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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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| Broadcast Date | Show / Featured Guests and Songs | Channel |
| Thursday, 12th June 1975, 6.35pm [Granada] / Saturday, 14th June 1975, 11.05am [LWT]. | Rock On With 45 Series 5, Episode 4 Hosted by: David 'Kid' Jensen. Guests: The Arrows, Bunny, Roger Day, Chip Hawkes, Johnny Nash, Peter Oliver, Lyn Paul and resident dance troup Zig Zag. |
Granada |
| Thursday, 19th June 1975, 6.35pm [Granada] / Saturday, 21st June, 11.05am [LWT]. | Rock On With 45 Series 5, Episode 5 Hosted by: David 'Kid' Jensen. Guests: Arthur Brown, Dana, The Hollies, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Lyn Paul, singing It Oughta Sell A Million, and The Three Degrees. |
Granada |
| Thursday, 26th June 1975, 6.35pm [Granada] / Saturday, 28th June, 11.05am [LWT]. | Rock On With 45 Series 5, Episode 6 Hosted by: David 'Kid' Jensen. Guests: Nazareth, Paper Lace, Patches, Lyn Paul and Alvin Stardust. |
Granada |
| Sunday, 29th June 1975, 8.15pm. | Sunday Special: Charlie Williams's Burlesque Show Starring: Charlie Williams. Featuring: The Ralph Tobert Dancers, The Ladybirds and Ronnie Hazlehurst and his Orchestra. Guests: Joe Baker, Hope and Keen and Lyn Paul. |
BBC2 |
| Thursday, 10th July 1975, 7.30pm. |
Top Of The Pops Hosted by: Tony Blackburn. Featuring: Lyn Paul, It Oughta Sell A Million. |
BBC1 |
| Saturday, 30th August 1975, 10.45pm. Repeated on 17th and 22nd December 2001 (Granada Plus) and on Sunday, 22nd June 2025 (TPTV). Available on DVD. |
The Wheeltappers and Shunters' Social Club Series 4, Episode 7 Featuring: Bernard Manning as Resident M.C. and Colin Crompton as Concert Chairman. Guests: Broken Hearts, Jimmy Jones, Mikey and Grif and Lyn Paul, singing Behind Closed Doors and It Oughta Sell A Million. |
Granada
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| Broadcast Date | Show / Featured Guests and Songs | Channel |
| Saturday, 14th February 1976, 5.05pm. | The Geordie Scene Series 2, Episode 34 Hosted by: Dave Eager. Guests: Chips (Nicola Kerr), Hallelujah, Love Matters, Because Of You, Twice A Week, I've Got The Music In Me. |
Tyne Tees Television |
Thursday, 24th June 1976, 7.15pm. |
Top Of The Pops Hosted by: David Hamilton. Featuring: New Seekers, It's So Nice (To Have You Home). |
BBC1
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| Wednesday, 30th June 1976, 8.00pm. | Summer Night Out Colin Crompton and Bernard Manning conducted members of the Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Club on a mystery coach tour. Featuring: Derek Hilton and band. Guests: Mike Harding (Rochdale Cowboy), Joe Piano Henderson, Lambert and Ross, Love Machine (dancers), Terri Rogers (ventriloquist), the Willi Schneider Rhineland Band and the New Seekers, who performed It's So Nice (To Have You Home). |
Granada
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| Saturday, 21st August 1976, 11.15pm - 12.15pm. | The New Seekers' Late Night Special The New Seekers peformed Never Ending Song Of Love, The Seeker, It's So Nice (To Have You Home), Hum-drum Song, Music Medley and I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony). |
ITV (selected regions)
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| Wednesday, 17th November 1976, 8.00pm. | Wednesday at Eight Series 1, Episode 2 Described in The Times as "innocuous variety". Hosted by: Tom O'Connor. Featuring: The Lionel Blair Dancers and The Mike Sammes Singers. Guests: Ray Alan and Lord Charles, Diana Darvey, Frankie Howerd and the New Seekers. |
Thames Television |
| Saturday, 27th November 1976, 12.00pm. | Supersonic |
LWT
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| Wednesday, 1st December 1976, 8.00pm. | Wednesday at Eight Series 1, Episode 4 Hosted by: Tom O'Connor. Featuring: the Lionel Blair Dancers and the Mike Sammes Singers. Guests: Peters & Lee and Lyn Paul, singing All By Myself. |
Thames Television |
| Saturday, 4th December 1976, 5.20pm. | The Basil Brush Show Featuring: Bert Hayes and Roy North as Mr. Roy. Guests: Norman Bird, Rolf Harris and the New Seekers. |
BBC1 |
| Monday, 27th December 1976, 7.55pm. | The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show Starring: Mike Yarwood. Guests: the New Seekers, I Wanna Go Back. |
BBC1
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| Saturday, 8th January 1977, 5.50pm. | Jim'll Fix It Starring: Jimmy Savile. Guests: the New Seekers. |
