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Prior to joining the New Seekers Lyn Paul had appeared on television as a young girl in early episodes of Coronation Street. In 1967 she had also appeared on Simon Dee's Dee Time (BBC1) with The Nocturnes.
The New Seekers' appearances on Top Of The Pops are included here but are also listed in more detail on the Top Of The Pops page.
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| Tuesday, 7th December 2010, 9.00pm. | Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments The programme featured clips of viewers' fifty favourite moments from ITV's favourite soap accompanied by interviews with some of the people involved in the making of those moments. Moment no. 28 was the first episode, broadcast on 9th December 1960. This segment featured interviews with: Anne Cunningham, Philip Lowrie, Lyn Paul, William Roache and Tony Warren. |
iTV1
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| Thursday, 9th December 2010, 6.00am. | Daybreak Guests included: Lyn Paul. Lyn talked about appearing on Coronation Street when she was a young girl. |
iTV1
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| Friday, 1st April 2011, 10.00pm. Repeated on Saturday, 2nd April 2011, 2.50am (BBC FOUR), Monday, 4th April 2011, 1.00am (BBC FOUR), 13th August 2012, 1.25am (BBC FOUR), 20th April 2014, 10.00pm (Yesterday) and 28th April 2014, 1.25am (Yesterday). |
Top Of The Pops: The Story of 1976 A documentary looking back at the Top Of The Pops shows from 1976. The programme featured a clip of the New Seekers singing It's So Nice (To Have You Home) from the Top Of The Pops episode of 24th June 1976. The commentary preceeding the clip claimed that "by now the Top Of The Pops party didn't seem to be for its younger viewers and it was trying to cater for all the family." |
BBC FOUR
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| Thursday, 14th July 2011, 7.30pm. Originally broadcast on 24th June 1976 (BBC1). Repeated on Friday, 15th July 2011, 12.00am (BBC FOUR) and Sunday, 17th July 2011, 1.00am. (BBC FOUR). |
Top Of The Pops [repeat] Hosted by: David Hamilton. In April 2011 BBC FOUR began transmitting every episode of Top Of The Pops from 1976 - in the corresponding week of 2011. The re-runs included the episode featuring the New Seekersperforming It's So Nice (To Have You Home). |
BBC FOUR
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| Sunday, 14th August 2011, 4.00pm. Originally broadcast on 7th November 1987, 5.45pm (Yorkshire Television). Repeated on 21st January 2012, 5.00pm (Challenge). |
3-2-1 Series 10, Episode 10 [repeat] Hosted by: Ted Rogers. Guests: John Chilton's Feetwarmers, Flaming Hamsters, George Melly, The Brian Rogers Connection, Sinitta, Rondo Veneziano and Nikki Belsher, performing the song and dance number Dancing Is Everything. |
Challenge
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| Friday, 6th January 2012, 9.00pm. Repeated on Saturday, 7th January 2012, 1.05am (BBC FOUR), Monday, 9th January 2012, 12.00am (BBC FOUR) and 22nd July 2012, 12.40am (BBC FOUR) and 12th May 2014, 10.00pm (Yesterday). |
Top Of The Pops: The Story of 1977 It was the year of The Queen's Silver Jubille. Punk band the Sex Pistols may have stormed the pop charts with God Save The Queen but the biggest hits of the year were still by mainstream acts. The programme featured a clip of the New Seekers singing I Wanna Go Back from the Top Of The Pops episode of 27th January 1977. According to the accompanying commentary; "Youngsters watching Top Of The Pops in '77, however, remained utterly captivated." |
BBC FOUR
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| Saturday, 21st January 2012, 5.00pm. Originally broadcast on 7th November 1987, 5.45pm (Yorkshire Television). Repeated on 14th August 2011, 4.00pm (Challenge). |
3-2-1 Series 10, Episode 10 [repeat] Hosted by: Ted Rogers. Guests: John Chilton's Feetwarmers, Flaming Hamsters, George Melly, The Brian Rogers Connection, Sinitta, Rondo Veneziano and Nikki Belsher, performing the song and dance number Dancing Is Everything. |
