1968

1968
The first episode of Alan Plater's To See How Far It Is broadcast as part of BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. The first UK TV showing of Hitchcock's The Thirty-Nine Steps. Cecil Day-Lewis was announced as the new Poet Laureate. Ou-La-La broadcast on Radio 1. Joel Landwehr's In Hot Blood premiered. The World In Action episode An Outlaw's Life broadcast.
Diaghilev: The Years Ahead broadcast in the Omnibus strand. An Ingenious Man broadcast in the Horizon strand. Francis Searle's The Palce Faced Girl - starring Kevin McHugh, Fidelma Murphy and Tony Rohr - premiered.
Ian Roberts' Toggle broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. A Private Place broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Clive Donner's Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush - starring Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Angela Scoular, Sheila White, Adrienne Posta, Diane Keen and Christopher Timothy - premiered.
The first episode of The Richest Prize In Sport broadcast. The Archbishop broadcast on BBC2. Lord Reith Looks Back broadcast on Radio 4. The first episode of A Man Of Our Times broadcast on Rediffusion.

The first episode of Alan Freeman's All Systems Freeman broadcast. Home-Built Observatories broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. The first episode of Gardeners' World broadcast on BBC2. The Status Quo's 'Pictures of Matchstick Men'/'Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café', The Gass Company's 'Everybody Needs Love'/'Nightmare', The Cedars' 'For Your Information'/'Hide If You Want To Hide', The Royalettes' 'Something Wonderful'/'River Of Tears', The Beach Boys' 'Darlin'/'Country Air', Jason Crest's 'Turquoise Tandem Cycle'/'Good Life', Anita Harris' 'Anniversary Waltz'/'Old Queenie Cole', The Esquires' 'And Get Away'/'Everybody's Laughing', PP Arnold's '(If You Think You're) Groovy'/'Though It Hurts Me Badly', Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' 'Honey Chile'/'Show Me The Way', Junior Walker & The All Stars' 'Come See About Me'/'Sweet Soul', Peter & The Wolves' 'Lanternlight'/'Break Up - Break Down', Ramsey Lewis's 'Soul Man'/'Struttin' Lightly', Etta James' 'Tell Mama'/'I'd Rather Go Blind', Don Partridge's 'Rosie'/'Going Back To London', The Wildweeds' 'It Was Fun (While It Lasted)'/'Sorrow's Anthem', Fearns Brass Foundry's 'Don't Change It'/'John White', The Treasure Boys' 'Love Is A Treasure'/'Zazuca', Long John Baldry's 'Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart'/'Let Him Go (And Let Me Love You)' and Jason Crest's 'Turquoise Tandem Cycle'/'Good Life' released.
The first episode of The Portrait Of A Lady broadcast on BBC2. Thirteen people died in the Hixon train disaster. Eric Burdon & The Animlas featured on Radio 1's Pete's People. Desmond Morris appeared on Desert Island Discs. In the First Division, Leeds United won five-nil at relegation-haunted Fulham (Jimmy Greenhoff netting three and Mick Jones two), Chelsea defeated Southampton five-three at The Dell, Liverpool beat West Bromwich Albion four-one (Roger Hunt hitting a hat-trick), Manchester City won three-nil at Nottingham Forest, Manchester United beat West Ham United three-one and Everton won by the same score at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Second Division leaders Queens Park Rangers hammered rock-bottom Rotherham United six-nil with Ian and Roger Morgan, Mick Leach and Rodney Marsh all on the scroe-sheet. Blackpool weere second with a three-one victory over Hull City. The Second Round of the FA Cup took place later than usual due to the chaos caused by bad weather when the First Round was taking place. There were few surprises. Dennis Fidler scored as Macclesfield Town reached the Third Round with a two-nil victory over Spennymoor United. Three lower league sides also forced replyas; Boston United drew one-all with Orient, Dagenham held Reading by the same score as did Tow Law Town at home to Shrewsbury Town. Elsewhere, Ron McGarry scored twice as Barrow won two-one at Altringham, Colchester United had a two-nil victory at Chelsmford City, Newport defeated Guildford one-nil, Peterborough United thrashed Margate four-nil, Southport beat Runcorn four-two, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic won three-one at Walthamstow Avenue, Watford thumped Hereford United three-nil and Bristol Rovers had a four-nil victory at Wimbledon. The Man In A Suitcase episode Burden Of Proof broadcast on ATV London.
The first UK broadcast of The Smothers Brothers. Meeting Point: Anything Goes featured 'a discussion on our permissive society' introduced by Desmond Wilcox, with Doctor Edmund Leach, Caroline Coon, Lord Soper and Baroness Wootton. Carolien Coon won by two falls and a submission. Jivaro: A Sinister Society broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. John Peel and Tommy Vance introduced Top Gear featuring sessions from Manfred Mann ('Every Day Another Hair Turns Grey', 'The Mighty Quinn', 'Handbags & Gladrags', 'Cubist Town'), The Spencer Davis Group, The Pretty Things, Kaleidoscope and Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera. The Prisoner episode Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling broadcast on ATV London.
People Of The Highway broadcast in the Traveller's Tales strand. Breakaway: Au Pair To Paris broadcast on BBC2. Harold Wilson endorsed the - faintly ridiculous - 'I'm Backing Britain' campaign, encouraging employees to work extra hours each day without pay. It, predictably, went down like a sack of shite with the general public. Saul Swimmer's Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter - starring Herman's Hermits and Stanley Holloway - premiered. The World In Action episode The Long Bridge broadcast.
In Defence Of Crows broadcast in BBC2's Life strand. For the first time since 1955, the clock in the Big Ben tower stopped due to adverse weather. Liverpool crashed out of the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup like a big crashing thing, losing one-nil at home to Ferencváros in the Third Round.
David Rudkin's House Of Character broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Desmond Lowden's The News Benders broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand.
The first UK broadcast of The Adventures Of Barbara in the Tales From Europe strand. Made In Germany broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand. Leeds United drew one-all at Hibernian in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and progressed into the Quarter-Finals on agrreegate. Colin Stein scored for Hibs, Eddie Gray equalising for Leeds.
Change Or Decay? broadcast. Kenneth Williams was interviewed on Film Review. Living With Icons broadcast on BBC2. Manfred Mann's 'The Mighty Quinn'/'By Request - Edwin Garvey', Denny Laine's 'Too Much In Love'/'Catherine's Wheel', Amen Corner's 'Bend Me Shape Me'/'Satisnek The Job's Worth', Tony Blackburn's 'So Much Love'/'In The Night', The American Breed's 'Bend Me, Shape Me'/'Mindrocker', The Movement's 'Tell Her'/'Something You Got', Christopher Colt's 'Virgin Sunrise'/'Girl In The Mirror', Lee Harmers Popcorn's 'Love Is Coming'/'Hello Sunshine', Spooky Tooth's 'Sunshine Help Me'/'Weird', Norman Conquest's 'Two People'/'Upside Down', Al Greene & The Soul Mates' 'Back Up Train'/'Don't Leave Me', Chris Clark's 'I Want To Go Back There Again'/'I Love You', The Detours' 'Run To Me Baby'/'Hanging On', Rita Tushingham & Lynn Redgrave's 'Smashing Time'/'Waiting For My Friend', The Nocturnes' 'A New Man'/'Suddenly Free', Jacques Dutronc's 'Le Plus Difficile'/'Les Rois De La Reforme', Billy Nicholls' 'Would You Believe?'/'Daytime Girl', The Majority's 'All Our Christmases'/'People', The Tremeloes' 'Suddenly You Love Me'/'As You Are', Janis Ian's 'Sunflakes Fall, Snowrays Call'/'Insanity Comes Quietly To The Structured Mind', Kenny Lynch's 'Mister Moonlight'/'The Other Side Of Dreamland', The Detours' 'Run To Me Baby'/'Hanging On', The Act's 'Just A Little Bit'/'The Remedies Of Doctor Brohnicoy', Al Greene & The Soul Mates' 'Back Up Train'/'Don't Leave Me', Tim Buckley's 'Once I Was'/'Phantasmagoria In Two', The Dells' 'O - O, I Love You'/'There Is' and The Attack's 'Neville Thumbcatch'/'Lady Orange Peel' released.
The BBC debut of Tom Baker in an episode of Dixon Of Dock Green. One Pair Of Eyes: Off To Philadelphia broadcast on BBC2. On another day in which the Football League programme was decimated by bad weather, Leeds United moved second in the First Division, beating Southampton five-nil, having dispatched Fulham by the same score the previous week. Leciester City defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers three-one. Newcastle united were sixths, their unbeaten home form extening to nineteen games following a goalless draw with Nottingham Forest. But for the fact that they couldn't win away from home to save their lives, they would unquestionably have been challening to the title. But, they didn't so they weren't. Amen Corner featured on Saturday Club. Classical guitarist John Williams appeared on Desert Island Discs. The Man In A Suitcase episode The Whisper broadcast on ATV London.
The first episode of Pinky & Perky Times broadcast. The Wild Places broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. And Another Thing ...: Egyptomania broadcast. Top Gear featured sessions by The Foundations ('A Whole New Thing', 'Back On My Feet Again', 'Help Me'), PP Arnold ('Satisfaction', 'Tin Soldier', 'If You Think You're Grooving', 'You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman', 'Road To Nowhere'), The Cream ('SWALBR', 'The Politician', 'Steppin Out', 'We're going Wrong', 'Blue Condition'), Plastic Penny and Ten Years After. The Role Of A National Library broadcast on Radio 3. The Prisoner episode Living In Harmony broadcast on ATV London. Tottenham Hotspur wrok the five year old British transfer record, signing centre forward Martin Chivers from Southampton for one hundred and twenty five thousand notes.
The first episode of Len & The River Mob broadcast in the Look & Read strand. Joyce Grenfell read Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking on Jackanory. Alan Plater's To See How Far It Is broadcast in BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers and The Bee Gees' 'Words'/'Sinking Ships' released. Dagenham and Boston United's FA Cup runs came to and end, losing Second Round replays at home to Reading (one-nil) and two-one at Orient resepctively. The World In Action episode Alas Poor Hippies, Love Is Dead! broadcast.
The first episode of Fanny Craddock's Ten Classic Dishes broadcast. Kon Ichikawa's Alone On The Pacific shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand.
Michael Frayn's Jamie, On A Flying Visit broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Diary Of An Encounter broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. In the first leg of the Football League Cup Semi-Finals, Arsenal defeated Huddersfield Town three-two (George Graham, John Radford and Bob MacNab scoring for The Gunners, Trevor Cherry and Colin Dobson replying for The Terriers) and Leeds United won one-nil at Derby County through a Johnny Giles penalty in the first of what was destined to become, over the next few years, a series of grudge matches between Don Review and Brian Clough's sides. Martin Chivers (on debut) and Jimmy Greaves were on-target as Spurs won two-one at Sheffield Wednesday in the First Division. Bobby Owen scored three as Bury thumped Brighton & Hove Albion four-nil in the Third Division.
Towards Tomorrow: The World In A Box broadcast. African Art: A Thousand Faces broadcast on BBC2. The first episode of Enough Fingers To Make A Hand broadcast on Radio 4. Eric Brodie netted a hat-trick as Shrewsbury Town ended Tow Law Town's FA Cup run, winning their replay six-two at Gay Meadow.
Halfway Round The World broadcast. The first episode of BBC2's I Mean To Say broadcast. The Marvelettes' 'My Baby Must Be A Magician'/'I Need Someone', Love's 'Alone Again Or'/'Bummer In The Summer', The Cherry Smash's 'Sing Songs Of Love'/'Movie Star', The Movement's 'Tell Her'/'Something You Got', Grapefruit's 'Dear Delilah'/'The Dead Boot', Timon's 'Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane'/'Rambling Boy', The Loot's 'Don't Turn Around'/'You Are My Sunshine Girl', Toby Twirl's 'Harry Faversham'/'Back In Time', Sun Dragon's 'Green Tambourine'/'I Need All The Friends I Can Get', The Virgin Sleep's 'Secret'/'Comes A Time', Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band's 'Yellow Brick Road'/'Abba Zaba', Al Wilson's 'Do What You Gotta Do'/'Now I Know What Love Is' and The Eire Apparent's 'Follow Me'/'Here I Go Again' released.
Long John Baldry and Simon Dupree & The Big Sound appeared on Dee Time. Faces Of The Moon broadcast in BBC2's Chronicle strand. Manfred Mann featured on Saturday Club. Sharon Tate married Roman Polanski in London. John Mortimer appeared on Desert Island Discs. The two Manchester clubs remained at the top of the First Division, United beating Sheffield Wednesday four-two and City winning three-nil at Sheffield United. Newcastle United won away from home for the first time all season, four-one at Coventry City (with goals from Wyn Davies, Tommy Robson, Jim Scott and new signing Jacie Sinclair) whilst Liverpool defeated Southampton two-nil. Nottingham Forest beat West Bromwich Albion three-two. Almost fifty eight thousand were at White Hart Lane where Spurs won the North London derby through an Alan Gilzean goal. Rodney Marsh was on-target again, twice, for Queens Park Rangers who bveat preston North End two-nil in the Second Division. The Man In A Suitcase episode Why They Killed Nolan broadcast on ATV London.
David Mercer's The Parachute broadcast in the Play Of The Month strand. Alan Bennett and Judi Dench appeared on BBC2's Call My Bluff. The Battle of Khe Sanh began in Viet'nam. Radio 1's Top Gear featured sessions by Donovan ( 'First There Is A Mountain', 'As I Recall It', 'Lalena', 'Sleepy Hollow', 'Young Girl Blues'), Tom Rush, Grapefruit and Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac ('Can't Hold Out', 'Blue Coat Man', 'Sweet Little Angel', 'The Stroller', 'Bee-L-Bicky-Bop Blue Jean Honey Babe Meets High School Hound Dog Hot Rod Man'). The Prisoner episode The Girl Who Was Death broadcast on ATV London.
The first episode of Spike Milligan's The World Of Beachcomber broadcast on BBC2. The first episode of Hugh & I Spy broadcast. Watt Made Engines broadcast in the Workshops Of The World strand. Doctor John The Night Tripper's Gris-Gris, Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood's 'Some Velvet Morning'/'Tony Rome' and Aretha Franklin's Lady Soul released. The unmanned Apollo 5 was launched. The World In Action episode Merchants Of War, invesitgating arms dealing and mercenaries in Biafra, broadcast.
Top Brass broadcast in the Omnibus strand. The King & The General shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. North Korea seized the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying.
Howard Winstone stopped Mitsunori Seki in the ninth round to win the vacant World Featherweight title at the Royal Albert Hall. Maggie Ross's Lovely In Black broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. The first test between the West Indies and England in Trinidad ended in a draw. Ken Barringtron scored his fourth century in successive tests whilst Tom Graveney also hit a hundred and Colin Cowdrey seventy two in England's total of five hundred and sixty eight. West Indies were five runs short of avoiding the follow-on, despite Clive Lloyd's sparkling century. But, although David Brown took three quick wickets, a partnership of sixty three between Gary Sobers and Wes Hall saw the home side to safety. David Greene's Sebastian - starring Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York, Lilli Palmer and John Gielgud and Vincent McEveety's Firecreek - starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda - premiered.
Hugh Burnett's White Africa broadcast. Escort In Araby broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand. Peter Collinson's adaptation of Up The Junction - starring Dennis Waterman, Suzy Kendall, Adrienne Posta, Maureen Lipman and Liz Fraser - premiered.
Let Sleeping Wives Lie broadcast. The Case Of The Munich Air Crash broadcast in the Cause For Concern strand. I Mean To Say: Confronting The System broadcast on BBC2. The Move's 'Fire Brigade'/'Walk Upon The Water', Alan Price Set's 'Don't Stop The Carnival'/'The Time Has Come', The Bee Gees' 'Words'/'Sinking Ships', The Gibsons' 'Only When You're Lonely'/'Ode To A Dolls House', The Human Beinz's 'Nobody But Me'/'Sueno', Sandie Shaw's 'Today'/'London', Nicky James's 'Would You Believe?'/'Silver Butterfly', The Equals' 'I Get So Excited'/'The Skies Above', The Impressions' 'We're A Winner'/'You've Got Me Runnin', Marvin Gaye's 'You'/'Change What You Can', The Plague's 'Looking For The Sun'/'Here Today, Gone Tomorrow', The Oscar Bicycle's 'On A Quiet Night'/'The Room Revolves Around Me', Cats Pyjamas' 'Baby I Love You'/'Virginia Water', Franck Pourcel & His Orchestra's 'Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)'/'Ski Promenade', Warm Sounds' 'Nite Is A-Comin'/'Smeta Murgaty', The Stocking Tops' 'You're Never Gonna Get My Lovin'/'You Don't Know What Love Is All About', Kaleidoscope's 'A Dream For Julie'/'Please Excuse My Face', Ian Whitcomb's 'Sally Sails The Sky'/'Groovy Day', The Creation's 'How Does It Feel To Feel?'/'Tom Tom', Joe E Young & The Toniks' 'Life Time Of Lovin'/'Flower In My Hand',The Stocking Tops' 'You're Never Gonna Get My Lovin'/'You Don't Know What Love Is All About', Calvin Arnold's 'Funky Way'/'Snatchin' Back' and Eric Burdon & The Animals' 'Sky Pilot (parts 1 & 2)' released.
Match Of The Day cameras were hoping for an upset when non-league Macclesfield Town led twice at First Division Fulham in the FA Cup Third Round. Bobby Robson's relegation-haunted side eventually recovered to win four-two (Allan Clarke scoring twice). They should have gone to St James' Park instead where Newcastle United were beaten one-nil by Carlisle United (Tommy Murray netting). Alan Birchenall scored two in Chelsea's three-nil defeat of Ipwich Town, Reading drew at Manchester City and Second Division strugglers Rotherham uNited defeated Wolves one-nil. Leeds United and Derby Count met in yet another bruising clash at Elland Road, the hosts winning two-nil, Manchester united and Tottenham Hotspur drew two-two and Shrewsbury Town forced a replay with Arsenal. Brian Tinnion and Tommy Spratt were among the goals as Workignton won three-one at Rochdale in the Fourth Division. A Handful Of Horrors broadcast in BBC2's Whicker's World strand. The Tremeloes and Kenny Lynch featured in Saturday Club. John Bird appeared on Desert Island Discs. The Man In A Suitcase episode The Boston Square broadcast on ATV London.
Peter Cook appeared on Meeting Point: Talk Of The Devil. Isles Of Wonder broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. Radio 1's Top Gear featured sessions by with Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Move, Denny Laine & The Electric String Band, David Bowie, The Nice and The Chicken Shack. The Prisoner episode Once Upon A Time broadcast on ATV London.
Molly Sugden read The Unwelcome Guests on Jackanory. Breakaway: My Friends Think I'm Mad broacats on BBC2. The Swallow's Nest broadcast in the Theatre 625 strand.
The first episode of Cilla broadcast, with guests, Harry H Corbett, Jimmy Edwards and Roy Castle. Man's Best Friends broadcast in the Horizon strand. Jeudi On Chantera Comme Dimanche shown in the World Cinema strand. The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat released. Arsenal beat Shrewsbury Town two-nil in an FA Cup Third Round replay. Liverpool thrashed Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic four-one, Southampton came from behind to win three-two at Newport County and Bristol City beat neighbours Rovers two-one at Eastville.
Donald Tosh's Happiness Is E Shaped broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. The Drummer & The Bloke broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. The Tet Offensive began as Viet Cong forces launched a series of attacks on South Viet'nam. Mike Summerbee scored three in Manchester City's seven-nil thrashing of Reading in the FA Cup. John Manning scored the winner as Second Division Norwich City won one-nil at Sunderland. Walsall defeated Cystal Palace two-one and West Bromiwhc Albion won four-nil against Colchester United.
John Peel co-presented - with dirty old scallywag Jimmy Savile - an episode of Top Of The Pops for the first time. Peelie opened the show protesting about the lack of any Captain Beefhart and Tyrannosaurus Rex, then forgot the name of Amen Corner (they were about to perform 'Bend Me, Shape Me'). He was told after the show by the producer, Johnnie Stewart, that he would never be invited back. Apart from an appearance with his friends The Faces in 1971, John would not be seen on Top Of the Pops again until Christmas Day 1981. Joan Bakewell chaired a discussion between Lady Asquith and Lady Stocks on the struggle to obtain female enfranchisement at the start of the Twentieth Century on Late Night Line-Up.
Professor Christian Barnard answered questions from an invited studio audience and tackled the moral and scientific issues that have dogged his work on Tomorrow's World. Calendars Of Other Worlds broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. Marianne Faithfull on location for Girl On A Motorcycle talked to Philip Jenkinson on Film Review. I Mean To Say: Bridging The Gap broadcast on BBC2. The Temptations' 'I Wish It Would Rain'/'I Truly, Truly Believe', Motivation's 'Come On Down'/'Little Man', Big Boy Pete's 'Cold Turkey'/'My Love Is Like A Spaceship', Cain's 'Her Emotion'/'Take Me Back One Time', The Hep Stars' 'Wedding'/'Consolation', Fourteen's 'Through My Door'/'Meet Mister Edgar', Genesis's 'The Silent Sun'/'That's Me', Tuesday's Children's 'Ain't You Got A Heart'/'In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Love', Denis Couldry & The Next Collection's 'James In The Basement'/'I Am Nearly There', Cheryl Kennedy's 'Love Is Blue'/'I Could Be Happy With You', Otis Clay's 'A Lasting Love'/'Got To Find A Way' and Manfred Mann's Up The Junction soundtrack released. Jim Fryatt netted three in Stockport County's five-two defeat of Tranmere Rovers in the Third Division.
The Major broadcast on BBC2. The first episode of the Doctor Who serial The Web Of Fear broadcast. The Move and Edwin Starr featured on Saturday Club. Susan Hampshire appeared on Desert Island Discs. Dowager Princess Benedikte, second in line to the Danish throne, married Prince Richard Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. West Ham United beat Fulham seven-two in the First Division (Geoff Hurst and Trevor Brooking both netting twice). The Football League largest attedance of the season, sixty four thousand, four hundred and eighty two, saw Everton win the Merseyside derby one-nil at Goodison Park, Howard Kendall scoring the winner. Leicester City and Leeds United drew two-two (featured on Match of The Day). Manchester United remained top, winning two-one at Tottenham. Newcastle United had a one-nil win over Sheffield United. Colin Viljoen hit a hat-trick in Ipswich Town's four-three victory at Norwich City in the Second Division. Cardiff City won by the same score at Derby County. Eric Brodie and David Pleat were on-target as Shrewsbury Town defeated Northampton Town in the Third Division. Table-toppers Torquay United won one-nil against Grimsby Town. The Man In A Suitcase episode Somebody Wins, Somebody Loses broadcast on ATV London.
A Long Polar Walk broadcast on BBC2. Tommy Steele appeared on Personal Choice. John Peel's first solo episode of Top Gear featured sessions by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band ('Sure Nuff n' Yes I Do', 'Yellow Brick Road', 'Abba Zabba', 'Electricity'), Tomorrow featuring Keith West and The Moody Blues. The final episode of The Prisoner, Fall Out, broadcast on ATV London.
Bernard Cribbins read Charlie & The Chocolate Factory on Jackanory. BBC2's Newsroom became the first British news programme to be broadcast in colour. The World In Action episode The Twelve Year Engagement broadcast.
The opening ceremony of the Grenoble Winter Olympics broadcast. Ringo Starr and Spike Milligan appeared on Cilla. The Beatles travelled to India to study meditation in Rishikesh with Sexy Sadie. Arsenla reached the League Cup Final, winning the second leg of their Semi three-one at Huddersfield Town. Jon Sammels, David Jenkins and Frank McLintock scored.
Rebel In The Grave broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Gerry Jones's Child's Play broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Roy Ward Baker's The Anniversary - starring Bette Davis and Sheila Hancock and Byron Mabe's The Lustful Turk - starring Abbe Rentz, Linda Stiles and Gee Gentell premiered. Leeds United reached the League Cup Finak, defeating Derby County three-two (Rod Belfitt scoring twice).
The first episode of The City Of Craftsmen broadcast in the Tales From Europestrand. Little Willie Nearly Won The War broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand. Franklin J Schaffner's Planet Of The Apes premiered. 'God damn you all to Hell!' Vernon Sewell's The Blood Beast Terror - starring Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng, Wanda Ventham and Vanessa Howard - premiered. The first episode of the Children's Film Foundation series The Magnificent Six & A Half - Ghosts & Ghoulies - premiered.
Don Partridge and The Love Affair appeared on Crackerjack. Film Review: Backs British Films broadcast, featuring interviews with Ken Loach and Carol White. USSR beat USA ten-two in the Ice Hockey at The Winter Olympics. Otis Redding's '(Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay'/'My Sweet Lorene', Still Life's 'What Did We Miss'/'My Kingdom Cannot Lose', The Nerve's 'Magic Spectacles'/'Come The Day', Legay's 'No-One'/'The Fantastic Story Of The Steam Driven Banana', The Fifth Dimension's 'Carpet Man'/'Magic Garden', The Ways & Means' 'Breaking Up A Dream'/'She', Lesley Gore's 'Magic Colors'/'It's a Happening World', 1910 Fruitgum Company's 'Simon Says'/'Reflections From The Looking Glass', Buffalo Springfield's 'Expecting To Fly'/'Everydays', Lavell Hardy's 'Don't Lose Your Groove'/'Women Of The World', Kim Weston's 'Nobody'/'You're Just The Kind Of Guy', Long John Baldry's 'Hold Back The Daybreak'/'Since I Lost You Baby' and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's 'The Legend Of Xanadu'/'Please' released.
The first UK TV showing of Hot Spot. James Cameron's Berlin: The Haunted House broadcast in BBC2's One Pair Of Eyes strand. West Bromwich Albion's one-one draw at Sheffield United saw the debut of seventeen year old Asa Hartford, the first of nine hundred and seventy three first class matches, for West Brom, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, Everton, Norwich City, Bolton Wanderers, Stockport County, Oldham Athletic, Shrewsbury Town and Scotland, in a carerr that lasted until 1991. Arsenal's goalless draw with Newcastle united featured on Match Of The Day. Fulham remained rotted to the foot of the Firdt Divisiomn table, despite a four-three victory over Burnley. Barnsley went top of the Fourth Division following a four-nil defeat of Hartlepools United. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich and Billy Fury featured on Saturday Club. There's Nothing Better Than Money broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Nicholas Parsons appeared on Radio 2's Million Dollar Bill. The Man In A Suitcase episode Blind Spot broadcast on ATV London.
The first UK TV showing of The Blue Dahlia. Americans On Everest - narrated by Orson Welles - broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. Albert Finney's Charlie Bubbles - starring Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli and Colin Blakely - premiered. Brenton Wood, Skip Bifferty and Don Partirdge were in session on Top Gear.
The first episode of The Herbs broadcast in the Watch With Mother strand. The fourth day of the second test between West Indies and England in Jamaica was interrupted as West Indies battled to avoid the follow on. The dismissal of Basil Butcher triggered crowd unrest with bottles thrown onto the pitch. Colin Cowdrey and Garry Sobers tried to calm the crowd before police peppered spectators with tear gas. Sadly, no one had checked the wind direction and the clouds of gas began drifting into the members' enclosures and pavilion leaving dignitaries and players gasping for air. The Sun noted that it was 'a measure of local cricketing strength that the rioters had been able to throw the bottles almost seventy yards.' Breakaway: Tony Takes The Low Road broadcast on BBC2. Debate On The Nebulae and The Excessive Wonder Of Life broadcast on Radio 3. CS Abraham's The Seafarers broadcast on Radio 2. The World In Action episode Death By Instalments broadcast.
Once A Junkie ... broadcast in the Horizon strand. Donovan appeared on Cilla. Donovan's 'Jennifer Juniper'/'Poor Cow' and Kytes' 'Running In The Water'/'End Of The Day' released.
Thomas Murphy's Snakes & Reptiles broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Viewpoint: Here I Stand broadcast. The Bee Gees' Horizontal released. The lost seventy five minutes at the second test match were made up on a hastily-scheduled sixth day which almost cost England a defeat. A Lance Gibbs-inspired top-order collapse was partially averted by Tom Graveney and Basil D'Oliveira but when the match ended England were sixty eight for eight hanging on for a draw. Earlier, Colin Cowdrey's first innings century and John Snow's seven for forty nine had put England in a strong position before Gary Sobers' one hundred and thirteen handed the initiative back to the home side. Peter Brook's adaptation of Tell Me Lies - starring Mark Jones, Pauline Munro, Eric Allan and Robert Langdon Lloyd - premiered.
I Don't Know How I Found The Time To Go To Work broadcast. African Art: Form & Pattern In Everyday Things broadcast on BBC2.
The Foundations appeared on Crackerjack. World Fishing: The Tiger Fish broadcast on BBC2. Mike Stuart Span's 'Children Of Tomorrow'/'Concerto Of Thoughts', Love Sculpture's 'River To Another Day'/'Brand New Woman', Cliff Bennett & His Band's'House Of A Thousand Dolls'/'Take Your Time', Rita Wright's 'I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You'/'Something On My Mind', Edwin Starr's 'I Am The Man For You Baby'/'My Weakness Is You', Elvis Presley's 'Guitar Man'/'Hi Heel Sneakers', Jethro Toe's 'Sunshine Day'/'Aeroplane', Jago Simms' 'In Too Deep'/'Conventional Fella', Françoise Hardy's 'Now You Want To Be Loved (Des Ronds Dans L'eau)'/'Tell Them You're Mine (C'etait Charmant)', Jeff Beck's 'Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)'/'I've Been Drinking', The Penny Peeps' 'Little Man With A Stick'/'Model Village', Cuby + Blizzards' 'Distant Smile'/'Don't Know Which Way To Go', The Orange Bicycle's 'Early Pearly Morning'/'Go With Goldie', The Troggs' 'Little Girl'/'Maybe The Madman?', Carl Douglas's 'Nobody Cries'/'Serving A Sentence Of Life', Sam & Dave's 'I Thank You'/'Wrap It Up', Tim Rose's 'I Got A Loneliness'/'Long Time Man', Gary Walker & The Rain's 'Spooky'/'I Can't Stand To Lose You', The Hesitations' 'Born Free'/'Push A Little Bit Harder', Deon Jackson's 'Ooh Baby'/'All On A Sunny Day' and The Pretty Things' 'Talkin' About The Good Times'/'Walking Through My Dreams' released.
The first appearance of Colonel (later Brigadier) Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who. The first episode of John Hopkins' adaptation of The Gambler broadcast on BBC2. The Troggs featured on Saturday Club. For A Hundred Shillings A Day broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre. In the FA Cup Fourth Round, West Ham United won three-nil at Stoke City, Spurs defeated Preston North End three-one, newly signed from Coventry, Bobby Gould scored the winner for Arsenal in a one-nil win at Swansea Town and Leeds United beat Nottingham Forest two-one. In the day's only First Division match Burnley defeated leaders Manchester United two-one. Val Guest's Assignment K - starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave and Leo McKern - premiered. The Man In A Suitcase episode No Friend Of Mine broadcast on ATV London.
