Designed to celebrate the new introduction of colour to British television,[1] it was directed by Steve Turner, and showcased half-hour sets by pop and rock groups of the period.
[2] 14 June 1968 Manfred Mann 21 June 1968 The Small Faces 28 June 1968 Eclection 12 July 1968 Salena Jones with The Brian Lemon Trio 19 July 1968 Fleetwood Mac 26 July 1968 The Kinks 9 August 1968 The Peddlers 16 August 1968 The Tremeloes 23 August 1968 Barry Noble 30 August 1968 Spooky Tooth 7 September 1968 The Hollies 14 September 1968 The Moody Blues 21 September 1968 Unit 4 + 2 28 September 1968 David Ackles 5 October 1968 O'Hara's Playboys 12 October 1968 Honeybus, Clodagh Rodgers 2 November 1968 Eclection, Spooky Tooth, Jethro Tull 9 November 1968 Foggy Dew-O, Lou Prinze and the Bedrocks 16 November 1968 The Nice 23 November 1968 The Alan Price Set, Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger Trinity 30 November 1968 Giles, Giles and Fripp 7 December 1968 Timebox 14 December 1968 Love Sculpture 21 December 1968 Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band 28 December 1968 repeat of Hollies edition 4 January 1969 The Move 11 January 1969 Sons And Lovers 16 January 1969 Pop-Tops 25 January 1969 The Toast 1 February 1969 Chicken Shack 6 February 1969 Bobby Hanna, The Art Movement 15 February 1969 The Equals, Barbara Ruskin 22 February 1969 The Marmalade 1 March 1969 Ten Years After 8 March 1969 World of Oz 15 March 1969 Caravan 22 March 1969 Harmony Grass 12 April 1969 Free 19 April 1969 Jimmy Campbell, Sweet Thursday 26 April 1969 Elastic Band 10 May 1969 Family 17 May 1969 Cats Eyes 31 May 1969 Group Therapy 7 June 1969 Lions of Judah[2] 14 June 1969 Strawbs (who also invited David Bowie along to perform mime to one track "Poor Jimmy Wilson", with his producer Tony Visconti[3] 5 July 1969 Trapeze (at Laf),[4] Samson 12 July 1969 Copperfield 26 July 1969 Orange Bicycle 2 August 1969 The Love Affair, Philip Goodhand-Tait 9 August 1969 Gene Pitney backed by the Mike Cotton Sound 30 August 1969 The Fortunes[2] (Unbroadcast editions) ---.---.--- The Chambers Brothers ---.---.--- Gullivers People ---.---.--- Sands ---.---.--- Jefferson AKA Geoff Turton backed by Sight & Sound ---.---.--- Golden Earring In addition, 2 compilation programmes were compiled and broadcast over the 1969/70 festive season: 27 December 1969: excerpts from the Bonzo Dog Band, Caravan, Copperfield, Harmony Grass, The Nice, The Peddlers, Gene Pitney, Spooky Tooth and Trapeze editions 3 January 1970: excerpts from the David Ackles, Jimmy Campbell, Hollies, Honeybus, Clodagh Rodgers and Samson editions.
[5][6] Other material that is known to exist outside the BBC includes: b/w tele-recordings of the complete Hollies and Nice editions, an additional film insert from the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band show of Vivian Stanshall's band introductions', and silent film inserts from the Orange Bicycle edition are held by the Kaleidoscope archive.
AudioAudio from the shows starring Fleetwood Mac, The Kinks, The Hollies, Barry Noble, David Ackles, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger, Giles Giles and Fripp, Love Sculpture, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Chicken Shack, Ten Years After, Caravan, Free, Family and Love Affair is known to survive.
Videos identified as being taken from the programme can be seen on the YouTube website, including recordings of The Bonzo Dog Band, The Nice, The Moody Blues, The Hollies, The Chambers Brothers, The Move, and The Small Faces.