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Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961 – 1966)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

^{(1961 – 1966)}

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April 1st, 1961

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Thank Your Lucky Stars was a British television pop music show made by ABC Television, and broadcast on ITV from 1961 to 1966. Many of the top bands performed on it, and for millions of British teenagers it was essential viewing. As well as featuring British artists, it often included American guest stars.

It would appear from the surviving footage that the bands mimed their latest 45. Occasionally a band was allowed to do two numbers, and if you were pop royalty like The Beatles or The Rolling Stones you could do four numbers.

Audience participation was a strong feature of Thank Your Lucky Stars, and the Spin-a-Disc section, where a guest DJ and three teenagers reviewed three singles, is a very well remembered feature of the show. Generally American singles were reviewed. It was on this section that Janice Nicholls appeared. She was a former office clerk from the English Midlands who became famous for the catchphrase "Oi'll give it foive" which she said with a strong Black Country accent. After she was dropped from the show she trained as a chiropodist and ran a practice in Hednesford in Staffordshire. Billy Butler was another reviewer and dozens of teenagers had their fifteen minutes of fame on the show.

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Cast

Brian Matthew
Self - Host
Janice Nicholls
Self
Jim Dale
Self - Host
Pete Murray
Self - Host
Adam Faith
Self
Mark Wynter
Self
Billy Fury
Self
Keith Fordyce
Self - Host
The Shadows
Themselves
Petula Clark
Self
Full cast & crew

Directors

Peter Frazer-Jones
(13 episodes, 1966)
Milo Lewis
(5 episodes, 1966)
Philip Jones
(4 episodes, 1961-1963)
Full cast & crew

Producers

Philip Jones
producer
(2 episodes, 1963)
Peter Frazer-Jones
producer
(1 episode, 1966)
Keith Beckett
producer
(unknown episodes)
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Keywords

non fiction
pop music
partially lost tv series

Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

April 1st, 1961 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Alternative Titles

Thank Your Lucky Stars (original title)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

ABC Weekend Television

Distribution Companies

ITV - Independent Television (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (1961-1966)
ITV - Independent Television (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (1961-1966)
ITV - Independent Television (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (1961-1966)
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