TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
1979
Monday 1st January 1979
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
Manhattan Transfer
BBC1 The Captain And Tennille 11.20 pm -
Thames The Didn’t Quite Make It In Time For Christmas Video Show 5.45 – 6.30 pm
Kenny Everett special which would become ITV's entry into the Montreux television festival in 1979
Diana Ross – Ease On Down The Road (Hot Gossip)
Rod Stewart – sketch, Maggie May (live), Do You Think I'm Sexy (live)
Leo Sayer – Raining In My Heart (live)
Dean Friedman -
ITV Cinderella At The Palace 10.20 pm -
Paul Anka
Frank Sinatra
Ann Margaret
Sammy Davis Jnr
Andy Williams
Tom Jones
Scottish The Best Disco In Town (pilot show)
Christine Holmes
Tuesday 2nd January 1979
BBC1 The Osmonds 7.00 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.05 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Racing Cars -
Turning Point -
Robert Fripp -
Leon Redbone -
Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Elvis Costello -
BBC2 George Hamilton IV and Friends
Charlie Pride
The Chieftains
Thames Donna’s Disco Party 5.15 -
Donna Summer
Love and Kisses
Paul Jabara
Marathon
The Village People
Granada Words And Music By Randy Newman 11.15 pm -
Randy Newman live in Britain
Wednesday 3rd January 1979
BBC1 David Essex (repeat 20 September 1977) (Not listed in Daily Mirror)
ATV George Hamilton IV 12.30 -
Channel / Westward Bachman Turner Overdrive 3.20 -
ITV Charles Aznavour 11.15 pm -
Charles Aznavour
Thursday 4th January 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Mike Read
Paul Davis -
Generation X -
Elton John -
Earth Wind & Fire -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Olivia Newton-
Racey -
Barry White -
Brotherhood Of Man -
Jimmy Savile chats with host about the show's anniversary
Village People -
Hot Chocolate -
BBC1 Elvis 7.40 -
The NBC Comeback Special 1968
Friday 5th January 1979
BBC1 (West) XTC 10.15 – 10.45 pm
BBC2 Jazz from Montreux 11.00 -
The Buddy Rich Big Band, Mary Lou Williams, Xanadu All Stars, Miriam Makeba, Bill Evans Trio with Kenny Burrell
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Harry Belefonte
Yorkshire The London Rock N Roll Show 11.15 pm -
content unknown
Scottish Sounds of Britain. The Sounds of Britain
Barbara Dickson
Saturday 6th January 1979
BBC1 Multi-
content unknown
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.30 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC1 Parkinson 11.15 pm -
Dolly Parton
Oscar Peterson
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.10 -
Bethnal at University of London Union
BBC2 Petula...And Songs Of Love 10.10 -
Petula Clark
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
The Clash
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares7.00 -
Sacha Distel
Granada Johnny Cash At San Quentin 11.30 pm -
Southern Celebrity Concert 11.35 pm -
Roberta Flack
Sunday 7th January 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 2.55 -
The Spinners
Southern Come Sunday 6.40 -
The Spinners
Monday 8th January 1979
BBC2 Marti Caine 8.15 -
Barbara Dickson
Tuesday 9th January 1979
BBC1 (Birmingham) Look! Hear! 6.50 -
Judas Priest
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
National Health -
Terry Reid -
Santana -
Gary Moore (with Phil Lynott) -
Grampian The Entertainers
Peter Skellern
Wednesday 10th January 1979
BBC2 My Kind Of Movie 8.15 -
Petula Clark chooses Ace In The Hole
BBC2 Kenny Rogers In Concert 9.25 -
Dave and Sugar
Granada Deadlier Than The Male 10.30 pm -
Anglia Celebrity Concert 10.30 -
Jose Feliciano
Thursday 11th January 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Chaka Khan -
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays -
Sally Oldfield -
Paul Evans -
Bonnie Tyler -
Leo Sayer -
Mankind -
Driver 67 -
Doll -
Hot Chocolate -
The Shadows -
Funkadelic -
Steve Allan -
Village People -
Billy Joel -
BBC1 The Good Old Days 9.25 -
Frankie Vaughan
HTV Clannad at the Embankment 10.35 -
Friday 12th January 1979
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.40 pm -
Bethnal
Ulster Sounds of Britain
Boys of the Lough
Saturday 13th January 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Rocky Sharpe and the Replays
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.25 -
Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.50 -
The Cars at University of Sussex
LWT The Monkees. Monkees Marooned 9.35 -
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Bonnie Tyler
George Chakaris
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Hosted by Sally James, Sylveste McCoy, Paul Hardin, Chris Tarrant
content unknown
ATV David Frost Presents The Gift Of Song 8.00 -
NB The USSR delegation took exception to the inclusion of Rod Stewart’s song
UNICEF special
Rod Stewart -
Elton John
Olivia Newton-
Abba
John Denver
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
The Bee Gees
Andy Gibb
Earth Wind and Fire
Southern Celebrity Concert 11.40 pm -
Cleo Laine
Sunday 14th January 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 3.05 -
LWT The South Bank Show 10.30 -
The Rhythm of Resistance (the music of black South Africa)
Monday 18th January 1979
BBC2 Marti Carne 8.15 -
Peter Skellern
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Southern Star Treatment 10.35 -
Grace Kennedy
Tuesday 16th January 1979
BBC1 (Birmingham) Look! Hear! 6.50 -
Little Acre
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC2 George Hamilton IV and Friends 10.25 -
Billie Jo Spears – ’57 Chevrolet, Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For Us, plus duet with Hamilton
Lloyd Green
Nutshell
The Duffy Brothers
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
NB Broadcast from Manchester
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
UFO -
Rod Argent -
The Doors -
Music news
Earth Quake -
Chuck Mangione -
Wednesday 17th January 1979
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records 10.30 -
Neil Innes -
BBC2 My Kind Of Movie 10.55 -
George Melly on Beat The Devil
Thursday 18th January 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Shalamar -
The Olympic Runners -
Anne Murray -
Racey -
Dan Hartman -
Frankie Miller -
Olivia Newton-
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
The Three Degrees -
Billy Joel -
Chic -
Village People -
Leif Garrett chats to host
Chaka Khan -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Elvis Costello -
Michael and Brian
Roger McGough, John Cooper Clarke and Mike Rooke poetry readings
Friday 19th January 1979
BBC1 (West) Jazz at the Seaside 10.15 -
content unknown
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.40 pm -
The Cars
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Liberace
Saturday 20th January 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Kate Bush
BBC1 Charro! Elvis Presley movie 6.50 -
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.25 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.50 -
The Rubinoos at Reading University
LWT The Monkees. Monkees In A Ghost Town 9.35 -
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Leo Sayer
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT George Burns 100th Birthday 10.00 -
Dean Martin
Andy Gibb
Helen Reddy
Pat Boone
Debbie Boone
ATV Connie Stevens In Concert 11.00 pm -
Granada The London Rock N Roll Show 11.00 pm -
Southern Celebrity Concert 11.05 pm -
Al Martino
Sunday 21st January 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 2.15 -
LWT The London Weekend Show. Women in rock 1.00 -
Suzi Quatro, Tina Charles, Mickie Most
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.40-
Anita Harris
LWT The South Bank Show 10.30 -
Neil Ardley’s Harmony of the Spheres (thirty minutes)
Monday 22nd January 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
The Osmonds -
BBC2 Arena. Who Is Poly Styrene? 10.20 -
X Ray Spex
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.30 -
Donnie and Marie Osmond
Joe Brown
Jack Good
Southern Star Treatment 10.35 -
Koffee n Kreme
Tuesday 23rd January 1979
BBC1 (Birmingham) Look! Hear! 6.50 -
Neon Hearts
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC1 Play: Waterloo Sunset (no Kinks connection)
BBC2 Don Williams In Concert 10.25 -
Barbara Fairchild
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
ELP -
in Memphis -
In Montreal -
Wednesday 24th January 1979
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 Tammy 6.30 -
Tammy Wynette
Johnny McEvoy
Rchard Harding
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records 10.30 -
Neil Innes -
Thursday 25th January 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis who makes Donald Duck noises over the clountdown clock
Blondie -
Dr Feelgood -
Barry Manilow -
Third World -
Barry White -
The Doll -
Leif Garret -
Judas Priest -
Phoebe Snow -
The Shadows -
Donny & Marie Osmond -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Earth Wind and Fire -
Thames The Jim Davidson Show 7.30 -
Champagne
Southern The Great Guitars 10.35 -
Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis
Westward Bryan Taylor -
The Chanter Sisters
Reflections
Friday 26th January 1978
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Leslie Uggams
Saturday 27th January 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Donny and Marie Osmond
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.25 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.50 -
Rory Gallagher at Middlesex Poly
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT The Monkees 9.35 -
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Pete Townshend and Alan Love (star of the West-
ATV Michel Legrand and Friends 11.00 pm -
Paul Anka
Petula Clark
Granada The Stones In the Park 11.10 pm -
Sunday 28th January 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 1.30 -
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.40 -
Val Doonican
Monday 29th January 1979
BBC2 Marti 8.15 -
Gerard Kenney
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.30 -
Lulu
Pete Townshend
Southern Star Treatment 10.35 -
Greg Bonham
Tuesday 30th January 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
British Rock N Pop Awards
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC1 (Midlands) Look! Hear ! 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 George Hamilton IV and Friends 10.20 -
George Hamilton IV
Mary O'Hara
The Hillsiders
Colleen Peterson
The Samuelsons
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Walter Egan -
Bill Nelson's Red Noise -
The Undertones -
Tommy -
Sniff N The Tears -
Wednesday 31st January 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
British Rock N Pop Awards
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records 10.25 -
Neil Innes -
Thursday 1st February 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Mike Read
Edwin Starr -
Nazareth -
Three Degrees -
The Members -
Sally Oldfield -
UFO -
Billy Joel -
Two Man Sound -
Generation X -
The Pointer Sisters -
Driver 67 -
Blondie -
Abba -
Friday 2nd February 1979
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 112.25 -
Rory Gallagher
ITN News at Ten 10.00 -
Sid Vicious death report Vivian Westwood interview
Saturday 3rd February 1979
BBC1 Multi-
content unknown
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.30 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC1 Parkinson 11.0 pm -
The Pointer Sisters
BBC2 Kissin’ Cousins 2.55 -
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.50 -
Ian Dury and The Blockheads
LWT The Monkees: Hillbilly Honeymoon 9.35 -
LWT The Saturday Morning Show (also Southern) 10.00 -
Joe Brown
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Michel Legrand and Friends 11.15 pm -
Neil Sedaka
Sunday 4th February 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 1.50 -
Tuesday 6th February 1979
BBC1 (Midlands) Look! Hear! 6.55 -
Gaffa
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.55 -
BBC1 Variety Club Awards for 1978 7.25 -
David Essex, Elaine Paige
BBC2 Sacha Distel and Guests 10.25 -
Sacha Distel
Bacarra
Tyne Tees Alright Now (first edition)
Dire Straits -
Wednesday 7th February 1979
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records 10.25 -
Neil Innes -
John Halsey -
ATV The Rolf Harris Show 5.15 -
Val Doonican
Thursday 8th February 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55-
British Rock N Pop Awards
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
Dan Hartman -
Mick Jackson -
Rod Stewart -
Abba -
Mickey Dolenz says hello
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
The Shadows -
Dr Feelgood -
Leif Garrett -
Darts -
Judas Priest -
The Jacksons -
Blondie -
Gene Chandler -
Saturday 10th February 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Michael and Randy Jackson
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.25 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC1 Parkinson 11.05 pm -
Val Doonican
Annie Ross
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.55 -
Cheap Trick at Brighton Poly
LWT The Monkees 9.35 -
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Michael Jackson
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.30 -
Lyn Paul (New Seekers)
ATV Michel Legrand and Friends 11.00 pm -
Helen Reddy
Dizzy Gillespie
Granada A Little Night Music 11.00 pm -
Derek Taylor presents clips from the series
The Kinks
Marion Montgomery
Don McLean
Sunday 11th February 1978
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.00 -
The Skinhead revival
Sham 69 -
LWT The South Bank Show 10.30 -
John MacLaughlan – a musical journey
Monday 12th February 1979
BBC1 Tonight 5.55 -
David Bowie interviewed by Valerie Singleton
Thames After Noon Plus 2.00 -
David Bowie interviewed by Mavis Nicholson
Granada Clapperboard 4.20 -
Includes a feature on the movie Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 11.30 pm -
content unknown
Tuesday 13th February 1979
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.45 -
BBC1 (Midlands) Look! Hear! 6.45 -
Ruby Turner, Special Clinic
BBC2 Sacha Distel and Guests 10.25 -
Barney Kessell
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Bee Gees -
Earth Wind and Fire -
Eddie Money – Rock n Roll The Place, Maybe I'm A Fool, Two Tickets To Paradise
Stretch -
Rod Argent -
Granada Pop Gospel 4.20 -
Directed by Michael Dolenz, produced by Muriel Young
Hosted by Bernie Flint
Cliff Richard
Bryn Howarth
Nutshell
Thames The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver In Concert 12.00 -
Wednesday 14th February 1979
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
BBC1 Morecambe and Wise at the BBC 7.35 -
compilation with
Diane Solomon
Maggie Fitzgibbon
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records 10.15 -
Neil Innes -
Jake Thackray -
Granada Live from 2 2.00 -
Chris DeBurgh
ITV Liberace's Valentine Night Special 8.00 -
Liberace
ATV Bachman Turner Overdrive 11.15 pm -
ITV Streets Of Fear part one 9.00 -
Eartha Kitt (in acting role)
Scottish Three Degrees -
Thursday 15th February 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
British Rock N Pop Awards
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Bee Gees -
The Dooleys -
Generation X -
Edwin Starr -
Alan Price -
Peaches & Herb -
The Pretenders -
Gloria Gaynor -
Lene Lovich -
Three Degrees -
The Skids -
Blondie -
Third World -
BBC2 Leo Sayer 8.30 -
NB delayed because of the December 1978 blackout
Dave Edmunds’ Rockpile -
Barbara Dickson
ITV Streets Of Fear part two 9.00 -
Eartha Kitt (in acting role)
Granada What's On 11.15 -
The Teardrop Explodes -
Friday 16th February 1979
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 12.05 -
Cheap Trick
BBC2 Design By Five 8.05 -
Anne Nightingale's study gets a make over
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Roger Miller
Saturday 17th February 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Cliff Richard
Alan Price
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.50 -
The Average White Band
Westward Let The Music Take You: Putting The Folk In Folk Music 9.00 -
LWT The Monkees 9.35 -
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Steve Gibbons Band
Paul Nicholas
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV In Concert: Roberta Flack 11.35 pm -
Sunday 18th February 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 1.55 -
Monday 19th February 1979
BBC2 Olivia 8.10 -
Olivia Newton-
Abba
Andy Gibb
Thames Thames At 6 6.00 -
George Harrison interviewed by Nicky Horne
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
Donna Summer – I Feel Love (Hot Gossip)
Elvis Costello – Oliver’s Army
David Essex – sketch, Imperial Wizard
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Southern Star Treatment 10.35 -
Sweet Substitute
Tuesday 20th February 1979
BBC1 (Midlands) Look! Hear! 6.50 -
Plain Characters
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC2 Sacha Distel and Guests 10.30 -
Bacarra
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
McGuinn Clark and Hillman -
Joe Jackson -
The Isley Brothers -
Heart -
Horslips -
Granada Pop Gospel 4.20 -
Berni Flint
Nutshell
Bryn Howorth
Adrian Snell
Granada Too Good To Be True? 10.30 -
Profile of Tom Robinson
Thames Fairport Convention In Concert 12.00 -
Wednesday 21st February 1979
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.50 -
content unknown
BBC2 The Innes Book Of Records 10.25 -
Neil Innes -
Thursday 22nd February 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.05 -
NB Before and after recording this week's show Bad Company, Cliff Richard and Thin Lizzy came in to perform songs to be used in future editions. However, the Bad Company clip, Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy, was never used as the record wasn't a hit. During a technical hitch lasting fifteen minutes host Travis attempted a drum solo.
