Last Updated 31.07.05

As well as the music, the main part of Showaddywaddy's career and how people remember them is because of their image and dance routines.

This page is intended as a database of footage collected, and known appearances, but where copies have not been obtained.

I have to thank Mick O'Donnell for his help with this - a lot of the information came from scrapbooks he has kept over years.

In 1987, Showaddywaddy released an official video of promotional videos they have made. It mainly featured the videos for their lesser known singles - only two top ten hits are on the video. The run down is as follows:
 

These are Showaddywaddy's television appearances that I have obtained. Many are first generation copies taped from satellite TV repeats, but others are second/third/fourth generation copies. The more copies are taken from copies, the more the quality deteriorates. 
Those marked were new to me on the last update.....

What?	Screen Shots	Where?	When?	Other notes
The Party		Three For All	1974
Rave On, Bony Moronie, Rock 'n' Roll Lady		Kid Jensen's 45, Granada TV	Late '74/ early '75
Three Steps To Heaven		Shang-A-Lang (The Bay City Rollers Show)	1975
Rock 'n' Roll Music		Musikladen	1975	Great Live Performance. Broadcast 15.10.75
Three Steps To Heaven		Musikladen	1975	Broadcast 15.10.75, but appears part live/part mimed
Heavenly		Shang-A-Lang (The Bay City Rollers Show)	1975
Heartbeat		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1975
Heartbeat		Musikladen	1975	December 1975
Heartbeat		Disco Germany '76	1976
Trocadero		Arrows TV Show, Granada TV	1976
Trocadero	Screen Shots	Top Of The Pops, BBC	1976	Click on the link to see stills from this performance
Trocadero		Musikladen	1976
Under The Moon Of Love		Arrows TV Show, Granada TV	1976
Under The Moon Of Love		Disco Germany	1976
Under The Moon Of Love		Supersonic	1976	Great Live Performance
Under The Moon Of Love		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1976
Under The Moon Of Love		Top Of The Pops Christmas Special, BBC	1976
When		Countdown Australia '77	1977	Broadcast in Australia on 3rd April '77
When		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1977
Hey Rock And Roll, Under The Moon Of Love, King Of The Jive, You Got What It Takes.	Screen Shots	Pop At The Mill, BBC	1977	Part live, part mimed, plus short interview with Al & Dave. Broadcast 5.45pm Sat 27th Aug 1977
You Got What It Takes		Musikladen	1977
You Got What It Takes		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1977
You Got What It Takes		Marc, ITV (The Marc Bolan show)	1977
Dancin' Party		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1977
Dancin' Party		Musikladen	1977
Dancin' Party		Disco Germany '78	1978
I Wonder Why		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1978
I Wonder Why		Jim'll Fix It, BBC	1978
I Wonder Why		Beat Club '78	1978
A Little Bit Of Soap		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1978
Pretty Little Angel Eyes		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1978
Under The Moon Of Love, Hey Rock And Roll, Pretty Little Angel Eyes		Ein Kessel Buntes, DDR	1978
Remember Then		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1979
Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1979
A Night At Daddy Gees		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1979
A Night At Daddy Gees		Musikladen	1979	Unknown drummer in this clip!
Always & Ever		Musikladen	1980
Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts?		Beat Club '80	1980
'Showaddywaddyshow'	More Info	Showaddywaddyshow, BBC	1980	Broadcast 30.12.80, BBC2 7.40pm, Click on link for more info
Blue Moon		Top Of The Pops, BBC	1980
Blue Moon		Rod Hull & Emu	1980
Always & Ever		Rolf On Saturday OK	1981	Russ playing drums
Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts?		Marti Caine Show	1981	Broadcast 6th Apr 1981, BBC2 8.10pm
Doo Wah Diddy		Marti Caine Show	1981	Same show as above
Multiplication		Razzmatazz, ITV	1981
Footsteps		Top Of The Pops', BBC	1981
Footsteps		Unknown	1981
Chain Gang		Unknown	1981	Thought to be same show as 'Footsteps' above
Who Put The Bomp? & Three Steps To Heaven		Big Top Variety Show	1982	Broadcast 4th August 1982, ITV, 8pm
Who Put The Bomp?		Top Of The Pops	1982
Goody Goody		Razzmatazz, ITV	1983
Out On The Town		Knees Up, ITV	1984	With Malcolm Allured. Recorded late '83/early '84. Broadcast 6th May 1984
Out On The Town / Weekend		The Little & Large Show	1984	With Malcolm Allured.
Under The Moon Of Love		Jim Davidson Show	1984	Without Malcolm Allured and Trevor on drums. Broadcast Thursday 6th Sep 1984
Out On The Town		The Krankies	1984	Without Malcolm Allured. Recorded late '84.
Why?		3-2-1, Yorkshire Televison	1987
Why?		Royal Variety Performance	1987
Come On Let's Go, Saturday Night's Gonna Be Alright		Barrymore's Big Night Out	1987
You Make Me Dizzy Miss Lizzy, When, Hey Rock 'n' Roll		National Rock 'n' Roll Championships	1988
Hey Rock 'n' Roll, C'mon Everybody, Bony Moronie & Under The Moon of Love		Brian Connelly Show	1995
'Makeover'		This Morning, ITV	1992	SWW given the makeover treatment
Under The Moon Of Love		Surprise Surprise, ITV	1993	SWW singing with a "surprised" guest
Interview with Trevor Oakes and son Scott		Central TV News	1994
Under The Moon Of Love		Lily Savage Show	1995?
Under The Moon Of Love		Noel's House Party, BBC	1996	Broadcast 2.3.96
Rod Deas & Dave Bartram		Never Mind The Buzzcocks, BBC	1996	Dave & Rod had to be identified as SWW members. Broadcast 19.11.96
Three Steps To Heaven		This Morning, ITV	1997
Under The Moon Of Love		Clive James On Television, ITV	1998
Dave Bartram Interview		Collectors' Lot, Channel 4	1999
Dave Bartram's house + interview		Through The Keyhole	1999
My own appearance along with my SWW collection		Collectors' Lot, Channel 4	1999	Broadcast Tuesday 9.11.99
Under The Moon Of Love		Weekend Watchdog, BBC	2000	Mimed. Broadcast Friday 13.10.00, 7pm
Dave & Romeo interviewed plus archive footage clips and live clips from Butlins from April 2000		Top Ten:1977, Channel 4	2000	Broadcast Saturday 28.10.00, 9.05pm
Dave Bartram interview + Hey Mr Christmas footage from '74		Platforms At Christmas, BBC	2000	Broadcast Thu 21st Dec 2000
Dave & Romeo interviewed + Under The Moon Of Love footage		I Love A 1970's Christmas, BBC	2000	Broadcast Sun 24th Dec 2000
Under The Moon Of Love		Jim Davidson's Generation Game	2002	Mimed. Broadcast Saturday 23rd February 2002
Interviews with Dave, Romeo & SWW fan Pat Butler plus miscellaneous archive footage		God Save The Queen	2002	Broadcast Weds 5.6.02
10 minute slot. Interviews with Dave Bartram, Romeo Challenger, Trevor Oakes & myself, plus various footage		Inside Out	2003	Broadcast Monday 2nd June 2003, BBC East Midlands only
Dave Bartram, member of panel		Never Mind The Buzzcocks, BBC	2004	Broadcast 27.9.04. Recorded 21.9.04

