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Season 8 (ATV/ITV) (1962-63)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger
references:
TV Times / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Variety magazine (www.varietyultimate.com)
Glasgow Evening Times newspaper (Google news archive)
TV Pop Diaries (https://www.tvpopdiaries.co.uk/)
Ray Langstone

  Playlist -  Sunday Night at The London Palladium

#### Sunday Night at The London Palladium ####
############## season 8 1962-63 ##############
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  Host/ Compere - Norman Vaughan
 Series regulars:
The Tiller Girls
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
The London Palladium Girls and Boys

8.01 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
16-Sept-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Shirley Bassey
Sugar Ray Robinson
The Carmenas

8.02 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
23-Sept-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
presenter: Norman Vaughan
starring
Frankie Vaughan
Cleo Laine
Pinky and Perky
The Three Houcs

8.03 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
30-Sept-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Frank Ifield
Ferrante And Teicher
The Amin Brothers
Roger Price

8.04 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
07-Oct-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Max Bygraves
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
Anthony Bygraves
De Laine Sisters

8.05 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
14-Oct-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
presenter: Norman Vaughan
starring
Johnny Halliday
The Golden Stars
Los Machucambos
Mike and Bernie Winters

8.06 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
21-Oct-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Pat Boone
The Kaye Sisters
Dennis Spicer

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[--] BLACKPOOL TOWER CIRCUS:
28-Oct-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm

[--] GOLDEN HOUR:
04-Nov-1962 ATV ITV Sun 9:45-10:00pm (opposite "Royal Variety Performance" on BBC)
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Starring: Maria Callas

[--] ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE #3 1962 (BBC) [BFI]
04-Nov-1962 BBC Sun 7:25-10:25pm
Starring:
Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney, Eartha Kitt,
Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Andy Stewart,
Frank Ifield, Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth
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8.07 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
11-Nov-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Nadia Nerina
Rudolph Nureyev
Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane
Eddie Calvert and The 'C' Men

8.08 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
18-Nov-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Carmen McRae
Mr Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band
Des O'Connor
The Dallas Boys
The Five Olanders

8.09 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
25-Nov-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Paul Desmond
Pat Suzuki
Peter Goodwright

8.10 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
02-Dec-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Arthur Haynes
Nicholas Parsons
Leslie Noyes
Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
Joe Brown and The Bruvvers

8.11 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
09-Dec-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
presenter: Norman Vaughan
starring
Lonnie Donegan
Janie Marden

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[--] THE ROY CASTLE SHOW:
16-Dec-1962 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm (60min) (special)
guests
Matt Monro
Valerie Masters
Bernard Cribbins
Tommy Reilly

[--] The Tommy Steele Show: QUINCY’S QUEST (Christmas special)
23-Dec-1962 ATV Sun 8:25 - 9:25 pm
starring
Tommy Steele … Quincy
Hugh Paddick … Jim Cracker
Una Stubbs … Rebecca
Pat Coombs … Grizelda
Peter Hawkins … Topper
Synopsis:
A music man (Tommy Steele) takes on the task of getting dozens of broken dolls mended in time for Christmas.
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8.12 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
30-Dec-1962 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
George Moon
Avril Angers
Joyce and Lionel Blair
John Blythe
Jill Browne

8.13 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
06-Jan-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Cliff Richard
The Shadows
Margo Henderson

8.14 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
13-Jan-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Frank Ifield
Bud Flanagan

[--] PETER PAN FROM THE EMPIRE POOL, WEMBLEY
20-Jan-1963 ATV ITV Sun 7:25-8:55pm (90min)
Note: The Glasgow Evening Times lists the air time as 7:28-8:35pm
starring
Jacqueline du Bief … Peter Pan
Sue Park … Wendy
Desmond Scott … Captain Hook
Shaw Taylor … narrator
Synopsis:
An excerpt from Tom Arnold's show on ice.

8.15 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
27-Jan-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Helen Shapiro
Frankie Vaughan
Peter Goodwright
Dennis Spicer
The Marrakesh Troupe

8.16 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
03-Feb-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Max Bygraves
The Kaye Sisters
The Monarchs
Eric and Cedric
Louie Ramsay

8.17 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
10-Feb-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Harry Secombe
Mary Costa

8.18 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
17-Feb-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Anne Rogers
Frankie Vaughan
Arthur Worsley

8.19 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
24-Feb-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Edmund Hockridge
Ella Fitzgerald
Peter Goodwright
The Carmenas

[--] GOLDEN HOUR: FROM THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
03-Mar-1963 ITV Sun 9:30-10:45pm (75min)
Starring: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Boris Christoff

