LOSE YOURSELF IN 1962
THE SAINT AIRS ON ITV
At last, a television show with all the vital ingredients – exotic cars (including the leading Volvo P1800), a swinging theme tune from the great Edwin Astley and, best of all, Roger Moore’s dashing hero. No actor could have been better suited to breaking down balsa wood doors, battling fez-wearing villains and rescuing this week’s leading lady. Cue the opening lines – ‘Who is that dashing
TW3 CAUSES CONTROVERSY ON BBC TELEVISION
That Was The Week That Was (or TW3 for short) is a satirical review fronted by a young Cambridge graduate by the name of David Frost. During its two series, the journalist Bernard Levin is physically attacked by a member of the studio audience, politicians are lampooned on a regular basis and the then Postmaster General, Reginald Bevins, threatens to ‘do something about it’. The show’s writers include John Cleese, Dennis Potter and Kenneth Tynan and its catchphrase is, as many still remember, ‘ That was the week, that was.’
THE BEATLES RELEASE LOVE ME DO
The Liverpool quartet – aka The Fab Four – overcome the controversy surrounding their replacement of popular drummer, Pete Best, with Ringo Starr (from Rory Storm & The Hurricanes) to release their first single for Parlophone – though versions exist with three different drummers. The song eventually reaches No 17 in the hit parade and for a follow-up, the bold young group chose Please Please Me, over a number chosen by their producer George Martin. Tch, such audacity.