Oh Boy! (TV series)
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| Oh Boy! | |
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 title screen with logo |
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| Genre | Music, Variety |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | english |
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| Producer(s) | Jack Good |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | 13 September 1958 – 30 May 1959 |
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Oh Boy! was the first teenage all-music show on British TV 1958-1959. It was produced by Jack Good for ITV.
The show was transmitted on Saturday evenings and was in direct competition to the BBC's 6.5 Special. Each week it featured resident artists plus a selection of special guests. The residents included Cliff Richard and the The Vernons Girls.
The original show last aired on 30th may 1959, but was later re-worked in 1979 for the "new" generation of Rock n Roll influenced stars of the day, this time round the show included, Shakin' Stevens, Alvin Stardust, and Joe Brown (singer), Joe Brown is the only one of these artists who was performing across the UK in the 50s to appear on the 70s Oh Boy! show. Alvin Stardust first emerged on the 1950s scene as Shane Fenton and the Fentones who re-invented himself as Alvin in the 70s.
[edit] References
- Jack Good's "Oh Boy!" on Fortune City
- oh-boy at TV.com
- Oh Boy! at the Internet Movie Database
- Oh Boy! (TV series) at the BFI's Screenonline
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