BBC1 |
| Saturday, 15th January 1977, 8.25pm. | Ronnie Corbett's Saturday Special Guests: Little & Large and the New Seekers. |
BBC1 |
| Top Of The Pops Hosted by: Tony Blackburn. Featuring: New Seekers, I Wanna Go Back. |
BBC1
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| Monday, 18th April 1977, 1.00pm. | Pebble Mill At One Guests included: Lyn Paul. |
BBC1 |
| Monday, 2nd May 1977, 6.45pm. | The Little and Large Tellyshow Starring: Eddie Large and Syd Little. Guests: Berni Flint, The Stylistics and Lyn Paul. The programme ends with the assembled guests joining Syd and Eddie for a rousing rendition of Sing Me An Old Fashioned Song - "A good old fashioned, hand clapping, knee slapping, foot tapping song." |
Thames Television
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| Saturday, 7th May 1977, 9.00pm. | Eurovision Song Contest 1977 Live from the Wembley Conference Centre, London. Hosted by: Angela Rippon. Commentary by: Terry Wogan. Artists taking part in order of performance: The Swarbriggs Plus Two, It's Nice To Be In Love Again (Ireland) Michèle Torr, Une Petite Française (Monaco) Heddy Lester, De Mallemolen (Netherlands) Schmetterlinge, Boom Boom Boomerang (Austria) Anita Skorgan, Casanova (Norway) Silver Convention, Telegram (Germany) Anne-Marie B, Frère Jacques (Luxembourg) Os Amigos, Portugal No Coração (Portugal) Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran, Rock Bottom (United Kingdom) Paschalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy, Mathima Solfege (Greece) Ilanit, Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim (Israel) Pepe Lienhard Band, Swiss Lady (Switzerland) Forbes, Beatles (Sweden) Micky, Enséñame A Cantar (Spain) Mia Martini, Libera (Italy) Monica Aspelund, Lapponia (Finland) Dream Express, A Million In One, Two, Three (Belgium) Marie Myriam, L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant (France). |
BBC1
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| Saturday, 25th June 1977, 10.45pm. | Make The Music Speak A special cabaret performance starring Lena Martell. Featuring: The Tony Mansell Singers, Brian Fahey and the Scottish Radio Orchestra. Guests: the New Seekers. |
BBC1
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| Monday, 11th July 1977, 8.00pm. | A Show Of My Own A sunshine half-hour of humour, impressions and song. Starring: Dave Evans. Featuring: Ken Jones and his Big Band. Guests: Felix Bowness, Norman Chappell, Sister-Matic and Lyn Paul. |
Yorkshire Television |
| Wednesday, 23rd November 1977, 8.00pm. | Wednesday at Eight Series 2, Episode 1 Hosted by: Tom O'Connor. Featuring: The Nigel Lythgoe Dancers and Al Saxon. Guests: Jim Davidson, Roger de Courcey and Nookie Bear, Frankie Vaughan and Lyn Paul. |
Thames Television |
| 1st December 1977, 10.30pm. | Pub Entertainer Of The Year - Midlands Regional Final Guests: Frank Carson and Lyn Paul. |
Thames Television |
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| Broadcast Date | Show / Featured Guests and Songs | Channel |
| Tuesday, 3rd January 1978, 1.00pm. | Pebble Mill At One Guests included Lyn Paul, who went on to make two further appearances on Pebble Mill during 1978. |
BBC1 |
| Friday, 6th January 1978, 1.00pm. | Pebble Mill At One Guests included the New Seekers, singing their new single Flashback. |
BBC1 |
| Friday, 27th January 1978, 4.55pm. | Crackerjack Hosted by: Ed Stewart. Featuring: Bernie Clifton, Peter Glaze and Jan Hunt. Guests: the New Seekers. |
BBC1 |
| Thursday, 9th February 1978, 3.30pm. | Dinah! A daytime variety talk show from Las Vegas hosted by singer and actress Dinah Shore. Dinah's guests on this episode were comedienne Phyllis Diller, singer-actress Florence Henderson, singer Bobby Goldsboro, baseball star Johnny Bench, writer Nancy Austin, the New Seekers and bicycling act The Volantes. Highlights: Florence sang It's A Miracle, Bobby sang He'll Have To Go and the New Seekers performed I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing. |
20th Century Fox Television [USA] |
| 1978 [broadcast date and time unknown] | Pebble Mill At One Guests included the New Seekers, singing Do You Wanna Make Love and In The Summertime. |
BBC1 |
| Saturday, 22nd April 1978, 6.15pm. | Celebrity Squares Series 3, Episode 17. Hosted by: Bob Monkhouse. Featuring the voice of Kenny Everett. Guests: The Bachelors, Joan Collins, Hinge and Bracket, Nerys Hughes, Sarah Leighton, Spike Milligan, Lyn Paul, Willie Rushton and Martin Shaw. |
