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In amongst these early attempts was Six-Five Special (BBC, 1957-58), which was significant for two reasons - its success and its time slot. Until 1957 the BBC and ITV had observed the 'toddler's truce', an hour-long break in transmissions between 6 and 7pm designed to let mother bundle small children into bed. This came to an end on Saturday 16 ...
6-5 Special. History of the BBC. Six-Five Special burst onto the television on Saturday evening, 16 February 1957.
The Twelve Five Am Special: With Josephine Douglas, Pete Murray, Willie Harris, Tubby Hayes. Join the New Year celebrations in the restaurant overlooking the runway at London Airport.
Jan 10, 2008 · Six Five Special. Home. This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer. Josephine Douglas and Pete Murray introduce a classic 1960s pop programme. Features Eric Delaney and his band ...
"Six - five special" was one of the few programmes aimed at teenagers and we watched it because we became co-conspirators against our parents whose idea of music on TV was Eric Robinson and Mantovani.Despite the fact that presenters Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas were no longer in the first flush of youth they represented us rather than them ...
Mar 7, 2016 · Alfred Shaughnessy (1958) Six-Five Special ran as a weekly show on the BBC from February 1957 until the end of December the following year. This cinema spin-off was released about midway through the show’s lifetime, in March 1958. The director, Alfred Shaugnessy, is best known as the main writer of Upstairs Downstairs. Norman Hudis, who did […]
