BBC Show of the Week

BBC Show of the Week: Season 1

Premiered Oct 7, 1965
25 episodes

Episodes

1. Satchmo

Oct 7, 1965

A chronicle of the musical career of Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong, using clips of the jazz trumpeter/singer's performances as well as interviews with him and fellow musicians. During this program, the following aspects of Armstrong's life are explored: his formative years in New Orleans; his world tour from 1955 to 1956; how he spends his free nights while on tour; and his visit to the Gold Coast of Africa.
2. Peter Nero in Person

Oct 14, 1965
3. Max Bygraves Entertains

Nov 4, 1965
4. Count Basie and His Orchestra

Nov 11, 1965
5. Ella Fitzgerald Swings It

Nov 25, 1965
6. Presenting Peter Nero

Dec 9, 1965
7. The Road to the Isles

Dec 16, 1965
8. Shelley Berman

Jan 4, 1966
9. Jim and the Night and the Music

Jan 18, 1966
10. The Sound of Shirley Bassey

Jan 22, 1966
11. Joyce Greenfall

Jan 25, 1966
12. Norman Vaughan

Feb 1, 1966
13. An Evening with Petula Clark

Feb 8, 1966
14. The Dickie Henderson Show

Mar 1, 1966
15. Larry Adler Meets Les Compagnons de la Chanson

Mar 8, 1966
16. Woody Herman and His Orchestra

Mar 15, 1966
17. The Vikki Carr Show

Mar 22, 1966
18. Pat Boone

Mar 29, 1966
19. Cliff Richard and the Shadows

Apr 5, 1966
20. Marlene Dietrich Sings

Apr 12, 1966
21. In All Directions

Apr 26, 1966

Peter Ustinov and Peter Jones play themselves as two characters in a London car journey failing to find a location known as Copthorne Avenue. Ustinov and Jones also portrayed various characters they meet on the journey, from which much of the show's comedy was derived. The show was improvised on tape and then edited for broadcast by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, who also sometimes took part.
22. Bruce Forsyth

May 3, 1966
23. Nina and Frederick

May 10, 1966
24. Roy Hudd

May 17, 1966
25. 'Ere's 'Olloway

May 24, 1966

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