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Season 1

  • S01E01 Blackpool

    • July 5, 1975
    • BBC One

    Location - BBC1 Big Top at Blackpool. The first of a new series of variety shows featuring artists appearing at Britain's seaside resorts starring Ken Dodd with The Diddymen. Special guests Dana and Wild Honey. Introduced by David Hamilton and featuring New Edition.

  • S01E02 Great Yarmouth

    • July 12, 1975
    • BBC One

    Location - BBC1 Big Top which this week visited Great Yarmouth

  • S01E03 Blackpool

    • July 19, 1975
    • BBC One

    Location - BBC1 Big Top at Blackpool guests - Mike & Bernie Winters, The Three Degrees, Peter Gordeno & New Edition. With hosts David Hamilton and Paul Melba (Mike and Bernie Winters were in the 'Mike and Bernie Winters Show' at the ABC Theatre. Blackpool: Paul Melba was in ' Showtime 75 ' at the North Pier, Blackpool)

  • S01E04 Poole, Dorset

    • July 26, 1975
    • BBC One

    Location - Big Top of Jerry Cottle 's Circus which this week visited Poole, Dorset. guests - starring Cilla Black and her guests Paul Jones, Don MacLean, the Brother Lees, and, from clubland, Ronnie Dukes and Ricki Lee. Introduced by Tony Blackburn and featuring New Edition

  • S01E05 Great Yarmouth

    • August 2, 1975
    • BBC One

    Location - BBC1 Big Top which this week visited Great Yarmouth guests - Dick Emery and featuring Sacha Distel with Clodagh Rodgers, Little and Large, Norman Caley and introduced by Noel Edmonds and featuring New Edition

  • S01E06 Torbay

    • August 9, 1975
    • BBC One

    Location- Gerry Cottle's Circus, Torbay hosts - Noel Edmonds and Val Doonican, guests - Windsor Davies and Don Estelle, Ronnie Corbett, Lynn Rogers, Peter Hudson, Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee (both from Dad's Army), John Inman, Mike Read and Radio 1 DJs David Hamilton, Tony Blackburn (and his then wife Tessa Wyatt) featuring New Edition.

  • S01E07 Torbay

    • August 16, 1975
    • BBC One

    16 August 1975 Location - BBC1 Big Top which this week visited Torbay guests - New Edition sing & dance to "The Main Attraction", "Be A Clown" & "Funky Gibbon", Dailey & Wayne "Keep The Customer Satisfied" "Hey There", Des Lane "Yellow Rose of Texas" & "Long Way to Tipperary", Lulu "I Was Raised On Rock" & "Boy Meets Girl", ABBA "Waterloo" "S.O.S.", Janet Brown "The Pleasure Of Your Company", Kimberley Clarke "Call The Preacher", Kenneth McKellar "Without A Song" & "O Sole Mio", Mike Batt "Summertime City", Tony Blackburn "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" (Kenneth McKellar was in Summer Spectacular at the Festival Theatre. Paignton; Dailey and Wayne and Des Lane were in the Val Doonican Show at the Princess Theatre, Torquay)

  • S01E08 Poole, Dorset

    • August 23, 1975
    • BBC One

    Location - BBC1 Big Top at Poole, Dorset guests - Rolf Harris and The Bachelors with Stuart Gillies and Bernie Clifton, Johnny More, Rita Morris and Tony Blackburn featuring New Edition.

  • S01E09 Torbay

    • August 30, 1975
    • BBC One

    Location - BBC1 Big Top which this week in Torbay guests - Roy Hudd and Keith Harris with Tessie O'Shea, Lena Zavaroni, Derek Dene, Jon Britain and Tony Blackburn and featuring New Edition.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Blackpool

    • June 19, 1976
    • BBC One

    location - Gerry Cottles Circus, Blackpool guests - Wendy Richard, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, John Inman, (all from Are You Being Served?), Showaddywaddy and The Goodies, with hosts Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis.

  • S02E02 Scarborough

    • June 26, 1976
    • BBC One

    location Burniston Road car park next to the army barracks Scarborough ? guests - Dana, Jim Davidson, with host David Hamilton

  • S02E03 Scarborough

    • July 3, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location – Scarborough (American Bicentennial edition) guests The Three Degrees, Kenneth McKellar, Brother Lees, Dailey and Wayne, New Edition

  • S02E04 Southsea

    • July 10, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Southsea guests Lulu, Mike & Bernie Winters, Janet Brown, Dream Express, Ron Martin, host Paul Burnett, and New Edition

  • S02E05 Blackpool

    • July 17, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Blackpool guests Al Dean, Kate T. Fields Rod Hull and Emu, Little and Large, New Edition

