Season 1 (1965)
Episodes: 25
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Satchmo
Air Date: 1965-10-07
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.
Ep.2 Peter Nero in Person
Air Date: 1965-10-14
Ep.3 Max Bygraves Entertains
Air Date: 1965-11-04
Ep.4 Count Basie and His Orchestra
Air Date: 1965-11-11
Ep.5 Ella Fitzgerald Swings It
Air Date: 1965-11-25
Ep.6 Presenting Peter Nero
Air Date: 1965-12-09
Ep.7 The Road to the Isles
Air Date: 1965-12-16
Ep.8 Shelley Berman
Air Date: 1966-01-04
Ep.9 Jim and the Night and the Music
Air Date: 1966-01-18
Ep.10 The Sound of Shirley Bassey
Air Date: 1966-01-22
Ep.11 Joyce Greenfall
Air Date: 1966-01-25
Ep.12 Norman Vaughan
Air Date: 1966-02-01
Ep.13 An Evening with Petula Clark
Air Date: 1966-02-08
Ep.14 The Dickie Henderson Show
Air Date: 1966-03-01
Ep.15 Larry Adler Meets Les Compagnons de la Chanson
Air Date: 1966-03-08
Ep.16 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Air Date: 1966-03-15
Ep.17 The Vikki Carr Show
Air Date: 1966-03-22
Ep.18 Pat Boone
Air Date: 1966-03-29
Ep.19 Cliff Richard and the Shadows
Air Date: 1966-04-05
Ep.20 Marlene Dietrich Sings
Air Date: 1966-04-12
Ep.21 In All Directions
Air Date: 1966-04-26
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.
Ep.22 Bruce Forsyth
Air Date: 1966-05-03
Ep.23 Nina and Frederick
Air Date: 1966-05-10
Ep.24 Roy Hudd
Air Date: 1966-05-17