TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1978
Sunday 1st January 1978
BBC1 Change Of Habit 10.55 am -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.45 -
Rod Stewart Christmas Concert 1976 repeat
LWT The London Weekend Show 11.30 pm -
Janet Street-
Repeat of clips of The Clash, The Sex Pistols from the 28th November 1976 show
Don Letts -
Dai Davies (Stranglers, 999 manager), Andrew Lauder -
Dead Fingers Talk -
Nothing (punk band from Caterham, Surrey) -
Maurice Oberstein (CBS records) -
The Bears (band from Watford) -
Eater -
Dee Generate (ex-
Screwdriver (band from Blackpool) -
Mark Perry and Danny Baker (of Sniffin' Glue magazine) -
Vivienne Westwood -
Chas Chandler -
Slaughter and the Dogs -
Siouxsie and the Banshees -
Southern Cleo at Winchester 6.25 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth at Winchester Cathedral
Scottish Peter Straker in Concert 11.30 pm -
Monday 2nd January 1978
BBC1 Paradise Hawaiian Style 10.45 am -
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolans
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.30 -
Variety Club awards show made up or recent winners
Berni Flint
ITV The Andy Williams Show 11.45 pm -
Andy Williams
Robert Goulet
Tuesday 3rd January 1978
BBC1 Girls! Girls! Girls! 11.10 am -
BBC1 Pebble Mill At One 1.00 -
Lyn Paul
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Ramones – Don’t Come Close, She’s The One, Go Mental
The Motors
Robin Trower (live film clip)
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Jeff Philips -
Dead End Kids -
Linda Fletcher -
Blue -
Roy North -
HTV Jam (not listed in newspapers)
Deke Leonard
Nightrider
Grampian Welcome to the Ceilidh
Johnny Beattie
Wednesday 4th January 1978
BBC1 Roustabout 11.05 am -
Westward Plymouth Rock 10.40 -
Murray Head
Scottish Elaine, The Singer of the Song
Elaine Simmons
Wales O'Regan
Grampian Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
The McCalmans -
Isla St Clair -
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
Aswad
Thames This Is Your Life. The Bachelors 7.00 -
Thursday 5th January 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Odyssey -
Eddie & The Hot Rods -
Julie Covington -
Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers -
David Soul -
The Babys -
Terry Wogan -
Tonight -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Wings -
Althia & Donna -
BBC2 World of Difference 8.35 -
Radio One's Noel Edmonds compares notes with fellow broadcaster John Snagge
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test Pick Of The Year 11.20 pm -
Free -
Linda Ronstadt -
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -
Bad Company -
Peter Frampton -
Nils Lofgren -
Tim Moore -
Buddy Holly & The Crickets -
Bob Dylan -
Fleetwood Mac -
Yes -
Led Zeppelin -
John David Souther -
Jackson Browne -
Elton John -
Emmylou Harris -
Stillwater -
Eric Clapton -
Janis Ian -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Elvis Costello
Blondie
Iggy Pop
HTV Wales/Cymru Jam (not listed in newspapers)
John Cale
Friday 6th January 1978
BBC1 Pebble Mill At One 1.00 -
The New Seekers
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Gangsters 9.25 -
Music by Dave Greenslade
BBC1 (Birmingham) 10.20 -
Black Sabbath
BBC2 Helen Reddy in Las Vegas 9.30 -
HTV Mighty Wurzels 11.05 -
The Wurzels
Ruby Flipper
LWT George Hamilton IV
Saturday 7th January 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
The Brotherhood of Man
Val Doonican
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolans
BBC2 Play Away 4.30 -
Julie Covington returns for one show
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert (cancelled due to live transmission of opera)
Colosseum II
Richard Digence
LWT Our Show 9.00 -
Kenny Everett reads contest winning sci-
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
Hosted by Sally James, Trevor East, Chris Tarrant
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Billy Daniels
LWT Concert. Dionne Warwick 10.35 -
ATV Concert. Anne Murray 11.35 pm -
LWT Pro-
Kenny Lynch
Sunday 8th January 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 4.20 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC1 I Can't See The Light 10.10 -
A documentary about blind pop band Skeets Boliver
Granada So It Goes repeat but cancelled
The Pleasers
Bonnie Tyler
Oscar
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
Alternative Radio -
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
on panel -
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Anne Shelton
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Elton John
Monday 9th January 1978
BBC1 Jackanory (Monday to Friday)
The Story of Sinbad the Sailor read by Paul Jones
BBC2 International Cabaret
Freddie Cole
Tuesday 10th January 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
John Martyn at The Collegiate Theatre, London
May You Never, Small Hours, Certain Surprise, Couldn't Love You More, Big Muff, Bless the Weather, Inside Out, Spencer the Rover
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
The Pleasers -
Oscar -
Roy North -
Bonnie Tyler -
Linda Fletcher -
Wednesday 11th January 1978
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Includes a new feature ‘Feedback’ about the music scene
Anglia Jazz Concert 11.00 -
Kenny Ball
Thursday 12th January 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 – 7.40 pm
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Cancelled due to BBC industrial action, so replaced with repeat of 13th January 1977
Granada What's On
Manchester Scene article with John Cooper-
Friday 13th January 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
possibly not broadcast due to BBC industrial action
LWT George Hamilton IV 11.40 pm -
Saturday 14th January 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop (not listed in newspapers as it was expected not to be broadcast due to the ongoing industrial dispute)
Osibisa -
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.20 -
Brotherhood of Man
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Colesseum II
Richard Digance
LWT Our Show 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 5.15 -
Bobby Crush
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
Paul McCartney Songsmith
interview and recording Mull Of Kintyre
Sunday 15th January 1978
BBC1 Only Olivia 8.05 -
Olivia Newton-
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
Dark Horse (group)
New Harmony (vocal group)
Pinky Steede (singer)
Harry Pitch (harmonica)
Kirk St James (singer)
Clown (group)
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
The Spinners
Rosemary Clooney
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Cleo Laine
ATV Andy 11.25 -
Andy Williams
Henry Mancini
Monday 16th January 1978
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.10 -
Vicky Leandros
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Tom Laverty (singer with guitar)
Pebbles (vocal trio)
Carolne Dennis (singer)
Colin Howcroft (singer)
Thames Hazell 9.00 -
Theme sung by Maggie Bell
Tuesday 17th January 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.05 -
Glasgow special
Hosted by Bob Harris
Gallagher and Lyle -
Edgar Winter White Trash -
Rush -
Cado Belle -
Average White Band with Ben E King -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North & Linda Fletcher -
The Banned -
Mike Moran -
Linda Fletcher -
Berni Flint -
Roy North -
ATV Charie's Angels 8.00 -
The Sammy Davis Jr Kidnap Caper
Wednesday 18th January 1978
BBC2 Arena: The Journey 10.40 -
George Melly's journey through the world of Da Da and surrealism including The Stranglers
ITV Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Mary O'Hara
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Feedback article on electric guitars
Anglia Jazz Concert 11.00 -
The Stan Tracey Quartet
Thursday 19th January 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Heatwave -
Nazareth -
Odyssey -
Smokie -
Brotherhood Of Man -
The Imperials -
Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely & Choir -
Sweet -
Althia & Donna -
The Radio Stars -
Wings -
War -
Grampian The Entertainers 12.00 -
Tony Christie
Friday 20th January 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Brotherhood of Man
LWT An Audience With Jasper Carrott 10.40 -
folk comedian
Saturday 21st January 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Osibisa (also listed as being on last weeks' show)
BBC1 The Les Dawson Show 8.35 -
Lulu
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Gentle Giant
LWT Our Show 9.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Tony Blackburn
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
Paganini Superstar with Rod Argent
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.00 -
Sunday 22nd January 1978
BBC1 Everyman. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 10.15 -
Vashti Lewis / Bunyan -
Mick Farren -
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
Funny Punk -
X Ray Spex
Johnny Rubbish
John Cooper-
Ian Dury -
Kilburn & The High Roads
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
on panel -
Flint (group from Kent)
The Kennedys (group)
Suzanne Barry (singer)
Phil Martel (guitarist)
Bullitt (group)
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
The Beverley Sisters
Monday 23rd January 1978
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.10 -
Diane Solomon
Swingle II
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Jackje Marks (singer)
Main Avenue Jazz Band
Helen Jane (singer)
Tuesday 24th January 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.40 pm -
The Motors -
Merger -
Andrew Gold -
The Rubinoos -
Linda Ronstadt -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Merger (seen listed, but not on Granada database)
Roy North -
The Motors -
Roy North -
Tonight -
Shakin' Stevens -
Linda Fletcher -
Wednesday 25th January 1978
Scottish Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Ian Campbell
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Feature on record collecting (first of two parts) John Peel interviewed about his collection by Mike Read
Thames This Is Your Life: Barry Sheene 7.00 -
George Harrison
Anglia Jazz Concert 12.00 -
George Melly & John Chilton's Feetwarmers
Thursday 26th January 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Donna Summer -
Rich Kids -
Althia & Donna -
Gordon Giltrap -
Bill Withers -
Terry Wogan -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Yellow Dog -
Baccara -
Gallagher & Lyle -
Wings -
T Connection -
Friday 27th January 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The New Seekers
BBC1 Max Boyce In Concert 10.51 -
Max Boyce
Fivepenny Piece
Neil Lewis
The Fivepenny Piece
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.05 -
Saturday 28th January 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Rags
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.40 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Gordon Giltrap
Michael Chapman
ITV Fun Food Factory 8.30 -
Alvin Stardust
LWT Our Show 9.00 -
Althea and Donna
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Lyn Paul
Sunday 29th January 1978
BBC1 Everyman: Still Crazy After All These Years 10.05 -
Follow-
with Arthur Brown
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
Superstride (group)
The Pattons Trio (group)
Ann O'Brien (singer)
Colin Anthony (singer)
Past and Present (group)
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Julie Rogers
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Judy Collins
ATV Andy 11.00 -
Andy Williams
Grampian The Entertainers
Mike Harding
Monday 30th January 1978
BBC2 International Cabaret 8.10 -
Lou Rawls
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
The Mahers (group)
Tammy St John (singer)
Gerry Shaw (singer)
Tuesday 31st January 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Talking Heads -
The Fabulous Poodles -
Rick Wakeman -
Dusty Springfield -
The Ramones -
Rush -
ITV The Rolf Harris Show 3.20 -
Tanya Tucker
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
The Sailmakers -
Linda Fletcher -
Brian Chapman -
Strawbs -
Wednesday 1st February 1978
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Feedback article on record collecting (part two of two) possibly John Peel
ATV I’m Bob, He’s Dickie 8.00 -
Clodagh Rodgers
Thursday 2nd February 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Imperials -
Darts -
Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely -
Sweet -
Heatwave -
Rod Stewart -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Smokie -
Rose Royce -
The Adverts -
Althia and Donna -
Abba -
Friday 3rd February 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Max Boyce In Concert 10.51 -
Mary Hopkin
Saturday 4th February 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Strawbs
BBC1 Jim’ll Fix It 5.50 -
Steeleye Span in medieval banquet
BBC1 The Les Dawson Show 8.45 -
Lulu
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Be Bop DeLuxe
Jenny Darren
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
Generation X -
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Joe Brown
Sunday 5th February 1978
BBC1 Read All About It 10.55 -
guest reviewer Marianne Faithfull
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
Tony Hatch on panel
Soft Pedal (group)
Keith Simon (singer)
Sheila Harris (singer)
The Blaize Brothers (group)
Carole and The New Blues (group)
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
The Spinners
ATV Andy 11.00 -
Andy Williams
Monday 6th February 1978
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Jackie Podowski (singer)
State Affair (group)
Tuesday 7th February 1978
BBC1 Variety Club Awards for 1977 7.25 -
Kenny Everett
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale, but Bob Harris was listed in Radio Times. Due to a schedule change Bob Harris was replaced by Anne Nightingale.
