later complained in a interview in the Record Mirror that he had to do a children’s show with a drunk fox)
The Dead End Kids
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Nolans
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Dr Feelgood
LWT Our Show 9.00 -
Allessi
The Dead End Kids
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
Poacher (group)
ATV The Saturday Special: The Tony Hatch Music Show 10.00 -
Tony Hatch
Jackie Trent
Dana
Sweet Sensation
Millicent Martin
Sacha Distel
Sunday 11th December 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 4.30 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.45 -
Anne Shelton
Berni Flint
Granada So It Goes 11.15 -
The Clash -
Ian Dury -
Steel Pulse -
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers (album of the week)
Matthew 'King' Kaufman -
John the Postman (at the Electric Circus, Manchester)
ATV Andy 11.15 -
Andy Williams
Roger Miller
Monday 12th December 1977
Granada This England 8.30 -
A look at the Northern Soul scene at the Wigan Casino. Directed by Tony Palmer
Tuesday 13th December 1977
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Meal Ticket -
Clover -
Krazy Kat -
John Martyn -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Eddie and The Hot Rods
Blue -
Wednesday 14th December 1977
Thames Wednesday at Eight 8.00 -
Champagne
Scottish Jazz Concert (not listed in newspapers)
Humphrey Lyttelton
Thursday 15th December 1977
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
On the VT countdown clock someone whistles and shouts at the audience to keep quiet
Hosted by Elton John
Donna Summer -
The Dooleys -
The Modern Lovers -
Carl Douglas -
Dooley Wilson -
Julie Covington -
The Darts -
Elvis Presley -
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett -
The Emotions -
Wings -
The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band -
Friday 16th December 1977
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Lou Rawls
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Mary O'Hara
Saturday 17th December 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Cliff Richard
The Yetties
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.35 -
Lulu
Guys n Dolls
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Nolans
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
Splinter
LWT Our Show 9.00 -
Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz talking about their West End musical The Point, Gotta Get Up
Shakin' Stevens, Timothy Whitnall and P J Proby talk about their West End musical, Elvis
Shakin' Stevens & Timothy Whitnall -
Generation X -
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 6.30 -
on panel -
Jady Jay Trio (group)
Barnaby Rudge (group)
Roy Phoenix (singer)
Christie G (singer)
Foxglove (group)
Sunday 18th December 1977
BBC1 The Osmonds 4.50 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
LWT The Big Match 2.00 -
Co hosted by Elton John
Monday 19th December 1977
BBC2 The Camera And The Song 7.05 -
Dory Previn -
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Nanette Welmans (singer)
Mickie Driver (singer)
The Mallinder Family (singer)
The Pattinson Quartet (instrumental group)
Tuesday 20th December 1977
BBC2 The Camera And The Song 7.05 -
Victoria Wood
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.10 -
Scheduled to be The Bearsville Picnic / Albert Grossman at Home 11.10 pm – 12.10 am, but cancelled
Ralph McTell in concert
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Paul Nicholas
The Dead End Kids
HTV Wales/Cymru Jam (not listed in newspapers)
The Horslips
Madog
Wednesday 21st December 1977
BBC1 The Great Big Groovy Horse 4.40 -
Rock music telling of the Trojan Horse story
Julie Covington
Paul Jones
BBC1 Max Boyce 9.55 -
BBC2 The Camera and the Song 7.05 -
The Fivepenny Piece
Thames Wednesday at Eight 8.00 -
Peters and Lee
The Nolan Sisters
Thursday 22nd December 1977
BBC1 Fun In Acapulco 11.00 am -
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Osibisa -
Crystal Gayle -
Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely -
Elvis Costello -
Yannis Markopolis -
Donna Summer -
Creme & Godley -
Ruby Winters -
Hot Chocolate -
Gordon Giltrap -
Bing Crosby -
Bonnie Tyler -
Wings -