Challenge
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| Thursday, 2nd February 2012, 7.30pm. Originally broadcast on 27th January 1977 (BBC1). Repeated on Friday, 3rd February 2012, 12.10am (BBC FOUR), Saturday, 4th February 2012, 11.00pm (BBC FOUR) and Sunday, 5th February 2012, 3.35am (BBC FOUR). |
Top Of The Pops [repeat] Hosted by: Tony Blackburn. Featuring: New Seekers, I Wanna Go Back. |
BBC FOUR
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| Saturday, 28th April 2012, 9.30pm. Originally broadcast on 5th August 2000, 9.05pm (BBC2). Repeated on 2nd June 2001, 7.00pm (BBC2), 24th December 2001, 10.45pm (BBC2) and 21st June 2003, 11.35pm (BBC2) |
I Love 1972 [repeat] Presented by: David Cassidy. Featuring: David Cassidy and Donny Osmond; T. Rex and the New Seekers. The programme remembered the days of Fruit Salad sweets; Action Man and roller skates; Magpie and Blue Peter; Love Thy Neighbour; Cabaret; Mark Spitz; The Harlem Globetrotters; The Joy of Sex and Cosmopolitan. |
BBC2
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| Wednesday, 9th May 2012, 12.30pm. | Loose Women This edition of the show featured Coca-Cola's famous "hilltop" ad with the gathered multitude miming to the New Seekers' I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke. |
iTV1 |
| Wednesday, 23rd May 2012, 6.00pm. Repeated on Sunday, 1st July 2012, 12,22am (BBC2). |
TOTP2 Presented by: Mark Radcliffe. Featuring: The Mixtures, The Pushbike Song (from the Top Of The Pops episode of 25th February 1971). The commentary urges viewers to "pay attention to the drummer who's overcome the tricky miming problem by not actually hitting the drums at all. Genius!" |
BBC2
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| Sunday, 23rd December 2012, 6.30pm. Originally broadcast on: 25th December 1973 (BBC1). |
The Morecambe & Wise Show Christmas Special [repeat] Starring: Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Featuring: the New Seekers, You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me. |
BBC2
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| Sunday, 12th May 2013, 4.00pm. Originally broadcast on 15th November 1986 (Yorkshire Television). Repeated on 8th September 2007, 6.00pm (f tn). |
3-2-1 Series 9, Episode 12 [repeat] Pop On The Box Hosted by: Ted Rogers. Guests: Gloria Gaynor, The Searchers and Lyn Paul, singing Saving All My Love For You. |
Challenge
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| Wednesday, 17th July 2013, 7.30pm. Originally broadcast on 20th July 1978(BBC1). Repeated on Thursday, 18th July 2013, 1.30am (BBC FOUR) and Sunday, 21st July 2w013, 1.10am (BBC FOUR). |
Top Of The Pops [repeat] Hosted by: David 'Kid' Jensen. Featuring: the New Seekers, Anthem (One Day In Every Week). |
BBC FOUR
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| Wednesday, 31st July 2013, 7.30pm. Originally broadcast on 17th August 1978 (BBC1). Repeated on Thursday, 1st August 2013, 12.40am (BBC FOUR) and Sunday, 4th August 2013, 12.30am (BBC FOUR). |
Top Of The Pops [repeat] Hosted by: Noel Edmonds. Featuring: the New Seekers, Anthem (One Day In Every Week). |
BBC FOUR
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| Sunday, 20th April 2014, 10.00pm. Originally broadcase on 1st April 2011, 10.00pm (BBC FOUR). Repeated on 28th April 2014, 1.25am (Yesterday), 25th December 2014, 11.00pm (Yesterday) and 26th December, 11.20pm (Yesterday). |
Top Of The Pops: The Story of 1976 [repeat] The programme featured a clip of the New Seekers singing It's So Nice (To Have You Home) from the Top Of The Pops episode of 24th June 1976. Speaking as the clip played, TOTP presenter David Hamilton said: "You had to introduce what was in the charts that particular week... If a record appealed to the mums and dads, or maybe the grandparents liked them, you know, so be it." |
Yesterday |
| Monday, 12th May 2014, 10.00pm. Originally broadcast on 6th January 2012, 9.00pm (BBC FOUR). Repeated on 24th December 2014, 11.25pm (Yesterday). |