The Adverts -
Bob Welch -
Styx -
Jim Capaldi and The Contenders -
Dusty Springfield interview, Hollywood Movie Girls (Filmfinders clip)
Blood Sweat & Tears -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
Andy Lloyd -
Darts -
Linda Fletcher -
Roy North -
Lulu -
Wednesday 8th February 1978
Ulster Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Spud
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Includes an article about radio DJs
Thursday 9th February 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Gordon Giltrap -
Tonight -
Baccara -
David Castle -
Abba -
ELO -
Lulu -
Yellow Dog -
Dusty Springfield -
The Stranglers -
The Brotherhood Of Man -
Rich Kids -
Friday 10th February 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
Gilbert O'Sullivan article
BBC1 Max Boyce in Concert 10.51 -
Therapy
BBC2 Petula and Songs Of Love 9.50 -
Petula Clark
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.05 -
Saturday 11th February 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Darts
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.40 -
The Dooleys
BBC1 Parkinson 11.10pm -
Don McLean
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Chris DeBurgh
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
Sunday 12th February 1978
BBC1 Film 78 10.55 -
Frankie Howerd interviewed on the set of the Sgt Pepper movie
BBC2 The Lively Arts: Kelly 9.00 -
Alan Price
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
Ian Dury
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
Panel includes Tony Blackburn, Mickie Most
Winners show
Flint (group)
Kirk St James (singer)
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Ronnie Carroll
ATV Andy 11.00 -
Andy Williams
Leslie Uggams
Monday 13th February 1978
BBC2 James Galway's World of Music 8.10 -
The Chieftains
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
The Harlems
Tuesday 14th February 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
XTC -
Blondie -
Radio Stars -
Prism -
Jubilee -
Meat Loaf -
Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
Suzanne -
Rosetta Stone -
Roy North -
Clifford T Ward -
Linda Fletcher -
Wednesday 15th February 1978
Anglia Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Folk in the East -
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Article on radio in Britain
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
ITV All God’s Children Got Rhythm 8.00 -
A tribute to the music scene in New York’s Harlem in the twenties and thirties with the cast of Bubbling Brown Sugar
Billy Daniels
Pinkey Steele
Elaine Delmar
Scottish Bryan Taylor -
Pearly Gates
The Chanter Sisters
Thursday 16th February 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Starguard -
Tom Robinson Band -
Kate Bush -
Darts -
Rose Royce -
Billy Joel -
Sweet -
Elkie Brooks -
The Bee Gees -
Magazine -
ABBA -
Rod Stewart -
BBC1 Omnibus 10.15 -
The Song of the White Horse by David Bedford
Anglia Folk In The East 10.30 – 11.00 pm (first edition of six)
Bryan Daly
Good As Gold
Tony Knowles and John Last
Jancis Harvey
Victoria Wigan
Albion Morris
John Goodluck and Trunkles
Geoff and Pennie Smith
Charlie Boy Smith
Friday 17th February 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Darts
BBC1 Max Boyce 10.46 -
The McCalmans
BBC2 The Captain and Tennille Special 9.30 -
The Captain and Tennille
Saturday 18th February 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
The Real Thing
BBC1 The Les Dawson Show 8.40 -
Lulu
BBC1 Parkinson 11.15 pm -
Petula Clark
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Strawbs
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
Gallagher and Lyle
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Joe Brown
Sunday 19th February 1978
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
The Vintage Hot Orchestra
Gill Gerado (singer)
Sweet Satisfaction (singers)
Mel Danser (singer)
Ian Lockyer (guitarist)
The New Shay Showband (group)
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Dana
ATV Andy 11.45 pm -
Andy Williams
Monday 20th February 1978
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Mavis Aldred (singer)
Dave Lawrence (singer / guitarist)
The Terry Seymour Band
ITV Buddy Holly -
Tuesday 21st February 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Dickie Betts and Great Southerners in concert at the BBC Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
Leaving Me Again, Back on the Road, Good Time Feeling, Jessica, Ramblin' Man, Southbound
Thames After Noon 2.0 -
Pete Townshend interviewed by Elaine Grand
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North & Linda Fletcher -
Frank Xerox and the Copycats -
Linda Fletcher -
The Radio Stars -
Rags -
The Real Thing -
Wednesday 22nd February 1978
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.20 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Feed Back -
Clip from Born to Boogie with Marc Bolan, Ringo Starr, Elton John
Scottish Bryan Taylor -
Dana
The Chanter Sisters
Thursday 23rd February 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis (with a crutch due to a knee injury)
Earth Wind and Fire -
Blondie -
ELO -
Free -
The Real Thing -
The Stranglers -
Manhattan Transfer -
Yellow Dog -
Eruption -
Brian & Michael -
ABBA -
Tonight -
Granada What's On
Big In Japan -
Anglia Folk in the East 10.30 -
Bryan Daley
John Goodluck and Trunkles
Good As Gold
Don Shepherd
Jancis Harvey & John Atterson
Geoff and Pennie Harris
Tony Knowles and John Last
Charlie Boy Smith
Victoria Wigan and Mike Akhurst
Friday 24th February 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC2 Black Current 9.30 -
Hosted by Greg Edwards from Clouds, London
Billy Paul
The Real Thing
Hi-
Desmond Dekker
Saturday 25th February 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Dead End Kids
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.35 -
Tina Charles
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.10 pm -
Kate Bush – Them Heavy People
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Loudon Wainwright III
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
Kate Bush
Gordon Giltrap
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Paul Jones, Ray Ellington
Sunday 26th February 1978
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
on panel -
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Jaye P Morgan
ATV Andy 11.15 pm -
Andy Williams
Juliet Prowse
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.15 -
Tuesday 28th February 1978
BBC2 Pebble Mill Showcase 9.30 -
Hosted by Norman Vaughan
Acceleration (group)
Julie Royce (singer)
Nancy and The Cast (group)
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Eddie and The Hot Rods -
Bruford (with Dave Stewart, Annette Peacock) -
Neil Young -
Ian Gillan -
The Pleasers -
Nick Lowe -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Linda Fletcher -
Blue -
Roy North -
Wednesday 1st March 1978
Westward Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Rosemary Squires
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Kevin Godley and Lol Creme play the "Gizmo"
Granada Send in the Girls 9.10 -
Annie Ross
Thursday 2nd March 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Darts -
Samantha Sang -
Tom Robinson Band -
Kate Bush -
Nick Lowe (with The Rumour) -
Rita Coolidge -
Earth Wind & Fire -
Andy Williams -
Abba -
Gerry Rafferty -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Carl Perkins
Anglia Folk in the East 10.30 -
Bryan Daly
Geoff and Pennie Harris
Good As Gold
Stuart Marson
Charlie Boy Smith
Jancis Harvey
John Goodluck
Renny Lee
Tony Knowles
John Last
Friday 3rd March 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Suzi Quatro
Saturday 4th March 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Slade
Bonnie Tyler
BBC1 The Les Dawson Show 8.30 -
Lulu
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.00 -
Andy Williams
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Tom Robinson Band
Sad Cafe
ATV The Rolf Harris Show 9.05 -
Tanya Tucker
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
Slade
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
Deborah Harry of Blondie
LWT Happy Days 5.15 -
Fonzie the Rock Entrepreneur part one
Suzi Quatro as Leather Tuscadero
Sunday 5th March 1978
BBC1 Elvis Presley Aloha From Hawaii 7.15 -
The BBC couldn’t afford Colonel Tom Parker’s asking price the first time around, so Elvis Presley fan club secretary Todd Slaughter persuaded the Colonel to do a deal. The BBC then acquired the rights to show this concert, plus a repeat of the 1968 special and the 1977 In Concert show.
BBC2 James Last and His Orchestra 9.15 -
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
on panel -
Near misses show
Civvy Street (group)
Amanda Paul (singer)
Harry Pitch (harmonica player)
The Bards (folk trio)
Pinky Steede (singer)
Geoff Taylor (returning guest)
ATV Andy 11.45 pm -
Andy Williams
Anthony Newley
Monday 6th March 1978
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
Airport (group)
Bi-
Grampian The Entertainers
Barbara Dickson
Tuesday 7th March 1978
BBC2 Pebble Mill Showcase 9.00 -
New Delta Jazzmen
The Wychwoods
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Blondie -
No Dice -
Hot Tuna -
Nick Lowe -
Robin Trower -
Buzzcocks -
999 -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
Scruff -
Roy North & Linda Fletcher -
Suzanne -
Stephanie De Sykes -
Wednesday 8th March 1978
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Includes article about juke boxes
Thursday 9th March 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Free -
Generation X -
Elkie Brooks -
Hot Chocolate -
Tina Charles -
Brian & Michael -
Blondie -
Andy Cameron -
Eruption -
The Jam -
Kate Bush -
Nottingham Forest -
Thames Quick On The Draw 3.20 -
Humphrey Lyttelton
ITV The Six Million Dollar Woman: Road To Nashville 7.00 -
Jamie (Linsday Wagner) goes undercover as a singer to find a missing colleague
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Jordan (Sex Pistols’ sidekick)
Anglia Folk in the East 10.30 -
George Norris – Gnome Song
Victoria Wigan – Cottage Pie
Geoff and Pennie Harris
Charlie Boy Smith
Brian Stone
John Goodluck
Geoff Singleton,
John Last
Mike Ahurst
Alex Atterson
Friday 10th March 1978
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
1000th edition
Frankie Vaughan
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Bread Special with David Gates 9.30 -
With Michael Botts, Larry Knechtel
Saturday 11th March 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Elkie Brooks
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.40 -
Twiggy (possibly as a singer)
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.15 pm -
Klaus Wunderlich
BBC2 Something Else 5.45 -
The production team of thirteen teenagers were chosen from the two thousand that had applied to the BBC Community Unit
The Clash -
Ad Hoc – In The City
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
John Miles
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
Suzi Quatro
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Happy Days 5.15 -
Fonzie the Rock Entrepreneur part two
Suzi Quatro as Leather Tuscadero
Sunday 12th March 1978
BBC2 Something Else 2.45 -
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Petula Clark
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
Tony Blackburn on panel
Patti Boulaye (singer) wins maximum points
Mr Chips (group)
Cass Nova (singer)
Hot Stuff Band (group)
ATV Andy 11.25 -
Andy Williams
Monday 13th March 1978
BBC2 Just A Nimmo 10.40 -
Frankie Vaughan
Fritz Spiegl
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.45 -
The last regular show
Tony Wills (singer)
Rosa Michelle (singer)
Steve Roxton (singer with accordion)
Abigail Browne (singer)
Stan Holden (comedy singer)
Tuesday 14th March 1978
BBC2 Pebble Mill Showcase 9.00 -
Young Jazz
Wild Oates (comedy group)
Tracy Miller (country and western singer)
Sweet Substitute (group)
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
An eighty minute show was recorded on the night
Hosted by Bob Harris
Billy Joel In Concert at the Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
Miami 2017, Movin' Out, New York State Of Mind, Entertainer, She's Always A Woman To Me, Root Beer Rag, Just The Way You Are, Only The Good Die Young
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
A football special
Roy North & Linda Fletcher -
Hampden's Heroes -
Bryan Evans -
Linda Fletcher -
Slade -
Wednesday 15th March 1978
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Semi-
Jack Good
ITV Diana Ross Baby It's Me album advert
Westward Oscar Peterson 11.30 -
Thursday 16th March 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Real Thing -
Suzi Quatro -
Gerry Rafferty -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Dan Hill -
Earth Wind & Fire -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Manhattan Transfer -
The Vibrators -
Kate Bush -
Donna Summer -
BBC1 Tonight 11.00 -
Kate Bush interview
Granada What’s On 11.15 -
The Pleasers
Friday 17th March 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
Ulster When Irish Stars Are Smiling 8.00 -
Talking about the security surrounding the filming of the show an Ulster TV executive told the Daily Mirror: "We pleaded with them to appear right up to the last moment. In the end we laid on the type of security that could only be produced for the Queen. There was a heavily armed guard surrounding the location — stately Castlewellan House near the Eire border — during the two days the programme was being made. Everyone was very nervous."
Clodagh Rodgers
Dana
The Bachelors
Saturday 18th March 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Legs and Co give tips on dancing
The Pleasers
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
BBC1 The Les Dawson Show 8.40 -
Lulu
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Gallagher and Lyle
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Anne Shelton
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
Pete Townshend looks at country music
Sunday 19th March 1978
ATV New Faces 4.15 -
Mickie Most on panel
Viewers favourites
Sprinkler (group)
Stella Starr (singer)
Steve Cassidy (singer with guitar)
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
The Beverley Sisters
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Roy Clark
ATV Andy 11.30 pm -
Andy Williams
Monday 20th March 1978
BBC2 John Williams’ World of Music 9.00 -
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
HTV/Westward The Record Makers: Lena Zavaroni 10.20 -
Thames Opportunity Knocks 6.40 -
The Final show
Petes and Lee
Lena Zavaroni
Mary Hopkin -
Berni Flint
Millican and Nesbit -
Grampian The Entertainers
Berni Flint
Tuesday 21st March 1978
BBC2 Pebble Mill Showcase 9.00 -
Sweet Illusion
Norma Jean
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
Graham Parker and The Rumour In Concert, Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
Stick To Me, Problem Child, Back Door Love, Thunder And Rain, Turned Up Too Late, Fools Gold, Saturday Night Is Dead, I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, Don't Ask Me Questions, Soul Shoes
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Mr Chips -
Child -
Linda Fletcher -
The Imperials -
Backing Singers -
Wednesday 22nd March 1978
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Rock on TV article with Janice Nicholls
The Beatles on Ready Steady Go clip
Westward Sounds of Britain: Star Gazey Pie 12.30 -
Dave Cousins / Strawbs
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
Justin Hayward
Keith Fordyce
Westward Oscar Peterson 11.40 pm -
Thursday 23rd March 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Tina Charles -
Showaddywaddy -
David Essex -
Eruption -
Dr.Hook -
Blondie -
Brian & Michael -
Donna Summer -
Genesis -
The Real Thing -
Kate Bush -
Hot Chocolate -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Buzzcocks
The Movies
The Rubinoos
Thames Quick On The Draw 3.20 -
Lynsey De Paul
Anglia Folk in the East 10.30 -
Bryan Daly
Jon Betmead
Steve Llewellyn
Don Shepherd
Good As Gold
Charlie Boy Smith
Jancis Harvey
Victoria Wigan
Alex Atterson
Friday 24th March 1978 Good Friday
BBC1 The Osmonds 1.05 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.10 -
content unknown
BBC1 Snowtime Special / Special Vacances Blanches 8.55 -
The countdown clock claims "British version"
Hosted by Andy Williams from Switzerland
Andy Williams -
Sheila B Devotion -
Sacha Distel -
Katja Ebstein -
Demis Roussos -
Boney M -
ITYV Mary O'Hara 11.00 -
Saturday 25th March 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Showaddywaddy
BBC1 Mike Yarwood In Persons 8.45 -
Petula Clark
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.15 pm -
Gene Pitney
BBC2 Sight And Sound In Concert 6.30 -
XTC
Steel Pulse
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
Lena Zavaroni
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Julie Rogers
Sunday 26th March 1978 Easter Sunday
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop Star Awards 1978 4.10 -
Suzi Quatro, Tony Blackburn in audience
Abba – thanks to audience (on film)
Bonnie Tyler -
Keith Chegwin -
David Soul -
Leo Sayer -
ATV New Faces 3.00 -
All winners' show
ATV The Muppet Show 7.30 -
Leo Sayer
LWT Lena and Bonnie 8.00 -
Lena Zavaroni
Monday 27th March 1978 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Disney Time 6.15 -
Cliff Richard
BBC1 Snowtime Special / Special Vacances Blanches 7.55 -
The countdown clock claims "English show". Despite being shown at Easter there are Christmas trees on display, this due to two shows being recorded at the same time. The other show Christmas Snowtime Speical was broadcast 18th December 1978 and featured the same acts.
