Gadzooks! (TV programme)

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]

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.	Title	Directed by	Original air date
1	"Gadzooks! It's All Happening"	Barry Langford	1 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 Langford	8 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 Langford	15 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 Langford	22 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 Langford	1 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 Langford	8 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 Langford	15 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 Langford	22 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 Langford	29 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 Langford	5 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 Langford	12 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 Langford	19 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 Langford	26 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 Langford	3 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 Langford	10 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 Langford	17 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 Langford	24 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 Langford	31 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 Langford	7 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 Hughes	21 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 Hughes	28 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 Hughes	5 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 Hughes	12 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 Hughes	19 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 Hughes	26 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 Hughes	2 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-Davis	9 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-Davis	16 August 1965 (1965-08-16)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists.[37]
30	"Gadzooks!"	Nick Burrell-Davis	23 August 1965 (1965-08-23)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists.[38]
31	"Gadzooks!"	Nick Burrell-Davis	30 August 1965 (1965-08-30)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists.[39]
32	"Gadzooks!"	Nick Burrell-Davis	6 September 1965 (1965-09-06)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists.[40]
33	"Gadzooks!"	Nick Burrell-Davis	13 September 1965 (1965-09-13)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists.[41]
34	"Gadzooks!"	Nick Burrell-Davis	20 September 1965 (1965-09-20)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists.[42]
35	"Gadzooks!"	Nick Burrell-Davis	27 September 1965 (1965-09-27)
Featuring The Three Bells, the Beat Girls, Roger Whittaker and guest artists.[43]

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External links

• Gadzooks! at IMDb