TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
More of a direct successor to Lift Off With Ayshea than any of the other Muriel Young
produced Granada tea-
As per usual with tea time pop shows, pop stars both big and small appeared on the
show. Trying to reintroduce themselves to a British audience T Rex appeared on the
27th April 1977 show performing Soul of My Suit which probably gave the producer
the idea of approaching Marc Bolan for his own show later in the year. The first
series finished, giving way to repeats of the Bay City Rollers' Shang-
The show returned in December 1977 and although the show wasn't expected to feature anything like punk, it gave airtime to Eddie & The Hod Rods, Radio Stars and The Motors, but on 27th December 1977 there was a special, Get it Together with the Bay City Rollers, unwisely perhaps giving the show to a band who were at the time something of a cultural embarrassment.
On 11th November 1980 the show gave Britain it's first look at U2, later to become the world's biggest band.
In late 2017 Les McQueen of Creme Brulee mentioned that he had been on the un-
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