Recorded in Leysin, Switzerland
Hosted by Petula Clark
Charles Aznavour -
Petula Clark -
Manhattan Transfer – Chansons D’amour, Walk In Love
Udo Jürgens -
Claude François -
The Three Degrees -
BBC2 Open Door: Ulysses 6.15 -
a rock opera written by school teachers and performed by school children
BBC2 The Rutles in All You Need Is Cash 8.45 -
with The Rutles, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Mick Jagger
Thames Tommy Steele and a Show 8.00 -
Anglia Brian Taylor 11.45 pm -
Barbara Dickson
Westward Celebrity Concert: Tom Jones 11.45 pm -
Tuesday 28th March 1978
BBC1 George Burns One Man Show 8.10 -
Gladys Knight and The Pips
John Denver
The Captain and Tennille
BBC2 Pebble Mill Showcase 9.00 -
Eddie Sunday (singer)
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Cheap Trick -
Genesis -
The Rubinoos -
Devo -
The Spitballs -
Sham 69 -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Wednesday 29th March 1978
BBC1 Max Bygraves -
Variety Club of Great Britain
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Feedback article on pop past and present
Thursday 30th March 1978
BBC1 Top Of the Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Gerry Rafferty Baker Street (chart run down)
Mud -
Tina Charles -
Elvis Costello -
Richard Myhill -
Tavares -
Dan Hill -
Suzi Quatro -
Andy Cameron -
Don Williams -
Kate Bush -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
ATV Let The Good Times Roll 7.00 -
Hosted by Marty Wilde
Wee Willie Harris
Carl Simmons Band
The Cruisers
Crazy Cavern and the Rhythm Rockers
Granada What’s On 10.45 -
Wreckless Eric
Anglia Folk in the East 10.30 – 11.00 pm
Brian Daly
Jancis Harvey
Steve Llewellyn
Denise Smith
Jon Betmead
Tony Knowles and John Last
Charlie Boy Smith
Victoria Wigan
Alex Atterson
Friday 31st March 1978
BBC1 A Song For Europe 7.30 -
Live from The Royal Albert Hall, London
Coco -
Midnight -
Babe Rainbow -
Fruit Eating Bears -
Ronnie France -
Jacquie Sullivan -
Brown Sugar -
Jarvis Brothers -
Christian -
Labi Siffre -
Sunshine -
Bob James -
BBC1 (Birmingham) 10.15 -
Rainmaker
Ruby Turner
Westward The Roger Whittaker Show 11.05 -
Saturday 1st April 1978
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday 6.15 -
Dana
BBC1 The Les Dawson Show 8.40 -
Lulu
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 11.20 pm -
David Essex
BBC2 Sight and Sound In Concert 6.30 -
Frankie Miller’s Full House
ATV The Rolf Harris Show 9.05 -
Ian Tyson
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
The Boomtown Rats -
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
Rock n Roll – Then and Now
Carl Perkins with Dave Edmunds
Possibly also The Patti Smith Group (her clip was recorded 28th February, Brian Jones’ birthday and had written a song especially for the occasion)
Sunday 2nd April 1978
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
Disco Fever -
ATV New Faces 4.00 -
on panel -
The final show
Grand final
ATV Andy 11.15 -
Andy Williams
Monday 3rd April 1978
BBC2 NYJO's World Of Music 9.00 -
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Tuesday 4th April 1978
BBC2 Pebble Mill Showcase 9.00 -
Cliff Ledger and The Country Boys
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
recorded in Manchester
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Patti Smith Group -
The Vibrators -
Joe Walsh -
David Coverdale -
Jefferson Starship -
Granada The Beatles 11.05 -
Southern Runaround
Aswad
Wednesday 5th April 1978
Scottish Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
The Lowlands of Scotland -
Yorkshire Pop Quest 4.45 -
Hosted by Megg Nicol, Mike Read
Thursday 6th April 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Sounds paper has the show as being hosted by Elton John and broadcast from 7.10 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Genesis -
The Boomtown Rats -
Manhattan Transfer -
Hot Chocolate -
Andrew Gold -
Squeeze -
Wings -
Showaddywaddy -
The Stylistics -
Sheila & B.Devotion -
Andy Gibb -
Co-
Brian & Michael -
Blondie -
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Thursday Special 9.25 -
Twiggy (as a singer)
Madeline Bell – Try A Little Tenderness
ATV The London Rock N Roll Show 10.55 -
Mick Jagger, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Bill Haley & His Comets
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Tapper Zukie
clips of Siouxsie & The Banshees, John Cooper-
Friday 7th April 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Portrait Of Twiggy 10.30 -
Includes a piece on The Beatles' Sgt Pepper cover
Saturday 8th April 1978
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday -
Dana
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
Charlie McCoy and Val Doonican – Stone Fox Chase
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Our Show 10.00 -
content unknown
LWT The Monkees 11.00 am -
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.456 -
Pearly Gates
Sunday 9th April 1978
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest Preview part one 4.10 -
BBC2 The Fivepenny Piece with Mike Harding 11.05 pm -
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Matt Monro
The Beverley Sisters
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Pearl Bailey
Scottish The Sidney Devine Hour
Buddy Greco
Reflections
Monday 10th April 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
The Jarvis Brothers – One Dance
The Pleasers – The Kids Are Alright
Suzi Quatro – If You Can’t Give Me Love
HTV Record Makers 10.00 -
content unknown
Tuesday 11th April 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale, but Radio Times says Bob Harris
Val Doonican & Charlie McCoy -
Bryn Haworth -
Gong -
Blue Oyster Cult -
Elvis Costello -
Eagles -
Television -
Granada The Beatles 11.15 -
Grampian The Entertainers 11.20 -
Rokotto
Wednesday 12th April 1978
ITV Sounds Of Britain 12.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 13th April 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Bee Gees -
Child -
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams -
Chic -
Alan Price -
Suzi Quatro -
Gerry Rafferty -
Dee D.Jackson -
Richard Myhill -
Bonnie Tyler -
Dr.Hook -
Gene Farrow -
Genesis -
Raffaella Carra -
Brian & Michael -
Michael Zager -
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Thursday Special 9.25 -
Clodagh Rodgers
Thames Quick on the Draw 3.20 -
Lynsey De Paul
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 14th April 1978
Southern Southern Report 10.30 -
Will punk rock survive?
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
Liberace
Grampian The Entertainers
Bernie Flint
Saturday 15th April 1978
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK? 6.15 -
Dana
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Co-
George Hamilton IV
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Half Our Show 9.45 -
Our Show is now split into two with The Monkees in the middle
Davy Jones -
LWT The Monkees 10.15 -
Sunday 16th April 1978
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest Preview part two 4.10 -
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
100th show compilation
Johnny Rotten -
Tom Robinson -
Tapper Zukie -
The Sex Pistols -
Stiff Little Fingers
Siouxsie Sioux
Section 25
Scottish The Lulu Hour (not listed in newspapers)
Marmalade
Monday 17th April 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Slade – Give Us A Goal
Co-
Showaddywaddy – I Wonder Why
BBC2 Johnny Mathis In Concert 8.15 -
Tuesday 18th April 1978
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
Elkie Brooks
Wednesday 19th April 1978
Scottish Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland -
Anglia Celebrity Concert: Paul Williams 11.30 pm -
Thursday 20th April 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Raydio -
Squeeze -
Dan Hill -
The Bee Gees -
Wings -
Bryan Ferry -
Sheila & B.Devotion -
Graham Parker & The Rumour -
Andrew Gold -
The Boomtown Rats -
Demis Roussos -
Michael Zager Band -
Richard Denton & Martin Cook -
Co-
Brian and Michael -
Elton John -
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Thursday Special 9.25 -
Andy Williams
Sacha Distel
Scottish Bilbo Baggins In Concert
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Sham 69 – live in the studio
clips from Manfred Mann, Adam and the Ants, Big in Japan and X Ray Spex
Friday 21st April 1978
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 22nd April 1978
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK? 6.15 -
Dana
BBC1 The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 8.30 -
UK Entry: Co-
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.45 -
Randy Edelman
D D Jackson
LWT The Monkees: Success Story 10.15 -
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.15 -
The Bachelors
Lyn Paul
Sunday 23rd April 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 3.45 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC1 Harry Belafonte 7.15 -
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Loretta Lynn
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
The Spinners
Scottish Barbara Dickson In Concert
Monday 24th April 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Wales O Regan – Fool’s Paradise
Mud – Cut Across Shorty
Flintlock – Mony Mony
Tuesday 25th April 1978
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
The Pirates
Wednesday 26th April 1978
ITV Sounds of Britain: Folk In The East 12.30 -
content unknown
Thursday 27th April 1978
BBC1 Pebble Mill At One 1.00 -
Petula Clark
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (with help from hospital radio DJs)
Dee D Jackson -
Steve Gibbons Band -
Raffaella Carra -
Foreigner -
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams -
Chic -
The Modern Lovers -
Boney M -
Twiggy -
Raydio -
Buzzcocks -
The Patti Smith Group -
Richard Myhill -
Yvonne Elliman -
The Bee Gees -
Izhar Cohen & Alpha-
BBC1 Ronnie Corbett’s Thursday Special 9.35 -
The Three Degrees – Dirty Old Man
Granada What’s On 10.40 -
Cherry Vanilla
Friday 28th April 1978
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
ITV The Cher Show (cancelled)
Rod Stewart
Dolly Parton
The Tubes with Cher -
Saturday 29th April 1978
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK? 6.10 -
Dana
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Dave & Sugar
Tom Paxton
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.45 -
Richard Myhill
Elton John -
LWT The Monkees 10.15 -
Yorkshire Saturday Showtime: An Evening with Dave Evans 7.30 -
Lyn Paul
Acker Bilk
Sunday 30th April 1978
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
Ralph McTell
Scottish The Allan Stewart Show (not listed in newspapers)
Lynsey De Paul
Cool Breeze
Monday 1st May 1978 Bank Holiday
BBC1 The Little and Large Show 7.15 -
Petula Clark
Boney M
The Stylistics
Thames Blow Up 1966 movie with The Yardbirds (cancelled)
Tuesday 2nd May 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.50 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Albert Grossman at home
Tony Wilson (ex-
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
Elkie Brooks
Wednesday 3rd May 1978
Ulster Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Jazz in Ulster
ITV The Rolf Harris Show 3.20 -
Don McLean
Thursday 4th May 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by David Jensen
The Stranglers -
The Dooleys -
Ruby Winters -
Tonight -
Donna Summer -
Andrew Gold -
Hi-
Martin Cook & Richard Denton -
Dee D.Jackson -
Darts -
Co-
The Boomtown Rats -
John Paul Young -
Michael Zager Band -
Manhattan Transfer -
The Bee Gees -
Squeeze -
Friday 5th May 1978
BBC1 (Birmingham) Look! Hear! 10.15 -
Hosted by Toyah Wilcox
Climax Blues Band
LWT Russell Harty 12.10 -
content unknown
Saturday 6th May 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Show 9.30 -
Includes Swap of the Cups -
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK? 6.15 -
Dana
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.25 -
Val Doonican
Tony Bennett
Charlie Pride
LWT Saturday Showtime. Dennis Waterman – With A Little Help From His Friends 7.30
-
Linda Lewis
Joe Brown
Sunday 7th May 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 3.45 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Scottish Peter Skellern In Concert
Monday 8th May 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Child – When You Walk In The Room
Richard Myhill – It Takes Two To Tango
Tonight -
BBC2 Glen Campbell and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 8.10 -
Thames Whodunnit? 6.45 -
Lynsey De Paul on panel
Thames The Big Film: Blow Up 10.30 pm -
Tuesday 9th May 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.50 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Lake -
Bethnal -
British Lions -
Devo -
Detective -
Ian Anderson -
Jethro Tull -
Granada Paul 4.20 -
Hosted by Paul Nicholas
Wings -
The Pleasers -
Saturday Night Fever clip
Wednesday 10th May 1978
ITV The Club Mirror Act of the Year Awards 10.15 -
Madeline Bell
Thursday 11th May 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Raffaella Carra -
Thin Lizzy -
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams -
Boney M -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Tavares -
Manfred Mann’s Earthband -
Izhar Cohen & The Alpha Beta -
Sham 69 -
Yvonne Elliman -
Goldie -
Blondie -
Guys 'n' Dolls -
The Patti Smith Group -
Tom Robinson Band -
Host chats to Michael Zager
Boney M -
X Ray Spex -
BBC1 Lyrics and Music by Irving Berlin 9.25 -
Millicent Martin
Danny Street
Roy Castle
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Jenny Wren
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Ray Davies – interview and song
Friday 12th May 1978
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 13th May 1978
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK? 6.15 -
Dana
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.35 -
Val Doonican
Barbara Fairchild
Don Williams
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.15 -
content unknown
LWT The Monkees: One Man Shy 9.45 am -
LWT Happy Days 5.15 -
Suzi Quatro as Leather Tuscadero
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Dave Lee Lewis
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
Tom Robinson Band
Sunday 14th May 1978
BBC2 The World About Us: Afro Rock -
The music scene in Kenya
Monday 15th May 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Sailor -
Darts -
Tina Charles -
BBC2 Glen Campbell and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 8.10 -
Tuesday 16th May 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.50 -
recorded in Manchester
Hosted by Bob Harris
Chris Rea -
Dire Straits -
John Otway & Wile Willie Barratt -
Television -
Stanley Clarke -
Marc Jordan -
Granada Paul 4.20 -
Paul Nicholas
Abba -
The Young Ones -
Jim and Ady -
Westward In Concert 12.00 -
John Miles
Wednesday 17th May 1978
BBC1 Nationwide
Elvis The Musical report
HTV Sounds of Britain: Yer 'Tiz Then 12.30 -
Acker Bilk
Thursday 18th May 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Rose Royce -
Smokie -
Darts -
John Paul Young -
Plastic Bertrand -
Ruby Winters -
Hi-
Guy Marks -
Raydio -
Brotherhood Of Man -
The Stranglers -
Elkie Brooks -
X-
David Soul chats to host
Boney M -
Raffaella Carra -
BBC1 Des O’Connor Tonight 9.25 -
Clodagh Rodgers
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Jilted John Jilted John
Friday 19th May 1978
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 20th May 1978
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK? 6.30 -
Dana
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.30 -
Val Doonican
Brotherhood of Man
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 11.15 pm -
Bonnie Tyler
BBC2 Don’t Quote Me 8.00 -
Rock journalism special with Ian Anderson, Bob Geldof, Rick Wakeman, Joe Strummer, Nick Kent, Steve Harley, Graham Parker, Freddie Mercury, plus industry people Andrew Lauder from Radar Records, Al Clark from Virgin, Mike Smith from Decca, Dave Robinson from Stiff
ATV Tiswas 9.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Our Show 9.45 -
Darts
LWT Happy Days: Rules To Date By 5.15 -
Suzi Quatro
ATV Revolver 6.45 -
Pilot show
Hosted by Peter Cook
The Tom Robinson Band -
XTC – This Is Pop (the band is back announced by the host as "TCP", with the crowd chanting "off, off, off" at him), (possibly) Science Friction
Steel Pulse -
John Dowie -
The Rich Kids -
Kate Bush -
Les Ross -
Rikki Cool and the Icebergs -
The Tom Robinson Band – Glad To Be Gay ("that was the song they wouldn't play on Top Of The Pops"), Up Against The Wall
ATV Saturday Showtime: I'm Dickie, That's Showbiz 7.30 -
Petula Clark
Sunday 21st May 1978
ATV Sutherland Brothers & Quiver In Concert 11.45 pm -
Monday 22nd May 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Hi Tension – Hi Tension
The Wurzels – The Tractor Song
Bonnie Tyler – Here I Am
BBC2 Curriculee Curricula 8.10 -
Play (simulcast in stereo with Radio 4) with music by Dave Greenslade
Sonja Kristina, Chris Farlowe
BBC2 Marti Caine 9.00 -
The Stylistics
Tuesday 23rd May 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.05 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Jam – In The Street Today, Billy Hunt, ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street
Gruppo Sportivo -
UK -
Bob Seger -
Magazine -
Paul Kennerley -
White Mansions (concept album) -
Granada Paul 4.20 -
Paul Nicholas -
Marianne Faithfull – The Way That You Want Me To Be
Strawbs
The Boys
Thames The TV Times Top Ten Awards8.00 -
content unknown
Wednesday 24th May 1978
BBC2 Arena 10.45 -
The Tubes On Tour
David Bowie interview
Anglia Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Folk in the East
Thames The Rolf Harris Show 3.20 -
Rita Moreno
Thames Cilla 8.00 -
Cilla Black
Thursday 25th May 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Yvonne Elliman -
Real Thing -
Blondie -
Heatwave -
Izhar Cohen & The Alpha-
James Galway -
Thin Lizzy -
Tavares -
Black Sabbath -
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Cilla Black -
Sham 69 -
Boney M -
Rod Stewart & The Scottish World Cup Squad '78 -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Ian Dury
Friday 26th May 1978
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
The Beverley Sisters and their daughters who would become The Little Foxes singing group in the 1980s
Grampian The Entertainers
Alan Price
Saturday 27th May 1978
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK? 5.50 -
Dana
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.30 -
Val Doonican
Andy Williams
BBC1 The Rutles in All You Need Is Cash 10.15 -
ATV Tiswas
content unknown
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.45 -
Davy Jones
LWT The Monkees: I’ve Got A Little Song Here 10.15 -
ATV Celebrity Squares 6.15 -
Gene Pitney
Elaine Delmar
Sunday 28th May 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 3.35 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Monday 29th May 1978 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop: Rock Garden Party 5.00 -
An outdoor party whose location (The Jubilee Gardens, South Bank of London) was supposed to have been kept secret until the show went on air, which doesn't account for the several hundred people were there when the live show started.
