About this season
A selection of vintage performances from jazz legends.
Episodes (25)
1. Satchmo
Aired 7 October 1965
A chronicle of the musical career of Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong, using clips of the jazz trumpeter/singer's performances as well as interviews with him and fellow musicians. During this program, the following aspects of Armstrong's life are explored: his formative years in New Orleans; his world tour from 1955 to 1956; how he spends his free nights while on tour; and his visit to the Gold Coast of Africa.
2. Peter Nero in Person
Aired 14 October 1965
3. Max Bygraves Entertains
Aired 4 November 1965
4. Count Basie and His Orchestra
Aired 11 November 1965
5. Ella Fitzgerald Swings It
Aired 25 November 1965
6. Presenting Peter Nero
Aired 9 December 1965
7. The Road to the Isles
Aired 16 December 1965
8. Shelley Berman
Aired 4 January 1966
9. Jim and the Night and the Music
Aired 18 January 1966
10. The Sound of Shirley Bassey
Aired 22 January 1966
11. Joyce Greenfall
Aired 25 January 1966
12. Norman Vaughan
Aired 1 February 1966
13. An Evening with Petula Clark
Aired 8 February 1966
14. The Dickie Henderson Show
Aired 1 March 1966
15. Larry Adler Meets Les Compagnons de la Chanson
Aired 8 March 1966
16. Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Aired 15 March 1966
17. The Vikki Carr Show
Aired 22 March 1966
18. Pat Boone
Aired 29 March 1966
19. Cliff Richard and the Shadows
Aired 5 April 1966
20. Marlene Dietrich Sings
Aired 12 April 1966
21. In All Directions
Aired 26 April 1966
Peter Ustinov and Peter Jones play themselves as two characters in a London car journey failing to find a location known as Copthorne Avenue. Ustinov and Jones also portrayed various characters they meet on the journey, from which much of the show's comedy was derived. The show was improvised on tape and then edited for broadcast by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, who also sometimes took part.
22. Bruce Forsyth
Aired 3 May 1966
23. Nina and Frederick
Aired 10 May 1966
24. Roy Hudd
Aired 17 May 1966
25. 'Ere's 'Olloway
Aired 24 May 1966