Five O'Clock Club explained

Five O'Clock Club was a 1960s British children's television entertainment programme on Rediffusion. It ran twice-weekly between 1963 and 1966 and presented quizzes, hobby items and pop music performances with guests that included Billy Fury, The Spencer Davis Group and The Kinks, among others.[1]

It featured Jimmy Hanley, Muriel Young, Howard Williams, and later Wally Whyton.[2] [3] The programme also had appearances by Bert Weedon, and Grahame Dangerfield, and two glove puppets; Fred and Ollie, full names Ollie Beak and Fred Barker.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Children's TV in the 1960s (from BFI). www.screenonline.org.uk. 5 October 2023.
  2. Web site: Five O'Clock Club [21/02/1964] ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20190810132910/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a4ee6c1 . dead . 10 August 2019 . BFI.
  3. Web site: Five O'Clock Club [08/05/1964] ]. https://web.archive.org/web/20190810133332/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a50065a . dead . 10 August 2019 . BFI.
  4. Web site: Five O' Clock Club, The | Nostalgia Central. 25 June 2014 .

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