Gadzooks! (TV programme)
1965 British TV pop music show
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Gadzooks! is a British pop music television programme which aired on BBC2 from February to September 1965. It was originally produced by Barry Langford[1] and was a replacement for his previous music show The Beat Room which had run in the same timeslot on BBC2 since July 1964.[2]
The programme went through a number of name changes during its 35-episode run, originally being titled Gadzooks! It's All Happening, before changing to Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd, then finally simply Gadzooks!.[3]
The presenters of the programme included Alan David, Lulu,[4] Roger Whittaker and future Crackerjack! presenter Christine Holmes. Recurring artistes who appeared most weeks included Liverpool singing trio The Three Bells,[5] dance troupe The Beat Girls and blind singer & organist Peter Cook (not to be confused with the comedian of the same name[6]), plus a number of special musical guests every week. Notable acts who performed on the programme included the Who, Tom Jones, Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithfull, the Animals, Chuck Berry, Sonny & Cher, the Byrds, the Four Tops and David Bowie (who appeared twice: both times under his real name of Davy Jones).[7]
No recordings of this series are known to survive.[8]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 1 February 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Animals, Marianne Faithfull and Tom Jones And The Squires.[9] | ||||
| 2 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 8 February 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Rockin' Berries and The Graham Bond Organisation.[10] | ||||
| 3 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 15 February 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Nashville Teens, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and Screaming Jay Hawkins.[11] | ||||
| 4 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 22 February 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Long John Baldry and the Hoochie Coochie Men, Marianne Faithfull.[12] | ||||
| 5 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 1 March 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Manfred Mann.[13] | ||||
| 6 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 8 March 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Adrienne Poster and Davy Jones and the Manish Boys.[14] | ||||
| 7 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 15 March 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Donovan, The Who and Judi Johnson and the Perfections.[15] | ||||
| 8 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 22 March 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Chuck Berry, The Moody Blues and Murray's Monkeys.[16] | ||||
| 9 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 29 March 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Untamed.[17] | ||||
| 10 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 5 April 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Animals.[18] | ||||
| 11 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 12 April 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Bachelors and Mia Lewis.[19] | ||||
| 12 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 19 April 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Them and Eleanor Toner.[20] | ||||
| 13 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 26 April 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Tom Jones and The Squires and Lulu and the Luvvers.[21] | ||||
| 14 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 3 May 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Rockin' Berries.[22] | ||||
| 15 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 10 May 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Everly Brothers, Doug Gibbons and Judi Smith.[23] | ||||
| 16 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 17 May 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: John Lee Hooker and The Nashville Teens.[24] | ||||
| 17 | "Gadzooks! It's All Happening" | Barry Langford | 24 May 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Davy Jones and The Four Tops.[25] | ||||
| 18 | "Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd" | Barry Langford | 31 May 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Lulu. Featuring the Beat Girls, Peter Cook, the Three Bells, John Renbourn and introducing the Cuddle Pups. With resident band The Luvvers Plus Five co-starring Marianne Faithfull. This week’s guest artist: Ray Singer.[26] | ||||
| 19 | "Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd" | Barry Langford | 7 June 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Lulu. Featuring the Beat Girls, Peter Cook, the Three Bells, John Renbourn and introducing the Cuddle Pups. With resident band The Luvvers Plus Five co-starring Marianne Faithfull. This week’s guest artists: Gene Pitney, the Who and Dana Gillespie.[27] | ||||
| 20 | "Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd" | Michael Hurll | 14 June 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Lulu. Co-starring Marianne Faithfull. Featuring the Beat Girls with Peter Cook, the Three Bells and The Luvvers Plus Five . This week’s guest star: Solomon Burke.[28] | ||||
| 21 | "Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd" | Terence Hughes | 21 June 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Lulu. Co-starring Marianne Faithfull. Featuring the Beat Girls with Peter Cook, the Three Bells, The Luvvers Plus Five and Ray Singer.[29] | ||||
| 22 | "Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd" | Terence Hughes | 28 June 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Lulu. Co-starring Marianne Faithfull. Featuring the Beat Girls with Peter Cook, the Three Bells, The Luvvers Plus Five and this week’s guest stars: Peter and Gordon.[30] | ||||
| 23 | "Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd" | Terence Hughes | 5 July 1965 | |
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Starring Alan David & Lulu. Co-starring Marianne Faithfull. Featuring the Beat Girls with Peter Cook, the Three Bells, The Luvvers Plus Five .[31] | ||||
| 24 | "Gadzooks!" | Terence Hughes | 12 July 1965 | |
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Lulu with the Three Bells, Dane Hunter and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: Tom Jones, Vikki Carr and Tony Jackson & the Vibrations.[32] | ||||
| 25 | "Gadzooks!" | Terence Hughes | 19 July 1965 | |
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Lulu with the Three Bells and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: the Animals and Inez and Charlie Foxx.[33] | ||||
| 26 | "Gadzooks!" | Terence Hughes | 26 July 1965 | |
| 27 | "Gadzooks!" | Terence Hughes | 2 August 1965 | |
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Featuring The Three Bells and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and Carolyn Hester.[35] | ||||
| 28 | "Gadzooks!" | Nick Burrell-Davis | 9 August 1965 | |
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Featuring The Three Bells and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: Friday Brown, Roger Whittaker, The Byrds and Sonny and Cher.[36] | ||||
| 29 | "Gadzooks!" | Nick Burrell-Davis | 16 August 1965 | |
| 30 | "Gadzooks!" | Nick Burrell-Davis | 23 August 1965 | |
| 31 | "Gadzooks!" | Nick Burrell-Davis | 30 August 1965 | |
| 32 | "Gadzooks!" | Nick Burrell-Davis | 6 September 1965 | |
| 33 | "Gadzooks!" | Nick Burrell-Davis | 13 September 1965 | |
| 34 | "Gadzooks!" | Nick Burrell-Davis | 20 September 1965 | |
| 35 | "Gadzooks!" | Nick Burrell-Davis | 27 September 1965 | |