The first UK TV showing of Visit To A Small Planet. A Norwegian Year broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. The Bee Gees ('Birdie Told Me', 'With The Sun In My Eyes', TheEarnest Of Being George', 'And The Sun Will Shine'), The Pentangle ('Travelling Song', 'Turn Your Money Green', 'Soho', 'Let No Man Steal Your Thyme') and Honeybus were in session on Top Gear.
The Ironmasters broadcast in the Workshops Of The World strand. Titipu broadcast on BBC2. England's cricket vice-captain Fred Titmus lost four toes in a boating accident in Barbados during the MCC tour of the West Indies. Despite this, Fred would return to playing within weeks and have a tribute song written about him by Half Man Half Biscuit. Frank Large scored twice with further goals from Rodney Fern and David Nish as Leicester City defeated Manchester City four-three in an FA Cup replay. Tony Hateley netted four in Liverpool's five-two thumping of Walsall. The World In Action episode Caught For A Baby broadcast.
Lofty Living broadcast in BBC2's Life strand. Bristol City beat Middlesbrough two-one in an FA Cup replay. Port Vale were fined two thousand knicker for several breaches of FA financial regulations. One was related to illegal bonus payments to players for a League Cup tie in August 1967 against Chester. The club was also expelled from the League. However, before the start of the following season a vote of thirty nine to nine allowed Vale to be immediately readmitted.
Coincidence broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. The Unquiet Man broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Mike Trebilcock scored the winner as Portsmouth defeated Fulham one-nil in an FA Cup replay. West Bromwich Albion won three-two at Southampton and Third Division Tranmere Rovers beat Coventry City two-nil.
The first episode of BBC2's The Make-Up Of Man broadcast. Science Fair '68: The Final Contest broadcast.

The Case Of Anna's Baby broadcast in the Cause For Concern strand. The Big Match: Scotland Versus England broadcast. The body of twenty five-year-old nurse, Patricia Docker, was found in Glasgow. The previous night, she had told her parents she was going out dancing at a nearby club, the Majestic Ballroom in Hope Street. She was the first of three women found strangled in and around Glasgow during 1968 and 1969 by a killer known only as 'Bible John'. Although police investigated the murders for over two decades, the perpetrator was never identified (the serial killer Peter Tobin was a strong suspect). Manfred Mann's 'Theme - Up The Junction'/'Sleepy Hollow', Tom Jones' 'Delilah'/'Smile', Dave Mason's 'Just For You'/'Little Woman', The Fruit Machine's 'Cuddly Toy'/'Follow Me', Peter Janes' 'Do You Believe (Love Is Built On A Dream)'/'For The Sake Of Time', The Human Instinct's 'Renaissance Fair'/'Pink Dawn', Treetops' 'California My Way'/'Carry On Living', The New Generation's 'Sadie & Her Magic Mister Galahad'/'Digger', Paul & Barry Ryan's 'Pictures Of Today'/'Madrigal', The Mindbenders' 'Blessed Are The Lonely'/'Yellow Brick Road', Mark Wirtz's '(He's Our Dear Old) Weatherman'/'Possums' Dance', Graham Gouldman's 'Upstairs, Downstairs'/'Chestnut', The Paper Dolls' 'Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A Tellin' Me No)'/'All The Time In The World', Persimmon's Peculiar Shades' 'Coplington'/'Watchmaker', The Bystanders' 'When Jezamine Goes'/'Cave Of Clear Light', Fairport Convention's 'If I Had A Ribbon Bow'/'If (Stomp)' ,John Roberts' 'Sockin' 1234'/'Sophisticated Funk', The Glories' 'Sing Me A Love Song'/'Oh Baby That's Love', Ronnie Jones' 'Without Love (There Is Nothing)'/'Little Bitty Pretty One', Bobby Marchan's 'Get Down With It'/'Half A Mind', Duncan Johnson's 'The Big Architect'/'Memories Of A Boy' and Traffic's 'No Face, No Name & No Number'/'Roamin' Thru' The Gloamin' With Forty Thousand Headmen' released.
England and Scotland drew one-all in the Home International championship at Hampden Park. Scotland's earlier defeat to Northern Ireland meant England were champions. They also qualified for the final stages of the European Nations Cup. Martin Peters scored for the visitors with Celtic's John Hughes replying for the hosts. Manchester City's Mike Summerbee made his England debut. Manchester United were three points clear at the top of the First Division following a two-nil win at Arsenal. Neil Martin scored three as struggling Coventry City defeated Sheffield Wednesday three-nil. Liverpool had a three-one victory over Leicester City. Wolverhamton Wanderers' two-nil defeat at Newcastle United saw the club debut of Derek Parkin - the first of six hundred and nine games for Wolves in a career that lasted until 1982. In the process he broke Billy Wright's appearance record for the club, established in 1959. Luton Town topped the Fourth Division after a four-two win over Lincoln City. Hartlepools united and Port Vale drew two-two, Bobby Cummings and John McGovern socring for the hosts, Mick Mahon hitting two for the visitors. BBC2's Release featured a profile of Judi Dench in rehearsals for the West End debut of Cabaret. The Bee Gees featured on Saturday Club. Who Was Norma Stone? broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. The first episode of Time For Blackburn and the Man In A Suitcase episode The Property Of A Gentleman broadcast on ATV London.
Marianne Faithfull appeared on Personal Choice. Yankee Sails Across Europe broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. Donovan, Tim Rose, Porcol Harum, PP Arnold, The Idle Race and The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation featured on Top Gear.
The Lady Is A Liar broadcast in BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac's eponymous debut LP and Sharon Tandy's 'Fool On The Hill'/'For No One' released. Sheffield united beat Tottenham Hotspur three-two in the First Division with Tony Currie scoring on his debut for The Blades having recently been signed from Watford. Southampton defeeated Everton by the same score - former Everton favourite Jimmy Gabriel netting the winner for The Saints. The World In Action episode Cold War, Warm Water broadcast.
Towns, Traffic & Tomorrow broadcast in BBC2's Horizon strand. Bury returned to the top of the Third Division with a four-two victory over Bristol Rovers. Swindon Town thumped Grimsby Town five-nil.
The Interview broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Manchester United beat Poland's Górnik Zabrze two-nil in the first leg of the European Cup Quarter-Final. Brian Kidd's last-minute second goal ultimately proved decisive. Wales beat Northern Ireland at Wrexham in the Home International championship. Ron Rees and Wyn Davies scored for the hosts. Ireland were without George Best so Terry Harkni of Southport made his international debut. The first episode of The Flight Of The Heron broadcast on Rediffusion.
The first episode of Sixth Sense broadcast. The De-Luxe Version broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand.
Richard Attenborough interviewed on Film Review. The New Planetarium broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. Jim Callaghan passed the Commonwealth Immigration Act. The first performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in its original form as a pop cantata, by pupils of Colet Court preparatory school in Hammersmith. Elton John's debut 'I've Been Loving You'/'Here's To The Next Time', The Honeybus's 'I Can't Let Maggie Go'/'Tender Are The Ashes', Claudine Longet's 'Love Is Blue'/'Think Of Rain', The Lemon Tree's 'William Chalker's Time Machine'/'I Can Touch A Rainbow', Ice's 'Ice Man'/'Whisper Her Name (Maria Laine)', Sasha Caro's 'Molotov Molotov'/'Never Play A B Side', The Dakotas' 'Can't Break The News To Myself'/'The Spider & The Fly', Bernie & The Buzz Band's 'Don't Knock It'/'When Something Is Wrong With My Baby', The Onyx's 'You've Gotta Be With Me'/'It's All Put On', The Box Tops' 'Cry Like A Baby'/'The Door You Closed To Me', Reparata & The Delrons' 'Captain Of Your Ship'/'Toom Toom (Is A Little Boy)', Rupert's People's 'I Can Show You'/'I've Got The Love', The Pioneers' 'Whip Them'/'Some Having A Bawl', The Bamboo Shoot's 'The Fox Has Gone To Ground'/'There & Back Again Lane', Simon's 'Dream Seller'/'Sweet Reflections Of You', The Exception's 'Rub It Down'/'It's Snowing In The Desert', The Alan Bown!'s 'Story Book'/'Little Lesley', Crocheted Doughnut Ring's 'Maxine's Parlour'/'Get Out Your Rock & Roll Shoes', Simon & Garfunkel's 'Scarborough Fair-Canticle'/'April Come She Will', The Show Stoppers' 'Ain't Nothing But A House Party'/'What Can A Man Do?', Sasha Caro's 'Molotov Molotov''Never Play A B Side', Tony Christie's 'I Don't Want To Hurt You Anymore'/'Say No More', Nancy Wilson's 'You Don't Know Me'/'Ode To Billy Joe', OV Wright's 'What About You?'/'What Did You Tell This Girl Of Mine?', Little Richard's 'She's Together'/'Try Some Of Mine', George Torrence & The Naturals' 'Lickin' Stick'/'So Long Goodbye', Raymond Lefèvre & His Orchestra's 'Soul Coaxing (Ame Caline)'/'When A Man Loves A Woman' and The Yardbirds' 'Goodnight Sweet Josephine'/'Think About it' released. Ray Treacy scored twice and Keith Peacock added a third in Charlton Athletic's three-nil victory over Blackburn Rovers in the Second Division.
The first episode of Simon Raven's adaptation of Point, Counterpoint broadcast on BBC2. Wilfred Pickles, Clement Freud, Frankie Vaughan, The Four Freshmen, Esther & Abi Ofarim, The Teddy Wilson Trio and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich appeared on Dee Time. Chuck Wood's 'I've Got My Lovelight Shining'/'Baby You Win' reelased. Daniel Wroughton Craig born in Chester. Terry Cooper scored the winner as Leeds United beat Arsenal in the League Cup Final at Wembley. First Division leaders lost three-one at home to Chelsea. Sunderland slipped into the relegation zone with a three-nil defeat at home by Southampton. Crystal Palace beat promotion-chasing Blackpool three-one in the Second Division. Carry On Doctor - starring Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Kennethn Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sim, Anita Harris, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Jones, Deryck Guyler and Pat Coombes - premiered. The Brushwood Boy broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. The Man In A Suitcase episode Three Blinks Of An Eye broadcast on ATV London.
The first Uk TV showing of Paris Blue. Heinz Sielmann's Discovering Galapagos broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. Fairport Convention ('Stomp', 'If I Had A Ribbon Bow', 'Time Will Show The Wiser', 'Violets Of Dawn') and Traffic were in session on Radio 1's Top Gear.
The first episode of Beryl Reid Says Good Evening broadcast, featuring the TV début of Jake Thackery. Giles Cooper's To The Frontier broadcast in BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. The Mother Of Invention's We're Only In It For The Money released. Patricia Jude Francis Kensit born in Hounslow. Joe McGrath's Thirty Is A Dangerous Age, Cynthia - starring Dudley Moore and Suzy Kendall - premiered. The World In Action episode No Entry, on the plight of Kenyan immigrants, broadcast.
The third test between the West Indies and England in Bridgetown ended in a draw. John Edrich and Clive Lloyd both scored centuries whilst John Snow took eight wickets in the match. Pat Pocock made his test debut. Jean Renoir's Le Carrosse D'Or shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Romeo & Juliet - starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey - premiered.
Jeremy Paul's dramatisation of Eveline broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Contrasts: Who Is Ahead of Whom? broadcast. Tomorrow's World asked 'Can a computer produce a sound as emotionally satisfying as a full symphony orchestra?' Composer Peter Zinovieff was asked what the future would sound like. John Peel hosted Radio 1's Night Ride for the first time, with a session by The Incredible String Vest and poetry from Adrian Mitchell. Barrie Jones scored the winner as Cardiff City beat Torpedo Moscow one-nil in the European Cup Winners Cup Quarter-Final first leg at a packed Ninian Park.
The Soviets In Space broadcast. Computers Versus Chaos broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand.
Burt Lancaster was profiled on Film Review. Sly & The Family Stone's 'Dance To The Music'/'Let Me Hear It From You', Simon Dupree & The Big Sound's 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'/'Sleep', The Nice's The Thought Of Emerlist Davjack, The Four Tops' 'If I Were A Carpenter'/'Your Love Is Wonderful', Jacky (Lee)'s 'White Horses'/'Too Many Chiefs (Not Enough Indians)', The Pleasure Fair's 'Morning Glory Days'/'Fade In Fade Out', Spencer Davis Group's 'After Tea'/'Moonshine', The End's 'Shades Of Orange'/'Loving, Sacred Loving', Tommy Neal's 'Goin' To A Happening'/'Tee Ta', Big Maybelle's 'Quittin' Time'/'I Can't Wait Any Longer', Paul Jones's 'And The Sun Will Shine'/'The Dog Presides', Rock 'N' Roll Revival Show's 'Midnight Train'/'Oh Boy', Blossom Toes' 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight'/'Love Is', Easybeats' 'Hello, How Are You?'/'Falling Off The Edge Of The World', The Shevells' 'Big City Lights (And Country Boy Bill)'/'The Coffee Song', Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions' 'I Just Can't Get Over You'/'Real Cool', Rock 'N' Roll Revival Show's 'Midnight Train'/'Oh, Boy', The Lords' 'Gloryland'/'Gipsy Boy', Big Maybelle's 'Quittin' Time'/'I Can't Wait Any Longer', James & Bobby Purify's 'Do Unto Me'/'Everybody Needs Somebody', Jess & James With The JJ Band's 'Move'/'What I Was Born For' and Cilla Black's 'Step Inside Love'/'I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You' released. The Move appeared on The Joe Loss Show. Stay Away, Joe - starring Elvis Presley, Joan Blondell and Burgess Meredith - premiered. Mick Channon scored twice as Southampton beat relegation favourites Fulham two-one in the First Division. Billy Best hit three as promotion-hopefuls Southend United defeated Chester five-one in the Fourth Division.
Sheffield Wednesday's two-two draw with Chelsea and Rotherham United's one-all draw with Leciester City in the FA Cup Fifth Round featured on Match Of The Day. Elsewhere Everton beat Tranmere Rovers two-nil and West Bromwich Albion won two-one at Portsmouth. Sheffield United won two-one at West Ham United. First Division strugglers Coventry City and Sunderland both lost (three-one at Manchester City and two-one at Wolves resepectively). Ipswich Town moved into the Second Division promotion places with a two-one victory at Bolton Wanderers. Scunthorpe United thrashed Colchester United five-one in the Third Division. Alan Bradshaw netted three as Crewe Alexandra defeated Bradford Park Avenue four-nil in the Fourth Division. Margaret Drabble: A Place Called Exile broadcast in BBC2's One Pair Of Eyes strand. Donovan featured on Saturday Club. The Call Of The Hippy broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. The Soviet Union's unmanned Zond 4 rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere after a flight to gather data for a possible mission to the Moon. The Man In A Suitcase episode Castle In The Clouds broadcast on ATV London.
Robert Kennedy was interviewed by Kevin Kyle on Personal Choice. The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker broadcast. The Scaffold and The Yardbirds ('Think About It', 'Goodnight Sweet Josephine', 'White Summer', 'Dazed & Confused') were in session on Top Gear.
The first UK broadcast of White Horses. Hugh Whitemore's Party Games broadcast as part of BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. The first UK broadcast of Skippy The Bush Kangaroo and the World In Action episode Richard Nixon's Last Hurrah broadcast on Rediffusion.
Cliff Richard and Sandie Shaw featured on Cilla. The Man-Makers broadcast in BBC2's Horizon strand. Second Division Birmingham City knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup winning a Fifth Round replay two-one. Elsewhere Chelsea and Liverpool reached the Quarter-Finals (defeating Sheffield Wednesday two-nil and Tottenham Hotspur two-one respectively). Swindon Town defeated Orient four-nil in the Third Division.
A Personal Affair broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. In Science Session 'Tony Bastable finds out that when you do the washing what is suitable for one material can be disastrous for another.' Włodek Lubański scored a late winner for Górnik Zabrze in the second leg of their European Cup Quarter-Final with Manchester United but the visitors went through on aggregate. Leciester City defeated Rotherham United two-nil in an FA Cup replay.
A Utopia broadcast in the Towards Tomorrow strand. Rendezvous San Remo broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand.
Film Review featured interviews with Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff and producer Tony Tenser on the set of Curse Of The Crimson Alter. The Beatles' 'Lady Madonna'/'The Inner Light', Kippington Lodge's 'Rumours'/'And She Cried', The Scaffold's 'Do You Remember?'/'Carry On Krow', The Idle Race's 'The Skeleton & The Roundabout'/'Knocking Nails Into My House', Pinky & The Fellas' 'Manchester & Liverpool'/'Come Back Again', Andy Ellison's 'Fool From Upper Eden'/'Another Lucky Lie', The Nashville Teens' 'All Along The Watchtower'/'Sun-Dog', Young Blood's 'Green Light'/'Don't Leave Me In The Dark', Leonard Cohen's 'Suzanne'/'So Long, Marianne', The Household's 'Twenty First Summer'/'Winter's Coming On', Sam, Erv & Tom's 'Soul Teacher'/'Hard To Get', James Clarke + Sounds' 'Theme From A Man Of Our Times/'Spring Bossa', The Fire's 'Father's Name Is Dad'/'Treacle Toffee World', Eddie Floyd's 'Big Bird'/'Holding On With Both Hands', The Symbols' 'A Lovely Way To Say Goodnight'/'Pretty City', West Coast Consortium's 'Colour Sergeant Lillywhite'/'Lady From Baltimore', Dobie Gillis' 'How Peculiar'/'I Wish I Was Harry', Sun Dragon's 'Blueberry Blue'/'Far Away Mountain', The Jig-Saw Band's 'I Need Your Love'/'I've Gotta Get Me Some Money', Vicky's 'Dance With Me Until Tomorrow'/'Give Me Your Hand', The Move's eponymous debut LP and Cliff Richard's 'Congratulations'/'High 'N' Dry' released.
The first UK TV showing of The Three Faces Of Eve. The first episode of the Doctor Who serial The Fury From The Deep broadcast. Don Siegal was interviewed on BBC2's Release. Manchester United's two-nil defeat at Coventry City (with former united favourite Maurice Setters scoring Coventry's second) allowed Manchester City to move to the top of the First Division table on goal-average, beating bottom-of-the-table Fulham five-one. Everton won six-two at West Bromwich Albion (Alan Ball scoring four), Chelsea defeated Leciester City four-one and Liverpool beat Burnley three-two. Queens Park Rangers one-all draw at Millwall meant that the Second Division leader had now failed to win in their last four games. Ipswich Town moved into second place with a four-nil thumping of Preston North End. Torquay United beat Bury three-nil as the Third Division's top two met at Plainmoor. The Spencer Davis Group and The Yardbirds featured on Saturday Club. The Tower broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre. England beat Scotland eight-six at Murrayfield to win The Calcutta Cup. The Man In A Suitcase episode The Revolutionaries broadcast on ATV London.
Ibsen's Ghosts broadcast as part of the Play Of The Month strand. The Hidden World broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us. The My Lai massacre occurred. A demonstration in London's Grosvenor Square against US involvement in Viet'nam led to loads of sick violence with many peace-lovin' Guardian-reading hippies proving to be surprisingly tasty in a punch-up with Plod. The Bee Gees With The Bill Shepherd Orchestra, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Beans [sic], Roy Harper and Spooky Tooth featured on Top Gear. Production began at Merton Park Studios on Viktors Ritelis's The Velvet House - starring Michael Gough - subseqnelty release in the US (in 1971) as Crucible Of Horror and in the UK (in 1972) as The Corpse.
The first episodes of Sword Of Honour broadcast in BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. The first episode of Quiz Time, Gentlemen, Please! broadcast. The World In Action episode The Demonstration, covered the Grosvenor Square event.
Set a generous declaration by Gary Sobers, England chased down two hundred and fifteen in just over two sessions to win the fourth test against the West Indies at Port of Spain. Geoff Boycott scored an undefeated eighty. In their respective first innings', Rohan Kanhai and Colin Cowdrey had both hit centuries. Cardiff City's Cup Winners Cup Quarter-Final with Torpedo Moscow required a third match after Torpedo won the second leg one-nil in a game played, for some unfathonable reason, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (over three thousand kilometres from Moscow). Rotherham lifted themselves off the bottom of the Second Division with a one-nil victory over fellow strugglers Plymouth Argyle. Luis Garcia Berlanga's El Verdugo shown in BBC2's World Cinema. Stephen C Apostolof's Lady Godiva Rides - starring Marsha Jordan, Harvey Shain, Deborah Downey, Elizabeth Knowles and Sheri Jackson - premiered.
Barry Letts' No Trams To Ethiopia broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Torray Canyon broadcast. No Way To Treat A Lady - starring Rod Steiger and Lee Remick - premiered. Luton Town returned to the top of the Fourth Division with a one-nil victory at Aldershot.
Eurofashion 68: International Fashion Contest broadcast. Who Calls The Tune? broadcast in BBC2's The Money Programme strand.
The Trip and The President's Analyst were featured on Film Review. The Monkees' 'Valleri'/'Tapioca Tundra', Procol Harum's 'Quite Rightly So'/'In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence', The Hollies' 'Jennifer Eccles'/'Open Up Your Eyes', Pete Kelly's Soulution's 'Midnight Confession'/'If Your Love Don't Swing', Rod Stewart's 'Little Miss Understood'/'So Much To Say', The Merseys' 'Penny In My Pocket'/'I Hope You're Happy', The Bee Gees' 'The Singer Sang His Song'/'Jumbo', The Mud's 'Up The Airy Mountain'/'The Latter Days', Katch-22's 'The World's Getting Smaller'/'Don't Bother', The Renegades' 'No Man's Land'/'Sugar Loaf Mountain', Pat McGeegan's 'Chance Of A Lifetime'/'Don't Laugh At Me (If I Cry)', Albert Washington & The Kings's 'These Arms Of Mine'/'I'm The Man', Tony Blackburn's 'She's My Girl'/'Closer To A Dream', Brooks & Jerry's 'I Got What It Takes (Parts 1 & 2)', The Ebonies' 'Never Gonna Break Your Heart Again'/'Shoe Shine Boy' and Billy Fury's 'Silly Boy Blue'/'One Minute Woman' released. William Graham's Submarine X-1 - starring James Caan, David Sumner, Norman Bowler and Brian Grellis and Enzo G Castellari's Quella Sporca Storia Nel West (aka Johnny Hamlet) - starring Andrea Giordana and Françoise Prévost premiered. An adaptation of Casting The Runes broadcast in Rediffusion's Mystery & Imagination strand.
The Easybeats appeared on Dee Time. This blogger's first confirmed memory of Doctor Who - the climax of episode two of The Fury From The Deep broadcast. The Death Of The High King broadcast in BBC2's Chronicle strand. Tony Jordan, with his partner Sue Pound, won the All England Badminton Mixed Double title for the fourth time. Leeds United's two-nil victory over Manchester City in the First Division featured on Match Of The Day and took Leeds to the top of the table. Manchester united returned to winning ways, beating Nottingham forest three-nil. West Bromwich Albion won three-two at Leicester City. Poor Bloody Fulham got thrashed again, three-one at home to Arsenal. In the Second Division Ipswich Town won the fifth successive match, one-nil at Charlton Athletic. Queens Park Rangers recovered some of their lost form, beating fellow promotion-chasers Blackpool two-nil at Loftus Road. Michael Andrew Atherton born in Failsworth, Lancashire. The Shadows and Paul Jones featured on Saturday Club. Sheila Hodgson's Mariolina broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Abigail Lucy Cruttenden born in Richmond, Surrey. The Man In A Suitcase episode Who's Mad Now? broadcast on ATV London.
The first UK TV showing of Peter Glenville's The Prisoner. Bernard Herrmann's score for Truffaut's The Bride Wore Black featured on BBC2's Music International. ProcolHarum, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, The Nice and Tyrannosaurus Rex featured on Top Gear.
The first episodes of BBC2's Children Thinking and The Making Of America broadcast. York City thrashed Bradford Park Avenue six-two in the Fourth Division at Bootham Crescent. Ted MacDougall, recently signed from Liverpol, scored twice. The World In Action episode Situation Vacant - £3250 broadcast.
Serengeti Jigsaw broadcast. Dudley Moore Trio, Roy Hudd and Freddy Parrot Face Davis featured on Cilla. Sir Thomas Beecham was profiled on Omnibus. The first episode of BBC2's A Case For Expansion broadcast. Brian Edward Cox born in Oldham. Desmond Dekker & The Aces' 'The Israelites' released. Glasgow Rangers and Leeds United drew nil-nil in front of eighty thousand at Ibrox in the first leg of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Quarter-Final.
Father's Day broadcast broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Contrasts: Small Wonder broadcast. Dundee defeated FC Zürich one-nil in the first leg of their Fairs Cup Quarter-Final with a Jim Easton goal. Sixty three thousand were at Old Trafford where Manchester City beat United three-one with goals from Colin Bell, George Heslop and Francis Lee. The first episode of Virgin Of The Secret Service broadcast on Rediffusion.
Fifty Years Of The RAF broadcast. The Acton by-election was held after the death of Labour MP Bernard Floud in October 1967. The seat, previously Labour, was gained by Conservative Kenneth Baker. It was one of the three Tory gains from Labour on the same day, the others being at Meriden and Dudley. The by-election also marked the first electoral appearance of the National Scum Front, who finished fourth and lost their deposit. Which was good because they were a bunch of Nazi bastards. The first episode of Eyeline broadcast on BBC2. Is Stamp-Collecting An Investment? broadcast in The Money Programme strand. Nasser Hussain born in Madras.
The first episodes of Ustinov At The NFT and BBC2's The Population Problem broadcast. Black Clouds In The Galaxy broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. Don Siegel's Madigan - starring Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda - premiered. Fortes Mentum's 'Saga Of A Wrinkled Man'/'Mister Partridge Passed Away Today', Fourteen's 'Umbrella'/'Drizzle', Doctor West's Medicine Show & Junk Band's 'Bullets La Verne'/'Jigsaw', Nirvana's 'Rainbow Chaser'/'Flashbulb', The Nite People's 'Morning Sun'/'Weird & Funny', Harpers Bizarre's 'Cotton Candy (Sandman's Coming)'/'Virginia City', The Herd's 'I Don't Want Our Loving To Die'/'Our Fairy Tale', Jackie Mittoo & The Gaylads' 'Norwegian Wood'/'Picular [sic] Man', Plastic Penny's 'Nobody Knows It'/'Happy Just To Be With You', Turquoise's 'Fifty Three Summer Street'/'Tales Of Flossie Fillett', Barbara Ruskin's 'Is This Another Way?'/'The Night Of The Spanish Tightrope Walker', Steve Davis' 'Take Time To Know Her'/'She Said Yeah', The Status Quo's 'Black Veils Of Melancholy'/'To Be Free', Precious Few's 'Young Girl'/'Little Children Sleep', The Union Gap Featuring Gary Puckett's 'Young Girl'/'I'm Losing You', Joe Matthews' 'Sorry Ain't Good Enough'/'You Better Mend Your Ways', Tim Buckley's 'Wings'/'I Can't See You', Elliots Sunshine's 'Is It Too Late?'/'Cos I'm Lonely', The Incredible String Vest's 'Painting Box'/'No Sleep Blues' and Billy J Kramer's '1941'/'His Love Is Just A Lie' released. Promotion-chasing Southend United hammered Workington seven-nil in the Fourth Division.
Tolkien In Oxford broadcast in BBC2's Release strand. The first episode of Whoosh! broadcast. Red Alligator, ridden by Brian Fletcher won the Grand National. In the Sixth Round of the FA Cup, there were victories for Everton (three-one at Leicester with Jimmy Husband scoring twice and Howard Kendall adding a third after David Nish had given Leicester the lead), Leeds United (who beat Sheffield United with a Paul Madeley goal) and Birmingham (who defeated Chelsea one-nil thanks to Fred Pickering's late strike). West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool drew in a tie that ultimately went to a second replay. Manchester United returned to the top of the First Division with a four-two victory at Stoke City. Amongst United's scorers was nineteen-year-old debutant Alan Gowling, playing the first of five hundred and fifty six games, for United, Huddersfield Town, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End, in a career that lasted until 1983. Spurs thrashed Burnley five-nil. Relegation-threatened Sunderland enjoyed a morale-boosting three-nil win at Nottingham Forest. Frank Clarke, recently signed from Shrewwsbury Town, scored in Queens Park Rangers one-nil win at Blackburn Rovers in the Second Division. Trevor Shepherd, Jimmy Dunne and John Bond were on-target at Third Division leaders Torquay United defeated Colchester United three-nil. Ted MacDougall scored another three for York City in their five-one victory over Port Vale in the Fourth Division. Cambridge won The Boat Race. Oxford came second. Simon Dupree & The Big Sound featured on Saturday Club. The Moody Bluesappeared on Radio 2's Follow The Stars. The Man In A Suitcase episode Night Flight To Andorra broadcast on ATV London.
Filmed highlights of the opening day of the fifth test in Guyana broadcast. Grizzly! broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. And Another Thing ...: Pebbles From The Moon broadcast. John Mayall's Bluebreakers and The End in session on Top Gear.
Tim Buckley made his UK TV debut, performing 'I'm Coming Home' on Late Night Line Up. Clement Freud read his own children's novel Grimble on Jackanory. Promotion-outsiders Hartlepools United beat Exeter City three-one in the Fourth Division. The World In Action episode Horoscope broadcast.
The first episode of Moira Anderson Sings broadcast. Tragically, it wasn't the last. Karel Zeman's The Jester's Tale shown in BBC2's World Cinemastrand. Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood - premiered in the US. Pete Walker's The Big Switch - starring Virginia Weatherall, Sebastian Breaks and Jack Allen and Anthony Mann's adaptation of A Dandy In Aspic - starring Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, Mia Farrow, Peter Cook and Harry Andrews - premiered. The World In Action episode A Group Of Terrorists Attacked ... broadcast.
The first episode of Mum's Boys broadcast. Pleasant Dreams, Fernando broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre. In the final test at Georgetown, Lance Gibbs bowled the West Indies to the verge of victory but a stubborn last wicket stand between Alan Knott and Jeff Jones saw England gain a draw and a one-nil victory in the series. John Snow took ten wickets in the match whilst Gary Sobers scored one hundred and fifty two and ninety two not out. Geoff Boycott also hit a century. Bobby Charlton scored the winner as England beat Spain in the first leg of the European Nations Cup Quarter Final at Wembley. Cardiff City beat Torpedo Moscow in a Quarter-Final play-off in the Cup Winners Cup, played at Augsburg with a Norman Dean goal. Dundee reached the Semi-Final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Sammy Wilson scoring in a one-nil victory at FC Zürich. The first episode of The Ronnie Barker Playhouse broadcast on Rediffusion. Charlotte Ninon Coleman born in Islington.
Don't Count The Candles broadcast. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. This occurred on the day that an interview he had recorded with Gerald Priestland was broadcast in BBC2's Doubts & Certainties strand. Blake Edwards's The Party - starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet - premiered. The first episode of Freewheelers - The Sleeper, the first part of the Menace! serial - broadcast on Rediffusion.