Showaddwaddy -
Patti Boulaye -
Darts -
The Goodies -
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Show 8.15 -
The Three Degrees
BBC2 Arena: The Tubes On Tour 10.45 -
Thames The Road from Eltham 10.15 -
Bob Hope special
Perry Como
Thames London Rock N Roll 11.20 pm -
Wembley Rock N Roll Show 1973 with Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bill Haley, Jerry
Lee Lewis, Mick Jagger -
Tuesday 30th May 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.50 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Meat Loaf -
The Ramones -
Foreigner -
Willie Alexander & The Boom Boom Band -
The Bowles Brothers
UFO
Gary Wright -
Granada Paul 4.20 -
Paul Nicholas
Tonight
Andy Gibb
Jimmy Cliff -
Wednesday 31st May 1978
ITV Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Music Hall in Geordieland
Thursday 1st June 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops cancelled due to World Cup opening
BBC1 Des O’Connor Tonight 9.25 -
Kenny Rogers
LWT World Cup ‘78
Theme by San Jose (Andrew Lloyd-
Granada What’s On 11.00 -
The Movies
Sham 69
The Fall -
Friday 2nd June 1978
ATV Soccer Celebrity Squares 8.15 -
Annie Ross
LWT Russell Harty at the Royal Albert Hall 10.30 -
content unknown
Saturday 3rd June 1978
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 7.35 -
Val Doonican
Diana Trask
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.45 -
Jonathan King
LWT The Monkees: Missing Monkee 10.15 -
Sunday 4th June 1978
Southern Come Sunday 6.45 -
Vince Hill
ATV The Muppet Show 7.15 -
Elton John
Grampian The Entertainers 11.45 pm -
Bernie Flint
ATV Fairport Convention In Concert 10.45 -
Monday 5th June 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
The Dooleys – Don’t Take It Lying Down
Brotherhood of Man – Beautiful Lover
Goldie – Making Up Again
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolan Sisters
Thames The Rolf Harris Show 1.00 -
Val Doonican
Tuesday 6th June 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 9.50 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Randy Newman BBC Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
Birmingham, Leave Your Hat On, Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father, Short People, Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear, In Germany Before The War, Political Science, Rider In The Rain, I Think Its Gonna Rain Today, Rednecks, Guilty, Sail Away, Its Lonely At The Top
Granada Paul 4.20 -
Paul Nicholas
Thin Lizzy
Andy Farray
Wednesday 7th June 1978
BBC1 The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 7.35 -
Elton John
Thursday 8th June 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.55 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
Manfred Mann’s Earthband -
David Soul -
Plastic Bertrand -
Lindisfarne -
The Rolling Stones -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Goldie -
Maxine Nightingale -
Guy Marks -
AC-
Boney M -
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
Granada What’s On 6.20 -
Jonathan Richman
Thames Helter Skelter TV movie part one 10.40 pm -
TV Movie of the life of Charles Manson and The Family
Friday 9th June 1978
BBC2 MH & 5P 9.00 -
Mike Harding & Fivepenny Piece
Grampian Ralph McTell 7.00 -
BBC1 (Birmingham) Look! Hear!
Steel Pulse
BBC1 Elvis In Concert 8.10 – 9.00 pm
Elvis Presley Summer 1977 live show
Thames Magpie 4.30 -
a look at the music scene
ATV The Liberace Show 8.00 -
Liberace
Debbie Reynolds
LWT Helter Skelter part two 10.30 pm -
Saturday 10th June 1978
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.45 -
Mickey Dolenz
LWT The Monkees: Don’t Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth 10.15 -
Sunday 11th June 1978
BBC2 Rod The Mod (cancelled)
Sixty minute updated version of the previous version
BBC2 Omnibus. Cracked Actor 10.55 -
David Bowie
Monday 12th June 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.40 -
Mud – Drift Away
Davy Jones – Happy Birthday Mickey Mouse
The Real Thing – Let’s Go Disco
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolan Sisters
Tuesday 13th June 1978
BBC1 Cabaret Showtime 10.10 -
Alex Welsh and his band
Lena Zavaroni
The New Seekers
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.55 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
The Only Ones -
Bruce Springsteen -
Robert Gordon and Link Wray -
Linda Ronstadt -
Bob Dylan -
The Last Waltz -
Granada Paul 4.20 -
Paul Nicholas
Bonnie Tyler – Here I Am
Darts – Boy From New York City
Dancers – Boney M Ma Baker
Wednesday 14th June 1978
Westward Sounds of Britain 1.00 -
Star Gazey Pie with The Wurzels
Thursday 15th June 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Marshall/Hain -
Rokotto -
Kate Bush -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
James Galway -
Smokie -
Host talks to Father Abraham
Father Abraham & Smurfs -
The Boomtown Rats -
Manhattan Transfer -
The Motors -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
Blue Oyster Cult -
BBC1 The Songwriters 9.35 – 10.20 pm (first edition)
The subject is Victorian era songwriter Leslie Stuart
Granada What’s On 10.40 -
content unknown
Friday 16th June 1978
BBC2 MH & 5P 9.00 -
Mike Harding & Fivepenny Piece
ITV Fanfare 4.45 – 5.15 pm (first in new series)
Flintlock
George Melly & John Chilton’s Feetwarmers
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Northern Light
David Bowie concert report
Saturday 17th June 1978
BBC1 Marvin Hamlisch 11.20 pm -
In concert
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.45 -
content unknown
LWT The Monkees: Dance Monkee Dance 10.15 -
Sunday 18th June 1978
Scottish Madeline Bell In Concert
Monday 19th June 1978
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.45 -
Sailor – The Runaway
Lindisfarne – Run For Home
Brian & Michael with St Winifred School Choir – Ma When’s Me Dad Coming Home, Matchstick Men
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolan Sisters
Tuesday 20th June 1978
BBC1 Cabaret Showtime 10.15 -
Lulu
Stuart Gillies
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.20 pm -
Bob Harris’ last show on his own
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers In Concert BBC Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
Anything That's Rock & Roll, Fooled Again (I Don't Like It), I Need to Know, Breakdown, Listen to Her Heart, You're Gonna Get It, American Girl, Strangered In the Night, Shout
Granada Paul 4.20 -
Paul Nicholas -
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Leo Sayer -
Scottish Reporting Scotland
David Bowie Glasgow concert report
Scottish The Record Makers
Freddie Cole Sings
Wednesday 21st June 1978
BBC1 Newsround Weekly 4.50 -
Kate Bush in Japan
BBC1 The Morecambe & Wise Show 7.35 -
Diane Solomon
Thursday 22nd June 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Goldie -
Black Sabbath -
Showaddywaddy -
Marshall Hain -
Whitesnake -
Heatwave -
Brotherhood Of Man -
San Jose (Rod Argent) -
Thin Lizzy -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
David Soul -
BBC1 The Songwriters 9.25 -
The story of Lionel Macintosh
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
The Clash
Dire Straits -
Friday 23rd June 1978
BBC1 MH & 5P 9.00 -
Mike Harding & Fivepenny Piece
ITV Fanfare 4.45 -
Flintlock
Duncan MacKay
LWT The South Bank Show 10.40 -
Hal Prince, also footage of the rehearsal for Evita
Saturday 24th June 1978
BBC1 Lenny and Jerry 9.00 -
Lena Zavroni
BBC1 Sinatra and Friends 11.15 pm -
Frank Sinatra
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.45 -
content unknown
LWT The Monkees: Too Many Girls 10.15 -
ATV Celebrity Squares 5.30 -
Vince Hill
Julie Rogers
ITV Juke Box Saturday Night 11.00 pm -
The Music of the War Years 1939-
Tony Christie
Acker Bilk
Marian Montgomery
George Melly
Sunday 25th June 1978
BBC2 A Gunfight 7.50 -
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
Music Rip-
ATV Alexander Robertson In Concert (B A Robertson) 11.40 pm -
Monday 26th June 1978
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolan Sisters
Yorkshire Jazz Concert 11.30 pm -
content unknown
Granada A Little Night Music 12.35 am -
Don McLean
Tuesday 27th June 1978
BBC1 Cabaret Showtime 9.25 -
Tony Christie
Diane Solomon
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Carl Perkins, Joe Ely, Vernon Oxford, Dottie West
Granada Breakers 4.20 – 4.45 pm (first edition)
Hosted by Rob Jones (Radio Luxembourg DJ) He had as applied for the job of DJ on Revolver, but it went to club DJ Chris Hill
Child
Wednesday 28th June 1978
BBC1 Jack Jones 10.05 -
Jack Jones
Shirley Bassey
Stan Getz
Scottish In Concert with Meal Ticket
Thursday 29th June 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Show number 744
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
A Taste Of Honey -
J.A.L.N. Band -
James Galway -
The Boomtown Rats -
The Motors -
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
Lindisfarne -
Patti Boulaye -
Blue Oyster Cult -
Kate Bush -
AC/DC -
Jim Rafferty -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
The O'Jays -
BBC1 The Songwriters 9.25 -
Noel Coward
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
content unknown
Friday 30th June 1978
BBC1 MH & 5P 9.00 -
Mike Harding & Fivepenny Piece
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Rosetta Stone
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
The Barron Knights
Saturday 1st July 1978
LWT Half Our Show / Our Show 9.45 -
content unknown
LWT The Monkees: Find The Monkees 10.15 -
ATV Celebrity Squares 5.30 -
Micky Dolenz
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
ELO at Wembley
Sunday 2nd July 1978
Southern Come Sunday 6.50 -
Salena Jones
Monday 3rd July 1978
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolan Sisters
The New Sensations Steel Band
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 6.45 -
Yellow Dog were listed in Daily Mirror but appeared in 10th July 1978
Theme -
Wings -
Elton John – sketch
Bonnie Tyler -
The Steve Gibbons Band – Eddy Vortex (Kenney Jones on drums)
Bryan Ferry – Sign Of The Times (live vocal), in sketch
Cerrone -
Dickie Pride -
ELO -
Tuesday 4th July 1978
BBC1 Cabaret Showtime 10.15 -
Koffee n Kreme
The Wurzels
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Moe Bandy
Jody Miller
The Wilburn Brothers
Lloyd Green
Don Williams
Granada Breakers 4.20 -
Jim & Ady
Rob Jones
Wednesday 5th July 1978
BBC1 Jack Jones 10.05 -
Bruce Johnston – I Write The Songs
Sarah Vaughan -
HTV Sounds of Britain: Yer 'Tiz Then 12.30 -
Acker Bilk
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Dana
Champagne
Thursday 6th July 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
Buzzcocks -
Marshall Hain -
Showaddywaddy -
A Taste Of Honey -
ELO -
San Jose (Rod Argent and Andrew Lloyd Webber) -
Clout -
Steel Pulse -
City Boy -
Justin Hayward -
Chic -
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
BBC1 The Songwriters 9.25 -
The work of Ray Noble
Marti Webb
Friday 7th July 1978
BBC1 The Pad (and how to use it) 10.46 pm -
BBC2 MH & 5P 9.00 -
Mike Harding & Fivepenny Piece
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Flintlock
LWT Russell Harty 10.40 -
content unknown
Saturday 8th July 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.20 -
From Torbay
Hosted by Sacha Distel
Sacha Distel -
Caterina Valente
Sheila B Devotion
Brotherhood of Man -
Showaddywaddy -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
Hosted by Bill Oddie
Mud
includes The Monkees: A Coffin Too Frequent
Grampian The Entertainers 12.00 -
Mac and Katie Kissoon
Sunday 9th July 1978
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
David Bowie special
interviewed backstage at Earls Court, London by Janet Street-
ATV Diahann Carroll In Concert 10.30 -
