by Louis Barfe
Leipzig, Nate, 217
Lennon, John, 152, 215
Leno, Dan, 9, 13–14, 17
Leno, Jay, 332
Les Cascadeurs, 251–2
Lester, Richard, 93
‘Let There Be Love’, 189
Letterman, David, 318, 332
Levin, Bernard, 167, 171
Levin, Richard, 87
Levis, Carroll, 240
Levy, Brian Michael, 212
Lewis, Cecil, 88
Lewis, Peter, 168
Lewisham Hippodrome, 57
Leybourne, George, 10
Liberace, 220–1
Liberal Party, 15
Liberty X, 352
Lichfield, 87
Liddiment, David, 246, 325–6, 343–6, 351–2
Likely Lads, The, 160
Lime Grove studios, 63–4
Lipyeat, Queenie, 159, 294
Little Tich (Harry Relph), 9
Littler, Emile, 155
Littler, Prince, 18, 73, 85–6, 155
Littlewood, Yvonne, 58–60, 64, 66, 113–19, 157, 202, 274, 345
Live from Her Majesty’s, 304, 308–9
Liverpool, 151, 178, 206, 233, 256
Lloyd, Innes, 157
Lloyd, John, 333
Lloyd, Marie, 8, 12–14, 17, 64, 66
Lloyd-Webber, Andrew, xiii
London Casino, 77
London County Council, 13, 15
London Independent Broadcasting, 340
London Palladium, 17–19, 22, 27, 40–1, 74, 77, 96–7, 124–5, 155, 245, 261
see also Sunday Night at the London Palladium
London Pavilion, 5
London Weekend Television, 221–3, 244, 263–70
Brian Tesler and, 270–1, 275–7, 295, 339–40
and Bruce Forsyth shows, 284–9, 293
David Frost and, 191, 193–5, 212, 263
and franchise rounds, 191–7, 292, 339–41
and music, 309
retrenchment under John Birt, 303–4, 308
Rupert Murdoch and, 263
and Simon Dee, 212–13
Long, Charles, 5
Looking In, 29
Lord Chamberlain’s office, 3–4, 17, 78
Lord Rockingham’s XI, 108
Lotterby, Syd, 208
Love and Kisses, 94
Love from Judy, 66
Lowe, Alex, 349
Lulu, 198–9, 239, 258
Lupino, Stanley, 32
Lush, Michael, 316–17, 319
Lusher, Don, 160, 211
Lynam, Des, 350
Lyon-Shaw, Bill, 65, 71, 113
Lythgoe, Nigel, 352
Lyttelton, Humphrey, 186
McCann, Graham, 147
McCartney, Linda, 316
McCartney, Paul, 315–16
MacDonald, Aimi, 181
McGee, Henry, 271
McGivern, Cecil, 61–2, 68
McGowan, Cathy, 176
McGurk, Pete, 189
Mackenzie, Compton, 25
Mackney, E.W., 7
MacLean, Don, 123, 290
McMahon, Ed, 305
Macmillan, Harold, 81, 162, 172
McMillan, John, 164, 174
MacNaught, Jane, 326
MacNaughton, Ian, 213–14
McPartlin, Ant, 353
MacPhail, Angus, 65
McPherson, Bill, 308
MacPherson, Sandy, 34
McQuater, Tom, 135
Madden, Cecil, 31–2
magic shows, 309–12
Mahoney, Con, 129
Make Way for Music, 135–7
male impersonators, 9
Man about the House, 271
Man in a Suitcase, 153
Manchester, 48–9, 135
BBC studios, 87, 133, 178
and chat shows, 206–8, 210
and variety club shows, 238, 243–4
Manning, Bernard, 244–6
Mansfield, Jayne, 242
Mansfield, Mike, 270
Marconi company, 30–3
Margaret, Princess, 138–9
Margerison, Dr Tom, 192
Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act, 130
Marks, Alfred, 78, 95, 112
Marlowe, Christopher, 257
Mars, Marjorie, 67
Marsden, Betty, 101
Marsden, Gerry, 152, 206, 248
Marsh, Billy, 148–9, 299–300
Marshall, Andrew, 131, 285
Marten, Len, 210, 278
Martin, George, 151
Martin, Millicent, 167, 169
Martin, Ray, 135
Martine, Ray, 179
Marx, Groucho, 264
Marx Brothers, 27
Maschwitz, Eric, xi, 24–9, 49, 132, 180, 274
heads BBC light entertainment, 119–20, 136, 141