The Muppet Show Music Hall -
HTV Jam (not listed in newspapers)
The Flying Aces
Flint
Friday 23rd December 1977
BBC1 King Creole 10.55 am -
BBC1 Shirley Bassey 9.15 -
Shirley Bassey
Johnny Nash
Charles Aznavour
BBC2 Perry Como’s Olde Englishe Christmas 10.05 -
Perry Como
Leo Sayer
Petula Clark
Westward The Songwriter 10.40 -
Justin Hayward documentary
ITV Have A Harry Christmas 8.00 -
Harry Secombe special
Catherine Howe
Tony Blackburn, Terry Wogan, Pete Murray, David Hamilton
Saturday 24th December 1977 Christmas Eve
BBC1 Noel Edmonds Presents Swap Of the Pops 9.30 -
Abba, Bonnie Tyler, The Carvels, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard, Giorgio, Heatwave, Leo Sayer, Showaddywaddy, Smokie, Status Quo, Tina Charles, Twiggy, Wings, The Wurzels
BBC1 G I Blues 11.00 am -
BBC2 The Snow Queen 5.30 -
Narrator: Vivian Stanshall
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.00 -
The Kinks at The Rainbow, London
Hosted by Bob Harris and Alan Freeman (both dressed as Santa)
Ray Cooper on percussion at the back
Juke Box Music, Sleepwalker, Life On The Road, Well Respected Man, Death Of A Clown, Sunny Afternoon, Waterloo Sunset, All Day And All Of The Night, Slum Kids, Celluloid Heroes, Get Back In The Line, Schoolboys In Disgrace, Lola, Alcohol, Skin and Bone, Father Christmas, You Really Got Me (Ray Davies dressed as Santa for the last two songs)
LWT Our Bumper Christmas Show 9.00 -
Lynsey De Paul
Tim Rice
Slade -
Alvin Stardust
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 5.45 -
Winners show
On Panel -
Annie Bright (singer)
Flash (group)
Stella Starr (singer)
Terry McCann (singer with piano)
Cherry Rowland (singer)
Poacher (group)
Yorkshire Calendar Kids
ATV Bing Crosby’s Merry Olde Christmas 9.40 -
Bing Crosby
David Bowie and Bing Crosby -
David Bowie -
Sunday 25th December 1977 Christmas Day
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘77 part one 2.10 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen and Noel Edmonds
Whole Lotta Love (with top thirty run-
no audience present
Showaddywaddy -
Denice Williams -
Brighouse & Rastrick Band -
ELP -
Leo Sayer -
Manhattan Transfer -
Hot Chocolate -
David Soul -
Abba -
Space -
Johnny Mathis -
Stevie Wonder -
Kenny Rogers -
Baccara -
Wings -
Bing Crosby -
BBC1 Mike Yarwood Christmas Show 8.20 -
Wings -
Paul McCartney in sketch
BBC1 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 8.55 -
Elton John – Shine On Through, sketch
BBC2 Country Holiday 10.05 -
Crystal Gayle
Larry Gatlin
George Hamilton IV
Pete Seeger
Yorkshire A Merry Morning 11.00 -
Tina Charles
The Wurzels
LWT Emu’s Christmas Adventure 4.40 -
Carl Wayne (as Tom Tom)
Yorkshire Stars on Christmas Day 6.40 -
Bing Crosby
Mary O'Hara
Monday 26th December 1977 Boxing Day
BBC1 Jailhouse Rock 10.00 -
BBC1 David Soul and Friends 11.35 am -
David Soul -
Donna Summer
England Dan and John Ford Coley
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘77 part two 3.25 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Tony Blackburn
Whole Lotta Love (with top thirty run-
Boney M -
Rod Stewart -
Heatwave -
David Soul -
Joe Tex -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Billy Ocean -
Julie Covington -
The Floaters -
Donna Summer -
Queen -
ABBA -
The Jacksons -
Elvis Presley -
Showaddywaddy -
La Belle Epoque -
BBC1 Jim'll Fix It 5.25 -
Val Doonican
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.05 -
The Nolans
BBC2 Orion 1.45 -
Rock musical by Howard and Blaikley, with lyrics by Melvin Bragg
Richard Barnes
Thames A Heavenly Place 9.00 -
Documentary about the Stille Nacht / Silent Night with Adele Leigh
Thames H R Puff N Stuff 10.55 am -
Cass Elliott
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Song writers show
Me and My Guitar (written by Vincent Biddy) winner -
Thames Vera Lynn Sings 9.30 -
Vera Lynn
George Shearing
Scottish Madeline Bell in Concert (not listed in newspapers)
Tuesday 27th December 1977
BBC1 Blue Hawaii 11.20 am -
BBC1 The Littlest and Largest Show On Earth 7.55 -
Leo Sayer
Smokie
BBC1 Bob Hope On The Road With Bing 10.15 -
Compilation of the Road movies
BBC2 The Lively Arts: Orpheus in the Underground 7.55 -
Described as a pop opera. Written by Carl Davis with lyrics by John Wells.