The first episode of On The Inside Looking Out broadcast. The Small Faces 'Lazy Sunday'/'Rollin' Over (Part II of Happiness Stan)', The Kinks' 'Wonderboy'/'Polly', The Flower Pot Men's 'Man Without A Woman'/'You Can Never Be Wrong', Jason Crest's 'Juliano The Bull'/'Two By The Sea', Ranee & Raj's 'Feel Like A Clown'/'Rainbow Land', The Fox's 'Hey! Mister Carpenter'/'Seek & You Find', Grapefruit's 'Elevator'/'Yes', Peter & The Wolves' 'Julie'/'Birthday', Diana Ross & The Supremes' 'Forever Came Today'/'Time Changes Things', Granny's Intentions' 'Julie Don't Love Me Anymore'/'One Time Lovers', The Love Affair's 'Rainbow Valley'/'Someone Like Me', The Human Beinz's 'Turn On Your Love Light'/'It's Fun To Be Clean', Max Romeo's 'Put Me In The Mood'/'My One Girl', Scrugg's 'Everyone Can See'/'I Wish I Was Five', The Zombies' 'Time Of The Season'/'I'll Call You Mine', Lucas With The Mike Cotton Sound's 'We Got A Thing Going Baby'/'Soul Serenade', Juan Manuel Serrat's 'La La La'/'She Gives Me Love', Roy Harper's 'Life Goes By'/'Nobody's Got Any Money In The Summer', Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity's 'This Wheel's On Fire'/'A Kind Of Love In', Sylvia's 'I Can't Help It'/'It's A Good Life', Barbara Mason's 'Oh, How It Hurts'/'Ain't Got Nobody', Gene Chandler's 'Nothing Can Stop Me'/'The Big Lie', Jackie Wilson & Count Basie's 'For Your Precious Love'/'Uptight (Everything's Alright)', Thelma Jones' 'Stronger'/'Never Leave Me', Don Charles' 'The Drifter'/'Great To Be Livin', The Formations' 'At The Top Of The Stairs'/'Magic Melody' and Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends released.
The first episodes of Ooh La La! and The Spanish Farm broadcast on BBC2. 'La, La, La', performed by Massiel, won The Eurovision Song Contest for Spain, at the Royal Albert Hall. In May 2008, a documentary by Spanish film-maker Montse Fernández Villa, 1968 - Yo Viví El Mayo Español, alleged that the contest was 'rigged' by the Spanish caudillo Francisco Franco, who allegedly 'sent overtures' to television officials across Europe offering cash and promising to buy series in return for votes for the Spanish entry. The allegation was based on a testimony by the journalist José María Íñigo, a TVE employee at the time, who claimed the rigging was 'common knowledge' and suggested that Spanish record label representatives offered to release LPs by Bulgarian and Czech artists (though, neither Bulgaria nor Czechoslovakia were members of the European Broadcasting Union). The documentary claimed that the contest should have been won by the UK's entry - 'Congratulations' by Cliff Richard - which finished second by but one vote. Massiel was reportedly 'outraged' by the allegations and claimed that if there had been fixes, 'other singers, who were more keen on Francoist Spain, would have benefited.' It was the first time the contest had been televised in colour. Manchester United were beaten two-one at home by Liverpool, their second consecutive home defeat. Manchester City also lost - at Leicester City - allowing Leeds United to move back to the top of the First Division with a three-nil win over relegation-threatened Sheffield United. Spurs thrashed Southampton six-one, Wolverhampton hammered Nottingham Forest by the same score (Derek Dougan netting three) and West Ham United defeated Newcastle United five-nil (Trevor Brooking scoring a hat-trick). Sunderland's three-one win over Stoke City meant The Potters suddenly found themselves dragged into the relegation fight having, seemingly, been safe a few weeks earlier. Alan Suddick scored twice as Blackpool won three-one at Cardiff City in the Second Division. Ipswich Town kept up their recent fine form with a two-all draw at Aston Villa whilst Franke Calrke scored again for Queens Park Rangers, who beat Carlisle United one-nil. Gene Pitney featured on Saturday Club. Marie Lafarge broadcast in Radio 4's Saturday-Night Theatre strand. The Man In A Suitcase episode Web With Four Spiders broadcast on ATV London.
The opening episode of The First Lady broadcast. Two Views Of Rome broadcast on BBC2. Jim Clark died driving in a Formula Two race at the Hockenheimring when his Lotus crashed into a tree. Radio 1's Top Gear featured sessions by Traffic, Tim Buckley ('I'm Coming Here To Stay', 'Morning Glory', 'Sing A Song For You', 'The Troubador', 'Once I Was', 'Hallucinations'), The Alan Bown!, The Idle Race and Ten Years After. The Stanstead Enquiry - Another Fiasco? broadcast on Radio 3.
The first UK TV showing of Shakespeare Wallah on BBC2. The Fire Giant broadcast in the Look strand. The World In Action episode Listen, Whitey, on the mood of Black America following the assassination of Martin Luther King, broadcast.
Black Panther and Henry Miller broadcast. Investigating Murder broadcast in BBC2's Horizon strand. Leeds United reached the Semi-Finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, defeating Glasgow Rangers two-nil.
David Mercer's Let's Murder Vivaldi broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. David Hopkins' The Sinners broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Tony Richardson's The Charge Of The Light Brigade - starring Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Harry Andrews and Norman Rossington - premiered.
Gentlemen Of The Press broadcast. A New Car For Easter broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand. Chuck Jackson's 'Girls, Girls, Girls'/'(You Can't Let The Boy Overpower) The Man In You', Flash & The Board Of Directors' 'Busy Signal'/'Love Ain't Easy', Tangerine Peel's 'Solid Gold Mountain'/'Light Across The River', The Detours' 'Whole Lot Of Lovin'/'Pieces Of You', The Twilights' 'Cathy, Come Home'/'The Way They Play', Steve Flynn's 'Your Life & My Life'/'Come Tomorrow', Barbra Streisand's 'Our Corner Of The Night'/'He Could Show Me', Lou Lawton's 'I'm Just A Fool (And Everybody Knows)'/'Wrapped In A Dream', The Detours' 'Whole Lot Of Lovin'/'Pieces Of You' and The Mirettes' 'In The Midnight Hour'/'To Love Somebody' released. David Miller's Hammerhead - starring Vince Edwards, Judy Geeson, Peter Vaughan, Diana Dors, Michael Bates, Patrick Cargill, Douglas Wilmer, Tracy Reed and Kenneth Cope - premiered.
A performance of Rigoletto broadcast. Movin' With Nancy broadcast on BBC2. Paul Jones and Procol Harum appeared on The Joe Loss Show. Chris Farlowe's 'The Last Goodbye'/'Paperman Fly In The Sky', Bobby Goldsboro's 'Honey'/'Danny', The Troggs' 'Surprise, Surprise (I Need You)'/'Marbles & Some Gum', Clarence Carter's 'Looking For A Fox'/'I Can't See Myself (Crying About You)', Sandie Shaw's 'Don't Run Away'/'Stop', Sergio Endrigo's 'Marianne'/'Il Dolce Paese', David Garrick's 'Rainbow'/'I'll Be Home', Sight & Sound's 'Ebenezer'/'Our Love (Is In The Pocket)' and Chris Baldo's 'Living For Your Love'/'Arretez Vous A Saint Michel' released. Manchester United enjoyed a thumping four-nil win at Fulham in the First Division, George Best scoring twice. The returned to the top as Leeds United were losing two-one at Tottenham. Mick Doyle scored as Manchester City beat Chelsea one-nil. Barry Dyson scored four in Watford's five-one hammering of Northampton Town in the Third Division.
A total lunar eclipse took place visible over most of the Western Hemisphere. Man In The Clouds broadcast on BBC2. The Flower Pot Men and John Waler featured on Saturday Club. Blockbuster by Brian Hayles broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Manchester City returned to the top of the First Division with a three-nil victory over West Ham United. Manchester United drew two-two at Southampton, Leeds United won one-nil at Coventry City (Terry Hibbert scoring), Newcastle United beat Burnley by the same score with a Jackie Sinclair goal. Stoke City's troubles increased with a two-nil defeat at home to Wolves. In the Second Division Millwall thumped Crystal Palace five-one. For so long one of the Third Division's promotion-favourites, Torquay United lost their third game in a row, two-nil at home to Mansfield Town. Shrewsbury Town walloped bottom-of-the-table Scunthorpe United four-nil. Hartlepools United's fourth consecutive victory, two-one against Workington through two Bobby Cummings goals, took them to the brink of the Fourth Division promotion-places. The Man In A Suitcase episode Which Way Did He Go, McGill? broadcast on ATV London.
The Easter Play broadcast. The Dreams Of Gerontius broadcast on BBC2. Cliff Owen's The Vengenace Of She - starring John Richardson, Edward Judd and Olinka Berova - premiered. The Small Faces with PP Arnold ('If I Were A Carpenter', 'Lady Sunday', 'Get Ready', 'Every Little Bit Hurts') were in session on Top Gear.
The first UK TV showing of Pyscho. The Omsk-Siberian State Singers & Dancers broadcast on BBC2. Neil Warnock was among the scorers as Chesterfield won two-nil at Halifax Town in the Fourth Division. Promotion-chasers Crewe Alexandra and Hartlepools United both won two-nil (at Port Vale and York City respectively). In the third Division, two of the top three met a GFay meadow, Shrewsbury Town defeating Bury one-nil. The World In Action episode Wake Up & Work Together broadcast.
The first UK broadcast of The Great American Novel in the Omnibus strand. Mikhail Kalatozov's The Cranes Are Flying shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Jack Gold's The Bofors Gun - starring Nicol Williamson, David Warner, Ian Holm and John Thaw - premiered. Crystal Palace thrashed Norwich City six-nil in the Second Division. Ipswich Town went to the top of the table with a two-nil win over Hull City whilst Queens Park rangers were losing at Cardiff City to a john Toshack goal.
The Golden Vision broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. On Tomorrow's World James Burke demonstrated the latest in TV and video technology. The World Professional Tennis Championship broadcast on BBC2, won by Rod Laver in a two set victory over Ken Rosewall. Radio 1's Arlo Guthrie Welcomes You To My Kind Of Folk featured The Strawbs.
The first UK broadcast of The Long Childhood Of Timmy. Sugar Is Not So Sweet For The Bajams broadcast in BBC2's The Money Programme strand. London Bridge was sold to American entrepreneur Robert McCulloch who intended to rebuild it at Lake Havasu City, Arizona. And, contrary to an urban myth, he didn't think he was buying Tower Bridge. The Kinks EP ('David Watts', 'Two Sisters'/'Lazy Old Sun' 'Situation Vacant') released. West Bromwich Albion defeated Liverpool two-one in an FA Cup Sixth round second replay.
Hugh Leonard's dramatisation of No Such Thing As A Vampire, the first episode of Late Night Horror broadcast on BBC2. Margaret Hinxman interviewed Stanley Baker on Film Review. Tyrannosaurus Rex's 'Deborah'/'Child Star', Scott Walker's 'Joanna'/'Always Coming Back To You', Sergio Mendes And Brasil '66's 'With A Little Help From My Friends'/'The Look Of Love', The Creation's 'Midway Down'/'The Girls Are Naked', Gary Aston's 'Springtime Of Our Years'/'His Lordship', Sons & Lovers' 'Help Me (I'm On Top Of The World)'/'Feel Alright', Simon's Secrets' 'Naughty Boy'/'Sympathy', Pink Floyd's ' It Would Be So Nice'/'Julia Dream', The Barrier's 'Georgie Brown'/'Dawn Breaks Through', The Zombies' Odessey & Oracle, The Medium's 'Colours Of The Rainbow'/'Edward Never Lies', The Peppermint Circus's 'All The Kings Horses'/'It Didn't Take Long', The Isley Brothers' 'Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)'/'Why When Love Is Gone', Fuzz Face's 'Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)'/'Voices From The Sky', Sharon Tandy's 'Love Is Not A Simple Affair'/'Hurry Hurry Choo Choo', Massiel's 'He Gives Me Love'/'La, La, La', Truth's 'Seuno'/'Old Ma Brown', The Fifth Dimension's 'Ticket To Ride'/'Orange Fair' and Billy Nicholls' Would You Believe released. The first episode of Spindoe - You Come Out From Nothing - broadcast on Rediffusion.
Fish Is The Living broadcast on BBC2. Enoch Powell made his - despicably racist - 'Rivers of Blood' speech in Birmingham. Vince Hill and The Zack Laurence Quartet featured on Radio 1's Night Ride. The Square Peg broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Pete Walker's School For Sex - starring Derek Aylward, Rose Alba, Hugh Latimer, Nosher Powell and Françoise Pascal - premiered. Leytonstone beat Chesham United at Wembley in the Amateur Cup final. In the First Division, Denis Law's goal kept Manchester United at the top-of-the-table. Leeds United won three-one against West Bromwich Albion. Burnley thumped Stoke City four-nil (Willie Morgan scoring two). Leciester City beat Southampton four-one and Spurs had a four-two victory over Coventry City. Rodney Marsh scored twice as Queens Park Rangers beat Huddersfield Town three-nil to return to the top of the Second Division. Ipswich Town and Blackpool also won (one-nil at Plymouth Argyle and two-one at Norwich City, respectively). Hartlepools United's promotion-run in the fourth Division coninued, winning two-nil at Chester. Barnsley won four-one at Notts County. Radio 3's Black Power documentary featured interviews with James Baldwin and Stokely Carmichael. The Man In A Suitcase episode The Jigsaw Man broadcast on ATV London.
Enoch Powell was extremely dismissed from the Shadow Cabinet by Edward Heath over his sick racist utterings, despite several opinion polls claiming that 'the majority of the public' shared Powell's ugly, bigoted, scum-shit views. The World Of Jacques-Yves Cousteau broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. Radio 1's Top Gear included sessions by The Family ('See Through Windows', 'Hey Mister Policeman', 'Three Times Time', 'Old Songs New Songs') and Love Sculpture ('Brand New Woman', 'River To Another Day', 'Do I Still Figure In Your Life', 'Stumble', 'Sweet Little Rock-N-Roller').
The Fall Of Kelvin Walker broadcast in BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. Race For The Pack broadcast in The Long Polar Walk strand. Amanda Jane Mealing born in London. The World In Action episode Below The Belt, opn the subject of children born with spina-bifida, broadcast.
Picassos For Sale broadcast on BBC2. China & The Barbarians broadcast in the Omnibus strand. The first episode of Brain Of Britain - previous a part of What Do You Know? - broadcast on Radio 2. Five and ten pence coins were introduced as replacements from shillings and two shillings in the run-up to Decimalisation. Fulham kept their slim First Division survival hopes alive with a three-two victory at fellow strugglers Sheffield United. Stoke City had a three-two victory over Leeds United (Peter Dobing scoring a hat-trick).
John Mortimer's The Head Waiter broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. It's On You, John broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Yours, Mine & Ours - starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda and Byron Mabe's The Head Mistres - starring Julia Blackburn and Marsha Jordan - premiered. George Best scored as Manchester United beat Real Madrid one-nil in the first leg of the European Cup Semi-Final. Cardiff City's Cup Winners Cup adventure continued, drawing the first leg of their Semi-Final one-all at Hamburg SV. Blackburn Rovers one-all draw with Plymouth Argyle meant that Plymouth were relegated from the Second Division. Luton Town went six point clear at the top of the Fourth Division and all-but confirmed their promotion with a four-nil victory over Crewe Alexandra. Almost nineteen thousand, the largest gate of the season, was at Kenilworth Road.
Don Haworth's Operation Cave Rescue broadcast. The Rally That Runs Out Of Road broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand.
State Of The Union - featuring Les Dawson - broadcast in the Comedy Playhouse strand. Patrick Moore discussed with Michael Bentine the problems of manned flight beyond the Moon to the planets and stars in Flights Of Space Fancy in The Sky At Night strand. Roald Dahl's William & Mary broadcast in BBC2's Late Night Horror strand. The Equals' 'Baby Come Back', Barclay James Harvest's 'Early Morning'/'Mister Sunshine', Strawberry Alarm Clock's 'Sit With The Guru'/'Pretty Song From Psych-Out', The Orange Seaweed's 'Stay Awhile'/'Pictures In The Sky', The Marmalade's 'Lovin' Things'/'Hey Joe', The Cameos' 'Pretty Shade Of Blue'/'You Didn't Have To Be So Nice', The Carrolls' 'So Gently Falls The Rain'/'Nice To See You Darling', Vanilla Fudge's 'Where Is My Mind'/'The Look Of Love', Felice Taylor's 'Captured By Your Love'/'I Can Feel Your Love (Coming Down On Me)' and Mark Wirtz's 'Mrs Raven'/'Knickerbocker Glory' released. Oxford United's four-nil victory at Stockport County took them to the top of the Third Division. Wilson Hepplewhite and Bobby Cummings scored as Hartlepools United won again, two-one against Chesterfield in the Fourth Division. Barnsley also closed in on promotion with a two-nil defeat of Port Vale (Eric Winstanley scoring the second).
The first episode of the Doctor Who serial The Wheel In Space broadcast. West Bromwich Albion (two-nil victors over Birmingham city at Villa Park) and Everton (who beat Leeds United one-nil at Old Trafford) would contest the FA Cup Final. Liverpool beat Fulham four-one in the First Division. Tottenham Hotspur's three-one victory at St James' Park ended Newcastle's remarkable unbeaten run at home which stretched back twenty six matches to Febuary 1967 and a defeat by Everton. Leicester City won one-nil at Coventry City. Goal average separated the top three in the Second Division. Queens Park Rangers and Ipswich Town drew two-two at Portman Road whilst Blackpool won two-nil at Portmsouth. There was a similar situation in the Third Division although it was at the other end of the table that today's results mattered the most; Scunthorpe United (beaten two-one at Reading), Colchester United (who drew two-two at Colchester United) and Grimsby Town (who lost one-nil at home to Watford) were all relegated. Bradford City's three-one win at Luton Town moved them into a promotion place and delayed Luton's coronation as championships for at least one more game. Spanky & Our Gang featured on Saturday Club. The Abortion Act came into effect, legalising abortion on a number of grounds, with free provision through the National Health Service. Sly & The Family Stone's Dance To The Music and Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison released. The Man In A Suitcase episode The Bridge broadcast on ATV London.
The Anatomy Lesson broadcast on BBC2. The first UK TV showing of Phffft. Radio 1's Top Gear featured sesisons by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown ('Child Of My Kingdom', 'Come & Buy', 'Fire', 'I Put A Spell On You'), Pentangle and The New Generation.
The first episodes of Voices For The World, Marty Feldman's Marty and The Glory That Remains broadcast. Manchester City moved back to the top of the First Division beating Everton two-nil (goals by Tony Book and Tony Coleman) while Manchester United were thrashed six-three by West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns (Jeff Astle scoring three). The World In Action episode The Flame In Spain broadcast.
The first UK TV showing of Roman Polanski's The Knife In The Water in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Salvatore Samperi's Grazie Zia - starring Lisa Gastoni, Lou Castel and Gabriele Ferzetti - premiered. Orient's two-nil victory at Bristol Rovers in the Third Division included a debut (and a goal) for seventeen year old Dennis Rofe, the first of five hundred and ninety one games, for Orient, Leicester City, Chelsea and Southampton, in a career that lasted until 1984.
Jeremy Scott's The Man Behind You broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Charlotte and Denis Plimmer's Standing By For Santa Claus broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Brian De Palma's directorial debut, Murder A La Mod premiered. Cardiff City crashed out of the European Cup Winners Cup at the Semi-Final stage, losing three-two at home to Hamburg SV. Norman Dean and Brian Harris scored for The Bluebirds, but Uwe Seeler's winners took the West Germans into a final against AC Milan. Dundee and Leeds United drew their Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-Final first leg one-all. Stoke City's two-nil victory over Fulham took them out of the relegation places at the epense of Sheffield united. It also confirmed Fulham's relegation to the Second Division after an awful season, only enlived by Allan Clarke's twenty goals. Jeff Astle scored three as West Bromwich Albion beat West Ham three-one. Ipswich town topped the Second Division following a three-one victory over Crystal Palace.
Mario broadcast in the Tales From Europe strand. Is There A Hitch To Homes On Wheels? broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand. The Paris riots began. Aretha Franklin's 'Think' released. The Odd Couple premiered.
The first episode of Wink To Me Only broadcast in the Comedy Playhouse strand. Meet Phyllis Diller broadcast. The Corpse Can't Play broadcast in the Late Night Horror strand. Ray Bradbury's Leviathan '99 broadcast on Radio 3. Frederick West became Britain's first heart transplant patient. He died forty six days later. Tim Andrews' '(Something About) Suburbia'/'Your Tea Is Strong', Unit Four Plus Two's 'You Ain't Goin' Nowhere'/'So You Want To Be A Blues-Player', Terry Reid's 'Better By Far'/'Fires Alive', The Executive's 'Tracy Took A Trip'/'Gardena Dreamer', The Pyramids' 'All Change On The Bakerloo Line'/'Playing Games', Focal Point's 'Love You Forever'/'Sycamore Sid', Bobby Taylor & The Vacouvers' 'Does Your Mother Know About Me?'/'Fading Away', Pinkerton's 'There's Nobody I'd Sooner Love'/'Duke's Jetty', The Montanas' 'A Step In The Right Direction'/'Someday You'll Be Breaking My Heart Again', World Of Oz's 'The Muffin Man'/'Peter's Birthday (Black & White Rainbows)', The Tremeloes' 'Helule Helule'/'Girl From Nowhere', The Beach Boys' 'Friends'/'Little Bird', The Byrds' 'You Ain't Going Nowhere'/'Artificial Energy', Peggy March's 'If You Loved Me (Soul Coaxing - Ame Caline)'/'Thinking Through My Tears', Dave Justin's 'You Outside'/'Thinking Twice', Robert Knight's 'The Power Of Love'/'Love On A Mountain Top' and Rainbow Ffolly's Sallies Forth released. Lee Frost's The Animal - starring John Alderman, Virginia Gordon and Linda Stiles - premiered. Torquay United's stuttering end to a Third Division season that had looked so promising, continued with a calamitous two-nil defeat to already-relegated Scuthorpe United.
Jimmy Logan and Solomon King appeared on Billy Cotton's Music-Hall. The first episode of BBC2's Pere Goriot broadcast. The five hundredth episode of Saturday Club broadcast. February Has Twenty-Eight broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Manchester United beat Newcastle United six-nil in the First Division (george Best scoring three). Manchester City still led the table with a three-one win at Tottenham (Colin Bell netting two). Leicester City beat Nottingham Forest four-two whilst Liverpool won two-one at Leeds. Frank Wignall scored three in Wolverhampton Wanderers' three-nil victory over Chelsea. Everton beat Stoke City by the same scored (Alan Ball hitting two). Ipswich Town moved to within a point of clinching promotion back to the First Division following a two-one win at Portsmouth (John O['Rourke scoring both). Both Queens Park rangers and Blackpool also won (two-nil against Birmingham City and three-one at Derby County). Charlton Athletic thrashed Hull City five-one. Third Division promotion-chasers Oxford United and Bury both won (two-nil against Brighton & Hove Albion and five-three over Stockport County) whilst Shrewsbury Town were losing three-nil at Barrow. Peterborough United, playing their final home game before their demotion for financial irregularities, signed off in style with a four-nil victory over Northampton Town (Colin Garwood hitting a hat-trick). Luton's promotion from the Fourth Division was confirmed, despite losing two-one at Crewe Alexandra who finished their own season in third place but with Hartlepool United still having two games to play. The first episode of Freewheelers broadcast on Rediffusion.
Tony Blackburn hosted the 1968 NME Poll Winners Concert at the Empire Pool, featuring The Rolling Stones, Amen Corner, The Herd, Love Affair, The Move, Don Partridge, The Shadows, The Tremeloes, The Status Quo, Scott Walker, Lulu, Dusty Springfield, The Association and Paper Dolls. Show of the Week: The Val Doonican Show broadcast on BBC2. Radio 1's Top Gear featured The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band ('Do The Trouser Press Baby', 'Canyons Of Your Mind', 'I'm The Urban Spaceman', 'Hello Mabel', 'Strongest Man', 'Tent', 'Monster Mash', 'Give Booze A Chance', 'To Rhino', 'Bonzo', 'I Want To Be With You') and Barclay James Harvest. Adrian Henri appeared on Radio 3's The Living Poet.
Brief Lives broadcast on BBC2. Petronella Aspasia Wyatt born in London. Hartlepools United ensured their first ever promotion from the Fourth Division with a two-nil win at Swansea Town, meaning that Bradford City, who had already completed their fixtures, missed out by one point. This also confirmed Crewe Alexandra and Barnsley's promotion to the Third Division. The World In Action episode The Star-Spangled War broadcast.
Jonathan Miller's bowel-shatteringly scary adaptation of Whistle & I'll Come To You broadcast in the Omnibus strand. The first UK TV showing of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Leeds United's third consecutive league defeat, four-three at Arsenal, eliminated them from the First Division championship race.
John Mortimer's Infidelity Took Place broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Empty Bottles broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Goals from Norman Hunter and Martin Peters helped England come from behind to beat Spain in the Nations Cup Quarter Final second leg in Madrid in front of one hundred and twenty thousand. Wales drew one-all with West Germany in a friendly international at Ninian Park, Wyn Davies equalising Wolfgang Overath's opener. Wrexham's David Powell made his Wales debut whilst Joachim Bäse of Eintract Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund's Willi Neuberger played for West Germany for the first time. Cecil King, the head of the International Publishing Corporation, held a meeting with Lord Mountbatten, the Daily Mirra journalist Hugh Cudlipp and Sir Solly Zuckerman, the Chief Scientific Adviser to the government. King, according to Cudlipp, 'expounded his views on the gravity of the national situation, the urgency for action and then embarked upon a shopping list of the Prime Minister's shortcomings.' He explained that in the crisis he foresaw as being 'just around the corner', the Government would disintegrate, there would be bloodshed in the streets and the armed forces would be involved in, effectively, a coup d'etat. He then asked Mountbatten would he agree to be the head of a new administration in such circumstances? Mountbatten is alleged to have asked for the opinion of Zuckerman, who stated that the comments amounted to treason and left the room. The Kray Twins, were among eighteen men arrested in dawn raids across London by Nipper Reid's Murder Squad. They stood accused of a series of crimes including murder, fraud, blackmail, assault and being very naughty men. Their older brother, Charlie, was among others taken into custody and banged up in The Joint. The first episode of It Must Be Dusty! broadcast on Rediffusion.
Flying Saucers: Fact Or Fiction? broadcast. White Hunter On Wheels broadcast on the Wheelbase strand. The first episode of Stewart Farrar's Watch The Wall, My Darling broadcast on Radio 2. The first episode of the Freewheelers serial Recipe For Danger broadcast on Rediffusion.
The Family Of Fred - with Freddie Frinton - broadcast in the Comedy Playhouse strand. It would, subsequently, be developed into the sitcom Thicker Than Water the following year. Bruce Forsyth At The Talk Of The Town broadcast on BBC2. Glenn Campbell appeared on The Joe Loss Show. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's 'Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing'/'Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl', Outer Limits' 'Great Train Robbery'/'Sweet Freedom', Guy Marks' 'Loving You Has Made Me Bananas'/'Forgive Me My Love', Jigsaw's 'One Way Street'/'Then I Found You', Mirror's 'Gingerbread Man'/'Faster Than Light', Jigsaw's 'One Way Street'/'Then I Found You', A New Generation's 'Smokey Blue's Away'/'She's A Soldier Boy', The Episode's 'Little One'/'Wide Smiles', Nancy Wilson's 'Face It, Girl, It's Over'/'The End Of Our Love', Gordon Lightfoot's 'Black Day In July'/'Pussy Willows Cat-Tails', The Pentangle's 'Travellin' Song'/'Mirage', Fleur De Lys's 'Gong With The Luminous Nose'/'Hammer Head', Maurice & Mac's 'You Left The Water Running'/'You're The One', Nancy Wilson's 'Face It, Girl, It's Over'/'The End Of Our Love', Bobby Hanna's 'Written On The Wind'/'Everybody Needs Love', Cats Eyes' 'Smile Girl For Me'/'In A Fantasy World' and Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup's 'Jabberwock'/'Which Dreamed It?' released. Lamont Johnson's Kona Coast premiered.
Don Fox missed a sitter in the Rugby League Challenge Cup final for Wakefield Trinity and got much sympathy from Eddie Waring. The Sekkers and Scott Walker appeared on Billy Cotton's Music-Hall. The Tomb Robbers broadcast in BBC2's Chronicle strand. The government faced a back-bench rebellion over prices and income policy. The student riots in Paris reached their height as Prime Minister Pompidou, after consultation with President de Gaulle, ordered the police to withdraw from the Latin Quarter and the Sorbonne was closed. A German professor parachuted into a field in Scotland to highlight the continued imprisonment in Spandau of Rudolph Hess. Manchester City dramatically snatched the First Division title with a thrilling four-three victory at Newcastle whilst rivals Manchester United were losing two-one at home to Sunderland. Liverpool (who also scored six against Nottingham Forest, Tony Hateley getting four of them), Leeds United (who suffered yet another defeat, their fourth in successive games, at Burnley), Everton and Chelsea completed the top six. Due to the 'one city, one club' rule, Newcastle - who finished in tenth - qualified for the following season's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup along with Liverpool, Leeds and Chelsea. Bobby Robson's Fulham were relegated along with Sheffield United (who lost two-one at home to Chelsea). Coventry City, under Noel Cantwell, escaped demotion by one point and Stoke City's goalless draw at Leicester City was enough to ensure their survival. Manchester United's George Best and Ron Davies of Southampton finished as the division's joint-top scorers with twenty eight goals apiece. Bestie was, rightly, awarded the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, as well as the European Footballer of the Year award. A point against Blackburn Rovers was enough for Bill McGarry's Ipswich Town to win the Second Division by one point from Queens Park Rangers who were also promoted (who won two-one at Aston Villa). Blackpool, agonisingly, finished third on goal average despite winning their final game three-one at Huddersfield Town. Rotherham United joined Plymouth Argyle in relegation. Rotherham's two-one defeat against Carlisle United saw the league debut of Roy Tunks, the first of six hundred and ninety four games, for Rotherham, York City, Preston North End, Wigan Athletic and Hartlepool United, in a career that lasted until 1990. John Hickton of middlesbrough was the division's top scorer with twenty four. In the Third Division, Oxford United won their first ever divisional title in only their sixth season as a league club. Runners-up Bury, who beat Watford two-nil, were also promoted. Shewsbury Town (despite a one-nil win at Gillingham) and Torquay United (whose arse completely fell out as they lost four-nil at Reading) missed out. Don Rogers of Swindon Town was the top goalscorer with twenty five. As a result of the Peterborough United ruling Mansfield Town, who finished fourth bottom, escaped relegation. Luton Town won the Fourth Division and were promoted along with Barnsley, Hartlepools United and Crewe Alexandra. Contrary to common belief, Brian Clough did not lead Hartlepools to their first promotion, he and Peter Taylor had already left for Derby County at the start of the season and it was his successor Angus MacLean who took the team that Cloughie built into Division Three. Les Massie of Halifax Town and Roy Chapman of Port Vale were the joint top scorers with twenty five goals each. The bottom four clubs, York City, Chester, Workington and Bradford Park Avenue, successfully applied for re-election to the Football League. Port Vale - who finished eighteenth - were also forced to re-apply, as a result of their own financial irregularities. The first meeting between American and North Vietnamese representatives took place in Paris. Ted Heath got a right soaking when his boat - Blue Harbour - capsized.