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Judas Priest -
The Real Thing -
Rod Stewart -
The Bee Gees -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Gene Chandler -
The Members -
Darts -
Nazareth -
Blondie -
Meat Loaf -
BBC1 The Good Old Days 9.25 -
Penny Lane
Friday 23rd February 1979
BBC2 Tammy 6.55 -
Tammy Wynette
George Hamilton IV
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.30 pm -
The Average White Band
Grampian Andy's Party
Lulu
Saturday 24th February 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Darts – Get It
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 11.00 -
Regular group Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
BBC2 Hit The Note 4.30 -
Hosted by Kim Goody
Gerrard Kenney
BBC2 Seven To One 6.25 -
Bob Geldof interviewed by seven women
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.55 -
The Police at Hatfield Poly
BBC2 Stan Tracey Original 10.00 -
documentary
LWT The Monkees 9.35 -
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Cliff Richard
Elaine Paige
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
Sunday 25th February 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 2.35 -
Monday 26th February 1979
BBC2 Lennie and Jerry 8.10 -
The Three Degrees
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
Nick Gilder – Hot Child In The City (Hot Gossip)
Dave Edmunds Rockpile -
David Essex -
Cliff Richard – Green Light, sketch
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Southern Star Treatment 10.35 -
Sweet Substitute
Tuesday 27th February 1979
BBC1 (Midlands) Look! Hear! 6.45 -
Quartz
BBC1 (Londfon) The Osmonds 6.45 -
BBC2 Sacha Distel and Guests 10.25 -
Sacha Distel
Baccara
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Osibisa -
Bill Nelson’s Red Noise -
David Bowie -
Mick Ralphs -
Pablo Cruise -
Granada Pop Gospel 4.20 -
Berni Flint
Meg Nichol
Garth Hewtitt
LWT Madeline Bell In Concert 11.45 pm -
Wednesday 28th February 1979
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 Frankie Vaughan in Profile 6.55 -
Documentary
Thursday 1st March 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Mike Read
The Cars -
The Skids -
Gloria Gaynor -
Thin Lizzy -
Gary’s Gang -
Queen -
Chic -
Violinski -
Lene Lovich -
Boney M -
David Essex -
Bee Gees -
The Sex Pistols -
BBC2 Nana’s Journey Into Song 10.20 -
Nana Mouskouri
Saturday 3rd March 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Billy Connolly
BBC1 The Dukes of Hazzard 9.00 -
Theme and narration by Waylon Jennings
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.00 -
Kenny Ball and his jazzmen
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.50 -
Herbie Hancock at Chelsea College
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Generation X -
Granada Al Martino in Concert 11.00 -
Sunday 4th March 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 2.45 -
ATV Meal Ticket In Concert 10.00 -
Monday 5th March 1979
BBC2 Lennie & Jerry 8.10 -
Charles Aznavour
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
Cliff Richard -
Edwin Starr -
Levinsky / Sinclair -
Kate Bush -
Thin Lizzy -
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 6th March 1979
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.45 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Undertones -
Gary Numan -
The Gordon Giltrap Band -
Supertramp -
Billy Cobham -
Granada Pop Gospel 4.20 -
Cliff Richard -
Berni Flint -
Parchment -
Nutshell -
Thames In Concert 11.45 pm -
Alexander Robertson (B A Robertson)
Wednesday 7th March 1979
BBC1 Take Hart 4.40 -
jazz at Tony Hart's studio
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 Musical Chairs 6.55 – 7.25 pm
Sky – Danza
Kate Bush – filming Wow promo clip
Thursday 8th March 1979
NB Top of the Pops moved to Friday for one week
BBC1 A Song For Europe 7.20 -
NB This should have been live from the Royal Albert Hall, however a fight between two BBC technicians leads one of them to be sacked. The Association of Broadcasting Staff then took strike action immediately, blacking out the show. The songs were played on tape to the 14 regional judges.
Black Lace – Mary Ann (written by Peter Morris) the winner
Linda Virtu -
Ipswich -
Herbie Flowers & The Daisies -
M Squad -
Eleanor Keenan -
Guys n Dolls -
Linda Kendrick -
Monte Carlo -
Sal Davis -
The Nolan Sisters -
Kim Clarke -
BBC2 Nana’s Journey Into Song 9.55 -
Nana Mouskouri
Chuck Mangione
Friday 9th March 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.50 -
Hosted by David Jensen
Herbie Hancock -
Inner Circle -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
The Sex Pistols -
Buzzcocks -
Dennis Brown -
The Late Show -
The Real Thing -
Cliff Richard -
The Dooleys -
Motorhead -
Gene Chandler -
Leyton Buzzards -
Bee Gees -
Gary’s Gang -
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 12.05 -
Herbie Hancock
Ulster The New Seekers
Saturday 10th March 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Mike Batt
Dana
Den Heggarty (ex-
BBC1 Flaming Star 7.00 -
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.10 pm -
Nana Mouskouri
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7.00 -
Steve Hillage at the University of Kent at Canterbury
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.00 -
Tony Blackburn
LWT Russell Harty 11.00 pm -
Duffo
Sunday 11th March 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 2.30 -
ATV Bilbo Baggins In Concert 10.00 -
Monday 12th March 1979
BBC2 Arena: My Way 10.20 -
David Bowie clip, Paul Anka, Sid Vicious clip
Thames Horse In The House 4.45 -
Davy Jones (acting role)
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
The Real Thing -
Roberta Kelly -
Bonnie Tyler -
Leo Sayer -
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.30 -
content unknown
Tuesday 13th March 1979
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC2 The Wide World of Entertainment: The Roy Clark Music Show 10.25 -
at RAF Mildenhall
Barbara Fairchild
Poacher
Buck Trent
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Duffo -
Lene Lovich -
Journey -
Van Morrison -
The Skids -
Granada Pop Gospel 4.20 -
Bernie Flint
Bryn Haworth
Kathy Jones
Nutshell
Wednesday 14th March 1979
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
Thursday 15th March 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
British Rock N Pop Awards
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Players Association -
The Jam -
Lene Lovich -
Toto -
The Cars -
Chic -
Thin Lizzy -
Violinski -
The Skids -
Herbie Hancock -
Black Lace -
Gloria Gaynor -
Queen -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
The Houghton Weavers -
Friday 16th March 1979
BBC2 Skellern 10.15 -
Peter Skellern
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.05 -
ATV The Muppet Show (not listed in newspapers)
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
Saturday 17th March 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Liverpool Express
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.00 -
Lonnie Donegan
Kenny Ball and his jazzmen
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 6.55 -
Bruford at Oxford Poly
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Kenny Everett
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.30 -
Kenny Lynch
Elaine Paige
Ulster Stars Across The Water 10.00 -
James Galway
Clodagh Rodgers
The Bachelors
Canticle
LWT Russell Harty 11.30 pm -
Angelo Bronduordi (singer)
Sunday 18th March 1979
BBC1 Eurovision Song Contest Preview part two 4.10 -
Monday 19th March 1979
BBC1 Lennie & Jerry 8.10 -
Smokie
Thames Horse In The House 4.45 -
Davy Jones (acting role as horse jockey Frank Tyson)
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
Darts -
The Pretenders -
Roxy Music -
Free -
Tuesday 20th March 1979
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Only Ones -
Bram Tchaikovski -
Tubes -
Boston -
David Sancious and Tone -
Granada Pop Gospel 4.20 -
Berni Flint
Nutshell
Garth Hewitt
Parchment
Thames Elaine the Singer of the Song (Elaine Simmons) 12.00 -
Albert Hammond
Carol Bayer-
Wednesday 21st March 1979
BBC1 Noel Edmond's Lucky Numbers 6.45 -
content unknown
BBC2 My Kind of Movie 10.40 -
Kenny Everett talks about It’s A Wonderful Life
Granada Live From 2 2.00 -
Alan Price
Thames Making It 5.15 -
music series
ATV The Rolf Harris Show 5.15 -
Ronee Blakley
Thursday 22nd March 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
The host seems to make a joke during the VT countdown clock
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Gary's Gang -
Sham 69 -
Dire Straits -
The Players Association -
Buzzcocks -
Village People -
Dennis Brown -
Queen -
Kate Bush -
The Real Thing -
Squeeze -
Gloria Gaynor -
The Sex Pistols -
ATV The Star Dust Man 11.35 pm -
The John Otway Story
Granada What’s On 11.35 pm -
Matt Monro -
Friday 23rd March 1979
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.00 -
Bruford
Tyne Tees Sounds of Britain 1.30 -
What Fettle!
