Legs & Co. was a dance troupe until 1981, replacing another called Ruby Flipper, on which BBC TV show?
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Flick Colby Flick Colby (born Felicity Isabelle Colby; March 23, 1946 – May 26, 2011) was an American dancer and choreographer best known for being a founding member and the choreographer of the United Kingdom dance troupe Pan's People, which was a fixture on the BBC 1 chart show "Top of the Pops" from 1968 to 1976. Colby transitioned to become the full-time dance choreographer for the "Top of the Pops" dance troupes Pan's People, Ruby Flipper, Legs & Co., and Zoo (credited as "Dance Director"), from 1972 until 1983.
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Legs &amp; Co. Legs & Co. were a dance troupe created in 1976 for the BBC's weekly Top Of The Pops programme, performing over three hundred times on this show by the time of their last performance in 1981. The group then continued for four further years on tour. The six-girl dance troupe replaced Ruby Flipper on Top Of The Pops, representing a reversion to the earlier all-female format for troupes on this show, and covering the time period where the disco, punk and new wave music fashions were at their chart peak.
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Ruby Romaine Ruby Romaine is a fictional character portrayed by actress-comedian Tracey Ullman on her show "Tracey Takes On...". The character became so popular, that HBO commissioned a pilot for the character which resulted in the one-off special, "Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales". Ruby is a self-professed "star maker."
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Let's Dance (Australian TV series) Let's Dance was an early Australian television series. The 15-minute series ran weekly from 25 March to 23 September 1957, and aired on Melbourne station HSV-7.
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Des O'Connor Tonight Des O'Connor Tonight is a British variety chat show hosted by comedian and singer Des O'Connor. It was originally broadcast on the BBC from 1977 until 1982, where it then moved to ITV in 1983 starting on 1 November and ran until 24 December 2002 after it was axed by ITV after nearly 26 years on air.
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Going for a Song Going for a Song was an antiques quiz show broadcast by the BBC from 1965-1977. It was a forerunner of the "Antiques Roadshow". The original television series was hosted by presenter Max Robertson, with Arthur Negus appearing as the resident expert and antique valuer. Revivals of the programme were made in the 1990s, hosted by Michael Parkinson (1995-1999), and Anne Robinson (2000), with Eric Knowles as the resident antiques expert, and in 2001 by Michael Aspel.
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Don't Spare the Horses Don't Spare the Horses was a British television comedy series which aired on the BBC during 1952. It featured Jimmy James, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, and Spike Milligan. It aired live for three episodes. These live transmissions were not recorded, as the BBC very rarely telerecorded shows prior to the mid-1950s.
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Waggoners' Walk Waggoners' Walk was a soap opera which was broadcast from 28 April 1969 until 30 May 1980 on BBC Radio 2. It was transmitted in the form of 15-minute episodes on weekday afternoons. In early 1980, shortly before the decision was made to end it, the series gained a Sunday omnibus edition on Radio 2 medium wave.
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Jimmy Clitheroe James Robinson Clitheroe (24 December 1921 – 6 June 1973), popularly known as Jimmy Clitheroe, was an English comic entertainer. He is best remembered for his BBC Radio programme, "The Clitheroe Kid" (1956-72), a version of which was produced for television on the ITV network under the title "Just Jimmy" (1964-68).
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The Arthur Askey Show The Arthur Askey Show was a short-lived black-and-white British sitcom starring Arthur Askey that ran for six episodes in 1961. It was written by Dave Freeman. It was made for the ITV network by ATV.
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Gimme 5 (TV series) Gimme 5 was a children's television programme broadcast on Saturday mornings on ITV from 25 April 1992 to 27 August 1994. The programme was a live two-hour show which included live guests, cartoons, competitions and games. For series 1, it was presented by Jenny Powell, Lewis MacLeod, Matthew Davies, and Nobby the Sheep. For series 2, Paul Leyshon replaced Lewis MacLeod. The programme was produced for three series by Tyne Tees Television from Studio 5, at their City Road studios.
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Marie (1980 TV series) Marie is an American comedy-variety show hosted by and starring singer-actress Marie Osmond that aired on NBC from December 12, 1980 to September 26, 1981 with a total of seven episodes produced over half a season.
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Roll Over Beethoven (TV series) Roll Over Beethoven is a British television sitcom produced by Central Independent Television and transmitted on the ITV (TV network) in 1985.
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Ice Warriors (game show) Ice Warriors is a British game show which aired on ITV from 24 January to 21 March 1998 and made by 2010 Media Group for London Weekend Television. Hosted by television presenter Dani Behr it had a similar format to "Gladiators", except that the games were played on an ice rink rather than in an arena. Although the series won a Bronze Rose for Light Entertainment at the 1998 Rose d'Or Festival, it was not successful with critics and viewers, receiving bad reviews and poor ratings. It was eventually axed after one series.
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Josephine Douglas Josephine Douglas (born 6 October 1926 – 12 July 1988) was a British actress. She was the co-producer and co-host of Britain's first pop chart television show, "Six-Five Special", during 1957-58.
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The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club was a British television variety show produced by Granada Television from 1974 to 1977. It was set in a fictional working men's club in the North of England and was hosted by comedian Colin Crompton as the club's Chairman. The show's compere was usually Bernard Manning, who as well as telling jokes and introducing acts often finished the show with a song. Crompton was frequently the butt of his jokes, acting as Manning's stooge.
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Fax (TV series) Fax was a show that appeared on BBC One during the 1980s. It was presented by Bill Oddie, Wendy Leavesley, Debbie Rix and Billy Butler. The series first began on Tuesday 7 January 1986 at 17:35. Viewers wrote in questions for the team to answer in each episode.
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Stave dancing Stave dancing is a style of folk dance from the south-west of England, especially Somerset, Dorset, and Wiltshire. Teams of dancers carry long decorated poles, known as staves, over their shoulders whilst performing. Having effectively died-out in the 1920s, interest in the style revived in the 1980s, and today a number of Morris and country dancing teams perpetuate the tradition. Some claim the tradition's origins lie in the annual ‘club-walks’ of the friendly societies.
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Freetime (TV series) Freetime was children's television programme shown on ITV between 1981 and 1988. Its premiere episode debuted as part of the first Watch It! afternoon on 29 December 1980 and was listed as "Free Time" in the TV Times. But the series did not properly start until later in 1981. Produced by Thames Television, it was a magazine format show devoted to hobbies and interests, and was designed to encourage viewers to get out and about rather than staying at home and watching television. It was hosted by the former Magpie presenter Mick Robertson.
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Let's Sing and Dance Let's Sing and Dance, formerly known as Let's Dance, is a British television programme shown on BBC One, featuring celebrities performing famous dance routines to raise money for the charities Comic Relief and Sport Relief. The programme was presented by Steve Jones and Alex Jones, who replaced previous host Claudia Winkleman in 2011. In the first series, Anton du Beke was a regular judge, appearing alongside two guest panellists, but in the second series onwards, three guest judges were on the panel each week.
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Richard the Lionheart (TV series) Richard the Lionheart was a British ITV television series which ran during 1962 and 1963, and was aimed at a younger audience.
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Ejector Seat Ejector Seat is a British game show, presented by former Children's BBC presenter Andi Peters, that aired on ITV from 28 April to 22 June 2014 as a temporary spring replacement for "Tipping Point".