The first episode of the BBC's second adaptation of The Railway Children broadcast. The nation caught its first glimpse of Jenny Aguttar's underwear. Though, by no means, its last. Count Baise and his Orchestra and Georgie Fame featured on BBC2's Show Of The Week.
Home Sweet Honeycomb broadcast in BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. John Tully's The Broken Sword broadcast in the Merry-Go-Round strand featuring the TV debut of David Calder. Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup's 'Jabberwocky'/'We Dreamed It' and Fleur de Lys's 'Gong With The Luminous Nose'/'Hammer Head' released. The World In Action episode Stage For A Revolution broadcast.
The Picasso Mystery broadcast on BBC2. The Doors' 'The Unknown Soldier'/'We Could Be So Good Together' released.
Thank God For UDI broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Leeds United reached the Final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, beating Dundee one-nil. Eddie Gray scored the decisive goal in the second leg. Manchester United reached the European Cup Final for the first time, four-three on aggregate over Real Madrid following a dramatic three-three draw at the Bernabéu with Munich survivor Bill Foulkes the unlikely goalscorer in the final moments. The UK premiere 2001: A Space Odyssey. Do not adjust your brain, there is a fault with reality. Sophie Jane Raworth in Redhill.
Waiting For Donovan broadcast. The Last Day of the GPObroadcast in BBC2's The Money Programme strand.
Barry Took's adaptation of Stiff Upper Lip broadcast in the Comedy Playhouse strand. The Bells Of Hell broadcast in BBC2's Late Night Horror strand. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac appeared on The Joe Loss Show. Joe Massot's Wonderwall - starring Jane Birkin and Jack MacGowran - premiered at Cannes. Eric Burdon & The Animas' 'Monterey'/'Anything', Ohio Express's 'Yummy Yummy Yummy (I've Got Love In My Tummy)'/'Zig Zag', The Orange Bicycle's 'Jenskadajka'/'Nicely', Oscar's 'Open Up The Skies'/'Wild Ones', John Bryant's 'I Bring The Sun'/'Columbine', The Rokes' 'The Works Of Bartholomew'/'When The Wind Arises', Pandamonium's 'Chocolate Buster Dan'/'Fly With Me Forever', Tony Hazzard's 'The Sound Of The Candyman's Trumpet'/'Everything's Gone Wrong', Anita Harris' 'We're Going On A Tuppenny Bus Ride'/'Artie', Tinkerbell's Fairydust's 'Twenty Ten'/'Walking My Baby', Rufus Thomas's 'The Memphis Train'/'I Think I Made A Boo-Boo', Archie Bell & The Drells' 'Tighten Up'/'Dog Eat Dog' and R Dean Taylor's 'Gotta See Jane'/'Don't Fool Around' released.
Jeff Astle scored an extra-time winner as West Bromwich Albion beat Everton in the FA Cup Final. It was also the first final to be broadcast in colour (on BBC2). Rome Goes Pop broadcast in the Release strand, including footage of Julie Driscoll, Donovan and The Pink Floyd. Probably the day that a completed off-his-head John Lennon called a meeting at Apple's offices in Wigmore Street, to inform his surprised Beatles colleagues that he was, in fact, the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. The meeting, reportedly, broke up shortly afterwards so that Paul, George and Ringo could process this information. The Price To Pay broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand.
Brian Rix Presents: A Bit On The Side and The Rose Affair broadcast. BBC2's The Military Churchill featured an interview between Alistair Cooke and General Eisenhower. Michael Reeves's Matthew Hopkins - Witchfinder General - starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Wilfrid Brambell, Patrick Wymark, Robert Russell, Nicky Henson and Hilary Dwyer - premiered. Mick Jagger and Brian Jones were interviewed by John Peel on Top Gear.
An adaptation of Nicholas Bethell's The Pistol Shot broadcast as part of BBC2's Theatre 625 strand featuring an uncredited cameo by David Bowie. At Home With Foxes broadcast in the Look strand. Trevor Nunn featured on Desert Island Discs. John Storm Roberts' The Congo Touch broadcast on Radio 3. The World In Action episode Ward F-Thirteen exposed the appalling conditions of the female geriatric ward at Powick Mental Hosptial in Worcester.
The first episode of Lulu's Back In Town! broadcast. La Casa Del Angel shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Kevin Billington's Interlude premiered. The final First Division game of the season saw Everton hand already-relegated Fulham a five-one hiding.
England beat Sweden three-one in a friendly international at Wembley with goals from Martin Peters, Bobby Charlton and Roger Hunt. Manchester United's Alex Stepney and Manchester City's Colin Bell made their England debuts. Sweden's goalkeeper Sven-Gunnar Larsson was stretchered off after eighty five minutes with a fractured skull after a nasty collision with Alan Mullery. David Rolfe's Still Death broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Graham Linehan born in Dublin.
West Germany: Democracy On Trial broadcast. Seventy Years On The Grid broadcast in the Wheelbase strand. Ronald Neame's Prudence & The Pill - starring Deborah Kerr and David Niven - premiered.
The first episode of Wild Wild Women broadcast. A Close Pass By Icarus broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. The Kiss Of Blood broadcast in BBC2's Late Night Horror strand. Cream's 'Anyone For Tennis? (The Savage Seven Theme)'/'Pressed Rat & Warthog', The Small Faces' Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, Simon Dupree & The Big Sound's 'Part Of My Past'/'This Story Never Ends', The Rolling Stones' 'Jumping Jack Flash'/'Child Of The Moon', Bobby Wells' 'Let's Copp A Groove'/'Recipe For Love', Cats Pyjamas' 'Camera Man'/'House For Sale', BB King's 'Paying The Cost To Be The Boss'/'Having My Say', Finders Keepers' 'Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)'/'Without Her', Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera's 'Mary Jane'/'Dreamy', Bobby Wells's 'Let's Copp A Groove'/'Recipe For Love', Blossom Dearie's 'The Music Played'/'Discover Who I Am', The Bystanders' 'This World Is My World'/'Painting The Time', Wild Silk's 'Poor Man'/'Stop Crying', David Essex's 'Love Story'/'Higher Than High', Genesis's 'A Winter's Tale'/'One Eyed Hound', Gospel Garden's 'Finders Keepers'/'Just A Tear', David Essex's 'Love Story'/'Higher Than High', The Sandpebbles' 'If You Didn't Hear Me The First Time (I'll Say It Again)'/'Flower Power', Johnnie Young's 'Remember If You Please'/'Central Park', Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band's 'Moonchild'/'Who Do You Think You're Fooling?', Oscar Toney Junior's 'No Sad Song'/'Never Get Enough Of Your Love' and Donovan's 'Hurdy Gurdy Man'/'Teen Angel' released.
Matches Of The Season broadcast. The Highland Jaunt broadcast on BBC2. Scott Walker appeared on Esther & Abi Ofarim. The Seekers and Solomon King featured on Saturday Club.
The first UK TV showing of The Man From Laramie. Tailoring In Steel broadcast in BBC2's And Another Thing ... strand. David Bowie (with The Tony Visconti Orchestra) was in session on Top Gear ('London Bye Ta Ta', 'In The Heat Of The Morning', 'Karma Man', 'When I'm Five', 'Silly Boy Blue'). As were Eric Burdon & The Animals ('Monteray', 'White Houses', 'Landscap' 'When Things Go Wrong').
Life Class broadcast in BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. Jackanory: How The Stars Were Made with John Ebdon broadcast. Basil Dearden's adaptation of Only When I Larf - starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, Alexandra Stewart and Nicholas Pennell, Frank Dunlop's adaptation of The Winter's Tale - starring Laurence Harvey, Jane Asher, Diana Churchill, Moira Redmond and Jim Dale and Jean Rollin's Le Viol Du vampire - starring Solange Pradel - premiered. I'm Scared Of Bees broadcast on Radio 4. The World In Action episode Stop That Bowing, Scrapin' & Scratchin' followed the Poor People's Protest in Washington DC.
The Charm Of Dynamite! broadcast in the Omnibus strand. Nuns In Conflict broadcast in BBC2's Man Alive strand. Joseph Losey's Boom! - starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward, Bud Yorkin's Inspector Clouseau - starring Alan Arkin and Peter Collinson's The Long Day's Dying - starring David Hemmings, Tony Beckley and Tom Bell - premiered.
Manchester United beat Benfica four-one at Wembley to win the European Cup. Bobby Charlton scored twice with further goals from Brian Kidd and, memorably, George Best. Scotland drew nil-nil with the Netherlands in a friendly international in Amsterdam. West Bromwich Albion duo Douggie Fraser and Bobby Hope, Newcastle United's Bobby Moncur, Dundee's George McLean and Aberdeen's Jimmy Smith made their Scotland debuts (the latter as a substitute for the injured Hope). John Wiles' Walk In The Dark broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand.
The first appearance of Pan's People on Top Of The Pops (dancing to 'US Male' by Elvis Presley). The Life Of Billy Walker broadcast in BBC2's The Money Programme strand. The first episode of Victor Pemberton's Kill The Pharaoh! broadcast on Radio 2.
Atlantic Challenge broadcast. Kenneth McKellar At The Talk Of The Town broadcast on BBC2. The Casuals' 'Jesamine'/'I've Got Something Too', The Idle Race's 'The End Of The Road'/'The Morning Sunshine', Rainbow Ffolly's 'Drive My Car'/'Go Girl', Florence Ballard's 'It Doesn't Matter How I Say It (It's What I Say That Matters)'/'Goin' Out Of My Head', Chords Five's 'Same Old Fat Man'/'Hold On To Everythin' You've Got', The Koobas' 'The First Cut Is The Deepest'/'Walking Out', Cupids Inspiration's 'Yesterday Has Gone'/'Dream', The Ron Grainer Orchestra's 'Love Theme'/'Detective', Andy Ellison's 'You Can't Do That'/'Cornflake Zoo', Janie Jones's 'Charlie Smith'/'Nobody's Perfect', Derek Martin's 'Soul Power'/'Sly Girl', Denis Couldry & Smile's 'Penny For The Wind'/'Tea & Toast, Mister Watson?', Anan's 'Haze Woman'/'I Wonder Where My Sister's Gone?', Threshold Of Pleasure's 'Rain, Rain, Rain'/'He Could Never Love You Like I Do', Timebox's 'Beggin'/'A Woman That's Waiting', The Ron Grainer Orchestra's 'Love Theme'/'Detective', Rosetta Hightower's 'Pretty Red Balloons'/'How Can You Mistreat (The One You Love)?', Homer Banks' 'Sixty Minutes Of Your Love'/'A Lot Of Love', Reparata & The Delrons's 'Saturday Night Didn't Happen'/'Panic', The Spiral Starecase's 'Baby What I Mean'/'Makin' My Mind Up' and The Aquarian Age's 'Ten Thousand Words In A Carbroard Box'/'Good Wizard Meets Naughty Wizard' released.
The first episodes of the second series of Your Witness and BBC2's What Maisie Knew broadcast. England lost one-nil to West Germany in a friendly international in Hannover. The winner occurred when Brian Labone deflected a shot from Franz Beckenbauer past Gordon Banks.
Andy Williams featured on BBC2's Show Of The Week. At The Garden broadcast. Radio 1's Top Gear included sessions by Fleetwood Mac ('That Ain't It', 'Mean Mistrusting Mama', 'Psychedelic Send-Up Number', 'Dead Shrimp Blues', 'Sheila') and Fairport Convention ('Close The Door Lightly When You Go', 'Where I Stand', 'Nottamun Town', 'You Never Wanted Me').
Days Of Thrills & Laughter broadcast. Judi Dench read Philippa Pearce's A Dog So Small on Jackanory. The first UK TV showing of Sink The Bismark!. The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of All's Well That Ends Well broadcast on BBC2. Copperfaced Jack broadcast on Radio 4. Poor Mrs Machiavelli broadcast on Radio 3.
The first UK TV showings of The Smallest Show On Earth and White Nights, the latter in BBC2's World Cinema strand.
Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles. Alan Mullery became the first England player to be sent off in an international as they lost to a Dragan Džajić goal against Yugoslavia in the Semi-Final of the European Nations Cup. The Boy's Room broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Melanie Claire Sophie Giedroyc born in Epsom.

The first episode of At A Time Like This broadcast. The first episode of the Freewheelers serial The Big Freeze broadcast on Rediffusion.
The first episode of B-and-B broadcast in the Comedy Playhouse strand. Escape To The Skies broadcast on BBC2. The start of the Ford sewing machinists strike at Dagenham: women workers wanted pay comparable to that of men. Peter Hall's Work Is A Four-Letter Word - starring David Warner and Cilla Black - premiered. The (superb) title song appeared as the b-side of Cilla's single, 'Where Is Tomorrow?' July's 'My Clown'/'Dandelion Seeds', Heath Hampstead's 'Tenement Tragedy'/'Loneliness', The Spectrum's 'London Bridge Is Coming Down'/'Tables & Chairs', The Freedom's 'Where Will You Be Tonight?'/'Trying To Get A Glimpse Of You', Scrugg's 'Lavender Popcorn'/'Sandwichboard Man', Rifkin's 'We're Not Those People Anymore'/'Continental Hesitation', The Orange Machine's 'Three Jolly Little Dwarfs'/'Real Live Permanent Dream', The Walham Green East Wapping Carpet Cleaning Rodent & Boggit Exterminating Association's 'Sorry Mister Green'/'Death Of A Kind', Richard Harris's 'MacArthur Park'/'Paper Chase', Tages' 'There's A Blind Man Playin' Fiddle In The Street'/'Like A Woman', The Spectrum's 'London Bridge Is Coming Down'/'Tables & Chairs', John Mayall's Bluesbreakers' 'No Reply'/'She's Too Young' and The Morgan-James' 'The Dreamer'/'Out Of My Mind' released. Sarah Parish born in Yeovil.
Goals from Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst gave England victory over the Soviet Union in the - utterly bloody pointless - Nations Cup Third-Place Play-Off in Rome. Everton's Tommy Wright made his England debut. To bridge the seven week gap between the fifth and sixth series of Doctor Who, the previous year's serial The Evil Of The Daleks was repeated. No Beauty Without Melancholy broadcast in BBC2's Release strand. The suspect in the murder of Martin Luther King, James Earl Ray, was arrested in London and was, subsequently, dragged back to the States in 'cuffs and leg-irons to answer for his - alleged - crimes. Manfred Mann and The Fortunes featured on Saturday Club.
In A Day On The River Hayley Mills revealed that she had 'nearly drowned' on the final day of shooting Twisted Nerve. What Did You Say This Thing Was Called, Love? - with Eleanor Bron and John Fortune - broadcast in BBC2's Show of The Week strand. Gerry O'Hara's Amsterdam Affair - starring Wolfgang Kieling, William Marlowe, Catherine Schell and Pamela Ann Davy - premiered. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, The Idle Race amd Joe Cocker & The Greaseband featured on Top Gear.
The first episode of Castors Away! broadcast. Italy beat Yugoslavia two-nil in a replayed Nations Cup final in Rome. Colin Cowdrey appeared on Desert Island Discs. An Actor's Life On A Kidney Machine broadcast on Radio 4. Richard Lester's Petulia - starring Julie Christie, George C Scott and Richard Chamberlain - premiered. The World In Action episode Robert Kennedy broadcast.
Australia won the first Ashes test at Old Trafford by one hundred and fifty nine runs. Paul Sheahan top-scored with eighty eight in Australia's first innings of three hundred and fifty seven whilst John Snow took four wickets. England replied with a poor one hundred and sixty five. Pat Pocock took six wickets in Australia's second innings, with Doug Walters hitting eighty six. Set an improbable four hundred and thirteen to win, England succumbed to Jackie Gleeson's leg-spin despite Basil D'Oliveira's impressive eighty seven. Rugby Safari broadcast on BBC2. Leicester City broke the British transfer records, buying Allan Clarke from recently-relegated DFulham for one huindred and fifty thousand smackers.
The Disunited Kingdom broadcast. Europa: Experiments In Colour broadcast on BBC2. Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby and Speedway - starring Evis Presley and Nancy Sinatra - premiered. The Cymbeline's 'Down By The Seaside'/'Fire' released.
The first episode of This Way To Murder broadcast. East Africa By Car broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand.
The first episodes of BBC2's Colour Me Pop (featuring Manfred Mann), The Basil Brush Show - with Mister Rodney - and Me Mammy broadcast, the latter in the Comedy Playhouse strand. The Who's 'Dogs'/'Call Me Lightning', PP Arnold's 'Angel Of The Morning'/'Life Is But Nothing', Clarence Carter's 'Funky Fever'/'Slip Away', Junior's Eyes' 'Mister Golden Trumpet Player'/'Black Snake', The Peanut Butter Conspiracy's 'Turn On A Friend (To The Good Life)'/'Captain Sandwich', Herb Alpert's 'This Guy's In Love With You'/'A Quiet Tear (Lagrima Quieta)', Shubert's 'Until The Rains Come'/'Let Your Love Go', Gladys Knight & The Pips' 'It Should Have Been Me'/'You Don't Love Me No More', The Scaffold's '1-2-3'/'Today', Kenny Everett's 'It's Been So Long'/'Without Her', PP Arnold's 'Angel Of The Morning'/'Life Is But Nothing', The Zombies' 'I Love You'/'The Way I Feel Inside', Golden Earrings' 'I've Just Lost Somebody'/'The Truth About Arthur', Lemon Pipers' 'Jelly Jungle (Of Orange Marmalade)'/'Shoeshine Boy', The Devoted's 'I Love George Best'/'United', Jess & James With The JJ Band's 'Something For Nothing'/'I Let The Day Go By', Fascinations' 'Girls Are Out To Get You'/'You Be Sorry' and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown's 'Fire!'/'Rest Cure' released. James Collier's Two A Penny - starring Cliff Richard, Ann Holloway, Dora Bryan, Geoffrey Bayldon, Peter Barkworth and Earl Cameron - premiered.
Roadhouse shown in The Saturday Thriller strand. At Wimbledon, England's ladies won The Wightman Cup against the US for the first time since 1960. David McWilliams and The Pentangle featured on Radio 1's Country Meets Folk. Former French Army General Raoul Salan and ten other officers of the Organisation Armée Secrète were released from prison after being pardoned by the man whose assassination they had plotted in 1961, President Charles de Gaulle. Simon Bolivar & The Angostura Republic broadcast on Radio 3.
Volcano broadcast in The World About Us strand. Show of The Week: Cilla broadcast on BBC2. French riot police evicted student rebels who had occupied the Sorbonne. After the climax of the Giro d'Italia, won by Eddy Merckx, ten cyclists, included the Italian champion Felice Gimondi, were disqualified for doping. Donovan, The Nice, Chicken Shack and Gilbert featured on Radio 1's Top Gear.
Everyman's Antarctica broadcast in the Look strand. Tom Stoppard's play, The Real Inspector Hound, starring Richard Briers and Ronnie Barker, opened at the Criterion Theatre. Philip Saville's adaptation of Oedipus The King - starring Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Orson Welles, Richard Johnson and Donald Sutherland - premiered. The World In Action episode The Guinea Pigs concerned a group of grammer school boys sent to Marlborough College.
Corporal Jan broadcast in the Omnibus strand. What Is A Police Force? broadcast in BBC2's Man Alive strand. Operation Šumava, a series of military exercises by the Joint Armed Forces of the member nations of the Warsaw Pact began with most of the exercises taking place in Czechoslovakia, where The Prague Spring was taking place. Several divisions of the Soviet army remained behind after what proved to be a dress rehearsal for an invasion in August. The first episode of Radio 2's It's Mike & Bernie broadcast, promising 'comedy with music.' Allegedly.
Number Thirty Approximately broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Contrasts: Voltaire In England broadcast. After two postponements, The Poor People's March on Washington took place as a multiracial crowd of impoverished Americans gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Norman Jewison's The Thomas Crown Affair premiered.
The Italians broadcast. Hong Kong - Borrowed Time, Borrowed Place broadcast in BBC2's The Money Programme strand. Colin Milburn scored a thunderous eighty three in the second test at Lord's. After England's rain-affected first innings was declared, David Brown took five wickets as Australia were dismissed for seventy eight. However the game ended in a draw. David Ruffin was fired from The Temptations for missing a performance, after he developed a cocaine addition and began questioning Berry Gordy's handling of the group's financial affairs.
The Beast Must Die broadcast in the Detective strand. The Unquiet Sun broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. Almost Human: Man's Best Friend? broadcast on BBC2. The Small Faces appeared on Colour Me Pop. The first UK broadcast of NBC's Passport To Prague - gloriously mistimed, given the events about to take place in Czechoslovakia. The Monkees' 'DW Washburn'/'It's Nice To Be With You', Something Else From The Move EP ('So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star', 'Stephanie Knows Who'/'Something Else', 'It'll Be Me', 'Sunshine Help Me'), Ray Ennis & The Blue Jeans' 'What Have They Done To Hazel?'/'Now That You've Got Me (You Don't Seem To Want Me)', The Beatstalkers' 'Rain Coloured Roses'/'Everything Is You', Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' 'Yester Love'/'Much Better Off', The Nice's 'America (2nd Amendment)'/'The Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon', The Mighty Sparrow's 'Mister Walker'/'Carnival In '68', The Hush's 'Elephant Rider'/'Grey', The Penny Peeps' 'I See The Morning'/'Curly, The Knight Of The Road', Fleur De Lys's 'Stop Crossing The Bridge'/'Brick By Brick (Stone By Stone)', Spooky Tooth's 'Love Really Changed Me'/'Luger's Groove', Ranee & Raj's 'Don't Tell Me I Must Go'/'Razor Edge', Deep Purple's 'Hush!'/'One More Rainy Day', Orbit Five's 'I Wanna Go To Heaven'/'Walking', Hopscotch's 'Look At The Lights Go Up'/'Same Old Fat Man', The Sweetshop's 'Barefoot & Tiptoe'/'Lead The Way', Donnie Elbert's 'This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)'/'Run Little Girl', Seymour Kelly's 'Indian Scene'/Garry & Gary's 'Worlds Apart', Cliff Nobles & Co's 'The Horse'/'Love Is All Right', The Sweetshop's 'Barefoot & Tiptoe'/'Lead The Way', Seth Martin's 'Another Day Goes By'/'Look At Me', Moses & Joshua's 'Get Out Of My Heart'/'They Don't Want Us Together', Bobby Goldsboro's 'Autumn Of My Life'/'She Chased Me and' Eclection's 'Mark Time'/'Nevertheless' released. Georgie Fame and The Move appeared on The Joe Loss Show. Richard Donner's Salt & Pepper - starring Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford and Michael Bates - premiered. The first episode of Devil-In-The-Fog broadcast on Rediffusaion.
The first episode of Cold Comfort Farm broadcast on BBC2. John Lennon and Victori Spinetti were interviewed by Peter Lewis on BBC2's Release about the forthcoming stage adaptation of Lennon's In His Own Write. Your Witness: That Interference With Personal Liberty Has Gone Beyond Justification broadcast. The Spinners and Clodagh Rodgers featured on Radio 1's Country Metts Folk. The ARA Santa Cruz, an Argentine Navy destroyer, fired five rounds of artillery at two fishing vessels from the Soviet Union, after the Soviet crews ignored warnings to leave what Argentina had designated as its territorial waters. The Limits Of Physical Endurance broadcast of Radio 3.
The first episode of The Dave Allen Show broadcast in BBC2's Show Of The Week strand. In My View featured Grace Wyndham Goldie, David Daiches and Charlotte Bingham reviewing Top Of The Pops and Detective. Eric Burdon & The Animals, Spooky Tooth, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera and The Glass Menagerie appeared on Top Gear. Anthony Page's Inadmissable Evidence - starring Nicol Williamson and Jill Bennett and Anton Holden's Cargo Of Love - starring Sheila Britt, Gloria Irizarry and Barbara Wallace - premiered.
The Seekers Down Under broadcast on BBC2. Degrees Of Folk broadcast. In Australia, Tony Hancock died. The World In Action episode Election Of Fear covered the French Grenoble elections and the Paris student uprising.
The Ken Russell Festival broadcast in the Omnibus strand.
BBC Wales' adaptation of Ibsen - Destroyer Of The Ark broadcast in the Drych strand. Don Shaw's A Question Of Honour broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Brass Tacks' 'I'll Keep Holding On'/'Let The Sunshine In', The Pink Floyd's A Saucerful of Secrets, Skip Bifferty's 'Man In Black'/'Mister Money Man' and Fairport Convention's debut LP released.
Something For Nothing broadcast. No Passport To Freedom broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand. Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini's Spirits of The Dead - starring Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Terence Stamp, Francois Prevost and Peter Fonda - premiered.
The Kinks appeared on The Basil Brush Show. Cliff Richard At The Talk Of The Town broadcast on BBC2. Bobby Vee and Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity appeared on Radio 1's The Joe Loss Show. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's 'Last Night In Soho'/'Mrs Thursday', The Exception's 'Helicopter'/'Back Room', Sharon Tandy's 'You've Gotta Believe It'/'Border Town', The Purple Gang's 'Kiss Me Goodnight Sally Green'/'Auntie Monica', Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede's 'Sell My Soul To The Devil'/'Good Hard Worker', Glen Campbell's 'Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife'/'Back In The Race', Small Faces' 'The Universal'/'Donkey Rides, A Penny A Glass', The Moody Blues's 'Voices In The Sky'/'Legend Of A Mind', Pinkerton's 'Kentucky Woman'/'Behind The Mirror', Tony Newman's 'Soul Thing'/'Let The Good Times Roll', Watson T Browne & The Explosive's 'Some Lovin'/'Home Is Where Your Heart Lies', The Epics' 'Travelling Circus'/'Henry Long', Vince Edwards' 'County Durham Dream'/'It's The Same Old Song', Gerry Marsden & Derek Nimmo's 'Liverpool'/'Charlie Girl', Hopscotch's 'Look At The Lights Go Up'/'Same Old Fat Man', The Magistrates' 'Here Come The Judge'/'Girl', Diana Ross & The Supremes' 'Some Things You Never Get Used To'/'You've Been So Wonderful To Me', Norman T Washington's 'Same Thing All Over'/'You've Been Cheating', The Vibrations' 'Love In Them There Hills'/'Remember The Rain', The Flirtations' 'Someone Out There'/'How Can You Tell Me?' and The Kinks 'Days'/'She's Got Everything' released.
Gene Pitney and Petula Clark appeared on Billy Cotton's Music-Hall strand. The Shrine Of The Bulls broadcast in BBC2's Chronicle strand. The Midsummer High Weekend rock and/or roll concert was held in Hyde Park; The Pink Floyd, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Jethro Tull and Roy Harper were among those taking part. It was the first large free concert held in the UK and attracted six hundred and fifty thousand stoned, stinking hippies on drugs. Edward Lockspeiser's Colette As Music Critic broadcast on Radio 3. The Johnny Cash Show broadcast on Radio 2.
The first episode of Triton broadcast. The Blue-Veiled Men broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand featuring Delia Derbyshire's atmospheric and beautiful Radiophonic score. Radio 1's Top Gear featured sessions by The Kinks, David Bowie, Fairport Convention and horrible long-haired hippy scum Deep Purple.

The Pentangle made their TV début on Degrees Of Folk. The first episodes of The Long Way Home and BBC2's Anything Legal Considered broadcast. The Band's Music From The Big Pink released. Sir Gilbert Inglefield Lord Mayor of London appeared on Desert Island Discs. The World In Action episode Jeremy Thorpe broadcast.
Viewpoint: Edwin Muir broadcast. Mixed Marriage: Would You Let Your Daughter Marry One? broadcast in the Man Alive strand. Jack Cardiff's The Mercenaries (aka Dark of The Sun) premiered.
The first episode of Moon Clue Game - 'A Race Through Space this week between Ted Moult and The Aquarians [and] Bernard Cribbins and The Virgos' broadcast. Stars Of The Future. The Doors' Waiting For The Sun released. Jack Cardiff' Dark Of The Sun - starring Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown and Peter Carsten - premiered.
Christ & Disorder broadcast. Music In Midsummer broadcast on BBC2, featuring 'dancers and singers from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Portugal, Britain, Sweden and the United States at Llangollen International Eisteddfod.'
The first episodes of The Expert - starring Marius Goring - and The Long Island broadcast on BBC2. Born Victim broadcast in the Detective strand. Shorty Long's 'Here Comes The Judge'/'Sing What You Wanna', Dusty Sprinfield's 'I Close My Eyes & Count To Ten', Tyrannosaurus Rex's debut My People Were Fair & Had Sky In Their Hair ... But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows, Mike Stevens & The Shevelles' 'Guaranteed To Drive You Wild'/'Hog Tied', Icarus's 'The Devil Rides Out'/'You're In Life', Keith Dangerfield & The Way Aheads' 'No Life Child'/'She's A Witch', Family's 'Me My Friend'/'Hey Mister Policeman', Hugh Masekela's 'Grazing In The Grass'/'Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song)', Opal Butterfly's 'Beautiful Beige'/'Speak Up', Toby Twirl's 'Toffee Apple Sunday'/'Romeo & Juliet 1968', The Easybeats' 'Land Of Make Believe'/'We All Live Happily', The Alan Bown!'s 'We Can Help You'/'Magic Handkerchief', Lucas With The Mike Cotton Sound's 'Jack & The Beanstalk'/'Mother-In-Law', Alan Price Set's 'Love Story'/'My Old Kentucky Home', The Fifth Dimension's 'Stoned Soul Picnic'/'The Sailboat Song', Amen Corner's 'High In The Sky'/'Run, Run, Run', Joni Mitchell's 'Night In The City'/'I Had A King', Chris Rayburn's 'One Way Ticket'/'Photograph Of Love', Horatio Soul's 'Ten White Horses'/'Angela (Sweet Sweet)', Simon & Garfunkel's 'Mrs Robinson'/'Old Friends', 'Bookends', Vivian Reed's 'I Wanna Be Free'/'Yours Until Tomorrow' and the eponymous debut LP by Creedence Clearwater Revival released. Amen Corner appeared on The Joe Loss Show on the day that their single 'High In The Sky'/'Run, Run, Run' was released.
Billie Jean King won her third consecutive ladies singles title at Wimbledon. John Mortimer's It's A Two-Faced World broadcast in the One Pair Of Eyes strand. Yellow Submarine previewed in BBC2's Release. The Alan Bown! and Time Box featured on Saturday Club. Protection broadcast in Radio 4's Saturday-Night Strand. A performance of Cosi Fan Tutte broadcast on Radio 3.
Farewell The Seekers broadcast. Sheila Hancock's Simply Sheila broadcast in BBC2's Show of The Week strand. Radio 1's Top Gear featured sessions by The Kinks ('Days', 'Monica', 'Love Me Till The Sun Shines', 'Waterloo Sunset'), The Pentangle and Idle Race.
The first episode of The Monday Show broadcast. Francis Durbridge appeared on Dsert Island Discs. The World In Action episode Bottom Of The List broadcast.
The first UK broadcast of The Time Tunnel. Ladislav Rychman's Starci Na Chmalu shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand.
Moon Clue Game featured Thora Hird and The Geminis versus Michael Aspel and The Capricorns. Salvatore Samperi's Come Play With Me - starring Lisa Gastoni - premiered.
A Splendid Place to Live broadcast (postponed from 13 June). The first UK broadcast of The Explorers on BBC2, a centennial programme from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's True North series.