The Suffragettes
Saturday 24th March 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Dead End Kids
Kate Bush
Showaddywaddy -
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 11.00 -
Kenny Ball and his jazzmen
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 7.10 -
George Thorogood and The Destroyers at North East London Poly
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.30 -
Patti Boulaye
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
Violinski – Clog Dance
Granada On The Road 11.00 pm -
Earth, Wind and Fire
Sunday 25th March 1979
BBC1 Eurovision Song Contest Preview part two 4.45 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 1.55 -
ATV In Concert 10.00 -
Wales O’Regan
Monday 26th March 1979
BBC1 Lennie & Jerry 8.10 -
Bonnie Tyler – My Guns Are Loaded
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
The Average White Band -
Chic -
The Pretenders -
Kiki Dee -
David Essex -
Thames The Eamonn Andrews Show 10.45 -
content unknown
Southern Music In Camera 10.45 -
Bill Crofut (American folk singrer)
Tuesday 27th March 1979
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.45 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.25 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Simple Minds -
Bruce Springsteen -
Frank Zappa – City of Tiny Lites (Bruce Bickford animation clip)
Granada Pop Gospel 4.20 -
Berni Flint
Scottish Elaine the Singer of the Song 12.00 -
Liverpool Express
Ulster Good Evening Ulster
Elton John interview
Wednesday 28th March 1979
BBC1 Morecambe and Wise at the BBC 7.35 -
Wilma Reading
Thursday 29th March 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Mike Read
Chic -
Racey -
The Three Degrees -
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays -
Neil Diamond -
Gonzalez -
Art Garfunkel -
Dana -
Showaddywaddy -
Sister Sledge -
Kandidate -
Black Lace -
Gloria Gaynor -
The Jacksons -
Granada What’s On 10.35 -
John Miles -
Friday 30th March 1979
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.20 pm -
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Saturday 31st March 1979
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK? 5.35 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC1 Eurovision Song Contest 1979
UK entry: Black Lace
Winner: Milk and Honey (Israel)
BBC2 Average White Band 6.05 -
Live at Usher Hall, Edinburgh
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
content unknown
Granada On The Road
Tina Turner
LWT Russell Harty 11.00 pm -
content unknown
ATV On The Road 11.00 pm -
David Essex
Sunday 1st April 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 2.25 -
Monday 2nd April 1979
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.20 -
Lindisfarne – Warm Feeling
The Dooleys – Honey I’m Lost
Late Show – The Bristol Stomp
BBC2 Lennie & Jerry 8.10 -
Lonnie Donegan
BBC2 Arena: Tell Us The Truth 10.15 -
Sham 69
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
Squeeze -
Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds -
Frankie Miller -
Dean Friedman -
Tuesday 3rd April 1979
BBC1 (London) The Osmonds 6.50 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.40 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Chris Rea -
Squeeze -
The Rezillos -
Gimmick records article (picture discs, coloured vinyl etc)
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
content unknown
Wednesday 4th April 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
Kate Bush on tour article
British Rock N Pop Awards article
Scottish Andy’s Party 3.50 -
Lulu
ATV The Rolf Harris Show 5.15 -
Melissa Manchester
Thames Traces Of Love 8.00 -
Musical play with Petula Clark, Paul Jones
A career woman finds her marriage on the rocks
Thursday 5th April 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Tony Blackburn
The Sex Pistols -
M -
Village People -
Squeeze -
Dire Straits -
Generation X -
Chic -
The Members -
The Jacksons -
Milk and Honey -
The Jam -
Gloria Gaynor -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Tony Christie -
Kate Bush -
HTV Wedlock's West 10.35 -
Fred Wedlock
A J Webber
Friday 6th April 1979
BBC1 On Location… 4.40 -
The British dance movie The Music Machine
BBC1 John Denver 7.50 -
in concert
BBC2 Dread N Beat N Bood 10.15 pm -
Cancelled until 7th June 1979
A profile of Linton Kwesi Johnson was delayed until after the General Election
BBC2 Rock Goes To College 11.40 pm -
The Police
Granada The Beatles 11.30 -
Saturday 7th April 1979
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK? 6.15 -
The Brotherhood of Man (regulars)
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Nana Mouskouri
BBC1 Saturday Night at The Mill 11.00 -
Dusty Springfield -
BBC2 Dave and Sugar Sing Country 6.45 -
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Helen Shapiro
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.45 -
Anne Shelton, Lyn Paul, Dave Lee Travis, George Melly
Granada On The Road 10.30 -
David Essex
HTV On The Road 10.30 -
Tina Turner
Sunday 8th April 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 3.15 -
BBC2 Wings Over The World 8.10 -
Documentary about the 1975-
ATV Tannahill Weavers In Concert 10.00 -
Monday 9th April 1979
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.20 -
Bonnie Tyler – My Guns Are Loaded
Racey – Some Girls
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays -
BBC1 Snowtime Special: Disco In The Snow 6.55 -
Boney M – Rasputin, Rivers of Babylon, Hooray Hooray, Brown Girl In the Ring
Leo Sayer – I Can’t Stop Loving You, One Man Band
The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie, Shake Your Body
Bonnie Tyler – My Guns are Loaded, It’s A Heartache
Erruption – One way Ticket
Patrick Juvet
Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
Leif Garrett – I Was Made For Dancing
The Raes
Amii Stewart – I Can’t Stand The Rain, Knock On Wood, Light My Fire
BBC2 The Mathis Collection 8.10 -
Live at The Royal Albert Hall
BBC2 Arena: The King And I 10.15 -
The work of rock star painter David Oxtoby
Granada The Beatles 11.30 -
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
Justin Hayward -
Sparks -
Gerry Raferty -
Tina Turner -
Yorkshire Bachman Turner-
Channel The London Rock N Roll Show 11.20 pm -
Tuesday 10th April 1979
BBC1 One More Time! 7.10 -
Paul Curtis, Hazel Dean, Jane Marlow, Elaine Paige, Mike Redway, Carolyn Smyth, Danny Street, Maynard Williams and The Fine Tooth Combs
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Dana -
Meal ticket -
Poacher -
Scotch -
Wednesday 11th April 1979
BBC1 Pebble Mill At One 1.00 -
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
BBC1 British Rock N Pop Awards 1978 6.55 -
Hosted by Bob Wellings (Nationwide), Kid Jensen, recorded at the Cafe Royale in London.
Presenters: Hank Marvin, Mary Hopkin
Winners: Nick Lowe
ATV Tiswas 10.05 am -
content unknown
Anglia Ted On The Spot 8.00 -
The Barron Knights
Thursday 12th April 1979
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Joe Brown -
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Three Degrees -
Light Of The World -
Kate Bush -
Showaddywaddy -
The Sex Pistols -
Neil Diamond -
Racey -
Supertramp -
Sham 69 -
Kandidate -
Sister Sledge -
Art Garfunkel -
Wings -
BBC1 Crystal Gayle Sings Country 11.35 pm -
Saturday 14th April 1979
NB BBC programming was disrupted due to industrial action
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK 6.15 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC1 Val Doonican Music Show 8.30 -
Val Doonican
Roy Clark
Barbara Fairchild
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 11.25 pm -
NB This might be the edition where Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen played outside trying to drown out the conversations inside the studio at the request of the Musicians Union who were in dispite with the BBC
Granada The Beatles 10.10 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Kate Bush -
LWT Russell Harty 10.30 -
LWT On The Road 11.30 pm -
Tina Turner, some areas show Bad Company
Sunday 15th April 1979 Easter Sunday
BBC1 Multi-
Blondie
Showaddywaddy
BBC1 Jesus Christ Superstar 8.10 -
Monday 16th April 1979 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 5.10 -
The Dazzlers -
Goldie -
Real Thing -
BBC1 Snowtime Special: Abba In Switzerland 7.45 -
NB The day producer Michael Hurll arrived in Stockholm to discuss the show with the group was the day that Agnetha and Bjorn had decided to publicly announce their separation
Abba
Kate Bush -
Roxy Music – Dance Away
BBC1 Parkinson 10,.55 pm -
compilation show with Olivia Newton-
Tuesday 17th April 1979
BBC1 (London) One More Time! 7.10 -
Paul Curtis, Hazel Dean, Jane Marlow, Elaine Paige, Mike Redway, Robin Sarstedt, Carolyn Smyth, Danny Street and The Fine Tooth Combs
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Goldie -
Cliff Richard -
Scotch -
Tyne Tees Alright Now
The Clash -
Wednesday 18th April 1979
Thames The Didn’t Quite Make It In Time For Christmas Show 11.50 pm -
Kenny Everett
ATV Tiswas 10.05 am -
content unknown
Thursday 19th April 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Amii Stewart -
Gordon Giltrap Band -
Milk & Honey -
M -
Dusty Springfield -
Wings -
The Jacksons -
Gonzalez -
Child -
Three Degrees -
Art Garfunkel -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
BBC2 Rhythm On 2 8.30 -
Marion Montgomery, Richard Rodney Bennett
Granada What’s On 10.50 -
Toyah Wilcox article
Saturday 21st April 1979
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK 6.15 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC1 Val Doonican Music Show 8.30 -
Val Doonican
Billie Jo Spears
The Nolan Sisters
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.25 pm -
The Stylistics
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Squeeze
Justin Hayward
Granada The Beatles 10.10 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.00 -
Kenny Lynch
LWT Russell Harty 10.45 -
Mickie Most
Granada Don’t Knock The Rock repeat on some ITV stations
Sunday 22nd April 1979
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
Darryl Way (violinist with Curved Air)
Monday 23rd April 1979
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.20 -
Micky Dolenz -
M -
Rikki and the Paramounts -
BBC1 The Osmonds in London 7.25 -
Leif Garrett
BBC2 The Mathis Collection 8.10 -
Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
Wings -
The Rolling Stones -
Elton John -
Rachel Sweet -
David Bowie -
Tuesday 24th April 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.40 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Iggy Pop -
Bad Company -
Rickie Lee Jones -
The Tubes -
Tom Waits -
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Peter Blake -
Eddie and the Hotrods -
Berni Flint -
Liverpool Express -
Wednesday 25th April 1979
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Helen Shapiro
ATV Tiswas 10.05 am -
content unknown
Scottish Andy’s Party 3.50 -
Eve Graham (The New Seekers)
Thames The Benny Hill Show 8.00 -
Pan's People
Thursday 26th April 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
Neil Diamond -
Generation X -
Supertramp -
Eruption -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Racey -
Amii Stewart -
Sham 69 -
Boney M -
The Monks -
The Bee Gees -
Art Garfunkel -
Showaddywaddy -
Granada What’s On 10.50 -
Wayne Fontana -
Friday 27th April 1979
BBC1 The Ronnie Corbett Special 7.50 -
Clodagh Rodgers
BBC2 Larry Gatlin In Concert 9.10 -
Granada The Beatles 11.30 -
Saturday 28th April 1979
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK 6.15 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Charlie McCoy
Crystal Gayle
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Patti Boulaye
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Russell Harty 11.55 pm -
Patti Boulaye
Sunday 29th April 1979
LWT The London Weekend Show 1.30 -
Young buskers
Monday 30th April 1979
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.20 -
Alan Carvell -
Quint -
Joe Brown -
BBC1 ELO At Wembley 11.10 pm -
Introduced by Tony Curtis
Thames The Kenny Everett Video Show 7.00 -
NB The last in second series and last with the original line-
M -
David Essex -
The Moody Blues -
Cerrone -
Tuesday 1st May 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.35 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Johnny Winter in concert, BBC Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
Hideaway, Messin’ With The Kid, Mississippi Blues, Walking By Myself, Rock 'n' Roll
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Showaddywaddy -
Strangeways -
Steve Voice – UFO
ATV Tuesday Jazz: The Intimate Art 11.55 pm -
Louis Armstrong
Dave Brubeck
Dizzy Gillespie
Charles Lloyd
Wednesday 2nd May 1979
ATV The Rolf Harris Show 5.15 -
Ian Tyson
Thursday 3rd May 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 6.50 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile (wearing a gold lame hat in the shape of a frog)
Gonzalez -
The Undertones -
Abba -
M -
The Dickies -
Peaches & Herb -
The Police -
Mike Oldfield -
Art Garfunkel -
Wings -
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show 10.10 -
NB The BBC had intended to repeat this show earlier in the year, but after the General Election was called any political references in the show ensured that it would have to be put back until after the polls had closed on Election Day.
Abba
BBC2 The Andy Williams Show 1.20 -
NB shown as an alternative to the election results show on BBC1
Friday 4th May 1979
BBC1 The Ronnie Corbett Special 7.45 -
Lou Rawls
BBC1 (London) Sounds Like Friday: Leo Sayer (repeat 27th October 1978)
BBC2 Carl Perkins Sings Country 7.45 -
BBC2 The Five Penny Piece Show 9.00 -
Saturday 5th May 1979
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK 6.20 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.20 -
Val Doonican
Anthony Newley
Elkie Brooks
BBC2 Don McLean and Friends In Concert 9.50 -
The Jordanaires
LWT The Saturday Morning Show 10.00 -
Dusty Springfield
Ian Dury
Lene Lovich
Granada The Beatles 10.10 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
Granada On The Road 10.45 -
Dean Friedman -
Monday 7th May 1979 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 5.00 -
The Monks -
Child -
Showaddywaddy -
BBC1 The Little and Large Show 7.40 -
Dana Gillespie
BBC1 Kid Gallahad 6.05 -
ITV Gilbert O'Sullivan's Greatest Hits (repeat) on various ITV channels at different broadcast times
Tuesday 8th May 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.05 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Steve Forbert -
Rachel Sweet – Truckstop Queen, Who Does Lisa Like?