ATV |
| Saturday, 29th April 1978, 7.30pm. | An Evening With Dave Evans An hour-long show in an intimate cabaret setting. Starring: Dave Evans. Featuring: The Andrea Rutherford Dancers and the Ken Jones Orchestra. Guests: Acker Bilk and Lyn Paul. |
Yorkshire Television
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| Tuesday, 13th June 1978, 10.10pm. | Cabaret Showtime The first episode of a new six-part series. Hosted by: Jimmy Logan. Guests: Andy Cameron, Danny Street, Alex Welsh and His Band, Lena Zavaroni and the New Seekers. |
BBC1 |
| Wednesday, 19th July 1978, 8.00pm. | London Night Out Hosted by: Tom O'Connor. Featuring: The Ladybirds (vocal backing) and the Nigel Lythgoe Dancers. Guests: Hazell Dean, Larry Grayson, Johnny More, Dennis Plowright and the New Seekers. |
Thames Television |
| Top Of The Pops Hosted by: David 'Kid' Jensen. Featuring: the New Seekers, Anthem (One Day In Every Week). |
BBC1
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| Thursday, 3rd August 1978, 7.25pm. | Top Of The Pops Hosted by: Dave Lee Travis. Featuring: the New Seekers, Anthem (One Day In Every Week). |
BBC1
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| Thursday, 17th August 1978, 7.35pm. | Top Of The Pops Hosted by: Noel Edmonds. Featuring: the New Seekers, Anthem (One Day In Every Week). |
BBC1
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| Saturday, 9th September 1978, 5.25pm. | Noel Edmonds' Lucky Numbers Series 1 Hosted by: Noel Edmonds. Guests: the New Seekers, You Needed Me. |
BBC1 |
| Sunday, 10th September 1978, 8.15pm. | The Freddie Starr Experience Starring: Freddie Starr. Featuring: the Brian Rogers Dancers. The show was described in the TV Times listings as "a highly unusual hour of comedy, song and dance presented by frantic Freddie." In an accompanying interview (page 31) Freddie Starr said: "Sunday's show is 100 per cent ad lib, but it didn't start out that way when we got in the studios. A few eyebrows were raised at first, but I went on for three hours and everyone was delighted at the end... Skilfully edited, I think it'll work." Guests: Nicholas Ball, Lewis Collins, Dickie Davies, Lyn Paul, Martin Shaw, Stanley Unwin and Frank Windsor. Lyn Paul sang I Don't Believe You Ever Loved Me. |
London Weekend Television
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| Sunday, 31st December 1978, 11.05pm - 12.30am. | Out With The Old, In With The New Part 1: Some Wonderful Scottish Girls Hosted by: Ian Ogilvy. Guests: Janet Brown, Rikki Fulton, Marie Gordon Price, Anne Lorne Gilles, Lulu, Aimi MacDonald, Una McClean, Colette O'Neil, Beryl Reid Annie Ross, Johnny Vyvyan, Molly Weir and Eve Graham, singing I Wish. |
STV
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| 1979, 5.25pm [broadcast date unknown] | Noel Edmonds' Lucky Numbers Series 2 Hosted by: Noel Edmonds. Guests: the New Seekers, Don't Stop The Music. |
BBC1 |
| Saturday, 10th February 1979, 7.30pm. | Celebrity Squares Series 4, Episode 8. Hosted by: Bob Monkhouse. Featuring the voice of Lance Percival. Guests: Roger Elliot, Keith Harris and Cuddles, Ian Lavender, Don Maclean, Lyn Paul, Jean Rook, Willy Rushton, Vidal Sassoon and Barbara Windsor. |
ATV |
| Friday, 9th March 1979, 6.20pm. | The New Seekers Starring: the New Seekers. The song selection included Circles and Collision Of Love. |
Ulster TV |
| Saturday, 7th April 1979, 7.45pm. | Celebrity Squares Series 4, Episode 15. Hosted by: Bob Monkhouse. Featuring the voice of Lance Percival. Guests: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Michele Dotrice, Clement Freud, Dave Lee Travis, George Melly, Robin Nedwell, Lyn Paul, Willy Rushton and Anne Shelton. |
ATV |
| Wednesday, 25th April 1979. | Andy's Party Starring: Andy Stewart Guest: Eve Graham |
STV |
| Monday, 23rd July 1979, 6.45pm. | Sounds Of The New Seekers Starring: the New Seekers. Paul, Marty, Nicola, Kathy and Brian sang Never Ending Song Of Love and Tell Me. |
Border Television / STV |
| Thursday, 13th December 1979, 1.00pm. | Pebble Mill At One Hosted by: Bob Langley. The Thursday edition of Pebble Mill At One included a live report from the deck of the HMS Dreadnoght, a nuclear submarine. The New Seekers provided the music, singing Love Is A Song. |
BBC1 |
| Saturday, 15th December 1979, 5.25pm - 5.55pm. | The Basil Brush Show Featuring: Bert Hayes, Len Lowe and Billy Boyle as Mr. Billy. Guests: Windsor Davies and the New Seekers. |
BBC1 |
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