Alan Bennett appeared on Summer Jackanory reading The House At Pooh Corner. Almost Human: The King Of Cats broadcast on BBC2. Keith West's 'On A Saturday'/'The Kid Was A Killer', The Neat Change's 'I Lied To Auntie May'/'Sandman', Grapefruit's 'C'mon Marianne'/'Ain't It Good?', Jimmy James & The Vagabonds' 'Red Red Wine'/'Who Could Be Loving You?@, Fran & Alan's 'Mrs Robinson'/'Such A Pity', Peter Thorogood's 'Haunted'/'If No-One Sang', The Sleepy's 'Love's Immortal Fire'/'Is It Really The Same', The James Brothers' 'I Forgot To Give You Love'/'The Truth About It', The O'Jays' 'Look Over Your Shoulder'/'I'm So Glad I Found You' and Ray Charles' 'Eleanor Rigby'/'Understanding (Is The Best Thing In The World)' released. The first episode of The War Of Darkie Pilbeam broadcast on Rediffusion.
The first episodes of Middlemarch and Bobbie Gentry broadcast on BBC2 with guests The Alan Price Set. But we still didn't find out why Billie Jo MacAllister jumped off the Talllahatchie Bridge. Which was annoying, frankly. The first UK broadcast of The New Lucy Show. The Kinks and The Moody Blues featured on Saturday Club.
The High Adventure broadcast in the Detective strand. The first episode of The Tennis Elbow Foot Game broadcast on BBC2. Radio 1's Top Gear featured sessions by Leonard Cohen ('You Know Who I Am', 'Bird On A Wire', 'So Long Marianne', 'Dress Rehearsal Rag'), Tyrannousaurus Rex, The Nice, Skip Bifferty and Joe Cocker & The Greaseband.
The first episode of Ukridge broadcast in The World Of Wodehouse strand. Obi Egbuna's Wind Versus Polygamy broadcast as part of BBC2's Theatre 625 strand. Thora Hird apeared on Desert Island Discs. The World In Action episode Mother's Little Helpers considered whether a nation of depressed housewives were becoming addicted to a new breed of tranquilisers.
The third Ashes test at Edgbaston ended in a draw. England scored four hundred and nine in their first innings (Colin Cowdrey making one hundred and four). Australia replied with two hundred and twenty two (Ian Chappell, seventy one). However, the loss of the entire first day's play due to rain always made a draw the most likely result. Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand.
The first episode of How To Make Your First Million broadcast. Europa: Testimony broadcast. 'Once upon a time. Or maybe twice ...' The UK première of George Dunning's Yellow Submarine - starring Paul Angelis, John Clive, Dick Emery, Geoffrey Hughes and Lance Percival.
Whose Raised His Voice Against It? and BBC2's Mexico '68 broadcast. Robert Wise's Star! and Peter Whitehead's Tonite Let's All Make Love In London - premiered.
The Spinners, Manfred Mann (a last-minute replacement for The Doors) and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown appeared on the first episode of How It Is. The episode, hosted by Peter Asher, also included the first UK TV clip from Yellow Submarine and an interview with Paul McCartney and George Harrison about the movie. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown also cropped up on Radio 1 on The Joe Loss Show. Pulsars broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. The Forty-Five broadcast on BBC2. Fleetwood Mac appeared on Colour Me Pop. Family's Music In A Doll's House, Elmer Hockett's Hurdy Gurdy & The Mood Mosaic's 'Fantastic Fair'/'Yellow Spotted Capricorn', The Nerve's 'It Is'/'Mystery Lady', The Glass Opening's 'Silver Bells & Cockle Shells'/'Does It Really Matter?', Friends' 'Piccolo Man'/'Mythological Sunday', The Rudies' 'Train To Vietnam'/'Skaville To Rainbow City', The Picadilly Line's 'Yellow Rainbow'/'I Know, She Believes', Magic Lanterns' 'Shame, Shame'/'Baby, I Gotta Go Now', The New Formula's 'My Baby's Coming Home'/'Burning In The Background Of My Mind', Aphrodite's Child's 'Rain & Tears'/'Don't Try To Catch A River', The Mirage's 'Mystery Lady'/'Chicago Cottage', The Sweet's 'Slow Motion'/'It's Lonely Out There', Magic Lanterns' 'Shame, Shame'/'Baby, I Gotta Go Now', The Nocturnes' 'Carpet Man'/'Look At Me', The Nocturnes' 'Carpet Man'/'Look At Me', The Beach Boys' 'Do It Again'/'Wake The World', Bobby Patterson & The Mustangs' 'Broadway Ain't Funky No More'/'I Met My Match' and the self-titled debut LP by Skip Bifferty released. Byron Mabe's Brand Of Shame - starring Steve Stunning and Cara Peters - premiered.
The first UK TV showing of Hammer's The Abominable Snowman. BBC2's Hunger In America broadcast. Terence Fisher's The Devil Rides Out - starring Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Niké Arrighi, Leon Greene, Patrick Mower, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Sarah Lawson and Paul Eddington - premiered. Roy Orbison featured on Saturday Club. Seascape broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. The Plumed Serpent & The Cross broadcast on Radio 3.
The first episode of Students At Large broadcast. The Jimmy Tarbuck Show broadcast in BBC2's Show of The Week strand. Radio 1's Top Gear featured Donovan, The Moody Blues ('Voices In The Sky', 'Thinking Is The Best Way To Travel', 'Ride My See Saw'), The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Glass Menagerie and Free ('Waiting On You', 'Walk In My Shadow', 'Moonshine', 'Free Me').
The Royal Opera House Covent Garden's production of Cosi Fan Tutte broadcast. Alexis Korner featured on Degrees Of Folk. The Town That Lost Its Head by David Hopkins broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. The World In Action episode One Way To Change The World, focusing on Cuban, broadcast.
The first episode of Dora Bryan's According To Dora broadcast. Bernard Cribbins read Roald Dahl's James & The Giant Peach on Jackanory. Cleo De Cinq A Sept shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand.
The Elephant and Contrasts Presenting: Ronnie Scott ... And All That Jazz broadcast. Europa: Is Sport Always Cricket? broadcast. Anzio - starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk and Robert Ryan - premiered.
Montreux '68: Kaleidoscope broadcast on BBC2. East Of Eden's 'King Of Siam'/'Ballad Of Harvey Kaye', Dukes Noblemen's 'City Of Windows'/'Thank You For Your Loving' and Jacky's 'We're Off & Running'/'Well That's Loving You' released.
Eric Burdon and The Pentangle appeared on How It Is. The Kinks featured on Colour Me Pop. The Moody Blues In Search Of The Lost Chord, The Alan Tew Orchestra's 'Rosie'/'Your Actual Pop Fugue',The Status Quo's 'Ice In The Sun'/'When My Mind Is Not Live', Jacky's 'We're Off And Running'/'Well That's Loving You', Gene Latter & The Detours' 'My Life Ain't Easy'/'Angie', Plastic Penny's 'Your Way To Tell Me Go'/'Baby You're Not To Blame', Linda Lyndell's 'Bring Your Love Back To Me'/'Here I Am', The Mirettes' 'The Real Thing'/'Take Me For A Little While', Brother Dan All Stars' 'Donkey Returns'/'Tribute To Sir KB', Anita Harris' 'Dream A Little Dream Of Me'/'The Flying Machine', Clyde McPhatter's 'Only A Fool'/'Thank You Love', Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson's 'Lover's Holiday'/'Here With Me' and East Of Eden's 'King Of Siam'/'Ballad Of Harvey Kaye' released. Minister of Technology, Tony Benn, announced government plans to convert the UK to the metric system by the end of 1975. Olivia Haigh Williams born in London.
Water Skiing from Ruislip featured on Grandstand. Silbury Dig: The Heart Of The Mound broacast in the Chronicle strand. Bigfoot: America's Abominable Snowman broadcast. Donovan appeared on Bobbie Gentry, duetting with the host on 'There Is A Mountain'. Herman's Hermits and Amen Corner appeared on Saturday Club. South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu was sentenced to five years hard labour for advocating the formation of a coalition government and an end to the war.
The first episode of The Man In The Iron Mask broadcast. Leonard Bernstein was interviewed on BBC2's Workshop. Traffic and Tim Hardin featured on Top Gear.
The Year Of The Sex Olympics broadcast on BBC2. Nigel Kneale's play about a TV-obsessed totalitarian state which showed a vision of mankind's future as a crass, indolent, lobotomised race, wallowing in a gutter of hardcore pornography and degradation. Apart from uncannily predicting the rise of reality television - and viewers' voyeuristic interaction with it - however the play was, actually, Kneale's rather heartfelt acknowledgement of (if not, necessarily, endorsement of) the permissive society; 'the new honesty' as the author described it in a spectacularly forthright piece for Radio Times that had the editors quick to make sure readers knew these were not, necessarily, the views of anybody else at the BBC. The first episode of Alan Price's Price To Pay broadcast. What's So Funny About Our Sport? Or Put On Your Shorts & Live broadcast on Radio 4. David Lane's Thunderbird 6 and Gabriel Axel's Det Kære Legetøj - starring Birgit Brüel and Aage Fønss - premiered. The World In Action episode Take It Easy looked at the political unrest in Czechoslovakia.
The fourth Ashes test at Headingley was drawn. Ian Redpath and Ian Chappell were amongst the runs for Australia whilst Alan Connolly took seven wickets in the match. John Edrich top-scored in England's second innings with Derek Underwood and Ray Illingworth taking six and seven wickets respectively. Bob Prideaux and Keith Fletcher made their test debuts, as did John Inverarity for the tourists. With Colin Cowdrey and Bill Lawry both injured, Tom Graveney and Barry Jarman were called upon to make their only appearance as test captains. By drawing this test, Australia retained the Ashes. Helmut Kautner's The Captain From Koepenick shown on BBC2's World Cinema strand. The first episodes of Magpie - presented by Pete Brady, Susan Stranks and Tony Bastable - and The Sooty Show broadcast on Thames, which had, this day, taken over the London weekday franchise from Rediffusion. The opening week of the new channel was disrupted by sporadic strike action; the following week, the action had spread to all of ITV's regions and resulted in the creation of a management-run ITV Emergency National Service for two weeks until the strike was resolved.
The first episode of Dad's Army broadcast. The unsuccessful Apple Boutique, the retail store on Baker Street that had been created as a business venture by The Beatles, closed its doors after eight months and gave away all of its remaining merchandise. The first episode of Frontier broadcast on Thames.
The Great Whale Hunt broadcast. Montreux '68: Shooting Stars broadcast on BBC2. Having led Queens Park Rangers from the Third Division to the First in successive seasons and won the League Cup, manager Alec Stock - who had been absent for three months, suffering from asthma - was sacked by Chairman Jim Gregory on the eve of the new season and replaced by coach Bill Dodgin jnr. The first UK broadcast of The Flying Nun and the first episode of The Queen Street Gang broadcast on Thames.
Dear Mister Gable broadcast. Louis Armstrong & His All Stars broadcast on BBC2. Aretha Franlkin's 'I Say A Little Prayer'/'Se-Saw', Nicola Davies's 'Infatuation'/'My Boy', The Mike Stuart Span's 'You Can Understand Me'/'Baubles & Bangles', Trevor Hockey's 'Happy 'Cos I'm Blue'/'Keep Right On To The End Of The Road', The Barrier's 'The Tide Is Turning'/'A Place In Your Heart', Linda Thorson's 'Here I Am'/'Better Than Losing You', Richard Kent Style's 'Love Will Shake The World Awake'/'Crocodile Tears', Nirvana's 'Girl In The Park'/'C Side In Ocho Rios', The Bee Gees' 'I've Gotta Get A Message To You'/'Kitty Can' and The Show Stoppers' 'Shake Your Mini'/'Heartbreaker' released. The first episode of Kenneth Cope's Thingumybob - starring Stanley Holloway and featuring Paul McCartney's theme tune performed by The Black Dyke Mills Band and Frost On Friday broadcast on LWT. Michael Parkinson's essay on Black Power and the threatened boycott of the forthcoming olympics by many American black athletes was broadcast in the Sports Arena strand.
League Champions Manchester City beat FA Cup holders West Bromwich Albion six-one in the FA Charity Shield at Maine Road. Bobby Owen and Francis Lee both scored twice. The Hollies appeared on Bobbie Gentry, duetting with the host on 'Louisiana Man'. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Plastic Penny and The Mirage featured on Saturday Club. Bell, Book & Candle broadcast in Radio 4's Saturday-Night Theatre strand. Sedition's Host broadcast on Radio 3. The first episodes of Tom Grattan's War, Jones The Song and Frost On Saturday broadcast on LWT.
The Golden Dart broadcast in the Detective strand. Show Of The Week: Caterina Valente From Heidelberg broadcast on BBC2. The Kinks and Jethro Tull featured on Top Gear, the latter including one bloke standing on one leg throughout, which takes some doing. Lee Gordon McKillop born in Southport. Jackie Stewart, racing with a broken wrist, won the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring ahead of Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt and Jacky Ickx.The first episode of Frost On Sunday broadcast on LWT.
Ray Davies appeared on Price To Pay. The first episode of BBC2's Faces Of Paris broadcast. Louis Armstrong appeared on Desert Island Discs.
Joachim Kunert's The Adventures Of Werner Holt shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Ivan Mauger of the Newcastle Diamonds won the British-Nordic Speedway Final at West Ham ahead of Nigel Boocock of the Coventry Bees. Mauger's Diamonds teammate, Ole Olsen, came fourteen. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas In Conversation With Rex Alston broadcast on Radio 4. The first episode of Best Of Enemies broadcast on Thames. Stephanie Hope Flanders born in London.
Panda! and the first episode of BBC2's Beyond The Frontier broadcast. Mick Jones sacored as Leeds United beat Ferencváros one-nil in the first leg of the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final.
Former Vice-President Richard Nixon completed a dramatic political comeback by being nominated for President at the Republican National Convention. Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew was selected to be his running mate. So You Think You Know What's Good for You broadcast. Montreux '68: Becaud & Co broadcast on BBC2. The Goon Show episode Tales Of Men's Shirts broadcast on Thames.
The Hippodrome Circus Great Yarmouth broadcast. Almost Human: Give A Dog A Bone? broadcast on BBC2. Gillian Leigh Anderson born in Chicago. The Bee Gees' 'I've Gotta Get A Message To You'/'Kitty Can', Mama Cass With The Mamas & Papas' 'Dream A Little Dream Of Me'/'Midnight Voyage', Francoise Pascal's 'When It Comes To Love'/'Got It Badly', Kate's 'Strange Girl'/'Don't Make A Sound', Bernard Herrmann's 'The Bride Wore Black (Julie Et L'Echarpe)'/'Attack On The Iron Coast', Nancy Sinatra's 'Happy'/'Nice 'N Easy', Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus' 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly'/'There's Got To Be A Better Way', The Herd's 'Sunshine Cottage'/'Miss Jones', Jon & Jeannie's 'Lover's Holiday'/'Something You Got', Ulysses Smith's 'Jet Aeroplane'/'The Next Train In The Morning', Marbles' 'Only One Woman'/'By The Light Of A Burning Candle', The Paradox's 'The Wednesday Theme'/'Ring The Changes', Billy J Kramer's 'A World Without Love'/'Going Through It', Ayshea's 'Celebration Of The Year'/'Only Love Can Save Me Now', Long John Baldry's 'When The Sun Comes Shining Thru'/'Wise To The Ways Of The World' and The Equals' 'Laurel & Hardy'/'The Guy Who Made Her A Star' released. Don Chaffey's A Twist Of Sand - starring Richard Johnson, Honor Blackman, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Vaughan and Kenneth Cope - premiered. The first episode of Gazette broadcast on LWT.
The first episode of Football Preview (later Football Focus) presented by Sam Leitch broadcast as part of Grandstand. The First Division season opened with champions Manchester City losing two-one at Liverpool. European champions Manchester United beat Everton by the same score. Arsenal defeated Tottenham Hotspur two-one in front of fifty six thousand at White Hart Lane. Leeds United won three-one at Southampton. Queens Park Rangers first ever First Division match ended in a one-all draw with Leicester City. Crystal Palace opened the Second Division season with a four-nil victory at Cardiff City. Millwall won four-three at Charlton Athletic with Derek Possee scoring twice and Keith Weller hitting a late winner for The Lions. Alan Woodward and Tony Currie were on-target as relegated Sheffield United began with a three-one defeat of Aston Villa. Luton Town's life in the Third Division began with a four-nil victory over Oldham Athletic. Walsall's one-nil victory at Shrewsbury Town saw the league debut of Phil Parkes, the first of seven hundred and forty three games - for Walsall, Queens Park Rangers, West Ham United, Ipswich Town and England - in a career that lasted until 1991. Halifax Town's two-one defeat at Southend United in the Fourth Division saw the league debut of Chris Nicholl, the first of six hundred and forty seven games - for Halifax, Luton Town, Aston Villa, Southampton, Grimsby Town and Northern Ireland - in a career that lasted until 1984. Lincoln City beat Notts County five-nil. The first episode of the five-part Doctor Who serial The Dominators broadcast. Long John Baldry and Pan's People appeared on BBC2's Bobbie Gentry. Bruce Chanel featured on Saturday Club. The Whiteheaded Boy broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. The first episode of Never A Cross Word broadcast on LWT.
Crime of Passion broadcast in the Detective strand. 4472-Flying Scotsman: An Epitaph For The Age Of Steam broadcast on BBC2. The last steam passenger train service in Britain - Liverpool to Carlisle - came to an end. Radio 1's Top Gear featured Tim Rose, Leonard Cohen, The Pink Floyd ('The Murderotic Woman Or Careful With That Axe Eugene', 'The Massed Gadgets Of Hercules', 'Let There Be More Light', 'Julia Dream') and The John Dummer Blues Band.
Eric Burdon appeared on Price To Pay. Faces Of Paris: Matalon Directs Bardot broadcast on BBC2. What's So Funny About Our Glorious Past? Or 1066 & All What?, 'a comedy anthology featuring Bob Newhart, Peter Cook, Michael Flanders, Benny Hill and Alan Melville broadcast on Radio 4. The World In Action episode The Shrinking World Of L Ron Hubbard broadcast.
Hellzapoppin shown in the Comedy Tonight strand. 'Viewers are warned not to adjust their sets as anything can happen in this zany comedy - and probably will.' The first UK broadcast of CBS's Of Black America - presented by Bill Cosby - on BBC2. Southend United thrashed Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic six-one in the Football League Cup First Round. Darlington won three-nil at Bradford Park Avenue and Swansea Town had a two-nil vicotry at Bristol Rovers. Bobby Gould scored twice as Arsenal set the pace in the First Division, beating Leicester City three-nil. Alan Ball, Jimmy Husband and Joe Royle netted in Everton's defeat of Burnley by the same score.
The Private Life Of The Kingfisher broadcast. Beyond The Frontier: Russia broadcast on BBC2. Queens Park Rangers came back down to Earth with a muffled thump as their second First Division match ended in a four-one hiding at Leeds United. Manchester City beat Wolves three-two and West Bromwich Albion defeated Manchester uNited three-one. In the League Cup, Bradford City beat Hartlepools United three-two and Derby County thrashed Chesterfield three-nil. The final editions of the regional ITV listings magazines Look Westward (Westward), The Viewer (Tyne Tees), TV Post (Ulster), Television Weekly (Harlech) and TV World (ATV Midlands) published. From the following week, TV Times became a national publication.
James Mossman's America: Democracy On Trial and John Gau's BBC2 Mickey Most documentary Millionaire broadcast. The first episode of Nearest & Dearest broacast on Thames.
The first episode of Scott Walker's Scott broadcast. The Structure Of The Moon broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. Almost Human: People With Long Ears broadcast on BBC2. Kippington Lodge's 'Tell Me A Story'/'Understand A Woman', The Movement's 'Head For The Sun'/'Mister Man', The Tams' 'Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy'/'That Same Old Song', Chocolate Frog's 'Butchers & Bakers'/'I Forgive You', Roger James Cooke's 'Skyline Pigeon'/'I'm Burning', Young Blood's 'Just How Loud?'/'Masquerade', Mellow Candle's 'Feeling High'/'Tea With The Sun', Richard Harris's 'How To Handle A Woman'/'I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight?', The Tams' 'Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy'/'That Same Old Song', The Locomotive's 'Rudi's In Love'/'Never Set Me Free', The Mindbenders' 'Uncle Joe, The Ice Cream Man'/'The Man Who Loved Trees', Mireille Mathieu's 'Sweet Souvenirs Of Stefan'/'Au Revoir Daniel', Jacqueline Taïeb's 'Tonight I'm Going Home'/'7AM', Wynder K Frog's 'Jumping Jack Flash'/'Baldy', World Of Oz's 'King Croesus'/'Jack' and The Locomotive's 'Rudi's In Love'/'Never Set Me Free' released.
The first episode of Kindly Leave The Stage broadcast. Georgia Brown's Who Are The Cockneys Now? broadcast in BBC2's One Pair Of Eyes strand. Chris Farlowe and The Mindbenders featured on Saturday Club. The House That Jack Built by Bruce Beeby broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. In the First Division, Chelsea beat West Bromwich Albion three-one whilst Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated newly-promoted Queens Park Rangers by the same score. The Manchester derby ended in a goalless draw watched by sixty three thousand at Maine Road. Leeds United headed the table with their third win in three games, two-nil over Stoke City. Crystal Palace led the Second Division, also with a one hundred per cent record, following a three-two victory over Birmingham City. Helen Elizabeth McCrory born in Paddington.
Artists In Crime broadcast in the Detective strand. Robert Cundy's The Golden Isthmus broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. What Does Music Mean? broadcast in BBC2's Workshop strand. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band featured on Top Gear. The first episode of The Big Match broadcast on LWT. Other ITV regions had their own football highlight shows - Shoot (Tyne Tees), Star Soccer (ATV Midlands), Football (Granada), for example - but would show The Big Match, presented by Brian Moore, if they were not covering their own match; particularly often in the case of Southern and HTV. The first episode of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's Goodbye Again broadcast.
The first episode of Ramshackle Road broadcast. Alun Owen's Minding The Shop broadcast on BBC2. What's So Funny About Our Police? featuring Peter Sellers broadcast on Radio 4. . Everton won four-one at West Ham United in the First Division. The World In Action episode Look Out! We're Twelve presented the American phenomena of 'Microboppers'.
Luchino Visconti's Rocco & His Brothers shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Kate Roberts' While There Are Two broadcast in BBC Wales' Tra Bo Dau strand. Sheffield United's two-nil victory over Derby County in the Second Division saw the club debut of Ted Hemsley, the first of three hundred and ninety one appearances for The Blades in a career that lasted until 1977. Crystal Palace lost their first game of the season, four=nil at Middlesbrough. Leeds United won their fourth successive First Division match, three-two at Ipswich Town, Terry Hibbert scoring an injury-time winner. Burnley beat Southampton three-one.
Len Williams, The Monkey Man broadcast. The Warsaw Pact forces invasion of Czechoslovakia, threatened since Alexander Dubček began his liberalisation policies in the spring, finally began. Much of BBC1's schedule was disrupted due to extended news coverage of the breaking events in Prague. Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. The first UK broadcast of NDR's Burma: Behind The Bamboo Curtain in BBC2's Beyond The Frontier strand. In the First Division, Newcastle UNited beat Chelsea three-two, Pop Robson scoring twice and new signing from Partick Thistle Tommy Gibb adding a third. Allan Clarke hit three for Leicester City as they beat Manchester City three-nil.
Aircrash broadcast. Gerald Scarfe's 'disturbing, at times horrifying' I Think I See Violence All Around Me broadcast in BBC2's One Pair Of Eyes strand. Ringo Starr briefly walked out of The Beatles during a recording session for 'Back in the USSR'; during Ringo's absence, Paul McCartney played the drums. While Ringo was on vacation with his wife and children in Sardinia, he would be inspired to write 'Octopus's Garden'. Ralph Thomas's Nobody Runs Forever - starring Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Daliah Lavi, Camilla Sparv, Lee Montague, Derren Nesbitt, Calvin Lockhart and Burt Kwouk - premiered.
The Nice performed 'America' on How It Is - complete with Keith Emerson sticking knives in his Moog keyboard. Mad! As! Toast! Barry Noble With Fern's Brass Foundry (no, me neither) featured on Colour Me Pop. The Casuals appeared on The Joe Loss Show. Tyrannosaurus Rex's 'One Inch Rock'/'Salamanda Palaganda', Jason Crest's '(Here We Go Round The) Lemon Tree'/'Patricia's Dream', The Bandwagon's 'Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache'/'Dancin' Master', Al Wilson's 'The Snake'/'Who Could Be Loving You?', Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66's 'The Fool On The Hill'/'So Many Stars' and Fleetwood Mac's Mister Wonderful released. Basil D'Olivera and John Edrich both scored centuries as England took control of the fifth Ashes test at The Oval. Jesus Franco's The Blood Of Fu Manchu - starring Christopher Lee and Richard Greene - premiered.
Lynn Redgrave guested on Dee Time. This Is The Wonderful Year broadcast in BBC2's Chronicle strand. Solomon King featured on Saturday Club. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association staged the first civil rights protest march held in the province to call attention to alleged discrimination and other nefarious skulduggery against the Roman Catholic minority. Chelsea's impressive start in the First Division continued with a four-nil victory at Old Trafford. Liverpool beat Sunderland four-one and West Bromwich Albion defeated Burnley three-two. Sheffield Wednesday's two-one win at Spurs featured on Match Of The Day. Nottingham Forest's match with Leeds United was abandoned with Forest leading one-bil after a fire swept through the main stand at The City Gorund. Fortunately no one was injured but the fire destroyed the stand and, whilst it was rebuilt, Forest needed to play their next six home games at neighbouring Meadow Lane. Birmingham City beat Portsmouth five-two in the Second Division. Brighton & Hove Albion thrashed Oldham Athletic six-nil in the Third Division. Luton Town were top of the table, Bruce Rioch scoring twice in a three-one win over Rotherham United. Chester defeated Colchester United five-one in the Fourth Division. Manchester United paid Burnley one hundred thousand notes for winger Willie Morgan.
Tessie O'Shea appeared on BBC2's Show Of The Week. Death On The Champs Elysees broadcast in the Detective strand. The Moody Blues, The Nice, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Taste featuring Rory Gallagher appeared on Radio 1's Top Gear. The first episode of The Big Match broadcast on London Weekend. Burnley's five-nil thrashing at West Ham United in the First Division saw the debut of seventeen year old Steve Kindon, the first of four hundred and fifty two games for Burnely, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Huyddersfield Town, in a career that lasted until 1982.
I Mean To Say: Listening Effectively - introduced by Magnus Magnus Magnusson - broadcast. Elwyn Jones's Combination broadcast on BBC2. The Jeff Beck Group's Truth released. Paul Newman's Rachel, Rachel premiered. Edwige Feuillère featured on Desert Island Discs. Trevor Brooking and Geoff Hurst both scored twice as West Ham United beat Burnley five-nil. Keith Weller scored three in Millwall's three-one victory over Bolton Wanderers in the Second Division. Mansfield Town went top of the Third Division following a Southport three-one. Joe Orton's Funeral Games broadcast in Thames' Playhouse strand. The World In Action episode So Long Gene, Hello Hupert broadcast.
The Henry Moore documentary I Think In Shapes broadcast on BBC2. Princess Maria of Kent died from a brain tumour. When torrential rain swamped The Oval at lunch on the final day of the Ashes series with Australia struggling at eighty five for five, it looked as though England's hopes of levelling the series had been washed away. But a frantic mop-up operation by ground staff and members of the crowd meant play was able to restart with a little over an hour remaining. On the drying wicket, Derek Underwood (seven for fifty) bowled England to a memorable win with just seven minutes to spare. Arsenal beat Manchester City four-one in the First Division whilst Ernie Hunt scored three in Coventry City's four-two defeat of West Bromwich Albion. Ipswich Town thumped Queens Park Rangers three-nil. The largest Football League attendance of the season, sixty three thousand eight hundred and ninety eight at Goodison Park, wtached a tame goalless draw in the Merseyside derby. Sheffield United beat Fulham one-nil to go top of the Second Division. Plans were announced to remove the colliery waste tip from Aberfan. Prison officers at Parkhurst fought with seven high-security prisoners. Strikes by busmen in Great Yarmouth, Plymouth and Dundee continued. Seventy arrests followed clashes between police and 'yippies' at an anti-war demonstration in Chicago. A woman who claimed that she had bought a 'love potion, guaranteed to make spouses amorous' from a 'wandering charlatan' in Peru was arrested after her husband alleged she had tried to poison him. The Hollies' 'Listen To Me'/'Do The Best You Can' released.
A Seal In My Garden and Tomorrow's World: California - presented by James Burke - broadcast. Spoiled broadcast in The Wednesday play strand. Bali: The Island Of Dreams broadcast in BBC2's Beyond The Frontier strand. The Kinks' 'Days' released. John Fitzpatrick scored twice as Manchester United beat Spurs three-one in the First Division. Leeds United and Sunderland and Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest both shared one-all draws. Cardiff City thumped Birmingham City four-nil in the Second Division. Luton beat Barnsley five-one in the Third Division. Lincoln City remained top of the Fourth Division with a two-one victory over Southend united.
The Lost Leader broadcast. Millionaire: Colin Chapman broadcast on BBC2.
Amen Corner appeared on The Basil Brush Show. Ice Cabaret broadcast on BBC2. Spooky Tooth featured on Colour Me Pop. The Byrds' Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, The Beatles' 'Hey Jude'/'Revolution', Mary Hopkins' 'Those Were The Days'/'Turn Turn Turn', The Doors' 'Hello, I Love You'/'Love Street', The Love Affair's 'A Day Without Love'/'I'm Happy', The Wedgewoods' 'Red Sky At Night'/'When Day Is Done', Pat Rhoden's 'Woman Is Greedy'/Junior Smith's 'Endlessly', Chocolate Frog's 'Butchers & Bakers/'I Forgive You', Eyes Of Blue's 'Largo'/'Yesterday', Billie Davis's 'I Want You To Be My Baby'/'Suffer' and The Move's 'Wild Tiger Woman'/'Omnibus' released. Peter Silvester hit four as Reading hammered Hartlepool seven-nil in the Third Division.