Max Webster -
Kenny Jones -
Ron Wood -
The Roches -
Fee Waybill (The Tubes) -
Granada Get It Together 4,.20 -
The Dazzlers -
George Harrison -
Ken Hollow -
ATV Tuesday Jazz 11.15 pm -
On The Road with Duke Ellington
Thursday 10th May 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Mike Read
The Bee Gees -
The Damned -
Elkie Brooks with Gallagher & Lyle -
Boney M -
The Shadows -
Eruption -
The Monks -
Roxy Music -
Amii Stewart -
Gary Moore -
Sparks -
Art Garfunkel -
David Bowie -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Sad Cafe -
The Spinners -
Burl Ives & Mike Riddoch
Friday 11th May 1979
BBC2 The Hillsiders Sing Country 7.45 -
BBC2 The Five Penny Piece 9.00 -
Saturday 12th May 1979
BBC1 Multi-
David Essex
BBC1 Rolf on Saturday OK 6.15 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.20 -
Val Doonican
Floyd Cramer
Teresa Brewer
BBC1 Saturday Night At The Mill 11.05 -
Burl Ives
BBC2 Jazz 9.55 -
Humphrey Lyttelton introduces acts from the Montreux Jazz Festival
Bill Evans Trio
Miriam Makeba
Xandu All Stars
ATV Tiswas 10.30 -
content unknown
Granada The Beatles (cartoon series)
ATV Celebrity Squares 8.00 -
Dave Lee Travis
LWT Russell Harty 10.45 -
Linda Lewis
Granada On The Road 11.15 pm -
Roxy Music -
Sunday 13th May 1979
BBC2 Ray Charles' World Of Music 8.05 -
NB not the R&B singer, but the band leader
Yorkshire Stars on Sunday 6.40 -
Burn Ives
Monday 14th May 1979
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.20 -
The Rollers (The Bay City Rollers) -
Dollar -
Brotherhood of Man -
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Tammy Wynette
Sleepy LaBeef
Hank Williams’ Original Drifting Cowboys
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Tuesday 15th May 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Kate Bush
Ted Nugent -
Sandy McLelland & the Backline -
Aviator -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Steve Hackett -
Rickie Lee Jones -
Granada Get It Together 4.20 -
Micky Dolenz -
Joe Egan -
The Sports -
ATV Tuesday Jazz 12.00 -
Sonny Rollins
Wednesday 16th May 1979
BBC1 Festival of Entertainment 10.15 -
Outside broadcast clips with Crystal Gayle, Roy Clark, Buddy Rich
ITV About Britain: I Think We'll Call You Georgie Fame 3.20 -
Thursday 17th May 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Donna Summer -
The Tubes -
Earth Wind & Fire with The Emotions -
Blondie -
The Police -
Peaches & Herb -
XTC -
M -
The Undertones -
Abba -
Judas Priest -
Linda Clifford -
The Max Webster Band -
Art Garfunkel -
Roxy Music -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Wilma Reading -
Saturday 19th May 1979
BBC1 Rolf On Saturday OK 6.15 -
The Brotherhood of Man
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
Buddy Rich
Diane Solomon
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 11.10 pm -
Tim Rice
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
BBC2 Jazz from Montreux 9.50 -
Sonny Rollins Quintet with Esther Phillips
Mary Lou Williams
Waseda High Society Big Band
Mandragore
Granada The Beatles 10.10 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Celebrity Squares 7.00 -
Micky Dolenz, Patti Boulaye, Tony Blackburn
LWT Russell Harty 10.45 -
stars from musical Ain't Misbehavin'
LWT On The Road 11.45 pm -
Earth Wind and Fire
Sunday 20th May 1979
LWT The Monkees: Art for Monkees Sake 11.30 am -
LWT The London Weekend Show 2.00 -
The Mod Revival
Pete Townshend -
The Purple Hearts
The Chords -
Roy Carr
Southern Come Sunday at Christchurch 6.40 -
Vince Hill
Monday 21st May 1979
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.25 -
The Wurzels -
Half Brother – Hideaway
Mankind -
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Boxcar Willie
Jana Jane
Gloria
Barbara Fairchild
BBC2 Arena: Rock 10.30 -
The Tubes, Steel Pulse
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Tuesday 22nd May 1979
BBC1 Ask Aspel 5.05 -
Lena Zavaroni
BBC1 Leo Sayer 6.55 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.00 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Tubeway Army – Are ‘Friends’ Electric, Down In The Park
The Scorpions -
Bob Dylan – All Along The Watchtower (Filmfinders clip)
UK -
The Patti Smith Group -
Sky -
Vangelis -
Wednesday 23rd May 1979
BBC1 Lena Zavaroni and Music 7.00 -
Violinski
ITV Showtime 8.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
Mary O'Hara
Thursday 24th May 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
McFadden & Whitehead -
The Skids -
Roxy Music -
Tubeway Army -
Donna Summer -
Liner -
The Damned -
ELO -
Dollar -
David Bowie -
The Shadows -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Blondie -
Cheap Trick -
BBC1 Omnibus: Lotte Lenya 10.00 -
documentary
Granada What’s On 12.00 -
Fireplace -
Friday 25th May 1979
BBC2 The Fivepenny Piece 9.00 -
The Fivepenny Piece
Fred Wedlock
Saturday 26th May 1979
BBC1 Multi-
Kate Bush
Electric Light Orchestra
10cc
Olivia Newton-
Blondie
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 6.15 -
The Frank Jennings Syndicate
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.30 -
Val Doonican
Alan Price
Sky
Patti Boulaye
BBC2 Jazz 10.05 -
Dee Dee Bridgwater
Tommy Banks Big Band
Gilberto Gil
Granada The Beatles 10.10 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV The Muppets Go Hollywood 7.00 -
Johnny Mathis
LWT Russell Harty 11.30 pm -
content unknown
Sunday 27th May 1979
BBC1 Show Castle 5.35 -
Patti Boulaye
LWT The Monkees: The Card Carrying Red Shoes 11.30 am -
LWT The South Bank Show 10.15 -
Rough Trade Records with Stiff Little Fingers, Essential Logic, Robert Rental and The Normal, The Raincoats
Monday 28th May 1979 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 5.20 -
Late Show -
The Grumbleweeds -
Bilbo -
BBC1 Jim'll Fix It 6.45 -
Mike Oldfield
BBC2 Sing Country 8.25 -
Conway Twitty
Lonnie Donegan
Floyd Cramer
Vernon Oxford
Terri Hollowell
ATV Bob Hope at the London Palladium 8.00 -
Leif Garrett
Thames Gilbert O’Sullivan’s Greatest Hits 11.35 pm -
Tuesday 29th May 1979
BBC1 Leo Sayer 7.00 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.35 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Members -
The Tourists -
Elvis Costello -
AC-
Nils Lofgren -
Spyro Gyra -
Wednesday 30th May 1979
BBC1 Lena Zavaroni and Music 67.45 -
Lena Zavaroni
Gerard Kenney
Scottish Devine Country
Stella Parton
Sydney Divine
The Chanter Sisters
Thursday 31st May 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Paul Burnett
Anita Ward -
Quantum Jump -
Peaches & Herb -
Chas & Dave -
McFadden & Whitehead -
Sparks -
Voyager -
Earth Wind & Fire with The Emotions -
Squeeze -
Edwin Starr -
Fischer-
Hot Chocolate -
Blondie -
Linda Clifford -
Friday 1st June 1979
BBC1 (Birmingham) Look! Hear! 10.15 -
Fashion
Saturday 2nd June 1979
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show 8.15 -
Val Doonican
BBC1 Rod Stewart 11.35 pm -
Part one of Belle Vue, Manchester
BBC2 Jazz 9.50 -
The John McLaughlin Band at Montreux
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
Lene Lovich
The Dooleys
ATV Celebrity Squares 8.00 -
Micky Dolenz
LWT Russell Harty 11.30 pm -
content unknown
Sunday 3rd June 1979
BBC2 Don Lusher’s World of Music 8.05 -
Nelson Riddle
LWT The Monkees: Hitting The High Seas 11.30 am -
ATV Eurogala 7.25 -
NB A promotion for the European elections on June 7
Hosted by Petula Clark
Mireille Mathieu
Mary O'Hara
Monday 4th June 1979
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.25 -
Berni Flint -
The Krankies -
Dave Edmunds' Rockpile -
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Tuesday 5th June 1979
BBC1 The New Sound Of Music 10.05 -
Michael Rodd of Tomorrow’s World looks at synthesizers etc with Rick Wakeman, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.15 -
NB The Flamin’ Groovies were scheduled to appear
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Fischer Z -
Paul Gambaccini -
Nina Hagen -
Joe Jackson -
Dire Straits -
ATV Tuesday Jazz 11.10 pm -
Louis Armstrong -
Wednesday 6th June 1979
BBC2 Lena Zavaroni and Music 7.00 -
Lena Zavaroni
Gerrard Kenny
Thames Dick Emery Comedy Hour 8.00 -
Lulu
Scottish Devine Country
Sydney Divine
The Chanter Sisters
Tyne Tees Alright Now
The Who -
Thursday 7th June 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Tubeway Army -
The Tourists -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Anita Ward -
The Skids -
Linda Lewis -
Roxy Music -
Sister Sledge -
The Sutherland Brothers -
Dollar -
Nick Lowe (and Rockpile) -
ELO -
Eddie Grant -
Blondie -
Donna Summer -
BBC1 Dread Beat N Blood 10.15 -
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Fast Cars -
Saturday 9th June 1979
BBC1 Saturday Night at the Mill 10.30 -
Tony Monopoly
BBC1 Rod Stewart 11.20 pm -
BBC2 Jazz 9.35 -
Chicago Blues All Stars
James Booker
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
Etta James
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
Dave Edmunds -
Nick Lowe -
The Real Thing
A look at the biggest selling singles in the British charts of all time
Sunday 10th June 1979
LWT The Monkees: Fairy Tale 11.30 pm -
Monday 11th June 1979
BBC1 Cheggers Plays Pop 4.25 -
The Dooleys -
Mud -
Roy Wood Rock Brigade -
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Freddie Fender
Dottsy
Jan and Jessie
Bobby Bare
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Tuesday 12th June 1979
BBC1 The Osmonds 6.55 -
BBC2 Barry Manilow 9.25 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.10 pm -
Thin Lizzy at The Rainbow, London, 29th March 1978
The Boys Are Back In Town, Emerald, Dancing In The Moonlight, Massacre, Still In Love With You, Don't Believe A Word, Are You Ready, Sha La La, Baby Drives Me Crazy, Me And The Boys
Thames Mavis Nicholson...Wanting To Know 11.10 -
The Boomtown Rats
Wednesday 13th June 1979
BBC1 Lena Zavaroni and Music 6.50 -
Lena Zavaroni
Helen Gelzer
Adrian Hedley
Johnny Hutch and the Herculeans
New Sensations Steel Band
Thames The Black Abbots 9.30 -
The Black Abbots
Thursday 14th June 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Mike Read
Sister Sledge -
Match -
McFadden & Whitehead -
Lene Lovich -
Gerry Rafferty -
Quantum Jump -
Edwin Starr -
Tubeway Army -
Janet Kay -
Earth Wind & Fire with The Emotions -
Chas & Dave -
Squeeze -
Anita Ward -
John Williams -
Saturday 16th June 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.20 -
Hosted by Noel Edmonds
Jury: Pete Murray, Bob Geldof, Linda Lewis, Isla St Clair
Hot seat guest: Patti Boulaye
BBC2 Jazz 7.45 -
The Howard Hoeter Trio
Xanadu
The All-
Taj Mahal
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT On The Road 11.40 pm -
David Essex
ATV Burt Bacharach In Concert 10.50 -
Sunday 17th June 1979
LWT The Monkees: Monkees Watch Their Feet 11.30 am -
Southern Come Sunday at Christchurch 6.40 -
Vince Hill
LWT The South Bank Show 10.30 -
Keith Jarrett
Monday 18th June 1979
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Crystal Gayle
Marty Robbins
Moe Bandy
Billy Armstrong
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves sings the somgs of 1948
Granada Reports 6.00 -
Public Image Limited -
Tuesday 19th June 1979
BBC2 Barry Manilow 11.15 pm -
ATV Tuesday Jazz 12.00 -
Muddy Waters
Wednesday 20th June 1979
BBC Lena Zavaroni and Music 6.50 -
Lena Zavaroni
Berni Flint
Michel Legrand
Scottish Divine Country 12.00 am 0-
Sydney Divine
Nancy Peppers
The Chanter Sisters
Thursday 21st June 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
NB The Gang Of Four were due to perform At Home He’s A Tourist, but after a dress rehearsal they were pulled from the show after refusing to replace the word "rubbers" with "rubbish"
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
The Clash -
Eddy Grant -
The Dooleys -
Village People -
Ruby Winters -
The Ruts -
Amii Stewart -
Dame Edna Everage -
Dollar -
Patrick Hernandez -
John Williams -
Sniff N The Tears -
Anita Ward -
Thom Pace -
Southern The Sounds of Britain 3.20 -
Informal jam session with Acker Bilk, George Chisholm, Humphrey Lyttelton
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Echo and the Bunnymen -
Dionne Warwick
Friday 22nd June 1979
BBC1 The Marti Caine Show 8.30 -
Barbara Dickson
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Saturday 23rd June 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.20 -
Jury: Flick Colby, Anne Nightingale, Joe Brown, David Wilkie (swimmer) (NB Joe Brown told the Daily Mirror "Even when the show was on originally I wouldn't do
It.")
Hot seat guests: Child, Violinski
BBC1 The Natalie Cole Show 11.05 -
Natalie Cole
Earth Wind and Fire
Stephen Bishop
Johnny Mathis
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
The Ruts -
Sunday 24th June 1979
LWT The Monkees: The Monstrous Monkee Mash 11.30 am -
Monday 25th June 1979
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Tuesday 26th June 1979
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
The Jesse Lynn-
Wednesday 27th June 1979
BBC1 Lena Zavaroni and Music 7.40 -
Lena Zavaroni
Peter Skellern
Thursday 28th June 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Sex Pistols -
Squeeze -
Lene Lovich -
Thom Pace -
Quantum Jump -
Janet Kay -
Thin Lizzy -
UK Subs -
Gerry Rafferty -
Bonnie Tyler -
Chas & Dave -
Tubeway Army -
Slick -
Granada What’s On 11.30 pm -
Shan Lee Parker and band
Friday 29th June 1979
BBC1 The Marti Caine Show 8.15 -
Peter Skellern
Granada Paul 4.45 -
Paul Nicholas
Wings
The Pleasers
Saturday Night Fever -
The TSDs (dance troupe)
Yorkshire The Wicker Man 11.00 pm -
Saturday 30th June 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.15 -
Jury: Alan Freeman, Johnny Rotten, Elaine Paige, Joan Collins
Hot seat guests: The Monks, Adrian Munsey
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
The Real Thing -
ATV Celebriuty Squares 8.00 -
Patti Boulaye
LWT Russell Harty (not listed in newspapers)
The Barron Knights
Sunday 1st July 1979
BBC1 Engelbert 8.05 -
Engelbert Humperdinck
BBC1 Everyman. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 10.25 -
X-
LWT The Monkees: Monkee Chow Mein 11.30 am -
LWT Song By Song By Alan J Lerner 10.00 -
Lena Horne
Tyne Tees Check It Out
Kate Bush -
Monday 2nd July 1979
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 7.00 -
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Billy Hartman and Alvin Stardust -
The Kittens, Freddie Fingers Lee, Joe Brown -
Alvin Stardust -
Fumble -
Alvin Stardust -
The Kittens -
Fumble -
The Cats and Kittens -
Les Gray -
Joe Brown -
Johnny Storm -
Freddie Fingers Lee -
Les Gray -
Les Gray and Fumble -
The Kittens -
Shakin' Stevens -
Joe Brown -
Alvin Stardust -
The Rockin' Shades, Joe Brown doing an Alvin Stardust impression -
Les Gray and cast -
Tuesday 3rd July 1979
ITV The Love Boat 3.25 -
Ricky Nelson, Frankie Avalon
Thursday 5th July 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.30 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Chic -
Manfred Mann’s Earthband -
Amii Stewart -
The Korgis -
The Sex Pistols -
Eddy Grant -
Village People -
The Ruts -
The Knack -
The Dooleys -
Patrick Hernandez -
Tubeway Army -
Dave Edmunds -
Granada What’s On 11.30pm -
Gerry and the Pacemakers -
The Merseybeats -
Friday 6th July 1979
Granada Paul 4.45 -
Paul Nicholas
Grampian The Entertainers
Roger Whittaker
Saturday 7th July 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.20 -
Jury: Tony Blackburn, Dusty Springfield, Britt Ekland, Jonathan King
Hot seat guests: Black Lace
BBC1 Frankie and Johnny Elvis 6.50 -
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
The Undertones -
LWT George Hamilton IV 12.00 -
Sunday 8th July 1979
BBC1 Still Crazy After All These Years 10.35 -
Follow-
LWT The London Weekend Show 2.00 -
NB The Daily Mirror states this edition is about ‘The American Music Scene’
Rock Attitudes -
ITV Come Sunday at Christchurch 6.40 -
Peters & Lee
ITV Song By Song By Dorothy Fields 1.00 -
Millicent Martin, Marian Montgomery
Tyne Tees Check It Out
Sting -
Public Image Limited -
Monday 9th July 1979
BBC1 The Devil’s Music 11.15 -
Hosted by Alexis Korner
Booker White, Houston Stackhouse, Sonny Blake, Sam Chatman
BBC2 Sing Country 9.00 -
Poacher
Billie Jo Spears
Laney Smallwood
Ronnie Milsap
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 7.00 -
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Lulu – Personality, Shout!
