Show Winners: Gary Wilmot & Judy (impressionists)
100 Points or more: The Bards (folk trio) & Civvy Street (five-piece group)
Panel: Muriel Young, Les Reed, Dave Dee & Jack Parnell
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 8 Jan 1978 – Series Six (18)
Show Winner: Pat O’Hare (vocalist)
100 Points or more: Angel Caan (vocalist)
Panel: Jack Parnell, John Smith, Shaw Taylor & Ken Irwin
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 17 Sep 1977 – Series Six (2)
Sandi Ann Leigh won the first show of series six and later appeared on many TV shows including Name That Tune and is now known as Maggie Moone… Read More Sandi Ann Leigh
Show Winner & Viewers Panel Winner: Eve Adam (vocalist)
Panel: Mickie Most, Noel Edmonds, George Elrick & John Smith
Host: Derek Hobson
… Read More 24 Jul 1976 – Series Four (32) – Winners & Viewers Winners 1
Show Winner: Scoby Smith (five-piece group)
Viewers Panel Winner: Frank Leyton (vocalist)
Guest Act: Jodie Grey (vocalist) -formerly Joy Rose
Panel: David Bell, Tony Hatch, Noel Edmonds and Lionel Blair
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 3 Jul 1976 – Series Four (29) – All Winners Final 4
Show Winner: Frank Leyton (vocalist)
Viewers Panel Winner: Birth (four-piece group)
Panel: George Elrick, Janet Brown, John Smith and Mickie Most
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 26 Jun 1976 – Series Four (28)
The Early Years Al Dean was born Alan Robinson in January 1941 in Liverpool. The son of band pianist George Robinson, he grew up surrounded by the show business lifestyle, supplemented by frequent trips to the theatre with his parents, while he was growing up in the Wavertree area of the city. After leaving Sefton… Read More Al Dean
The original series of ATV’s New Faces talent show ran between 1973 and 1978 and there was a brief revival on Central TV between 1986 and 1988. Using the many news articles available from the British Newspaper Archives, limited available original TV footage and the extensive research of lost archives organisation Kaleidoscope I have managed to… Read More The History of New Faces & Thanks