Gary Sobers hit six sixes for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan. Kenneth Tynan's A Taste Of Privilege broadcast in BBC2's One Pair Of Eyes strand. The first episodes of Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen and Robert Muller's adaptation of Nana broadcast. The Alan Price Set featured on Saturday Club. The first Isle of Wight Festival took place at Ford Farm, near Godshill. The bill included Jefferson Airplane, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The Move, Smile, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Plastic Penny, Fairport Convention and The Pretty Things. The newly opened Victoria Line on London's underground had a busy start. There were riots at the Democratic Convention in Chicago and some delegates became victims of heavy-handed policing by Mayor Daley's stick-wielding officers breaking-up anti-war demonstrations. Alexander Dubček issued a statement that the Czech Communist party had 'not taken enough note of the strategic and general interests of the USSR and other member of the Warsaw pact.' After a recent fire at Nottingham Forest's City Ground, the chief officer of Coventry Fire Brigade called for new safety measures for football stadia. Highlights in the First Division fixtures included Sheffield Wednesday defeating Manchester United five-four at Hillsborough (Jack Whitman scoring three), Chelsea's two-two draw with Tottenham Hotspur and a one-all draw in the Wear-Tyne derby (Colin Suggett opening the scoring, Pop Robson equalising). Martin Peters hit a hat-trick in West Ham United's four-nil victory over West Bromwich Albion (featured on Match Of The Day). Manchester City's stumbling start to the season continued, drawing at home to Ipswich Town. Ian Greaves hit three in Bolton Wanderers four-two win against Second Division leaders Sheffield United. Roy McFarland and John O'Hare scored in Derby County's two=nil victory over Oxford United. Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic drew three-all. Crewe Alexandra thrashed Bristol Rovers six-one in the Third Division. Don Rogers netted twice in Swindon Town's three-nil win over Plymouth Argyle. The top two met in the Fourth Division, Darlington hammering Lincoln City five-nil. United action by immigration organisations was being considered against institutions which operated a 'colour bar.' A spokesman for Batley Trades & Friendly Club, which had such a policy, stated 'a man has a choice of deciding with whom he spends his leisure time. Our members felt they would prefer to spend that time among their own kind.' Sirhan Sirhan and James Earl Ray - awaiting trial respectively for the murders of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King respectively - were both claimed to have sold the film rights to their stories. A consumer group in Basingstoke announced the price of fish and chips had 'risen alarmingly.' The cross-Channel hovercraft Princess Margaret was out of action due to 'wear and tear to her skirt.' Jackie Lomax's 'Sour Milk Sea'/'The Eagle Laughs At You' released.
James MacTaggert's adaptation of The Murders In The Rue Morgue broadcast in the Detective strand. Lister Sinclair's Darwin broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us. Vilatay Khan, Tim Hardin, Fleetwood Mac and Fairport Convention appeared on Top Gear.
The first episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show broadcast on BBC2. Eric Robinson Presents - featuring Semprini and Moira Anderson - broadcast. From Band Waggon To Alf Garnett broacast on Radio 4. Annelise Meineche's Uden En Trævl - starring Anne Grete Nissen and Åke Engfeldt - premiered. Perpetual victims of early exits from both cup competitions to lower-league opposition in recent years, Newcastle United for once bucked that particular trend, winning two-nil in the League Cup Second Round at Southport.
The Many Faces Of The Edinburgh International Festival and Matisse & His Model broadcast. Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore's War & Peace In The Global Village published. Peter Sykes's The Committee - starring Paul Jones and featuring music by The Pink Floyd and The Crazy Wolrd Of Arthur Brown - premiered. Everton thumped Tranmere rovers four-nil in the League Cup Second Round with teenager Alan Whittle scoring twice. Hugh Curran hit three in Norwich City's four-two win at Ipswich Town. West Bromwich Albion won three-two at Nottingham Forest (playing the first match at Meadow Lane after the fire at the City Ground). Orient beat Fulham one-nil.
Peter Nichols' The Gorge broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Brazil: The Two Cities broadcast in BBC2's Beyond The Frontier strand. Lord Tom Noddy by Jon Rollason broadcast in Radio 4's Nine Lives Of A Cat strand. Martin Chivers hit three goals in Tottenham Hotspur's four-one League Cup win at Aston Villa. Allan Clarke scored twice in Leicester City's two-one victory at Darlington. Liverpool walloped Sheffield United four-nil. Geoff Hurst netted three as West Ham United thrashed Bolton Wanderers seven-two. In the surprise of the Second Round, Fourth Division Peterborough United beat top-flight Queens Park Rangers four-two with a hat-trick from Jim Hall.
The first episode of Wild New World broadcast. Driving On Air broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand.
The Move appeared on The Basil Brush Show. Robert Parrish's Duffy - starring James Coburn, James Mason, James Fox and Susannah York and Michel Audiard's Faut Pas Prendre Les Enfants Du Bon Dieu Pour Des Canards Sauvages - starring Françoise Rosay - premiered. Billy Fury's 'Phone Box (The Monkey's In The Jam Jar)'/'Any Morning Now', Jackie De Shannon's 'The Weight'/'Effervescent Blue', Janie Jones's 'Girls Song'/'I've Never Met A Boy Like You', Spooky Tooth's 'The Weight'/'Do Right People', Outer Limits' 'Great Train Robbery'/'Sweet Freedom', Kaleidoscope's 'Jenny Artichoke'/'Just How Much You Are', The Dave Clark Five's 'The Red Balloon'/'Maze Of Love', The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation's 'Watch'n Chain'/'Roamin' & Ramblin', Vince Edward's 'Aquarius'/'Hair', The James Brothers' 'Does It Have To Be Me?'/'You Don't Really Love Me', Jeannie C Riley's 'Harper Valley PTA'/'Yesterday All Day Long Today', Honeybus's 'Girl Of Independent Means'/'How Long?', Sharon Tandy's 'The Way She Looks At You'/'He'll Hurt Me', Tangerine Peel's 'Talkin' To No One'/'Wishing Tree', Frank Sinatra's '(You Are) My Way Of Life'/'Cycles', Bobby Hebb's 'You Want To Change Me'/'Dreamy', Traffic's 'Feeling Alright?'/'Withering Tree', Kevin 'King' Lear's '(You Got) The Power Of Love'/'Mister Pearly', Doris Troy's 'I'll Do Anything'/'Heartaches' and Liza Strike's 'All's Quiet On West Twenty Third'/Mister Daddy-Man' released.
Led Zeppelin - billed as The New Yardbirds - played their first gig at Gladsaxe Teen Club in Denmark. The Spirit Of The Twenties broadcast on BBC2. Warwickshire beat Sussex by four wickets in The Gillette Cup Final at Lord's. In the First Division, Tottenham Hotspur beat Burnley seven-nil (Jimmy Greaves netting three) whilst Nottingham Forest won five-two at West Bromwich Albion (Joe Baker and Ian Storey-Moore both scoring twice). Arsenal went top of the table following a two-one win at Southampton. Manchester City's fourth defeat of the season (one-nil at Stoke where Terry Conroy scored the winner) saw them in the relegation places. Crystal Palace beat Carlisle United five-nil in the Second Division. Birmingham City defeated Huddersfield Town five-one and Millwall won four-two at Blackburn Rovers. Alan Suddick scored the winner in Blackpool's one-nil victory over Bolton Wanderers. Kevin Hector hit two in Derby County's three-one win over Aston Villa. Darlington topped the Fourth Division after a four-nil beating of Halfax Town (Les O'Neill, Ken Hale and Ken Felton finding the net). Peter Medak's Negatives - starring Peter McEnery, Diane Cilento and Glenda Jackson and Hans Schott-Schöbinger's Andrea - Wie Ein Blatt Auf Nackter Haut - starring Dagmar Lassander, Ralph Clemente and Herbert Fux - premiered. The, frankly bizarre, pairing of Roy Castle and Family featured on Saturday Club. The World Of Miss Edwina Finch's Cat by Roy Clarke broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand.
The first episode of Doorstep Safari broadcast. The first UK broadcast of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In on BBC2. Verrry interesting ... Procol Harum, Pink Floyd, Chicken Shack and Barclay James Harvest featured on Top Gear. 'The greatest tea-room orchestra in the world', The Beatles performed 'Hey Jude' and 'Revolution' on Frost On Sunday.
The first episodes of Hector's House broadcast. The Siberian Eclipse Of The Sun broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. The New Faces featured in The Stanley Baxter Show. The first episode of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - starring Peter Cushing - broadcast. Ballad Of A Happy Man broadcast in BBC2's Faces Of Paris strand. Ray Butler's Baby broadcast in the Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Ivan Mauger won the World Speedway Championship individual title in Göteborg, finishing ahead of fellow New Zealander Barry Briggs. Blackpool beat Wrexham three-nil in a League Cup Second Round replay (Tommy Hutchison, Alan Suddick and John Craven scoring). Richard Rodney Bennett appeared on Desert Island Discs. The Johnstons' 'Both Sides Now'/'Urge For Going' released. Julia Sawalha born in Wandsworth. The World In Action episode Give Us The Works, about British Steel, broadcast.
The first episodes of The Sandie Shaw Supplement and BBC2's The Jazz Age broadcast. Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, The Pink Floyd, Vera Lynn and, em, Stuart Hall were among those involved in The Sound Of Change. In the Football League Cup, Burnley thrashed Grimsby Town six-nil and Swindon Town defeated Bradford City four-three.
With Geoff Allen in dazzling form, Newcastle United made an auspicious European début in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, beating highly-fancied Feyenoord four-nil at St James' Park (Wyn Davies, Tommy Gibb, Pop Robson and Jimmy Scott finding the net). Meanwhile, due to a fixture pile-up, on the same day, Leeds United won the previous season's Fairs Cup competition on aggregate following a goalless draw against Ferencváros in Budapest. Luton Town beat Brighton & Hove Albion four-two in the League Cup. Manchester City won four-nil at Huddersfield Town and Blackburn Rovers won at First Division Stoke City. The first episode of A Touch Of Venus broadcast on BBC2. William Trevor's A Night With Mrs Da Tanka broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Joseph McGrath's The Bliss Of Mrs Blossom - starring Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough and James Booth - premiered.
The first episode of Sportnight With Coleman broadcast. The Lindemann Enigma broadcast in the Horizon strand. Peter Hall's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream - starring Derek Godfrey, Ian Holm, Helen Mirren, Barbara Jefford, Diana Rigg, David Warner, Michael Jayston and Judi Dench - premiered.
The first episode of Oh, Brother! broadcast. A Woman At The Wheel broadcast in the Wheelbase strand. Fats Domino's 'Lady Madonna'/'One For The Highway', Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich's 'The Wreck Of The Antoinette'/'Still Life', Cupids Inspiration's 'My World'/'Everything Is Meant To Be', Cecil McCartney's 'Hey Alethia I Want You'/'Liquid Blue', The Easybeats' 'Good Times'/'Lay Me Down & Die', The Fantastics' 'Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music'/'Who Could Be Loving You?', Fortes Mentum's 'I Can't Go On Loving You'/'Humdiggle We Love You', Jigsaw's 'Mister Job'/'A Great Idea', Vamp's 'Floatin'/'Thinkin' Too Much', Bobby Paris' 'Per-so-nal-ly'/'Tragedy', Raphael's 'Ave Maria (Listen To Me)'/'Goin' Out Of My Head', Bob Brady & The Con Chords' 'Everybody's Goin' To The Love-In'/'It's Been A Long Time Between Kisses', The Watch Committee's 'Throw Another Penny In The Well'/'Now I Think The Other Way' and Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's 'You're All I Need To Get By'/'Two Can Have A Party' released. Fulham's one-nil victory over Crystal Palace in the Second Division saw the league debut (and a goal) of Malcolm Macdonald, the first of four hundred and eighty eight games, for Fulham, Luton Town, Newcastle United, Arsenal and England, in a career that lasted until 1989 during which he scored two hundred and sixty goals.
The first appearance of The Land of Fiction in the memorable Doctor Who five-parter The Mind Robber. Scenes from Paddy Chayefsky's The Latent Heterosexual broadcast in BBC2's Release strand. Dave Dee , Dozy, Beaky Mick & Tich and The Tremeloes featured on Saturday Club. The Conquest by Ray Butler broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. In a bottom-versus-top clash in the First Division, Chelsea won four-nil at Queens Park Rangers. Arsenal beat Stoke City one-nil (Terry Neill scoring). West Bromwich Albion won three-two at Newcastle United. Everton defeated Sheffield Wednesday three-nil. Norwich City won four-nil at Carlisle united in the Second Division. Gillingham hammered Brighton & Hove Albion five-nil in the Third Division. Barnsley and Orient drew two-two, Vic Halom scoring a last-minute equaliser for The Os.
Ken Russell's A Song Of Summer broadcast in the Omnibus strand. Dusty At The Talk Of The Town broadcast in BBC2's Show Of The Week strand. Traffic, Family, The Honeybus and Al Stewart featured on Top Gear.
The UK broadcast of Belle, Sebastian & The Horses. Maurice Edelman's A Matter Of Principle broadcast in the Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. The Five Day Week Straw People released. Scunthore United's three-two defeat at Peterborough United the Fourth Division saw the league debut of seventeen year old Kevin Keegan, the first of eight hundred and ninety three games, for Scunthorpe, Liverpool, SV Hamburg, Southamton, Newcastle United and England, in a career that lasted until 1984. Liverpool paid Wolverhampton Wanderers one hundred thousand pounds for nineteen year old striker Alun Evans, the first time a fee of that size had been paid for a teenager. Colin Shaw's A Few Weeks, Then Summer Will Be Over broadcast in Radio 4's Only Connect strand. Mai Zetterling's Flickorna - starring Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom and Gunnar Björnstrand - premiered. The World In Action episode Spies For Hire broadcast.
The first episode of In Need Of Special Care broadcast on BBC2. Contrasts: South Bank Story broadcast. The winter MCC tour of South Africa was extremely cancelled as a result of The D'Oliveira Affair. Newcastle United progressed into the Second Round of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, losing two-nil to Feyenoord in Rotterdamn but winning on aggregate. Spurs enjoyed a two-one victory at Coventry City in the First Division. Bury won three-one at Birmingham City in the Second Division.
Alun Owen's Charlie broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Short Circuit broadcast in BBC2's A Touch Of Venus strand. Dockers' leader Jack Dash told a Young Conservatives Supper Club in Epsom he had been 'ashamed' of his colleagues recent march in support of Enoch Powell. To silence his occasionally noisy London neighbour, Herman Richards drilled a hole in the wall and 'gave him a whiff of gas.' Richards pleaded guilty to 'maliciously administering coal gas with intent to annoy'. After persuading 'a young woman of considerable means' to invest ten grand in his proposed music magazine, Beat Wave, Robin Allen took his mother and a female friend to Paris for the weekend, a court was told. Allen claimed the object of the trip was to 'photograph The Monkees.' The Bee Gees' Idea released. William Wyler's Funny Girl and Noel Black's Pretty Poison premiered. Glasgow Celtic began their European Cup campaign with a two-nil defeat at Saint-Étienne. Both Manchester clubs were involved in the competition, United winning three-one at Waterford in Dublin (Denis Law scoring a hat-trick) and City shared a goalless draw at home to Turkish champions Fenerbahce. Northern Irish champions Glentoran were beaten three-nil at Anderlecht. Cardiff City drew two-two with FC Porto in the Cup Winners Cup. West Bromwich Albion lost their opening First Round game three-one at Club Bruges. Dunfermline Athletic thrashed Cypriot cup-winners APOEL FC ten-one at East End Park. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, just a week after winning the trophy, Leeds Uniteds defence of it began with a goalless draw at Standard Liege. Chelsea thumped Greenock Morton five-nil (Alan Birchenall, John Boyle, Charlie Cooke, John Hollins and Peter Osgood scoring) and Liverpool lost their first leg game two-one at Athletic Bilbao. Glasgow Rangers defeated Vojvodina two-nil (John Greig and Sandy Jardine on-target) whilst Hibernian beat Olimpija Ljubljana three-nil. Bolton Wanderers beat Aston Villa four-one in the Second Division. Luton Town topped the Third Division following a four-two victory over Mansfield Town.
On the eve of Manchester United's departure for South America to play in the World Club Championship, Jock Stein of Glasgow Celtic 'talked frankly about his own club's ordeal in last year's competition [against Racing Club] and offered his advice to the European Champions,' in Sportsnight With Coleman. From Field To Factory broadcast in the Horizon strand. Eric Till's Hot Millions - starring Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart, Robert Morley and Cesar Romero - premiered.
With Cliff Michelmore broadcast. An Exhibition Of American Naive Painting broadcast on BBC2. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' 'I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playin'/'I Tried', The Montanas' 'Run To Me'/'You're Making A Big Mistake', Calum Bryce's 'Love-Maker'/'I'm Glad', The Bunch's 'Birthday'/'Still', The Marmalade's 'Wait For Me Mary-Anne'/'Mess Around', Love Sculpture's 'Wang-Dang-Doodle'/'The Stumble', Ernie K Doe's 'Dancing Man'/'Later For Tomorrow', The Cameos' 'On The Good Ship Lollipop'/'The Love Of A Boy', Rosetta Hightower's 'I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You'/'Big Bird', Peter Sarstedt's 'I Am A Cathedral'/'Blagged!', The Show Stoppers' 'Eeny Meeny'/'How Easy Your Heart Forgets Me', The Blossoms' 'Tweedlee Dee'/'You Got Me Hummin', The Magistrates' 'After The Fox'/'Tear Down The Walls', Sly & The Family Stone's 'M'Lady'/'Life', Little Carl Carlton's 'Competition Ain't Nothing'/'Three Way Love', Minnie Epperson's 'Grab Your Clothes (And Get On Out)'/'No Love At All', Wilmer & The Dukes' 'Give Me One More Chance'/'Get It', The Laurels' 'Sunshine Thursday'/'Threepence A Tune' and Simon Dupree & The Big Sound's 'Thinking About My Life'/'Velvet & Lace' released. Byron Mabe's Space Thing - starring Karla Conway, Steve Vincent, Merci Montello, Dan Martin, Fancher Fague and Cara Peters - premiered. Philippa Clare Ryan Forrester born in Winchester.
The first episode of Presenting Nana Mouskouri broadcast on BBC2. The first UK TV showing of Five Miles To Midnight. The Herd featured on Saturday Club. Reprise broacast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. In the First Division, Manchester City got back to winning ways with a four-nil victory at Sunderland. Liverpool beat Leicester City by the same score whilst Leeds united went top of the table, defeating Arsenal two-nil. Manchester United beat Newcastle uNited three-one. Queens Park Rangers remained botom, picking up only their fourth point of the season with a one-all draw at Stoke City. Charlton Athletic led the Second Division after a one=nil victory over Huddersfield Town. Rochdale thumped Bradford City six-nil in the Fourth Division. Tony Buck scored all of Newport County's goals in a five-one vicotry at Bradford Park Avenue. Brentford beat York City by the same score.
JB Priestley was interviewed by Robert Robinson on Omnibus. Who Cares For England? broacast on BBC2. Tim Rose, The Nice, The Idle Reace and Jethro Tull featured on Top Gear. The first episode of The Caesars broadcast on LWT.
Peter Brent's The Flag broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. The first episode of Animals At Night broacast in the Merry-Go-Round strand. Marty Feldman featured on Desert Island Discs. The World In Action episode February's Children broadcast.
The Great Fish Muddle broadcast. Peter Nichols' dramatisation of F Scott Fitzgerald's Majesty broadcast in BBC2's The Jazz Age strand. Everton walloped Luton Town five-one in the League Cup Third Round. Leicester City won three-nil at Carlisle United. The first episodes of How We Used To Live and Inside George Webley broadcast on Thames.
JB Priestley's Anyone For Tennis? broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Terence Rattigan's All On Her Own broadcast in BBC2's A Touch Of Venus strand. Liverpool's two-nil League Cup Third Round victory over Swansea Town saw the club debut of Ray Clemence, the first of six hundred and sixty five games for The Reds in a career that lasted until 1981. Blackpool beat Manchester City one-nil, Arsenal won six-one at Scunthorpe United, Southampton defeat Newcastle four-one and Wolves had a five-one vicotry over Millwall. Jimmy Graves scored three in Tottenham Hotspur's six-three defeat of Exeter City. Glasgow Celtic's four-two victory over Hamilton Academicals in the Scottish League Cup Quarter-Final saw the debut of seventeen year old Kenny Dalglish, the first of nine hundred and forty three first class matches for in a career. with Celtic, Liverpool and Scotland, that lasted until 1990. Club Estudiantes De La Plata beat Manchester United one-nil in a game marred by constant cynical play in the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup. Nobby Stiles, the target of much intimdation was sent-off for retaliation by referee Hugo Sosa Miranda. Bobby Charlton suffered a severe head wound which required stitches. The first episode of Human Biology broadcast on Radio 4. The Avengers episode The Forget-Me-Knot (the last to feature Diana Rigg and first with Linda Thorson) and the first episodes of The Frankie Howerd Show and Her Majesty's Pleasure broadcast on Thames.
The Dark Immigrants broadcast in the Scene strand. The Windmill broadcast in the Tales From Europe strand. Comfort On Ageing broadcast in the Horizon strand. The Theatres Act ended two centuries of censorship of the British theatre. Since 1737, scripts had been licensed for performance by the Lord Chamberlain's Office, a measure initially introduced to protect Robert Walpole's administration from political satire. By the late Nineteenth Century the Lord Chamberlain's Office had become, effectively, the arbiter of moral taste on the stage. From now on, you could say 'fuck', shit', 'knickers', get yer knob out, anything you wanted frankly. Carol Reed's adaptation of Oliver! - starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester and Jack Wild - and Norman J Warren'sLoving Feeling - starring Simon Brent and Georgina Ward - premiered. Nobby Stiles was sent off as Manchester united lost a bruising first leg of The Football Club Championship of the World against Estudiantes De La Plata of Argentina.
John Peel finally managed to get Tyrannosaurus Rex onto primetime telly on an episode of How It Is. Which Way Will The Cat Jump? broadcast in the Wheelbase strand, focusing on Jaguar's new saloon model the XJ6. Hair opened its West End run at the Shaftesbury Theatre. The debut was delayed until the abolition of theatre censorship so that the show could include plenty of full-frontal nudity, profanity and other assorted naughtiness. The initial cast included Sonja Kristina, Peter Straker, Paul Nicholas, Melba Moore, Elaine Paige, Paul Korda, Marsha Hunt, Floella Benjamin, Alex Harvey, Oliver Tobias, Richard O'Brien and Tim Curry. Cream's 'Sunshine Of Your Love'/'SWLABR', The Mamas & The Papas' 'For The Love Of Ivy'/'Strange Young Girls', The Moving Finger's 'Jeremy The Lamp'/'Pain Of My Misfortune', Jethro Tull's 'A Song For Jeffrey'/'One For John Gee', Fairport Convention's 'Meet On The Ledge'/'Throwaway Street Puzzle', Stoics' 'Earth, Fire, Air & Water'/'Search For The Sea', The Cherry People's 'And Suddenly'/'Imagination', Big Brother & The Holding Company's 'Piece Of My Heart'/'Turtle Blues', David Garrick's 'A Little Bit Of This (And A Little Bit Of That)'/'Flutterby Butterfly', Symbols' 'Do I Love You?'/'Schoolgirl', Truly Smith's 'This Is The First Time'/'Taking Time Off', Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity's 'Road To Cairo'/'Shadows Of You', Joe Cocker's 'With A Little Help From My Friends'/'Something's Coming On', Truly Smith's 'This Is The First Time'/'Taking Time Off' and Edwin Starr's 'Twenty Five Miles'/'Mighty Good Lovin' released.
The first UK TV showing of Kiss Me Deadly. David Ackles made his first appearance on UK TV on BBC2's Colour Me Pop. Michael Foot's profile of George Orwell broadcast in the Release strand. Roy Orbison and The Troggs featured on Saturday Club. Saracinesca broadcast in Radio 4's Saturday-Night Theatre strand. In the First Division, Liverool won six-nil at Woverhampton Wanderers (Roger Hunt, Peter Thompson and Alun Evans each scoring twice), Manchester City beat Leeds United three-one, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur drew two-all (Geoff Allen and John MacNamee neting for the hosts, Alan Mullery and Jimmy Pearce replying for the visitors) and Everton defeated West Bromwich Albion four-nil (Alan Ball hitting a hat-trick). Fulham's one-all draw with Blackburn Rovers featured on Match Of The Day (Malcolm Macdonald scored Fulham's goal). Darlington remained top of the Fourth Division after a two-nil win over Bradford Park Avenue.
The first episode of The One Million Pound Bank Note broadcast. Omnibus broadcast - for the first time on television - sequences from Leni Riefenstalh's Olympia 36, introduced by the director herself. The first UK TV showing of The Manchurian Candidate. Beauty & The Beasts broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. Joni Mitchell, Fairport Convention, Jeff Beck and Ten Years After featured on Top Gear. The first episode of Michael Kilgarriff's adaptation of The Hobbit, Or There & Back Again broadcast on Radio 4.
Charlotte and Denis Plimmer's The Chequers Manoeuvre broadcast in BBC2's Thirty Minute Theatre strand. Bernard Cribbins read James & The Giant Peach on Jackanory. Richard Lester appeared on Desert Island Discs. Chelsea won four-three at Greenock Morton in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round. Jack Rosenthal's There's A Hole In Your Dustbin, Delilah broadcast in Thames's Playhouse strand. It would, subsequently, be developed into the series The Dustbinmen.
Kamil Winter's documentary Eight Days In August broadcast. The first episode of Fanny Craddock's Colourful Cookery broadcast on BBC2. George Romero's Night Of The Living Dead premiered. Coventry City defeated West Ham United three-two in the League Cup. The first episode of The Root Of All Evil broadcast on Thames.
John Mortimer's Desmond broadcast in BBC2's A Touch Of Venus strand. James Mason was interviewed by Joe Hyams on Wednesday Show Time. Peter Terson's Mooney & His Caravans broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Sheila Thorns from Birmingham gave birth to the first recorded instance of live Sextuplets in the UK. Don Siegel's Coogan's Bluff - starring Clint Eastwood - premiered. In the European Cup, Glasgow Celtic defeated Saint-Étienne four-nil (with goals from Tommy Gemmill, Jim Craig, Steve Chalmers and Joe McBride). Manchester United also progressed to the Second Round (Denis Law scoring four in a seven-one thrashing of Waterford) but Manchester City crashed out of the competition at the first hurdle, lost two-one to Fenerbahçe in Istanbul. Cardiff City exited the Cup Winners Cup, losing two-one at FC Porto. Dunfermline Athletic completed a comfortable aggregate victory over APOEL, winning two-nil in Nicosia. West Bromwich Albion also made it through to the Second Round, albeit by the narrowest of margins, on away-goals after beating Club Bruges two-nil at The Hawthorns (Tony Brown and Asa Hartford scoring). Liverpool beat Athletic Bilbao two-one at Anfield in the Fairs Cup but, with the aggregate tied three-three and away-goals unable to separate the teams, Bilbao won on the toss of a coin. Glasgow Rangers and Hiberbian both progressed, via aggregate wins against Vojvodina and Olimpija Ljubljana, respectively. Dave Mackay, Alan Durban and Kevin Hector scored as Derby County beat Chelsea three-one in a League Cup Third Round replay. The Avengers episode Game broadcast on Thames. Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire born in Bury.
The first episode of People In Conflict broadcast. Canon John Collins formerly Chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, now Chairman of Christian Action and of the International Defence and Aid Fund talked to Robert Robinson on Viewpoint. Experiments In War broadcast in the Horizon strand. Black Sound - Deep Song broadcast on BBC2. José María Fernández Unsáin's Ensayo De Una Noche De Bodas - starring Julissa, Julián Pastor, Tito Junco and Armando Silvestre - premiered. The first episode of The Tyrant King broadcast on Thames.
Mary Hopkin and Tommy James & The Shondells appeared on Crackerjack. The first episode of BBC2's An Evening With ... featured Sir Tyrone Guthrie. Tony Christie appeared on The Joe Loss Show. Barry Ryan With The Majority's 'Eloise'/'Love I Almost Found You', Blossom Toes' 'Postcard'/''Everyone's Leaving Me Now', The Herd's 'Sunshine Cottage'/'Miss Jones', The Temptations' 'Why Did You Leave Me Darling?'/'How Can I Forget', The Equals' 'Softly, Softly'/'Lonely Rita', Serendipity's 'Through With You'/'I'm Flying', Dianne & Carole & The Watchamacallits' 'Feelin The Pain'/'The Fuzz', Tim Buckley's 'Pleasant Street'/'Carnival Song', OV Wright's 'Oh Baby Mine'/'Working Your Game', Denzil Dennis' 'Donkey Train'/'Down By The Riverside', Five & A Penny's 'You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies'/'Mary Go Round' and The Orange Bicycle's 'Sing This All Together'/'Trip On An Orange Bicycle' released. The largest Fourth Division gate of the season, twenty two thousand, two hundred and sixty eight, were at Belle Vue where table-toppers Darlington beat Doncaster rovers two-one.
The Old Lion Inn in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire successfully applied for an extended licence so that customers could watch the forthcoming Olympics coverage overnight on 'the only colour TV set in the village.' Hopefully, they celebrated this victory by watching episode four The Mind Robber. In black and white. The first UK broadcast of Big Cats, Little Cats on BBC2. The tenth anniversary edition of Saturday Club featured The Move, Marty Wilde, The Four Pennies and Cliff Richard & The Shadows. Muddy Waters' Electric Mud released. Point Of Conflict by Brian Hayles broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Leeds United remained at the top of the First Division with a one-nil victory at Newcastle. Liverpool were amongst the goals again, winning four-nil at Burnley. Nottingham Forest and Stoke City drew three-all at Meadow Lane. Jimmy Graves scored a hat-trick in Tottenham Hotspur's three-two defeat of Leicester City. Queens Park Rangers lost again, three-one at West Bromwich Albion. In the Second Division, Birmingham City beat Fulham five-four. The first episode of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Joe 90 - The Most Special Agent - broadcast on London Weekend.
Blow The Wind Southerly broadcast in the Omnibus strand. Big D Ranch broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. 'The Troubles' began in earnest in Northern Ireland with Republican riots in Londonderry against sectarian discrimination. Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and John Surtees took the first three places at the US Grand Prix. Frederic Goode's The Hand Of Night - starring William Sylvester, Diane Clare and Aliza Gur - premiered.
The first episode of BBC2's The Younger Generation broadcast. The first episode of Something To Hide broadcast in the Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. The Eclipse Of The Sun broadcast in The Sky At Night Strand. A Murder Of Quality broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. The World In Action episode New Drgu, Same Needle broadcast.
The Trouble With Being One Self and the first episode of BBC2's Frontiers Of Science broadcast. Bryan Forbes's Deadfall - starring Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman and Leonard Rossiter - premiered. In the First Division, Liverpool and Everton drew one-all. Newcastle United won four-two at Nottingham Forest, Wyn Davies, Pop Robson and teenagers Keith Dyson and Alan Foggan scoring. Geoff Allen suffered a knee injury which, effectively, ended his career at the age of twenty two. Queens Park Rangers finally got their first victory of the season, beating Ipswich Town two-one.
The Lower Largo Sequence broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. The first episode of BBC2's Make It My Place broadcast. Francis Ford Coppola's Finian's Rainbow- starring Fred Astaire and Petula Clark and Kurt Richter's Invitation To Ruin premiered. West Bromwich Albion hammered Coventry City six-one in the First Division. Top-of-the-table Leeds United won one-nil at Sunderland. Spurs and Manchester United drew two-two. Millwall won four-nil at Bolton Wanderers in the Second Division (Derek Possee scored twice iwth further goals from Eamon Dunphy and Keith Weller). Struggling Fulham drew two-all with Sheffield United (Malcolm Macdonald scoring his third goal in four games for The Cottagers). Bobby Ham scored four in Bradford City's five-nil defeat of York City in the Fourth Division. The Avengers episode Super Secret Cypher Snatch broadcast on Thames.
The first episode of BBC2's Jazz At The Maltings broadcast. The first episode of Suivez La Piste broadcast.
