Gadzooks! (TV programme)

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Gadzooks! is a British pop music television programme which aired on BBC2 from February to September 1965. It was originally produced by Barry Langford [1] and was a replacement for his previous music show The Beat Room which had run in the same timeslot on BBC2 since July 1964. [2]

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The programme went through a number of name changes during its 35-episode run, originally being titled Gadzooks! It's All Happening, before changing to Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd, then finally simply Gadzooks!. [3]

The presenters of the programme included Alan David, Lulu, [4] Roger Whittaker and future Crackerjack! presenter Christine Holmes. Recurring artistes who appeared most weeks included Liverpool singing trio The Three Bells, [5] dance troupe The Beat Girls and blind singer & organist Peter Cook (not to be confused with the comedian of the same name [6] ), plus a number of special musical guests every week. Notable acts who performed on the programme included The Who, Tom Jones, Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithfull, The Animals, Chuck Berry, Sonny & Cher, The Byrds, The Four Tops and David Bowie (who appeared twice: both times under his real name of Davy Jones). [7]

No recordings of this series are known to survive. [8]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byOriginal air date
1"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford1 February 1965 (1965-02-01)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Animals, Marianne Faithfull and Tom Jones And The Squires. [9]
2"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford8 February 1965 (1965-02-08)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Rockin' Berries and The Graham Bond Organisation. [10]
3"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford15 February 1965 (1965-02-15)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Nashville Teens, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and Screaming Jay Hawkins. [11]
4"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford22 February 1965 (1965-02-22)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Long John Baldry and the Hoochie Coochie Men, Marianne Faithfull. [12]
5"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford1 March 1965 (1965-03-01)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Manfred Mann. [13]
6"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford8 March 1965 (1965-03-08)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Mike Leander Combo and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Adrienne Poster and Davy Jones and the Manish Boys. [14]
7"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford15 March 1965 (1965-03-15)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Donovan, The Who and Judi Johnson and the Perfections. [15]
8"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford22 March 1965 (1965-03-22)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Chuck Berry, The Moody Blues and Murray's Monkeys. [16]
9"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford29 March 1965 (1965-03-29)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Untamed. [17]
10"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford5 April 1965 (1965-04-05)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Animals. [18]
11"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford12 April 1965 (1965-04-12)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, The Countrymen, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Bachelors and Mia Lewis. [19]
12"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford19 April 1965 (1965-04-19)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Them and Eleanor Toner. [20]
13"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford26 April 1965 (1965-04-26)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Tom Jones and The Squires and Lulu and the Luvvers. [21]
14"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford3 May 1965 (1965-05-03)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Rockin' Berries. [22]
15"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford10 May 1965 (1965-05-10)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: The Everly Brothers, Doug Gibbons and Judi Smith. [23]
16"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford17 May 1965 (1965-05-17)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: John Lee Hooker and The Nashville Teens. [24]
17"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"Barry Langford24 May 1965 (1965-05-24)
Starring Alan David & Christine Holmes. Featuring Peter Cook, Dorris Henderson, The Three Bells, Alexis Korner's Blues Inc, John Renbourne and the Beat Girls. This week's guest artists: Davy Jones and The Four Tops. [25]
18"Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd"Barry Langford31 May 1965 (1965-05-31)
Starring Alan David & Lulu. Featuring the Beat Girls, Peter Cook, the Three Bells, John Renbourn and introducing the Cuddle Pups. With resident band The Luvvers Plus Five co-starring Marianne Faithfull. This week’s guest artist: Ray Singer. [26]
19"Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd"Barry Langford7 June 1965 (1965-06-07)
Starring Alan David & Lulu. Featuring the Beat Girls, Peter Cook, the Three Bells, John Renbourn and introducing the Cuddle Pups. With resident band The Luvvers Plus Five co-starring Marianne Faithfull. This week’s guest artists: Gene Pitney, the Who and Dana Gillespie. [27]
20"Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd" Michael Hurll 14 June 1965 (1965-06-14)
Starring Alan David & Lulu. Co-starring Marianne Faithfull. Featuring the Beat Girls with Peter Cook, the Three Bells and The Luvvers Plus Five . This week’s guest star: Solomon Burke. [28]
21"Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd"Terence Hughes21 June 1965 (1965-06-21)
Starring Alan David & Lulu. Co-starring Marianne Faithfull. Featuring the Beat Girls with Peter Cook, the Three Bells, The Luvvers Plus Five and Ray Singer. [29]
22"Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd"Terence Hughes28 June 1965 (1965-06-28)
Starring Alan David & Lulu. Co-starring Marianne Faithfull. Featuring the Beat Girls with Peter Cook, the Three Bells, The Luvvers Plus Five and this week’s guest stars: Peter and Gordon. [30]
23"Gadzooks! It's The In-Crowd"Terence Hughes5 July 1965 (1965-07-05)
Starring Alan David & Lulu. Co-starring Marianne Faithfull. Featuring the Beat Girls with Peter Cook, the Three Bells, The Luvvers Plus Five . [31]
24"Gadzooks!"Terence Hughes12 July 1965 (1965-07-12)
Lulu with the Three Bells, Dane Hunter and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: Tom Jones, Vikki Carr and Tony Jackson & the Vibrations. [32]
25"Gadzooks!"Terence Hughes19 July 1965 (1965-07-19)
Lulu with the Three Bells and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: the Animals and Inez and Charlie Foxx. [33]
26"Gadzooks!"Terence Hughes26 July 1965 (1965-07-26)
Lulu with the Three Bells and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: the Ivy League and the Fortunes. [34]
27"Gadzooks!"Terence Hughes2 August 1965 (1965-08-02)
Featuring The Three Bells and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and Carolyn Hester. [35]
28"Gadzooks!"Nick Burrell-Davis9 August 1965 (1965-08-09)
Featuring The Three Bells and the Beat Girls. Guest stars: Friday Brown, Roger Whittaker, The Byrds and Sonny and Cher. [36]
29"Gadzooks!"Nick Burrell-Davis16 August 1965 (1965-08-16)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists. [37]
30"Gadzooks!"Nick Burrell-Davis23 August 1965 (1965-08-23)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists. [38]
31"Gadzooks!"Nick Burrell-Davis30 August 1965 (1965-08-30)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists. [39]
32"Gadzooks!"Nick Burrell-Davis6 September 1965 (1965-09-06)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists. [40]
33"Gadzooks!"Nick Burrell-Davis13 September 1965 (1965-09-13)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists. [41]
34"Gadzooks!"Nick Burrell-Davis20 September 1965 (1965-09-20)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists. [42]
35"Gadzooks!"Nick Burrell-Davis27 September 1965 (1965-09-27)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists. [43]

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References

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  2. ↑ "TV Pop Diaries - the Beat Room".
  3. ↑ "Gadzooks! It's All Happening/Gadzooks! It's the in Crowd – Nostalgia Central". 16 June 2014.
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  8. ↑ "Sixties City - Bill Harry's Sixties - articles from the creator of iconic 60s music paper Mersey Beat".
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