8.20 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (2 songs survive)
10-Mar-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Judy Garland
The King Brothers
The Modern Jazz Dancers
Highlights:
Judy Garland sings "Almost Like Being In Love"/"This Can't Be Love" medley, "Smile," "Comes Once In A Lifetime" and "I Could Go On Singing."
Note:
Judy Garland's performances of "Smile" and "I Could Go On Singing" were rebroadcast on the 13-Apr-1963 edition of "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Footage of these two songs, preserved in the Ed Sullivan archives, is believed to be the only surviving video from this Palladium episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW4606tYbE8

8.21 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
17-Mar-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Dolores Gray
Bobby Rydell
Ted Kavanagh's Irish Dancers
The Liverpool Comalther Ceilidh Band

8.22 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
24-Mar-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Arthur Askey
Sabrina
Topo Gigio

8.23 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
31-Mar-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Sally Ann Howes
Ronnie Carroll
David Nixon

[--] THE HARRY SECOMBE SHOW
07-Apr-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm (single show)
guests
Donald Houston
Janette Scott

8.24 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
14-Apr-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Jackie Mason (comedian)
Frank Ifield
San Remo Trio
The Kingston Trio

8.25 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
21-Apr-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Roy Castle
Richard "Mr. Pastry" Hearne (comedian)

8.26 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
28-Apr-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Adele Leigh
Pat Boone
Dennis Spicer

8.27 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
05-May-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Phil Ford and Mimi Hines
Susan Maughan
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen

[--] THE HARRY SECOMBE SHOW
12May63 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm (single show)
guests Leslie Phillips, Donald Houston, and Annie Ross.

8.28 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
19-May-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Phil Ford and Mimi Hines
Tommy Cooper
The Dallas Boys

8.29 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
26-May-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Jane Morgan
Mark Wynter
Beryl Reid

8.30 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
02-June-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
presenter: Norman Vaughan
starring
Diana Dors
Miki and Griff
Larry Adler
Topo Gigio (Italian mouse puppet)

8.31 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
09-June-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Frankie Vaughan
Margaret Price
Peter Goodwright
Arthur Worsley
Palermo and Phillips

8.32 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
16-June-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Frank Ifield
Marion Ryan

8.33 [--] VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (missing)
23-June-1963 ATV ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Joan Regan
The Shadows
Doctor Murray Banks
The Clark Brothers

Norman Vaughan exits as host around here. ?

#### Sunday Night at The London Palladium ####
############## end of season 8 ###############
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Summer Replacement Shows 1963
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A series of TV specials
(many under the title SUMMER SPECTACULAR)

?[--] Summer Spectacular: THE MAURICE CHEVALIER SHOW (1st of 2 specials)
30Jun63 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Maurice Chevalier
singing "Contre L'Amour," "Twist Canotier," "Les Chapeaux," "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and a Gershwin medley.
Winifred Atwell
the "queen of the keyboard,"
Margo Henderson
Scottish-born comedienne,
Carla Fracci and John Gilpin
ballet stars,
Joan Regan??[--] Summer Spectacular: THE BOB MONKHOUSE SHOW
07-Jul-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
guests
Diana Dors, Mark Wynter, Shani Wallis, Sheree Winton.??

[--] Summer Spectacular: THE ROY CASTLE SHOW
14-Jul-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm?ATV Production???

[--] THE ALL-STAR SHOW
21-Jul-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Eve Boswell, Alma Cogan, Harry Secombe, and others.
Synopsis:
A charity special for the Stars' Organisation for Spastics. ?

[--] Summer Spectacular: JO STAFFORD SHOW?28-Jul-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee, and Roy Castle.
Note: This appears to be a repeat of the 1961 "Jo Stafford Show" episode "The Swing Era."

[--] THE ALAN KING SHOW?04-Aug-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Alan King, Sophie Tucker and Adele Leigh.

[--] HOLIDAY IN JAPAN?11-Aug-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
Musical revue featuring Japanese singers and dancers, direct from the Prince of Wales Theatre, London.

[--] Summer Spectacular: JO STAFFORD SHOW?18-Aug-1963 ITV
starring
Jo Stafford, Robert Morley, and Morecambe and Wise
Note: This appears to be a repeat of the 1961 "Jo Stafford Show" episode "At the London Palladium."

[--] PUTTING ON THE DONEGAN?25-Aug-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Lonnie Donegan
Des O'Connor? ?[--] THE FRANK IFIELD SHOW
01-Sep-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
From the stage of the Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
starring
Frank Ifield
Bob Monkhouse (appearing as compere)
Susan Lane (singer)
Maria Neglia (violinist)
The Pamela Devis Dancers??

[--] Summer Spectacular: THE MAURICE CHEVALIER SHOW (2nd of 2 specials)
08-Sep-1963 ITV Sun 8:25-9:25pm
starring
Phil Ford and Mimi Hines
in a routine set in New York City.
Vera Lynn
sings "Portrait of My Love," "Be Like the Kettle and Sing," "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "When You're Smiling."
Maurice Chevalier
sings "Mimi" and "You Made Me Love You."?

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