Shakin’ Stevens
Joe Brown
Alvin Stardust
Les Gray
Billy Hartman
Freddie Fingers Lee
Johnny Storm
Westward Sounds of Summer 10.36 -
Ralph McTell
Tuesday 10th July 1979
NB An industrial dispute affects some ITV shows
BBC1 Leo Sayer 6.55 -
Thursday 12th July 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Mike Read (who exclaims on the VT countdown clock "Johnny you're wonderful")
Slick -
Siouxsie & The Banshees -
Thom Pace -
The Beach Boys -
The Police -
Rickie Lee Jones -
Stonebridge McGuinness -
Janet Kay -
Public Image Ltd -
Supertramp -
Chantal Curtis -
Thin Lizzy -
Judie Tzuke -
Tubeway Army -
Donna Summer -
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Tony Monopoly
Friday 13th July 1979
BBC1 The Marti Caine Show 8.15 -
Gerrard Kenny
Granada Paul 4.45 -
Paul Nicholas
Marianne Faithfull
Strawbs
The Boys
The TSDs (dance troupe)
Southern Girl On A Motorcycle 11.45 pm -
Saturday 14th July 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.15 -
Jury: Lorraine Chase, Amii Stewart, Billy Idol, Jimmy Savile
Hot seat guest: Sparks
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.15 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Showaddywaddy
Peters & Lee
Chas & Dave -
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Bonkers! 5.15 -
NB The first of eight compilations shows made up from the twenty-
Hosted by Bob Monkhouse and The Hudson Brothers
Rita Moreno
Scottish Devine Country 11.15 -
Stella Parton
LWT Celebrity Concert 11.45 pm -
Cleo Laine
Sunday 15th July 1979
LWT The London Weekend Show 2.00 -
Rock on Television -
Yorkshire Song by Song by Sheldon Harnick 10.00 -
Millicent Martin
Monday 16th July 1979
BBC1 The Devil’s Music 11.30 -
Laura Dukes, Big Joe Williams
BBC2 Barbara Fairchild Sings Country 9.00 -
Keith Nelson
Roger Brown
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 7.00 -
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Shakin’ Stevens -
Les Gray -
Shakin' Stevens -
Joe Brown -
Fumble -
Don Lang -
The Rockin' Shades -
Johnny Storm -
The Kittens -
Alvin Stardust -
Freddie Fingers Lee -
Les Gray / Shakin' Stevens / Don Lang / Joe Brown / Alvin Stardust -
Westward Sounds Of Summer 10.36 -
Marian Montgomery
Tuesday 17th July 1979
BBC1 Leo Sayer 6.55 -
Wednesday 18th July 1979
BBC1 The Music Makers 11.15 pm -
Dave Brubeck
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Dire Straits -
The Police -
Thursday 19th July 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
The Sex Pistols -
The Real Thing -
Dave Edmunds -
Donna Summer -
Darts -
UK Subs -
The Pretenders -
The Knack -
Sparks -
Boomtown Rats -
The Dooleys -
The Korgis -
Abba -
Tubeway Army -
Chic -
BBC2 The School Prom 8.00 -
Concert from The Royal Albert Hall, London with Rick Wakeman
Granada What's On 10.30 -
Joy Division -
Friday 20th July 1979
Thames Paul 4.50 -
Paul Nicholas
Andy Gibb
Jimmy Cliff -
Tonight
The TSDs (dance troupe)
Scottish The Best Disco In Town 5.15 -
Jimmy St John
Mr Super Bad
Grace Kennedy
The McLean Sisters
Jamie Michael Stewart
Fiona Kennedy
Scott Tyler
Susan Childe
Tommy Truesdale
Kristine
Tiger Tim
Megg Nichol
Arty Trucker Dancers
LWT The Space Movie 7.30 -
Music by Mike Oldfield
Saturday 21st July 1979
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.25 -
From Bruges, Belgium
Hosted by Jeane Manson
Amii Stewart
Boney M
Patrick Hernandez
BBC1 The Captain and Tennille Songbook 10.30 -
Captain and Tennille
Ella Fitzgerald
Glen Campbell
BBC2 Marion Montgomery and Richard Rodney Bennett 7.30 -
ATV Bonkers! 5.15 -
The Hudson Brothers
Scottish Devine Country 11.45 pm -
Sidney Devine
Dottsy
Sunday 22nd July 1979
BBC2 Elkie Brooks 10.15 -
Southern Come Sunday at Christchurch 6.40 -
Vince Hill
Monday 23rd July 1979
NB An industrial dispute affects some ITV shows
BBC1 Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music part one 8.10 -
BBC1 The Devil’s Music part three 11.20 -
Big Joe Williams, Henry Townsend, Victoria Spivey, James Deshay
BBC2 Pete Sayers Sings Country 9.00 -
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 7.00 -
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Johnny Storm -
Les Gray & The Kittens -
Shakin' Stevens -
Joe Brown -
Alvin Stardust -
Cats and Kittens -
Freddie Fingers Lee -
Alvin Stardust and Joe Brown -
Les Gray and a Kitten -
The Kittens -
Billy Hartman -
The Kittens -
The Cats -
Les Gray -
Billy Hartman -
The Kittens -
Les Gray -
The Kittens -
Les Gray and a Kitten -
Shakin' Stevens -
Westward Sounds of Summer 10.36 -
content unknown
Border Sounds Of The New Seekers
The New Seekers
Tuesday 24th July 1979
BBC1 Leo Sayer 6.55 -
Southern Runaround 4.20 -
Light Of The World
Wednesday 25th July 1979
BBC1 Lena’s Music 9.35 -
Lena Martell
Gerrard Kenny
The Dooley’s
Flip Colby’s Ruby Flipper
ITV Ain’t Misbehavin’ 8.00 -
Excerpts from West End stage show about the life and songs of Fats Waller
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Hosted by Den Heggarty
The Clash -
The Tom Robinson Band
Thursday 26th July 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
NB The 800th show, and Whole Lotta Love returns as the theme for a one-
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Theme. Whole Lotta Love (plays over Top 30 chart run down)
Showaddywaddy -
Judie Tzuke -
Buzzcocks -
ELO -
The Undertones -
Supertramp -
Telex -
Patrick Hernandez -
Cliff Richard -
The Police -
Spyro Gyra -
Boomtown Rats -
Rickie Lee Jones -
BBC2 Tonight In Person 11.20 pm -
Tom Waits
Thames Quick on the Draw 3.50 -
Lynsey De Paul
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Penetration
The Showbiz Kids
Granada What’s On 10.30 -
Lulu -
Alan Price -
Wilma Reading -
Dean Friedman -
Friday 27th July 1979
Granada Paul 4.50 -
Paul Nicholas
Andy Forray
Roy Hill
Thin Lizzy
The Terri Scoble Dancers
Saturday 28th July 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.15 -
Jury: Mike Batt, Patti Boulaye, Bob Geldof, Mike Read
Host seat guests: Dollar, Jimmy Pursey
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.25 -
From Blackpool
Hosted by Peter Powell
ATV Bonkers! 5.15 -
The Hudon Brothers
Paul Williams
Scottish Devine Country 11.40 pm -
Sidney Devine
Gloria
Monday 30th July 1979
NB Industrial action will effect ITV programmes this week
BBC1 Frank Sinatra. A Man And His Music part two 8.10 -
BBC1 Good Evening Salford 11.00 -
Arlene Phillips’ Hot Gossip
BBC1 The Devil’s Music 11.40 pm -
Billy Boy Arnold, Fenton Robinson, Joe Carter, Good Rockin’ Charles and The Aces
BBC2 Ronnie Prophet Sings Country 9.00-
BBC Cymru/Wales Twndish
Adam & The Ants -
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 7.00 -
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Les Gray -
Johnny Storm -
Freddie Fingers Lee -
The Cats -
Fumble -
Joe Brown and The Kittens -
Alvin Stadust -
Freddie Fingers Lee -
Billy Hartman & The Kittens -
Fumble -
Les Gray & The Kittens -
Joe Brown -
The Rockin' Shades -
Alvin Stardust -
The Kittens -
Shakin' Stevens -
Billy Hartman, Alvin Stardust and cast -
Tuesday 31st July 1979
Grampian The Entertainers 3.50 -
Grace Kennedy
Wednesday 1st August 1979
BBC1 Lena’s Music 9.25 -
Lena Martell
Johnny Nash
Airwaves
plus dance troupe Ruby Flipper
Thursday 2nd August 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Dooleys -
Sham 69 -
The Olympic Runners -
The Korgis -
Abba -
B.A.Robertson -
Dave Edmunds -
Earth Wind & Fire -
Sparks -
The Special A.K.A. -
Darts -
The Gibson Brothers -
The Boomtown Rats -
Patrick Hernadez -
Friday 3rd August 1979
Granada Paul 4.50 -
Paul Nicholas
Darts
Bob James
Bonnie Tyler
The Terri Scoble Dancers
Tyne Tees Alright Now 5.15 -
Dire Straits
The Police
Saturday 4th August 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.15 -
Jury: Jimmy Pursey, Billy Connolly, Judie Tzuke, Rick Wakeman
Host seat guests: Starjets
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.05 -
From Poole
Hosted by Peter Powell
Cliff Richard – We Don’t Talk Anymore, & Cilla Black – Love Is
Cilla Black – I’ll Go Where The Music Takes Me, Bright Eyes, Tomorrow
ATV Bonkers! 7.00 -
Elaine Paige
Scottish Devine Country 11.45 pm -
Sydney Devine
Dotty
The Chanter Sisters
Sunday 5th August 1979
LWT Doctors and Nurses 3.30 -
The Pop Star
The staff have to deal with a pop star patient
Granada Screenplay: Talent 9.30 -
Musical play written and co-
Monday 6th August 1979
NB Industrial action was likely to effect ITV programmes this week.
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 7.00 -
Hosted by Billy Hartman
Johnny Storm -
Joe Brown and Alvin Stardust -
Les Gray and Fumble -
The Oh Boy Boogie Band -
Joe Brown -
Freddie Fingers Lee -
The Rockin' Shades -
The Kittens -
Shakin' Stevens -
Les Gray -
Alvin Stardust -
The Kittens -
Joe Brown -
Alvin Stardust -
Ensemble -
NB a plug for the show's LP is made at the end
Tuesday 7th August 1979
NB Thames, Southern, Ulster did not broadcast at all today, while Harlech went off the air at 6.00 p.m. Andy Williams was turned away from the Elstree Studios as he arrived to record a Muppet Show appearance.
Wednesday 8th August 1979
BBC1 Where Are They Now 7.10 -
Ruby Murray
BBC1 Lena’s Music 9.25 -
Lena Martell
Kandidate
Ruby Flipper (dance troupe)
HTV About Britain 3.20 -
"I Think We'll Call You Georgie Fame..."
Documentary about Georgie Fame
Thames Cilla 8.00 -
Cilla Black -
includes a sketch featuring Cilla Black and Frankie Howerd in a punk group
Thursday 9th August 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Ian Dury and The Blockheads -
Kandidate -
Cliff Richard -
The Flying Lizards -
Showaddywaddy -
Me & You -
ELO -
Spyro Gyra -
The Merton Parkas -
Joe Jackson -
The Angelic Upstarts -
Judie Tzuke -
The Boomtown Rats -
ABBA -
BBC1 Glen Campbell Back To Basics 10.55 -
Glen Campbell
Seals and Crofts
Brenda Lee
Westward Sounds Of Summer 10.36 -
Catheine Howe
Friday 10th August 1979
BBC1 The Des O'Connot Show 8.10 -
Patti Boulaye
Granada Paul 4.50 -
Paul Nicholas
Leo Sayer
Steve Gibbons Band
The Teri Scoble Dancers
Tyne Tees Alright Now 5.15 -
The Clash
The Tom Robinson Band
Saturday 11th August 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.15 -
Jury: Tina Charles, Kenny Everett, Lesley Judd, Sting
Hot seat guests: Chas & Dave
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.25 -
From Blankenberge, Belgium
Hosted by Peter Powell
Plastic Bertrand
Amanda Lear
Erruption
The Gibson Brothers
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Bonkers! 5.30 -
Cleo Laine
Granada Rockpile -
Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe and Rockpile
Scottish Devine Country 11.40 pm -
Sidney Devine
Gloria
Monday 13th August 1979
NB The ITV dispute continues, so it is unlikely that any of the ITV programmes listed until further notice were actually broadcast. The ITV strike did not however effect Channel Television.
