The Beat Room

The resident house band was initially Wayne Gibson and the Dynamic Sounds, but was replaced by Peter and the Headlines mid-run.

The show also featured a sextet of female performance dancers, the Beat Girls[1] formed from an existing group, the Katy-Dids.

The only remaining programme (originally broadcast on 5 October 1964)[5] held by the BBC featured Tom Jones, Julie Rogers, The Kinks, John Lee Hooker, and The Syndicats.

They are most famous today for providing most of the dancers who formed Pan's People though most joined after the Beat Room period.

[7] Jo Cook's period in the group ended in October 1964 due to an allegation of already being under contract; however by the following month she had formed the Go-Jos for Top of the Pops, winning the work ahead of the Beat Girls.

The show was again produced by Barry Langford with the Beat Girls also appearing as part of the main line-up every week.

In October 1965, the Beat Girls start appearing on a new Dutch AVRO show, Moef Ga Ga.[10] In early 1966, several of the original dancers quit.

Ruth Pearson, Lyn Wolseley and Jenny Ferne left and formed a new group, Tomorrow's People which, as well as working in the UK, appeared on Aaah-Dele in the Netherlands.

The Dutch Beat Girls also ended with Moef Ga Ga. A different UK-based line up, with Diane South also appearing, occasionally did performances including a BBC show with Jimmy Tarbuck[17] and with Bob Monkhouse.