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Five O'Clock Club

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Five O'Clock Club was a 1960s British children's television entertainment programme on Rediffusion. It ran twice-weekly between 1963 and 1966 and presented quizzes, hobby items and pop music performances with guests that included Billy Fury, The Spencer Davis Group and The Kinks, among others.[1]

It featured Jimmy Hanley, Muriel Young, Howard Williams, and later Wally Whyton.[2][3] The programme also had appearances by Bert Weedon, and Grahame Dangerfield, and two glove puppets; Fred and Ollie, full names Ollie Beak and Fred Barker.[4]

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  1. ^ "Children's TV in the 1960s (from BFI)". www.screenonline.org.uk. 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Five O'Clock Club [21/02/1964]". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.Archived 2022-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Five O'Clock Club [08/05/1964]". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.Archived 2022-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Five O' Clock Club, The | Nostalgia Central". 25 June 2014.
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