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 (39)
1. Series 9, Show 1
Aired 2 October 1965 • 40 min
2. Series 9, Show 2
Aired 9 October 1965 • 40 min
3. Series 9, Show 3
Aired 16 October 1965 • 40 min
4. Series 9, Show 4
Aired 23 October 1965 • 40 min
5. Series 9, Show 5
Aired 30 October 1965 • 40 min
6. Series 9, Show 6
Aired 6 November 1965 • 40 min
7. Series 9, Show 7
Aired 13 November 1965 • 40 min
8. Series 9, Show 8
Aired 20 November 1965 • 40 min
9. Series 9, Show 9
Aired 27 November 1965 • 40 min
10. Series 9, Show 10
Aired 4 December 1965 • 40 min
11. Series 9, Show 11
Aired 11 December 1965 • 40 min
12. Series 9, Show 12
Aired 18 December 1965 • 40 min
13. Series 9, Show 13
Aired 25 December 1965 • 40 min
14. Series 9, Show 14
Aired 1 January 1966 • 40 min
15. Series 9, Show 15
Aired 8 January 1966 • 40 min
16. Series 9, Show 16
Aired 15 January 1966 • 40 min
17. Series 9, Show 17
Aired 22 January 1966 • 40 min
18. Series 9, Show 18
Aired 29 January 1966 • 40 min
19. Series 9, Show 19
Aired 5 February 1966 • 40 min
20. Series 9, Show 20
Aired 12 February 1966 • 40 min
21. Series 9, Show 21
Aired 19 February 1966 • 40 min
22. Series 9, Show 22
Aired 26 February 1966 • 40 min
23. Series 9, Show 23
Aired 5 March 1966 • 40 min
24. Series 9, Show 24
Aired 12 March 1966 • 40 min
25. Series 9, Show 25
Aired 19 March 1966 • 40 min
26. Series 9, Show 26
Aired 26 March 1966 • 40 min
27. Series 9, Show 27
Aired 2 April 1966 • 40 min
28. Series 9, Show 28
Aired 9 April 1966 • 40 min
29. Series 9, Show 29
Aired 16 April 1966 • 40 min
30. Series 9, Show 30
Aired 23 April 1966 • 40 min
31. Series 9, Show 31
Aired 30 April 1966 • 40 min
32. Series 9, Show 32
Aired 7 May 1966 • 40 min
33. Thank Your Lucky Stars
Aired 14 May 1966 • 40 min
Stars: Jim Dale, Ronnie Carroll and Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones, The Koobas etc
34. Series 9, Show 34
Aired 21 May 1966 • 40 min
35. Series 9, Show 35
Aired 28 May 1966 • 40 min
36. Series 9, Show 36
Aired 4 June 1966 • 40 min
37. Series 9, Show 37
Aired 11 June 1966 • 40 min
38. Series 9, Show 38
Aired 18 June 1966 • 40 min
39. Goodbye Lucky Stars
Aired 25 June 1966 • 40 min
Stars: Jim Dale, Peter Asher and The Beatles (video), Peter and Gordon, Cleo Laine, Roy C, Gene Pitney etc