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: Sparrow (five-piece group)
Viewers Panel Winner: Eve Adam (vocalist)
Guest Act: Elaine Simmons (vocalist)
Panel: Tony Hatch, Jimmy Henney, Ted Ray & George Elrick
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 28 Feb 1976 – Series Four (11) – Viewers Winners Final 1
Show Winner: George Galway (instrumentalist)
Viewers Panel Winner: Eve Adam (vocalist)
Panel: Alan A. Freeman, Mickie Most, Jack Parnell & Jess Yates
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 21 Feb 1976 – Series Four (10)
A collection of facts, figures and trivia collected during the compilation of the New Faces archive.… Read More New Faces – Facts & Figures
Show Winner: Leigh-Grant Explosion (six-piece group)
Panel: Terry Wogan, Lionel Blair, Jimmy Henney & Les Reed
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 1 Oct 1977 – Series Six (4)
New Faces acts come together for a one off 45 minute show of sketches, song and dance.… Read More 7 Jun 1977 – Make ‘Em Laugh (ATV)
Show Winner: Roger de Courcey (ventriloquist)
Guest Act: Marti Caine (comedian)
Panel: Bernie Rothkopf, Tony Hatch, Jack Parnell & Martin Jackson
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 31 Jul 1976 – Series Four Gala Final
Show winner: Cissy Stone Band (six-piece group)
Viewers panel winner: Bodean (five-piece group)
Guest Act: Nicky Martyn (comedian)
Panel: Alan A. Freeman, Martin Jackson, Mickie Most & Janet Brown
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 5 Jun 1976 – Series Four (25) – Viewers Winners Final 2
Show Winner: Simone (vocalist)
Viewers Panel Winner: Bodean (five-piece group)
Panel: John Hamp, Martin Jackson, George Elrick and Shaw Taylor
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 17 Apr 1976 – Series Four (18)
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
Show Winner: Patti Boulaye (vocalist) – MAXIMUM SCORE 120
100 Points or more: Alan J. Bartley (comedian) & Cass Nova (vocalist)
Panel: Tony Blackburn, Rosalie Horner, Jimmy Henney & Les Reed
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 12 Mar 1978 – Series Six (27)
Show Winner: Mel Danser (vocalist)
Viewer’s Request: Larry Larkin (comedy magician)
Panel: Shaw Taylor, Terry Wogan, Rosalie Horner & Peter Prichard
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 19 Feb 1978 – Series Six (24)
Show Winner: Flint (four-piece group)
100 points or more: Jamie Michael Stewart
(vocalist)
Panel: Mickie Most, Martin Jackson, Bridie Reid & Peter Prichard
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 22 Jan 1978 – Series Six (20)
Show Winner: Tony Stackton (vocalist)
100 Points or more: Adrian Hedley (mime act) & East End (five-piece group)
Panel: Tony Hatch, Ray Ellington, Peter Prichard & Dave Dee
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 8 Oct 1977 – Series Six (5)
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)
Show Winners: Koffee ‘n’ Kreme (vocal duo)
Panel: Tony Hatch, Danny La Rue, George Elrick & Clifford Davis
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 18 Dec 1976 – Series Five (15) – Near Misses 2
Show Winner: Peter Lewis (vocalist)
100 Points or more: Koffee ‘N’ Kreme (vocal duo) & Jaime Adams (guitar / vocal comedian)
Runners-up: Koffee ‘n’ Kreme (vocal duo)
Panel: Mickie Most, George Elrick, Jack Parnell & Clifford Davis
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 20 Nov 1976 – Series Five (11)
Show Winner: The Medium Wave Band (six-piece group)
Panel: Tony Blackburn, Peter Prichard, David Bell & Mickie Most
Host: Derek Hobson
… Read More 6 Nov 1976 – Series Five (9)
Show Winner: Roy Walker (comedian)
100 Points or more: Penny Farthing (four-piece group) & Jamie Stone (pianist / vocalist)
Panel: Mickie Most, Martin Jackson, George Elrick & Les Reed
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 23 Oct 1976 – Series Five (7)
Show Winner: Turnstyle (five-piece group)
Panel: George Elrick, Lionel Blair, Martin Jackson & John Smith
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 14 Feb 1976 – Series Four (9)
The group Easy Street were born out of the singer songwriting duo that were Ken Nicol and his brother-in-law Peter Marsh who released a couple of singles and an LP with CBS on the Epic label in 1974. The Nicol + Marsh’s Easy Street LP featured the instrumental talents of Pete Zorn on Bass, Saxophone… Read More Easy Street
Born Charlotte Rickards in 1952 in Pontypridd, Wales but brought up in Birmingham, Charlie was discovered by comedian Les Dawson who helped her to begin a career as a compere and singer at Birmingham’s Cavendish night club in 1970.… Read More Charlie James
Former Edinburgh hairdresser Elaine Hope became a professional singer in the mid-1960s, changing her name to Simmons, taken from the family surname of Fitzsimmons. She married Perthshire promoter David Forbes who also managed her career.… Read More Elaine Simmons
Show Winner: John D. Bryant (guitarist / vocalist)
Panel: Evie Taylor, Dickie Hurran & John Smith
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 6 Oct 1973 – Series One (2)