Nina Simone appeared on Esther & Abi Ofarim. Federico Fellini's La Strada shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham piloted the first of NASA's manned Apollo missions, Apollo 7. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's 'I'm The Urban Spaceman'/'Canyons of Your Mind', The Who's 'Magic Bus'/'Doctor Jekyll & Mister Hyde', Billy Preston's 'Greazee (Parts 1 & 2)', Frazer Hines' 'Who's Doctor Who?'/'Punch & Judy Man', Infantes Jubilate's 'Exploding Galaxy'/'Take It Slow', The Spectrum's 'Little Red Boat By The River'/'Forget Me Not', Heath Hampstead's 'I Started A Joke'/'The Beginning Of The Ending', John Carter & Russ Alquist's 'The Laughing Man'/'Midsummer Dreaming', Young Blood's 'Bang-Shang-A-Lang'/'I Can't Stop', Nancy Wilson's 'Peace Of Mind'/'This Bitter Earth', The Picadilly Line's 'Evenings With Corrina (So Long Ago)'/'My Best Friend', The Gods' 'Baby's Rich'/'Somewhere In The Street', Eclection's 'Please'/'St Georg [sic]nd The Dragon', e Tages' 'Halcyon Days'/'I Read You Like An Open Book', Ricardo Ray's 'Nitty Gritty'/'Mony, Mony', Willie Mitchell's 'Up Hard'/'Beale Street Mood', Long John Baldry's 'Mexico'/'We're Together', Granny's Intentions' 'Never An Everyday Thing'/'Hilda The Bilda' and Cherry Smash's 'Goodtime Sunshine'/'Little Old Country Home Town' released. Southend United walloped Exeter City six-one in the Fourth Division (Billy Best netting three).
The Opening Ceremony of the Mexico Olympics broadcast. The Honeybus and Clodagh Rogers featured on Colour Me Pop. Sly & The Family Stone appeared on Saturday Club. An adaptation of JB Priestley's Bright Day broadcast in Radio 4's Saturday-Night Theatre strand. In the First Division, Everton won five-two at Southampton, Manchester City thrashed tottenham Hotspur four-nil and Newcastle United beat Ipswich Town four-one at Portman Road (Pop Robson scoring his thirteenth goal of the season). Queens Park Rangers picked up their second win in a week, three-two against Sheffield Wednesday. Johnny Giles and Peter Lormier kept Leeds United top with a two-nil victory over West Ham United. Hull City's three-nil win against Huddersfield Town took them top of the Second Divsiion. Middlesbrough had a three-one victory at Sheffield United. Swindon won three-one at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Third Division. Luton remained top, defeating struggling Hartlepool three-nil. Dunfermline Athletic beat Olympiacos four-nil in the European Cup Winners Cup Second Round, first leg. Adge Cutler & The Wurzels appeared on Radio 2's The Golden Parrot Club.
The Male Animal broadcast in the Play Of The Month strand. Naughty, disgraceful old scallywag Rolf Harris At The Talk Of The Town broadcast in BBC2's Show Of The Week strand. On Top Gear, John Peel introduced sessions by Fleetwood Mac, Tim Buckley, Joe Cocker & The Grease Band and The Honeybus.
Jim Hines became the first man to break the ten second barrier in winning the gold medal at the Olympics one hundred metres. Will The Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? broadcast in BBC2's Who Is ...? strand. Tyrannosaurus Rex's Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages released. After which Marc Bolan calmed down a bit and stopped giving his LPs such bloody ridiculous titles. John le Carré's A Small Town In Germany published. The World In Action episode A Score To Settle broadcast Manchester United's allegations of foul play (on several levels) against Estudiantes in the Intercontinental Cup as spicy prelude to the second game, to be played two days later.
David Heremy won the Olympic four hundred metres hurdles gold medal. The Youngest Comrade broadcast in BBC2's The Jazz Age strand. Arsenal defeated Liverpool two-one in the League Cup Fourth Round.
Hugh Whitemore's Hello, Good Evening & Welcome broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed the so-called 'Black Power' salute at the Mexico Olympics. Rite on, brothers. Pergamon Press, owned by Robert Maxwell, made a twenty six million quid takeover bid for the Scum of the World. John Stonehouse, the Postmaster General, assured MPs that the new two-tier postal system was 'going better than we expected.' Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Spiro Agnew promised to standardise welfare if elected. At the UN, Argentina asserted sovereignty claims of the Falkland Islands shortly before Manchester United drew one-all with Estudiantes - striped shirts, black panties - in an astonishingly violent Intercontinental Cup second leg. United lost the tie two-one on aggregate, Willie Morgan scoring a late equaliser to Juan Veron's goal. George Best was sent off shortly before the end after an ugly clash with José Hugo Medina, who was also dismissed. Controversially, Brian Kidd had a goal disallowed in the final seconds. Scotland won one-nil against Denmark in a friendly international in Copenhagen with Bobby Lennnox scoring the winner. Birmingham City's Jim Herriot, Tommy Mclean of Kilmarnock and Colin Stein of Glasgow Rangers made their international debuts. Crystal Palace knocked holders Leeds United out of the League Cup, winning their Fourth Round tie two-one at Selhurst Park. Southampton won four-nil at Norwich City, Burnley beat Leicester City by the same score and Blackpool beat First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers two-one. The Boston Strangler - starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda - premiered. The Wailers' 'Stir It Up'/'This Train' and David Isaacs' 'Place In The Sun'/Upsetter All Stars' 'Handy-Cap' released. Away Fixture broadcast in Radio 2's Midweek Theatre strand.
Tunisia's Mohammad Gammoudi won gold in the Olympic five thousand metres final. Green Power In The Ghetto broadcast in BBC2's The Money Programme strand. Peter Yates's Bullitt - starring Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn - and Jack Cardiff's The Girl On A Motorcycle - starring Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon - premiered.
John Lennon and his lover, Yoko Ono were busted by the Drug Squad - led by the notorious Nobby Pilcher (who brought his own to be on the safe side). To his dying day, Lennon claimed that he had been planted, having been tipped off three weeks previously by Don Shorter, a Daily Mirra journalist, that Semolina Pilchard, the man who had previously busted Donovan, Mike Jagger and Keith Richards, had Lennon next on his 'hit list'. Bob Beamon broke the world Long Jump record to win Olympic gold. Jacqueline Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis married in Skorpios. Legislative moves to make Canada a bilingual country were set in motion. The National Giro opened for business through the General Post Office, with administrative headquarters at Bootle. A witness in the trial of Ronnie and Reggie Kray told the court that, on the night of the murder of Jack 'The Hat' McVitie in 1966 she had encountered the twins who were wearing socks on their hands. They told her there had been 'a bit of trouble' and they were 'tidying up the mess.' The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 'All Along The Watchtower'/'Long Hot Summer Nights', The Chants' 'A Man Without A Face'/'Baby I Don't Need Your Love', The Loot's 'She's A Winner'/'Save Me', Peppermint Circus's 'I Won't Be There'/'Keeping My Head Above Water', The Owl's 'Run To The Sun'/'Shades Of Blue & Green Water Flies', Ramases & Selket's 'Crazy One'/'Mind's Eye', The Stone Graphics' 'Traveller Man'/'A Tale Of Long Ago', Steve & Stevie's 'Merry-Go-Round'/'Remains To Be Seen', Judy Clay & William Bell's 'Private Number'/'Love-Eye-Tis', Apple's 'Let's Take A Trip Down The Rhine'/'Buffalo Billycan', The Factory's 'Path Through The Forest'/'Gone', The Idle Race's The Birthday Party, The Scaffold's 'Lily The Pink'/'Buttons Of Your Mind', Sharon Tandy's 'Hold On'/'Daughter Of The Sun', Françoise Hardy's 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow?'/'Loving You', Cats Eyes' 'I Thank You Marianne'/'Turn Around', Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' 'Special Occasion'/'Give Her Up', Davy Graham's 'Both Sides Now'/'Tristano', Val & The V's 'Miss You Baby'/'Take My Love', Jerry Butler's 'Send A Telegram'/'Just Can't Forget About You', City Of Westminster String Band's 'A Touch Of Velvet & A Sting Of Brass'/'Tommy Tucker', Barry Gray & His Orchestra's 'Title Theme From Joe 90'/'Hijacked' and Booker T & The MG's 'Soul Limbo'/'Heads Or Tails' released. Val Doonican and Mary Hopkin appeared on the final episode of Radio 1's The Joe Loss Show. Egon Günther's Abschied - starring Rolf Ludwig, Andreas Kaden, Katharina Lind, Jan Spitzer and Heidemarie Wenzel - premiered. Freddie Goodwin netted four in Stockport County's five-two thrashing of Orient in the Third Division. Doncaster Rovers defeated bradford Park Avenue four-one in the Fourth Division.
Geoff Hurst scored six as West Ham United thrashed Sunderland eight-nil to equal their record Football League victory. Elsewhere in the First Division, Burnley beat league leaders Leeds United five-one and Newcastle United defeated Queens Park Rangers three-two. Match Of The Day featured Tottenham Hotspur's two-one victory over Liverpool. Tommy Baldwin scored a hat-trick in Chelsea's three-nil win against Leciester City. Nottingham Forest's struggles continued, their latest match played at Meadown Lane ended in a two-one defeat by Ipswich Town and left them botom of the table. Middlesbrough topped the Second Division, two-nil winners against Fulham. Millwall won again, two-one at Birmingham City. Bristol Rovers thrashed Gillingham five-one in the Third Division whilst Watford hammered Barrow four-nil. Bob Hatton scored twice as Northampton Town beat Tranmere Rovers two-nil. Don Rogers and Peter Noble were on-target as Swindon Town went top following a two-one victory over Torquay United. In the Fourth Division, nothing even remotely interesting happened. The High Roman Style broadcast in BBC2's Chronicle strand. The Fifth Dimension and Cat Stevens featured on Saturday Club. Sophia broadcast in Radio 4's Saturday-Night Theatre strand. Kacey Ainsworth born in Ware.
Kenya's Kip Keino won Olympic fifteen hundred metres gold in a classic battle with the USA's Jim Ryun, who took silver. Dick Fosbury won the High Jump gold with a rather unusual technique which was immediately named after him and would, soon, become the standard style for all competitotrs in the event. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Tim Rose, The Idle Race and The Bakerloo Line featured on Radio 1's Top Gear. In Good King Charles's Golden Days broadcast on Radio 3. Susan Tully born in Highgate.
Rodney Pattison and Iain McDonald-Smith in their boat Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious won Olympic sailing gold in the Flying Dutchman class. BBC2's The Long Polar Walk: Setback Before Winter broadcast. Barbara Murray featured on Desert Island Discs. Swindon Town reached the Quarter-Finals of the Football League Cup, winning a Fourth Round replay three-nil against First Division Coventry City at The County Ground. Terry Mancini scored twice in Orient's three-two victory over Brighton & Hove Albion in the Third Division. The World In Action episode Backs To The Wall lkooked at the Londonderry cvil rights demonstrations.
Out In Arizona Where The Bad Men Are broadcast on BBC2. Peter Batty's The Aristocrats: People Without Neighbours broadcast in the Tuesday's Documentary strand. Terence Young's Mayerling - starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason and Ava Gardner - premiered.
The Telegram broadcast in BBC2's A Touch Of Venus strand. John Sturges's adaptation of Ice Station Zebra - starring Rock Hudson and Patrick McGoohan, Live A Little, Love A Little - starring Elvis Presley and Rudy Vallee and Secret Ceremony - starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow and Robert Mitchum premiered. Holders Leeds United reached the Second Round of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, winning their second leg three-two against Standard Liege. Chelsea, meanwhile, were already played the first leg of their own Second Round tie with DWS Amsterdam (a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge). Kevin Hector scored the winner as Derby County knocked Everton out of the League Cup in a Fourth Round replay. Wales lost one-nil to Italy in a World Cup Quyalifier at Ninian Park, Gigi Riva of Cagliari Calcio scoring the winner. In a last-minute change to the published schedules, the World In Action special Who Sprang George Blake? was broadcast on most of the ITV regions.
The two hundred and fiftieth episode of Top Of The Pops broadcast. The Broken Bridge broadcast in the Horizon strand.
While standing on the medal podium after the Olympic gymnastics balance beam event final where Natalia Kuchinskaya of the Soviet Union had, controversially, taken the gold, Czechoslovakian gymnast Věra Čáslavská bowed her head during the playing of the Soviet national anthem. The action was Čáslavská's protest against the recent Soviet invasion of her homeland and was repeated when she accepted her own gold medal for her floor exercise routine - when the judges changed the preliminary scores of the Soviet Larisa Petrik to tie with Čáslavská who won four golds and two silvers during the competition. Whilst Čáslavská's countrymen supported her actions and her opposition to Communism (she had publicly signed and supported Ludvik Vaculik's 'Two Thousand Words' manifesto), the new hard-line Czech regime responded by banning her from both sporting events and international travel for many years. Southport twanked Stockport County five-nil in the Fourth Division. Manitas De Plata broadcast on BBC2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Electric Ladyland, The Magicians' 'Painting On Wood'/'Slow Motion', Episode Six's 'Lucky Sunday'/'Mister Universe', Sound Barrier's 'She Always Comes Back To Me'/'Groovin' Slow', Moody Blues' 'Ride My See-Saw'/'A Simple Game', The Gun's 'Race With The Devil'/'Sunshine', July's 'Hello, Who's There?'/'The Way', Mike Conway's 'The Reign Of King Sadness'/'I'm Gonna Get Me A Woman', Lemon Tree's 'It's So Nice To Come Home'/'Come On Girl', The Flies' 'The Magic Train'/'Gently As You Feel', July's 'Hello, Who's There?'/'The Way', Gladys Knight & The Pips' 'I Wish It Would Rain'/'It's Summer', Cuby + Blizzards' 'Windows Of My Eyes'/'Checkin' Up On My Baby', Vernon Garrett's 'Shine It On'/'Things Are Looking Better', Dee Dee Warwick's 'I'll Be Better Off (Without You)'/'Monday, Monday', John Drevar's Expression's 'What Greater Love?'/'I've Decided', Karen Young's 'You Better Sit Down Kids'/'Too Much Of A Good Thing', Race Fans' 'Bookie Man'/Uniques' 'More Love', Anita Harris' 'Le Blon'/'Dusty Road', Mellotones' 'Uncle Charlie'/'What A Botheration', Untouchables' 'Tighten Up'/Roy Shirley's 'Good Ambition', Stewpot & Save The Children Fund Choir's 'I Like My Toys'/'Myrtles Birthday' and Sound Barrier's 'She Always Comes Back To Me'/'Groovin' Slow' released.
Big George Foreman chinned the USSR's Jonas Čepulis to win Olympic Heavyweight Boxing gold. Britain's Chris Finnegan won Middleweight gold, giving Aleksei Kiselyov a good fisting. Michael Frayn's As When In A Dream We Discover We Can Fly broadcast in BBC2's One Pair of Eyes strand. The Easybeats featured on Saturday Club. Chesterfield's one-nil defeat at Bradford Park Avenue in the Fourth Division saw the league debut of Ernie Moss, the first of seven hundred and forty seven games, for Chesterfield, Peterborough United, Mansfield Town, Port Vale, Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers, Stockport County, Scarborough and Rochdale, in a career that lasted until 1988. The First Division highlight of the day was a three-all draw between Manchester City and Nottingham Forest. Manchester united won three-two at Queens Park Rangers. Match of The Day's recent run of selecting low-scoring games climaxed when they picked a deadly dull goalless draw between Arsenal and West Ham United. Ken Wagstaff scored three in Hull City's three-all draw with Cardiff City (for whom John Toshack netted two). Leaders Middlesbrough won four-two at Oxford uNited (Arthur Horsfield scoring twice). Sheffield United beat Charlton Athletic two-nil (Colin Addison and Ted Hemsley on-target). Blackpool had a three-nil victory over Crystal Palace. Third Division leaders Swindon Town won three-two at bottom side Oldham Athletic. The Passing Day broadcast in Radio 4's Saturday-Night Theatre strand.
Kamil Winter's Eight Days In August and Death Of A Miner broadcast. The Secret Bowers boradcast in The World About Us strand. The second Grosvenor Square anti-war demonstration got a bit less-than-peaceful with the punching and the smoke bombs. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity, David Ackles and BLossom Toes featured on Top Gear.
The first episode of Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden's Broaden Your Mind broadcast on BBC2. The Olympic Closing Ceremony broadcast. Richard Baker featured on Desert Island Discs. The World In Action episode Vietnam broadcast.
Towards Tomorrow: Super-City broadcast in the Tuesday's Dcoumentary strand. Black Exchange broadcast in BBC2's The Jazz Age strand. Arsenal hammered Blackpool five-one in the League Cup Fifth Round. George Armstrong scored twice with further goals from John Radford, Bobby Gould and Peter Simpson. Tony Green replied for the visitors.
Julia Jones's A Bit Of A Crucifixion, Father broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. Henry Higgins - Bullfighter broadcast in BBC2's Man Alive strand. Fitting For Ladies broadcast in Radio 2's Midwek Theatre strand. The Lion In Winter - starring Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Jane Merrow and Timothy Dalton - premiered. Jimmy Scott scored what turned out to be a vital away-goal as Newcastle united's European adventure continued with a one-all draw against Sporting Lisbon in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Second Round. Chelsea exited the competition, sharing a second goalless draw with DWS in Amsterdam and then losing the toss of a coin. In the League Cup Fifth Round, Burnley beat Crystal Palace two-nil, Spurs overcame Southampton by a single Peter Coillins goal and Derby County and Swindon Town drew at The Baseball Ground.
Climb Up To Hell broadcast. Children Without Words broadcast in the Horizon strand. The first episode of Sugarball The Little Jungle Boy broadcast on Thames.
With Cliff Michelmore: Sir Matt Busby and An Evening with ...: Lord David Cecil broadcast. Philip Jenkinson interviewed Gloria Swanson on Late Night Line-Up. Lulu's 'I'm A Tiger'/'Without Him', Anan's 'Madena'/''Standing Still', Barbara Ruskin's 'Pawnbroker, Pawnbroker'/'Almost', The Status Quo's 'Technicolor Dreams'/'Paradise Flat', The Nerve's 'Piece By Piece'/'Satisfying Kind', The Onyx's 'My Son John'/'Step By Step', The Doughnut Ring's 'Dance Around Julie'/'The Bandit', The Deviants' 'You've Got To Hold On'/'Let's Loot The Supermarket', The Nocturnes' 'Montage'/'Fairground Man', The Versatiles' 'Children Get Ready'/'Someone To Love', Turquoise's 'Woodstock'/'Saynia', Richard Harris's 'The Yard Went On Forever'/'Lucky Me', Pretty Things' 'Private Sorrow (A Phase In The Life Of SF Sorrow)'/'Balloon Burning', The Nazz's 'Open My Eyes'/'Hello It's Me', Golden Earrings' 'Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong'/'Wake Up - Breakfast!', Barbara & Brenda's 'Never Love A Robin'/'Sally's Party', Little Joe Cook's 'Don't You Have Feelings?'/'Hold On To Your Money', Dave Justin's 'Rachel'/'Louise', Doris Willingham's 'You Can't Do That'/'Lost Again', Dee Irwin's 'I Can't Stand The Pain'/'My Hope To Die Girl', Tam White's 'Girl Watcher'/'Waiting Till The Night Comes Round Again', A New Generation's 'Police Is Here'/'Mister C', The Flirtations' 'Nothing But A Heartache'/'Christmas Time Is Here Again' and George Harrison's Wonderwall Music, the first solo LP by a Beatle released. Barrow went to the top of the Third Division with a four-one victory at Hartlepool. Bottom of the First Division Queens Park Rangers replaced caretaker manager Bill Dodgin with Tommy Docherty. The first episode of Discothèque - presented by Ayesha Brough - broadcast on Thames.
'Noise! Adventure! Glitter!' The first episode of Zokko! broadcast. The first episode of the eight-part Doctor Who serial The Invasion broadcast. BBC2's Why Save Florence? broadcast. The Equals and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band featured on Saturday Club. Beggars & Choosers broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Chelsea beat Manchester City two-nil on Match Of The Day. Elsewhere in the First Division, West Ham United defeated Queens Park Rangers four-three and Everton beat Sunderland two-nil. Keith Weller scored twice in top-of-the-table Millwall's three-nil win at Norwich City. Huddersfield Town beat Aston Villa three-one. Don Rogers scored four in Swindon Town's five-one defeat of Southport in the Third DivisionRochdale thumped Bradford Park Avenue six-nil in the Fourth Diovision.
Tony Palmer's Omnibus film All My Loving broadcast with contributions from The Beatles, Donovan, Cream, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Pink Floyd, Manfred Mann, Frank Zappa, Derek Taylor, Terry Dene, Lulu, Kit Lambert, Tony Hall, Anthony Burgess, The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Louise Harrison, George Martin, The Moody Blues and Grapefruit. The first episode of The Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. Graham Hill won the World Drivers' Championship at the Mexican Grand Prix. Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Polycarpos Georghadjis after charges from Athens that he had 'masterminded' the attempted assassination of Greek Prime Minister Papadopoulos. Prince Rainier of Monaco and his wife, Grace Kelly, competed in the RAC's London to Brighton veteran car rally. The Jeff Beck Group, The Pentangle, Love Sculpture and Duster Bennett featured on Top Gear.
Of Public Concern broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. The Clocks Of Space broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. Peggy Mount appeared on Desert Island Discs. Carlos Saura's Stress Is Three - starring Geraldine Chaplin - premiered. The World In Action episode A State Of Emergency broadcast.
Richard Nixon narrowly defeated Hubert Humphreys in the US presidential erection. The Gunpowder Plot and BBC2's A Question Of Taste broadcast. Swindon Town defeated Derby County one-nil in a League Cup Fifth Round. The first episode of Father, Dear Father broadcast on Thames.
The first episode of B&B broadcast. Appearing on Radio 1's Night Ride, the satirist John Wells made a series of strong comments about Prime Minister Harold Wilson's alleged indifference to the suffering caused by the civil war in Nigeria. Wilson, notoriously sensitive to media criticism, demanded an apology from the BBC, which John Peel was obliged to read out on the following programme. The Monkees' movie Head - directed by Bob Rafelson and written by Jack Nicholson - premiered in the US. To more-or-less complete indifference. England played out a tame goalless draw with Romania in a friendly international in Bucharest. Arsenal's Bob MacNab made his international debut. Scotland beat Austria two-one in a World Cup Qualifier at Hampden Park with goals from Denis Law and Billy Bremner.
The Computer Revolution broadcast in BBC2's Horizon strand. Which asked 'will every schoolboy one day learn computer programming as part of his curriculum?' Freddie Francis's' Dracula Has Risen From The Grave - starring Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson and Barbara Ewing - premiered.
Luchino Visconti's Bellissima shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Diana Ross & The Supremes' 'Love Child'/'Will This Be The Day?', Family's 'Second Generation Woman'/'Home Town', Brass Tacks' 'Maxwell Ferguson'/'Sunshine After The Rain', The Fugs' 'Crystal Liaison'/'When The Mode Of The Music Changes', Freddie & The Dreamers' 'Little Big Time'/'You Belong To Me', Jigsaw's 'Let Me Go Home'/'Tumblin', Tuesday's Children's 'She'/'Bright Eyed Apples', Peter & The Wolves' 'Woman On My Mind'/'Old & The New', Shirley Bassey's 'To Give'/'My Love Has Two Faces', The Foundations' 'Build Me Up Buttercup'/'New Direction', Paul Williams Set's 'My Sly Sadie'/'Stop The Wedding' and Blonde On Blonde's 'All Day, All Night'/'Country Life' released. The first episode of Please Sir! broadcast on LWT.
The first episode of Braden's Week broadcast. Joni Mitchell broadcast on BBC2. The first UK broadcast of John Steinbeck's Travels With Charley. Nord Ring Pop Concert - featuring Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity, The Moody Blues, Maureen Evansand Johnny Howard & His Band - broadcast on Radio 1. On A West Wind Rising broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Penny Plain & Twopence Coloured broadcast on Radio 3. Tony Hateley scored twice in Coventry City's three-nil win at Stoke City in the First Division. One of his fomer clubs, Liverpool, went top of the table with a two-one victory over Chelsea.
... And Not For Glory broadcast. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity appeared on BBC2's The Sasha Distel Show. Joni Mitchell, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Chicken Shack and Juniors Eyes featured on Top Gear.
Charlotte and Denis Plimmer's Cause Of Death broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Dan Maskell featured on Desert Island Discs. An adaptation of Frankenstein broadcast in Thames' Mystery & Imagination strand. The World In Action episode Nasser's Fortified Ditch broadcast. Joanne Dawn Coburn born in Hendon.
The Fall Of The House Of Habsburg broadcast. The Outstation broadcast in BBC2's The Jazz Age strand.
Australia's Penelope Plummer won the Miss World contest. Can You Read This? broadcast in the Man Alive strand. Our West Ladyton Branch broadcast in Radio 2's Midweek Theatre strand. Ray Milland's Hostile Witness - starring Sylvia Syms, Felix Aylmer and Raymond Huntley - premiered. Glasgow Celtic thrashed Red Star Belgrade five-one in the European Cup Second Round first leg (Jimmy Johnstone scoring twice). Denis Law hit two as Manchester United defeated Anderlecht three-nil. West Bromwich Albion drew one-all with Dynamo Bucharest in the Cup Winners Cup and Jack Charlton netted twice in Leeds United's two-nil win against Napoli in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Second Round.
Mario broadcast in the Tales From Europe strand. Doctor's Dilemma broadcast in the Horizon strand. Raymond Morris was arrested by police in connection with The Cannock Chase Murders.
With Cliff Michelmore: Lord Butler Of Saffron Walden broadcast. Fiat Versus Ford broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand. The Moles' 'We Are The Moles (Parts 1 & 2)', The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown's 'Nightmare'/'Music Man', The Dave Clark Five's 'Live In The Sky'/'Children', Sleepy's 'Rosie Can't Fly'/'Mrs Bailey's Barbecue & Grill', Life 'N' Soul's 'Here Comes Yesterday Again'/'Dear Paul', The Nice's 'Brandenburger'/'Happy Freuds', The Steam Shovel's 'Rudi The Red Nosed Reindeer'/'White Christmas', Lace's 'People People'/'The Nun', Byron Lee & The Dragonairs' 'Soul Limbo'/'The Whistling Song', Cliff Nobles' 'Judge Baby, I'm Back'/Horse Fever', Marion Ryan's 'Better Use Your Head'/'The Seasons Change', The Web With John L Watson's 'Baby Won't You Leave Me Alone'/'McVernon Street', Marie Franklin's 'You Ain't Changed'/'Don'tcha Bet No Money', Dandy's 'The Toast'/'Kicks Out', Glen Adams' 'Rent Too High'/'Every Time', Joya Landis' 'Angel Of The Morning'/Alton Phyllis' 'Love Letters', The Good Guys' 'In Like Flint'/'Nobody's Business', Derrick Morgan's 'Fat Man'/Val Bennett's 'South Parkway Rock' and The Iveys' 'Maybe Tomorrow'/'And Her Daddy's A Millionaire' released.
The first episode of BBC2's adaptation of Tolstoy's Resurrection broadcast. The first UK TV showing of Sorry, Wrong Number. Vanity Fare featured on Saturday Club. Bless You & Keep You broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. In the First Division, Southampton won three-two at Chelsea, Everton defeated Queens Park Rangers four-nil, West Ham United beat Leicester City by the same score, Tottenham Hotspur had a five-one victory over Sunderland (Jimmy Greaves scoring four) and Newcastle United beat Manchester City one-nil. Table-toppers Liverpoool won two-one at Sheffield Wednesday. John Tudor, newly signed from Coventry City, socred twice for Sheffield United in a two-nil win at Bury in the Second Division. Millwall defeated Huddersfield Town by the same score. In the FA Cup First Round, Morecambe won three-two at Bangor City in an all Northern Premier League tie. Southern League Dartford beat Fourth Division Aldershot three-one. Midland League Grantham defeated Chelmsford City two-one. Kettering Town won two-one at Hampshire League Waterlooville and Weymouth enjoyed a victory over Yeovil Town by the same score. Barnet and Brentford Town drew one-all in an all Southern League tie. Kidderminster Harriers drew two-two at Brighton & Hove Albion (brothers Brendan and Peter Wassall scoring for Harriers), Metropolitan League Bury Town shared a goalless draw with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Hereford United and Torquay United also drew nil-nil and Wealdstone and St Albans City drew one-one in an all Isthmian League clash. Crewe Alexandra beat Altringham one-nil, Halifax Town won three-one at West Midlands League Bilston, Brentford defeated Woking two-nil, Watford thumped Cheltenham Town four-nil, Chesterfield beat Skelmersdale United of the Cheshire Counties League two-nil, Colchester United walloped Athenian League Chesham United five-nil, Barrow won three-one at Goole Town and Walsall won one-nil at Isthmian League Leytonstone. Luton Town thrashed Ware of the Athenian League six-one, Lincoln City won three-one at Macclesfield Town and Northampton Town defeated Margate by the same score, Mansfield Town thumped Northern League Tow Law Town four-one, Swansea Town won three-two at Oxford City. York City hammered South Shields six-nil at Simonside Hall (Tommy Ross hiting a hat-trick) whilst York City annihilated King's Lynn nine-nil (Gary Moore and Billy Best both scoring three). A Don Rogers penalty saw Swindon Town overcome Canterbury City. The first episode of Hammer's Journey To The Unknown - Eve (by Paul Wheeler and Michael Ashe) broadcast on LWT. Shown in the US in late 1968, the series was not networked in the UK, leading to haphazard showings in different regions over the next few years. At least three episodes do not appear to have been broadcast in the London area until the 1980s.
The Graham Greene documentary The Hunted Man broadcast in the Omnibus strand. The Two Faces Of China broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. The Pretty Things, Joe Cocker & The Greaseband, Spooky Tooth and Andromeda featured on Top Gear.
The Last Victim broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. After twenty one years of manufacturing its iconic product in Denmark, Interlego filed for the United States patent. Igor Dobrolyubov's Ivan Makarovich - starring Viktor Makhonyn, Lyuda Kochka, Irina Brazgovka and Tamara Loginova - premiered. After just ten months in charge, Fulham sacked Bobby Robson as manager with the club eighteenth in the Second Division. He later said that discovered he had been sacked not from the club itself, but from the headline Robson Sacked on an Evening Standard placard outside Putney station. He was replaced by his former Fulham and England team-mate Johnny Haynes. FA Cup First Round replays took place across the country. Jimmy Stevenson scored as Brentwood beat Barnet one-nil, Exeter City won thre-one at Newport County whilst Port Vale defeated Shressbury town by the same score. Rotherham United had a three-nil victory over Hartlepool. Dave Neville hit the winner in Sr Albans City defeated fellow Istmian League side Wealdstone one-nil. An adaptation of Dracula broadcast in Thames' Mystery & Imagination strand. The World In Action episode An Outbreak Of Peace broadcast.
The Channel - Them & Us broadcast. The Princess broadcast in BBC2's The Jazz Age strand.