BBC2 Poacher Sings Country 9.00 -
ATV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 5.15 -
content unknown
Wednesday 15th August 1979
BBC1 Where Are They Now? 7.10 -
Twinkle
BBC1 Lena’s Music 9.25 -
Lena Martell
Racey
The Gordon Giltrap Band
Ruby Flipper (dance troupe)
Thames The Big Top Variety Show 8.00 -
Charles Aznavour
Guys n Dolls
Grampian The Entertainers
Georgie Fame
Thursday 16th August 1979
BBC Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Mike Read
NB broadcast cancelled and replaced with a repeat of 2nd August 1979
BBC1 Roger Whittaker: All My Best 10.55 -
NB Filmed in Canada
David Gates
Grampian The Entertainers 11.30 pm -
Spookey
Friday 17th August 1979
BBC1 Des O’Connor Tonight 8.10 -
The Three Degrees
BBC2 Seven To One 8.05 -
Bob Geldof interviewed by seven women
LWT Kill Me Tomorrow movie with Tommy Steele
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Eric Burdon
Thin Lizzy
Junco Partners
Scottish The Best Disco in Town 5.15 -
Tiger Tin, Susan Childe, Celena Duncan, The McLean Sisters, Jimmy St John, Jamie Michael Stewart, Scott Tyler, BT Trucker
ITV The Liberace Show (repeat)
Debbie Reynolds
Saturday 18th August 1979
BBC1 Juke Box Jury 6.10 -
Jury: Dave Bartram (Showaddywaddy), Keith Chegwin, Dana, Bonnie Tyler
Host seat guests: Pan’s People
BBC1 Paradise Hawaiian Style 6.40 -
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.10 -
From Blackpool
Hosted by Peter Powell
Bernie Flint
Dollar
The Dooleys
Granada The Mersey Pirate 10.30 am -
content unknown
ITV World Of Sport 12.30 -
George Harrison -
ATV Bonkers! 5.15 -
The Hudson Brothers
Petula Clark
Anglia The Jazz Series 11.40 pm -
content unknown
Monday 20th August 1979
NB Channel TV is the only ITV station operating due to industrial action
BBC2 Larry Gatlin Sings Country 9.00 -
BBC2 Best of Brass 10.15 -
Peter Skellern on judging panel
Wednesday 22nd August 1979
BBC1 Lena’s Music 9.25 -
Lena Martell
Dollar
The Shadows
Ruby Flipper (dance troupe)
Thames The Big Top Variety Show (schedulued but not broadcast)
Lulu
Grampian The Entertainers (schedulued but not broadcast)
Patsy Gallant
Thursday 23rd August 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Sister Sledge -
The Jam -
Boney M -
Joe Jackson -
Racey -
Flying Lizards -
Bill Lovelady -
Roxy Music -
The Planets -
Showaddywaddy -
Randy Vanwarmer -
Spyro Gyra -
Cliff Richard -
The Crusaders with Randy Crawford -
BBC1 Goldie 10.55 -
Goldie Hawn special with Shaun Cassidy
Channel The Roger Whittaker Show 7.00 – 7.30 pm
Friday 24th August 1979
BBC1 Let's Make Love 10.50 pm -
Tyne Tees Alright Now (schedulued but not broadcast)
Goldie
Ian Dury
Border The Sound Of... (schedulued but not broadcast)
Vince Hill
Saturday 25th August 1979
BBC1 Seaside Special 8.20 -
From The Isle of Man
Hosted by Petula Clark
The Wurzels
Iris Williams
Monday 27th August 1979 Bank Holiday
BBC1 Arena: My Way 11.30 pm -
BBC2 Joe Ely Sings Country 9.15 -
Wednesday 29th August 1979
BBC1 It’s A Celebrity Knockout 8.10 -
Anita Harris
Tyne Tees Alright Now! (schedulued but not broadcast)
Lindisfarne
Thames The Big Top Variety Show 8.00 -
Brotherhood of Man
Grampian The Entertainers 11.45 pm -
The Wurzels
Thursday 30th August 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
The Bellamy Brothers -
Secret Affair -
Dollar -
Nick Lowe -
Sister Sledge -
The Gibson Brothers -
Gary Numan -
B.A.Robertson -
The Commodores -
The Special A.K.A. -
Johnny Mathis -
The Stranglers -
Cliff Richard -
Boney M -
BBC2 Skellern 10.20 -
Peter Skellern
Kevin Peek
Tyne Tees Sounds of Britain (schedulued but not broadcast)
What A Fettle!
Threefold
Anne Norman
Marian Aitchison
Jenny Openshaw
Friday 31st August 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
Kate Bush on Tour feature
BBC1 Des O’Connor Tonight 7.20 -
Val Doonican
Tyne Tees Alright Now (schedulued but not broadcast)
Eric Burdon
Thin Lizzy
Junco Partners
Scottish The Best Disco in Town 5.15 -
Tiger Tim, Susan Childe, Celena Duncan, The McLean Sisters, Jimmy St John, Jamie Michael Stewart, Scott Tyler, RT Trucker
Saturday 1st September 1979
BBC1 Seaside Special 7.25 -
From Poole
Hosted by Peter Powell
Amii Stewart
Candlewick Green
Sunday 2nd September 1979
BBC1 Orion 4.435 -
Musical play
BBC2 Fifty Years Of Country Music 8.55 -
Hosted by Glen Campbell
Ray Charles
Tammy Wynette
Crystal Gayle
Dolly Parton
Loretta Lynn
Larry Gatlin
Merle Haggard
Bob Willis & His Texas Playboys
Wednesday 5th September 1979
BBC2 Sing Country Extra 9.25 -
Crystal Gayle
Tammy Wynette
Ronnie Prophet
Conway Twitty
Terri Hollowell (replacing Mickey Newbury)
Thursday 6th September 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
Frantique -
The Ruts -
Randy Vanwarmer -
Madness -
Roxy Music -
The Crusaders with Randy Crawford -
ELO -
The Bellamy Brothers -
Racey -
Bill Lovelady -
Boney M -
Cliff Richard -
The Flying Lizards -
Friday 7th September 1979
BBC2 Talking Pictures 8.10 -
The making of The Who Quadrophenia with Sting, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle
Saturday 8th September 1979
BBC1 Seaside Special 7.30 -
From The Isle of Man
Hosted by Peter Powell
Boney M
Ruby Winters
Monday 10th September 1979
BBC1 That’ll Be The Day 9.25 -
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.15 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 Fifty Years Of Country Music 9.50 -
Hosted by Dolly Parton
Loretta Lynn
Larry Gatlin
Merle Haggard
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Tuesday 11th September 1979
BBC1 Frank Sinatra. A Man And His Music 10.50 -
Ella Fitzgerald, Antonio Carlos Jobim
BBC2 James Last In London 10.15 -
Thursday 13th September 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Nick Lowe -
The Commodores -
Frantique -
Gary Numan -
Secret Affair -
Gerry Rafferty -
Dollar -
Squeeze -
Johnny Mathis -
UK Subs -
Cliff Richard -
The Stranglers -
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings 9.20 -
Tin Pan Alley songs
Saturday 15th September 1979
BBC2 Something Else 6.35 -
The Jam -
John Cooper-
Joy Division -
Tony Wilson & Steven Morris (Joy Division) talk about playlists with Paul Burnett of Radio One
Monday 17th September 1979
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 Fifty Years Of Country Music 9.50 -
Glen Campbell
Dolly Parton
Roy Clark
Johnny Cash
Charlie Rich
Tuesday 18th September 1979
BBC1 Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing 10.50 -
BBC2 James Last Live In London 10.15 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.35 pm -
Introduced by Anne Nightingale
Nils Lofgren at the Gaumont, Ipswich
Keith Don't Go, A Fool Like Me, Beggars Day, I Came To Dance, I Don't Want To Talk About It, Back It Up
Wednesday 19th September 1979
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Frankie Vaughan
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.55 -
Thursday 20th September 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Mike Read
Racey -
The Starjets -
Kate Bush -
Madness -
The Bellamy Brothers -
The Jags -
The Tourists -
The Police -
Sad Cafe -
Rainbow -
ELO -
Gary Numan -
Bill Lovelady -
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings 9.20 -
Saloon Songs
BBC2 Something Else 11.30 pm -
Saturday 22nd September 1979
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Show 8.30 -
The Nolans (regulars)
BBC1 Michael Parkinson Meets Tommy Steele 11.00 pm -
Monday 24th September 1979
BBC1 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 Madeline Bell 10.40 -
Tuesday 25th September 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.45 -
Introduced by Anne Nightingale
Rickie Lee Jones in concert, Dominion Theatre, London, 9th September 1979
Young Blood, Weasel And The Whiteboys Cool, Easy Money, Chuck E's In Love, Danny's All Star Joint
Wednesday 26th September 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.55 -
Thursday 27th September 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Blondie -
Frantique -
Errol Dunkley -
The Skids -
The Dooleys -
Michael Jackson -
John Du Cann -
Dave Edmunds -
Al Hudson & Partners -
Status Quo -
The Nolans -
The Police -
Buggles -
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings 9.00 -
Songs of Broadway
Friday 28th September 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.50 -
Georgie Fame
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning 11.10 pm -
NB The regular dance troupe Sponooch was led by Carol Fletcher, ex-
Hosted by Ned Sherrin
Linda Lewis – The Moon and I
Saturday 29th September 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Buggles
BBC1 Shirley Bassey 8.20 -
Does Anyone Miss Me, Copacabana (At The Copa), Just The Way You Are, You You Romeo, I (Who Have Nothing), You Never Done it Like That, If I Never Sing Another Song, I Capricorn, Love Is In The Air
Sal Davis -
The Three Degrees -
The Three Degrees & Shirley Bassey -
Dana -
Sunday 30th September 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.25 -
Linda Lewis
BBC2 The Magic Christian 11.25 pm -
Monday 1st October 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.15 -
From Tiffany's, Nottingham
Linda Lewis – Save The Last Dance
The Olympic Runners – The Bitch, Disco Smash
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Manhattan Transfer
Tuesday 2nd October 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.50 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Specials -
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes -
Joe Jackson -
The Police -
The Pop -
Wednesday 3rd October 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 6.55 -
Thursday 4th October 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
Madness -
XTC -
Blondie -
Mtumbe -
Buggles -
Sad Café -
Squeeze -
Kate Bush -
Rainbow -
The Jags -
Lena Martell -
The Police Message In A Bottle (promo clip)
Dave Jensen introduces Andy Peebles, next weeks' host
Nick Lowe -
BBC2 Blankety Blank 7.55 -
Lulu
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings 9.00 -
Songs from the movies
Friday 5th October 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Dollar
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning 11.15 pm -
Hosted by Ned Sherrin
Secret Affair – Let Your Heart Dance
Gerrard Kenny – Punk
Jimmy Pursey -
Saturday 6th October 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Lindisfarne
Dr Hook – Call of the Wild
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Show 8.30 -
The Nolans (regulars)
BBC1 Parkinson 11.25 pm -
Kenny Everett
BBC2 Something Else 6.20 -
The Specials – It’s Up To You, Monkey Man
Linton Kwesi Johnson
George O’Dowd (Boy George), Martin Degville – interviewed in audience
Sunday 7th October 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
Lina Lewis
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.30 -
Fromm Southampton
Linda Lewis
Monday 8th October 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.32 -
From Royal Pier, Southampton
Linda Lewis
Love Machine
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Manhattan Transfer
Tuesday 9th October 1979
BBC1 Mainstream 10.20 -
Produced by Tony Palmer
John Peel
Elkie Brooks
Ravi Shankar
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.50 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
After the Fire -
Brand X -
Phil Collins -
Yellow Magic Orchestra -
Mick Taylor -
Fleetwood Mac -
Ry Cooder -
Wednesday 10th October 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.35 -
BBC2 Something Else 11.20 pm -
Thursday 11th October 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Andy Peebles
Al Hudson & The Partners -
The Dooleys -
The Headboys -
Michael Jackson -
Chic -
Dr Hook -
Viola Wills -
The Charlie Daniels Band -
Errol Dunkley -
Cats UK -
Dave Edmunds -
Dana -
The Police -
Fleetwood Mac -
BBC1 Blankety Blank 7.55 -
Kenny Everett
BBC1 Play For Today. Long Distance Information 9.25 -
Play about an Elvis Presley fan with Freddie Fingers Lee, Carlo Little, Stuart Colman
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings 9.00 -
Song Stories
Friday 12th October 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Suzi Quatro – She’s In Love With You
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Harold Wilson
Sponooch – dance to Kraftwerk Showroom Dummies
Saturday 13th October 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Racey
Dana
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.30 -
NB New co-
The Dooleys
BBC1 Shirley Bassey 8.15 -
Shirley Bassey -
Tony Monopoly -
Freddie Cole -
Sunday 14th October 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.30 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Rising Stars 5.05 -
NB Talent show
Dee Anne -
Sam -
Carol Paul Santanna -
The Horace Smith Band -
Monday 15th October 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.25 -
From Scamps, Bradford
Linda Lewis
Ritz
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 Ray Charles’ World of Music 10.35 -
NB The bandleader, not the singer
ITV 10cc Greatest Hits TV advert
Tuesday 16th October 1979
BBC1 Mainstream 10.20 -
The Spinners’ 21st anniversary
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.50 -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Live Wire -
The Motels -
Philip Rambow -
Wednesday 17th October 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.30 -
BBC1 Parkinson 11.02 pm -
Sky
Thursday 18th October 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
Earth Wind and Fire -
Suzi Quatro -
Sad Cafe -
Abba -
New Musik -
Lena Martell -
The Undertones -
Fleetwood Mac -
The Jags -
The Ramblers -
XTC -
The Selecter -
Buggles -
The Sex Pistols -
BBC2 Tony Bennett Sings 9.00 -
Tony’s Songs
Friday 19th October 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning 11.35 pm -
Hosted by Harold Wilson
Dean Friedman
Saturday 20th October 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
The Selecter
Tommy Steele
Debbie Harry
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.45 -
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Show 8.30 -
The Nolans (regulars)
BBC (Scotland) Cameron On Camera
Lulu
Sunday 21st October 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.25 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Rising Stars 5.00 -
Space Oddity (group)
Faloon and Egan (guitars)
Mandy Deerling -
Greg McKenzie -
Norma Jean -
The Holloway Twins -
The Paul Brooks Band -
Monday 22nd October 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.30 -
From Valentino's, Paisley
Linda Lewis – I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You
Liquid Gold – Electricity
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Manhattan Transfer
Tuesday 23rd October 1979
BBC1 Mainstream 10.20 -
NB Producer Tony Palmer only lasted for the first two editions
Live from Roniie Scott's club, London
George Melly
no The Old Grey Whistle Test
Wednesday 24th October 1979
NB ITV returns to a full service from 5.45 pm with the News. For the next few days the ITV network will provide the same programming schedule for all areas. A special song "welcome home to ITV" was played before the news, later spoofed by Tiswas.