LWT Celebrity Concert: Henry Mancini 11.30 pm -
ATV Golden Gala 7.15 -
Petula Clark
The Beverley Sisters
Patti Boulaye
Monday 10th July 1978
BBC1 The Spinners 11.30 pm -
Recorded at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolan Sisters
BBC2 ELO at Wembley 10.40 -
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 6.45 -
Labi Siffre and Elvis Costello & The Attractions were listed in Daily Mirror
Darts -
Elton John -
Kate Bush – in sketch, The Man With The Child In His Eyes
Lindisfarne -
Natural Juices -
Yellow Dog -
The Rolling Stones -
Tuesday 11th July 1978
BBC1 Cabaret Showtime 10.15 -
Brotherhood of Man
Anne Lorne Gillies
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Larry Gatlin
Charlie McCoy
Pete Sayers
Donna Fargo,
Granada Breakers 4.20 -
Rosetta Stone
Wednesday 12th July 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.50 -
Engelbert Humperdinck
BBC1 Jack Jones 10.20 -
Denise Williams
BBC2 Rhythm On Two 7.40 -
The Dutch Swing College Band
Granada What’s New
content unknown
ITV Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Ulster
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Petula Clark – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
Vince Hill
Thursday 13th July 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
edition 746 on the countdown clock
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Saturday Night Band -
The Boomtown Rats -
Suzi Quatro -
Andrew Gold -
The O'Jays -
Steve Voice -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Renaissance -
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
Lindisfarne -
Voyage -
Racey -
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
Blue Oyster Cult -
BBC1 The Songwriters 9.25 -
The work of Ivor Novello
Friday 14th July 1978
BBC2 MH and 5P 9.00 -
Mike Harding and Fivepenny Piece
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Rosetta Stone
Manfred Mann
Steve Gibbons Band
Saturday 15th July 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.20 -
From Torbay
Hosted by Sacha Distel
Boney M -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Plastic Bertrand -
Sacha Distel
Matia Bazar
Joe Dassin
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
includes The Monkees: The Devil and Peter Tork
The Who -
LWT Juke Box Saturday Night 11.15 pm 12.15 am
Tony Christie
Acker Bilk
Marian Montgomery
George Melly
Grampian The Entertainers 12.15 -
Alan Price
Southern Celebrity Concert 11.15 pm -
Anne Murray
Sunday 16th July 1978
BBC2 The Film Of The Week: Two Lane Blacktop 10.50 pm -
ATV Madeline Bell In Concert 11.30 pm -
Monday 17th July 1978
BBC1 The Spinners 11.15 -
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolan Sisters
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 6.45 -
Suzi Quatro – The Race Is On
Nick Lowe (Rockpile) – So It Goes (re-
Thin Lizzy – Rosalie (live promo clip)
Linda Clifford -
Gordon Giltrap -
Bob Dylan – Baby Let Me Follow You Down (The Last Waltz movie clip)
ITV A Little Night Music 12.25 am -
Marion Montgomery
Scottish The Record Makers 10.40 -
Vince Hill
Tuesday 18th July 1978
BBC1 Cabaret Showtime 9.25 -
Annie Ross
Baccara
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Lay Lynam
Caroll Baker
Carl Smith
Hargus ‘Pig’ Robbins
Raymond Froggatt
Marty Robbins
Granada Breakers 4.20 -
Alphapha
Wednesday 19th July 1978
BBC2 Rhythm On 2 7.40 -
Marion Montgomery
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
The New Seekers
Hazel Dean
ITV Elkie and Co 9.00 -
Documentary about Elkie Brooks
Thursday 20th July 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Gladys Knight & The Pips -
Sham 69 -
A Taste Of Honey -
Justin Hayward -
The Saturday Night Band -
The New Seekers -
City Boy -
ELO -
Clout -
Raydio -
Marshall Hain -
Child -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
Showaddywaddy -
BBC1 The Songwriters 9.25 -
The work of Lionel Bart
Friday 21st July 1978
BBC1 Jazz at the Seaside 10.40 -
content unknown
HTV Music Makes People 10.35 -
jazz violinist Mike Evans
Granada A Little Night Music: The Kinks 1.10 -
Probably a collection of the one-
The Kinks -
Saturday 22nd July 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 7.35 -
From Torbay
Hosted by Sacha Distel
Sacha Distel
Black Gold -
Jean Vallee -
Southern The Saturday Banana 9.45 -
content unknown
includes The Monkees: Monkee Mayor 10.15 -
ATV Revolver 11.15 pm -
Hosted by Peter Cook
The Boomtown Rats -
The Autographs -
Hi Tension -
The Lurkers – I Don’t Need To Tell Her
Les Ross -
Julie Driscoll / Brian Auger -
The Stranglers -
The Boyfriends -
Kandidate -
The Boomtown Rats -
Grampian The Entertainers 12.00 -
Labi Siffre
Sunday 23rd July 1978
BBC2 Rod The Mod Has Come Of Age 8.05 -
Revised Rod Stewart documentary
Granada Paul Daniels’ Blackpool Bonanza 8.10 -
The Chanter Sisters
Monday 24th July 1978
BBC1 The Spinners 11.30 pm -
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Nolan Sisters
BBC2 Elkie Brooks In Concert 10.40 -
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 6.45 -
The Moody Blues -
The Pirates -
Lou Reed -
Tuesday 25th July 1978
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Tompall Glaser
Barbara Fairchild
Kenny Rogers
Ronnie Prophet
Granada Breakers 4.20 -
Linda Fletcher
Wednesday 26th July 1978
Granada What’s New 5.10 -
Buzzcocks -
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Dennis Waterman (as a singer)
The Nolan Sisters
Thursday 27th July 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Elvis Presley -
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds -
Jackson Browne -
Gladys Knight & The Pips -
Yellow Dog -
Voyage -
Renaissance -
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
Andrew Gold -
Plastic Bertrand -
Lindisfarne -
Kandidate -
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
The Boomtown Rats -
BBC1 The Songwriters: Lennon and McCartney 9.25 -
Paul Jones, Vicki Brown, Marti Webb
Granada What’s New Special -
Buzzcocks -
Magazine – Howard Devoto interviewed by Tony Wilson, Motorcade (Simple Red’s Mick Hucknall seen in the audience)
Friday 28th July 1978
BBC2 Master Class 8.15 -
Ray Brown jazz bass player
BBC2 Jazz from Montreux 9.00 -
Clark Terry Sextet
Joe Williams All-
Thames Three Hats For Lisa 2.25 -
Thames Fanfare 4.45 -
Flintlock
HTV Music Makes People 10.35 -
The Shortwave Band
Shine
Saturday 29th July 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.20 -
From Torbay
Hosted by Sacha Distel
Sacha Distel
Nicole Croisille
The King's Singers
Smokie
Paul Nicholas -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
includes The Monkees: Monkee Mayor 10.15 -
ATV Revolver 11.45 pm -
Hosted by Peter Cook
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
The Vibrators -
The Roy Hill Band -
Bonnie Tyler -
Buzzcocks -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Les Ross -
Sore Throat -
The Kinks -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Anglia The Next Week Show 9.20 -
The Spinners
Grampian The Entertainers 11.45 pm -
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Sunday 30th July 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 3.50 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Granada Paul Daniels’ Blackpool Bonanza 8.10 -
The Dooleys
Tony Monopoly
Monday 31st July 1978
BBC1 The Spinners 11.35 pm -
BBC2 James Galway's World Of Music 8.05 -
The Chieftains
HTV Magic Circle 11.05 -
The Wurzels
Thames Summer After Noon 2.00 -
Barbara Dickson
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 6.45 -
Elkie Brooks -
The Rolling Stones -
Renaissance -
Justin Hayward -
Tuesday 1st August 1978
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Dick Damion
Don Everly
Dave and Sugar
Merle Haggard
Granada Breakers 4.20 -
The Pleasers
Wednesday 2nd August 1978
ITV The Rolf Harris Show 1.30 -
The Hudson Brothers
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Candlewick Green
Frankie Vaughan
New Faces
Thursday 3rd August 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Cerrone -
City Boy -
Darts -
X-
The New Seekers -
The Who -
Gene Farrow -
Sham 69 -
The Real Thing -
Clout -
Child -
A Taste Of Honey -
The Lurkers -
Justin Hayward -
Patrick Juvet chats with host
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
Joe Walsh -
Granada The Beatles 11.05 -
Friday 4th August 1978
BBC1 (West) Jazz in the Bath 10.15 -
content unknown
BBC2 Jazz From Montreux 9.00 -
New Dave Brubeck Quartet
Paulinha De Costa
ITV Magic Circle 11.05 -
Flintlock
Southern Crucible Of Terror 10.35 pm -
Saturday 5th August 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.30 -
From Torbay
Hosted by Sacha Distel
Bernie Flint
Annie Cordy -
Udo Jurgens -
Penny Mclean -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
It was announced by Southern TV this week that the show will now continue until the end of the year rather than be taken off in October
includes The Monkees: Monkees In The Ring 10.15 -
Granada Breakers 10.25 -
content unknown
ATV Revolver 11.45 pm -
Hosted by Peter Cook
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
The Rezillos -
Mtumbe -
The Motors -
Nick Lowe & Rockpile -
Les Ross -
Brent Ford & The Nylons -
Otis Redding -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Sunday 6th August 1978
LWT Biddu 12.15 -
Documentary about disco writer / producer
Granada Paul Daniels’ Blackpool Bonanza 8.10 -
Carl Wayne Can’t We Just Down And Talk It Over
The Chanter Sisters
Lorna Dallas
Civvy Street
Patti Boulaye
Scottish The Sunday Drama: City Sugar 9.30 -
Tim Curry plays a radio DJ, while a station engineer is played by ex-
Monday 7th August 1978
BBC2 Graham Parker In Concert 11.05 pm -
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 6.45 -
Cliff Richard – Please Remember Me
Darts – It’s Raining (re-
Isaac Hayes (or re-
10cc – Dreadlock Holiday (promo clip)
Bonnie Tyler – Living For The City
Cliff Richard -
City Boy -
Tuesday 8th August 1978
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Crystal Gayle special
Wednesday 9th August 1978
BBC1 Omnibus 10.55 -
includes Disco Delight or What A Way To End It All -
BBC2 Rhythm on 2 7.40 -
The Chieftains
The Dubliners
Mary O’Hara
BBC2 Frankie Laine In Concert 10.45 -
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
The Bachelors
Thursday 10th August 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.45 -
Show number 750
Hosted by Peter Powell
Voyage – From East To West (chart run down)
Rezillos -
Foreigner -
Hi-
Bob Dylan -
Raydio -
Renaissance -
Jilted John -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
Host has big birthday cake at the end to celebrate 750 shows
Commodores -
BBC1 The Songwriters: Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber 9.25 -
Paul Jones, Vicki Brown, Marti Webb
Grampian The Entertainers
Labi Siffre
Friday 11th August 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.50 -
The Osmonds
Tom Jones
BBC2 Jazz From Montreux 9.00 -
Ella Fitzgerald
Saturday 12th August 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.30 -
From Quayside at St Malo, Brittany
Hosted by Dana Gillespie
Dana Gillespie -
Grace Jones -
Joe Dassin
Chantal Goya
Laurent Voulzey
Tony Crosse
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
Darts
including The Monkees: The Monkees In Texas 10.15 -
Granada Breakers
content unknown
ATV Revolver 12.00 -
The Sex Pistols and Ronald Biggs promo clip for No One Is Innocent was due for inclusion, but ATV withdrew it before it could be banned by the IBA. This edition has the Crossroads theme at the beginning, while the audience do the Dying Fly, reminiscent of Tiswas. A film clip of Elvis Presley was due to be shown in the Revolver Reviver spot, but was replaced.