Dennis Potter's A Beast With Two Backs broadcast in The Wednesday Play strand. The first episode of Name Your Poison broadcast in BBC2's Man Alive strand. Farm On A Headland broadcast in Radio 2's Midweek Theatre strand. Robert Freema's The Touchables - starring Judy Huxtable, Esther Anderson, James Villiers and John Ronane - premiered. A spectacular waist-high volley by Pop Robson at the Gallowgate End, gave Newcastle United victory in their Inter-Cities Fairs Cup tie with Sporting Libson in front of almost fifty four thousand. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic beat Bury Town three-nil in the FA Cup. Torquay United defeat Hereford United four-two (Micky Cave scoring twice). Kit Napier hit the winner as Brighton & Hove Albion won one-nil at Kidderminster Harriers. In the first legs of the Football League Cup Semi-Final, Arsenal beat Spurs one-nil though a John Radford goal and Swindon Town won two-one at Burnley, Peter Noble hiting a late winner. The first episode of the Freewheelers serial The Zander Plot broadcast on Thames.
In The Matter Of Doctor Alfred Nobel broadcast in BBC2's Horizon strand. Robert Angus's Brown Eye, Evil Eye - starring Hugh Griffith, Rosemary Nicols, Ron Thompson and Jo Jo Bennett and Lee Frost's The Pick-Up - starring Wes Bishop, Stefan Zema and Lois Ursone - premiered.
The Who appeared on Crackerjack. Twenty Shillings A Mile broadcast in the Wheelbase strand. The Beatles' White Album, The Kinks Are ... The Village Green Preservation Society, The World Of Val Doonican, The Searchers' 'Umbrella Man'/'Over The Weekend', Kate's 'Hold Me Now'/'Empty World', Love Sculpture's 'Sabre Dance'/'Think Of Love', Nirvana's 'All Of Us (The Touchables)'/'Trapeze', The Casuals' 'Toy'/'Touched', The Exception's 'Tailor Made Babe'/'Turn Over The Soil', The Laurie Johnson Orchestra's 'There Is Another Song'/'Caesar Smith Theme', The Paper Dolls' 'Someday'/'Any Old Time You're Lonely & Sad', Plastic Penny's 'Hound Dog'/'Currency', The Beach Boys' 'Bluebirds Over The Mountain'/'Never Learn Not To Love', The Fantastic Four's 'I Love You Madly', Timebox's 'Girl Don't Make Me Wait'/'Gone Is The Sad Man', The Dells' 'It's Not Unusual'/'Stay In My Corner', Samantha Jones' 'And Suddenly'/'Go Ahead And Love Me', Oedipus Complex's 'Holding My Hands Out'/'Brought Me Such Confusion' and Fleetwood Mac's 'Albatross'/'Jigsaw Puzzle Blues' released. Mel Brooks's The Producers premiered. 'We find the defendants incredibly guilty!'
Tim Buckley and Richard Harris appeared on BBC2's Once More With Felix. Lulu appeared on The Val Doonican Show. Gene Pitney and Manfred Mann featured on Saturday Club. Allegedly, the first interracial kiss on US national television took place in an episode of Star Trek, Plato's Stepchildren, with William Shatner kissing Nichelle Nichols. Despite having subsequently been claimed as a era-defining moment, the kiss seemed to have attracted little notice in the media at the time and the accuracy of the claim that it was a first is also disputed. The Sacking Of Rome broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Brian Johnston interviewed Ted Dexter on Radio 3's Sports Parade. In the First Division Leeds United beat Everton two-one (featured on Match of The Day), Colin Bell and Nei Young each scored twice as Manchester City thrashed West Bromwich Albion five-one. Liverpool remained top following a two-nil win over Coventry City. Derek Dougan and Peter Knowles also each hit two in managerless Wolverhampton Wanderers five-nil defeat of Newcastle. Moments after Ipswich Town's two-two draw with West Ham United, manager Bill McGarry resigned to take up the vacant job at Wolves caused by the sacking of McGarry's former Port Vale team-mate, Ronnie Allen. Cyril Lea assumef temporary charge at Ipswich before a permanent appointment was made in January. Blackpool thrashed Bury six-nil in the Second Division (Graham Rowe scoring three and Alan Duddick two). Vic Halom was on-target on his Fulham debut as they beat Huddersfield Town four-three. Derby County and Carlisle United drew three-all. John Tuder scored twice in Sheffield United's four-nil thumpung of Preston North End. Gillingham defeated Shresbury town four-one in the Third Division. Leaders Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic drew one-all at fellow promotion-chasers Luton Town, Terry Branston scoring for The Hatters, Ray Bumstead equalising for the visitors. The Journey To The Unknown episode Jane Brown's Body (by Anthony Skene) broadcast on LWT. Kirsty Jackson Young born in East Kilbride.
The first episode of The Youthful Eye broadcast. The Burning Fiery Furnace broadcast on BBC2. Michael Sarne's Joanna - starring Geneviève Waïte and Donald Sutherland - premiered. Family and The Gun featured on Top Gear.
Loving Israel broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. New rules of engagement were promulgated for US Navy and Air Force fighters that were escorting reconnaissance airplanes over North Viet'nam. Under the new ROE, the American planes were allowed to fire missiles if their missions came under attack. Dark Majesty broadcast on Radio 4. The World In Action episode A City Stumbles broadcast.
Time To Kill broadcast in the Tuesday's Documentary strand. Tom Tom: Making Electronic Music broadcast. In which John Baker, Brian Hodgson, David Cain and Dick Mills showed Janet Kelly some of the techniques the BBC's in-house sound effects department use to create otherworldly sounds. Winner Takes All broadcast in BBC2's The Jazz Age strand. The Race Relations Act was passed, making it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services to people in Britain because of their ethnic background. Franz Antel's Frau Wirtin Hat Auch Einen Grafen (aka Sexy Susan Sins Again) - starring Jeffrey Hunter, Pascale Petit, Teri Tordai and Hannelore Auer - premiered. Swindon Town won six-two at Northampton Town in the Third Division.
David Mercer's On The Eve Of Publication broadcast as part of The Wednesday Play strand. Saxophonists Zoot Sims and Al Cohn played their own style of jazz in BBC2's The Cool Of The Evening. Elton John's first Radio 1 sesison broadcast on John Peel's Night Ride ('Lady What's Tomorrow?', 'Vall-Hala', 'Digging My Grave', 'My First Days At Hi-Eaton', 'The Scaffold'). Dunfermline Athletic reached the Quarter-Finals of the Cup Winners Cup, losing three-nil against Olympiacos in Athens but winning the tie on aggregate. West Romwich Albion joined them in the next round, thrashing Dynamo Bucharest four-nil at The Hawthorns. Glasgow Celtic and Manchester United both progressed to the Third Round of the European Cup despite tough second legs against Red Star Belgrade (a one-all draw) and Anderlecht (who beat United three-one in Brussels, Carlo Sartori's early goal taking The Red through). The first episode of Horne A'Plenty broadcast on Thames.
Viewpoint: Foes Or Friends? - 'a Christian-Marxist dialogue between James Klugmann of Marxism Today and The Reverned Paul Oestreicher' - broadcast. God won by a knock-out. Wheels Within Wheels broadcast in the Horizon strand. The Move's 'Blackberry Way'/'Something' and The Pretty Things' SF Sorrow released. Carry On Up The Khyber - starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Roy Castle, Joan Sim, Angela Douglas, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Butterworth, Julian Holloway, Peter Gilmore, Wanda Ventham and Cardew Robinson - premiered.
The Casuals featured on Crackerjack. La Breza shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Fairport Convention's 'Meet Me On The Ledge'/'Throwaway Street Puzzle', Curiosity Shoppe's 'Baby I Need You'/'So Sad', Elvis Presley's 'A Little Less Conversation'/'Almost In Love', The Spectrum's 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'/'Music Soothes The Savage Breast', The Marmalade's 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da'/'Chains', The Bedrocks's 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'/'Lucy', The Chris Shakespeare Globe Show's 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'/'Tin Soldier', The Tremeloes' 'I Shall Be Released'/'I Miss My Baby', Katch-22's 'Pumpkin Mini'/'One Hundred Thousand Years', Jethro Tull's 'Love Story'/'A Christmas Song', Fire's 'Round The Gum Tree'/'Toothy Ruthie', Marty Feldman's 'A Joyous Time Of The Year'/'The B Side', Turnstyle's 'Riding A Wave'/'Trot', Stevie Wonder's 'For Once In My Life'/'Angie Girl', Spice's 'What About The Music?'/'In Love', The Alan Moorhouse Orchestra's 'Stop-Press'/'Chloe', Simon's Secrets' 'I Know What Her Name Is'/'Keeping My Head Above Water', Sun Dragon's 'Five White Horses'/'Look At The Sun', Paul Jones's 'Aquarius'/'Pisces', Kenny Bernard's 'Victim Of Perfume & Lace'/'Change Is Gonna Come', Kingstonians' 'Mix It Up'/'I'll Be Around', Ronnie Hilton & The Leeds United AFC's 'Glory Glory Leeds United'/'We Shall Not Be Moved', Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66's 'Scarborough Fair-Canticle'/'Canto Triste', The Gladiators' 'Girl Don't Make Me Wait'/'Can't Get Away From Heartache', Kiki Dee's 'Now The Flowers Cry'/'On A Magic Carpet Ride', Sight & Sound's 'Alley, Alley'/'Little Jacky Monday', Marc Brierley's 'Hold On, Hold On, The Garden Sure Looks Good Spread On The Floor'/'Autograph Of Time', Spice's 'What About The Music?'/'In Love', Father's Angels' 'Don't Knock It'/'Bok To Bach', Judy Collins' 'Both Sides Now'/'Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye', Eclection's 'Please (MK II)'/'In The Early Days' and Dusty Springfield's 'Son Of A Preacher Man'/'Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The Mornin')' released. Agatha Christie's By The Pricking Of My Thumbs published. Stockport County went top of the Third Division with a two-nil victory over Luton Town. Tranmere Rovers won four-two at Hartlepool. In the Fourth Division, Colechester United defeated Southend United four=nil whilst Doncaster Rovers beat Grimsby Town two-one.
The Trade Descriptions Act came into force, preventing shops and traders from describing goods in a misleading way. In theory, at least. Clips from Jean Luc Godard's One Plus One - featuring The Rolling Stones recording 'Sympathy For The Devil' - broadcast on BBC2's Release. The move premiered at The London Film Festival; after the screening, Godard reportedly punched producer Iain Quarrier in the face on-stage over changes Quarrier had during the film's ending. Meanwhile, The Stones premiered 'Sympathy For The Devil' on The David Frost Show on LWT in one of their final public appearances before the departure of Brian Jones. The Kinks featured on Saturday Club. The Siege Of Kangamar broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. In the First Division there were big wins for Everton (seven-one against Leicester City, Joe Royle scoring three), Newcastle United (a four-one defeat of Southampton, Pop Robson scoring another two) and West Bromwich Albion (a three-nil win over Sunderland). West Ham United's two-one victory over Manchester City featured on Match Of The Day. Leaders Liverpool won one-nil at Nottingham Forest (now back at The City Ground after their enforced, fire-related, exile). Phil Summerill scored three as Birmingham City thumped Hull City five-two in the Second Division (Fred Pickering and Jimmy Greenhoff netting the others). Charlton Athletic defeated Fulham five-three. Bolton Wanderers won four-one at Preston North End and Cardiff City beat Sheffiled United by the same score. Derby County went top of the table following a two-one win at Crystal Palace. Peterborough thrashed Bradford Park Avenue six-one in the Fourth Division. The Journey To The Unknown episode Girl Of My Dreams (by Robert Bloch & Michael J Bird) broadcast on LWT.
Rubinstein Speaks broadcast in the Omnibus strand. Show Of The Week: Up Tight! - Johnny Harris Plays The Talk Of The Town broadcast on BBC2. The first UK broadcast of Herman Van Der Horst's Amsterdam. The Nice, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dar Band and The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation featured on Top Gear. Christopher Morahan's Diamonds For Breakfast - starring Marcello Mastroianni and Rita Tushingham - premiered. Having been in-charge at Queens Park Rangers for just twenty nine days, Tommy Docherty resigned after arguing with the club chairman over transfer policy. He was replaced by Les Allen.
Dick Emery appeared on Moira Anderson Sings. Venus, The Hot Planet broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. William Douglas Home's The Bishop & The Actress broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Thatre strand. The Mothers Of Invention's Cruising With Ruban & The Jets and The Monkees' Head soundtrack released. Somebody's Going To Die broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. The World In Action episode A Buyer's Market broadcast.
The Asian Teenagers broadcast. Episode ten of Franny Craddock's Colourful Cooking was entitled Puffed Onion Tart. That was what Fanny was cooking, incientally, not a description of the hostess herself. Liverpool went four poiints clear at the top of the First Division, Ian Callaghan scoring the winning in a one-nil defeat of Southampton. Middlesbrough beat Bristol City four-one in the Second Division. John Davis's Cry Wolf - starring Anthony Kemp, Mary Burleigh, Martin Beaumont, Judy Cornwall, Wilfid Brambell, Janet Munro, Adrienne Corri and Ian Hendry - premiered.
The first episode of University Forum broadcast. Remember, Remember The Fifth Of November broadcast in BBC2's Man Alive strand. Robert Hartford-Davies's Corruption - starring Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd and Kate O'Mara - and Brian G Hutton's Where Eagles Dare - starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Peter Barkworth, Robert Beatty, Anton Diffring, Ferdy Mayne and Derren Nesbit - premiered. Burnley levelled their League Cup Semi-Final, winning a seocnd leg two-one at Swindon Town (Frank Casper and Steve Kindon scoring). Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal drew one-all. The Gunners reached Wembley thanks to their first leg victory. The Avengers episode Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) - But There Were These Two Fellers... broadcast on Thames. The first episode of The Champions broadcast on Granada.
Sports Review Of 1968 broadcast. David Hemery won the Sports Personality Of The Year award. Black Man - White Science broadcast in the Horizon strand.
With Cliff Michelmore: Ginger Rogers broadcast. An Evening with Michael Foot, MP broadcast on BBC2. The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet, Noel Harrison's 'The Windmills Of Your Mind'/'Leitch On The Beach', Grapefruit's 'Someday Soon'/'Theme For Twiggy', Marv Johnson's 'I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose'/'You Got The Love I Love', Cliff Bennett & His Band's 'Back In The USSR'/'This Man', Traffic's 'Medicated Goo'/'Shanghai Noodle Factory', The Klubs' 'I Found The Sun'/'Ever Needed Someone', Washington DC's 'I've Done It All Wrong'/'Any Time', The British Lion Orchestra's 'Theme From Girl On A Motorcycle (Souvenirs Of Stefan)'/'The Girl On The Motorcycle', Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus' 'Hang 'Em High'/'Tomorrow's Love (Morir Un Poco)', Kevin 'King' Lear's 'Cry Me A River'/'Shoe Shine Sam', Rhubarb Rhubarb's 'Rainmaker'/'Moneylender', Jackie Lee's 'The Duck'/'Dancing In The Street', Shirley Lawson's 'The Star'/'One More Chance', Little Carl Carlton's 'Forty Six Drums, One Guitar'/'Why Don't They Leave Us Alone?', Ronnie Corbett's 'Big Man'/'Fancy You Fancying Me' and Pink Floyd's 'Point Me At The Sky'/'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' released. Gordon Flemyng's Great Catherine - starring Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Hawkins - premiered.
The Cybermen came out of the sewers and invaded London in episode six of Doctor Who's The Invasion. It was quite a sight. She Paints broadcast on BBC2. John Lee Hooker appeared on Once Mor With Felix. The Paul Williams Set and Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds featured on Saturday Club. The Web broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. Manchester City thrashed Burnley seven-nil in the First Division. Ipswich Town defeated West Bromwich Albion four-on whilst Arsenal beat Everton three-one. Leeds United remained second in the table with a two-nil victory over Sheffield Wednesday, four points behind Liverpool who defeated West Ham United by the same score. Manchester United, on their worst run of form in several seasons and with only one win in the last eight, lost again, two-one at struggling Leciester City. The Second Division's botom club, Fulham, suffered a humiliating five-one hiding at home to Cardiff City. The top two, Derby County and Middlesbrough, both drew one=all (against Blackpool and Norwich City rspectively). In the FA Cup Second Round, Swindon won two-nil at GranthamKettering Town reached the Third Round with a five-nil victory over Dartford at Rockingham Road. Southend United destroyed Brentwood Town ten-one (Billy Best scoring five, Graham Moore four). Two other lower-league sides, St Albans City and Weymouth, forced replays with Football League opposition (both drawing one-all, with Walsall thanks to a Bill Ratty equaliser and Swansea Town respectively). Ted MacDougall scored twice as York City beat Morecambe two-nil. The first UK broadcast of Land Of The Giants and the Journey To The Unknown episode Do Me A Favour & Kill Me - by Stanley Miller - broadcast on LWT.
Under Western Eyes broadcast on BBC2. An Excerpt From Hadrian VII broadcast in the Omnibus strand. Blossom Toes, Eclection, Spooky Tooth and Writing On The Wall featured on Top Gear. James Taylor's eponymous debut LP released on the Apple label. Vernon Sewell's Curse Of The Crimson Alter - starring Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele, Michael Gough and Virginia Weatherall and John Frankenheimer's The Fixer - starring Alan Bates and Dirk Bogarde - premiered.

Before Breakfast broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. Graham Nash announced that he was leaving The Hollies to form a new group with Buffalo Springfield's Stephen Stills and David Crosby formerly of The Byrds. William Friedkin's adaptation of The Birthday Party - starring Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler and Dandy Nichols - premiered. The World In Action episode The Trail Of The Vanshing Voters broadcast.
The Tuesday's Documentary Death Or Glory broadcast. Tip-Toes broadcast in BBC2's The Jazz Age strand. Paintbox Prophets broacast in the Europa strand. Guy Green's The Magus - starring Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn and Candice Bergen and Samuel Gallu's The Limbo Line - starring Craig Stevens, Kate O'Mara, Eugene Deckers, Moira Redmond, Vladek Sheybal, Yolande Turner and Jean Marsh - premiered. Weymouth and St Albans City both exited the FA Cup, losing Second Round replays (to Swansea Town and Walsall). Eric Winstanley scored as Barnsley defeated Darlington one-nil.
England drew one-all with Bulgaria in a friendly international at Wembley. Geoff Hurst scored. Everton's Gordon West, Manchester City's Francis Lee and Leeds United's Paul Reaney made their England debuts. Soctland won five-nil in Nicosia against Cyprus in a World Cup Qualifier. Alan Gilzean and Colin Stein scored twice with Bobby Murdoch netting the fifth. A Living-Room In Hexham, Northumberland broadcast in BBC2's Make It My Place strand. The Rolling Stones, The Who, Taj Mahal, Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithfull and supergroup The Dirty Mac (John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell and, sadly, Yoko Ono) were filmed at Intertel Studios, Wembley as part of a proposed ITV special The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus. Due to a number of reasons - chiefly The Stones allged dissatisfaction with their own performance - apart from the astonishing clip of The Who's 'A Quick One While He's Away' (included on 1979's The Kids Are Alright) and The Stones' debut of 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' (which featured in their self-produced 1989 documentary Twenty Five By Five), the entire show would not appear until 1996. It was The Stones' final performance with Brian Jones. Immediately after their performance Lennon and Ono crossed London to appear on Radio 1's Night Ride interviewed by John Peel about the recently released Two Virgins.
BBC2's Doubts & Certainties proposed that 'you can never find God through drugs.' Smokin' Joe Frazier chinned Oscar Bonavena to retain his World Heavyweight title. The Barrier's 'Uh!'/'Spot The Lights', Byron Lee & The Dragonairs' 'Mister Walker'/'Sunset Jump Up', The Mirage's 'Carolyn'/'The World Goes On Around You', The Beltones' 'No More Heartaches'/'I'll Follow You', King Cannon Ball's 'Thunderstorm'/Bert Walters' 'Honey Love', Blossom Dearie's 'Hey John'/'Fifty Ninth Street Bridge Song', The Poets' 'Alone Am I'/'Locked In A Room' and Tamara Koran With Perception's 'Veils Of Mourning Lace''Don't Throw Our Love Away' released. Katherine Mary Humble born in Wimbledon.
With Cliff Michelmore: David Niven broadcast. Is The Breath Test Fair? broadcast in BBC2's Wheelbase strand. Douglas Hickox's Les Bicyclettes De Belsize - starring Judy Huxtable and Anthony May and Edward Dmytryk's Shalako! - starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot - premiered. Apple's 'Doctor Rock'/'The Other Side', The Rubaiyats' 'Omar Khayyam'/'Tomorrow', Rings & Things' 'Strange Things Are Happening'/'To Me: To Me: To Me', Keith Mansfield Orchestra's 'Beautiful'/'Soul Thing' and Kippington Lodge's 'Tomorrow Today'/'Turn Out The Light' released. Third Division promotion-chasers Stockport County hammered Gillingham five-nil.
The first UK TV showing of The List Of Adrian Messenger. Love Sculpture appeared on BBC2's Colour Me Pop. Peter Graham Scott's Subterfuge - starring Gene Barry, Joan Collins, Richard Todd and Tom Adams - premired. The Bandwagon featured on Top Gear. The Modest Major broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Theatre strand. John Knox - ' a portrait by Jasper Ridley' - broadcast on Radio 3. In the First Division, Queens Park Rangers were three points adrift at the bottom, losing four-nil at Sheffield Wednesday. Wyn Davies scored twice as Newcastle United beat Ipswich Town two-one. Liverpool lost one-nil at Manchester United but Leeds United squandered a chance to halves the points gap at the top, drawing one-all at West Ham United (a game featured on Match Of The Day, which was back to its early season habit of selecting low-scoring matches to send the outside broadcast units to). Crystal Palace thumped Aston Villa four-two in the Second Division. Northampton Town defeated Orient four-one in the Third Division. The Journey To The Unknown episode Paper Dolls (by Oscar Millard) broadcast on LWT.
Joyce Grenfell appeared on BBC2's Show Of The Week strand. Square One broadcast. Brian De Palma's Greetings - starring Robert De Niro - premiered. Radio 1's Top Gear featured a sessons by The Pink Floyd ('Point Me At The Sky', 'Baby Blue Shuffle In D Major', 'The Embryo', 'Interstellar Overdrive'). And also, one by flute-tootling hippies Jethro Tull.
Sammy Davis's Cinema broadcast. Cross Examine broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Thirty. Ken Hughes's adaptation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice and Robert Helpmann - premiered. The World In Action episode The Twenty Four Carat Kingdom, a profile of Laos, broadcast.
Eleven year old Newcastle schoolgirl Mary Bell was convicted of the manslaughter of two young boys and sentenced to be 'detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.' Revolution: The New Radicals broadcast in the Tuesday's Documentary strand. Keith Dewhurst's Last Bus and Contrasts: Tennyson - A Beginning & An End broadcast. The twelfth episode of Fanny Craddock's Colourful Cooking was Baked Crusted Gammon. Again, describing the cooking and not the cook, presumably. Luton Town sacked manager Allan Brown after two years in charge. John Sheppard's documentary The Doors Are Open broadcast on Thames.
Man Alive's Go Back Where You Came From cast a jaundiced eye on Enoch Powell's sick racist views. The Sentence Of The Court broadcast. Tommy Docherty became the manager of Aston Villa, his third club in six weeks, following his resignation from Rotherham United and a brief spell at Queens Park Rangers. Leeds united squatted down and shat all over Hanover 96 in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Third Round first leg, winning five-one at Elland Road. In a remarkable replay to decide the League Cup Semi-Final at The Hawthorns Swindon Town led via an early John Smith goal only for Burnley's Dave Thomas to equalise in the final minute. Frank Casper gave The Clarets the lead in extra-time but an Arthur Bellamy own goal and a winner from Peter Noble took Third Division Swindon to Wembley. Karel Reisz's Isadora - starring Vanessa Redgrave - premiered. The Avengers episode They Keep Killing Steed broadcast. Nina Wadia born in Mumbai.
The Case Of The Reluctant Recruit broadcast in the Cause For Concern strand. The Talgai Skull broadcast in BBC2's Horizon strand. Lindsay Anderson's if ... - starring Malcolm McDowell, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan and Peter Jeffrey and Otto Preminger's Skidoo premiered.
The Scaffold appeared on Christmas Crackerjack. Max Ophuls's Lola Montes shown in BBC2's World Cinema strand. David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen were shot and killed in Benicia, California, the first of a series of murders subsequently attributed to The Zodiac Killer. Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West and William Ropse's Pamela, Pamela You Are ... - starring Elaine Edwards, Paul Hardy and Mary Lindsay - premiered. Luton appointed former Queens Park Rangers boss Alec Stock as manager. Roy Boulting's Twisted Nerve - starring Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert and Frank Finlay and Douglas Hickox's Les Bicyclettes De Belsize - starring Judy Huxtable and Anthony May - premiered. Dandy's 'Come Back Girl'/'Shake Me Wake Me' and Chuck Trois & The Amazing Maze's 'Call On You'/'Woodsman' released. Ted MacDougall and Phil Boyer - a strike partnership which would strike terror into many defences across the next decade for four different clubs - both scored as York City won two-one at Southend United in the Fourth Division. Lee Perry's 'You Crummy'/Danny & Lee's 'Sentence', Owen Gray's 'Lovey Dovey'/'Groovin', The Race Fans' 'Time Marches On'/Silvertones' 'Party Tonight', Termites' 'Love Up Kiss Up'/Alton Ellis' 'Laba Laba Reggae' and Jay & Joya's 'I'll Be Lonely'/Supersonics' 'Second Fiddle' released.
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performed a set which included 'I'm The Urban Spaceman' and 'Canyons Of Your Mind' on Colour Me Pop. The Bonzos wre also featured on Saturday Club along with Cliff Bennett & His Band. The Muddy Waters Blues Band appeared on Once More With Felix. Michael Flanders and Donald Swann were guests on The Val Doonican Show. Apollo 8 was launched. Emlyn Hughes scored Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur one-nil to stay top of the First Division table at Christmas. Leeds United avenged their defeat to Burnley earlier in the season, thrashing The Clarets six-one at Elland Road (Peter Lorimer netting twice). Manchester City beat Coventry four-two whilst Chelsea won four-one at relegation-haunted Leicester City. Nottingham Forest had a three-two victory at Ipswich Town. Kevin Hector hit two as Derby County remained top of the Second Division with a two-one win against Portsmouth. Middlesbrough were right on their tails, three-nil winners at hapless, hopeless Fulham. Just weeks after he was spotted playing amateru football in County Durham, Barry Endean scored twice in Watford's four-one victory at Barrow which sent The Hornets top of the Third Division. Aldershot led the Fourth Division after a four-nil defeat of Chester. And Shame The Devil! broadcast in Radio 4's Saturday-Night Theatre strand. The Journey To The Unknown episode Somewhere In A Crowd (by Michael J Bird) broadcast on LWT.
Christmas Day Passed Quietly broadcast. Down To The Sea In Ships - narrated by Burgess Merdith - broadcast in BBC2's The World About Us strand. Radio 1's Top Gear featured Manfred Mann, Fairport Convention ('Meet On The Ledge', 'She Moves Through The Fair', 'Light My Fire', 'I'll Keep It With Mine', 'Billy The Orphan Boy's Lonely Christmas') and Andromeda. Sidney Lumet's The Sea Gull - starring Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner and James Mason - premiered.
Frank Clements's Swallowing The Anchor broadcast as part of BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. I Gotta Shoe Or Cindy-Ella - written by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin and starring Cleo Laine, Elisabeth Welch and Cy Grant - broadcast. Arthur Askey appeared on Desert Island Discs. The World In Action episode First Class Delivery looked at the medical practice of epidural injections to relieve the pain of childbirth and the religious groups who opposed them.
Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders on board Apollo 8 became the first men to obit the Moon. Waters Of The Moon broadcast in the Play Of The Month strand. Michael Crawford, Shari Lewis (and Lambchop) and Scott Walker wre the guests on Cilla. Stowaway In The Sky and The Clerkes of Oxenford broadcast on BBC2. Phantasmagoria Or The Story Of The Magic Lantern broadcast in the Horizon strand. Late Night Xmas broadcast on Radio 1. The Play Of Herod broadcast on Radio 3.
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise presented the annual Christmas Night With The Stars. The first UK TV showing of Some Like It Hot. The Harry Secombe Show broadcast on BBC2. It's Engelbert Humperdinck with Billie Davis, The Casuals and The Move and Christmas With Cliff broadcast on Radio 1. It's Fantasmagorical - presented by Jim Dale - broadcast on Radio 2. Radio 4's From London - With Rolf! broadcast.
Rex Tucker's The Three Princes broadcast on BBC2. Frost Over Christmas broadcast. Krakatoa, East Of Java - the most geographically inaccurate movie title in history - premiered. Christmas ForEverett broadcast on Radio 1 as was DJ's Party. Bob Holness's The Roaring Twenties broadcast on Radio 4. Leeds United returned to the top of the First Division with a two-one victory over Newcastle United. Everton won at Manchester City by the same score (JImmy Husband scoring twice). West Bromwich Albion thrashed Queens Park Rangers four-nil at Loftus Road whilst Arsneal gave Manchester United a Boxing Day hangover, winning three-nil. Defender David Webb, playing as an emergency centre-forward, scored a hat-trick in Chelsea's three-one win at Ipswich Town. Alan Hinton scored twice and Roy McFarland hit the winner as Derby County beat promotion-rivals Middlesbrough three-two at The Baseball Ground. John Hickton scored both Boro goals. Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic four-one in the Third Division. Chester won five-nil at Swansea Town in the Fourth Division.
The first UK TV showings of The Wrong Arm Of The Law and Jules Et Jim (in BBC2's World Cinema strand). Radio 4's Let Nothing Dismay You broadcast. Apollo 8 returned, safely, to Earth after its six day mission to the Moon. Richard Kanter's Thar She Blows! - starring Shari Mann and Steve Vincent - premiered.
The first episode of Happening For Lulu and the Doctor Who serial The Krotons broadcast. The TV debut of Ali Bongo on Zokko! The first episode of BBC2's adaptation of The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall broadcast. The Plastic Penny featured on Saturday Club. Northampton Town's two-nil defeat against Luton Town in the Third Divison saw the debut of seventeen year old Phil Neal, the first of nine hundred and fifty one first class matches for in a career, with Northampton, Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers and England, that lasted until 1989. York City's goalless draw with Newport County in the Fourth Division saw the debut of seventeen year old Chris Topping, the first of four hundred and sixty one games for The Minstermen in a career that lasted until 1978. Fulham's miserable year which saw them relegated from the First Division in May and going through three managers in the sapce of eleven months, concluded with them rock botom of the Second Division and hammered five-one at Bury. Denis Howell, the Minister with Special Responsibility for Sport and a former Football League referee, was interviwed by Brian Johnston on Radio 3's Sports Parade. Pasquale Festa Campanile's La Matriarca - starring Catherine Spaak and Jean-Louis Trintignant - premiered.
Ballet By The Black Sea broadcast on BBC2. Mother Teresa Has Five Thousand Children broadcast. Van Der Graaf Generator featured on Top Gear.
The Moon & The Earth broadcast in The Sky At Night strand. Kenneth Williams read Noel Langley's The Land Of Green Ginger on Jackanory. Michael Page's Game, Set & Match broadcast in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre strand. The World In Action episode Sorry Doing Nothing broadcast.
Welcome 69 broadcast. The first episode of The Borderers broadcast on BBC2. Radio 1's Night Ride To 1969 broadcast. The first episode of Radio 3's Poet Singers Of Paris broadcast.