• Notes:
  The film 'Three For All' was made in 1974 and the British Film Catalogue state it was released in cinemas in May 1975. It starred Graham Bonnett (who went on to become the lead singer of Rainbow in the late '70s), Robert Lindsay, Paul Nicholas, Richard Beckinsale and Adrienne Posta. It also featured guest appearances from Diana Dors, Arthur Mullard, Hattie Jacques, John Le Mesurier, Roy Kinnear and Edward Woodward. The film was aimed at the 'teeny bop' market and so granted a 'U' rating. 
  
• The Arrows were a band who had more TV shows than hits. They were given their own TV series on Granada - the first show was broadcast at 4.25pm on Tuesday 2nd March 1976, and it ran until 21st December 1976 for two series. It was produced by Muriel Young who also did the Bay City Rollers series 'Shang-A-Lang'.
  Showaddywaddy appeared on a show broadcast on 4th May 1976 and also in the second series.
  Most shows still exist in the archives of Granada Television.
  (from Record Collector magazine, Feb 1998) 
• Joanna Lisanti emailed me with more info: The Arrows had no records released during the entire run of their two 14 week series because they refused to record songs that their producer Mickie Most was telling them to. The Arrows last single was "Once Upon A Time', two months before the first Arrows show. They never released another record. 28 shows and no records released. The band had only 6 singles released in 4 years.

This picture was taken when Showaddywaddy appeared on 'Top Of The Pops' to sing "Three Steps To Heaven", 1975. Thanks to Chris Dabbs of Lincoln for the picture.
 

Showaddywaddy shown above performing their last chart hit, "Who Put The Bomp" on 'Top Of The Pops' in 1982. Thanks goes again to Chris Dabbs of Lincoln for the picture.
 

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'Top Of The Pops' - Info from the BBC Archives

There are many Showaddywaddy Top Of The Pops appearances in the BBC Archives, but early clips such as "Hey Rock And Roll" have been inexplicably destroyed! The list below is taken from the Top of the Pops 2 web-site - click the logo below to link to it:

For ease of reference, I have put performances that no longer exist in light blue, performances that do exist in powder blue.
 

The performance of "Dancin' Party" from the 20th October 1977 is shown with 'Post Rec' in brackets after it. If anyone knows what this means, then let me know.

A still from the Top Of The Pops chart rundown from 1974. Thanks to Chris Dabbs of Lincoln for the picture.

Promotional picture of the band - looks to have been taken at the same photo-shoot as the previous picture. This picture is available as wallpaper on the Top Of The Pops 2 web-site

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Other Known Television Appearances

The following table shows television appearances that I know of by Showaddywaddy, but I haven't got.

Other Information

Showaddywaddy performed on many other television programmes. I know they appeared on the following shows, but don't know as many details to warrant putting in the table above:

Jim'll Fix It - approx 1975 when the band met two fans who were totally blind. Rod & Emu's Saturday Special SWW appeared on SwapShop several times. I know three of the dates to be 26th October 1978, 24th March 1979 and 15th April 1979. SWW's 20th appeareance on the show as per the above table could have been on any of the two prior dates, I don't know which. Thanks to the SwapShop site for this info

Russell Owens from South Wales say 'Dancin' Party' was advertised on television prior to release in 1977.

'Out On The Town' was played live for the first time at the Lyceum Theatre in Crewe on 21st of January 1984.

Romeo and Dave on Blackpool Beach with Keith Chegwin on Swap Shop during summer 1978. Judging by the umbrella, it looks like it was another typical British summer day! Many thanks to Chris Dabbs of Lincoln for the picture!

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In 1981, Showaddywaddy had their own BBC special - the 'Showaddywaddyshow'. Follow this link for more details.

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If anyone has any more performances on video, then e-mail me and let me know what you have got.

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