Hosted by Peter Cook, with a stripper
The Fabulous Poodles -
Dire Straits -
The Boomtown Rats -
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity -
Heatwave -
Les Ross -
Jab Jab -
The Jam -
Grampian The Entertainers 11.45 pm -
Tony Monopoly
Sunday 13th August 1978
Granada Paul Daniels’ Blackpool Bonanza 8.10 -
The Chanter Sisters (regulars)
Monday 14th August 1978
BBC1 Sounds Of Gold 6.50 -
Dave Lee Travis introduces brass band from Florida
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 6.45 -
David Essex -
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Bryan Ferry -
The Moody Blues (without Mike Pinder) -
Labi Siffre -
Adam Faith -
Cerrone -
ITV Soft Touch 8.00 -
Peter Skellern in acting role
Tuesday 15th August 1978
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Larry Gatlin
Wednesday 16th August 1978
BBC1 Elvis On Tour 6.40 -
BBC2 Rhythm On Two: Strings And Things 7.40 -
with Peter Skellern
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Julie Rogers
The Grumbleweeds
ITV Best Sellers. The Aspen Murder, part one 9.00 -
Michelle Phillips
Thursday 17th August 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Boney M -
The Stranglers -
Justin Hayward -
Cerrone -
Child -
Darts -
10cc -
The Who -
The New Seekers -
Mr.Big -
Commodores -
Host chats to Sylvester
City Boy -
Thames A Gift For Heidi movie 4.20 -
with Van Dyke Parks (in acting role)
Friday 18th August 1978
BBC2 Jazz from Montreux 9.00 -
Joe Pass
Marva Josie
Earl Hines Quartet
Southern Runaround 4.45 -
The Dead End Kids
Saturday 19th August 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.15 -
From St Malo
Hosted by Sacha Distel
Sacha Distel -
Dionne Warwick -
Dionne Warwick & Sacha Distel -
Bacarra -
Patrick Juvet -
Grace Jones -
Jean Manson -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
content unknown
includes The Monkees: The Monkees In Paris 10.15 -
ATV Revolver 11.45 pm -
There is a pantomime horse in the audience
Hosted by Mickie Most
Suzi Quatro -
The Motors -
The Shirts -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Goldie -
Les Ross -
Patrick Fitzgerald -
Suzi Quatro – The Race Is On, Devil Gate Drive (probably included as a favour to the show's producer Mickie Most)
Granada Breakers 10.25 -
content unknown
ITV The Entertainers
Peter Skellern
Sunday 20th August 1978
Granada Paul Daniels’ Blackpool Bonanza 8.10 -
Tony Christie
Shakin’ Stevens
The Chanter Sisters
LWT Celebrity Concert: Sergio Mendes and Brazil 77 11.00 pm -
Monday 21st August 1978
BBC1 Nationwide: Genesis On The Road 6.20 -
BBC2 Joan Armatrading In Concert 11.10 pm -
HTV Magic Circle 11.05 -
Flintlock
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 6.45 -
Suzi Quatro -
The Boomtown Rats -
Marshall-
Quincy Jones -
Wings -
Tuesday 22nd August 1978
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
George Hamilton IV
ATV Something Different 12.00 -
Dana
Granada A Little Summer Music 12.30 -
Lindisfarne
Wednesday 23rd August 1978
BBC2 Rhythm on 2 7.40 -
The Fivepenny Piece
Thursday 24th August 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.35 -
Edition 752 on countdown clock
Hosted by David Jensen
Andy Gibb -
Bilbo -
David Essex -
Blondie -
Jilted John -
The Motors -
Foreigner -
Hi-
Boney M -
The Jam -
The Commodores -
Rezillos -
Granada The Beatles 11.05 -
Grampian The Entertainers
Mae McKenna
Friday 25th August 1978
BBC2 Jazz from Montreux 9.00 -
Benny Carter Quartet
Connie Smith
Cab Calloway
Grampian The Entertainers 12.15 -
Ralph McTell
Saturday 26th August 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.10 -
From Jersey
Hosted by Terry Wogan
The Wurzels
Tony Hatch & Jackie Trent -
Child -
Stuart Gilles -
Bobby Bennett -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
content unknown
includes The Monkees: Monkees In The Ring 10.15 -
ATV Revolver 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Peter Cook
Eddie & The Hot Rods -
Eddie Kidd -
X Ray Spex -
The Roy Hill Band -
Lindisfarne -
Merger -
Les Ross -
C Gas 5 -
The Bee Gees -
Eddie & The Hot Rods -
Granada Breakers 10.25 -
content unknown
Ulster Ulster Meets The Cockneys
Joe Brown -
Sunday 27th August 1978
Granada Paul Daniels’ Blackpool Bonanza 8.10 -
The Drifters
Bert Weedon
Yorkshire Jazz Concert 11.30 pm -
content unknown
Monday 28th August 1978 Bank Holiday
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 7.15 -
Val Doonican
The Nolan Sisters
Tom Paxton
Charlie McCoy
BBC2 Blackcurrent 11.25 pm -
Billy Paul
The Real Thing
Hi-
Desmond Dekker
Thames The Best of Kenny’s Bits 6.00 – 6.35 pm
Compilation of The Kenny Everett Video Show
Thames The Tommy Cooper Show 8.00 -
Candlewick Green
Peters and Lee – Suspicious Minds
The Nolan Sisters
The Ladybirds
Tuesday 29th August 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC2 Dave and Sugar Sing Country 9.00 -
Wednesday 30th August 1978
BBC2 Rhythm On 2 7.40 -
Anne Lorne Gillies
The McCalmans
BBC2 Graham Parker and The Rumour In Concert 10.15 -
Thames Summer After Noon 2.00 -
Alan Price
ATV Tony Hatch And All Kinds Of Music 8.00 -
Peters and Lee – Suspicious Minds
Buddy Greco
Moira Anderson
George Hamilton IV
ITV Best Sellers. The Aspen Murder, part two 9.10 -
Michelle Phillips
Thursday 31st August 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Herbie Hancock -
The Dooleys -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
10cc -
Klark Kent (Stewart Copeland) -
Andy Gibb -
Exile -
Rezillos -
Darts -
Cliff Richard -
Commodores -
Hi Tension -
Granada The Beatles 11.05 -
Grampian The Entertainers
Tony Monopoly
Friday 1st September 1978
BBC2 Jazz From Montreux 9.00 -
Oscar Peterson Trio
Miami Jazz band
Southern Runaround 4.40 -
Rick Wakeman
Granada Music: Don McLean 12.55 -
Anglia The Mermaid Follies 12.00 -
Amnesty International benefit show
Julie Covington
Saturday 2nd September 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.20 -
From Jersey
Peters & Lee -
The Dooleys -
City Boy -
The Californians -
Memory Lane -
BBC1 Parkinson 11.10 pm -
Manhattan Transfer
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
The Rezillos
includes The Monkees 10.15 -
ATV Revolver 11.20 pm -
Public Image Ltd were due to appear, but ended up in Camber Sands, Sussex instead of Birmingham where the show was being recorded
Hosted by Peter Cook
? -
Whitesnake -
The Tourists -
Les Ross -
Danny & The Juniors -
Rich Kids -
The Only Ones -
Chris Hill announces the closure of the club by the Independent Bingo Authority (the IBA)
Showbiz Kids -
Peter Cook finally appears on stage to introduce...
Darts -
Sunday 3rd August 1978
BBC1 The Best of Yarwood 8.05 -
Petula Clark
Granada Paul Daniels’ Blackpool Bonanza 7.30 -
Tony Monopoly
The Chanter Sisters
LWT Ol’ Red Hair Is Back 10.45 -
Bette Midler special
Yorkshire Jazz Concert 11.00 pm -
content unknown
Monday 4th September 1978
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Three Degrees
BBC2 John William’s World of Music 8.05 -
Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
BBC2 The Goodies: Punk Crazy 9.00 -
HTV Magic Circle 11.30 am -
Flintlock
Tuesday 5th September 1978
BBC1 Ask Aspel 4.45 -
Kate Bush -
BBC2 The Hillsiders Sing Country 9.30 -
Wednesday 6th September 1978
BBC1 Broadway with Lena Zavaroni 6.40 -
Paul Nicholas
Thames The Best Of Kenny’s Bits 6.00 -
Kenny Everett compilation show
Hot Gossip perform song
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves sings songs from 1940
ATV I'm Bob, He's Dickie 8.00 -
The Hudson Brothers
Thursday 7th September 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Frankie Valli -
The Jam -
Leo Sayer -
Boney M -
The Motors -
Dee D.Jackson -
David Essex -
Herbie Hancock -
Sylvester -
Manhattan Transfer -
Hi Tension -
Hylda Baker & Arthur Mullard -
Commodores -
The Crown Heights Affair -
Friday 8th September 1978
BBC1 (Birmingham) Look! Hear! 10.15 -
From The Midsummer Day concert, Cannon Hill, Birmingham
Rocky Cool & The Ice Bergs
Pressure Shocks
School Sports
ITV Magic Circle 11.30 am -
Flintlock
Tyne Tees Those Wonderful TV Times
Alan Freeman
Saturday 9th September 1978
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 5.25 -
possibly The New Seekers
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.20 -
From Weymouth
Dana Gillespie -
Salena Jones -
Bobby Crush
Elaine Carroll -
Bobby Crush -
BBC1 Parkinson 11.10 pm -
Alan Jay Lerner
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
content unknown
includes The Monkees -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Hosted by Sally James, Chris Tarrant, Sylvester McCoy, Paul 'The Kid' Hardin
content unknown
Sunday 10th September 1978
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Acker Bilk
LWT The Freddie Starr Experience 8.15 -
Lyn Paul -
Monday 11th September 1978
BBC1 Olivia 7.20 -
American TV special directed by Steve Binder
Olivia Newton-
ABBA
Andy Gibb
BBC2 Supertramp In Concert 11.10 pm -
Repeat of Sight and Sound In Concert
Thames Summer After Noon 2.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
ITV The World Of Liberace 11.15 -
Tony Palmer documentary
Anglia Aznavour: Yesterday When I Was Young 11.15 pm -
Tuesday 12th September 1978
BBC2 Carl Perkins Sings Country 9.30 -
With The C P Express
Thames Star Games 7.30 -
sports competition with Dave Lee Travis, Tony Blackburn, Jackie Trent, Kid Jensen, Salena Jones, Bonnie Langford
Wednesday 13th September 1978
BBC1 News
The premier of Grease the movie in the West End of London
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves sings songs from 1961
Thursday 14th September 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Abba -
Dr Feelgood -
10cc -
Tina Charles -
Status Quo -
Exile -
Frankie Valli -
Tom Robinson Band -
Blondie -
Motorhead -
The Dooleys -
Jilted John -
The host is given a commemorative clock
Commodores -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Friday 15th September 1978
Westward Country Style 12.30 -
Don Everly
Raymond Froggat
Saturday 16th September 1978
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 5.35 -
content unknown
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.30 -
content unknown
ATV Bachman Turner Overdrive 11.15 pm -
Documentary about the Canadian band
Monday 18th September 1978
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight 8.10 -
Leo Sayer
Thames At The Embankment 12.30 -
Paul Brady
Tuesday 19th September 1978
BBC2 One More Time 8.00 -
Elaine Paige
Hazel Dean
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm – end (first in new series)
Hosted by Bob Harris and Anne Nightingale
Bob Harris explains that Anne Nightingale will now front the show while he will do location film reports
The Ramones -
Magazine -
Paul Gambaccini -
Roger Daltrey -
The Who -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Hosted by Linda Fletcher, Roy North
Roy North & Linda Fletcher -
Street Boy -
Mike Moran and band -
Hi Tension -
Bay City Rollers -
Linda Fletcher -
Cliff Richard -
Street Boy -
Thames Star Games 7.30 -
Kenny Lynch
Wednesday 20th September 1978
Granada Reports 6.00 -
Joy Division -
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Yorkshire Miss Great Britain 1978 8.00 -
Hosted by Tony Monopoly
Thursday 21st September 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Paul Burnett
The Motors -
Buzzcocks -
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
Brotherhood Of Man -
The Jam -
Leo Sayer -
Abba -
Stephen Bishop -
Sylvester -
David Essex -
The Three Degrees -
10cc -
Rose Royce -
Friday 22nd September 1978
BBC1 Seaside Special 7.45 -
From Weymouth
Valeria Masters
The Black Abbots
Turnstile
Alan Stewart
Thames Country Style 12.30 -
George Hamilton IV
Linda Lou Allen
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.20 pm – 12.10 am (first in series)
The Boomtown Rats at Middlesex Poly
Saturday 23rd September 1978
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 5.25 -
content unknown
BBC1 Parkinson 11.15 pm -
Johnny Mathis
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 5.55 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
Northern Soul dancers
includes The Monkees: Prisoner of Zenda 10.15 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
HTV Pop Spot 11.30 -
content unknown
Sunday 24th September 1978
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 2.05 -
LWT Song By Song By Hammerstein 10.00 -
Linda Lewis
Monday 25th September 1978
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight 8.10 -
The Three Degrees
Thames At The Embankment 12.30 -
De dannon
Tuesday 26th September 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Stephen Bishop -
The Rezillos -
Devo -
David Oxteby -
Ian Anderson -
BBC1 One More Time
Elaine Paige, Hazel Dean
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Linda Fletcher & Roy North -
Mike Moran and band -
Alan Love -
Dirk and Stig -
Linda Fletcher -
The Dodgers -
The Bee Gees -
Suzi Quatro -
The Steve Gibbons Band -
Thames Star Games 7.30 -
Jackie Trent, Kenny Lynch, Patti Boulaye
Wednesday 27th September 1978
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Thursday 28th September 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Third World -
Lindisfarne -
Rose Royce -
Frankie Miller -
Crystal Gayle -
The Ramones -
Blondie -
Sugar Cane -
The Dooleys -
Smokie -
Frankie Valli -
Chris Rea -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
The Jacksons -
BBC2 Roots Rock Reggae 11.05 pm -
Documentary about reggae, directed by Jeremy Mare
Friday 29th September 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Peters and Lee
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday 10.15 -
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.15 -
Crawler at the University of London Union
Westward Country Style 12.30 -
Skeeter Davis
Saturday 30th September 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
content unknown
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 5.25 -
content unknown
BBC1 Little and Large 8.30 -
Charley Pride
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.30 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
Jeff Wayne
includes The Monkees: Monkees at the Movies 10.15 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Frank Carson joins as an occasional host
content unknown
Sunday 1st October 1978
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 2.05 -
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
The Spinners
ITV Song By Song By Hart 1.00 -
Elisabeth Welch
Tuesday 3rd October 1978
BBC2 One More Time 8.00 -
Elaine Paige
Hazel Dean
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Movies -
The Police -
Sting -
George Duke -
Jonnie Walker -
The Cars -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
Tommy and the Hotrocks -
Nancy Peppers -
Mike Moran and band -
Linda Fletcher -
The Pleasers -
The Shadows -
Tommy and the Hotrocks -
Wednesday 4th October 1978
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Thames I’m Dickie – That’s Showbusiness 8.00 -
Vince Hill
Roy Budd
Thursday 5th October 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Abba -
Mick Jackson -
Dean Friedman (and Denise Marsa) -
Third World -
Buzzcocks -
Elaine Paige -
Boney M -
Marshall Hain -
Sham 69 -
Leo Sayer -
The Boomtown Rats -
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
ELO -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
George Melly
Friday 6th October 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday 10.15 -
Marion Montgomery
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.10 -
Cado Belle at the University of Strathclyde
Saturday 7th October 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
10cc
Elaine Paige
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 5.25 -
content unknown
BBC1 Little and Large 8.30 -
Berni Flint
BBC1 Parkinson 11.15 pm -
Barry Manilow
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.20 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
content unknown
includes The Monkees: Monkees Get Out More Dirt 10.15 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
HTV Pop Spot 11.15 -
content unknown
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 7.25 -
Steve Jones (radio DJ) hosts the Pyramid Game section
Bette Midler – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Dance judges – Suzi Quatro, Labi Siffre
LWT Saturday Night People 12.30 -
Public Image Limited -
Sunday 8th October 1978
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 1.20 -
Cado Belle
LWT Song By Song By Harburg 10.00 -
Georgia Brown
Monday 9th October 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 pm -