ITV The Muppet Show 6.05 -
Dudley Moore
Thursday 25th October 1979
NB ITV begins transmission at 1.00 pm
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Peter Powell
The Selecter -
The Specials with Rico -
Viola Wills -
Queen -
Cats UK -
Charlie Daniels Band -
Chic -
Dr Hook -
Iris Williams -
The Dooleys -
Janet Brown -
Errol Dunkley -
Lena Martell -
Abba -
Friday 26th October 1979
NB ITV begins transmission at 9.30 am
BBC1 Open House at Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Vera Lynn
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
ITV Jack Good’s Oh Boy! 5.15 -
Saturday 27th October 1979
NB Some of the ITV regions begin to offer their own programming
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
The Euroswap comes from Dusseldorf
The Boomtown Rats
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.30 -
Erroll Dunkley
Clodagh Rodgers
BBC1 Shirley Bassey 8.15 -
Shirley Bassey -
The Drifters -
Lulu -
Demis Roussos -
Sunday 28th October 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.30 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Rising Stars 5.05 -
Tomfoolery (group)
Helen Foster (singer)
Stuart Gasston (singer)
Julie Royce (singer) NB had appeared on Pebble Mill Showcase in 1978
Kylie Brown (singer)
BBC2 Pete Seeger On the Hudson 9.30 -
LWT Muhammed Ali's Greatest Hits 10.15 -
Joe Brown, Patti Boulaye in the audience
Monday 29th October 1979
NB The ITV network goes back to regional independence
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
The Moody Blues article
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.32 -
From Brixton, London
Linda Lewis – Rock A Doodle Doo
Light Of The World
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
BBC2 The Two Ronnies 8.20 -
The Manhattan Transfer
BBC2 The Mathis Collection repeat 10.25 -
Thames Minder 9.00 -
Theme written by Dennis Waterman and Gerrard Kenney
Tuesday 30th October 1979
BBC1 Mainstream 10.,20 -
The Charlie Daniels Band – Passing Lane, The Devil Went Down To Georgia
BBC2 The Mike Harding Show 10.15 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Landscape -
Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club -
UK Subs -
Tom Verlaine -
The A's -
HTV Georgie Fame and Company 3.45 – 4.15 pm
Wednesday 31st October 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.30 -
BBC2 The Mathis Collection part two repeat 9.35 -
Thames Lingalongasmax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Thursday 1st November 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.25 -
Hosted by Mike Read
Sad Cafe -
Sparks -
The Ramblers -
Darts -
The Jam -
Lene Lovich -
Earth Wind & Fire -
Thin Lizzy -
Suzi Quatro -
B.A.Robertson -
Lena Martell -
Fleetwood Mac -
BBC2 The Police 6.00 -
Repeat of Rock Goes To College
Friday 2nd November 1979
BC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Tim Rice
Elaine Paige
George Martin
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Crystal Gayle
ITN News at Ten 10.00 -
Mick Jagger divorce
Tyne Tees Alright Now
Hosted by Den Hegarty
The Who special
Saturday 3rd November 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
content unknown
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.35 -
Petula Clark – I Could Have Given You More
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Show 8.20 -
The Nolans (regulars)
BBC2 Something Else 5.40 -
Siouxsie and The Banshees -
plus two local bands
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
NB After each commercial break they play their own version of the "welcome home to ITV" song
Steve Harley -
ABBA -
Darts -
The Specials -
ELO -
Bev Bevan -
Queen -
Southern The Saturday Banana 10.30 am -
content unknown
ITV Rockpile -
ITV Action Games advert with Kenny Everett voice over
Sunday 4th November 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.30 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Rising Stars 5.05 -
Julie Byrne Country Band (group)
Roger Green (singer)
Vicki Lester (singer)
Jan Lesley (singer)
Jeep (group)
BBC2 James Galway In Japan 8.05 -
Isao Tomita
LWT The Monkees 11.30 am -
LWT Rockpile -
Monday 5th November 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.30 -
From Swansea
Linda Lewis
Hi Tension – Shining Bright
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
BBC2 The Magic of Dance 7,.20 -
Including Sammy Davis Jr
BBC2 Dana 8.20 -
In concert performance
Yorkshire Pro-
Joe Brown
Tuesday 6th November 1979
BBC1 Mainstream 10.05 -
Human League – The Path of Least Resistance, Empire State Human
BBC2 The Mike Harding Show 10.15 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
NB Recorded at Shepperton Studios
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Damned-
The Cars -
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -
Angletrax -
Screams -
HTV Georgie Fame and Company 3.45 -
Wednesday 7th November 1979
BBC1 Pebble Mill 1.00 -
Star Chef -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.30 -
BBC2 Something Else 10.55 -
Granada Live From Two
Leo Sayer -
Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Dusty Springfield
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves sings songs from 1929
Thursday 8th November 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
Kool and The Gang -
Matchbox -
Iris Williams -
Dr.Hook -
Madness -
The Commodores -
The Specials with Rico -
Abba -
Dan I -
Herb Alpert -
Herb Alpert (with trumpet) chats to host
Queen -
Sham 69 -
The Selecter -
Lena Martell -
Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand -
BBC1 Blankety Blank 7.55 -
Lulu
BBC1 Play For Today: Just A Boys Game 9.25 -
Play with Frankie Miller
BBC1 Sinatra 11.12 pm -
Frank Sinatra 1969 special
BBC2 Pete Sayer Sings Country 9.00 -
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe 10.15 -
Barbara Dixon
ITV Best Sellers: Top of the Hill 9.00 -
drama with Sonny Bono
Friday 9th November 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Dana
Rex Smith
BBC2 The Jacksons 8.10 -
Live at The Rainbow, London
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning 11.25 pm -
NB This is the infamous edition where John Cleese and Michael Palin try to defend Monty Python's Life Of Brian to the Bishop of Southwick and Malcolm Muggeridge
Hosted by Tim Rice
The Blues Band – Boom Boom
Tyne Tees Alright Now 5.15 -
Young Buck
Chris Rea
Saturday 10th November 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 -
Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Abba)
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.30 -
Linda Lewis
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra
BBC1 Shirley Bassey 8.15 -
Shirley Bassey -
Third World & Shirley Bassey -
The Nolan Sisters -
Les Dawson & Shirley Bassey -
Southern The Saturday Banana 10.30 am -
content unknown
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Cliff Richard -
Sunday 11th November 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.50 am -
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.25 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Rising Stars 5.00 -
Malcolm Sent & The Timoneers (group)
Patti Sommers (singer)
Tony Rome (singer)
Debbie Winter (singer)
Golden Brandy (group)
Monday 12th November 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.37 pm -
From Birkenhead
Linda Lewis
The Real Thing
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.01 -
BBC2 Rhythm On 2: Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band 10.20 -
Yorkshire Pro-
Joe Brown
Tuesday 13th November 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
The Skids -
The Police -
Herman Brood and His Wild Romance -
Steve Howe -
HTV Georgie Fame and Company 3.45 -
Georgie Fame
Tina Charles
Wednesday 14th November 1979
BBC1 Parkinson 10.50 -
Andy Williams
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.30 -
Granada Live From Two 2.00 -
Judie Tzuke -
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Clodagh Rodgers
Thursday 15th November 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Dave Jensen
Dynasty -
The Jam -
Cliff Richard -
Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand -
Thin Lizzy -
The Tourists -
BA Robertson -
Suzi Quatro -
The Moody Blues -
Kool & The Gang -
Secret Affair -
The Ramblers -
Showaddywaddy -
Dr Hook -
The Isley Brothers -
BBC1 Miss World 1979 9.25 -
NB Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent write a new song Who’s It Going To Be? for the occasion, sung by Sacha Distel
BBC1 Max Boyce In Concert 10.30 -
Telephone Bill and The Smooth Operators
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe 11.10 -
Barbara Dickson
Friday 16th November 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
Tyne Tees Alright Now 5.15 -
content unknown
Saturday 17th November 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
content unknown
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.30 -
Four Tops
Alan Price
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Show 8.10 -
The Nolans (regulars)
BBC1 Parkinson 10.40 -
Bette Midler
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Cliff Richard
Southern The Saturday Banana 10.30 am -
content unknown
Sunday 18th November 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.30 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Rising Stars 5.05 -
Sphinx (group)
Cliff Portwood (singer)
Jacqui Scott (singer)
Dianne Carter (singer)
Bruce Ogston (singer)
Biddle and Eve (musical duo)
LWT The Mokees: The Monkees Mind Their Manor 11.30 am -
Monday 19th November 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.20 -
From Club Lafayette, Wolverhampton
Linda Lewis
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
BBC2 Rhythm On Two Barbara Dickson and Her Band 10.20 -
Barbara Dickson
Harvey Andrews
Tuesday 20th November 1979
BBC1 Mainstream 10.10 -
UB40
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Sonny’s Letter
BBC2 The Mike Harding Show 10.15 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Secret Affair -
Alvin Lee’s Ten Years Later -
April Wine -
Ian Hunter with Mick Ronson -
HTV Georgie Fame and Company 3.45 -
Peter Skellern
Linda Lewis
Thames The United Kingdom Disco Final 7.30 -
Compare: Peter Gordeno from the Empire, Leicester Square, London
Wednesday 21st November 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.30 -
Granada Live From Two 2.00 -
B A Robertson -
Peter Skellern
Thames Lingalongamax 7.00 -
Max Bygraves sings songs from 1935
Thursday 22nd November 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
NB Due to industrial action the host appears in voice-
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis
The Whole Lotta Love theme re-
Matchbox -
The Commodores -
The Boomtown Rats -
The Pretenders -
ELO -
Madness -
Queen -
Dynasty -
Herb Alpert -
Gary Numan -
Dan I -
Dr.Hook -
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe (includes repeated material from And Now the Good News 1978 due to industrial action)
(possibly) Barbara Dickson
Friday 23rd November 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC1 Lena Martell In Concert 9.25 -
Tyne Tees Alright Now 5.15 -
content unknown
Saturday 24th November 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop
NB This was scheduled to be a regular live show, but was cancelled and replaced with Rock Garden Party (repeat 29th May 1978)
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.30 -
Rex Smith
BBC1 Shirley Bassey 8.15 -
Shirley Bassey -
Dusty Springfield -
Michel Legrand -
The King's Singers -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
Southern Saturday Banana 10.30 am -
content unknown
Sunday 25th November 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.30 -
Linda Lewis
LWT The Monkees: Some Like It Lukewarm 11.30 am -
Monday 26th November 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.37 pm 12.02 am
From Kirkton Community Cenre, Dundee
Linda Lewis
Rokotto
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
BBC2 Rhythm On Two 10.30 -
Tom Paxton
Granada Granada Reports 6.00 -
Billy Butler interviews Paul & Linda McCartney at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Yorkshire Pro-
Joe Brown
Tuesday 27th November 1979
BBC1 Nationwide 5.55 -
Paul McCartney interview
BBC1 Mainstream 10.15 -
Randy Newman – It’s Money that I Love
American Blues Legends – two songs
BBC2 The Mike Harding Show 10.15 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
Chelsea -
Ellen Foley -
Pink Floyd -
Sting -
Simple Minds -
HTV Georgie Fame and Company 3.45 -
Georgie Fame
Linda Lewis
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
The Boomtown Rats -
Chas and Dave -
Garth Hewitt -
The Tourists -
Casino -
Granada Granada Reports
Wings
Wednesday 28th November 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.30 -
Thames London Night Out 8.00 -
Gerrard Kenny
Granada Live From 2 2.00 -
Richard & Linda Thompson
Thursday 29th November 1979
NB BBC TV shows may be subject to industrial action
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Due to industrial action the host appears in voice-
Hosted by Peter Powell
Michael Jackson -
The Gibson Brothers -
The Police -
The Tourists -
Status Quo -
Blondie -
Thin Lizzy -
Rose Royce -
The Moody Blues -
The Skids -
Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand -
Pink Floyd -
Dr Hook -
The Isley Brothers -
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe 10.30 -
Barbara Dickson
Friday 30th November 1979
NB BBC TV shows may be subject to industrial action
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Iris Williams
Tyne Tees Alright Now 5.15 -
The Steve Gibbons Band
John Hedley
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Kenny Rogers
Saturday 1st December 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Matabaruka
Matchbox
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.30 -
The Three Degrees -
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Show 8.15 -
The Nolans (regulars)
BBC1 Parkinson 10.45 -
Petula Clark, Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricuss
BBC2 Something Else 5.15 -
Rudi
The Undertones
P45
Ex-
BBC2 The Year Of The Child Concert 10.30 -
Oxfam / UNICEF concert at Wembley
Cat Stevens – Daytime, Where Do The Children Play, Father and Son, Morning Has Broken, Child For A Day
David Essex – Rock On, World
Gary Numan -
Sky – Where Opposites Meet pt 4 & 5
The Real Thing – Can You Feel the Force
Wishbone Ash – two songs
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
Southern Saturday Banana 10.30 am -
content unknown
Sunday 2nd December 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
BBC1 Abba in Switzerland 5.35 -
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.25 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Shoestring: Find The Lady 9.20 -
A punk (Toyah Wilcox) hires Eddie Shoestring to search for a missing friend
LWT The Monkees: The Monkees Blow Their Minds 11.30 am -
LWT The Royal Variety Performance 7.45 -
NB Various technical hitches, along with James Mason forgetting his lines led Louis Benjamin, managing director of the Palladium, to tell the Daily Mirror "In my view, the show which should raise about £100,000 for charity, is not one of the best."
