About this season
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.
Episodes (42)
1. Series 2, Show 1
Aired 9 September 1961 • 40 min
2. Series 2, Show 2
Aired 16 September 1961 • 40 min
3. Series 2, Show 3
Aired 23 September 1961 • 40 min
4. Series 2, Show 4
Aired 30 September 1961 • 40 min
5. Series 2, Show 5
Aired 7 October 1961 • 40 min
6. Series 2, Show 6
Aired 14 October 1961 • 40 min
7. Series 2, Show 7
Aired 21 October 1961 • 40 min
8. Series 2, Show 8
Aired 28 October 1961 • 40 min
9. Series 2, Show 9
Aired 4 November 1961 • 40 min
10. Series 2, Show 10
Aired 11 November 1961 • 40 min
11. Series 2, Show 11
Aired 18 November 1961 • 40 min
12. Series 2, Show 12
Aired 25 November 1961 • 40 min
13. Series 2, Show 13
Aired 2 December 1961 • 40 min
14. Series 2, Show 14
Aired 9 December 1961 • 40 min
15. Series 2, Show 15
Aired 16 December 1961 • 40 min
16. Series 2, Show 16
Aired 23 December 1961 • 40 min
17. Series 2, Show 17
Aired 30 December 1961 • 40 min
18. Series 2, Show 18
Aired 6 January 1962 • 40 min
19. Series 2, Show 19
Aired 13 January 1962 • 40 min
20. Series 2, Show 20
Aired 20 January 1962 • 40 min
21. Series 2, Show 21
Aired 27 January 1962 • 40 min
22. Series 2, Show 22
Aired 3 February 1962 • 40 min
23. Series 2, Show 23
Aired 10 February 1962 • 40 min
24. Series 2, Show 24
Aired 17 February 1962 • 40 min
25. Series 2, Show 25
Aired 24 February 1962 • 40 min
26. Series 2, Show 26
Aired 3 March 1962 • 40 min
27. Series 2, Show 27
Aired 10 March 1962 • 40 min
28. Series 2, Show 28
Aired 17 March 1962 • 40 min
29. Series 2, Show 29
Aired 24 March 1962 • 40 min
30. Series 2, Show 30
Aired 31 March 1962 • 40 min
31. Series 2, Show 31
Aired 7 April 1962 • 40 min
32. Series 2, Show 32
Aired 14 April 1962 • 40 min
33. Series 2, Show 33
Aired 21 April 1962 • 40 min
34. Series 2, Show 34
Aired 28 April 1962 • 40 min
35. Series 2, Show 35
Aired 5 May 1962 • 40 min
36. Series 2, Show 36
Aired 12 May 1962 • 40 min
37. Series 2, Show 37
Aired 19 May 1962 • 40 min
38. Series 2, Show 38
Aired 26 May 1962 • 40 min
39. Series 2, Show 39
Aired 2 June 1962 • 40 min
40. Series 2, Show 40
Aired 9 June 1962 • 40 min
41. Series 2, Show 41
Aired 16 June 1962 • 40 min
42. Series 2, Show 42
Aired 23 June 1962 • 40 min