Introduced by Anne Nightingale
Stereo simulcast in Radio One
Jethro Tull live from Madison Square Gardens, NYC
Thick as a Brick, No Lullaby, flute solo improvisation/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Songs From the Wood, instrumental, Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, (Dambusters March at the end)
Tuesday 10th October 1978
BBC1 One More Time 8.00 -
Hazel Dean
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
Hunter -
Linda Fletcher -
Chris Blake and Honey Brown -
Alan David -
Abba -
Mike Moran and band -
ATV Jazz Concert 11.30 pm -
The Stan Tracey Quartet
Wednesday 11th October 1978
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves sings songs from 1964
Thursday 12th October 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
John Travolta -
The Olympic Runners -
Smokie -
The Jacksons -
Rose Royce -
Jonathan King -
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
The Bishops -
Crystal Gayle -
ELO -
Peter Skellern & The Grimethorpe Colliery Band -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
Donna Summer -
BBC1 Omnibus: The Record Machine 9.25 -
Hosted by John Peel, Paul Gambaccini
A look at the current state of the British record industry
Clips of Debbie Harry, The Mekons, Stephen Bishop, Sham 69, Mark Perry with Alternative TV, The U.K. Subs, Gus Dudgeon, Bob Geldof, Mickie Most, Muff Winwood, The Slits
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
The Real Thing – Wotcha Say Wotcha Do
Marianne Faithfull
Friday 13th October 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
The Brotherhood of Man
Elaine Page
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday 10.15 -
Madeline Bell
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.45 pm -
The Crusaders at Colchester Institute, Essex
Westward Country Style 12.30 -
Carl Perkins
LWT Bing Crosby -
Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin
Saturday 14th October 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Jeremy Clyde (talking about Sexton Blake)
Electric Light Orchestra
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 5.25 -
content unknown
BBC1 Little and Large 8.30 -
The Drifters
BBC1 Parkinson 11.00 pm -
Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.20 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
The Yetties
Gruppo Sportivo
includes The Monkees: Monkees in Manhattan 10.15 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 7.25 -
Elton John & Bruce Forsyth – Your Song (with lyric change)
United Kingdom Disco Dance Championships
Sunday 15th October 1978
BBC1 Sexton Blake and the Demon God 6.10 -
Starring Jeremy Clyde as Sexton Blake
BBC1 Everyman: A Lonely Way Home 10.25 -
Kris Kristofferson interviewed by Steve Turner
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 2.00 -
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
The Spinners
LWT Song By Song By Dietz 10..0 -
Linda Lewis
Monday 16th October 1978
Thames At the Embankment 12.30 -
The Bothy Band
Tuesday 17th October 1978
BBC1 David Essex 6.50 -
David Essex
The Small Faces
Hot Gossip (resident dance troupe)
BBC1 (Manchester) Sit Thi Deawn 6.50 -
The Houghton Weavers
BBC2 One More Time 8.00 -
Hazel Dean
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
B B King -
Thin Lizzy -
Robert Johnson -
Al Di Meola
Stiff Records 'Be Stiff' train tour with Wreckelss Eric, Rachel Sweet, Jona Lewie, Mickey Jupp, Lena Lovich, Dave Robinson
Santana -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
John Austin Gregg -
Linda Fletcher -
Child -
Mike Moran and Band -
Hamilton -
Electric Light Orchestra -
Wednesday 18th October 1978
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves sings songs from 1936
Thames The Morecambe & Wise Show 8.00 -
Rod Stewart
Thursday 19th October 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Boomtown Rats -
Showaddywaddy -
Boney M -
John Travolta -
The Rolling Stones -
Colorado -
Buzzcocks -
Frankie Miller -
The Three Degrees -
Sham 69 -
Donna Summer -
The Jam -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
Public Image Limited -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Lulu -
Friday 20th October 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Child
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday 10.15 -
Elkie Brooks
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.45 pm -
this might have possibly have been scheduled to be the Stranglers at Reading University, but was cancelled after the band walked off after fifteen minutes
John Martyn at Reading University
Saturday 21st October 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
The Frankie Miller Band
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 5.25 -
content unknown
BBC1 Little and Large 8.30 -
Showaddywaddy
BBC1 Parkinson 11.00 pm -
Sammy Davis Jr
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.20 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
includes The Monkees 10.15 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 7.25 -
Jack Jones
Sunday 22nd October 1978
BBC2 Film Of The Week: Skidoo 10.30 pm -
Tuesday 24th October 1978
BBC1 David Essex 6.50 -
David Essex
Ronnie Spector -
BBC2 One More Time 8.00 -
Hazel Dean
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Average White Band in Nassau -
Whitesnake -
Mick Jagger -
Wings -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
John Joliffe -
Linda Fletcher -
Key West -
John Travola and Olivia Newton-
Mike Moran and his band -
Arthur Mullard and Hilda Baker -
Roy North & Linda Fletcher -
Thursday 26th October 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The O'Jays -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Chris Rea -
ELO -
Public Image Ltd -
Jonathan King -
The Boomtown Rats -
Dollar -
The Jacksons -
City Boy -
Dan Hartman -
The Undertones -
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
Thames Looks Familiar 3.20 -
Jule Stein
Granada What’s On 11.00 pm -
Suzi Quatro – If You Can’t Give Me Love
Friday 27th October 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Rags
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday 10.15 -
Leo Sayer -
Frankie Miller – Darlin'
The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.00 -
Rich Kids at Reading University
Westward Country Style 12.30 -
Roy Head (60s singer?)
Saturday 28th October 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Showaddywaddy
BBC1 Grease Day USA 5.35 -
Olivia Newton-
Frankie Valli
BBC1 Little and Large 8.35 -
Elkie Brooks
BBC1 Parkinson 11.05 pm -
Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.25 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
includes The Monkees: Alias Micky Dolenz
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 7.25 -
Kenny Everett
Sunday 29th October 1978
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 2.25 -
The Rich Kids
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Val Doonican
Bobby Crush
Monday 30th October 1978
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Johnnie Ray
BBC2 And Now the Good News 6.50 -
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 Sing Country Extra 7.20 -
Wembley Arena, London
Kenny Rogers, Ronnie Prophet, Carroll Baker, Marty Robbins, Larry Gatlin, Don Williams, Dave & Sugar, Merle Haggard
ATV Donna Summer's Disco Party 5.15 -
Tuesday 31st October 1978
BBC1 David Essex 6.50 -
David Essex
The Real Thing
BBC2 Empire Road 6.50 -
Theme by Matumbi
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Dean Friedman -
Gary Osbourne -
Queen -
Elton John -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Tina Charles (seen listed in the Daily Mirror but not on)
Roy North -
Quint -
Showaddywaddy -
Mike Moran and band -
Linda Fletcher -
Frankie Miller – Darlin’
Elton John -
Wednesday 1st November 1978
Thames Sounds Of Britain 12.30 -
Silly Wizard
ATV Showtime 8.00 -
Patti Boulaye
Thursday 2nd November 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Olivia Newton-
The Skids -
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
Elton John -
Queen -
Elkie Brooks -
Showaddywaddy -
The Three Degrees -
Nick Gilder -
Donna Summer -
Streetband (Paul Young) -
Frankie Miller -
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
host introduces Mike Read, new Radio One DJ and next week's host
Sham 69 -
BBC2 Tammy 6.00 -
Tammy Wynette
George Hamilton IV
Thames Looks Familiar 3.20 -
Sammy Davis Jr
Friday 3rd November 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
John Paul Young
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday: Leo Sayer 10.15 -
Leo Sayer -
Elkie Brooks -
Robert Palmer -
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.00 -
The Climax Blues Band at Brighton Poly
ATV Stardust Man 10.30 -
John Otway documentary
Saturday 4th November 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Elton John
The Autographs
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.50 -
content unknown
BBC1 Little and Large 8.30 -
Four Tops
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test repeat 6.20 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
include The Monkees
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Bruce Forsyth’s Big Night 7.25 -
Dolly Parton -
Sammy Davis Jr
The United Kingdom Disco Championships
Sunday 5th November 1978
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 4.15 -
The Climax Blues Band repeat
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
Stephane Grappelli
ATV Cleo 10.00 -
Cleo Laine with Johnny Dankworth -
Michel Legrand
Monday 6th November 1978
BBC2 Des O’Connor Tonight 8.10 -
Val Doonican
BBC2 The Devil’s Music 6.25 -
1. Nothing But The Truth
Westward Michel Legrand and Friends 11.15 pm -
Tuesday 7th November 1978
BBC1 David Essex 6.50 -
David Essex
Denny Laine
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Broadcast from Manchester
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Siouxsie and The Banshees -
The Cars in Los Angeles -
Steely Dan -
John Cooper-
Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
Spookey -
Linda Fletcher -
Autographs -
Mike Moran and band -
Poacher -
The Boomtown Rats -
Autographs -
Wednesday 8th November 1978
Anglia Sounds of Britain 12.30 -
Folk In The East
Peasants All
Victoria Wigan
Robin Jeffrey
Peter Robinson
Thames Side By Side 8.00 -
Vera Lynn
Max Bygraves
Thursday 9th November 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Episode 763 on countdown clock
Hosted by Mike Read
Read makes his debut on TOTP tonight even before he takes up his Radio One job two days’ later
Blondie -
Dandy -
Patrick Juvet -
Olivia Newton-
The Boomtown Rats -
Darts -
host talks to Kenny Andrews, new singer in Darts
The Cars -
Liquid Gold -
Chas & Dave (with Tony Ashton) -
Dan Hartman -
X-
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-
The Jacksons -
BBC2 Tammy 6.00 -
Frank Jennings Syndicate
Granada What’s On
Dean Friedman Lydia
New Vaudeville Band
Friday 10th November 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Gene Pitney
Sailor
BBC1 Tonight In Town 10.15 -
Valerie Singleton interviews Alan Price
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday: Leo Sayer 10.25 -
Leo Sayer -
Stephen Bishop -
The Dudley Moore Trio -
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.10 -
AC-
Saturday 11th November 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 -
David Essex
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.50 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.15 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
Back after a two week lay off due to an industrial dispute
Streetband -
includes The Monkees: Alias Micky Dolenz
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 7.25 -
Sammy Davis Jr
Kenny Everett
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
Sunday 12th November 1978
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 2.10 -
AC-
ATV Cleo 10.00 -
Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth
Monday 13th November 1978
BBC1 The Royal Variety Show 7.50 -
Kenny Ball
Acker Bilk
The Nolan Sisters
Showwaddywaddy
BBC2 The Devil’s Music: 2 6.25 -
Tuesday 14th November 1978
BBC1 David Essex 6.50 -
David Essex
Twiggy
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Eddie Money cancelled his tour so didn't appear. BBC Infax refers to The Pez Band
-
Hosted by Anne Nightingale (with a Boney M poster behind her)
Buzzcocks -
Penetration -
Wreckless Eric -
Music news
The David Johanssen Group -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
Dandy -
Mark Middler -
Mike Moran and Linda Fletcher -
Gerard Kenny -
The Moody Blues -
Dandy -
ATV Jazz Concert 11.30 pm -
Alex Welsh and His Band
Wednesday 15th November 1978
Thames Wednesday at Eight 8.00 -
Peters and Lee
Guys n Dolls
Thursday 16th November 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
The Three Degrees -
Buzzcocks -
Elton John -
Showaddywaddy -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Heatwave -
Blondie -
Dean Friedman -
Street Band -
Queen -
Child -
The Boomtown Rats -
Rod Stewart -
BBC1 Miss World 1978 9.25 -
Sacha Distel
BBC2 Tammy 6.00 -
Tammy Wynette
Johnny McEvoy
Richard Harding
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Lonnie Donegan -
Friday 17th November 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Lulu
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday: Leo Sayer 10.20 -
Leo Sayer -
Kate Bush – Put Your Foot On the Heartbreak
Randy Edelman – Uptown Uptempo Woman
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.45 pm -
Lindisfarne at Colchester Institute, Essex
Saturday 18th November 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Child – Still The One
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.50 -
The Spinners
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.15 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
Wreckelss Eric, Lene Lovich, Rachel Sweet -
includes The Monkees: At the Circus
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Bruce Forsyths’s Big Night 6.00 -
Demis Roussos
Grace Kennedy
Lena Zavaroni
Charles Aznavour
Sunday 19th November 1978
BBC2 Read All About It 10.50 -
Patti Boulaye (reviews book)
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 1.15 -
Lindisfarne
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.50 -
The Spinners
ATV Cleo 10.00 -
Cleo Laine with Johnny Dankworth
Petula Clark
Monday 20th November 1978
BBC2 The Devil's Music:3 Work and Mother Wit 6.25 -
BBC2 And Now The Good News 6.25 -
Peter Skellern
Tyne Tees The Paper Lads 4.45 -
Theme by Renaissance
Thames Looks Familiar Special 9.30 -
Sammy Davis Jr
Julie Styne
ITV Kate Bush Lionheart TV advert
Tuesday 21st November 1978
BBC1 David Essex 6.50 -
David Essex
Marti Webb
no The Old Grey Whistle Test
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
Grand Hotel -
Linda Ronstadt -
Ronnie Harwood -
Mike Moran and band -
Gordon Giltrap -
The Jacksons -
Wednesday 22nd November 1978
Scottish Sounds of Britain: Meet Anne Lorne Gilles 12.30 -
Thames Wednesday At Eight 8.00 -
The Brotherhood of Man
Carl Wayne
Thursday 23rd November 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
episode 765 on countdown clock
Hosted by Mike Read
Musique -
Racey -
Olivia Newton-
Dollar -
Sylvester -
Elkie Brooks -
Rod Stewart -
Emerson Lake & Palmer -
Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip -
X-
David Essex -
The Boomtown Rats -
Chic -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Mike Harding
Friday 24th November 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Yvonne Kelly
BBC1 Tonight In Town 10.15 -
Mike Oldfield interview
BBC2 Sounds Like Friday: Leo Sayer 10.20 -
Leo Sayer -
Marshall-
Four Tops -
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Alice Cooper -
Saturday 25th November 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Lulu
Dr Hook
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.50 -
Instant Sunshine
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.15 -
Randy Newman special
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
include The Monkees 10.15 -
ATV Tiswas
Showaddywaddy -
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 6.00 -
Lena Zavaroni
LWT A Twist In The Tale: A Hand For Sonny Blue 10.15 -
Starring Rick Nelson as a baseball player who has a hand transplant
Sunday 26th November 1978
BBC1 Star Town 4.45 -
Acker Bilk
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 1.55 -
John Martyn
BBC2 Paul Robeson 1898 -
documentary
Yorkshire Stars On Sunday 6.50 -
Bing Crosby (a repeat or a previously unseen clip?)
