Late in 1980, Showaddywaddy recorded their own BBC special with Kiki Dee. It was called the 'Showaddywaddyshow'.
This was a live programme, and I have recently obtained a copy of it.
Russ Field has been kind enough to send me an original cameraman's script of the recording of the Showaddywaddyshow. Some of the information contained in it is very interesting - basically it includes a timetable of the two days recording, the songs played, a plan of where each member of Showaddywaddy is standing for each song and things like that.
Here is a bit of information from the script outlining what was in the programme and about the recording of it:
It was recorded at Pebble Mill in Birmingham on Sunday 30th November 1980 and Monday 1st December 1980.
The songs featured in the programme, in this order, were:
(Incidentally, Kiki Dee is from Bradford which is where I am from, so there's a link for you!)
They also recorded 'Heartbeat', but this was not broadcast.
It is a very good programme and it is better to see SWW singing live instead of the miming from programmes like Top Of The Pops. I am told that the BBC sold the Showaddywaddyshow to another country a few years ago, so probably the only time it will be repeated will be on some obscure satellite station!
Here is the ticket to
the show, very kindly copied for me by Lorna from Birmingham who attended the
show at the time. Her account of the evening is below....
Lorna from Birmingham was in the in the fan club, and was in the audience. She says: "It was a great night, everyone there was from the fan club, so the atmosphere was really good. We were there for several hours, all of the band chatted to the fans. I particularly remember Rod and Dave because they sat near me and my friend Janet. Between songs, the band threw items into the audience, baseball caps, rosettes, scarfs, etc. (I could have been goalie for England that night!) I remember Dave getting fed up at one point because the backing track kept breaking down on some songs. I know my friend Janet and myself are on the show during 'Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller', I remember seeing ourselves on TV when the show was actually shown. We didn't have videos back then though. When the show had finished and we went outside, I remember seeing Trev's massive Ford Pontiac car parked in the car park. I wonder if he still likes big flash cars!"