Thames The Pied Piper 11.05 am -
Granada Get It Together with the Bay City Rollers 4.15 -
The Bay City Rollers -
Roy North -
Linda Fletcher -
Linda Fletcher & Roy North -
Thames Max’s Holiday Hour 7.30 -
May Bygraves
Lena Zavaroni
Thames Peggy 10.45 -
Peggy Lee
Charles Aznavour
Wednesday 28th December 1977
BBC1 Kissin’ Cousins 11.00 am -
BBC1 The Golden Great Hits of The Monkees 3.30 -
Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart talk about their hits
BBC1 Christmas Time With The Osmonds 6.00 -
The Osmonds
Andy Williams
BBC1 If It's Wednesday Night It Must Be Saturday Night At The Mill 11.00 -
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.10 pm -
Rod Stewart at Olympia (an edited repeat of 24th December 1976 with a new studio introduction by Bob Harris wearing glasses)
Westward Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Frank Yonco
The Albion Band
Thames Wednesday At Eight 8.00 -
The Barron Knights
Claude Francois and The Claudettes
Thursday 29th December 1977
BBC1 It Happened At The World’s Fair 11.00 am -
Friday 30th December 1977
BBC1 Stay Away Joe 11.05 am -
BBC2 Marvin Hamlisch 9.00 -
In concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC2 Jazz From Montreux 10.50 -
Count Basie
Ella Fitzgerald
Benny Carter
Dizzy Gillespie
Milt Jackson
Charles Mingus
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test
The Bearsville Picnic is cancelled again
HTV Jam Special 10.55 -
Sassafras
Janet Rees
The Racing Cars
Heather Jones Group
Shakin' Stevens & The Sunsets
Brian Evans
Budgie
Bran
Tony Etoria
Alkatraz
Geraint Jarman
Man
Saturday 31st December 1977
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
content unknown
BBC1 The Val Doonican Old Year Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Chet Atkins
BBC1 The Good Old Days 11.00 pm -
Vince HIll
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test Review Of The Year 10.00 -
The Manhattan Transfer in concert was scheduled to replace it, but it also was cancelled
ATV Tiswas 10.10 am -
content unknown
ATV New Faces 7.00 -
Near misses programme
Blue Magnolia Jass Orchestra (group)
Steve Cassidy (singer with guitar)
Mike Johnson (guitarist)
Bryan Taylor (singer)
Scottish Next Year -
Andy Stewart
Moira Anderson
Kenneth McKeller
Alexander Brothers
Also this year
Granada What’s On (November)
Blondie -
LWT The Best Of British (November)
The Damned -
LWT The London Weekend Show
Bob Dylan -
Thames The Sooty Show
Gerry Marsden -
ITN News
Godley & Creme -
ITV Justin Hayward -
ITV The Sex Pistols -
LWT The London Weekend Show interview
The Sex Pistols -
LWT Saturday Scene
Mary Hopkin – interview, Wrap Me In Your Arms
ITV Blue Band advert with Mary Hopkin
ATV Crossroads
Carl Wayne plays Colin, the milkman
BBC1 Brass Tacks
Manchester Punk documentary followed by an in-
ITV Chrysler Sunbeam car advert
song by Petula Clark -
Thames Magpie (March)
Les Gray interview
ITV Harp lager advert
song by Alan Price