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Season 1

25 episodes · 1965

  1. 1Satchmo

    07 Oct 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. 8Shelley Berman

    04 Jan 1966

  3. 11Joyce Greenfall

    25 Jan 1966

  4. 12Norman Vaughan

    01 Feb 1966

  5. 17The Vikki Carr Show

    22 Mar 1966

  6. 18Pat Boone

    29 Mar 1966

  7. 21In All Directions

    26 Apr 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.

  8. 22Bruce Forsyth

    03 May 1966

  9. 23Nina and Frederick

    10 May 1966

  10. 24Roy Hudd

    17 May 1966

  11. 25'Ere's 'Ollowayfinale

    24 May 1966