Boney M
Bill Haley & The Comets
Amii Stewart
Monday 3rd December 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.30 -
From Castaways 2001, Plymouth
Linda Lewis
Kandidate
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
Tuesday 4th December 1979
BBC1 Mainstream 10.15 -
Matchbox – Rockabilly Rebel, Buzz Buzz A Diddle It
BBC2 The Mike Harding Show 10.15 -
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.35 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
UK -
Judie Tzuke -
John Baldrey -
HTV Georgie Fame and Company 4.45 -
Georgie Fame
Alan Price
Linda Lewis
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Electric Light Orchestra -
Inmates -
Leslie McKeown -
Mike Moran and the Band
The Kidda Band -
Wednesday 5th December 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.30 -
Thames Big Top Variety Show 8.00 -
Lulu
Thames Close 12.20 am -
Vince Hill
Thursday 6th December 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Simon Bates
The Gibson Brothers -
Darts -
Dollar -
UK Subs -
The Three Degrees -
M -
The Stranglers -
Michael Jackson -
Sugarhill Gang -
The Damned -
Storm -
Motorhead -
Marianne Faithfull -
The Police -
Pink Floyd -
BBC1 Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back 11.15 pm -
Frank Sinatra
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe 10.20 -
Barbara Dickson
Dave Swarbick
BBC2 Something Else 11.00 -
Friday 7th December 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Showwaddywaddy
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning 11.20 pm -
The Alberts
Spoonooch (dance troupe)
Andy Williams -
LWT Close 12.20 am
Reading by Vince Hill
Saturday 8th December 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
The Headboys
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.30 -
Child
BBC1 Shirley Bassey 8.15 -
Shirley Bassey -
Swingle Singers -
BBC1 Parkinson 11.00 pm -
Charlie Daniels Band -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Mike Oldfield
The Tourists
Southern Saturday Banana 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT Close 12.30 am
Vince Hill
Sunday 9th December 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.30 -
Linda Lewis
BBC1 Arena: My Way 9.40 -
LWT The Monkees: Mijaceo 11.30 pm -
LWT Close 12.30 am -
Vince Hill
Monday 10th December 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.37 pm -
From El Greco, Londonderry
Linda Lewis
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
BBC2 Rhythm On 2 10.20 -
Catherine Howe
Judie Tzuke
Anglia Brian Connell Interviews 10.30 -
Tim Rice
Tuesday 11th December 1979
BBC1 (West) Mainstream
Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Bristol Hippodrome rehearsal)
BBC2 Jazz From Montreux 9.00 -
BB King
Interview with George Wein
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.30 pm -
Hosted by Anne Nightingale
NB Bob Harris' interview with The Knack would be his last contribution to the original show
Madness -
Jane Aire and The Belvederes -
Eberhard Schoener & Sting -
The Knack -
Gary Numan -
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Maria Morgan -
The Police -
The Pretenders -
Secret Affair -
Mike Moran and the Band
Wednesday 12th December 1979
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 7.30 -
Thames Big Top Variety Show 8.00 -
Guys n Dolls
Charles Aznavour
Granada Live From Two 2.00 -
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers -
Thursday 13th December 1979
BBC1 Pebble Mill At One 1.00 -
The New Seekers -
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.10 -
Hosted by Mike Read
David Bowie -
Fiddlers Dram -
Paul McCartney -
The Tourists -
Abba -
The Beat -
Status Quo -
The Inmates -
Blondie -
Barron Knights -
The Pretenders -
Pink Floyd -
Rose Royce -
BBC2 Premier: Story Without A Hero 8.30 -
Directed by Michael Dolenz
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe 10.20 -
Barbara Dickson
Friday 14th December 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
content unknown
BBC2 Kelly 10.20-
Musical about Tyneside, written by Alan Price for the 1977 Silver Jubilee about HMS Kelly
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
John Denver
Saturday 15th December 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Robin Gibb
BBC1 The Basil Brush Show 5.25 -
The New Seekers
BBC1 John Denver and The Muppets 8.10 -
Christmas special
BBC2 Jazz, Rock and Marriage 9.00 -
Documentary about Barbara Thompson and John Hiseman
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
Southern Saturday Banana 10.30 am -
content unknown
Sunday 16th December 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Info 6.30 -
Linda Lewis
BBC2 Richard Rodgers: The Sound Of His Music 9.50 -
Sammy Davis Jr
Diahann Carroll
Lena Horne
Peggy Lee
Vic Damone
LWT The Monkees: Christmas Show 11.30 am -
Monday 17th December 1979
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 11.30 -
From Reflexions, Middlesborough
Linda Lewis
Central Line
BBC2 Roadshow Info 2.05 -
BBC2 Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia 11.00 -
in concert
Tuesday 18th December 1979
HTV About Britain: ‘I Think We’ll Call You Georgie Fame’ 1.30 -
Georgie Fame
Granada Get It Together 4.15 -
Zoot Alors -
Goldie -
Gerard Kenny -
Racey -
The Tigers -
Thames The World Disco Championships 7.30 -
content unknown
Thames The Users 10.30 pm -
no The Old Grey Whistle Test
Wednesday 19th December 1979
BBC1 Parkinson 10.15 -
Manhattan Transfer
Thames This Is Your Life: Charles Aznavour 7.00 -
Thames Big Top Variety Show 8.00 -
The Brotherhood of Man
Thursday 20th December 1979
BBC1 Blue Peter 5.10 -
Legs and Co dance to Mike Oldfield version of the show's theme
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
Hosted by Jimmy Savile
The Clash -
The Greedies -
The Three Degrees -
The Skids -
Billy Preston & Syreeta -
K.C. & The Sunshine Band -
The Regents -
David Bowie -
Mike Oldfield -
Rose Royce -
The Nolans -
Pink Floyd -
Elvis Presley -
BBC1 Blankety Blank 7.55 -
Kenny Everett
BBC2 Richard Stilgoe And Now the Good News 10.30 -
Barbara Dickson
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 11.10 pm -
Mike Oldfield Exposed (Wembley Conference Centre)
Thames Tommy Steele’s Quincy’s Quest 7.00 -
Written and performed by Tommy Steele
Synthesizers by Dave Stewart (Egg / Barbara Gaskin etc)
Thames Late Night Elkie 11.30 pm -
Elkie Brooks
Friday 21st December 1979
BBC1 Crackerjack 4.55 -
Gene Cotton
BBC1 Perry Como Christmas In Austria 9.25 -
Perry Como
BBC2 Christmas With the Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour 6.10 -
BBC2 Friday Night Saturday Morning 10.50 -
Paul Jones (singer?)
Granada Paul 9.30 -
Granada The Beatles 10.25 -
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Arlo Guthrie
Saturday 22nd December 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Debbie Harry
BBC1 Basil’s Christmas In The Country 5.35 -
Sacha Distel
BBC1 Christmas Snowtime Special 6.35 -
NB probably includes clips from Disco In the Snow 9th April 1979
Abba
Boney M
Leo Sayer
Kate Bush – December Will Be Magic Again
The Jacksons
Bonnie Tyler
BBC2 Something Else 5.10 -
The Skids
The Rezillos
BBC2 Christmas With The Beatles: Help! 6.35 -
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
content unknown
Southern Saturday Banana 10.30 am -
content unknown
LWT The Secret Policeman’s Ball -
Pete Townshend
Tom Robison
Sunday 23rd December 1979
BBC1 The Sunday Gang 9.40 -
Dana
BBC1 Roadshow Disco 10.40 -
BBC2 Christmas With The Beatles: The Beatles At Shea Stadium 5.30 -
LWT Pam Ayres Canadian Christmas 7.45 -
Peter Skellern
LWT The South Bank Show 11.00 pm -
Talking Heads -
Monday 24th December 1979 Christmas Eve
BBC1 Wings Over The World 2.40 -
Paul McCartney & Wings
BBC1 The Val Doonican Music Show
Val Doonican
BBC2 Christmas With The Beatles: Yellow Submarine 5.40 -
BBC2 Alan Price In Concert 10.05 -
Southern A Christmas Runaround 12.30 -
Barbara Dickson -
Thames London Night Out Christmas Special 8.00 -
Petula Clark
The Nolan Sisters
Tuesday 25th December 1979 Christmas Day
BBC1 The Spinners at Christmas 11.15 -
BBC1 Top Of The Pops ‘79 2.00 -
NB There is no audience present
Theme. Whole Lotta Love
Hosted by Dave Jensen, Peter Powell
Boney M -
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Janet Kay -
Gary Numan -
Roxy Music -
Anita Ward -
Buggles -
B.A.Robertson -
Blondie -
M -
The Bee Gees -
Elvis Costello & The Attractions -
Lena Martell -
Squeeze -
Dr Hook -
Blondie -
Tubeway Army -
Racey -
Cliff Richard -
Whole Lotta Love (play out)
BBC1 Blankety Blank 5.50 -
Kenny Everett
BBC1 The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show 7.20 -
Johnny Mathis
BBC2 Christmas With The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night 3.00 -
Yorkshire Beautiful Morning 8.45 -
Burl Ives
ATV Jack Good's Christmas Oh Boy! 1.00 -
Hosted by Billy Hartman
The Oh Boy Cats and Kittens -
Rachel Sweet -
The Oh Boy Cats and Kittens -
Tim Whitnall -
Rachel Sweet -
Shakin' Stevens -
Joe Brown -
Johnny Storm -
Fumble -
Freddie Fingers Lee -
The Kittens -
Shakin' Stevens -
Alvin Stardust -
Rachel Sweet -
Tim Whitnall -
Thames Star Games 2.00 -
Micky Dolenz
ITV Cleo’s Christmas 10.45 -
Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth
Wednesday 26th December 1979 Boxing Day
BBC1 Boxing Night At The Mill 10.35 -
Dana
BBC2 Christmas With The Beatles: Let It Be 5.50 -
Granada Get It Together Christmas Bonanza 9.50 -
Blondie -
Chas and Dave -
Child -
Dave Edmunds & Rockpile -
Sally Oldfield -
Squeeze
Mike Moran and the Band
Thames All-
Anita Harris
Thames The Dick Emery Special 7.45 -
The Three Degrees
Thames Shirley MacLaine at The Lido 10.35 pm -
Tom Jones
Charles Aznavour
Sacha Distel
Thursday 27th December 1979
BBC1 Top Of The Pops 7.20 -
NB Despite the canned applause there is no audience present
Theme. Whole Lotta Love
Hosted by Dave Lee Travis, Mike Read
The Boomtown Rats -
Abba -
The Police -
Village People -
Gloria Gaynor -
Art Garfunkel -
Queen -
The Police -
Village People -
Squeeze -
Blondie -
Pink Floyd -
Whole Lotta Love (play out and end credits)
BBC1 Rising Stars 6.00 -
NB The final was due to be recorded, but the cameramen walked out, so instead of the final being judged the acts put on an impromptu variety show for the audience
Jeep (group)
Julie Byrne Country Band (group)
Roger Green (singer)
Jacqui Scott (singer)
Cliff Portwood (singer)
Tomfoolery (group)
BBC2 Leave Him To Heaven 10.05 -
A musical with Brian Protheroe as Conway, a fifties rock and roll star
ATV Star Concert 11.00 pm -
James Last and his Orchestra
Mireille Mathieu
Katherina Calente
Raffalla Carro
The Bellamy Brothers
Friday 28th December 1979
BBC1 The Best Of Dean Martin 11.30 pm -
Dean Martin
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Louis Armstrong
BBC2 Kate 8.15 -
Kate Bush special with Peter Gabriel
BBC2 The Bobby Bare Music Show 9.35 -
Wichita, Jana Jac, The Hillsiders
BBC2 Something Else 12.05 -
Granada The Solid Gold Top Twenty Show 5.15 -
The biggest selling singles of the last two decades, hosted by Jimmy Pursey
Granada The Beatles 9.30 -
ATV The Muppet Show 7.00 -
Liza Minnelli
Southern 21 Years 10.30 -
Part two: Music Music Music
Southern Television 21st anniversary show in two parts
Tony Blackburn interview -
ATV Count Basie 12.00 -
Saturday 29th December 1979
BBC1 Multi Coloured Swap Shop 9.30 am -
Child
ATV Tiswas 10.30 am -
Joe Jackson
Sunday 30th December 1979
Southern A Winchester Christmas 6.15 -
Dana
ATV Won’t Get Fooled Again 12.00 -
The Who special, hosted by Den Hegarty (of Darts)
Monday 31st December 1979 New Year’s Eve
BBC2 The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.00 -
Blondie at The Apollo, Glasgow
Thames The Jim Davidson Special 7.00 -
The Dooleys
Thames Max With Love 8.00 -
Max Bygraves
Thames Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980 Show? 11.00 pm -
NB Everett wanted to call the special "The Show That Saved You From Andy Stewart"
Roxy Music -
Suzi Quatro – in sketch
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar (Hot Gossip)
The Boomtown Rats – Someone’s Looking At You
Cliff Richard -
The Village People – Sleazy (Hot Gossip)
David Bowie -
The Greedies -
Scottish The Hogmany Show 12.00 -
Lulu
Also This Year
Thames The TV Times Top Ten Awards
Cliff Richard -
BBC1 Pebble Mill
Cliff Richard -
BBC1 Nationwide
Wings in free concert in Liverpool report
ATV Tiswas
Elvis Costello -
ITV Elvis Costello -
BBC1 Nationwide
Gary Glitter -
Thames This Is Your Life. Barry Sheene
George Harrison
BBC1 Blue Peter
Mike Oldfield -
ATV Tiswas
The Specials -
Thames White Light in February
Squeeze -
BBC1 Top Of The Pops
Barclay James Harvest -
The Manhattan Transfer -
BBC1 (West) RPM
The Fans
Writz -
The Spics
Glaxo Babies (but couldn't be introduced as such for legal reasons)
Thames Magpie c.October/November
Madness -