and Black and White Minstrel Show, 123
and Morecambe and Wise, 149
Maskelyne, John Nevil, 26
Mason, Jackie, 125
Masquerade, 290
Massiel, 158
Match of the Day, 195
Matcham, Frank, 5–6, 17, 72, 87, 124
Mathis, Johnny, 299
Matthau, Walter, 217
Matthew, Brian, 128, 173–4
Matthews, Jack, 113
Matthews, Jessie, 33
Matthews, Stanley, 273
Maudling, Reginald, 170
Maughan, Susan, 200
Maxin, Ernest, 69–72, 103–5, 142, 236–7, 258–9, 290
Mayall, Rik, 329–31, 334
‘Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner’, 39
Mayer, Lise, 330
Mayerl, Billy, 32
Mayhew, Christopher, 82
Maynard, Bill, 78
Mayoh, Royston, 238–9, 291
Mellor, David, 338
Menuhin, Yehudi, 218–19
Mercer, Joe, 206
Mercer, Tony, 123
Meredith, Lu Anne, 32
Merriman, Eric, 128
Merton, Paul, 346
Miall, Leonard, 105
Michelmore, Cliff, 234
Michie, Bryan, 26, 146, 243
Mickey’s Gala Premiere, 33, 57
Mickleburgh, Bobby, 174
Middlesex Music Hall, 2, 13
Midler, Bette, 288
Miles, Michael, 91
Miller, Glenn, 122
Miller, Joan, 32
Miller, Max, 21
Milligan, Spike, 56, 78, 97, 154, 213, 241, 271, 292, 324
and The Goon Show, 52–5, 93, 95
Mills, Freddie, 107, 273
Mills, Michael, 58–60, 64–5, 69, 113–14, 119
Milne, Alasdair, 165
Milroy, Jack, 100
Mr Blobby, 322–3
Mitchell, Alec, 102
Mitchell, Charlotte, 73
Mitchell, Leslie, 32–3, 60, 88
Mitchell, Malcolm, 75
Mitchell, Mitch, 199
Mitchell, Warren, 198
Mitton, Hilary, 115
Modern Jazz Quartet, 188
Moffat, Roger, 135–7
Moir, Jim, 159, 178, 188, 200, 208–9, 212, 228, 283–4
and alternative comedy, 328–9, 331, 333, 335
and Birt reforms, 342–5
and Noel Edmonds shows, 316, 318–20
and Paul Daniels show, 312–13
Moir, Jim (Vic Reeves), 347–9
Moloney, Peter, 206
Monday Night at Seven, 27
Monk, Ray, 326
Monkhouse, Bob, xii–xiii, 68, 112, 144, 147–8, 242, 332
and Celebrity Squares, 277
and Family Fortunes, 297–300
and The Golden Shot, 225–7
and Opportunity Knocks, 259
as scriptwriter, 54, 56–7
Montagu, David, 191
Montagu, Lord, 299
Monteith, Kelly, 332
Montgomery, Marian, 189
Montgomery, Wes, 187
Montreux Television Festival, 156
, 210
Monty Python’s Flying Circus, 213, 257
Moodie, Douglas, 65, 137–8
Moon, Keith, 222
Moore, Dudley, 189, 324
Moore, Mary Tyler, 340
Moore, Patrick, 234
Moore, Ray, 296
Moran, Mike, 161
More, Kenneth, 78
Morecambe, Eric, 1, 26, 146–53, 216–17, 231–40, 243, 348
Morecambe, 146, 248, 323
Moreton, Robert, 46
Moretti, Hans, 311
Morley, ‘Lightning’ Joe, 33
Morley, Robert, 112
Morris, Libby, 209
Morris, Southan, 117
Morris, Stewart, 117–18, 120, 200–3, 259, 342, 353
and Eurovision Song Contest, 158, 161
and International Cabaret, 250–2
retirement, 345
Morris, William, 41
Mortimer, Bob, 347–9
Mortimer, Johnnie, 271
Morton, Charles, 1–2, 4–5
Moss, Edward, 5, 17–18, 85, 99
Mouskouri, Nana, 157
Much Binding in the Marsh, 36, 46, 48, 50
Muddy Waters, 243
Muir, Frank, 45–6, 52, 56–7, 69, 120, 132, 254
and LWT, 191–2, 195–6
and satire boom, 162, 164
Muir, Graeme, 65, 67, 132–3, 254
Mullard, Arthur, 276–7
Mullins, Spike, 281
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, 313, 353
Mulville, Jimmy, 346
