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 (40)
1. Series 5, Show 1
Aired 28 September 1963 • 40 min
2. Series 5, Show 2
Aired 5 October 1963 • 40 min
3. Series 5, Show 3
Aired 12 October 1963 • 40 min
4. Series 5, Show 4
Aired 19 October 1963 • 40 min
5. Series 5, Show 5
Aired 26 October 1963 • 40 min
6. Series 5, Show 6
Aired 2 November 1963 • 40 min
7. Series 5, Show 7
Aired 9 November 1963 • 40 min
8. Series 5, Show 8
Aired 16 November 1963 • 40 min
9. Series 5, Show 9
Aired 23 November 1963 • 40 min
10. Series 5, Show 10
Aired 30 November 1963 • 40 min
11. Series 5, Show 11
Aired 7 December 1963 • 40 min
12. Series 5, Show 12
Aired 14 December 1963 • 40 min
13. Series 5, Show 13
Aired 21 December 1963 • 40 min
14. Series 5, Show 14
Aired 28 December 1963 • 40 min
15. Series 5, Show 15
Aired 4 January 1964 • 40 min
16. Series 5, Show 16
Aired 11 January 1964 • 40 min
17. Series 5, Show 17
Aired 18 January 1964 • 40 min
18. Series 5, Show 18
Aired 25 January 1964 • 40 min
19. Stars on Merseyside
Aired 21 December 1963 • 40 min
Stars: Brian Matthew, The Beatles and Billy J. Kramer the Dakotas, Cilla Black, Gerry and The Pacemakers, The Searchers, The Breakaways etc
20. Series 5, Show 20
Aired 8 February 1964 • 40 min
21. Series 5, Show 21
Aired 15 February 1964 • 40 min
22. Series 5, Show 22
Aired 22 February 1964 • 40 min
23. Series 5, Show 23
Aired 29 February 1964 • 40 min
24. Series 5, Show 24
Aired 7 March 1964 • 40 min
25. Series 5, Show 25
Aired 14 March 1964 • 40 min
26. Series 5, Show 26
Aired 21 March 1964 • 40 min
27. Series 5, Show 27
Aired 28 March 1964 • 40 min
28. Series 5, Show 28
Aired 4 April 1964 • 40 min
29. Series 5, Show 29
Aired 11 April 1964 • 40 min
30. Series 5, Show 30
Aired 18 April 1964 • 40 min
31. Series 5, Show 31
Aired 25 April 1964 • 40 min
32. Series 5, Show 32
Aired 2 May 1964 • 40 min
33. Series 5, Show 33
Aired 9 May 1964 • 40 min
34. Series 5, Show 34
Aired 16 May 1964 • 40 min
35. Series 5, Show 35
Aired 23 May 1964 • 40 min
36. Series 5, Show 36
Aired 30 May 1964 • 40 min
37. Series 5, Show 37
Aired 6 June 1964 • 40 min
38. Series 5, Show 38
Aired 13 June 1964 • 40 min
39. Series 5, Show 39
Aired 20 June 1964 • 40 min
40. Series 5, Show 40
Aired 27 June 1964 • 40 min