Piccadilly Palace - Season 1

First aired: 5/20/1967 15 episodes
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Episodes

1. The Dave Clark Five / Cliff Richard

Aired: 5/20/1967

Music: --Dave Clark Five - ""You've Got What It Takes"" and ""Georgia"" --Cliff Richard - ""It's All Over"" and ""In the Country"" --Millicent Martin - ""Granada"" (with dancers) Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A ""Peter and the Wolf"" interpretation --""East Side Story"" (a parody of Hollywood musical comedies) Aired 20-May-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) (Note: UK broadcast date unknown.)

2. Tom Jones / The Hollies

Aired: 5/27/1967

Music: --The Hollies - ""On a Carousel"" & ""Stop, Stop, Stop"" --Tom Jones - ""That Old Black Magic"" and ""Detroit City"" --Millicent Martin - ""Fever"" and ""Eleanor Rigby"" Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A pie throwing demonstration --The problems of the nearsighted Aired 27-May-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 12-Nov-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

3. The Small Faces / Bobby Rydell

Aired: 6/3/1967

Music: --The Small Faces - ""I Can't Make It"" & ""All or Nothing"" --Bobby Rydell - ""The Impossible Dream"" & ""The Joker"" --Millicent Martin - ""The Day the Circus Left Town"" (with the Paddy Stone Dancers) Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A parody of Adagio dancers --A spoof of a popular soap opera Aired 03-Jun-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 22-Oct-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

4. Frankie Avalon / The New Vaudeville Band

Aired: 7/15/1967

Music: --Frankie Avalon - ""I Could Write a Book"" & ""What Is This Thing Called Love?"" --The New Vaudeville Band - ""If I Had a Talking Picture of You"" and ""Finchley Central"" --Millicent Martin - ""Window Wishin'"" Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A version of Grieg's Concerto in A Minor --Impressions of Samson and Delilah, Julius Caesar Aired 15-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 31-Dec-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

5. Freddie & the Dreamers / Jimmie Rodgers

Aired: 6/17/1967

Music: --Freddie and the Dreamers - ""Brown and Porter's"" --Jimmie Rodgers - ""The Lonesome Road"" & ""I'll Say Goodbye"" --Millicent Martin - ""The Shadow of Your Smile"" --Entire cast - Western medley: ""Wagon Wheels,"" ""Ol Faithful"" and ""On Top of Old Smokey"" Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise do a pantomime table tennis game (with series' writers Sid Green and Dick Hills) Aired 17-Jun-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) (Note: UK broadcast date unknown.)

6. Georgie Fame / Bobby Vinton

Aired: 6/24/1967

Music: --Georgie Fame - ""Sweet Thing"" & ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" --Bobby Vinton - ""Mr. Lonely,"" ""To Life"" and ""Sunrise, Sunset"" --Millicent Martin - ""You're Gonna Hear from Me"" Morecambe and Wise comedy: --An Arabian sheik's first impressions of London. --A parody of pop singing groups (with Morecambe & Wise and the show's writers) Aired 24-Jun-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 17-Mar-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

7. George Maharis / Manfred Mann

Aired: 7/1/1967

Music: --George Maharis - ""Baby Has Gone Bye-Bye"" & ""All Right, OK, You Win"" --Manfred Mann - ""Ha! Ha! Said the Clown"" & ""Just Like a Woman"" --Millicent Martin - ""Singin' in the Rain"" & ""Make It Easy on Yourself"" Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise appear as figures on a Greek vase --Morecambe and Wise take a look at English village life Aired 01-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 10-Dec-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

8. Tommy Leonetti / The Moody Blues

Aired: 7/22/1967

Music: --The Moody Blues - ""Fly Me High"" & ""Really Haven't Got the Time"" --Tommy Leonetti - ""Once Upon A Time"" and ""This is the Life"" --Millicent Martin - ""Light Another Cigarette"" Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise spoof Hollywood westerns and musicals. Aired 22-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 14-Jan-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

9. The Kinks / Engelbert Humperdinck

Aired: 7/29/1967

Music: --The Kinks - ""Dandy"" & ""Well-Respected Man"" --Engelbert Humperdinck - ""Release Me"" and ""Country Girl"" --Millicent Martin - ""Call Me"" Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise take a flight in a model airplane. --Morecambe and Wise do a ventriloquist act. Aired 29-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 1-Oct-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

10. Eric Burdon & the Animals / Gene Pitney

Aired: 8/5/1967

Music: --Eric Burdon & the Animals - ""When I Was Young"" & ""Good Times"" --Gene Pitney - ""Town without Pity"" & ""On the Street Where You Live"" --Millicent Martin - ""Something Missing Now"" --Millicent Martin (with the Paddy Stone Dancers) - ""Running Wild"" Comedy: --Gladys Whitred joins Morecambe and Wise for a selection of arias. --Millicent Martin does an apache dance with Morecambe and Wise Aired 5-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 25-Feb-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

11. Peter Nero / The Tremeloes

Aired: 8/12/1967

Music: --Peter Nero (pianist) - ""A Walk in the Black Forest"" & ""Variations on a Theme"" --The Tremeloes - ""Silence Is Golden"" & ""Here Comes My Baby"" --Millicent Martin - ""How Insensitive"" & ""Coronet Man"" Comedy: --Morecambe & Wise parody silent films --Eric Morecambe joins Peter Nero for a piano duet. Aired 12-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 4-Feb-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)

12. Millicent Martin (host) / Matt Monro / Bruce Forsythe

Aired: 8/19/1967

--Matt Monro - ""In the Arms Of Love"" & ""What To Do"" --Bruce Forsythe - ""For Me And My Gal"" --Millicent Martin - ""Newfangled Tango"" & ""A House Is Not A Home"" Series regulars: --Michael Sammes Singers --Paddy Stone Dancers --Jack Parnell Orchestra Aired 19-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 11-Feb-1968 (UK - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ATV, B&W)

13. John Bird / Vikki Carr / Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Aired: 8/26/1967

Music: --Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - ""OK"" & ""If I Were a Carpenter"" --Vikki Carr - ""It Must Be Him"" --Vikki Carr and Millicent Martin - ""Surrey with the Fringe on Top"" --Millicent Martin (host) - ""Nursery Rhymes (with the Paddy Stone Dancers) Comedy: --John Bird (comedian) and Millicent Martin spoof British Cabinet meetings. Aired 26-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) (Note: UK broadcast date unknown.)

14. Millicent Martin (host) / Frank Ifield / Bruce Forsythe

Aired: 9/2/1967

Music: --Millicent Martin (host) - ""If You Go Away"" --Frank Ifield - ""You Came Along Out of Nowhere"" --Frank Ifield - ""Love Song of the Waterfall"" Comedy: --Bruce Forsythe and Millicent Martin appear in a hunting skit. Aired 2-Sep-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 3-Mar-1968 (UK - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ATV, B&W)

15. Dudley Moore / Topol / Bruce Forsythe

Aired: 9/9/1967

Music: --Millicent Martin (host) - ""A Man and a Woman"" --Topol - ""If I Were a Rich Man"" and ""Jerusalem, Jerusalem"" --Entire cast - ""Get Me to the Church on Time"" Comedy: --Dudley Moore and Bruce Forsythe discuss the evils of tobacco. Aired 9-Sep-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 21-Jan-1968 (UK - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ATV, B&W)