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Pop Go the Sixties - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Who

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2007

The Who

A colourful nugget of pop by The Who, mined from the BBC's archive.

The Shadows

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2007

The Shadows

A colourful nugget of pop by The Shadows, mined from the BBC's archive.

The Kinks

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2007

The Kinks

A mindbendingly colourful nugget of pop by The Kinks, mined from the BBC's archive.

The Moody Blues

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2007

The Moody Blues

A colourful nugget of pop by the Moody Blues, mined from the BBC's archive.

Marmalade

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2007

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A colourful nugget of pop by Marmalade, mined from the BBC's archive.

Helen Shapiro

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2007

Helen Shapiro

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive, as Helen Shapiro performs Walking Back to Happiness.

The Johnny Harris Orchestra

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2007

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A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive, as the Johnny Harris Band perform Satisfaction.

Nana Mouskouri

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2007

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A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive.

The Move

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2007

The Move

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive, featuring Birmingham's The Move.

Tony Bennett

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2007

Tony Bennett

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive.

The Scaffold

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2007

The Scaffold

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive.

Alan Price

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2007

Alan Price

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive.

The Tremeloes

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2007

The Tremeloes

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive.

Season 2

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2008

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity

Pop moments from the BBC's sixties archive. Recorded in 1968 for Top of the Pops, Julie Driscoll sings to the smoking hot accompaniment of keyboard wizard Brian Auger's Trinity on their hit version of Bob Dylan's This Wheel's On Fire.

Herman's Hermits

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2008

Herman's Hermits

Britain's inoffensive pop conquerors of America, who anticipated the sound that the Monkees would later call their own, perform Something Is Happening on theWednesday Show in 1968. Peter Noone leads the band on the song that made number six in the Swiss charts.

Dusty Springfield

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2008

Dusty Springfield

From her own series recorded in 1967, Dusty Springfield performs the Bobby Hebb classic, Sunny, which had been a hit in the UK for Cher and Georgie Fame.

Procol Harum

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2008

Procol Harum

A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procul Harum was one of the Sixties' most popular and most played songs. It's performed here by the group who first recorded it, on Top of the Pops in 1967.

Sandie Shaw

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Aug 2, 2008

Sandie Shaw

From a rehearsal for a Top of the Pops performance, Sandie gives an accidentally aloof ice-queen rendering of Long Live Love so the cameras can practice their positions. An otherworldly performance of her number 1 hit from 1965.

Peter and Gordon

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2008

Peter and Gordon

From a 1964 edition of Crackerjack, pop folk duo Peter Asher and Gordon Waller sing A World Without Love written by Paul McCartney - who was going out with Peter's sister at the time.

Julie Felix

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2008

Julie Felix

A 1966 performance from the singing star of The Frost Report. Going to the Zoo calls for audience participation and the audience wind themselves up into a near-monochrome frenzy as they sway slightly in their seats and softly join in.

Status Quo

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2008

Status Quo

A youthful Status Quo, complete with ruffled shirts and sideburns, sing their first hit single, Pictures of Matchstick Men, on a 1968 episode of Top of the Pops.

Cilla Black

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2008

Cilla Black

Back to 1968 and a song taken from Cilla Black's very own show, Cilla and her dancers perform a cover version of the Stevie Wonder classic Uptight.

Bruce Forsyth

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2008

Bruce Forsyth

In a real Brucie bonus from 1968, we see Bruce tickle the ivories in his own inimitable way on the Harry Seacombe show. He performs the 1965 pop instrumental A Walk In The Black Forest.

The Rolling Stones

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2008

The Rolling Stones

Performing the opening track to their album Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones are pure sixties psychedelia singing Gimme Shelter on Pop Goes the Sixties from 1969.

The Pretty Things

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2008

The Pretty Things

Taking their name from a Bo Didley song, The Pretty Things groove out during a performance of Midnight To Six Man from their album Get The Picture? on A Whole Scene Going in 1966.

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