Mundy, Hilda, 19
Muppet Show, The, 252–3, 269
Murdoch, Richard, 34–6
Murdoch, Rupert, 263
Murray, Chic, 99–100
Murray, Norman, 259
Murray, Pete, 107, 129, 178
Music For You, 134, 160
Music Hall, 27
music halls
achieve legitimacy, 16–17
and BBC, 72–3
and broadcasting, 22, 27–8
decline of, 77–80, 124, 126
development of, 1–22
and Double Your Money, 92
and drama, 3, 17
early comedians, 9–10
female performers, 8–9
and immorality, 15–16
male performers, 7
the name, 2
and regulation, 12–13
and risqué material, 13, 21
seating in, 5
specialty acts, 10–12
support staff, 7
strike, 14–15
Music Shop, 135
Music While You Work, 49–50
Musicians’ Union, 75, 129, 186, 293
My Kind of Music, 342
‘My Old Man’s a Dustman’, 139
‘My Way’, 239
Myer, Colonel G. Val, 26
Myers, Stanley, 66
Myriam, Marie, 161
Nance, Ray, 75
Napier, Valentyne, 11
Nash, Robin, 203, 313
National Lottery, 321
National Television Council, 82
Nationwide, 269
Naughton, Charlie, 18–20, 40
Navy Lark, The, 128, 148, 279
Navy Mixture, 36, 45–6
NBC, 94, 98, 116, 154, 165
Neagle, Anna, 25
Nelmes, Dianne, 326
Neri, Rosalina, 94–5
Nervo, Jimmy, 18–20, 40
Nesbitt, Robert, 124–5
New Faces, 277
New Look, 112
Newman, Nick, 331
Newman, Sydney, 120
News at Ten, 295
News Quiz, The, 346
Nicholas, David, 295
Nicholls, Janice, 173
Nicholls, Peter, 100
Nichols, Joy, 45–6
Nidorf, Mike, 153
Nightingale, Anne, 176
Nimmo, Derek, 213
Nixon, David, 133, 310
No, That’s Me Over Here, 181
Nobbs, David, 168, 254, 257
Noddy, Tom, 311
Noel Edmonds’ Saturday Roadshow, 318–19, 322
Noel’s House Party, 319–25, 350–1, 353
Nolan Sisters, 334
Norden, Denis, xi, 45–6, 52, 56–7, 69, 132, 286
and satire boom, 162, 164
Normal, Henry, 347
Norman, Barry, 215, 237, 346
Norman, R.C., 31
Northern Dance Orchestra, 129, 135–7, 209
Northern Variety Orchestra, 135
Norvelle, Duncan, 306–7
Not Only . . . But Also . . ., 188–9
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, 172
Notting Hill race riots, 123
Nottingham Empire, 261
nude revues, 77–8
O’Clee, David, 208
O’Connor, Des, 99, 274, 332
O’Connor, Tom, xii
Oddie, Bill, 131
O’Donoghue, Denise, 346
Ofarim, Esther, 157
O’Ferrall, George More, 58–9
Off the Record, 114–15
Oh Boy!, 108, 140, 173
‘Old Bazaar in Cairo, The’, 11
Old Time Music Hall, 33
Oliver!, 169
‘On Ilkley Moor Baht ’At’, 137
On the Bright Side, 101
On the Buses, 196
Open Air, 312–13
Opportunity Knocks, 240, 256, 259, 266, 272, 277, 289–92, 310, 348
O’Rahilly, Ronan, 130
Orbison, Roy, 245
Ordish, Roger, 53, 129, 158–60, 210, 212–13, 229, 290
and alternative comedy, 332–4
and BBC hierarchy, 283–4
and Birt reforms, 343, 346
and Jim’ll Fix It, 282–3, 332–4
Ornadel, Cyril, 134
Orr-Ewing, Ian, 81–2
O’Shea, Tessie, 24, 40, 245
Osmond family, 203
Over She Goes, 32
Owen, Maureen, 21
Oxford Music Hall, 5, 7, 13
Paar, Jack, 165, 205–6
Packet of Three, 347
Packing Them In, 347
Paddick, Hugh, 128
Page, Elaine, 280
Page, Leslie, 109
Palace Theatre, 16
Palin, Michael, 279–80
Pallister, Michael, 317
panel games, 67–8, 90, 131
Panorama, 105, 171
Paramor, Norrie, 169
Paramount Astoria Girls, 29–30