Scottish Darts In Concert
Monday 27th November 1978
BBC2 And Now The Good News 6.50 -
Renaissance – Back Home Once Again
Tuesday 28th November 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.50 -
Like the previous three series this is only shown in the London / South East area
Donny and Marie Osmond
Olivia Newton-
KC and The Sunshine Band
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
999
Devo
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
The Telegrams -
Linda Fletcher -
Mike Moran and band -
Keith Chegwin – Destiny
Showaddywaddy -
Wednesday 29th November 1978
Thames Wednesday At Eight 8.00 -
Cilla Black
Tony Christie
Thursday 30th November 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Village People -
The Rezillos -
Boney M -
Elton John -
Chic -
Heatwave -
Buzzcocks -
Leo Sayer -
Blondie -
The Barron Knights -
Darts -
Mankind -
Rod Stewart -
The Bee Gees -
Yorkshire In Concert 12.00 -
Bilbo Baggins
Friday 1st December 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Mud
The Goodies -
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Helen Reddy
Grampian The Entertainers
Patti Boulaye
Saturday 2nd December 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Leo Sayer
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.50 -
The Wurzels
BBC1 Parkinson 200 11.05 pm -
Olivia Newton-
Dame Edna Everage & Elton John -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.15 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
includes The Monkees 10.15 -
The Goodies -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Hosted by Trevor East, Sally James, Sylveste McCoy, Lenny Henry, Paul Hardin, Chris Tarrant
content unknown
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 6.00 -
It was announced by London Weekend the day before that the show was being retired early. The show had dropped out of the top twenty ratings after three weeks
Cleo Laine
LWT Michel Legrand and Friends 11.30 pm -
Neil Sedaka
Monday 4th December 1978
BBC2 And Now The Good News 6.55 -
Barbara Thompson
Thames Tommy Cooper’s Magic Moments 9.30 -
The Nolan Sisters
Tuesday 5th December 1978
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Larry Adler – Screws Blues
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.50 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
Rita Coolidge
BBC2 Barry Manilow 7.20 -
Live at Royal Albert Hall, London -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Recorded on 21st November 1978 despite the fact that the host has a phone on her desk, suggesting that it's a live broadcast
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
X-
Kingfish -
Alice Cooper -
Ultravox -
Dave Gilmour -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
The Jets -
Mike Moran and his band -
The Smirks -
Linda Fletcher -
Chris Norman and Suzi Quatro -
The Jets -
ITV The Spinners Under Sail 10.30 -
The Tall Ships race from Yarmouth to Oslo
The Spinners
Wednesday 6th December 1978
Thames Wednesday At Eight 8.00 -
Mary Hopkin – Another Day
Charles Aznavour
Thursday 7th December 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Musique -
Rachel Sweet -
The Village People -
Gerard Kenny -
The Bee Gees -
Olivia Newton-
Dollar -
John Travolta -
Sally Oldfield -
Racey -
Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip -
The Goodies -
Boney M -
Barbra & Neil -
BBC2 Tammy 6.00 -
Tammy Wynette
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Candlewick Green
Grampian The Entertainers
Noel Murphy
Friday 8th December 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
Saturday 9th December 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Dean Friedman
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.50 -
Lulu
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.15 -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
includes The Monkees: Monkees a la Mode 10.15 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 6.00 -
Petula Clark
Anglia Michel Legrand and Friends 11.30 pm -
Helen Reddy
Starland Vocal Band
Dizzy Gillespie
Monday 11th December 1978
BBC2 The Devil’s Music The Moments of Providence 6.25 -
BBC2 And Now the Good News 6.50 -
Lindisfarne – Brand New Day
Sonja Kristina – Colder Than A Rose In Snow
BBC2 An Evening With Andy Williams 8.10 -
part one
Tuesday 12th December 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.50 -
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC2 Barry Manilow 7.20 -
Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
A shorter than usual version of the show due to industrial action. BBC2 actually closed down at 11.40 pm that night.
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Muddy Waters
Devo
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
The Giants -
Rachel Sweet – B.A.B.Y.
Mike Moran and band -
Nick Van Eede -
Linda Fletcher -
David Essex -
Thames World Disco Dancing Championships 7.30 -
content unknown
Wednesday 13th December 1978
BBC2 My Kind of Movie 11.20 -
Elaine Paige talks about Singin’ In The Rain
Thames Wednesday at Eight 8.00 -
The Three Degrees
Tony Monopoly
Thursday 14th December 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
Earth Wind & Fire -
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays -
Hot Chocolate -
Buzzcocks -
Elkie Brooks -
Mankind -
Darts -
The Barron Knights -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Barbra & Neil -
Chic -
Elton John -
Boney M -
Heatwave -
Granada What’s On
Steel Pulse -
Friday 15th December 1978
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Roger Whittaker
Grampian The Entertainers
Lindisfarne
Saturday 16th December 1978
Possible BBC industrial action today, no Multi Coloured Swap Shop
BBC1 closes 11.15 pm, BBC2 closes 11.05 pm
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.50 -
Peter Skellern
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.15 -
Peter Frampton special
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
content unknown
includes The Monkees: It's A Nice Place To Visit 10.15 -
LWT Bruce’s Big Night 6.00 -
Carpenters (Karen Carpenter only as Richard was in rehab despite Karen’s excuse that he had flu)
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Michel Legrand and Friends 11.35 pm -
Petula Clark
Paul Anka
Sunday 17th December 1978
ATV In Concert 10.00 -
John Miles
Monday 18th December 1978
BBC1 Christmas Snowtime Special 7.20 -
The same venue and acts as Snowtime Special 27th March 1978, so recorded at the same time
Hosted by Demis Roussos
Boney M -
Petula Clark -
Manhattan Transfer -
Sacha Distel -
Charles Aznavour -
Sheila B Devotion -
Andy Williams -
The Three Degrees -
Demis Roussos -
BBC2 And Now The Good News... 6.50 -
The Chieftains
BBC2 An Evening With Andy Williams 8.10 -
part two
Tuesday 19th December 1978
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.50 -
Andy Gibb
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.10 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
999 -
The Shirts -
The Fabulous Poodles -
Blondie -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Roy North -
The Upstarts -
Kris Ryder -
Linda Fletcher -
Mike Moran and band -
Brian Chalker -
Mud -
unknown -
Wednesday 20th December 1978
BBC1 and 2 shows were blacked out early in the evening by industrial action
Thursday 21st December 1978
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Peter Powell and Dave Lee Travis
BBC1 Perry Como’s Christmas in Austria (cancelled due to industrial action)
BBC2 No Trouble (cancelled due to industrial action)
Ian Dury and The Blockheads in Northern Ireland
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Freddie & The Dreamers
ATV Ghost Story 11.00 pm -
Friday 22nd December 1978
The Association of Broadcasting Staff dispute with the BBC continues with no live programmes being broadcast
BBC2 Leo Sayer 8.20 -
Leo Sayer
Barbara Dickson
Dave Edmunds
BBC2 Emerson Lake and Palmer Special 11.05 -
ELP talk to Bob Harris in America
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
LWT Swingle Bells 11.30 pm -
The Swingle Singers
Saturday 23rd December 1978
The dispute between the Association of Broadcasting staff and the BBC is settled with programmes on BBC1 starting again at 3.00 pm and BBC2 at 1.30 pm
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Cliff Richard
BBC1 The Little and Large Christmas Show 6.40 -
Cliff Richard
Dana Gillespie
Bernie Flint
BBC1 Bing Crosby -
BBC2 Country Holiday 7.30 -
Larry Gatlin
Barbara Fairchild
Ronnie Prophet
BBC2 Doug Henning’s World of Magic 8.15 -
Glen Campbell
BBC2 Christmas With Mike Harding & Fivepenny Piece 9.10 -
Mike Harding & Fivepenny Piece
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
The Rockin' Berries
Tyne Tees Lyn's Look In 11.45 am -
production team includes Lyn Spencer, Malcolm Gerrie, Alastair Pirrie
content unknown
LWT World Of Sport
This might have been cancelled due to a separate industrial dispute
1.30 pm The Rick Wakeman Seven Wonders of the World Handicap Hurdle (Towcester racecourse)
ATV Christmas Celebrity Squares 6.45 -
Sacha Distel
ITV Lost Horizon 7.15 -
ATV The Yeoman of the Guard 9.45 -
Tonmy Steele (as Jack Point)
ITV Christmas Sweet 12.00 -
Sweet Substitute
Sunday 24th December 1978 Christmas Eve
BBC2 10cc At Wembley 10.05 -
The Conference Centre, Wembley, London
The show was due to be pre-
ITV Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas 3.15 -
songs written by Paul Williams
LWT Pam Ayres' Hong Kong Christmas 4.15 -
ABBA
ATV Holiday Matinee: Godspell! 5.30 -
LWT Bruce Forsyth’s Christmas Eve 7.15 -
Carpenters -
Kenny Everett
Monday 25th December 1978 Christmas Day
BBC1 The Spinners at Christmas 11.05 -
BBC1 Clambake 11.35 am -
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘78 2.00 -
There were meant to be two Christmas shows this year, but due to an industrial dispute
only one show was compiled. However, thanks to a surviving camera script dated 19th
December 1978 we now know that several other clips would have been included. Clips
of Legs & Co dancing to two songs, Boney M's Brown Girl In The Ring (from 'weekly
show') and Donna Summer's Love's Unkind (from 'weekly show'), Darts performing Come
Back My Love (from 'weekly show') and The Boomtown Rats performing Rat Trap (from
'weekly show') were to be used. It's probable that 'weekly show' indicates a repeat.
New songs recorded for the broadcast show were taped in the usual Pops studio set
up, but not in front of an audience, while Noel Edmonds hosted the show in a mock-
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Darts -
Boney M -
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
Wings -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Father Abraham & The Smurfs -
The Bee Gees -
Brian & Michael -
Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band -
Kate Bush -
Showaddywaddy -
Boney M -
Commodores -
Abba -
Rose Royce -
Olivia Newton-
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-
Boney M -
James Galway -
BBC1 Mike Yarwood’s Christmas Show 8.00 -
ABBA -
BBC2 The Snow Queen 3.20 -
Narrator: Vivian Stanshall
Grampian The Entertainers
Tom Paxton
ITV A Merry Morning 10.00 -
Mike Harding
Yorkshire 3-
Clodagh Rodgers
Tuesday 26th December 1978 Boxing Day
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.05 -
Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 Don McLean and Friends In Concert 9.45 -
Don McLean
The Jordanaires
Elkie Brooks
Granada Get It Together Christmas Special 9.25 -
Roy North -
Mike Rose -
Linda Fletcher -
The Pleasers -
Daniel Boone -
Mike Moran and band -
The Roy Hill Band -
Linda Fletcher -
Mike Moran and band -
Showaddywaddy -
Wednesday 27th December 1978
BBC1 Val Doonican’s Christmas In The Country 7.40 -
Val Doonican
Janie Frickie
BBC1 Concert by Max Boyce 10.45 -
Yorkshire Pop Quest Christmas Special 1.30 -
Les Gray, Tim Rice, Jonathan King, Paul Gambaccini, Graham Dene, Chris Hill, Jimmy Pursey
Thursday 28th December 1978
Granada Barbara Dickson In Concert 12.05 am -
Friday 29th December 1978
BBC1 David Soul 6.50 -
Talks about his Starsky and Hutch role and his recording career
Saturday 30th December 1978
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Mud
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.10 -
Acker Bilk
BBC2 ELO At Wembley 7.05 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test Pick Of The Year part one 12.05 -
Hosted by Bob Harris
Meatloaf -
The Ramones -
The Rolling Stones -
Talking Heads -
XTC -
Robin Trower -
Greg Kihn -
Bob Seger -
999 -
Neil Young -
Television -
Devo -
Otway & Barrett -
The Rubinoos -
The Heartbreakers -
Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes -
Southern The Saturday Banana 8.50 -
content unknown
Southern The Monkees 11.00 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ITV Puff The Magic Dragon 5.15 -
animation based on Peter, Paul & Mary song
ATV Emu's Christmas Adventure 6.15 -
Carl Wayne (as Tom Tom)
Yorkshire All Star Winner Takes All 7.15 -
Anita Harris
Sunday 31st December 1978
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test Pick Of The Year part two 12.01 -
Hosted by Bob Harris (his last show as host)
Patti Smith -
Paul Kossoff -
Jefferson Starship -
Stanley Clarke -
Paul Butterfield -
Tubes -
Vibrators -
Sham 69 -
Blondie -
Magazine -
Genesis -
Eagles -
Elvis Costello -
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers -
Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes -
ITV Life Goes To The Movies 3.00 -
Liza Minnelli
Southern At The Turn of the Year 6.15 -
Petula Clark
LWT Bruce Forsyth’s Big Night 7.15 -
compilation show
Elton John
Bette Midler
Petula Clark
Sammy Davis Jr
Jack Jones
Dolly Parton
Cleo Laine
ITV Out With The Old, In With The New 11.05 pm -
Part one -
Lulu
Eve Graham -
Anne Lorne Gilles
Annie Ross
Part two -
Johnny Beattie
Alasdair Gilles
The Hebbie Gray Band
Also this year
Thames Our People
Tom Robinson -
LWT The Big Match
Elton John -
ATV The Muppet Show
Linda Ronstadt -
ITN News
The Sex Pistols -
BBC1 Nationwide
Gilbert O’Sullivan at home
Thames Magpie
ELO
BBC Cymru/Wales Twndish
X Ray Spex
BBC1 Top Of The Pops (c.May)
Devo -
Thames Magpie
Kate Bush -
Westward A Man Who Noticed Thins (c.March)
Dave Swarbrick and The Yetties in documentary about Thomas Hardy
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill
Matt Monro -
ATV Tiswas (c.March)
A tiger and cougar are brought into the studio by zoo keepers, one of which is wearing a leopard skin jacket. They also include a clip from Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid complete with the "oh shit" shout.
Hosts -
Child -
That Darn Cat movie opening credits with Bobby Darin song
Wings -
Manfred Mann's Earthband -
The Boomtown Rats -
BBC1 Tonight In Town
Tina Turner -
ITV ABBA The Album advert
ITV Brotherhood of Man K-
ITV Shell petrol advert
song by Vince Hill
Granada What's On (c.May)
Sham 69 -
BBC1 Tonight (c.December)
Alice Cooper interview
Thames Magpie (c.March)
Rich Kids -
BBC1 Nationwide (February)
ABBA interviewed by Valerie Singleton
ITV Memorex MRX3 advert
Ella Fitzgerald
BBC2 Rhythm On Two: Herb Reed
The Platters live
Southern Tolpuddle
Songs by Vince Hill