  • S02E06 Southsea

    • July 24, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Southsea featured acts from Gerry Cottles Circus. guests Tony Monopoly, Paul Daniels, Cannon and Ball, Surprise Sisters, Mary Chipperfield – chimpanzee act, Jacko Fossett and Little Billy, Cimarro Brothers, host Mike Reid, New Edition

  • S02E07 Weymouth

    • July 31, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Weymouth guests The Bachelors, Sacha Distel, The Grumbleweeds, Keith Harris and Orville, Kenny Lynch, Jimmy Tarbuck, New Edition

  • S02E08 Weymouth and Cherbourg (Anglo-French edition)

    • August 7, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Weymouth and Cherbourg (Anglo-French edition) guests Brotherhood of Man, Frank Carson, Alan Randall, Child (Dave Cooper, Graham Bilbrough, Tim Atack & Keith Atack), Santus Julian troupe, Sacha Distel, New Edition

  • S02E09 Torbay

    • August 14, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Torbay guests Vince Hill, Roger De Courcey and Nookie the Bear, Patton Brothers, Fivepenny Piece, Jodie Grey, Alan Stewart, Peters and Lee, New Edition

  • S02E10 Torbay

    • August 21, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Torbay guests Roy Hudd, Moira Anderson, Don Maclean, Black Abbots, Sidney Devine, Wayne King, hosts Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, David Hamilton, Paul Burnett, New Edition

  • S02E11 Torbay

    • August 28, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Torbay guests Nicky Benton, Peters and Lee, Larry Grayson, Frankie Vaughan, Roy Hudd, Diane Solomon, Wurzels, Fiddlygig, Terry Turner, New Edition

  • S02E12 Southsea

    • September 5, 1976
    • BBC One

    Location - Southsea David Hamilton, Boney M and New Edition - a highlights show.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Eastbourne

    • June 11, 1977
    • BBC One

    First heat of Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest guests Ronnie Corbett, Anne Hart, Nolans, Janet Brown, Patton Brothers, Dick Sheppard, host Tony Blackburn, New Edition

  • S03E02 Eastbourne

    • June 18, 1977
    • BBC One

    Second heat of Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest guests Roy Hudd, Diane Traske, Don Maclean, Roger De Courcey and Nookie the Bear, Jeff Phillips, host Tony Blackburn, New Edition

  • S03E03 Great Yarmouth

    • June 25, 1977
    • BBC One

    Third heat of Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest guests John Inman, Ronnie Dukes, Ricki Lee, Berni Flint, Miquel Brown, Mike Hope, Albie Keen, host David Hamilton, New Edition

  • S03E04 Lowestoft

    • July 2, 1977
    • BBC One

    Fourth heat of Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest guests Les Dawson, Dana, Bernie Clifton, Brother Lees, Stuart Gillies, host David Hamilton, New Edition

  • S03E05 Great Yarmouth

    • July 9, 1977
    • BBC One

    Fifth heat of Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest. guests Cilla Black (performed "I Wanted To Call It Off"), Vince Hill, Frank Carson, Dream Express, Jeff Phillips, Lennie Bennett, host Tony Blackburn, New Edition

  • S03E06 Bournemouth

    • July 16, 1977
    • BBC One

    Sixth heat of Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest. guests Little and Large, Bachelors, Showaddywaddy, Dave Ismay, James Boys, Shades of Love, host Tony Blackburn, New Edition

  • S03E07 Bournemouth

    • July 23, 1977
    • BBC One

    Seventh heat of Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest. guests Peters and Lee, Stu Francis, Michael Barrymore, Bobby Crush, Jodie Grey, host David Hamilton, New Edition

  • S03E08 Bournemouth

    • July 30, 1977
    • BBC One

    Eighth heat of Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest. guests Val Doonican, Fiddlygig, Stan Boardman, Les Wilson, Van Buren & Greta, host Tony Blackburn, New Edition

  • S03E09 Honfleur

    • August 6, 1977
    • BBC One

    First of two programmes from France guests Cliff Richard, Claude Francois, Half Wits, Norman Caley, host Tony Blackburn

  • S03E10 Honfleur

    • August 13, 1977
    • BBC One

    Second of two programmes from France guests Mireille Mathieu, Boney M, Marie Myriam, host Tony Blackburn

  • S03E11 Torbay

    • August 20, 1977
    • BBC One

    The Final of the Miss Seaside Special 1977 Natural Beauty Contest guests Jeff Phillips, Tony Blackburn, Vera Lynn, Jim Davidson, Wurzels, Tony Selby, Patton Brothers, host David Hamilton, New Edition

  • S03E12 Jersey

    • August 27, 1977
    • BBC One

    Features the first colour TV transmission of the `Battle of the Flowers'. guests Johnnie and Roy, Mission Hall Jazz Band, Des O’Connor, Jack Douglas, George Truzzi, Roger Kitter, Brian Taylor, Shades of Love, Californians, Page Three, host David Hamilton, New Edition

  • S03E13 Special end of Summer edition.

