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TVTimes: Saturday 24 September 55 The Schedules Archive

Another programme that didn't prosper on ATV.  It would be very difficult for any company to get music programming just right over the next few years, as the economics of television meant that the entire audience - mum and dad as well as son and daughter - needed to be entertained.  A programme like this, aimed at the children was fine, but any grown-up programming on the opposition network meant the set was turned over to what dad wanted to watch.

Additionally, pitching the programme was difficult.  It was very easy to talk down to the audience - such as pretending the show was set in a shop, for instance - and therefore lose them immediately.  Probably only "Oh Boy!" and "Thank your lucky stars" from ABC, "Ready Steady Go" from A-R and "Top of the pops" from the BBC ever managed it get it right.

 

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