Top Of The Pops: The Story of 1977 [repeat] The programme featured a clip of the New Seekers singing I Wanna Go Back from the Top Of The Pops episode of 27th January 1977. "The joy of it was... that it was family viewing. It was Thursday night, so it was pay day. You'd go to a supermarket, get loads of crips, you know, as your treat. Have a shandy, if you were lucky." Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers) |
Yesterday
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| Wednesday, 26th November 2014, 6.15pm. | The Mustard Show Presented by: Darren Eadie and Beth Davison. Guests: Lyn Paul and Olly Day, who were interviewed about The Cromer Christmas Show 2014. The programme featured a clip of the New Seekers performing I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing. |
Mustard TV
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| Wednesday, 7th January 2015, 7.00pm. | The One Show Presented by: Matt Baker and Alex Jones. Guests: David Dimbleby, James Corden and Emily Blunt. The programme featured an item on litter louts which included a clip from the New Seekers, 1973 Keep Britain Tidy campaign ad (We've Got To Do It Now). Marty drops some litter... Eve: Marty, that's really silly. Peter: Yeah, if everyone did that the place would be a disaster. Lyn: It's also dangerous and it's a health hazard. Marty: Well, I never really thought about it like that. |
BBC1
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| Tuesday, 9th February 2016, 5.00pm. | Live at Five An early evening magazine show broadcast daily on STV. Lyn Paul was interviewed by Angus Simpson about her role as Mrs. Johnstone in Blood Brothers, which was playing at the Edinburgh Playhouse (8th - 13th February). |
STV
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| Monday, 11th September 2017, 5.00pm. | Live at Five Hosted by: Ewen Cameron and Susie Cormack Bruce Live at Five grabbed another chat with Lyn Paul about her role as Mrs. Johnstone in Blood Brothers, which was playing at Glasgow's Kings Theatre (5th - 16th September). |
STV
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| Friday, 11th December 2020, 9.00pm. | The Sound of TV with Neil Brand Episode 2 Neil Brand took a look at some of the television jingles and advertisements that have lodged themselves in our collective memory, including a certain Coca-Cola commercial. "Despite starting life as a throw away jingle, the song has become a landmark of the power and persuasion of TV advertising music." The programme opened with a clip from Coca-Cola's famous hilltop commercial, with Neil Brand providing his own accompaniment, seated at a piano on London's Primrose Hill. |
BBC FOUR
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| Thursday, 14th January 2021, 9.00am | Rip-Off Britain - Holidays Series 9, Episode 9 Presented by: Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville. The programme focused on the huge impact that the coronavirus pandemic had had on travel, including a report on the holidaymakers whose trip to the Lake District had been ruined by mountains of rubbish. To help illustrate the issue of the environmental damage caused by littering, the programme played clips from the New Seekers' 1973 Keep Britain Tidy campaign video. |
BBC ONE
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| Friday, 29th October 2021, 10.00pm | Britain's Biggest 70s Hits: 1971 The second episode of a Channel 5 series that took a look back at the biggest hits from "the most colourful decade of the 20th Century." Episode 2 featured the beiggest-selling singles of 1971, amongst them the New Seekers' first Top 10 hit in the UK Never Ending Song Of Love and The Mixtures' Pushbike Song. |
Channel 5 |
| Friday, 5th November 2021, 10.00pm | Britain's Biggest 70s Hits: 1972 The third episode of Channel 5's '70s show featured the biggest-selling hits of 1972, two of them by the New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow (no. 15) and I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) (no. 5). David Grant describes the New Seekers as "the boys and the girls next door - only more polished and talented than you are." |
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