    • September 30, 1977
    • BBC One

Season 4

  • S04E01 Torbay

    • July 8, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Little and Large, Caterina Valente, Sheila B. Devotion, Brotherhood of Man, Showaddywaddy, Hoppe's Unrideable Mules

  • S04E02 Torbay

    • July 15, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Clive Webb, Boney M, Joe Dassin, Plastic Bertrand, Matia Bazar, Ian Dury, Roy Walker, Peter Hudson

  • S04E03 Torbay

    • July 22, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Marti Caine, Roy Castle, Jean Vallee, Brother Lees, Black Gold, Colin `Fingers' Henry, Inarros Sisters

  • S04E04 Torbay

    • July 29, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Rolf Harris, Nicole Croisille, Smokie, Bernie Clifton, Stu Francis, Paul Nicholas, Charivari. Rolf sang a variation of 'Flogging Molly' with the chorus 'Come day go day, Wish in my hearty it was Sunday, Drinking buttermilk all the week, And whiskey on a Sunday.'

  • S04E05 Torbay

    • August 5, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Jim Davidson, Roger De Courcey and Nookie the Bear, Berni Flint, Larry Parker, Samson and Delilah, Udo Jürgens, Annie Cordy

  • S04E06 St Malo

    • August 12, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Joe Dassin, Chantal Goya, Laurent Voulzey, Était Une Fois, Café Crème, Arlene, Tony Crosse, Grace Jones

  • S04E07 St Malo

    • August 19, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Band a Basile, Chris Woodward, Arthur Scott and his Sealions, Dionne Warwick, Baccara, Alain Souchon, Annie Cordon, Patrick Juvet, Jeane Manson, Martin Circus

  • S04E08 Jersey

    • August 26, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Jackie Hall, Terry Wogan, Wurzels, Stuart Gillies, Black Abbots, Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent, Bobby Bennett

  • S04E09 Jersey

    • September 2, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Charlie Daze, Memory Lane, Peters and Lee, Mike Burton, Dooleys, Brian Marshall, Californians, Good Vibrations, Ron Martin

  • S04E10 Weymouth

    • September 9, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Mike Carter, Lenny Henry, Mike Hope, Albie Keen, John Inman, Dana Gillespie, Salena Jones, Norman Collier, Bobby Crush

  • S04E11 Weymouth

    • September 22, 1978
    • BBC One

    guests Lennie Bennett, Jerry Stevens, Allan Stewart, Valerie Masters, Diane Cousins, Bobby Knutt, Turnstyle

Season 5

  • S05E01 Blackpool

    • July 14, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Peter Powell with guests Little and Large with guests Mick Miller, Peters and Lee and Showaddywaddy, Chas and Dave and First Edition

  • S05E02 Bruges

    • July 21, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Jeane Manson with guests Boney M, Amii Stewart, Clive Webb, Chantal Goya, Patrick Hernandez, and Gerard Lenorman

  • S05E03 Blackpool

    • July 28, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Peter Powell with guests Tony Brutus, Angels, Ken Dodd and his Diddymen, Brother Lees

  • S05E04 Poole

    • August 4, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Peter Powell with guests Cilla Black who sang Bright Eyes with some kids holding rabbits. Cliff Richard and Don MacLean, Jerry Stevens, Keith Harris, Lenny Henry and Antonia Rodriguez

  • S05E05 Honfleur

    • August 11, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Peter Powell with guests Rod Hull and Emu, Plastic Bertrand, Eruption, Gibson Brothers, Santos `Loonies', Amanda Lear

  • S05E06 Blackpool

    • August 18, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Peter Powell with guests Les Dawson, The Krankies, Stu Francis, Les Dennis, Roy Barraclough and from the world of pop music The Dooleys, Berni Flint, Dollar

  • S05E07 Isle of Man

    • August 25, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Peter Powell with guests Petula Clark, The Grumbleweeds, The Wurzels, Frank Carson, Bobby Knutt, Diane Cousins, Tony Kent, Greg Bonham, Iris Williams

  • S05E08 Poole

    • September 1, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Peter Powell with guests Rolf Harris, Roy Castle, Amii Stewart, Bernie Clifton, Candlewick Green, Neil Martin and First Edition

  • S05E09 Isle of Man

    • September 8, 1979
    • BBC One

    Introduced by Peter Powell with guests Lennie Bennett, Ruby Winters and Boney M