Parkinson, Michael, 214–22, 234, 237, 244, 278, 307
Parnell, Jack, 12, 134–5, 252, 297
Parnell, Val, 18–20, 41, 74, 77, 85, 94, 97
and Brian Tesler, 110–12, 140
and Lew Grade, 144–5, 153
Passing Shows, The, 64, 66, 68
Pastry, Mr (Richard Hearne), 106
Payne, Jack, 21, 23, 114
Payne, Walter, 23
Peacock, Michael, 71, 183, 186, 189, 191, 195–6, 213
Peacock, Trevor, 107, 118
Pearson, Johnny, 138
Peel, John, 130, 314–15
Penny, Pauline, 79
Pepper, Harry S., 26–7, 29, 33, 69–70, 122
Pepper, Will C., 27
Percival, Horace, 36
Percival, Lance, 167, 208
Perelman, S.J., 214
Perlman, Yithzak, 219
Pertwee, Bill, 206
Pertwee, Jon, 36
Peterson, Oscar, 187
Phillis, Bob, 339
Phoenix Nights, 349
Piccadilly Orchestra, 24
Pickles, Mabel, 278
Pickles, Wilfred, 65, 73, 102, 277–8, 282, 305
Picture Page, 32, 58
Pilkington Committee and Report, 182, 190, 269, 338
Pinewood Studios, 63
Pinky and Perky, 96
Pinter, Harold, 93, 108, 257
Pirandello, Luigi, 29, 122
Planer, Nige
l, 329–30, 334
Plantin, Marcus, 161, 223–4, 270, 280–1, 287, 341, 351
Platt, Ken, 49, 147
Play School, 183
Play Your Cards Right, 298, 304
Please Sir, 196
Plowright, David, 247, 339
Pola, Eddie, 98
Pontin, Fred, 249
Poole, Brian, and the Tremeloes, 175
Pop Idol, 352
pop music shows, 173–8
Popular Television Association, 83
Posford, George, 25
Posner, Geoff, 331
Potter, Stephen, 51
Powell, Jonathan, 320
Powell, Sandy, 226
Preager, Lou, 128
Preece, Richard, 2
Preston, Tony, 214
Previn, André, 234–7
Price Is Right, The, 300–3, 326, 352
Price, Ronnie, 160
Prichard, Peter, 7, 18, 43, 140, 309
Priestland, Gerald, 183
Pringle, Harry, 33
Private Eye, 162, 168, 179, 207, 268, 331, 346
Procter, Judd, 160
Profumo, John, 81
prostitutes, 15–16
public service broadcasting, 182, 196, 338
Punch, 3
Pye, 83
Pyramid Game, The, 285, 288, 293
Q5, 213
quick-change artists, 12
Quiet War, The, 164
quiz shows, see game shows
Rabinowitz, Harry, 309
Race, Steve, 186
radio
advent of, 22–8, 39
needle time, 129, 293
pirate stations, 130
and rise of television, 127–31
Radio Active, 346
Radio Authority, 338
Radio Caroline, 130, 207
Radio London, 130, 293
Radio Luxembourg, 24, 91, 107, 129–30, 142, 173, 207, 282
Radio Normandie, 24
Radio Paris, 24
Radio Radiance, 23
Radio Times, 24–5, 32, 56, 136, 313
Radiolympia exhibition, 31–2
Rae, Chris, 309
Rae, Jackie, 225, 227
Rafferty, Pat, 13
Raikin, Arkady, 183
Rainwater, Marvin, 96
Randall, William, 7
Randle, Frank, 99
Ray, Ted, 44, 74
Ray’s a Laugh, 44–5, 48, 123
Raymond, Paul, 79
Read, John, 275
Ready Steady Go, 175–7, 179
reality television, 277
record companies, 130
Redfern, Anthea, 287
Redhead, Brian, 167
Reeve, Ada, 8
Reeves and Mortimer, 347–9
regional comedy, 99–102
Reid, Beryl, 46–7
Reiner, Carl, 94
Reith, Lord, 23–4, 29, 50, 163
Renwick, David, 131, 285
Renwick, Sir Robert, 83–4, 86, 281
Rhodes, George, 211
Rich, Buddy, 219–20, 252
Rich, Roy, 129
Richard, Cliff, 108, 139, 158, 169, 174, 192, 218, 330
Richardson, Ralph, 116
Richman, Stella, 196–7, 212
Richmond, Dave, 160
Ripping Yarns, 279
Rippon, Angela, 237
Rising Damp, 257
Riverside Studios, 184